Research Expertise

The expertise of Dr. Mondal:

          I have evolved with many expertise over one and half decades. I have developed the synthesis of metal complexes using organic ligand and their characterization when I did my two years of MS work with Prof. P. S. Mukherjee at IISc, Bangalore (2006-2008). (1) I have also worked as a summer trainee with Prof. S. Bhattacharya to learn organic synthesis and purification by TLC and column chromatography (Summer of 2005; IISC, Bangalore). (2) I also did a one-month project in the laboratory of Prof. T. N. Guru Rao at IISc, Bangalore to strengthen my X-ray structure refinement (winter of 2005). (3) During this period, I additionally learned X-ray single-crystal data refinements and analysis of magnetic data of first-row-transition metal complexes. (4) I learned much about the magnetism of bulk and molecular complexes during my Ph.D. Here I had to handle an X-ray single-crystal diffractometer, SQUID machine, heat capacity machine. Here majorly I have done the synthesis of over one hundred 3d, 3d-4f based coordination clusters of anisotropic paramagnetic and diamagnetic ions. All the complexes of paramagnetic and diamagnetic ions were isolated, characterized, and studied by magnetic and fluorescence measurements, respectively. I have gained the expertise of magnetism and fluorescence properties during my Ph.D. thesis work with prof. Annie K. Powell at KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany (2008-2011). (5) I moved to Goettingen, Germany to work with Prof. H. W. Roesky during which I learned completely different pieces of stuff for which Georg-August University, Goettingen is very famous. I learnedthe Schlenk line technique thoroughly to deal with extremely air and moisture sensitive stable singlet carbene ligand which I have employed as ligands for the synthesis of main group elements and first-row-transition metal complexes. Here we have encountered cyclic voltammetry of extremely sensitive air and moisture sensitive compounds/complexes, sampling for magnetic measurements, theoretical calculations (DFT, QTAIM, EDA-NOCV) which we are routinely doing on our own here in IIT Madras independently. We have customized all the leak-proof glass apparatus with a Chennai-based glass blowing company for which the allowed fund from ECR-DST was utilized.

          In addition, (6) we have gain expertise in the characterization of solid-state micro-, nano-materials of metal oxides by EDAX, SEM, TEM, powder XRD, MASS, NMR. (7) I have a customized air and moisture sensitive setup for mounting a single crystal at IIT Madras. We regularly use them with success. (8) I have purchased visible light and UV light chamber where photochemical reactions will be carried out. (9) I have a glove box work station (IIT M funded) to handle the air and moisture-sensitive materials under argon. (10) I have solvent purification apparatus and a machine (ECR-DST funded). (11) The lab is entirely air-conditioned which is suitable for sensitive chemistry at IIT Madras. (12) One Ph.D. student is thoroughly trained in EDA-NOCV calculation and analysis.

Publication on different expertise:

Lanthanide and Mass spectrometry:

(1) Arumugam, S.; Shankar, S.; Mondal, K. C. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 4127.
(2) Arumugam, S.;Kushvaha, S. K.; Shankar, B.; Gorantla, S. N. V. T.; Roy, Sudipta.; Sana, B.; Khuntia, P.; Mondal, K. C. ChemistrySelect. 2020, 5, 9787.

Extremely air and moisture sensitive synthesis:

(1) Kulkarni, A.; Arumugam, S.; Francis, M.; Reddy, P. G.; Nag, E.; Gorantla, S. N. V. T.; Mondal, K. C.; Roy, S. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 27, 200-206.
(2) Arumugam, S.; Reddy, P. G.; Francis, M.; Kulkarni, A.; Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C. Highly fluorescent aryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands and their tetra-nuclear mixed metallic potassium–dysprosium clusters. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 39366.

DFT, TD-DFT, Reaction mechanism:

(1) Arumugam, S.; Reddy, P. G.; Francis, M.; Kulkarni, A.; Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C.Highly fluorescent aryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands and their tetra-nuclear mixed metallic potassium–dysprosium clusters. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 39366.
(2) Nag, E.; Gorantla, S. N. V. T.; Arumugam, S.; Kulkarni, A.; Mondal, K. C.; Roy, S. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 6313.

Catalysis of the metal-complex:

(1) Nag, E.; Gorantla, S. N. V. T.; Arumugam, S.; Kulkarni, A.; Mondal, K. C.; Roy, S. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 6313.
(2) Gorantla, N. V. T. S. M.; Guruprasad Reddy, P.; Abdul Shakoor, S. M.; Mandal, R.; Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C. Tetranuclear 3 d/4 f Coordination Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts for Bis(Indolyl)Methane Syntheses. ChemistrySelect 2019, 4, 7722.

EDA-NOCV calculation of organic and main group elements:

(1) Gorantla, S. M. G. V. T.; Pan, S.; Mondal, K. C.;Frenking, G. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 14211.
(2)Gorantla, S. M. G. V. T.; Pan, S.; Mondal, K. C.; Frenking, G. J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125, 291.
(3) Gorantla, S. M. G. V. T.; Mondal, K. C. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202001056.
(4) Gorantla, S. M. G. V. T.; Francis, M.; Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C. RSC Adv. 2021,11, 6586.

Fluorescent measurements:

(1) Arumugam, S.; Reddy, P. G.; Francis, M.; Kulkarni, A.; Roy, S.; Mondal, K. C.Highly fluorescent aryl-cyclopentadienyl ligands and their tetra-nuclear mixed metallic potassium–dysprosium clusters. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 39366.
(2) Kushvaha, S.; Arumugam, S.; Shankar, B.; Sarkar, R. S.; Ramkumar, V.; Mondal, K. C. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2871.

Radical/sensitive chemistry and CV:

(1) Kulkarni, A.; Arumugam, S.; Franci, M.; Reddy, P. G.; Nag, E.; Gorantla, S. N. V. T.; Mondal, K. C.; Roy, S. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 27, 200-206.