Publications | Swapan Kr Chandra

Reviewer of International and National Journals:

1. Inorg. Chem. (ACS); 2. Inorg. Chem. Comm. (Elsevier);

3. Polyhedron (Elsevier); 4. Ind. J. Chem. A;

5. J. Ind. Chem. Soc. ; 6. Chinese J. Chem. et

PUBLICATION:

1. “A Family of Mononuclear Manganese(IV) Complexes : An MnIVO4N2 Sphere Assembled via PhenolateImine-Carboxylate Coordination”, S. K. Chandra, P. Basu, D. Ray, S. Pal and A. Chakravorty, Inorg.Chem., 1990, 29, 2423.

2. “Manganese(IV)-Amide Binding : Structural Characterization and Redox Stability of a Hexadentate Complex”, S. K. Chandra, S.B. Choudhury, D. Ray and A. Chakravorty, J.Chem.Soc., Chem. Commun.,1990, 474.

3. “Flexible Polydentate Binding and Aggregation of a Tetramanganese Complex with a < 3 Å Mn….Mn Contact from Mononuclear Precursor. The Centrosymmetric Mn4O28+ Core with Peripheral Phenolate Binding”, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1991, 30, 3795.

4. “Two Manganese(IV) Complexes with Isomeric MnN4O2 Spheres Incorporating Hexadentate Amide-AminePhenolate Coordination”, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1992, 31, 760.

5. “Manganese(III)-Carboxylate Binding : Chemistry and Structure of a Hydrated Pyridinedicarboxylate”, S.K.Chandra, P.Chakraborty and A. Chakravorty, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Chem.Sci.)., 1992, 104, 351.

6. “Mono- and Tetranuclear Manganese(III) Complexes of Tripodal Tris[(2salicylideneamino)ethyl]amines”,S.K.Chandra, P.Chakraborty and A. Chakravorty, J.Chem.Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 863.

7. “Chemistry of Variable Valence Voz+ (z=2,3) Complexes. Synthesis, Structure and Metal Redox of New V(V)O(ONO)(ON) and V(IV)O(ONO)(NN) Families”, J. Chakravarty, S. Dutta, S. K. Chandra, P. Basu and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32, 4249.

8. “Thioether Binding of Manganese Oxidation States. Chemistry of an Mn(II,III)S2N2O2 Family”, P. Chakraborty, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32, 5349.

9. “Ring-Size Specific Transformation of Cobalt(III)-Thioether Chelates Activated by Base. Co-C Formation or C-S Cleavage ?”, P. Chakraborty, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 4726.

10. “New Cobalt Complexes Incorporating Thioether Chelation and Base-induced Homolog-selective Transformations Thereof”, P. Chakraborty, S. Karmakar, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 816.

11. “Oxidation of the Coodinated azomethine Function to Amide Function. Synthetic and Structural Studies on a Rhenium and a Ruthenium System”, M. Menon, S. Choudhury, A. Pramanik, A.K. Deb, S. K. Chandra,N.Bag, S. Goswami and A. Chakravorty, J.Chem.Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 57.

12.* “Synthesis, Structure, EPR and Electrochemical Studies of µ2-phenoxo Bridged Manganese(II) Dimer Afforded By a Binulceating Macrocyclic Ligand”, P. Chakraborty and S. K. Chandra Polyhedron, 1994, 13, 683.

13. “Activation of Chelated Thioethers by Base. Ring-Size Specific Transformations of SalicylaldiminoDithiaalkanes
Bonded to Trivalent Cobalt”, P. Chakraborty, S. K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg.Chem., 1994, 33, 4959.

14. “A. Family of High-Spin FeS2N2O2 Complexes Incorporating FeIII-S(thioether) Binding”, P. Chakraborty, S.K. Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 6429.

15. “Electron Transfer. 124. Oxidations of Trinuclear Tungsten Cations”, M.C. Ghosh, S. Mandal, S. K.Chandra and E.S. Gould, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34, 509.

16. “Hexacoordinated Complexes of Bivalent Zinc Incorporating Thioether Binding”, P. Chakraborty, S. K.Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1995, 229, 477.

17. * “Electron Transfer. 125. Intermediate Oxidation States in the Reduction of Chromium(VI) Hypophosphite”, S. K. Chandra, E. Gelerinter and E.S. Gould, Inorg. Chem., 1995, 34, 4057.

