Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2012)
M.Sc. in Chemistry (Specialization: Organic Chemistry): University of Calcutta (2005)
B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours): Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta (2003)
Work Experiences
Institute/Organization
Position Held
From (Date)
To (Date)
NIT Durgapur
Associate Professor
03/08/2022
Till date
NIT Meghalaya
Associate Professor
23/09/2019
02/08/2022
NIT Meghalaya
Assistant Professor (AGP Rs. 8000/-)
03/07/2015
22/09/2019
NIT Meghalaya
Assistant Professor (AGP Rs. 7000/-)
14/01/2013
02/07/2015
Techno India, Salt Lake
Assistant Professor
28/04/2012
22/12/2012
Chembiotek (TCG LifeSciences)
Research Chemist
15/07/2005
30/05/2006
Teachings
UG / PG Students
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Doctoral Students
Dr. Rishika Chakrabortry (Roll No. P18CH004)
NPDF
Nanomaterials
1D and 2D Nanostructures: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Supercapacitor Application
Dr. Rishika Chakrabortry (Roll No. P18CH004)
NPDF
Nanomaterials
1D and 2D Nanostructures: Design, Synthesis, Properties and Supercapacitor Application
Dr. Micky Lanster Sawkmie (Roll No. P14CH002)
Associate Professor, St. Mary's College, Shillong
Metal promoted organic synthesis in water
Synthesis of active tin(0) and bismuth(0) for their applications in Barbier-type reactions & cuprous oxide for alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction in water
Dr. Micky Lanster Sawkmie (Roll No. P14CH002)
Associate Professor, St. Mary's College, Shillong
Metal promoted organic synthesis in water
Synthesis of active tin(0) and bismuth(0) for their applications in Barbier-type reactions & cuprous oxide for alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction in water
Dr. Dipankar Paul (Roll No. P16CH005)
Research Scientist, Jubilant Biosys
Carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions
Exploring the lability of electron-rich aryl groups in benzylic and allylic substrates for selective C−C bond cleavage
Dr. Dipankar Paul (Roll No. P16CH005)
Research Scientist, Jubilant Biosys
Carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions
Exploring the lability of electron-rich aryl groups in benzylic and allylic substrates for selective C−C bond cleavage
Dr. Gitumoni Kalita (Roll No. P18CH007)
Research Associate at TIFR, Hyderabad
Bronsted acid catalyzed activation of propargylic alcohols
Bronsted acid catalyzed electrophilic activation of tertiary propargyl alcohols to synthesize various indenes, benzopyrans and conjugated diene-diones
Dr. Gitumoni Kalita (Roll No. P18CH007)
Research Associate at TIFR, Hyderabad
Bronsted acid catalyzed activation of propargylic alcohols
Bronsted acid catalyzed electrophilic activation of tertiary propargyl alcohols to synthesize various indenes, benzopyrans and conjugated diene-diones
Projects
Sl.No.
Title
Name of the PI
Name of the CoPIs
Funding Agency
Amount (Rs.)
Project Type
Project Status
Date of Initiation
Date of Completion
1
Exploring the synergy in Ru-Sn heterobimetallic complexes for their catalytic applications in organic syntheses
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee
Dr. Debjit Das, T. D. B. College, Raniganj
West Bengal Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnology (WBDSTBT)
1,740,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2024-02-10
2027-02-10
2
Synthesis and characterization of colloidal quantum dots and investigating their suitability as photo-catalyst in organic synthesis
Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal, Bankura University, WB
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee, NIT Durgapur
Science and Engineering Research Board
1,830,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2024-01-22
2027-01-22
3
Assessment of climate change impact on soils and various water basins of Meghalaya using existing and newer techniques
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee
DST
6,645,000
Sponsored
Completed
2019-04-01
2022-03-31
4
Transition metal catalyzed cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds: synthetic, mechanistic and theoretical studies
Paresh Nath Chatterjee
NA
SERB
2,470,000
Sponsored
Completed
2015-09-23
2018-09-22
5
Development of 3-D supramolecular structure-based optoelectronic materials towards photovoltaic devices
Dr. Gitish K Dutta
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee
DST
2,765,000
Sponsored
Completed
2015-08-19
2018-12-18
Projects
Sl.No.
