Dr Milan Pramanik

Postdoctoral Research Associate (with Prof Rebecca Melen)

Alotaibi, N., Babaahmadi, R., Das, S., Richards, E., Wirth, T., Pramanik, M. and Melen, R. 2025. B(C6F5)3 Catalyzed regiodivergent thioetherifications of alkenes via thiiranium intermediates: experimental and computational insights. Chemistry - A European Journal 31(10), article number: e202404236. (10.1002/chem.202404236)

Pramanik, M., Das, S., Babaahmadi, R., Pahar, S., Wirth, T., Richards, E. and Melen, R. L. 2024. B(C6F5)3-catalyzed selective C-H chalcogenation of arenes and heteroarenes. Chem 10(9), pp. 2901-2915. (10.1016/j.chempr.2024.05.025)
Alotaibi, N. et al. 2024. B(C6F5)3-catalysed alkylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines using α,β-unsaturated ketones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 27(12), article number: e202400022. (10.1002/ejoc.202400022)

Pramanik, M., Guerzoni, M. G., Richards, E. and Melen, R. L. 2023. Recent advances in asymmetric catalysis using p‐block elements. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, article number: e202316461. (10.1002/anie.202316461)
Sokolnicki, T. et al. 2023. Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OAr x) 3, in hydroboration catalysis. Dalton Transactions 52(44), pp. 16118-16122. (10.1039/d3dt03333c)
Pramanik, M. and Melen, R. L. 2023. Frustrated radical pairs in selective functionalization of inert aliphatic C-H bonds. Chem 9(8), pp. 2060-2062. (10.1016/j.chempr.2023.07.012)
Melen, R. L. and Pramanik, M. 2023. Activation of Diazo Compounds by Fluorinated Triarylborane Catalysts. Synthesis: Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (10.1055/a-2118-3046)
Alotaibi, N. et al. 2023. B(3,4,5-F3H2C6)3 Lewis acid-catalysed C3-allylation of indoles. Dalton Transactions 52(16) (10.1039/d3dt00745f)
Pramanik, M. and Melen, R. L. 2023. Metal-free routes from carbon monoxide to ketenes. Chem 9(2) (10.1016/j.chempr.2023.01.014)

Pramanik, M. and Mal, P. 2022. C-S Bonds via C-H Functionalization. In: Maiti, D. ed. Handbook of CH-Functionalization. Wiley‐VCH GmbH, (10.1002/9783527834242.chf0206)
Mathuri, A., Pramanik, M. and Mal, P. 2022. 3-arylsulfonylquinolines from n-propargylamines via cascaded oxidative sulfonylation using dabso. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 87(10), pp. 6812-6823. (10.1021/acs.joc.2c00499)
Pramanik, M., Mathuri, A. and Mal, P. 2022. tBuOLi-promoted terminal alkyne functionalizations by aliphatic thiols and alcohols. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 20(13), pp. 2671-2680. (10.1039/D2OB00079B)
Sau, S., Pramanik, M., Bal, A. and Mal, P. 2022. Reported catalytic hydrofunctionalizations that proceed in the absence of catalysts: The importance of control experiments. The Chemical Record 22(2), article number: e202100208. (10.1002/tcr.202100208)

Pramanik, M., Choudhuri, K. and Mal, P. 2020. Metal-free C–S coupling of thiols and disulfides. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 18(43), pp. 8771-8792. (10.1039/D0OB01741H)
Choudhuri, K., Pramanik, M. and Mal, P. 2020. Noncovalent interactions in C–S bond formation reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 85(19), pp. 11997-12011. (10.1021/acs.joc.0c01534)
Pramanik, M., Choudhuri, K., Mathuri, A. and Mal, P. 2020. Dithioacetalization or thioetherification of benzyl alcohols using 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium perchlorate photocatalyst. Chemical Communications 56(70) (10.1039/D0CC02352C)
Choudhuri, K., Pramanik, M. and Mal, P. 2020. Direct c-s bond functionalization of benzyl mercaptan. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020(25), pp. 3906-3913. (10.1002/ejoc.202000521)
Pramanik, M., Choudhuri, K., Chakraborty, S., Ghosh, A. and Mal, P. 2020. (Z)-Selective anti-Markovnikov or Markovnikov thiol–yne-click reactions of an internal alkyne by amide hydrogen bond control. Chemical Communications 56(20), pp. 2991-2994. (10.1039/D0CC00702A)

Choudhuri, K., Pramanik, M. and Mal, P. 2019. λ3-Iodanes as visible light photocatalyst in thioacetalization of aldehydes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019(30), pp. 4822-4826. (10.1002/ejoc.201900753)

Pramanik, M., Choudhuri, K. and Mal, P. 2018. N-Iodosuccinimide as bifunctional reagent in (E)-selective C(sp2)−H sulfonylation of styrenes. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 8(1), pp. 144-150. (10.1002/ajoc.201800644)
Choudhuri, K., Pramanik, M., Mandal, A. and Mal, P. 2018. S−H⋅⋅⋅π Driven Anti-Markovnikov Thiol-Yne Click Reaction. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 7(9), pp. 1849-1855. (10.1002/ajoc.201800381)

Contact Details

PramanikM@caerdydd.ac.uk