Research Project

1.SERB, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi : (Ongoing)

Title of the project: “Transition Metal Complexes with Nitrogen & Sulphur donors – Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Luminescent Properties and Biological Activity Studies”.

 Lab: ‘SERB-DST Research Lab’,  Sponsored by SERB-DST, New Delhi, Govt. of India, at Bir Bikram Memorial College, Agartala, West Tripura, Tripura, India, PIN-799004.

Amount:   Rs. 34,37,808/- (Rs. Thirty Four Lakh Thirty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight Only).
Duration: 03 yrs (March-2022 to March-2025).

Sanctioned No: EEQ/2021/000257 dated Feb 25, 2022.

Number of Project Associate: One (01), Name: Dr. Paresh Debnath, M.Sc., Ph.D., NET, SET, GATE  (Inorganic Chem.).

2. SERB, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi : (Completed)

Title of the project: “Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescent Properties and Biological Activity Studies of mixed ligand complexes of some Transition Metal ions with Nitrogen and Sulphur Donors”.

 Lab: ‘Synthetic Inorganic Research Lab.’, Sponsored by DST, New Delhi, Govt. of India, at Ramthakur College, Agartala, West Tripura, Tripura, India, PIN-799003

Amount:   Rs.12,00,000/-(Rupees twelve lakhs) .
Duration: 02 yrs (Dec-2013 to Dec-2015).

Sanctioned No: SB/EMEQ-014/2013 dated 28/11/2013

Number of Project Fellow: One (01), Name: Mr. Sanjit Sutradhar, M.Sc., NET  (Inorganic Chem.).

Publications

LIST OF PUBLICATION (2002 – to present)

[Research publications in different International and National reputed Journals with high IF]

