Dr. Bimal Kumar Dirghangi

Dr. Bimal Kumar Dirghangi

Position Associate Professor
Department Chemistry
Specialization Inorganic Chemistry

Education

Degree Field of Study Institution Year
M. Sc. Chemistry Visva Bharati University 1994
Ph. D. Chemistry Jadavpur University 1999

Contact Information

  • bdirghangi@gmail.com

Teaching Experience

  • Since 2006 (WBES)

Colleges served

  • Hooghly Mohsin College (2006 - 2012)
  • Bethune College (2012 ? till date)

Research Interests

  • Interested in synthesis of new inorganic and organometallic complexes using novel organic ligands and studying subsequent reactivity of these complex molecules including their catalytic activity.

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Undergraduate course in Chemistry as per University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS and NEP)
  • Topics taught at the UG level: Inter-halogen compounds, inorganic rings and cages, fertilizers, redox, acid-base titration, preparation of solutions and their strengths, radioactivity, lanthanides and actinides, chemistry of qualitative analysis of cations and anions, coordination chemistry - nomenclature and stereochemistry including isomerism.
  • Supervision of UG dissertation in the field of Inorganic Chemistry

Publications

Articles in Journals

  • Diazo-Ketiminato Complexes of Au (III): Synthesis, Characterization and Structure. N. Maiti, Bimal K. Dirghangi and S. Chattopadhyay, Polyhedron, 2003, 22, 3109.
  • Oxygen Atom Transfer from Nitrogenous ReVO Reagents to Diphosphines and Subsequent Transformations. Rhenium (III) Products and Reaction Models. S. Bhattacharyya, I. Chakraborty, Bimal K. Dirghangi and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 286.
  • Oxygen atom transfer from ReVO to tertiary diphosphines: spacer length and chemical differentiation of products. S. Bhattacharyya, I. Chakraborty, Bimal K. Dirghangi and A. Chakravorty, Chem. Commun.., 2000, 1813.
  • Chemistry of the Rhenium-azopyridine Family: An Oxo Parent and Derivatives Thereof Including a Novel Oxo-Imide Dimer, S. Banerjee, S. Bhattacharyya, Bimal K. Dirghangi, M. Menon and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 2000, 39, 6.
  • Synthesis, structure and properties of [ReVL(O)Cl3], [ReVL(NAr)Cl3], [ReIIIL(OPPh3)Cl3] and [ReIIIL(PPh3) [L = 1-methyl-2-(arylazo)imidazole], I. Chakraborty, S. Bhattacharyya, S. Banerjee, Bimal K. Dirghangi and A. Chakravorty, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 3747.
  • Rhenium (V)-arylimide species incorporating pyridine-2-aldimine chelation. Bimal K. Dirghangi, Acta Cryst. 1999 55c, 2000. (Independent Publication)
  • Synthesis, structure and redox behavior of facial [ReIIIL(PPh3)Cl3] and its stereoretentive conversion to [ReIVL'(PPh3)Cl3] via metal promoted aldimine-amide oxidation .[ L = pyridine-2-aldimine; L' = pyridine-2-carboxamide]. S. Bhattacharyya, S. Banerjee, Bimal K. Dirghangi, M. Menon and A. Chakravorty, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 1999, 155.
  • Pyridine-2-carboxamide complexes of arylimidorhenium(VI) derived from 2-pyridylmethylene amine complexes of arylimidorhenium(V) via oxygen-atom transfer. S. Banerjee, Bimal K. Dirghangi, M. Menon, A. Pramanik and A. Chakravorty, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 2149.
  • Variable-Valent Re≡NAr   Species. A Family of ReVINAr Amide Complexes and their RevNAr Imine Precursors Related by Oxygen Atom Transfer. Bimal K. Dirghangi, M. Menon, S. Banerjee and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 3595.
  • Hydrogen-Bonded Oximate-Oxime Chelation and Variable Metal Valence. Syntheses and Structures of RuCl3(L)(HL)z (HL = PhC(NOH)NNPh; z = 1-, 0), V. Manivannan, Bimal K. Dirghangi, C. K. Pal and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 1526.

Professional Affiliation

  • Life Member of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Administrative Responsibility

  • Convenor, Income Tax Committee