Amit Majumdar
Assistant Professor
Inorganic Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
India
Biography
Professional Positions: Since August 2013: Assistant Professor at IACS, Kolkata, India. September 2011 to July 2013: Postdoctoral Associate at MIT with Prof. Stephen J. Lippard February 2009 to August 2011: Postdoctoral Associate at Harvard University with Prof. Richard H. Holm Education: Ph.D. (2008): Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. (Advisor: Prof. Sabyasachi Sarkar) M.Sc. (2002): University of Calcutta, India. B.Sc. (2000): Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, India.
Research Interest
Our research interest is to synthesize and study the reactivity of metal clusters analogous to biological cluster assemblies that contain two or more structurally distinguishable fragments connected together by one or more covalent bridges. Two such assemblies of interest are Mo-Cu dependent carbon monoxide dehydrogenase ([MoCu]-CODH) and [NiFe]-carbon monoxide dehydrogenase ([NiFe]-CODH). Investigating the structure and reactivity of such analogue systems will allow for the development of important molecular transformations at metal centers and will also serve to study substrate promoted electron transfer between multiple metal centers. Another area of interest is the reactivity of nitric oxide with non-heme diiron complexes. Research in this area is directly related with the functioning of flavodiiron nitric oxide reductases (FNORs) in pathogens which catalyses the reduction of nitric oxide to nitrous oxide and thus helps the pathogens to survive the immune mechanism system in humans and proliferate.
Publications
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Light-induced N2O production from a nonheme iron-nitrosyl dimer†Jiang, Y.; Hayashi, T.; Matsumura, H.; Do, L. H.; Majumdar, A.; Lippard, S. J.*; Moënne-Loccoz, P.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 12524−12527
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“Controlling the Reactivity of Bifunctional Ligands: Carboxylate Bridged Nonheme Diiron(II) Complexes Bearing Free Thiol Groups†Pal, N.; Majumdar, A.* Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 3181-3191
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"Mononuclear Bis(dithiolene) Mo(IV) and W(IV) Complexes with P, P; S, S; O, S and O, O Donor Ligands: A Comparative Reactivity Study" Khatua, S.; Naskar, T.; Nandi, C.; Majumdar, A.* New. J. Chem. 2017, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ01797A 2016
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Thiolate, Thiocarboxylate and Carboxylate Bridged Dicobalt(II) Complexes: Comparative Redox Reactions and C–S Bond Cleavage in Aliphatic Thiolates†Jana, M.; Majumdar A.* (Manuscript under revision)
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A Functional Mononitrosyl Diiron(II) Complex Mediates the Reduction of NO to N2O with Relevance for Flavodiiron NO Reductases†Jana, M.; Pal, N.; White, C.; Kupper, C.; Meyer, F.; Lehnert, N.*; Majumdar A.* (Manuscript Submitted)
