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Bio-Inspired Catalysis and Materials Lab

Multiple PhD positions are available in the next semester. Interested candidates having CSIR/UGC/INSPIRE Fellowship are welcome to apply in our group

Pile of Books

Publications

Bio Inspired Catalysis

Halogenase-mimicking selective chlorination of unactivated C–H bonds by a Fe-complex

Himangshu Kuiry, Anish Gangopadhyay, Bittu Chandra ,Sayam Sen Gupta *

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 10827-10830

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One-Step Solvent-Free Fe-Complex Catalyzed Bioinspired Oxidation of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Cellulose Nanospheres

Debasmita Chatterjee,Anish Gangopadhyay,Abinash Padhy

Pooja,Anwesha Ghosh,Punyasloke Bhadury,Swaminathan Sivaram*

Sayam Sen Gupta*

ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 12, 10722–10735

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Self-sensitized Cu(II)-Complex Catalyzed Solar Driven CO2 Reduction

Soumadip Das, Aritra Roy, Navonil Chakrabarti, Narottam Mukhopadhyay, Aniruddha Sarkar and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 3114-3123

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Ancillary Ligand-Promoted Charge Transfer in Bis-indole Pyridine Ligand-Based Nickel Complexes

Aniruddha Sarkar, Arun K. Pal, Ankit Kumar, Souradip Dasgupta Noufal Kandoth*, Anindya Datta*,Ayan Datta*, Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63 (43), 20737-20748

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Trapping an Elusive Fe(IV)-Superoxo Intermediate Inside a Self-Assembled Nanocage in Water at Room Temperature

Rahul Gera#, Puja De#, Kundan K. Singh, Sergio A. V. Jannuzzi Aisworika Mohanty, Lucia Velasco, Kulbir, Pankaj Kumar, J. F. Marco, Kalaivanan Nagarajan, Carlos Pecharromán, P. M. Rodríguez-Pascual Serena DeBeer, Dooshaye Moonshiram* ,Sayam Sen Gupta* Jyotishman Dasgupta*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 21729−21741

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Solvent-Free Hydroxylation of Unactivated C–H Bonds in Small Molecules and Macromolecules by a Fe Complex

Debasmita Chatterjee, Amritha Sajeevan, Sandipan Jana, Rajkumar S. Birajdar, Samir H. Chikkali, Swaminathan Sivaram,* and Sayam Sen Gupta*

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 7173−7181

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of High-Valent Carbene Dicarboxamide-Based Nickel Pincer Complexes

Aniruddha Sarkar, Soumadip Das, Prasenjit Mondal, Biswajit Maiti, and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 49, 20439–20449

Highly regioselective oxidation of C–H bonds in water using hydrogen peroxide by a cytochrome P450 mimicking iron complex

Sandipan Jana,‡ Puja De,‡ Chinmay Dey, Somdatta Ghosh Dey, * Abhishek Dey * and Sayam Sen Gupta

Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 10515-10523

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Proximity Enabled Photochemical C–H Functionalization using a Covalent Organic Framework Confined Fe2 (IV) –µ–oxo Species in Water

Poulami Majumder, Ananda Basak, Himangshu Kuiry, Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Suvendu Karak, Paramita Saha, Bittu Chandra, Sayam Sen Gupta* and Rahul Banerjee*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 34, 18855–18864

Comparing the reactivity of an oxoiron(iv) cation radical and its oxoiron(v) tautomer towards C–H bonds

Sandipan Jana,Santanu Pattanayak,Soumadip Das, Munmun Ghosh,Lucia Velasco, Dooshaye Moonshiram and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 2755-2758

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Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Hydroxylation

Debasmita Chatterjee, Sayam Sen Gupta*

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https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0239

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Electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation by a molecular iron complex

Himangshu Kuiry, Debasree Das, Soumadip Das,
Soham Chakraborty, Bittu Chandra and Sayam Sen Gupta *

Faraday Discuss., 2022, 234, 42

Heterogeneous C–H Functionalization in Water via Porous Covalent Organic Framework Nanofilms: A Case of Catalytic Sphere Transmutation

Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Saikat Bag, Bittu Chandra, Poulami Majumder, Himangshu Kuiry, Suvendu Karak, Sayam Sen Gupta*, and Rahul Banerjee*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 22, 8426–8436

Oxoiron(V) mediated selective electrochemical oxygenation of unactivated C-H and C=C bonds using water as oxygen source

Bittu Chandra, K. M. Hellan, Santanu Pattanayak and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 11877-11885

Selective oxygenation of unactivated C-H bonds by dioxygen via an autocatalytic formation of oxoiron(V) species

Bittu Chandra, Puja De and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 8484-8487

