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IT sector records positive net hiring from top four firms for first time in two years

Despite this positive trend, industry experts caution that the current demand environment remains uncertain, and graduates have expressed frustrations over delayed joining dates 




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UST opens second delivery centre in Bengaluru 

The new facility is located in Helios Business Park, Kadabeesanahalli




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Centre writes to Wikipedia over complaints of inaccuracies, biases

Sources said the Information and Broadcasting ministry has sent a notice to Wikipedia regarding complaints that it has received about alleged inaccuracies and bias of information on the site




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Indian IT industry confident amid potential Trump return, sees reduced H1B visa dependency

 The U.S. remains the largest market for India’s IT exports, contributing 55% of its $200 billion in IT-BPM exports.




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Tessolve to acquire German chip design company for up to ₹400 crore

It will expand Tessolve’s European operations by adding four delivery locations across Germany and the Netherlands, including a specialized ADAS and imaging centre-of-excellence lab




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Cyient DLM secures 16-year aerospace contract with Honeywell 

The shares of Cyient DLM Limited were trading at ₹644.85 up by ₹11.80 or 1.86 per cent on the NSE today at 1.40 pm




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RRP Semiconductor secures ₹440 crore order from Telecrown Infratech for solar project

The order includes Silicon Solar Cells, melted Silicon Crystals, and Polycrystalline materials, aimed at supporting the setup of 106 MW solar power PV modules in various locations across Maharashtra




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Satcom spectrum: TRAI sidestepped level field issue with terrestrial services, says Justice Nageswara Rao

His legal opinion, requested by Reliance Jio, highlights TRAI’s failure to invite stakeholder comments on the important issue of creating a level playing field between terrestrial access services and satellite communication networks




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SAP’s India lab fastest-growing and second-largest, says company CEO

The company deepened its investments in the country with the new campus, aiming to create 15,000 new jobs in Bengaluru




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C-DOT, IIT-Roorkee tie-up to develop millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity

The project focuses on the development of millimeter wave backhaul technology in which only a small number of small cell-based stations are connected to the gateway through fibre




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India among fastest-growing markets for Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft’s refreshed Copilot, launched last month, gives users the ability to talk with Copilots real-time, moving human-computer interaction to a completely new paradigm




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KPMG in India forms strategic alliance with SecurityBridge to enhance SAP security and compliance

KPMG in India, one of the country’s leading professional services firms, has announced a strategic alliance with SecurityBridge GmbH, a renowned provider of SAP-native cybersecurity solutions. This collaboration aims to enhance SAP security and compliance offerings for clients by integrating SecurityBridge’s cutting-edge technology into KPMG’s comprehensive service portfolio




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Four semiconductor projects in Gujarat to create 53,000 new jobs: Govt

The statement from the government pointed out that the foundation stone for Micron’s advanced semiconductor ATMP plant was laid in Sanand, marking an investment of over ₹22,500 crore




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Airtel, Jio clash with Amazon, Starlink over satcom spectrum

Telcos bat for level playing field; satcom firms say customers have right to choose




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Cyient to carve out semiconductor arm in Q1 2025: Ramya Mohan

The new company will primarily focus on four industry segments for its ASIC turnkey offerings – automotive, industrial, telecommunications, and healthcare: Cyient VP




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AI adoption: 74% companies struggle to achieve and scale value, says BCG

Report to assess firms’ AI maturity is based on a survey of 1,000 CxOs and senior executives from over 20 sectors, spanning 59 countries




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Cool down

Glaciers are melting. How will it affect us? Read on to find out…




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Joy of cooking

Head to the kitchen to cook up some mouth-watering delicacies




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Riot of colours

On July 9 young artists turned up at Palghat Lions School in hordes.




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A crocodile in a palace?

Taran and his family explore the Kanika palace in the Bhitarkarnika National Park.




