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Professor Chittaranjan Sinha
Department of Chemistry
Jadavpur University
Kolkata-700 032
West Bengal, India
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Our research is subjected to fundamental inorganic chemistry broadly in Coordination Chemistry. Design of different types of ligands on heterocyclic and nonheterocyclic backbone and their complexes of transition and nontransition metals followed by their structural characterization by spectroscopic techniques, exploration of redox and photoluminescence properties, investigation in many complexes of antimicrobial and anticancer properties and other properties like photoconductivity etc. From this research 47 research scholars awarded PhD Degree, 02 Scholars are going to be awarded and 12 students are working (out of which 08 are registered), many MSc students received research training, students selected by Academy of Sciences also get glimpses of research flavor. International students (from Ethiopia) also received research training. More than 450 original research articles are published and more than 150 conferences have been attended in the country and abroad.
Our research focuses on the following areas:
(i) The photochromism of arylazoimidazoles and their some of the metal complexes
(ii) Liquid crystal properties of long chain alkyl substituted azoimidazoles and their complexes
(iii) Organomercury and cyclopalladation reaction along with their reactivities
(iv) Azophenolato complexes and their redox properties
Currently, research is focused on:
(v) Metal Organic Framework / Coordination Polymers and their conductivity, sorption studies, CO2 reduction efficiency, Photochromism
(vi) Functionalization of known drugs (sulfamethoxazole and other sulfonamides) towards metal binding and for more efficient less toxic drug design
At present twelve scholars are working. Funding from different Govt agencies (DST, CSIR, AICTE, UGC, State Fund, Jadavpur University) are duly acknowledged.
Project Completed
1. Mercuration-cyclopalladated compounds
Date of start: 15.04.1995
Date of end: 14.04.1997
Grant: 2,88,750/-
Sponsor: DST, New Delhi (Young Scientist Scheme)
Status: Completed
2. Chemistry of transition metals arylazoimidazole complexes
Date of start: 01.08.1995
Date of end: 31.03.1999
Grant: 4,61,111/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
3. Coordination compounds of azopyrimidines
Date of start: 01.01.1998
Date of end: 31.12.2000
Grant: 3,88,499/-
Sponsor: UGC, New Delhi
Status: Completed
4. Reactivity of MX2-fragment
Date of start: 01.01.1999
Date of end: 31.03.2002
Grant: 6,59,720/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
5. Metallo-organic and organometallic chemistry of azomethine/ azobenzidine/ phenyldiamines and azoimidazole derivatives
Date of start: 01.01.1999
Date of end: 31.03.2004
Grant: 50,000/-
Sponsor: UGC (Under DSA Phase-II)
Status: Completed
6. Naphthylazo/azomethine heterocyclic metallacycles
Date of start: 01.01.2000
Date of end: 31.12.2002
Grant: 18,26,302/-
Sponsor: DST, New Delhi
Status: Completed
7. Design of mixed heterocyclic azo compounds: metal chemistry
Date of start: 09.04.2002
Date of end: 08.04.2005
Grant: 03,08,560/-
Sponsor: UGC, New Delhi
Status: Completed
8. Mononuclear and polynuclear complexes: Magnetism and redox behaviour
Date of start: 01.11.2002
Date of end: 31.10.2005
Grant: 7,20,000/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
9. Magneto-structural correlation of binuclear/polynuclear complexes of azoimidazoles, azopyrimidines, thio Schiff bases of 3-formylsalicylic acid
Date of start: 01.01.2002
Date of end: 01.12.2002
Grant: 40,000/-
Sponsor : UGC (Visiting associateship) visit to IISc
Status: Completed
10. Copper complexes of thioarylazoimidazoles: Investigation of oxidation state dependent structures and their electrochemistry and magnetism
Date of start: 01.07.2004
Date of end: 01.06.2006
Grant: 50,000/-
Sponsor: Jadavpur University Research Grant
Status: Completed
11. Group 6 metal-carboinyl-azoheterocycles: Synthesis, structure, photophysical, chemical and electrochemical properties [azoheterocycles: 1-alkyl-2-(arylazo)imidazoles (RaaiR’), 1-alkyl-2-(naphthylazo)imidazoles (NaiR) and 1-alkyl-2-(pyridylazo)imidazoles (PyaiR)
Date of start: 01.04.2005
Date of end: 01.03.2008
Grant: 23,97,600/-
Sponsor: DST, New Delhi
Status: Completed
12. Photoluminescence materials: Structure, spectra, redox and photoluminescence properties
Date of start: 01.04.2005
Date of end: 01.03.2008
Grant: 19,20,000/-
Sponsor: AICTE, New Delhi
Status: Completed
13. Studies on Group 8 metal carbonyl complexes of azoimidazoles: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic studies and electrochemistry
Date of start: 01.11.2005
Date of end: 01.10.2006
Grant: 50,000/-
Sponsor: JU potential for Excellence
Status: Completed
14. Photo and protonation induced changes in structures, reactivities and electrochemical properties of azo-heterocyclic conjugated metal complex systems
Date of start: 01.05.2006
Date of end: 01.04.2009
Grant: 9,00,000/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
15. Complexes of NxSy ligands involving imidazole-N, azo-N and thiother-S donors. Studies on high potential redox systems
Date of start: 01.05.2006
Date of end: 01.10.2009
Grant: 6,00,000/-
Sponsor: UGC, New Delhi
Status: Completed
16. Photochromic liquid crystals and metallomesogens of azoimidazoles
Date of start: 01.08.2009
Date of end: 01.10.2012
Grant: 37,28,000/-
Sponsor: DST, New Delhi
Status: Completed
17. Studies on coumarin appended azo (-N=N-) and imine (-C=N-) functionalized fluorescent molecules and their metal complexes
Date of start: 01.12.2009
Date of end: 01.01.2013
Grant: 14,88,000/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
18. Micro-structure controlled photochromism of azoimidazoles: Effect of micelle, reverse micelle, emulsifiers, nanocarbons (NCs) and nanoparticles (NPs)
Date of start: 01.05.2013
Date of end: 01.04.2016
Grant: 18,00, 000/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed
19. Azo (-N=N-) and imine (-C=N-) functionalized sulfamethoxazole and their metal complexes: Spectral, structural, photophysical, redox characterization and biochemical activities
Date of start: 01.04.2013
Date of end: 01.03.2016
Grant: 14,00, 000/-
Sponsor: UGC, New Delhi
Status: Completed
20. Exploration of bio-medical potentiality of thiosemicarbazone functionalised sulfonamides, their metal complexes and In Silico approach to correlate the drug-likeness
Date of start: 01.04.2013
Date of end: 01.03.2016
Grant: 14,09,000/-
Sponsor: DST, West Bengal
Status: Completed
21. Rhodamine inspired Sulfonamides: Structure, Chemosensor and exploration of their biomaterial activity
Date of start: 01.06.2017
Date of end: 31.05.2020
Grant: 9,50,000/-
Sponsor: CSIR, New Delhi
Status: Completed