18. * “Electron Transfer. 127. Intermediate Oxidation States in the Reduction of Chromium(VI) with Formate”,S. K. Chandra, E. Gelerinter and E.S. Gould, Res. Chem. Intermed., 1996, 22, 43.

19. “Synthesis, Structural and Metal Redox of a Family of Copper Complexes Derived from Hexadentate Ligands Incorporating Thioether and Triazene-1-Oxide Functions”, S. Pattanayak, P. Chakraborty, S. K.Chandra and A. Chakravorty, Polyhedron, 1996, 15, 1121.

20.* “Electron Transfer. 128. Rate Enhancement by Donor Sulfur in Hexadentate Ligands”, S. K. Chandra and E.S. Gould, Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 2136.

21.* “Convenient Preparation and Improved Stability of Aqueous Indium(I) Solutions Used in Electron Transfer Reactions”, S. K. Chandra and E.S. Gould, J.Chem.Soc., Chem. Commun., 1996, 809.

22.* “Electron Transfer. 130. Reductions with Indium(I)”, S. K. Chandra and E.S. Gould, Inorg. Chem., 1996,35,3881.

23.* “Electron Transfer. 134. Reduction of Bound Ruthenium(III) by Indium(I)”, S. K. Chandra and E. S.Gould”, Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 3485.

24.* “Electron Transfer. 135. Pendant Carbonyl Groups in the Mediation of the Reactions of Indium(I) with Bound Ruthenium(III)”, S. K. Chandra, P.C. Paul and E.S. Gould, Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 4684.

25. “A third isolated oxidation state for the Mn12 family of single-molecule magnets”, M. Soler, S. K.Chandra, D. Ruiz, E. Davidson, D. N. Hendrickson and G. Christou, J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun., 2000,2417.

26. “Synthesis, structure and Properties of a Ruthenium(III) Complex with a Septadentate Schiff Base”, S. Deoghoria and S. K. Chandra, MTIC-VIII, 2000, 45.

27.* “ Synthesis of a Flexible Hexadentate Ligand for Assembling Two Metal Ions. Crystal Structure of a Binuclear Nickel Complex”, S. Deoghoria, S. K. Bera, B. Moulton, M. J. Zaworotko and S. K. Chandra, MTIC-IX, 2001, 53.

28. “A third isolated oxidation state for the family family of [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] compounds. Synthesis,
characterization and single-molecule magnetism properties of (PPh4)2[Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)x] (x = 3 or 10
4)”, M. Soler, S. K. Chandra, D. Ruiz, J. C. Huffmann, D. N. Hendrickson and G. Christou, Polyhedron.,2001, 20, 1279.

29.* “Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic behavior of two new binuclear complexes bridged by a pentadentate ligand : [Ni2L2(NCS)2](ClO4)2 and [Ni2L2(NCO)2](ClO4)2, [L = pentadentate ligand]”, S.Deoghoria, S. Sain, B. Moulton, M. J. Zaworotko, S. K. Bera and S. K. Chandra, Polyhedron., 2002, 21, 2457.

30.* “Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a new ferromagnetic nickel(II) dimer derived from a hexadentate Schiff base ligand”, S.Deoghoria , S. Sain , M. Soler, W. T. Wong, G. Christou, S.K. Bera and S. K. Chandra, Polyhedron., 2003, 22, 257.

31. * “Synthesis, structure, spectra and redox behaviour of a ruthenium(III) complex with a tripodal Schiff base ligand”, S. Deoghoria, S. Sain, T. K. Karmakar, S. K. Bera and S. K. Chandra, J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2002,79, 857.

32. “Synthesis, structure and magnetism of a new dicubane-like ferromagnetic tetranuclear nickel cluster containing versatile azido-only bridges and bis(bidentate) Schiff base blocker, T. K. Karmakar, S. K. Chandra,J. Ribas, G. Mostafa, T. H. Lu and B. K. Ghosh, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 2002, 2364.

33. “Kinetics of Substitution of aqua ligands from cis-diaqua (ethylenediamine)platinum(II) perchlorate by Laparagine in aqueous medium”, S. K. Bera, S. K. Chandra and G. S. De, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2003, 35, 252.

34. * “Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure and magnetic properties of a new binuclear complex derived from a pentadentate Schiff base ligand”, S. Deoghoria, W. T. Wong and S. K. Chandra, Ind. J. Chem., 2003, 42A, 1004.

