Publications from the Group

PUBLICATIONS

2026

1. Chhotan Mandal, Abhishek Kundu, Sourav Panda, Debabrata Mukherjee. "Potassium Follows Calcium in Heterobimetallic 'K-H-Al' Hydrides on a Picolyl-Derived Chemically Non-innocent Triaza Ligand" Dalton Trans., 2026, Accepted Manuscript.

DOI: 10.1039/D6DT00079G

2025

1. Chhotan Mandal, Abhishek Kundu, Sourav Panda, Debabrata Mukherjee. "Intriguing Metal-Ligand Interplays Leading to Diverse Al-H-M (M = Mg, Ca) Heterobimetallic Hydrides on a Picolyl-Based 3N Ligand" Chem. Commun., 2026,62, 869-873.

DOI: 10.1039/x0xx00000x

2. Sumana Mondal, Subham Sarkar, Chhotan Mandal, Dibyendu Mallick and Debabrata Mukherjee. "A digermylene (LGeI–GeIL) on an N-heterocyclic carbene–fluorenyl hybrid ligand (L) and its oxidation by TEMPO and Ph2E2 (E = S, Se)" Dalton Trans., 2025,54, 16006-16013.

DOI: 10.1039/D5DT02074C

3. Chhotan Mandal, Subham Sarkar, Narottam Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu Mallick, and Debabrata Mukherjee. "[9-{2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl}fluorenyl] as a Ligand on Magnesium Leads to a THF Ring-Opening by the Fluorenyl Moiety." Inorganic Chemistry 2025 64 (38), 19266-19278.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02658

4. Sudip Baguli, Subham Sarkar, Soumajit Nath, Dibyendu Mallick, and Debabrata Mukherjee "Gauging the Intramolecular CAr-I Activation from Two Parallel Sets of MCl (M = Cu, Ag, Au) Adducts of an Iodobenzyl CAAC and Its NHC Variant." Inorganic Chemistry 2025 64 (30), 15424-15436

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c01527

5. Sudip Baguli, Subham Sarkar, Dibyendu Mallick, and Debabrata Mukherjee "Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP)-like (Cyclo)addition of Small OrganicMolecules to a Stable Azomethine Ylide." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202504737.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202504737

6. Santu Goswami, Subham Sarkar, Anisha Guha Roy, Dibyendu Mallick, and Debabrata Mukherjee "A Tridentate and Dianionic N-Heterocyclic Olefin (NHO) with Two Unsymmetrically-Tethered Aryloxide Sidearms on Bismuth: A Fortuitous Followed by Systematic Discovery." Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 8142-8151.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DT00706B

7. Sudip Baguli, Soimantik Chakraborty, Soumajit Nath, and Debabrata Mukherjee "An Aziridine and a 2-Pyrrolidone with Pyridyl Sidearms as Ligandsfor Cationic Rh(I)-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation and Hydrogenation ofC=C and C≡C Bonds" Chem. Eur. J. 2025, e202404659.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202404659

2024

1. Chhotan Mandal, Subham Sarkar, Sourav Panda, Dibyendu Mallick and Debabrata Mukherjee "Synthesis and reactivity of a heteroleptic magnesium hydride on a dearomatized picolyl-based NNN-chelator" Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 17343-17350.

DOI:https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/dt/d4dt02757d

2. Sudip Baguli, Soumajit Nath, Abhishek Kundu, Harikrishna Menon, Debashis Adhikari, and Debabrata Mukherjee "(CAAC)CuCl: A Competent Precatalyst for Carbonyl and Ester Hydrosilylation" Inorganic Chemistry 2024 63 (40), 18552-18562

DOI:https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01624

3. Chhotan Mandal, Shalini Joshi, Sabyashachi Mishra, and Debabrata Mukherjee “ Heteroleptic Magnesium n-Butyl on a Chemically Non-innocent 2-Anilidomethylpyridine Ligand Leading to Diverse Magnesium Hydrides " Inorganic Chemistry 2024 63 (34) 15692-15704 DOI:https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01612

4. Santu Goswami, Subham Sarkar, Dibyendu Mallick, and Debabrata Mukherjee “ An Imidazolium Salt That Uncharacteristically Avoids the Imminent Deprotonation of Its Acidic 2-H Proton by KN(SiMe3)2 " Organometallics 2024 43 (11), 1308-1316 DOI:https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00146

