Research Interests
Coordination & Bioinorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, Catalysis, Reaction Mechanism and Spectroscopy
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Research
First row transition metal catalyzed small molecule activation for sustainable organic transformation: Synergy between nature and chemist’s toolbox
2024
Yashdeep Maurya, Arya Singh, Vishal Kumar, Mehar Ul Nisa, Sayanti Chatterjee* | Elsevier
Journal: Tetrahedron Letters Pages: 155066 , Volumes: 142 ,
Dioxygen Activation and Bioinspired Oxidations by Nonheme Iron(II)-α-Hydroxy Acid Complexes
2023
S. Chatterjee and T.K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Account of Chemical Research Pages: 3175-3187 , Volumes: 56 ,
A Cu4S Cluster in ‘0-Hole’ and ‘1-Hole’ States: Geometric and Electronic Structure Variations for the Active Cuz* site of N2O Reductase
2023
Y. Liu,* S. Chatterjee, G. E. Cutsail III, S. K. Gupta, S. Dechert, S. DeBeer, F. Meyer* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Journal of American Chemical Society Pages: 18477–18486 , Volumes: 145 ,
A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Study on the Mechanism of Iron-Catalyzed Aminofunctionalization of Olefins Using Hydroxylamine Derived N–O Reagent as the “Amino” Source and “Oxidant”
2022
S. Chatterjee*, H. Ingolf, R. G. Castillo, Dr. M van Gastel, S. Chabbra, Dr. G. Bistoni, Prof. A. Schnegg, Dr. E. Bill, Dr. J. Birrell, Prof. B. Morandi, Prof. F. Neese* and Prof. S. DeBeer* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Journal of American Chemical Society Pages: 2637 , Volumes: 144 ,
Tuning the Stereoelectronic Factors of Iron(II)-2-Aminophenolate Complexes for the Reaction with Dioxygen: Oxygenolytic C–C Bond Cleavage vs Oxidation of Complex
2021
S. Chatterjee*, S. Banerjee, R.D. Jana, S. Bhattacharya, B. Chakraborty, S.A.V Jannuzzi | Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal: Dalton Transactions Pages: 1901 , Volumes: 50 ,
Hydroxylamine‐derived Reagent as a Dual Oxidant and Amino Group Donor for the Iron Catalyzed Preparation of Unprotected Sulfinamides from Thiols
2021
S. Chatterjee, S. Makai, B. Morandi* | Wiley
Journal: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Pages: 758 , Volumes: 60 ,
Bioinspired Olefin cis-Dihydroxylation and Aliphatic C-H Bond Hydroxylation with Dioxygen Catalyzed by a Nonheme Iron Complex
2018
S. Chatterjee, S. Bhattacharya, T. K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 10160 , Volumes: 57 ,
Aliphatic C-H Bond Halogenation by Iron(II)-α-Keto Acid Complexes and O2: Functional Mimicking of Nonheme Iron Halogenases
2018
R. Dev Jana, D. Sheet, S. Chatterjee, and T. K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 8769 , Volumes: 57 ,
Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Formate by an Iron Schiff Base Complex
2018
5. A. W. Nichols, S. Chatterjee, M. Sabat, and C. W. Machan* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 2111 , Volumes: 57 ,
Hydroxylation vs Halogenation of Aliphatic C-H Bonds by a Dioxygen-Derived Iron-Oxygen Oxidant: Functional Mimicking of Iron Halogenases
2016
S. Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | Wiley
Journal: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Pages: 7717 , Volumes: 55 ,
Substrate-Dependent Aromatic Ring Fission of Catechol and 2-Aminophenol with O2 Catalyzed by a Nonheme Iron Complex of a Tripodal N4 Ligand
2016
T. R. Lakshman, S. Chatterjee, B. Chakraborty, T. K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Dalton Transactions Pages: 8835 , Volumes: 45 ,
Olefin cis-Dihydroxylation and Aliphatic C-H Bond Oxygenation by Dioxygen-Derived Iron-Oxygen Oxidants
2015
S. Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | Wiley
Journal: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Pages: 9338 , Volumes: 54 ,
Oxygenation of Organoboronic Acids by a Nonheme Iron(II) Complex: Mimicking Boronic Acid Monooxygenase Activity
2015
S. Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 9727 , Volumes: 54 ,
Oxygenative Aromatic Ring Cleavage of 2-Aminophenol with Dioxygen Catalyzed by a Nonheme Iron Complex: Catalytic Functional Model of 2-Aminophenol Dioxygenases
2015
S.Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 1720 , Volumes: 54 ,
Reactivity of an Iron-Oxygen Oxidant Generated upon Oxidative Decarboxylation of Biomimetic Iron(II)-a-Hydroxy Acid Complexes
2014
S. Paria#, S. Chatterjee,# T. K. Paine* (# equal contribution) | American Chemical Society
Journal: Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 2810 , Volumes: 53 ,
Catalytic and Regiospecific Extradiol Cleavage of Catechol by a Biomimetic Iron Complex
2013