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A cool summer project 

Seeing a panting street dog outside her gate gave Payal an idea about what to do during the summer vacation




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Deconstructive annulation mediated one-pot synthesis of xanthene derivatives

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00093E, Paper
Balasubramaniyam Manikandan, Subbiah Thamotharan, Olivier Blacque, Subramaniapillai Selva Ganesan
One-pot, two-step methodology utilized for the sequential C–O/C–N cleavage followed by intramolecular/intermolecular annulation reaction.
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Exploring the self-assembly dynamics of novel steroid–coumarin conjugates: a comprehensive spectroscopic and solid-state investigation

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00192C, Paper
Open Access
Claudia M. Ramírez-Lozano, Ma. Eugenia Ochoa, Pablo Labra-Vázquez, Arturo Jiménez-Sánchez, Norberto Farfán, Rosa Santillan
The design, synthesis, and characterization of seven novel steroid–coumarin conjugates with diverse steroidal nuclei as lipophilic fluorescent materials for bioimaging applications are presented.
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Electrochemical selective divergent C–H chalcogenocyanation of N-heterocyclic scaffolds

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00448E, Communication
Kusum Ucheniya, Pooja Kumari Jat, Amreen Chouhan, Lalit Yadav, Satpal Singh Badsara
An electrochemical direct selective C–H chalcogenocyanation approach for indolizine derivatives under mild conditions has been described.
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Siloxane-containing phosphine (oxide) ligands for enhanced catalytic activity of cobalt complexes for hydrosilylation reactions

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00333K, Paper
Peng Liu, Jiajian Peng, Ying Bai, Jiayun Li
A series of siloxane-containing phosphine (oxide) ligands have been designed and synthesized.
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Coumarin–azasugar–benzyl conjugates as non-neurotoxic dual inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase and cancer cell growth

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00312H, Paper
I. Caroline Vaaland Holmgard, Aday González-Bakker, Eleonora Poeta, Adrián Puerta, Miguel X. Fernandes, Barbara Monti, José G. Fernández-Bolaños, José M. Padrón, Óscar López, Emil Lindbäck
Coumarin–azasugar–benzyl conjugates were obtained through the CuAAC reaction, displaying dual anti-Alzheimer and anti-cancer activity in vitro and no neurotoxicity.
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Catalytic asymmetric construction of helicenes via transformation of biaryls

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00012A, Review Article
Peiling Fan, Lun Li, Deyun Qian
Chiral helicenes can be built by catalytic asymmetric transformation of pre-existing, easily accessible biaryl precursors using conceptually novel strategies such as olefin metathesis, alkyne hydroarylation, C–X coupling, and C–H functionalization.
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A water mediated multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of novel spirooxindole derivatives and their antifungal activity

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00256C, Paper
Min Zhang, Liang Shi, Li Chen, Zhengyu Liu, Ting Zhao, Chunyin Zhu, Liuqing Yang
A total of 27 novel spirooxindoles were synthesized through a water mediated three-component reaction of isatin, 4-aminocoumarin, and 1,3-cyclodicarbonyl compounds. Several compounds showed excellent antifungal activity against Physalospora piricola.
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Copper catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization, alkenylation towards dihydroquinolinones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00134F, Paper
Pari Keerthana, Fazlur-Rahman Nawaz Khan
An efficient copper-catalysized one-pot sequential synthesis of alkenylated quinolinyldihydroquinolinones is reported utilizing ketones, 1,3-cyclohexanediones, and benzyl alcohols via dehydrogenative cyclisation, followed by alkenylation. This highly straightforward method provides a mild...
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Selective recognition between aromatics and aliphatics by cage-shaped borates supported by a machine learning approach

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00408F, Paper
Open Access
Yuya Tsutsui, Issei Yanaka, Kazuhiro Takeda, Masaru Kondo, Shinobu Takizawa, Ryosuke Kojima, Akihito Konishi, Makoto Yasuda
Exploration of a Lewis acid with high selectivity for hydrocarbon moieties is assisted by a machine learning approach. Molecular polarizability is an essential factor, leading to design guidelines for Lewis acid catalysts with dispersion forces.
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Generation of sulfones utilizing β-sulfinyl esters as masked aryl sulfinates under redox-neutral conditions

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00238E, Communication
Yixin Zhang, Zhu Yang, Hongjun Yang, Xuefeng Li, Lu Yang
A method for generation of SVI sulfones from β-sulfinyl esters (SIV) under transition-metal-free non-oxidative mild conditions is presented.
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Correction: Recent progress of core-substituted naphthalenediimides: highlights from 2010