1. Synthesis and characterization of ionic heterobimetallic complexes of Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions containing nitrogen and sulphur donors. M.K.Singh, R.Laskar & A.Das, Indian Journal of Chemistry, 41A, Nov 2002, p 2282. (IF-0.67)
2. Synthesis and structural characterization of mixed ligand complexes of nickel(II) with 1,1-dicyanoethylene-2,2-dithiolate and some nitrogen donors Mahesh K.Singh, Arijit Das and Bijaya Paul, Trans. Metal Chem, Sept 2005, 30, p 655. (IF-1.7)
3. Synthesis and structural characterization of mixed ligand complexes of nickel(II) with 1- cyano-1- carboethoxyethylene-2, 2-dithiolate and some nitrogen donors Mahesh K.Singh, Arijit Das and Bijaya Paul, Trans Metal Chem, Sept 2007, 32, p 732. (IF-1.997)
4. Synthesis and characterization of mixed ligand complexes of Zn(II) and Cd(II) with 1,1-dicyanoethylene-2,2-dithiolate and some nitrogen donors M. K.Singh, A. Das, B. Paul and R. Laskar, J.Ind.Chem.Soc., May 2008, 85, p 485. (IF-0.384)
5. Synthesis and characterization of mixed ligand complexes of Zn(II) and Cd(II) with 1- cyano-1-carboethoxyethylene-2,2-dithiolate and some nitrogen donors M. K. Singh, A. Das, B. Paul and R. Laskar, J. Ind. Chem. Soc., Feb 2009, 86,P-143
6. Synthesis and characterization of mixed ligand complexes of cobalt(II) ion with some nitrogen and sulphur donors Mahesh K. Singh, Arijit Das and Bijaya Paul, Journal of Co-ordination Chemistry, 62(16), Aug 2009, P-2745. (IF-1.932)
8. New Methods For Determination of Hybridisation State For Organic and Inorganic Molecules or ions in a Very Short Time Arijit Das, Chemistry Today, May 2011, 20(5), p25, New Delhi, (ISBN-2468).
8. Synthesis, characterization and Luminescent properties of mixed ligand complexes of nickel (II) with 1,1-dicarboethoxy ethylene-2,2-dithiolate and some nitrogen donors. M. K. Singh, A. Das, B. Paul, S. Sutradhar and S. Bhattacharjee, J.Ind.Chem.Soc., 89, March 2012, P-421.
9.New Methods For IUPAC Nomenclature of Bicyclo and Spiro Compounds Arijit DasChemistry Today, April 2012, 21(4), p86-87,New Delhi, (ISBN –2468).
10. Synthesis, Characterization, Luminescent properties and biological activity studies of mixed ligand complexes of nickel (II) with sulphur and some nitrogen donors Mahesh K Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul, D. Barman and Arijit Das* J. Ind.Chem. Soc., 90, Feb – 2013, p-163.
11. New Methods for prediction of bond order of Molecules, ions and radicals without M.O.T. in a very short time Arijit Das and N. Nath, Chemistry Today, Feb 2013, 22(2), p13-15, New Delhi, (ISBN-2468).
12. New Innovative Methods for prediction of hybridization State in a very short time Arijit DasInd. Journal of Applied Research, 3(7), p594, July-2013 (IF-0.8215)
13. New innovative methods for prediction of bond order of mono and diatomic molecules, ions and also acid radicals in a very short time Arijit Das, Indian Journal of Applied Research, 3(7), p114, July-2013, (IF-0.8215)
14. New innovative methods for determination of IUPAC nomenclature of spiro and bicyclo compounds in Organic Chemistry Arijit Das, Indian Journal of Applied Research, 3(7), p596, July-2013, (IF-0.8215)
15. New innovative methods for determination of spin multiplicity, spin state and Magnetic properties of diatomic heteronucler molecules or ions in a very short Interval of time Arijit Das, Indian Journal of Applied Research, 3(8), p67, Aug-2013 (IF-0.8215)
16. A rapid and innovative method for the identification of aromatic and anti-aromatic nature of organic compounds Arijit Das, Suman Adhikari, Bijaya Paul, V. Jaggnnadam and R.Sanjeev, World Journal of Chemical Education, 1(1), p6, Sept-2013, SEP, USA, DOI:10.12691/wjce-1-1-2
17. A rapid and innovative method for the easy prediction of Magnetic behavior of homo and hetero nuclear mono and diatomic molecules or ions without MOT Arijit Das, Indian Journal of Applied Research, 3(10), p1, Oct-2013 (IF-0.8215)
18. New methods for prediction of Bond order of mono and diatomic homo and hetero Nuclear molecules or ions with (1-20)e s and Oxide based acid radicals – An innovative approach Arijit Das, Ind. J. of Applied Research, 3(11), pp41-43 Nov-2013 (IF-0.8215)
19. Simple Thinking Makes Chemistry Metabolic and Interesting – A Review Article Arijit Das, IOSR-Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) TIE UP WITH NASA and ANED, e-ISSN: 2278-5736. Volume 6, Issue 4 (Nov. – Dec. 2013), PP 08-15, DOI-10.9790/5736-0640815, USA.
20. Simultaneous Equations as a Tool in the Spectrophotometric Analysis of Two Non-interacting Substances in a Binary Mixture: Senior Undergraduate Physical and Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment R. Sanjeev, V. Jagannadham, R. Ravi, R. Veda Vrath, Arijit Das Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education, 2013, 1(4), p59-64, SAP, USA, DOI: 10.5923/j.jlce.20130104.01
21. New Methods for the prediction of Magnetic Moment of homo and hetero nuclear mono and diatomic molecules or ions without MOT-A Rapid Innovative Approac Arijit Das, International Journal of Advance Research in Applied Chemistry, SCI Pub.,01(10), Oct-2013, pp1-7, ISSN(online): 2320-9178, USA.
22. Rapid calculation of the number of π-bonds, σ-bonds, single and triple bonds in aliphatic unsaturated open chain and cycloalkynes Arijit Das, Suman Adhikari, Debapriya Paul, Bijaya Paul, V. Jaggnnadam and R.Sanjeev, World Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 2(1), pp1-3, SEP, USA, DOI:10.12691/wjce-2-1-1
23. Supramolecular Chemistry and its application (Review Article) Suman Adhikari, Arijit Das & Basu Maan Daas, Prayas, Journal of Multidisciplinary AreaVol-01(01), pp 72-78, Feb-2014 Online ISSN 2348-618X.
24. Rapid calculation of the number of π-bonds, σ-bonds, single and double bonds in aliphatic unsaturated open chain and cyclic olefinic hydrocarbons Arijit Das, Debapriya Pal, Bijaya Paul, R. Sanjeev and V. Jagannadham, Education in Chemical Science and Technology, published by Ind. Chem. Soc., Aug-2014, 2(1), pp 41-46
25. Synthesis and Characterization of mixed ligand complexes of Co(II) ion with some N and S donor Mahesh K. Singh*, Ranajoy Laskar, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul,S.Bhattacharjee and Arijit Das*, IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) e-ISSN: 2278-5736.Volume 7, Issue 4 (1), (Apr. 2014), PP 24-29, DOI: 10.9790/5736-07412429, ANED – DDL ( American National Engineering Database Digital Data link) no: 23.5736/iosr-jac-E07412429