Coordination chemistry of carboxamide ‘Nx’ ligands to metal ions for bio-inspired catalysis
(Dedicated to Prof. Goutam Kumar Lahiri on his 65th birthday)

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Chakadola Panda, Aniruddha Sarkar and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Coord. Chem. Rev., 2020, 417, 213314

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The Equatorial Ligand Effect on the Properties and Reactivity of Iron(V) Oxo Intermediates

Santanu Pattanayak, Fabián G. Cantú Reinhard, Atanu Rana, Sayam Sen Gupta* and Sam P. de Visser*

Chem.Eur.J.2019,25,8092 –8104

Catalytic oxidation of alcohols using Fe-bTAML and NaClO: Comparing the reactivity of Fe(V)O and Fe(IV)O intermediates

Sandipan Jana, Jithin Thomas and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 486, 476-482

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Selective photocatalytic hydroxylation and epoxidation reactions by an iron complex using water as the oxygen source

Bittu Chandra, Kundan K. Singh, Sayam Sen Gupta

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Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 7545-7551

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Selective C-H Bond Oxidation Catalyzed by Fe-bTAML complex: Mechanistic Implications

Munmun Ghosh, Santanu Pattanayak, Basab Dhar, Kundan Singh, Chakadola Panda and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 10852-10860

Reductive Activation of O2 by Bioinspired Fe-Complex for Catalytic Epoxidation Reactions

Kundan K. Singh and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 5914-5917

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Spectroscopic and Reactivity Comparisons of a Pair of bTAML Complexes with FeV═O and FeIV═O Units

Santanu Pattanayak, Andrew J. Jasniewski, Atanu Rana, Apparao Draksharapu, Kundan K. Singh, Andrew Weitz, Michael Hendrich, Lawrence Que Jr.,* Abhishek Dey* and Sayam Sen Gupta

Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56 (11), 6352-6361

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Electrochemical formation of FeV(O) and mechanism of its reaction with water during O-O bond formation

Santanu Pattanayak, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Bikash Garai, Kundan K. Singh, Amit Paul,* Basab B Dhar,* Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Eur. J. 2017 23(14), 3414

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Iron Complex Catalyzed Selective C-H Bond Oxidation with Broad Substrate Scop

Sandipan Jana, Munmun Ghosh, Mayur Ambule, and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 746

Electrocatalytic water oxidation by a molecular cobalt complex through a high valent cobalt oxo intermediate

Debasree Das, Santanu Pattanayak, Kundan K. Singh, Bikash Garai and Sayam Sen Gupta

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Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 746

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Catalytic Macroporous Biohydrogels Made of Ferritin-Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles

Sushma Kumari, Marleen Haring, Sayam Sen Gupta,* and David Diaz Diaz*

ChemPlusChem2017,82,225 –232

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Mechanism of Alcohol Oxidation by FeV(O) at Room Temperature

Munmun Ghosh, Y. L. K. Nikhil, Basab B. Dhar, and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 24, 11792–11798

Molecular Fe-complex as a catalyst probe for in-gel visual detection of proteins via signal amplification

Sushma Kumari, Chakadola Panda, S. Mazumdar and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 15257

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Mechanism of Oxygen Atom Transfer from FeV(O) to Olefins at Room Temperature

Kundan Singh, Mrityunjay Tiwari, Basab B Dhar, Kumar Vanka* and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 13, 6112–6121

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Tuning the Reactivity of FeV(O) toward C–H Bonds at Room Temperature: Effect of Water

Kundan Singh, Mrityunjay Tiwari, Munmun Ghosh, Chakadola Panda, Andrew Weitz, Michael P. Hendrich, Basab B Dhar, Kumar Vanka and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 4, 1535–1542

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Fe-TAML Encapsulated inside Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Peroxidase Mimic: Femtomolar Protein Detection

Sushma Kumari, Basab B. Dhar, Chakadola Panda, Abhishek Meena, and Sayam Sen Gupta*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 16, 13866–13873

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Investigation of C–C Bond Formation Mediated by Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin Materials

Dennis Kühbeck, Munmun Ghosh, Sayam Sen Gupta, and David Díaz Díaz *

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2014, 2 (6), 1510

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Homogeneous Photochemical Water Oxidation by Biuret Modified Fe-TAML: Evidence of FeV(O) Intermediate

Chakadola Panda, Joyashish Debgupta, David Díaz Díaz, Kundan K. Singh, Sayam Sen Gupta* and Basab B. Dhar*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, pp 12273

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Formation of a Room Temperature Stable FeV(O) Complex: Reactivity Toward Unactivated C–H Bonds

Munmun Ghosh, Kundan K. Singh, Chakadola Panda, Andrew Weitz, Michael P. Hendrich , Terrence J. Collins, Basab B. Dhar *, and Sayam Sen Gupta *

