Former Members

Dr. Ekta Nag

PhD Student (Jan 2018- Jan 2024)

Email: ektanag@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Thesis Title:

“Chemistry of Carbene-Anchored Mono-Atomic Phosphorus Anion with Main Group Elements and Coinage Metals”

Current Affiliation:

Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Lutz Greb
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Heidelberg University,
Germany.

Miss Divya Putta

5 ^th Year BS-MS Thesis Student (2022-2023)

Email: divyaputta@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Stabilization of novel hetero-diatomic compounds of main group elements and mixed main group/transition-metals: Theoretical and experimental approaches.

Thesis Title:

“Carbene-Phosphinidenides as Novel Ligands Towards Stabilization of Aminoborane Functionalized Phosphaalkenes and Mixed Main Group/Transition-Metal Compounds”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Ekta Nag, Maria Francis, Divya Putta, and Sudipta Roy.*Isolation of (Aryl)-(Imino) Phosphide, and (Aryl)- (Phosphaalkene) Amide Complexes of Alkali Metals from Carbene-Phosphinidenes under Reductive- Thermal Rearrangements.

Chem. Eur. J. 2023; DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302120

Current Affiliation:

PhD Candidate
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Christian Müller
Institut für Chemie und Biochemie
Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany.

Miss Bhavya B. S.

5^th Year BS-MS Thesis Student

Email: bhavyabs@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Main Group Compound mediated C-O Bond Activation: Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Experimental Evidences

Thesis Title:

“Stabilization of Heterodiatomic Main Group Compounds and their Reactivity: Theoretical and Experimental Studies”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Ekta Nag, Sridhar Battuluri, Bhavya Bini Sinu, Sudipta Roy.* Carbene- Anchored Boryl- and Stibanyl-Phosphaalkenes as Precursors for Bis- Phosphaalkenyl Dichlorogermane and Mixed-Valence Ag^I /Ag^II Phosphinidenide.

Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 13007−13014.

2. Ekta Nag, Maria Francis, Sridhar Battuluri, Bhavya Bini Sinu, Sudipta Roy.* Isolation of Elusive Phosphinidene-Chloroterylenes: The Heavier Cyanogen Chloride Analogues.

Chem. Eur. J. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201242.

Miss Aishwarya Lakshmi M. G.

5^th Year BS-MS Thesis Student

Email: aishwaryalakshmimg@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Reactions: Experimental and Theoretical Insights

Thesis Title:

“Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Reactions: An Easy Access to Carbazoles”

Publications from Thesis:

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Current Affiliation:

Fixed Term Project Associate, Hindustan Petroleum Green
R&D Centre, Bengaluru, India.

Mr. Aditya Kulkarni

5 ^th Year BS-MS Thesis Student (2019-2020)

Email: aditya.kulkarni@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Heterodiatomic Mixed Main Group(0)-Transition Metal(0) Species: Computational Studies, Syntheses, Isolations and Reactivity

Thesis Title:

“Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene-Stabilized Pnictinides”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Aditya Kulkarni, Selvakumar Arumugam, Maria Francis, Pulikanti Guruprasad Reddy, Ekta Nag, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal,*Sudipta Roy.*Solid‐State Isolation of Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene (cAAC)‐Supported Structurally Diverse Alkali Metal‐Phosphinidenides.

Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 200-206.

2. Ekta Nag, Aditya Kulkarni, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Nico Graw, Maria Francis, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke*, Herbert W. Roesky*, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy.*Fluorescent organo-antimony compounds as precursors for syntheses of redox-active trimeric and dimeric alkali metal antimonides: an insight into electron transfer reduction processes.

Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 1791-1805.

Current Affiliation:

Direct Procurement Strategy Analyst, Sanofi, Paris.

Dr. Guruprasad Reddy

Joined the group: Decmber, 2018
PhD(July, 2018) Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi M.Sc. in Chemistry (2009-2011): Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur

Email: guruprasad@iisertirupati.ac.in.com

Research Topic:

Synthesis of Cp-Substituted Lanthanide Metal Complexes and their Applications in Material Science