26. Innovative And Time Economic Pedagogical Views In Chemical Education – A Review Article Arijit Das, R.Sanjeev and V.Jagannadham, World Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 3, 29-38, Science and Education Publishing , USA, DOI:10.12691/wjce-2-3-1.
27. Association Behavior of Mono, Di and Tri-hydric Alcohols with Three Carbon Skeleton in a Straight Chain R. Sanjeev, V. Jagannadham, Adam A. Skelton, Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 3, 39-41, Science and Education Publishing, USA, DOI:10.12691/wjce-2-3-2.
28. Time Economic Innovative Methodology on the Prediction of Hybridization State of Heterocyclic Compounds Arijit Das, Bijaya Paul, R. Sanjeev and V. Jagannadham IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry (IOSR-JAC) e-ISSN: 2278-5736.Volume 7, Issue 8 (2), (Aug-2014), PP 38-39, DOI: 10.9790/5736-07412429,
29. Synthesis, Crystal Structure And Antifungal Activity Studies of a Newly Synthesized Polymeric Mixed Ligand Complex of Zn (II) With 1,1-dithiolate and Nitrogen donors Mahesh Kumar Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul, Suman Adhikari, Raymond J. Butcher, Sandeep Acharya and Arijit Das* J.of Co-ordination Chemistry, Taylor & Francis Pub.(London),Vol.67,No.22,3613–3620, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2014.972388 (IF-2.223)
30. Cd(II) complexation With 1,1-dithiolate and Nitrogen donors: Synthesis, Luminescence, Crystal Structure And Antifungal Activity Study Mahesh Kumar Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul, Suman Adhikari, Raymond J. Butcher, Sandeep Acharya and Arijit Das* J.of Co-ordination Chemistry, 2015, Vol. 68, No. 8, 1423–1432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1013946 Taylor & Francis Pub.(London)
31. Time Economic Innovative Pedagogies In Chemical Science – A Review Article Arijit Dasa* and Bijaya Paul, Education in Chemical Science and Technology, Ind.Chem.Soc., Vol-3, No.1, PP 1-28, Aug-2015)
32. ‘HYDROCARBON PARSER TOOL’ Arijit Das, Edel Garcia, A.l.Malah and K.I.Quach, Minerazzi.Com, USA, 24 Aug 2015, http://www.minerazzi.com/tools/hydrocarbons/parser.php
33. A six-coordinate cadmium (II) complex containing a bridging dithiolate ligand: Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Antifungal Activity Study Mahesh Kumar Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul, Suman Adhikari, Raymond J. Butcher, Sandeep Acharya and Arijit Das* J.of Co-ordination Chemistry, Taylor & Francis Pub.(London),UK ( online published 3rd Nov-2015) Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2016, pages 168-175
34. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Mixed Ligand Complexes of Manganese (II) With Some Nitrogen and Sulphur Donors by Magnetic and Spectroscopic Methods M.K.Singh, Bijaya Paul , Arijit Das, IOSR-JAC, 9, 2(1),p42-48, Feb-2016
35. Mixed Ligand complexes of 1,1-dithiolates and Nitrogen Donors, Arijit Das, Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP),Germany, July 2016, pp 1-100, ISBN-10: 3659909807, ISBN-13: 978-3-659-90980-1
36. Manganese(II) Complexation with 1,1-dithiolate and Nitrogen donors – Synthesis, magnetic properties and spectroscopic studies Mahesh K. Singh, Bijaya Paul and Arijit Das, IOSR-JAC, Vol 9, Issue 11(11), p1-7 Nov-2016
37. Synthesis, TGA, Luminescent and Antifungal Activity Studies of Nickel (II) Complexes of 1, 1-dithiolate Mahesh K. Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Arijit Das and Sandeep Acharya, Asian J. of Chemistry, Vol 29, No 5, 1023-1028, 2017
38. A new Cadmium(II) complex with bridging dithiolate ligand: synthesis, crystal structure and antifungal activity study Mahesh Kumar Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar, Bijaya Paul, Suman Adhikari, F.Laskar, Raymond J.Butcher, Sandeep Acharya and Arijit Das*, Journal of Molecular Structure, Elsevier Pub., Vol 1139, 5 July 2017, Pages 395–399.
39. Synthesis and Structural characterization of mixed ligand complexes of nickel(II) with 1, 8-diaminonaphthalene and 1-cyano-1-carboethoxyethylene dithiolate M. K.Singh, Sanjit Sutradhar and Arijit Das, J. of the Indian Chem.Soc.pp 497-502, May 2017.
40. Bond-order and Magnetic Behavior of Diatomic Species without Molecular Orbital Theory Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, Book Chapter, vol. 5, no. 4 (2017), 128-131, doi:10.12691/wjce-5-4-2.
41. Chemical Bonding: Time Economic Innovative Pedagogies – A Review Article Arijit Das, Global Journal of Science Frontier Research (GJSFR), Vol 17, Issue 2 Version 1.0, 2017 (Accepted), USA
42. Mixed-ligand complexes of zinc(II) with 1,1-dicyanoethylene-2,2-dithiolate and N-donor ligands: A combined experimental and theoretical study Arijit Das et al. Journal of Molecular Structure, Elsevier, 1164, July 2018, pp 334-343, Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.03.073
43. Time Economic Innovative Mnemonics In Chemical Education – A Review Article Arijit Das, International Journal of Physics & Chemistry Education (Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education – EJPCE), 10(1), June 2018, pp 27-40,
Link: https://doi.org/10.12973/ijpce/81589
44. Lone Pair Electron Discriminate Hybridization with Aromatic and Anti Aromatic behavior of Heterocyclic Compounds – Innovative Mnemonics Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 6, no. 2, 4th April 2018, pp95-101, DOI: 10.12691/wjce-6-2-4.
45. Economic Innovative Mnemonics in Chemical Education – A Review Article Arijit Das, American Journal of Chemistry and Applications, Open science, 5(1), pp 19-32, 2018.
46. Lone Pair of Electrons Discriminate Hybridization with Aromaticity in the Heterocyclic Compounds – Innovative Mnemonics Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 6, no. 3, 27th April 2018, pp107-112, DOI: 10.12691/wjce-6-3-1.
47. Review of Innovative Mnemonics for Inorganic and Organic Chemical Education Arijit Das, Chemistry Journal, published by the American Institute of Science(AIS), Vol. 4, No. 2, 2018, pp. 11-31.
48. INNOVATIVE MNEMONICS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION: REVIEW ARTICLE Arijit Das, African Journal of Chemical Education (AJCE), AJCE, 2018, 8(2), pp144-189, July 2018 Issue, ISSN 2227-5835,
49. Innovative Mnemonics Make Chemical Education Time Economic – A Pedagogical Review Article Special Issue “Teaching Science in the 21st Century”, Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemica, Education, vol. 6, no. 4, pp154-174, 25th Sept 2018
50. Bond Order Calculator Tool Arijit Das & Edel Garcia, Minerazzi.Com, USA, 20 Dec 2018,
Link: http://www.minerazzi.com/tools/bond-order/calculator.php
51. Modern Educational Tools Arijit Das, TPSC Interview Guide Book, Book Chapter, Tripurainfo.com, Nov 2019, pp 308-313