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB90045F, Correction
Open Access
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Sheshanath V. Bhosale, Sidhanath V. Bhosale, Suresh K. Bhargava
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A copper-catalyzed asymmetric Friedel–Crafts hydroxyalkylation of pyrazole-4,5-diones with 5-aminoisoxazoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00322E, Communication
Siyu Gao, Xiang Sun, Sijie Peng, Zhenggen Zha, Qi Sun, Zhiyong Wang
An asymmetric Friede-Crafts hydroxyalkylation reaction was developed under the catalysis of chiral copper complexes. A variety of pyrazolone derivatives were obtained with excellent yields and enantioselectivities.
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Copper-catalyzed ortho-thiocyanation of aromatic amines

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00137K, Communication
Monak Patel, Nitish Kumar, Hussain Bhukya, Bharatkumar Z. Dholakiya, Togati Naveen
Here, we described an efficient ortho- C(sp2)-H thiocyanation of anilines for the synthesis of aryl thiocyanates. This protocol tolerates a variety of aromatic amines to provide the desired products in good to excellent yields.
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Synthesis of fluorescent 5-heteroarylpyrimidine-containing oligonucleotides via post-synthetic trifluoromethyl conversion

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00402G, Paper
Yuta Ito, Hisato Tanaka, Ayana Murakami, Yasufumi Fuchi, Yoshiyuki Hari
5-(Benzimidazol-2-yl)- and 5-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-pyrimidine bases-modified oligonucleotides were prepared by post-synthetic trifluoromethyl conversion and their fluorescence properties were measured.
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DMSO promoted catalyst-free oxidative C–N/C–O couplings towards synthesis of imidazoles and oxazoles

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00383G, Paper
Debasish Bera, Rajib Sarkar, Tiyasa Dhar, Pinaki Saha, Prasanta Ghosh, Chhanda Mukhopadhyay
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-promoted catalyst-free oxidative C–N coupling and C–O coupling under oxidant-free conditions are outlined.
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Synthesis of alkenylphosphine oxides via Tf2O promoted addition–elimination of ketones and secondary phosphine oxides

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00318G, Communication
Jiangkai Ma, Lianjie Wang, Anjiang Qiao, Zhongxian Li, Fengqian Zhao, Junliang Wu
An efficient method for the synthesis of alkenylphosphine oxides via the addition-elimination of SPOs to ketones has been developed. The reaction exhibits good yields and compatibility. Several conversions have also proven the value of this method.
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DFT investigation of the DDQ-catalytic mechanism for constructing C–O bonds

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00346B, Paper
Xiu-Fang Zheng, Da-Gang Zhou, Li-Jun Yang
The DDQ-catalytic mechanisms for constructing C–O bonds via H2O and CH3OH as oxygen sources have been investigated with DFT.
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Electrochemical nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of glycosyl thiols with preactivated phenols and ketones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00442F, Communication
Fuxin Li, Hui Liu, Wanyu Xing, Qingju Zhang, Liming Wang
Here we report an efficient electrochemical nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction for the synthesis of S-glycosides from preactivated phenols and ketones.
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Structural flexibility of favipiravir and its structural analogues in solutions: experimental and computational insight

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00404C, Paper
Tatiana P. Gerasimova, Almaz A. Zagidullin, Anastasiia N. Nikolaeva, Robert R. Fayzullin, Aliya M. Saitova, Vasili A. Miluykov, Stefan Grimme, Sergey A. Katsyuba
Keto-enol transformations of 6-R-3-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarboxamides in solutions are accompanied by deprotonation of enol tautomers and the formation of corresponding anionic species. The key factors determining these processes have been identified.
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Reduction of sulfoxides catalyzed by the commercially available manganese complex MnBr(CO)5

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00204K, Paper
Open Access
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Daniel Leal Lourenço, Ana Cristina Fernandes
A new methodology for the reduction of a wide variety of aliphatic and aromatic sulfoxides catalyzed by the air-stable, cheap and commercially available manganese catalyst MnBr(CO)5 with excellent yields is...
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Covalently linked thieno[2,3-b]thiophene-fullerene dimers: synthesis and physical characterization

