Research Interests
- Synthetic organic photochemistry, Photoredox Catalysis.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Undergraduate course in Chemistry as per University of Calcutta Syllabus (CBCS and NEP)
- Topics taught at the UG level: Stereochemstry, Reaction intermediate, carbanion chemistry, organometallic chemistry, Aromatic Electrophilic reaction, Aromatic nucleophilic substitution, spectroscopy, nitrogen chemistry, pericyclic reaction, amino acid Green chemistry.
- Supervision of UG dissertation in the field of Organic Chemistry
Publications
Articles in Journals
- Synthesis of Bicyclo[3.2.1]octanones by Regioselective Cyclopropyl Ring Cleavage of Tricyclo[3.3.0.02,8]octanones in an Ionic Liquid, Srirupa Banerjee, Chemistry Select, November 2022. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202202788
- Visible-light-mediated Synthesis of 3-Sulfonylquinolines: Mechanistic Insights into the Photoredox Catalysis, Aditya Paul, Srirupa Banerjee and Somnath Yadav, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Volume 11, 2022. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajoc.202100629 .
- Synthesis of 3-alkenylindoles through regioselective C-H alkenylation of indoles by a ruthenium nanocatalyst, Abhijit Paul, Debnath Chatterjee, Srirupa Banerjee and Somnath Yadav" Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 16, 140-148. https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/articles/16/16/downloads
- Ligand and Cu free N-arylation of indoles, pyrroles and benzylamines with aryl halides catalyzed by a Pd nanocatalyst, Abhijit Paul, Debnath Chatterjee, Srirupa Banerjee and Somnath Yadav" New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 34, 14452. https://ouci.dntb.gov.ua/en/works/985bGkY7/
- Photochemically synthesized palladium nanoparticles with catalytic activity at ppb levels for C-C coupling reactions Abhijit Paul, Debnath Chatterjee, Rajkamal, Srirupa Banerjee and Somnath Yadav RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 71253. (ISSN - 2046-2069). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra14995a
- Metal free visible light photoredox activation of PhI(OAc)2 for the conversion of arylboronic acids to phenols" Abhijit Paul, Debnath Chatterjee, Rajkamal, TanmoyHalder, Srirupa Banerjee and Somnath YadavTetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 2496.(ISSN 0040-4039). https://www.x-mol.net/paper/article/5981
- Enantiomericorganogelators from D-/L- arabinose for phase selective
gelation of crude oil and their gel as a photochemical micro reactor,
Rajkamal, Debnath Chatterjee, Abhijit Paul, Srirupa Banerjee and
SomnathYadav, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 12131-12134.[ISSN
1359-7345 (print) 1364-548X (web)].
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/cc/c4cc05950f - Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET) reactions of cis-dibenzoylalkenes with amines: An efficient reduction of the C=C bond S. Banerjee, S. Yadav, S. Lahiri, Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 3494-3497.(ISSN 1523-7060). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19719193/
- Diels-Alder reaction between cyclohexadienes and diastereotopic trans-dienophiles: An experimental and computational investigation" S. Lahiri*, S. Yadav, S. Banerjee, M. P. Patil, R. B. Sunoj, J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 435-444.(ISSN 0022-3263). https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=OnmOwckAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=OnmOwckAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC
- Synthesis of bicyclo[3.2.1]octanones via ketyl radical promoted rearrangements under reductive PET conditions" S. Yadav, S. Banerjee, D. Maji, S. Lahiri*, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 10979-10990.(ISSN 0040-4020).https://scholar.google.co.in/citationsview_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=OnmOwckAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=OnmOwckAAAAJ:WF5omc3nYNoC
Conference/Seminar Paper Presentation
- Poster presentation: Sustainable Energy in Today's World: Solar Energy on 20.02.23, Under DBT Star College Scheme.
- Acted as Resource Person in the Workshops organised by Department of Chemistry under DBT Star College Scheme on - ?Separation of Binary Mixture of Solid Organic Compounds and Identification of the Components', 08.02.2023; ?Workshop on Synthesis: Conventional and Green Method', 27.04.2022 and 'Hands on Training for Separation and Identification of Organic Compounds', 13.04.2022.
- Presented a Poster in One Day National Webinar on Current Trends on Chemical Research and their Correlation with UG Courses organised by Basirhat College on 23.08.2020.
- Presented a Poster in One-Day International Industry-Academia
Interface Seminar organized jointly by IQAC and Department of Chemistry,
Bethune College on 11.01.2020.
Grants and Awards
- Title of Project: Visible light photoredox catalysis: Towards an environment friendly approach to organic synthesis
- Duration of Project: 36 months
- Commencement year: 2015
- Funding Body: DST (SERB)
Professional Affiliations
- Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association