UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE
1. Full name of the faculty member: Dr. Ramananda Maity
2. Designation: Assistant Professor
3. Specialization : Inorganic Chemistry
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4. Contact information:
Dept. of Chemistry,
Rajabazar Science College, 92-Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road,
University of Calcutta, Kolkata -700009, West Bengal, India
Email ID: rmchem@[Link]
6. Academic qualifications:
Abbreviation of the degree College/ university
Ph.D. University of Münster, Germany (2009-2013), under the guidance of Prof.
F. E. Hahn. The doctoral thesis work was based on orthometalated
heterobimetallic complexes.
[Link]. IIT Madras (2007-2009); Project supervisor: Prof. Dillip Kumar Chand; The
[Link]. project work was based on the synthesis of PdII complexes.
[Link]. St. Paul’s C. M. College, University of Calcutta (2004-2007)
7. Positions held/ holding:
Tenure Positions held/ holding
April 2016 to date Assistant Professor in Chemistry at University of Calcutta,
Kolkata, India
October 2015 to April 2016 Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Dibrugarh University, Assam,
India
September 2015 to October 2015 Post-doctoral Fellow under Prof. S. Inoue at Technische
Universitatät Berlin, Germany
June 2013 to August 2015 Post-doctoral fellow under Prof. B. Sarkar at Freie Universität
Berlin, Germany
8. Research interests:
Polynuclear complexes possessing both classical and mesoionic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligands (Homo-polynuclear & hetero-bimetallic types): Synthesis and cooperative catalysis.
Chiral NHC complexes and their applications in asymmetric catalysis.
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9. Research guidance:
Number of students pursuing PhD: 4
Bhaskar Mondal
Adhir Majumder Rajat Naskar Tarak Nath Saha [Link]. : University of calcutta
[Link]. : Kalyani University [Link]. : NIT Rourkela [Link]. : University of calcutta bhaskarorg95@[Link]
adhirmajumder0404@gmail. rajatnaskar94@[Link] tarak151293@[Link]
com
Number of MSc project student supervised: 16
10. Projects:
Sr. No. Title of the project Funding agency Period Amount (Rs)
01 “Highly Conjugated Supramolecular DST-SERB 2019-2022 37,220,00.00
Organometallic Architectures Bearing
Polycarbene Ligands: Redox-Activity,
Cooperativity, Molecular Hosts and
Selective Organic Transformations”
02 “Heterobimetallic N-Heterocyclic UGC 2017-2019 10,000,00.00
Carbene Complexes for Tandem
Catalysis”
11. List of publications:
From University of Calcutta:
23. " Naphthalene-Based Heterobimetallic Triazolylidene IrIII/PdII
Complex: Regioselective to Regiospecific C–H Activation, Tandem
Catalysis and Copper-Free Sonogashira Reaction” A. Majumder, R.
Naskar, P. Roy, B. Mondal, S. Garai, and R. Maity *, Dalton Trans.,
2023, Accepted Article.
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22. "Redox and photochemical/photophysical properties of
compounds containing mesoionic carbene ligands ” R. Maity* and B.
Sarkar*, RSC Book Chapter: Organometallic Chemistry, 2000, Vol 44,
21. "Dinuclear PdII Complexes Bearing Mixed NHC/Py/PPh3 Donor
Set ligands: Catalytic Applications and Electrochemical
Investigations” R. Naskar, B. Mondal, A. Majumder, J. Bag and R.
Maity*, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2022.
20. "Synthesis of PdII Triazolylidene Complexes via an Unusual Csp2-
Csp2 Decoupling Reaction: Applications in α-Arylation of Amide and
Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions” R. Naskar, S. Sinhababu, A.
Majumder and R. Maity*, ChemSelect, 2022, DOI:
10.1002/slct.202201615
19. "Palladium, Iridium and Rhodium Complexes Bearing Chiral N-
Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Applied in Asymmetric Catalysis” N.
Mukherjee, B. Mondal, T. N. Saha and R. Maity*, Appl. Organomet.
Chem., 2022.
18. "Bimetallic PdII Complexes with NHC/Py/PCy3 Donor Set
Ligands: Applications in α-Arylation, Suzuki-Miyaura and
Sonogashira Coupling Reactions” R. Naskar, A. Majumder, by A.
Majumder, R. Naskar, S. J. Phukan and R. Maity*, New J. Chem, 2022,
DOI: [Link]/10.1039/D2NJ01852G
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17. “Chemistry of Compounds Based on 1,2,3-Triazolylidene-Type
Mesoionic Carbenes“ R. Maity* and B. Sarkar*, JACS Au. 2022, 2, 22-
57.
16. “Palladium(II) Complexes Bearing a Mixed Set of
aNHC/Py/PR3/I2 Ligands: Applications in α-Arylation of Amide and
Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reactions“ R. Naskar, A. Majumder, K.
Kundu, S. Biswas, M. S. Maji, R. Maity*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2021,
DOI: org/10.1016/[Link].2021.121925
15. “Cooperative Effects in Multimetallic Complexes Applied in
Catalysis“ R. Maity,* B. S. Birenheide, F. Breher*, B. Sarkar*,
ChemCatChem. 2021, 13, 2337-2370.