35. * “Bisf2-[(2-aminoethylimino)(phenyl)methyl]pyridine-_3 Ngnickel(II) diperchlorate, A. Usman, H. –K Fun, T. K. Karmakar, B. K. Ghosh and S. K. Chandra, Acta Cryst., 2003, E , m387.

36. * “Synthesis, characterisation and properties of manganese(II) complexes having pseudohalide coordination: X-ray crystal structure of an unusually distorted hexacoordinated [MnL(NCS)](ClO4) species (L= pentadentate Schiff base ligand)”, S. Deoghoria, G. Mostafa , T. H. Lu and S. K. Chandra, Ind. J. Chem.,2004, 43A, 329.

37. “Kinetics of substitution of aqua ligands from cis-[Pt(en)(H2O)2](ClO4)2 and cis-[Pt(dmen)(H2O)2](ClO4)2 by diglycine in aqueous medium”, S. K. Bera, S. K. Chandra and G. S. De, Ind. J. Chem., 2004, 43A, 1882.

38. * “Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Binuclear MnIII-Azido and 1D polymeric Mn(II)- µ1,3-Thiocyanato Novel Species based on a Neutral Hexadentate Schiff Base Compounds with Neutral 11 Hexadentate Schiff Bases and Pseudo-halide Anions: Synthesis”, S. Deoghoria, S. K. Bera, B. Moulton, M. J.Zaworotko, J.-P. Tuchagues, G. Mostafa,T. –H. Lu, and S. K. Chandra, Polyhedron., 2005, 24, 343.

39. “Substitution of Aqua Ligands from cis-[Pt(en)(H2O)2](ClO4)2 and cis-[Pt(dmen)(H2O)2](ClO4)2 (en = ethylenediamine, dmen = N,N′-dimethyl ethylenediamine) by glycine in aqueous medium- A kinetic and mechanistic approach”, S. K. Bera, S. K. Chandra and G. S. De, Int. J. Chem. Kin, 2005, 37, 489.

40. * “Magneto-Structural Correlations: Synthesis of a Family of End-on Azido Bridged Manganese(II) Dinuclear Compounds with S = 5 Spin Ground State”, T. K. Karmakar, B. K. Ghosh, A. Usman, H. –K. Fun, E.Rivière, T. Mallah, G. Aromí and S. K. Chandra, Inorg. Chem., 2005, 44, 2391.

41. * “Synthesis, Crystal structure and Magnetic Properties of a Mononuclear and a Ferromagnetically Coupled Dinuclear Nickel(II) Complex Derived from a Hexadentate Schiff Base Ligand”, S. Sain, S. Bid, A.Usman, H. –K. Fun, G. Aromí and S. K. Chandra, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2005, 358, 3362.

42.* “Unexpected Diversity within a Family of New Azide-Bridged MnII Complexes of Pyridyl/imine Ligands”,T. K. Karmakar, G. Aromí, B. K. Ghosh, A. Usman, H. K. Fun, T. Mallah, U. Behrens, X. Solans and S. K.Chandra, J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 278.

43. * “Manganese(II) complexes having pseudohalide coordination: Synthesis, IR spectroscopy and X-ray crystal structures of [Mn(L1)(NCS)2] and [Mn(L2)(NCS)2] compounds involving Shiff bases ”, T. K. Karmakar,B. K. Ghosh and S. K. Chandra, Ind. J. Chem., 2006, 45A, 1121.

44. * “Unusual coordination preferences of flexible tetradentate ligands and thiocyanate anions leads to trans
nickel(II) and cis manganese(II) compounds”, T. K. Karmakar, B. K. Ghosh, A. Usman, H. K. Fun and S. K.Chandra, Ind. J. Chem., 2006, 45A, 1356.

45. * “A Versatile Series of Nickel(II) Complexes Derived From Tetradentate Imine/Pyridyl Ligands and Various Pseudo-halides: Azide and Cyanate Compared”, M. Habib,T. K. Karmakar, G. Aromi, J. Ribas-Ariño, H. K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma and S. K. Chandra, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 4109.

46. * “Comparative Role of Bridging Anions (N3- and NCO-) in Magnetic Exchange”, M. Habib and S. K.Chandra, International Conference, Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry, IACS Kolkata, Dec. 11-13, 2010, p 43.

