B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Bis(2-diphenylphosphinoxynaphthalen-1-yl)methane: transition metal chemistry, Suzuki cross-coupling reactions and homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins?, Dalton Transactions, no. 10, pp. 1322-1330, 2006.

B.  Punji and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Derivatisation and transition metal chemistry of a new monophosphinite ligand: 2-(diphenylphosphinoxy)naphthyl?, Indian Journal of Chemistry Section A-Inorganic Bio-Inorganic Physical Theoretical & Analytical Chemistry, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1390-1394, 2006.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Ruthenium(II), copper(I) and silver(I) complexes of large bite bisphosphinite, bis(2-diphenylphosphinoxynaphthalen-1-yl)methane: Application of Ru(II) complexes towards the hydrogenation of styrene and phenylacetylene?, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 691, no. 20, pp. 4265?4272, 2006.

B.  Punji, Ganesamoorthy, C., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Suzuki cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by palladium complex of an inexpensive phosphinite, 2-diphenylphosphinoxynaphthyl?, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, vol. 259, no. 1-2, pp. 78?83, 2006.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Synthesis of neutral (PdII, PtII), Cationic (PdII), and water-induced anionic (PdII) complexes containing new mesocyclic thioether-aminophosphonite ligands and their application in the suzuki cross-coupling reaction?, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 45, no. 23, pp. 9454?9464, 2006.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Group 11 metal complexes of mesocyclic thioether-aminophosphonites, (-OC10H6)?, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, no. 5, pp. 720?731, 2007.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Highly air-stable anionic mononuclear and neutral binuclear palladium(ii) complexes for C?C and C?N bond-forming reactions?, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 46, no. 26, pp. 11316?11327, 2007.

B.  Punji and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Large bite bisphosphite, 2,6-C5H3N{CH2OP(-OC10H6)?, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 692, no. 8, pp. 1683?1689, 2007.

J. T.  Mague, Punji, B., Ganesamoorthy, C., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?O-2-Naphthyl diphenylthiophosphinate?, Acta Crystallographica Section E-Crystallographic Communications, vol. 63, no. 12, p. 4644, 2007.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Thioether-functionalized ferrocenyl-bis(phosphonite), Fe(C5H4)P(?OC10H6(?-S)C10H6O?)2:? synthesis, coordination behavior, and application in suzuki-miyaura cross-coupling reactions?, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 46, no. 24, pp. 10268?10275, 2007.

B.  Punji, Mague, J. T., Mobin, S. M., and Balakrishna, M. S., ?Copper (I) complexes of a thioether-functionalized short-bite aminobis(phosphonite)?, Polyhedron, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 101?106, 2009.

B.  Punji, Emge, T. J., and Goldman, A. S., ?Highly stable adamantyl-substituted pincer-ligated iridium catalyst for alkane dehydrogenation?, Organometallics, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 2702?2709, 2010.

M. S.  Balakrishna, Kumar, P., Punji, B., and Mague, J. T., ?Large-bite bisphosphite, 1,3-C6H4OPOC10H6(?-S)C10H6O2: synthesis, copper(I), and gold(I) complexes?, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 695, no. 7, pp. 981?986, 2010.

R.  Ahuja, Punji, B., Findlater, M., Supplee, C., Schinski, W., Brookhart, M., and Goldman, A. S., ?Catalytic dehydroaromatization of n-alkanes by pincer-ligated iridium complexes?, Nature Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 167?171, 2011.

L.  Ackermann, Punji, B., and Song, W., ?User-friendly [(diglyme)NiBr2]-catalyzed direct alkylations of heteroarenes with unactivated alkyl halides through c?h bond cleavages?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 353, no. 18, pp. 3325?3329, 2011.

B.  Punji, Song, W., Shevchenko, G. A., and Ackermann, L., ?Cobalt-catalyzed C?H bond functionalizations with aryl and alkyl chlorides?, Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 19, no. 32, pp. 10605?10610, 2013.

A. J.  Nawara-Hultzsch, Hackenberg, J. D., Punji, B., Supplee, C., Emge, T. J., Bailey, B. C., Schrock, R. R., Brookhart, M., and Goldman, A. S., ?Rational design of highly active ?hybrid? phosphine-phosphinite pincer iridium catalysts for alkane metathesis?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 3, no. 11, pp. 2505?2514, 2013.

