Publication (Before IISER Kolkata)

26. Visible light-promoted activation of unactivated C (sp3)–H bonds and its selective trifluoromethylthiolation


J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16200 – 16203.


S. Mukherjee^, B. Maji^, A Tlahuext-Aca, F Glorius*

^ Authors Contributed Equally

25. Ruthenium-NHC Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Methylene Ketones Provides Branched Products through Borrowing Hydrogen Strategy


ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 4184 – 4188.


C. Schlepphorst, B. Maji, F. Glorius*

24. Catalytic Enantioselective Nitroso Diels-Alder Reaction


J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15957–15963


B. Maji*, H. Yamamoto*

23. Use of In Situ Generated Nitrosocarbonyl Compounds in Catalytic Asymmetric a-Amination and a-Hydroxylation Reactions


Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88, 753–762


B. Maji*, H. Yamamoto*

Selected as Cover Page.

22. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary a-Hydroxy Phosphonic Acid Derivatives under Aerobic Oxidation Condition


Synlett. 2015, 26, 1528–1532


B. Maji*, H. Yamamoto*

21. Scales of Lewis Basicities toward C-centered Lewis Acids (Carbocations)


J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2580–2599


H. Mayr*, J. Ammer, M. Baidya, B. Maji, T. A. Nigst, A. R. Ofial, T. Singer,.

Selected as Cover Page.

Highlighted as Spotlights.

20. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary a-Hydroxy Phosphonic Acid Derivatives with In Situ Generated Nitrosocarbonyl Compounds as the Oxygen Source


Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 14472–14475


B. Maji*, H. Yamamoto*

Selected as Hot Paper by Angewandte Chemie.

19. Asymmetric construction of quaternary stereocenters by magnesium catalysed direct amination of b-ketoesters using in situ generated nitrosocarbonyl compounds as nitrogen sources


Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3941–3945


 B. Maji*, M. Baidya, H. Yamamoto*

Highlighted in SynFacts.

18. Proline-Tetrazole-Catalyzed Enantioselective N-Nitroso Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes with In Situ Generated Nitrosocarbonyl Compounds


Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8714–8717


B. Maji*, H. Yamamoto*

Highlighted in SynFacts.

17. Ambident Reactivities of Formaldehyde N,N-Dialkylhydrazones


Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11900–11904


B. Maji*, K. Troshin, H. Mayr*

17. Ambident Reactivities of Formaldehyde N,N-Dialkylhydrazones

B. Maji*, K. Troshin, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11900–11904.

16. Structures and Ambident Reactivities of Azolium Enolates

B. Maji*, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11163–11167

15. Nucleophilic Reactivities of Schiff Bases

B. Maji, H. Mayr*, Z. Naturforsch B. 2013, 68b, 693–699.

14. Nucleophilic reactivities of 2-imidazolines and related N-heterocyclic compounds

B. Maji, M. Baidya, J. Ammer, S. Kobayashi, P. Mayer, A. R. Ofial, H. Mayr*, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2013, 3369–3377.

13. A quantitative approach to nucleophilic organocatalysis

H. Mayr*, S. Lakhdar, B. Maji, A. R. Ofial, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1458–1478.

12. Structures and Reactivities of O-Methylated Breslow Intermediates

B. Maji, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10408–10412.

11. (E)-5-(Methoxy(phenyl)methylene)-1,3,4-triphenyl-4,5-dihydro- 1H-1,2,4-triazole

B. Maji, G. Berionni, H. Mayr, P. Mayer*, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online 2012, 68, o3307.

10. (Z)-2-[Methoxy(phenyl)methylidene]-3,4,5-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-thiazole

B. Maji, H. Mayr, P. Mayer*, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online 2012, 68, o2644.

9. Nucleophilic Reactivity of Deoxy-Breslow-Intermediates: How Does Aromaticity Affect the Catalytic Activity of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes?

B. Maji, M. Horn, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6231–6235.

Selected as Hot Paper by Angewandte Chemie.

8. Guanidines: Highly Nucleophilic Organocatalysts

B. Maji, D. S. Stephenson, H. Mayr*, ChemCatChem 2012, 4, 993–999. 

7. Imidazolidinone-Derived Enamines: Nucleophiles with Low Reactivity

S. Lakhdar*, B. Maji, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5739–5742.

Selected as Hot Paper by Angewandte Chemie. 

6. Nucleophilic Addition of Enols and Enamines to α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Azoliums: Mechanistic Studies

R. C. Samanta, B. Maji, S. De Sarkar, K. Bergander, R. Fröhlich, C. Mück-Lichtenfeld*, H. Mayr*, A. Studer*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5234–5238.

5. Nucleophilicity Parameters of Enamides and their Implications for Organocatalytic Transformations

B. Maji, S. Lakhdar, H. Mayr*, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5732-5740.

4. Nucleophilicity parameters for designing transition metal-free C-C bond forming reactions of organoboron compounds

G. Berionni, B. Maji, P. Knochel*, H. Mayr*, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 878-882.

3. Characterization of the nucleophilic reactivities of thiocarboxylate, dithiocarbonate and dithiocarbamate anions

X.-H. Duan, B. Maji, H. Mayr*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 8046-8050.

2. Nucleophilicities and Lewis Basicities of Isothiourea Derivatives

B. Maji, C. Joannesse, T. A. Nigst, A. D. Smith, H. Mayr*, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5104–5112.

1. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Organocatalysts with Moderate Nucleophilicity but Extraordinarily High Lewis Basicity

B. Maji, M. Breugst, H. Mayr*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6915–6919.

Selected as Hot Paper by Angewandte Chemie.Â