An interesting procedure for the zinc-catalyzed oxidative transformation of ready available 2-aminobenzamide, 2-aminobenzenesulfonamide with benzyl alcohols has been developed. Various quinazolinones and benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides were prepared in moderate to good yields under identical conditions. The reactions of both aromatic aldehydes and aliphatic aldehydes with 2-aminobenzamide under catalyst free conditions were described as well. In water media, the products were formed in good yields.

In this work a novel bimetallic nickel oxide/copper oxide metal–organic framework (NiO/CuO MOF) has been developed by using two linkers: Benzene Dicarboxylic acid (BDC) and Pyrazine. The composites of NiO/CuO MOF with different amounts of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) were synthesized through a hydrothermal method and subsequently characterized by multiple significant techniques like XRD, SEM, EDX, FTIR and Raman IR for an investigation of their structural and morphological properties. The prepared series of material was later employed for electrochemical oxidation of methanol, tested by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in basic medium on a modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The electrochemical response depicts that increasing concentration of rGO enhances the electrocatalytic activity of the catalyst for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). The catalyzed oxidation reaction of methanol by NiO/CuO MOF and rGO-NiO/CuO MOF composites give a superlative current density of 437. 28 mA/cm² at 0.9 V potential at 50 mV/s scan rate. This activity makes it a promising catalytic material for electrolysis of methanol in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC).

A novel and convenient procedure for the synthesis of quinazolinones has been developed. Using 2-bromoformanilides and organo nitros as substrates and Mo(CO)₆ as a multiple promoter, the desired products were isolated in moderate to excellent yields in the presence of a palladium catalyst. Here, Mo(CO)₆ was not only a CO source, but also a nitro compound reducing reagent and a cyclization promoter.

Nanoscale Fe₂O₃-catalyzed environmentally benign synthesis of nitriles and amides has been performed from easily accessible aldehydes and ammonia using O₂.

A more efficient telomerization of 1,3‐butadiene with carbon dioxide leading to the valuable δ‐lactone 1 (3‐ethylidene‐6‐vinyltetrahydro‐2H‐pyran‐2‐one) is reported. The key to success is the use of a palladium/TOMPP‐catalyst system (TOMPP=tris‐(o‐methoxyphenyl)‐phosphine), which provided under optimal conditions significantly increased yields of the desired product and improved catalyst turnover numbers (TON=1500).