V. P.  Mehta and Punji, B., ?Recent advances in transition-metal-free direct C?C and C?heteroatom bond forming reactions?, RSC Advances, vol. 3, no. 30, pp. 11957-11986, 2013.

S. M.  Khake, Soni, V., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Design and development of POCN-pincer palladium catalysts for C-H bond arylation of azoles with aryl iodides?, Dalton Transactions, vol. 43, no. 42, pp. 16084-16096, 2014.

V.  Soni, Patel, U. N., and Punji, B., ?Metal-free regioselective C-3 acetoxylation of N-substituted indoles: crucial impact of nitrogen-substituent?, RSC Advances, vol. 5, no. 71, pp. 57472-57481, 2015.

D. K.  Pandey, Khake, S. M., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Mono- and binuclear palladacycles via regioselective C-H bond activation: syntheses, mechanistic insights and catalytic activity in direct arylation of azoles?, RSC Advances, vol. 5, no. 99, pp. 81502-81514, 2015.

S. M.  Khake, Jagtap, R. A., Dangat, Y. B., Gonnade, R. G., Vanka, K., and Punji, B., ?Mechanistic insights into pincer-ligated palladium-catalyzed arylation of azoles with aryl Iodides: evidence of a Pd-II-Pd-IV-Pd-II pathway?, Organometallics, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 875?886, 2016.

U. N.  Patel, Pandey, D. K., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Synthesis of quinoline-based NNN-pincer nickel(II) complexes: a robust and improved catalyst system for C?H bond alkylation of azoles with alkyl halides?, Organometallics, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 1785?1793, 2016.

V.  Soni, Jagtap, R. A., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Unified strategy for nickel-catalyzed C-2 Alkylation of indoles through chelation assistance?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 5666?5672, 2016.

H.  Pandiri, Soni, V., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Development of (quinolinyl)amido-based pincer palladium complexes: a robust and phosphine-free catalyst system for C?H arylation of benzothiazoles?, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017.

R. A.  Jagtap, Soni, V., and Punji, B., ?Expeditious and solvent-free nickel-catalyzed C?H arylation of arenes and indoles?, ChemSusChem, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 2242-2248, 2017.

B.  Punji, Khake, Smanmathapp, Soni, V., and Gonnade, R. Ghanshyam, ?General nickel-catalyzed method for C-H bond alkynylation of heteroarenes through chelation assistance?, Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 2907-2914, 2017.

V.  Soni and Punji, B., ?Palladacycles for directed and nondirected C H bond functionalization of (Hetero)arenes?, in Strategies for palladium-catalyzed non-directed and directed C-H bond functionalization, Mumbai: Elsevier, 2017, pp. 357-415.

U. N.  Patel and Punji, B., ?Copper- and phosphine-free nickel(II)-catalyzed method for C-H bond alkynylation of benzothiazoles and related azoles?, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 1390-1395, 2018.

S. M.  Khake, Jain, S., Patel, U. N., Gonnade, R. G., Vanka, K., and Punji, B., ?Mechanism of nickel(II)-catalyzed C(2)-H alkynylation of indoles with alkynyl bromide?, Organometallics, vol. 37, no. 13, pp. 2037-2045, 2018.

U. N.  Patel, Jain, S., Pandey, D. K., Gonnade, R. G., Vanka, K., and Punji, B., ?Mechanistic aspects of pincer nickel(II)-catalyzed C-H bond alkylation of azoles with alkyl halides?, Organometallics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 1017-1025, 2018.

V.  Soni, Sharma, D. M., and Punji, B., ? Nickel-catalyzed regioselective C(2)-H difluoroalkylation of indoles with difluoroalkyl bromides?, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, vol. 13, no. 17, pp. 2516-2521, 2018.

H.  Pandiri, Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Synthesis of quinolinyl based pincer copper (II) complexes: an efficient catalyst system for Kumada coupling of alkyl chlorides and bromides with alkyl Grignard reagents ?, Dalton Transactions , vol. 47, no. 46, pp. 16747-16754, 2018.

R. A.  Jagtap and Punji, B., ?C-H functionalization of indoles by 3d transition-metal catalysis?, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019.

D. K.  Pandey, Vijaykumar, M., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed C(2)-H arylation of indoles with aryl chlorides under neat conditions?, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 84, no. 20, pp. 12800-12808, 2019.