5. Soumajit Nath, Sudip Baguli, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “ A Hybrid Benzothiazolyl-NHC Ligand with a Flexible −CH2– Linker and Its Cationic Rh(I) Complex That Catalyzes the Olefin Hydrosilylation " Organometallics 2024 43 (20), 2458-2465. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00005

6. Sumana Mondal, Subham Sarkar, Chhotan Mandal, Dibyendu Mallick, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “Fluorenyl-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC): an exclusive C-donor ligand for heteroleptic calcium and strontium chemistry " Chem. Comm. 2024,60, 4553-4556

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC00397G

7. Sumana Mondal, Subham Sarkar, Dibyendu Mallick, Debabrata Mukherjee “Fluorenyl-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene: An effective ancillary support for heteroleptic magnesium organometallics " Polyhedron 251 (2024) 116849. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2024.116849

2023

1. Chhotan Mandal, Shalini Joshi, Sanjay Das, Sabyashachi Mishra, Debabrata Mukherjee “ 2‑Anilidomethylpyridine-Derived Three-Coordinate Zinc Hydride: The Journey Unveils Anilide Backbone’s ReactiveNature. " Inorganic Chemistry 2024 63 (1), 739-751

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03673

2. Santu Goswami, Pranay Mandal, Subham Sarkar, Mainak Mukherjee,c Samanwita Pal, Dibyendu Mallick, Debabrata Mukherjee “ Flexible NHC-aryloxido aluminum complex and its zwitterionic imidazolium aluminate precursor in ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone" Dalton Trans., 2024, Advance Article. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT02932H

3. Sudip Baguli, Subham Sarkar, Soumajit Nath, Dr. Dibyendu Mallick, Debabrata Mukherjee “ Divergent Synthesis of Chelating Aziridines and Cyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes (CAACs) from Pyridyl-Tethered Robust Azomethine Ylides." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312858 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202312858

4. Chhotan Mandal, Abhishek Kundu, Sanjay Das, Debashis Adhikari, Debabrata Mukherjee “ A 2-Anilidomethylpyridine Ligand Framework Showcasing Hydride Storage and Transfer Abilities in Its Aluminum Chemistry. " Chem.Eur.J. 2023, 29, e2023011. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202301119

5. Sudip Baguli, Abhishek Kundu, Soumajit Nath, Dr. Debashis Adhikari, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “ A Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropane by Intramolecular C(sp3)–H Activation at a Cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene Center and Its Fascinating Ring-Opening Chemistry. " Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 17, 3141–3145. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01072

6. Sumana Mondal, Tejender Sing, Sudip Baguli, Dr. Soumya Ghosh, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “A N-Heterocyclic Carbene Supported Zinc Catalyst for the 1,2-Regioselective Hydroboration of N-heteroarenes. " Chem.Eur. J.2023,29,e202300508. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300508

7. Santu Goswami, Pranay Mandal, Dr. Dibyendu Mallick, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “ A Bifunctional NHC-Aryloxido Titanium Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone and an Unusual Fragmentation of Its Ligand Backbone " Organometallics 2023, 42, 11, 1232–1241. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00069

2022

1. Sudip Baguli, Shovan Das, Mahua Chakraborty, Santu Goswami, Prof. Ayan Dutta, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee “ [(Flu)-(CH2)2-(NHC)-CH2-(NHC)-(CH2)2-(Flu)]2-: an ‘all-organic’ hybrid and flexible ligand that enwraps a Ca2+ pseudo-tetrahedrally." Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 12188–12191. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04700D,

2. Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee " Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury" Parkin, G., Meyer, K., O’Hare, D. (eds.) Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV. 2022, 9, 89-121. Kidlington, UK: Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00162-1

2021

1. Sudip Baguli, Sumana Mondal, Chhotan Mandal, Santu Goswami, Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee " Cyclopentadienyl Complexes of the Alkaline Earths in Light of the Periodic Trends" Chem Asian J. 2021, 16, 1-17. DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100962.

2. Dr. Debabrata Mukherjee " Calcium, Strontium, and Barium" Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III (Third Edition) 2021, Pages 106-138, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.14715-8.