Aswin Gopakumar

TL;DR: A catalytic system composed of rhodium nanoparticles immobilized in a Lewis acidic ionic liquid catalyzes the hydrogenation of quinolines, pyridines, benzofurans, and furan to access the corresponding heterocycles, important molecules present in fine chemicals, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

TL;DR: In this article , a sustainable heterogeneous photocatalyst, derived from hydrolysis lignin, has been developed, showing an excellent reactivity toward generating H2O2 directly from seawater under air.

TL;DR: In this article, the electrocatalytic performance of an iron-based Gibeon meteorite for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was investigated and an activity matching or possibly slightly superior to the best performing OER catalysts emerges, with stable overpotential as low as 270 mV (for 10 mA cm−2) and Tafel slopes of 37 mV decade−1.

TL;DR: In this article, a polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) derived from trimethyl(pvinylbenzyl)ammonium chloride (VBTAm]Cl) was used to efficiently catalyzes the N-formylation of amines employing CO2 and PhSiH3 at room temperature with low catalyst loadings in nearquantitative yield.

TL;DR: Rhodium nanoparticles were obtained from the microwave-induced thermal decomposition of Rh6(CO)16 in the ionic liquid [bmim][BF4] (bmim = 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation) in the absence of additional stabilizing agents as mentioned in this paper.