D. K.  Pandey, Ankade, S. B., Ali, A., Vinod, C. P., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed C-H alkylation of indoles with unactivated alkyl chlorides: evidence of a Ni(i)/Ni(iii) pathway?, Chemical Science, vol. 10, no. 41, pp. 9493-9500, 2019.

R. A.  Jagtap, Vinod, C. P., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed straightforward and regioselective C-H alkenylation of indoles with alkenyl bromides: scope and mechanistic aspect?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 431-441, 2019.

U. N.  Patel, Jagtap, R. A., and Punji, B., ?Scope and mechanistic aspect of nickel-catalyzed alkenylation of benzothiazoles and related azoles with styryl bromides?, Organometallics, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 2422-2430, 2019.

D. M.  Sharma and Punji, B., ?Selective synthesis of secondary amines from nitriles by a user-friendly cobalt catalyst?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 361, no. 17, pp. 3930-3936, 2019.

D. M.  Sharma and Punji, B., ?3 d transition metal-catalyzed hydrogenation of nitriles and alkynes?, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 690-708, 2020.

D. K.  Pandey, Shabade, A. B., and Punji, B., ?Copper-catalyzed direct arylation of indoles and related (hetero)arenes: a ligandless and solvent-free approach?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 362, no. 12, pp. 2534-2540, 2020.

R. A.  Jagtap, Soni, V., and Punji, B., ?Expeditious and solvent-free nickel-catalyzed c-h arylation of arenes and indoles (vol 10, pg 2242, 2017)?, ChemSusChem, vol. 13, no. 21, p. 5771, 2020.

R. A.  Jagtap, Samal, P. Paramita, Vinod, C. P., Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Iron-catalyzed C(sp(2))-H alkylation of indolines and benzo[h]quinoline with unactivated alkyl chlorides through chelation assistance?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 10, no. 13, pp. 7312-7321, 2020.

R. A.  Jagtap, Verma, S. K., and Punji, B., ?MnBr2-catalyzed direct and site-selective alkylation of indoles and benzo[h]quinoline?, Organic Letters, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 4643-4647, 2020.

R. A.  Jagtap, Ankade, S. B., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Achiral and chiral NNN-pincer nickel complexes with oxazolinyl backbones: application in transfer hydrogenation of ketones?, New Journal of Chemistry, vol. 45, no. 27, pp. 11927-11936, 2021.

S.  Bansal, Shabade, A. B., and Punji, B., ?Advances in C(sp(2))-H/C(sp(2))-H oxidative coupling of (Hetero)arenes using 3d transition metal catalysts?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 363, no. 8, pp. 1998-2022, 2021.

M.  Vijaykumar and Punji, B., ?Advances in transition-metal-catalyzed C-H bond oxygenation of amides?, Synthesis-Stuttgart, 2021.

R. A.  Jagtap and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization of azoles and indoles?, Chemical Record, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 3573-3588, 2021.

S. B.  Ankade, Samal, P. Paramita, Soni, V., Gonnade, R. G., Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Ni(II)-catalyzed intramolecular C-H/C-H oxidative coupling: an efficient route to functionalized cycloindolones and indenoindolones?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 11, no. 19, pp. 12384-12393, 2021.

M.  Vijaykumar and Punji, B., ?Pd(II)-catalyzed chemoselective acetoxylation of C(sp(2))-H and C(sp(3))-H bonds in tertiary amides?, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 8172-8181, 2021.

S. B.  Ankade, Shabade, A. B., Soni, V., and Punji, B., ?Unactivated alkyl halides in transition-metal-catalyzed C-H bond alkylation?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 3268-3292, 2021.

R. A.  Jagtap, Pradhan, C., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Efficient route to 3,3 `-biindolinylidene-diones by iron-catalyzed dimerization of isatins?, Chemistry-an Asian Journal, vol. 17, no. 15, p. e202200414, 2022.

S. K.  Verma and Punji, B., ?Manganese-catalyzed C(sp(2))-H alkylation of indolines and arenes with unactivated alkyl bromides?, Chemistry-an Asian Journal, vol. 17, no. 9, p. e202200103, 2022.

