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Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Mr. Dipankar Paul Research Scholar

  • B. Sc. Chemistry from St. Edmund’s College (2013)
  • M. Sc. Chemistry from NEHU, Shillong (2015).

dipankarpaul@nitm.ac.in imdpaul91@gmail.com
+919402517278, +916909076314
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time
Professional Membership : NA

Highest Degree with specialization(Name of Institute):

  • M.Sc Chemistry (NEHU, Shillong)

Academic Honors & Awards:

  • Ranked 3rd in B.Sc. (Chemistry), NEHU 2013.
  • Ranked 6th in M.Sc. (Chemistry), NEHU 2015.
  • Best poster award at the National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS) October 12-13, NIT Meghalaya, 2017.
  • GATE-2016
  • UGC-NET JRF 2018 (AIR 59)

Research Area:

  • Cleavage of C-C bond adjacent to aryl groups
  • Synthesis of metals and metal-oxides for application in organic synthesis
  • Ultrasound irradiation promoted/mediated organic transformations

Seminar/Conference Attended:

  • Workshop on Biophotonics - A Multidisciplinary Approach, November 18th-19th, NIT Meghalaya, 2016.
  • CRSI-RSC 20th National Symposium in Chemistry, Feb 2nd -5th, Guwahati University, 2017.
  • Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS), October 12th -13th, NIT Meghalaya, 2017.
  • Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS), December 6th-8th, IIT Guwahati, 2018.
  • National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC), October 14th-15th, NIT Meghalaya, 2019
  • XV Junior National Organic Symposium Trust (J-NOST), October 18th-21st, Delhi University, 2019
  • Recent Trends in Chemistry (RTC), October 30th-31st, NEHU, 2019
  • Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS), February 13th-15th, Guwahati University, 2020

Publications:

  • Paul, D.; Chatterjee, P.N., Exploring the labile nature of 2, 4, 6?trimethoxyphenyl moiety in allylic systems under acidic conditions, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2020(30), 4705-4712. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000631 [Categorized as a Very Important Paper]
  • Paul, D.; Khatua, S.; Chatterjee, P. N., A facile iron-catalyzed dual C–C bond cleavage: an approach towards triarylmethanes, New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 10056. DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ00149B.
  • Paul, D.; Khatua, S.; Chatterjee, P. N., Iron?Catalyzed tandem C?N and C–C bond cleavage in diaryl methanamines: use of electron?rich arenes as leaving group to generate triaryl methanes, ChemistrySelect., 2018, 3, 11649. DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802245.
  • Paul, D.; Borah, A.; Khatua, S.; Chatterjee, P. N., pTSA catalyzed, ultrasound promoted, one-pot, three-component coupling of aldehydes, ?-dicarbonyls/amides and electron-rich arenes, Asian. J. Org. Chem., 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201900352R2.
  • Paul, D.; Chatterjee, P. N., A facile iron?catalyzed coupling of N?activated benzyl amines with 1,3?dicarbonyl compounds through C?N bond cleavage, ChemistrySelect., 2018, 3, 12150. DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802619.
  • Paul, D.; Rudra, S.; Rahman, P.; Khatua, S.; Pradhan, M.; Chatterjee, P. N., Synthesis and characterization of Pd-?-Fe2O3 nanocomposite and its application as a magnetically recyclable catalyst in ligand-free Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in water, J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 871, 96. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.06.016.
  • Sawkmie, M. L.; Paul, D.; Khatua, S.; Chatterjee, P. N., Active bismuth mediated allylation of carbonyls/ N-tosyl aldimines and propargylation of aldehydes in water, J. Chem. Sci., 2019, 131, 51. DOI: 10.1007/s12039-019-1625-6.
  • Kalita, G.; Deka, N.; Paul, D.; Thapa. L; Dutta, G.K., Chatterjee, P.N., Sulfonated tetraphenylethylene-based hypercrosslinked polymer as a heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of symmetrical triarylmethanes via a dual C–C bond cleaving path, Synlett. 2020, DOI: 10.1055/a-1277-3995.
  • Chatterjee, P. N.; Paul, D.; Sawkmie, M. L.; Sinha, A. K.; Khatua, S., Synthesis, characterization of active Sn (0), and its application in selective propargylation of aldehyde at room temperature in water, Can. J. Chem. 2018, 1-8. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2017-0745.
  • Kalita, G.; Paul, D.; Khatua, S.; Chatterjee, P.N., para-Toluenesulfonic acid catalyzed synthesis of indenes a tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/hydroarylation of tertiary propargylic alcohols with electron-rich arenes, Cat. Lett. 2020, 1, 1-8. DOI: 10.1007/s10562-020-03220-0.
  • Sawkmie, M.L.; Paul, D.; Kalita, G.; Agarwala, K.; Maji, P.K.; Chatterjee, P.N., 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, J. Het. Chem. 2019, 56, 3277-3288. DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3723.

Any other remarkable experiences:

  • 2016-2018: Organic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty.
  • Student Convenor in the first Research Conclave 2020, NIT Meghalaya
  • Designed the Souvenir of Research Conclave 2020, NIT Meghalaya