PI: Dr. Adinarayana Doddi
Doddi research group activities span a range of areas in the modern-day main group and transition metal organometallic chemistry. The focus is to design & development of novel and unusual organometallic molecular species with the main aim of their potential applications in homogeneous catalysis. We are broadly interested in developing suitable ligands (carbenes, pincers of various type) whose unique reactivity studied for mono/bimetallic complexes, these will be used for the small-molecule activations, and cooperative catalytic studies, applied for organic transformations. The group investigates on the emerging fields of organometallic main group chemistry to exploit their broad applications in the domain of Main Group Catalysis (Expensive-Nobel Metal Free Catalysis) which is an alternative, inexpensive, and non-toxic chemical approach in various synthetic transformations. Besides, we also aim to develop novel single-source FLPs (Frustrated Lewis Acid-Base Pairs), and aqueous organometallic chemistry (organometallics in water media) for the exciting explorations in small molecule activation, and environmentally benign green catalytic approaches, respectively.
1). Cationic and Neutral Ruthenium(II) Complexes bearing Silyl-Phosphines; Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Studies in Selective Hydroboration of Carbonyl Compounds
A. K. Sahoo, R. Dash, S. Agarawala, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*
Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 4312-4323
2). Bipyridyl Functionalized NHC-Sulfenyl, Selenenyl Cations; Potential Species for Alkylation Reactions and Ligands in Copper(I) Catalysis.
B. Das, A. K. Sahoo, M. Alam, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi
ChemPlusChem 2025, 90, e202400623
3) Redox-Active NQNHC-Ligand Enabled, Cu(I)-Catalyzed Z-selective Dihydroaminative Bicyclization: A Regio- and Chemo-selective Cascade Annulation of ortho-amino 1,6-Diyne
S. K. Banjare, S. Afreen, K. Gaurav, A. K. Sahoo, B. Das, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, A. Doddi,* and P. C. Ravikumar*
J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 13, 9255–9264
4). N-Heterocyclic Olefin-Phosphines Based Cationic Ruthenium Complexes as Pre-Catalysts for Dual C H Bond Functionalization.
A. K. Sahoo, B. Das, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366, 2468–2476.
5) New Cationic Coinage Metal Complexes Featuring Silyl Group Functionalized Phosphine; Syntheses, Structures and Catalytic Studies in Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Reactions
A. K. Sahoo, A. K. Sahoo, B. Das, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*
Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 15549-15561
6). Dicationic Copper(I) Complexes Bearing ENE (E = S, Se) Pincer Ligands; Catalytic Applications in Regioselective Cyclization of 1,6-diynes
B. Das, A. K. Sahoo, S. K. Banjare, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*
Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 16151-16158
7). Isolation of Carbene-Stabilized Arsenic Monophosphide [AsP] and its Radical Cation [AsP]+• and Dication [AsP]2+
A. Doddi,* D. Bockfeld, T. Bannenberg, Marc-Kevin Zaretzke and M. Tamm*
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 13119-13123
8). N-Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues of Nucleophilic Phosphinidene Transition Metal Complexes
A. Doddi,* D. Bockfeld, T. Bannenberg, and M. Tamm*
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1478-14887. Hot paper & Selected for the cover picture of the issue
9).N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilised Arsinidene (AsH)
A. Doddi, M. Weinhart, A. Hinz, D. Bockfeld, J. M. Goicoechea, M. Scheer and M. Tamm
Chem. Comm. 2017, 53, 6069-6072
10).N-Heterocyclic Carbene Phosphinidyne Transition Metal Complexes.
A. Doddi, D. Bockfeld, T. Bannenburg, Peter. G. Jones and M. Tamm
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13568–1357
11). Low Valent Ge2 and Ge4 Species Trapped by N-Heterocyclic Gallylene.
A. Doddi, C. Gemel, M. Winter, R. A. Fischer, C. Goedecke,H. S. Rezpa, G. Frenking
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 450-454
12). N-heterocyclic Carbene Supported Main-Group Adducts and their Use as Ligands in Transition Metal Chemistry”
A. Doddi, M. Peters, and M. Tamm
Chem. Rev. 2019, 119(12), 6994-7112.
Research projects handled funded by SERB
Ramanujan Fellowship (2019)
Title; Rational design of a novel class of anionic group 14 tetranylidenes: From synthesis to application of their complexes in small molecule activation and catalysis
Startup Research Grant (SRG) (2021 to 2023)
Title; N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Supported Anionic Sila- and Garmanylideness and Applications in Homogeneous Catalysis as New Ancillary Ligands
MoE STARS (2023-2026)
Title; Phosphino Silyl Ligands Supported Metal Complexes; Design, Synthesis and Applications in Catalytic CO2 Reduction and Functionalization Reactions
CRG (Core Research Grant) (2024- 2027)
Title; Stereoelectronically Tunable Redox-Active NHC Ligands and their Reactive Adducts; Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of their Transition Metal Complexes