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2978-2984
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00027G, Paper
Abdulrahman M. Alazemi, Mohammad H. BinSabt, Hamad M. Al-Matar, Alan L. Balch, Mona A. Shalaby
Linked thieno[2,3-b]thiophene-fullerene Dimers.
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Albumin–ruthenium catalyst conjugate for bio-orthogonal uncaging of alloc group

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2992-3000
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00234B, Paper
Kimberly S. Taylor, Madison M. McMonagle, Schaelee C. Guy, Ariana M. Human-McKinnon, Shumpei Asamizu, Heidi J. Fletcher, Bradley W. Davis, Takashi L. Suyama
An organo–ruthenium catalyst conjugated to albumin efficiently unmasks an alloc group under physiologically relevant conditions.
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Expanding the scope of the successive ring expansion strategy for macrocycle and medium-sized ring synthesis: unreactive and reactive lactams

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,2985-2991
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00285G, Paper
Open Access
Zhongzhen Yang, Marion Arnoux, Damien Hazelard, Owen R. Hughes, Joe Nabarro, Adrian C. Whitwood, Martin A. Fascione, Christopher D. Spicer, Philippe Compain, William P. Unsworth
New Successive Ring Expansion (SuRE) protocols are described for use on unreactive lactams, as well as iminosugar derived lactams.
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Unusual immunosuppressive pyridine-containing bisnor- (c23), tetranor- (c21) and pentanor- (c20) sesterterpenoids from Tibetan Leucosceptrum canum

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3019-3024
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00334A, Paper
Man Li, Ling Feng, Han Zhang, Yan-Chun Liu, Ting-Ting Zhou, Yu Zheng, Kai Guo, Yan Liu, Sheng-Hong Li
Six unusual pyridine-containing bisnor- (C23), tetranor- (C21) and pentanor- (C20) sesterterpenoids were obtained from the medicinal plant Leucosceptrum canum of Tibetan origin. The immunosuppressive activities of these sesterterpenoids were observed.
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A pyridine-N-oxide catenane for cation recognition

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3001-3008
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00176A, Paper
Open Access
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Sean R. Barlow, Nathan R. Halcovitch, Nicholas H. Evans
A pyridine-N-oxide containing [2]catenane may be reversibly protonated, as well as bind lithium cations more strongly than sodium cations.
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Palladium-catalyzed (Z)-selective allylation of phosphine oxides with vinylethylene carbonates to construct phosphorus allyl alcohols

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3068-3072
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00354C, Paper
Hua Huang, Yi-Qi Wu, Lu-Yao Han, Lu Jiang, Zhuo-Zhuo Zhang, Xiang Zhang, Bo Han, Wei Huang, Jun-Long Li
A general and efficient method for the highly stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-phosphorus allylalcohols has been developed using the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of phosphine oxides with vinylethylene carbonates.
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Iron-catalyzed selective construction of indole derivatives via oxidative C(sp3)–H functionalization of indolin-2-ones

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3073-3079
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00133H, Paper
Wei Chen, Lang-Qi Wen, Xiao-Bing Lu, Hui Zhou
We have developed a clean and efficient iron-catalyzed C(sp3)–H functionalization of indolin-2-ones for the chemodivergent synthesis of value-added indole derivatives, including isatins, and symmetrical and non-symmetrical isoindigos.
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Direct access to pyrrole anhydrides via oxidative self-coupling of pyrrole carboxaldehydes

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3045-3052
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00052H, Paper
Surabhi Panday, Tapas Maity, Pratibha Bhatti, Joydev K. Laha
An elegant synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid anhydrides from pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes using TBAI as a catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant is described herein.
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Charge-transfer inclusion complex formation of the tropylium cation with prism[6]arenes

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00423J, Communication
Guojiao Zhang, Channi Cheng, Zhengxiang Li, Dezhi Zhao, Chengyou Han
We report that charge-transfer (CT) inclusion complexes were formed between prism[6]arenes and tropylium cation. Additionally, the CT complex showed Cl/Ag+ responsiveness which can be easily monitored by the naked eye.
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