47 * “Penta coordinated copper(II) complexes derived from tridentate Schiff base ligand and thiocyanate anion
along with perchlorate coordination: Syntheses, Properties and X-ray crystal structures”, M. Habib, B. Das
and S. K. Chandra, J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2011, 88, 491. 12

48. * “Benign routes for the syntheses of polydentate Schiff base and their lanthanide complexes”, M. Habib,
S. Sain, B. Das and S. K. Chandra, J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 2011, 88, 1501.

49. * “Stepwise Formation of a Pentanuclear Ni4Cu Heterometallic Complex Exhibiting a VertexSharing Defective Double-Cubane Core and Diphenoxo and Phenoxo/azide Bridging Groups: A Magneto-Structural and DFT Theoretical Study”, K. Pramanik, P. Malpaharia, A. J. Mota, E. Colacio, B.Das, F. Lloret and S. K. Chandra, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 3995.

50. “Tetranuclear [Mn2Co2], [Mn2Fe2] and [Mn2Mn2] Complexes with Defective Double Cubane Core and Phenoxo and Oxo Bridges: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Electronic Properties”, P.Malpaharia, K. Pramanik, J. -P. Costes, J. -P. Tuchagues, B.Moulton, M. J. Zaworotko,B. Das, and S.K. Chandra, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 3527.

51. * “Synthesis, Crystal structure and Magnetic Properties of a series of Dinuclear Nickel(II) and Copper(II) Complexes Derived from a bridging function containing Octadentate Schiff Base Ligand”, K. Pramanik, B.Das, E. Colacio and S. K. Chandra, to be submitted

One of Dr. Chandra’s outstanding research contributions has been cited in the International Standard Text in the areas of Chemical Sciences (Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, written by F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C. A. Murillo & M. Bochmann, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1999, Sixth Edition page 204). The work has also been published in top journals in the area by S. K. Chandra as Principal Investigator: Chem. Comm., 1996, 809; Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 3881; Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 3485; Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 4684.

SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE:

*SL.*	*Place & Time*	*Remarks (if any)*
*No.*

1.	Seminar at Kent State	“Convenient Preparation and Improved
	University, Nov. 1995, USA.	Stability of Aqueous Indium(I) Solutions Used
		Stability of Aqueous Indium(I) Solutions Used
		in Electron Transfer Reactions”

2.	Seminar at Kent State	“Intermediate Oxidation States
	University, July 1996, USA.	in the Reduction of Chromium(VI) with
		in the Reduction of Chromium(VI) with
		Formate”

3.	Bag lunch Seminar at Indiana	“Tetramanganese complexes: Synthesis,
	University, August 1997, USA.	structure and biological relevance”
		structure and biological relevance”

4.	Departmental Seminar at	“Tetramanganese complexes: Synthesis,
	Indiana University, November,	structure and biological relevance”
		structure and biological relevance”

		1997, USA.

5.	IACS, KOLKATA, Dec. 12 to				Presented a Poster in Modern Trends in
		14, 2001			Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-IX).

6.	IACS, KOLKATA, August 1,				Participated in one day Seminar organized by
		2003			Chemical Research Society of India
					(KOLKATA Chapter).

7.	CHEM., Burdwan Univ.,				One day Seminar by Chemical Research
	August 3, 2004, Presented an				Society of India (KOLKATA Chapter).
		invited Lecture.

8.	IACS, KOLKATA, Feb. 4-6,				Presented a Poster in the Seminar organized by
		2005			Chemical Research Society of India.

9.	Dept. of Chemistry, Visva-				Participated in the 42^nd Annual Convention of
	Bharati, Santiniketan, Feb. 9-				Chemists.
		13, 2006.

10	Invited	Lecture	at	Refresher	Manganese Compounds: Biological Role &
	Course,	Jadavpur		University,	Potential for Magnetic Materials
	Course,	Jadavpur		University,
	Kolkata, Jan, 2008.

11.	Raghunathpur College,				Invited lecture presented in the DST Sponsored
	Raghunathpur, Purulia, Nov.				One day Seminar on Role of Metal Ions in
		18, 2008			Biological Systems

12.	International Symposium on				Presented a Poster on “Comparative Role of
	Frontiers in Inorg. Chemistry at				Bridging Anions (N₃^– and NCO^–) in Magnetic
	IACS, Kolkata, Dec., 2010.				Exchange”.

13.	Invited	Lecture	at	Refresher	Part A: Metalloproteins with Special Emphasis
	Course,	The	University of		to Hemoglobin, Myoglobin and Oxygen
	Burdwan,Burdwan,Sept.				Evolving Complex in Photosynthesis