Title
Name of the PI
Name of the CoPIs
Funding Agency
Amount (Rs.)
Project Type
Project Status
Date of Initiation
Date of Completion
1
Exploring the synergy in Ru-Sn heterobimetallic complexes for their catalytic applications in organic syntheses
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee
Dr. Debjit Das, T. D. B. College, Raniganj
West Bengal Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnology (WBDSTBT)
1,740,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2024-02-10
2027-02-10
2
Synthesis and characterization of colloidal quantum dots and investigating their suitability as photo-catalyst in organic synthesis
Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal, Bankura University, WB
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee, NIT Durgapur
Science and Engineering Research Board
1,830,000
Sponsored
Ongoing
2024-01-22
2027-01-22
3
Assessment of climate change impact on soils and various water basins of Meghalaya using existing and newer techniques
Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee
DST
6,645,000
Sponsored
Completed
2019-04-01
2022-03-31
4
Transition metal catalyzed cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds: synthetic, mechanistic and theoretical studies
Paresh Nath Chatterjee
NA
SERB
2,470,000
Sponsored
Completed
2015-09-23
2018-09-22
5
Development of 3-D supramolecular structure-based optoelectronic materials towards photovoltaic devices
1. Nitrogen and oxygen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets derived from turmeric leaves for high-performance supercapacitor R. Chakraborty, A. Sharma, P. K. Maji, S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, P. N. Chatterjee, Y. N. Banothu, M. Pradhan* Inorganica Chimica Acta
567, 122056
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.ica.2024.122056
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169324001464
2024
2024
2. A theoretical investigation to understand the difference in reactivities of secondary and tertiary propargylic alcohols with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene in presence of Brnøsted acid P. J. Boruah, M. Debnath, A. Agarwal, G. Kalita, P. N. Chatterjee*, A. K. Paul* International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
2024, 1-12
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1002/kin.21714
Wiley
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/kin.21714
2024
2024
3. Deciphering the intriguing molecular recognition of a novel indene-phloroglucinol tethered compound with human serum albumin using multi-spectroscopy and molecular docking studies G. Kalita, S. Sarmah, V. Prakash, P. N. Chatterjee*, A. S. Roy* Journal of Molecular Structure
1306, 137796
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.137796
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022286024003193
2024
2023
4. 1D iron vanadate-reduced graphene oxide nanorod composite for efficient oxidative esterification of aldehydes R. Chakraborty, G. Kalita, M. Pradhan*, P. N. Chatterjee* Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
100 (9), 101074
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.jics.2023.101074
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019452223001978
2023
2022
5. Synthesis of 2,2-disubstituted-2H-1-benzopyrans using tetraphenylethylene-based heterogeneous acidic organocatalyst and the evaluation of their binding interaction with human serum albumin G. Kalita, S. Sarmah, A. S. Roy & P. N. Chatterjee* Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Yet to come
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1002/jhet.4582
Wiley
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jhet.4582
7. A Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Easy Access to Conjugated Diene-Diones from Tertiary Propargyl Alcohols and 1, 3-Dicarbonyl Compounds G. Kalita, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* Synlett
Special Issue Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis in India
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1055/s-0042-1752339
Thieme
https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0042-1752339
2022
2021
8. Ultrasound mediated synthesis of aldimines from non-enolizable aldehydes at room temperature D. Paul, G. Kalita, H. J. Bora, S. Samai & P. N. Chatterjee* Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B
60 (12) & 1593-1600
SCI/SCOPUS
10.56042/ijcb.v60i12.46653
CSIR-NISCAIR
http://op.niscpr.res.in/index.php/IJCB/article/view/46653
2021
2021
9. Sulfonated
tetraphenylethylene-based hypercrosslinked polymer as a heterogeneous catalyst
for the synthesis of symmetrical triarylmethanes via a dual C–C bond-cleaving
path G. Kalita, N. Deka, D. Paul, L. Thapa, G. K. Dutta* & P. N. Chatterjee* Synlett
32 (03) & 304-308
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1055/a-1277-3995
Thieme
https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/a-1277-3995
11. para‑Toluenesulfonic acid catalyzed synthesis of indenes a
tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/hydroarylation of tertiary propargylic alcohols
with electron‑rich arenes G. Kalita, D. Paul, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* Catalysis Letters
150 & 2132-2139
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1007/s10562-020-03220-0
Springer
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10562-020-03220-0
2020
2019
12. Synthesis
and characterization of active cuprous oxide particles and their catalytic
application in 1,2,3‐triazole synthesis via alkyne‐azide cycloaddition reaction
in water M. L. Sawkmie, D. Paul, G. Kalita, K. Agarwala, P. K. Maji & P. N. Chatterjee* Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
56 (12) & 3277-3288
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1002/jhet.3723
Wiley
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jhet.3723
2019
2019
13. para‐Toluenesulfonic acid‐catalyzed,
ultrasound‐promoted, one‐pot, three‐component coupling of aldehydes,
β‐dicarbonyls/amides, and electron‐rich arenes D. Paul, A. Borah, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
8 & 1870-1878
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1002/ajoc.201900352
Wiley
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajoc.201900352
2019
2019
14. A
facile iron-catalyzed dual C–C bond cleavage: an approach towards
triarylmethanes D. Paul, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* New Journal of Chemistry
43 & 10056-10065
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1039/C9NJ00149B
Royal Society of Chemistry
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/nj/c9nj00149b
2019
2019
15. Active
bismuth mediated allylation of carbonyls/N-tosyl
aldimines and propargylation of aldehydes in water M. L. Sawkmie, D. Paul, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* Journal of Chemical Sciences
131:51 & 1-12
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1007/s12039-019-1625-6
Springer
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12039-019-1625-6
2019
2019
16. Synthesis,
characterization of active Sn(0), and its application in selective
propargylation of aldehyde at room temperature in water P. N. Chatterjee,* D. Paul, M. L. Sawkmie, A. K. Sinha & S. Khatua Canadian Journal of Chemistry
97 (1) & 29-36
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1139/cjc-2017-074
Canadian Science Publishing
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjc-2017-0745
18. Iron-catalyzed
tandem C–N and C–C bond cleavage in diarylmethanamines: use of electron-rich
arenes as leaving group to generate triarylmethanes D. Paul, S. Khatua & P. N. Chatterjee* ChemistrySelect
3 (41) & 11649-11656
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1002/slct.201802245
Wiley
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.201802245
2018
2018
19. Synthesis
and characterization of Pd-γ-Fe2O3 nanocomposite and its
application as a magnetically recyclable catalyst in ligand-free Suzuki-Miyaura
reaction in water D. Paul, S. Rudra, P. Rahman, S. Khatua, M. Pradhan* & P. N. Chatterjee* Journal
of Organometallic Chemistry
871 (15) & 96-102
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.06.016
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022328X18303504
2018
2013
20. Multimetallic
Ir–Sn3-catalyzed substitution reaction of π-activated alcohols with
carbon and heteroatom nucleophiles A. K. Maity, P. N. Chatterjee & S. Roy* Tetrahedron
69 (2) & 942-956
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.tet.2012.10.086
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402012016821
2013
2013
21. Heterobimetallic
Ir–Sn catalysis: aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction of N-sulfonyl aldimines P. N. Chatterjee, A. K. Maity, S. S. Mohapatra & S. Roy* Tetrahedron
69 (13) & 2816-2826
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.074
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402013001452
2013
2012
22. Allylic
activation across an Ir–Sn heterobimetallic catalyst: nucleophilic substitution
and disproportionation of allylic alcohol P. N. Chatterjee & S. Roy* Tetrahedron
68 (19) & 3776-3785
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.tet.2012.02.054
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402012002669
2012
2011
23. Alkylation
of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with benzylic and propargylic alcohols using Ir–Sn
bimetallic catalyst: synthesis of fully decorated furans and pyrroles P. N. Chatterjee & S. Roy* Tetrahedron
67 (25) & 4569-4577
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1016/j.tet.2011.04.092
Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402011006296
2011
2010
24. Propargylic
activation across a heterobimetallic Ir–Sn catalyst: nucleophilic substitution
and indene formation with propargylic alcohols Chatterjee, P. N. and Roy, S.* Journal of Organic Chemistry
75 (13) & 4413-4423
SCI/SCOPUS
10.1021/jo100189z
American Chemical Society
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jo100189z
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