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                                                                                                                                     Research Highlights
Dr. Swadhin K. Mandal, FRSC  
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences,
Indian institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata.
Office Address: TRC Room No 316, Research Complex, IISER-Kolkata
Email: swadhin.mandal@iiserkol.ac.in
SHORT CV 
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Our research is mainly focused on developing concepts on how to avoid metals during various catalytic processes. Generally, such catalytic processes have been heavily relying on the use of heavy, rare, expensive and very often toxic metals.  For example, we have developed ways to accomplish C-C cross coupling reactions without any metals. In this direction, we have been exploring various low-valent organo-main group species for their efficacy in catalytic CO2 reduction and functionalization to  various value added products avoiding any transition metal based catalysts.
 



Prof Swadhin Mandal Delivered a lecture on Mimicking Transition Metals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09JRWYo1-A
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     Significant Publications*​​
  • Ahmed et al, Switching between mono- and doubly-reduced odd alternant hydrocarbon: Designing redox catalyst, Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 3039-3049
  • Sreejyothi P and Swadhin K Mandal, From CO2 Activation to Catalytic Reduction: A Metal-free Approach​, Chemical Science, 2020,11, 10571-10593
  • Sau et al. "Stable Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and their Applications in Catalysis" Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 1233-1252
  • Bhunia et al. "Transition Metal-Free Catalytic Reduction of Primary Amides Using an Abnormal NHC based Potassium Complex: Integrating Nucleophilicity with Lewis Acidic Activation" Chemical Science, 2020,11, 1848-1854
  • Bhunia et al. "Earth-abundant metal catalyzed hydrosilylative reduction of various functional groups" Coord. Chem. Rev., 405, 2020 (Dedicated to Prof. G. K. Lahiri on the occasion of his 60th birthday)
  • Gupta et al. "Computationally designed antibody–drug conjugates self-assembled via affinity ligands" Nature Biomed. Eng., 3, 917–929 (2019)(Covered by Nature Biomed. Eng. as News and Views, see link for details: ​                                               https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-019-0478-0)​
  • Ahmed et al. "A K-Arylacetylide Complex for Catalytic Terminal Alkyne Functionalization using KOtBu as a Precatalyst" Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13860-13863
  • Bhunia et al. "Storing redox equivalent in the phenalenyl backbone towards catalytic multi-electron reduction" Chemical Science, 2019,10, 7433-7441
  • Sau et al. "Transforming Atmospheric CO2 into Alternative Fuels: a Metal-Free Approach under Ambient Conditions" Chemical Science, 2019,10, 1879-1884 
  • Ahmed et al. "Integrating Organic Lewis Acid and Redox Catalysis: The Phenalenyl Cation in Dual Role" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 8330-8339. (This work was highlighted by Nature India, Chemistryworld.)
  • Hota et al. "Metal-Free Catalytic Formylation of Amides Using CO2 under Ambient Conditions" ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 12,  11999-12003.
  • Vijaykumar et al. "Tuning Redox Non-innocence of Phenalenyl Ligand toward Efficient Nickel-Assisted Catalytic Hydrosilylation" Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 2817-2825​.
  • Ahmed et al. "New Face of Phenalenyl Based Radical in Transition Metal Free C-H Arylation of Heteroarenes at Room Temperature: Trapping the Radical Initiator via C-C σ Bond Formation" Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 7798-7806.
  • Mukherjee et al. “Exploring Closed-Shell Cationic Phenalenyl: From Catalysis to Spin Electronics” Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 1679–1691.
  • Gupta et al. “Development of an antibody-drug conjugate platform using platinum as a linker” Chemical Science, 2017, 8, 2387-2395.
  • Sau et al. “Metal Free Reduction of CO2 to Methoxyborane Under Ambient Conditions through Borondiformate Formation” Angewandte Chemie, 2016, 55, 15147 –15151. (This work was highlighted by Press coverage, see some links ZeeNews, Yahoo, Economictimes,DST India).
  • Pariyar et al. “Switching Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Phenalenyl: Toward Designing Electroactive Materials” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5955-5960 (This work was highlighted by Press coverage, see some links natureINDIA, Business Standard, IBN7, The Statesman, ZeeNews, Yahoo, Crazyengineers, Delhi Daily News, India Samvad, Kansas City Post, Indianapolis Post, Toronto Telegraph, Seattle India, Maine Mirror, Hawaii Telegraph, Indusage).
  • Raha Roy et al. “Phenalenyl in Different Role: Catalytic Activation through the Nonbonding Molecular Orbital” ACS Catalysis 2014, 4, 4307–4319 (Selected as a significant recent publication in a cross-journal virtual issue designed to showcase the significant recent publications among ACS Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Organic Chemistry, and Organic Letters.)
  • Raman et al. “Interface-engineered templates for molecular spin memory devices.” Nature , 2013. 493, 509-513 ( This work was selected for Press Release coverage by Nature, see some links Telegraph, Deccan Herald, Nature India, please see Press Release for more news coverage on this work for further details)
  • Santra et al. “Palladium Nanoparticles on Graphite Oxide: Highly Recyclable Catalyst for the Synthesis Biaryl Cores”. ACS Catalysis 2013, 3, 2776−2789.​
  • Mukherjee et al. “Assembling Zirconium and Calcium Moieties through an Oxygen Center for Intramolecular Hydroamination Reaction: A Single System for Double Activation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3968–3972 (Hot Paper)

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Professional Recognitions
♦Awarded with the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, 2020 by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
♦Elected fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2021
​♦ Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences for 2018
♦ Invited as Editorial Advisory Board member of  ‘Chemical Science' published as the flagship journal by Royal Society of Chemistry during 2020-2022
♦ Invited as the Visiting Professor at IIT Mumbai during 2020-2022
♦ Professor Swadhin Mandal delivered German Chemical Society Colloquium at TU Braunschweig, Germany on June 3, 2019.
♦ Invited as Editorial Advisory Board member of the journal ‘Inorganic Chemistry’ published by the American Chemical Society during 2019-2022
♦ Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) under the "Leaders in the Field" category.
♦ Awarded with SERB Distinguished Investigator Award-2018.
♦ CRSI bronze medal, 2019
♦ Editorial advisory board member J. Chem Sci. since 2018
♦ Delivered Physics Colloquium at University of Greifswald, Germany
♦ YIM-Young Scientist Award -2012 by YIM-Boston held during 6-8th October, 2012 at MIT, Boston, USA
♦ Served as Editorial Advisory Board member of the journal ‘Organometallics’ published by the American Chemical Society during 2013-2015
♦ Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (2006)