The choice of active site and support matrix decides the activity of catalyst. Any modifications on these will have a significant impact on its reactivity and selectivity. Here we have...

Charging the catalytic site! Incorporation of charged arm on the phenol has tremendous increase in the catalytic activity compared to its uncharged counterpart. We also performed NMR studies to understand the mechanism of the activity.

Catalytic synthesis of vicinal diols via ring-opening hydrolysis of spiro-epoxyoxindoles.