A. B.  Shabade, Sharma, D. M., Bajpai, P., Gonnade, R. G., Vanka, K., and Punji, B., ?Room temperature chemoselective hydrogenation of C=C, C=O and C=N bonds by using a well-defined mixed donor Mn(I) pincer catalyst?, Chemical Science, vol. 13, no. 46, pp. 13764-13773, 2022.

D. M.  Sharma, Gouda, C., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Room temperature Z-selective hydrogenation of alkynes by hemilabile and non-innocent (NNN)Co(ii) catalysts?, Catalysis Science & Technology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1843-1849, 2022.

C.  Pradhan and Punji, B., ?Advances in the iron-catalyzed direct functionalizations of heterocycles?, Synlett, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 683-697, 2023.

S.  Bansal, Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Chemodivergent coupling of azoarenes with benzyl alcohols via a borrowing hydrogen strategy using a well-defined nickel catalyst?, Catalysis Science & Technology, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 2705-2713, 2023.

C.  Pradhan, Jagtap, R. A., Samal, P. Paramita, Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Iron-catalyzed regioselective C-H alkylation of indoles: an additive-free approach in renewable solvent?, Green Chemistry , vol. 25, no. 23, pp. 9733-9743, 2023.

M.  Vijaykumar, Pradhan, C., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Palladium-catalyzed chemoselective oxygenation of C(sp2)-H and C(sp3)-H bonds in isatins?, Organic Letters, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 1862-1867, 2023.

C.  Pradhan and Punji, B., ?Advancement in the C-H bond alkylation of (hetero)arenes catalyzed by the most abundant transition metal-iron?, Organic Chemistry Frontiers , vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 2397-2417, 2024.

M.  Vijaykumar, Pradhan, C., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Chelation-assisted and steric-controlled selectivity in the Pd-catalyzed C-H/C-H oxidative coupling of indoles?, Chemical Communications, vol. 60, no. 89, pp. 13028-13031, 2024.

S.  Bansal and Punji, B., ?Chemodivergent dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols by 3d metal catalysts?, ChemCatChem, vol. 16, no. 12, 2024.

S. K.  Verma and Punji, B., ?Copper-catalyzed regioselective C-H alkylation of phenol derivatives with unactivated alkyl chlorides: manifesting a Cu(I)/Cu(III) pathway?, Journal of Catalysis , vol. 430, 2024.

S. B.  Ankade, Pradhan, C., Samal, P. Paramita, Gonnade, R. G., Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Iron-catalyzed C-C and C-N bond-forming tandem amidation offering access to 3-amino-3-aminomethyl-2-oxindole frameworks?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 366, no. 12, pp. 2801-2810, 2024.

R. B.  Pawar, Karmur, M. H., and Punji, B., ?Ligand-free MnBr2-catalyzed chemo- and stereoselective hydroboration of terminal alkynes?, Chemistry-an asian jounrnal, vol. 19, no. 9, 2024.

A. B.  Shabade, Singh, R. K., Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Manganese-catalyzed chemoselective direct hydrogenation of ?,?-epoxy ketones and ?-ketoamides at room temperature?, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 366, no. 15, pp. 3338-3345, 2024.

S. B.  Ankade, Banerjee, S., and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed branch-selective C-H alkylation of indoles and azoles with alkenes: an additive- and solvent-free approach?, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 27, no. 26, 2024.

S.  Bansal and Punji, B., ?Nickel-catalyzed chemodivergent coupling of alcohols: efficient routes to access ?,?-disubstituted ketones and ?-substituted chalcones?, Chemistry- a european journal, vol. 30, no. 15, 2024.

M.  Vijaykumar, Gonnade, R. G., and Punji, B., ?Palladium-catalyzed regioselective C(4)-H fluoroalkoxylation of indoles through weak chelation assistance?, ChemCatChem, 2024.

C.  Pradhan and Punji, B., ?Atroposelective construction of biaryls enabled by a Ni(II)-catalyzed aerobic oxidation strategy?, ACS Central Science, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 187-189, 2025.

S. K.  Verma, Samal, P. Paramita, Pradhan, C., Pandey, D. K., Krishnamurty, S., and Punji, B., ?Hybrid pincer (PNN)Ni(II) complex catalyzed selective C-H alkylation of pyridones using unactivated alkyl chlorides?, ACS Catalysis, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 2987-2999, 2025.