14. “Heterobimetallic Carbene Complexes Bearing
Cyclometalated Ir /Rh and Mixed NHC˄Py/PPh3 Coordinated
III III
PdII Centers: Structures and Tandem Catalysis“ A. Majumder, T.N.
Saha, N. Majumder, R. Naskar, K. Pal, R. Maity*, Eur. J. Inorg.
Chem., 2021, 1104-1110.
Front Cover
13. “Homo‐and Heterobimetallic Complexes Bearing NHC
Ligands: Applications in α‐Arylation of Amide, Suzuki–Miyaura
Coupling Reactions and Tandem Catalysis”A. Majumder, R.
Naskar, P. Roy, R. Maity*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2019, 1810-1815.
12. “Iron sandwiched between group 13 analogues of N-
Heterocyclic carbene: A theoretical investigation”A. Boruah, M. P
Borpuzari, R Maity, R. Kar*, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 863, 54-59.
From PhD & Post-Doc:
11. “Palladium Complexes Bearing Mesoionic Carbene Ligands: Applications in α‐Arylation,
α‐Methylation and Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions” R. Maity, A. Verma, M. van der Meer, S.
Hohloch, B. Sarkar*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016 (1), 111-117.
10. “C-H activation in IrIII and N-demethylation in PtII complexes with mesoionic carbene ligands:
examples of monometallic, homobimetallic and heterobimetallic” R. Maity, T. Ticter, M. van der Meer
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and B. Sarkar*, Dalton Trans, 2015, 34, 18311-18315.
9. “Triply cyclometalated trinuclear iridium(III) and trinuclear palladium(II) complexes with a tri-
mesoioniccarbene ligand” R. Maity, A. Mekic, M. van der Meer, A. Verma and B. Sarkar*, Chem.
Commun., 2015, 34, 15106-15109.
8. “Di- and Trinuclear Iridium(III) Complexes with Poly-MesoionicCarbenes Synthesized through
Selective Base-Dependent Metalation” R. Maity, M. van der Meer, S. Holoch and B. Sarkar*,
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 30903096.
7. “Catalytic oxygenation of sp3 “C-H” bonds with IrIII complexes of chelating triazoles and
mesoioniccarbenes” S. Hohloch, F. L. Duecker, S. Kaiser, A. Bolje, R. Maity, J. Kosmrlj and B. Sarkar*,
Dalton Trans, 2015, 44, 686693.
6. “Redox-active multinuclear Pd(II) complexes with bis- and tris-mesoioniccarbenes” R. Maity, M. van
der Meer and B. Sarkar*, Dalton Trans, 2015, 44, 4649.
5. “Cyclometalated Mono- and DinuclearIr(III) Complexes with “Click”-Derived Triazoles and Mesoionic
Carbenes” R. Maity, S. Hohloch, C.-Y. Su, M. van der Meer and B. Sarkar*, Chem. -Eur. J., 2014, 20,
99529961.
4. ‘‘HeterobimetallicCarbene Complexes by a Single-Step Site-Selective Metallation of a Tricarbene
Ligand’’ R. Maity, H. Koppetz, A. Hepp and F. E. Hahn*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 49664969.
3. ‘‘Metal center dependent coordination modes of a tricarbene ligand’’ R. Maity, A. Rit, C. S. to Brinke,
C. G. Daniliuc and F. E. Hahn*, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10101013.
2. “Two Different, Metal Dependent Coordination Modes of a Dicarbene Ligand depending on the Metal
Center Employed” R. Maity, A. Rit, C. S. to Brinke, J. Kösters and F. E. Hahn*, Organometallics, 2013, 32,
61746177.
1. ‘‘Heterotrimetallic complexes of a phenylene-bridge tricarbene ligand’’ R. Maity, C. S. to Brinke and
F. E. Hahn*, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 1285712860.
12. Conference/ Invited Lectures:
1. “Homo- and Heterobimetallic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Employed in Catalysis” Young
Scientists Conclave 2021 Organized by Indian Chemical Society (YSC-2021).
2. “Diverse Applications of Carbene Intermediates” 2020, Invertis University, India, (Invited Talk).
3. “Heterobimetallic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Structure and Cooperative Tandem Catalysis“;
IC-ETCS 2020, R. Maity, and A. Majumder, IIT Kgp, Oral presentation.
4. “Homo- and Heterobimetallic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Structure and Cooperative Catalysis“;
MTIC 2020, R. Maity, A. Majumder and R. Naskar, 2019, IIT Guwahati, Poster Presentation.
5. “Polynuclear NHC complexes: application in cooperative catalysis” R. Maity, Challenges in Synthetic
Chemistry and its industrial applications, 2016, NIT Rourkela, India (Invited Talk).
13. Awards/Achievements :
Early Career Research (ECR) Award from DST-SERB.
Start-Up grant from UGC, India.
Ph.D Scholarship from International NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster, Germany.
IITM Merit cum Means scholarship during [Link]. at IIT Madras.
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Ranked 35 (99.49 percentile) in GATE held on 8th Feb, 2009.
CSIR-NET qualified held on 21st December 2008.
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