S. Chatterjee, D. Sheet, T. K. Paine* | Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal: Chemical Communications Pages: 10251 , Volumes: 49 ,
Models for α-Keto Acid Dependent Nonheme Iron Oxygenases: Synthesis and Reactivity of Biomimetic Iron(II)-Benzoylformate Complexes Supported by 2,9- Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline Ligand
2013
O. Das, S. Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | Springer
Journal: Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry Pages: 401 , Volumes: 18 ,
Iron and cobalt complexes of 4,4,9,9-tetramethyl-5,8-diazadodecane-2,11-dione dioxime ligand: Synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies
2011
O. Das, S.Chatterjee, T. K. Paine* | Springer
Journal: Journal of Chemical Science Pages: 839 , Volumes: 123 ,
Honors And Awards
Teaching Engagements
Students
Miscellaneous
The PO!TION LAB has been awarded the honor to be a Max Planck Partner Group India, and Dr. Chatterjee is the Head of the Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
We are a new research group based at IIT Roorkee, trying to nurture an international ambience toward cultivating quality science.
Want to pursue your research journey in a world class research environment?
We welcome highly motivated students with a positive outlook to join our group for PhD with CSIR/UGC JRF, GATE or any national level doctoral fellowship as approved by Govt. of India. Interested candidates should email to sayanti.chatterjee@cy.iitr.ac.in with your CV and apply to IITR PhD program portal for consideration.
We are looking also for extremely enthusiastic Postdoctoral Researcher with PhD from well reputed institute in India or abroad, having experience in synthesis of inorganic and organic molecules and handling of air sensitive experiements. Experience in electrochemistry would be given preference. Please email your CV with updated research publications and atleast 3 referee names to sayanti.chatterjee@cy.iitr.ac.in.
1) Session Chair and Judge ChemTSF-2022, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 2022
2) Winter Symposium by Department of Molecular Theory & Spectroscopy and Inorganic Spectroscopy, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and Max-Planck-Institut für Chemical Energy Conversion, 2022
3) DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship presentation, DST-INSPIRE, Govt. of India, 2022
4) Faculty Presentation Talk, IIT Roorkee, India, 2021
5) Student Moderator and Coordinator of symposium VISTA (Virtual Integration of Syntheis with Theory and AI), 2021
6) Invited Alumni Meet Talk at Scottish Church College, Department of Chemistry, Kolkata, India, 2021
7) Summer Symposium by Department of Molecular Theory & Spectroscopy and Inorganic Spectroscopy, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and Max-Planck-Institut für Chemical Energy Conversion, 2021
8) Invited talk in the Joint Winter Symposium by Department of Molecular Theory & Spectroscopy and Inorganic Spectroscopy, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and Max-Planck-Institut für Chemical Energy Conversion, 2020
9) Invited talk to ETH Zürich, Dept. of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, Switzerland, 2019
10) Summer School on "Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes"organized by Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung and Max-Planck-Institut für Chemical Energy Conversion in collaboration with the International Max Planck Research School on Reactive Structure Analysis for Chemical Reactions Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 2019
11) 10th Munster Symposium on Cooperative Effects in Chemistry, SFB 858, Munster, Germany, 2019
12) Study Tour of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2019
13) Annual Meeting of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2018
14) National Symposium on Perspective and Challenges in Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, 2014
15) Oral Presentation in Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry-XV (MTIC-XV) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 2013
16) International Symposium on Chemistry & Complexity, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, 2011
17) National Seminar on Inorganic Chemistry-2011 and Celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Acharya P. C. Ray, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2011
18) International Symposium on Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry (FIC-2010), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, 2010
19) Oral Presentation in Hundred Years of Centenary of Post-Graduation Teaching in Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2010