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 27, 9524–9527

Catalytic signal amplification using [FeIII(biuret-amide)]-mesoporous silica nanoparticles: visual cyanide detection

Chakadola Panda, Basab B. Dhar, Bharmana Malvi, Yudhajit Bhattacharjee and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2216-2218

Development of a multifunctional catalyst for a “relay” reaction

Anal Kr. Ganai, Pravin Shinde, Basab B. Dhar, Sayam Sen Gupta*and B. L. V. Prasad*

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 2186-2191

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One pot glucose detection by [FeIII(biuret-amide)] immobilized on mesoporous silica nanoparticles: an efficient HRP mimic

Bharmana Malvi , Chakadola Panda , Basab B. Dhar and Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5289-5291

Fe(III) complex of biuret-amide based macrocyclic ligand as peroxidase enzyme mimic

Chakadola Panda, Munmun Ghosh, Tamas Panda, Rahul Banerjee, Sayam Sen Gupta*

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8016-8018

‘Clicking’ molecular hooks on silica nanoparticles to immobilize catalytically important metal complexes: the case of gold catalyst immobilization

Anal Kr. Ganai, Rima Bhardwaj, Srinivas Hotha,* Sayam Sen Gupta* and B. L. V. Prasad*

New J. Chem., 2010,34, 2662-2670

Publications: PhD and Post-doc

Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies Elicited by Polyvalent Display on a Viral Scaffold

Eiton Kaltgrad, Sayam Sen Gupta, Sreenivas Punna, Ola Blixt*, and M. G. Finn*

ChemBioChem, 2007, 8, 1455

Bis(formamidine–urea) Complexes of NiII and CuII:Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity

David D. Díaz, Sayam Sen Gupta, Jane Kuzelka, Marcin Cymborowski, Michal Sabat, M. G. Finn

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2006, 4489–4493

Accelerated Bioorthogonal Conjugation: A Practical Method for the Ligation of Diverse Functional Molecules to a Polyvalent Virus Scaffold

Sayam Sen Gupta, Jane Kuzelka, Pratik Singh, Warren G. Lewis, Marianne Manchester and M. G. Finn*

Bioconjugate Chem. 2005, 16, 6, 1572–1579

Virus-Glycopolymer Conjugates by Copper(I) Catalysis of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition

Sayam Sen Gupta, Krishnaswami S. Raja, Eiton Kaltgrad, Erica Strable, and M.G. Finn*

Chem. Commun., 2005, 4315-4317

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Understanding the Mechanism of (H+)-Induced Demetalation as a Design Strategy for Robust Iron(III) Peroxide-Activating Catalysts

Anindya Ghosh, Alexander D. Ryabov, Sherry M. Mayer, David C. Horner, Duane E. Prasuhn, Jr., Sayam Sen Gupta, Leonard Vuocolo, Caleb Culver, Michael P. Hendrich,*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 41, 12378–12379
**This work was featured as “Editors Choice” in Science entitled “The Iron Grip” (Vol 302, Oct 17, 2003, page 359)

Rapid Total Destruction of Chlorophenols by Activated Hydrogen Peroxide

Sayam Sen Gupta; Matthew Stadler; Christopher A Noser; Anindya Ghosh; Bradley Steinhoff; Dieter Lenoir; Colin P Horwitz; Karl-Werner Schramm; Terrence J Collins*

Science 2002, 296, 326 -328
**This work was featured as “News and Views” in Science as “Degradation of Chlorinated Phenols” (Vol 296, April 12, 2002, page 270); in Chem. & Eng. News in the article “Green Chemistry Gets Greener” (May 20, 2002) and in the newspaper VDI Nachrichten, Duesseldorf, Germany as “Mit Kat gegen Chlorphenol” (April 10, 2002)

Green chemistry: sustaining a high-technology civilization

Anindya Ghosh; Sayam Sen Gupta; Michael J. Bartos; Yelda Hangun; Leonard D. Vuocolo; Bradley A. Steinhoff; Christopher A. Noser; David Horner; Sherry Mayer; Kevin Inderhees; Colin P. Horwitz; Jonathan Spatz; Alexander D. Ryabov; Sujit Mondal; Terrence J. Collins

Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 113–118, 2001

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Synthesis and Characterization of a New Generation of Cryptand-Based Triple-Tailed Amphiphiles: Spontaneous Formation of Vesicles and X-ray Crystallographic Studies

Pradyut Ghosh; Sayam Sen Gupta; Parimal K Bharadwaj

Langmuir 1998, 14, 20, 5712–5718

Complexation properties of a heteroditopic cryptand towards CuII and NiII, crystal structures of the cryptand and its nickel(II) cascade complex

Pradyut Ghosh; Sayam Sen Gupta; Parimal K Bharadwaj

J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 935-938

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