52. Innovative Mnemonics in Chemical Education: A Handbook for Classroom Lectures, Arijit Das, Cambridge Scholars, Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK, Nov 2019,pp 1-182, ISBN (10): 1-5275-3922-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-3922-8.

53. ‘On the supramolecular properties of neutral, anionic and cationic cadmium complexes harvested from dithiolate–polyamine binary ligand systems’, Suman Adhikari, Tirtha Bhattacharjee, Arijit Das, Subhadip Roy, Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc, Jan K. Zaręba, Antonio Bauzá g and Antonio Frontera, CrystEngComm, Royal Society of Chemistry, October 2020, DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01233e.

54. IUPAC Nomenclature of Higher Alkanes – Innovative Mnemonics,
 Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp 42-45, 2021

55. Classification of Negative Charge Discriminate Hybridization with Aromatic and Anti-aromatic Behavior of Organic Compounds – Innovative Mnemonics
 Arijit Das, World Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp 57-63, 2021

56. Exploring dithiolate-amine binary ligand systems for the supramolecular assemblies of Ni(II) coordination compounds: Crystal structures, theoretical studies, cytotoxicity studies, and molecular docking studies
Tirtha Bhattacharjee, Suman Adhikari, , Sharmila Bhattacharjee, Sourav Debnath, Arijit Das, Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc , Krishnan Thirumoorthy, Sarubala Malayaperumal, Antara Banerjee, Surajit Pathak, Antonio Frontera,
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 543 (2022), 121157, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2022.121157
57. Mixed Ligand Complexes of Cobalt (II) – Synthesis, Reactivity, Physico-chemical and Spectroscopic studies,
ARIJIT DAS, PARESH DEBNATH, BIJAYA PAUL, KARTICK LAL BHOWMIK, ABHIJIT BHATTACHARYA,
and BANTI GANGULY, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 35(4), pp 910-916,
https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2023.27479 (SCOPUS Indexed).
58. Metal Ions Separation Via Paper Chromatography: Enhanced Methods Using Eluting Solutions
Arijit Das, Digvijoya Sarmaa, Paresh Debnath and Bijaya Paul, World Journal of Chemical Education. Nov 2023;
11(4):134-140, doi: 10.12691/wjce-11-4-2 (SCOPUS Indexed).
59. Cd(II) and Zn(II) complexes with 2-mercaptopyridine: Synthesis, crystal structure, Hirshfeld surface
analysis, luminescent properties, aggregation behaviours, current-voltage characteristic and antibacterial
assay, Arijit Das
, Syed Arshad Hussain, Hritinava Banik, Debasish Maiti, Tamanna Aktar, Bijaya Paul, Pratima
Debnath, Lesław Sieron, Abhijit Bhattacharya, Kartick Lal Bhowmik , Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Paresh Debnath,
Polyhedron (Elsevier), 247, 11674, Jan 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2023.116747.