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Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry






Biography

Dr. Mandal joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Ropar on 2010. His research work is focused around Organic and Organometallic Chemistry and from this core area branches into catalysis, organic synthesis, and recoverable catalysts, particularly those with fluorous "ponytails" of the formula (CH2)m(CF2)nF; these can be recycled via "fluorous" liquid or solid phases, such as Teflon. After completed his PhD Dr. Mandal joined Prof. Gladysz group at Erlangen, Germany as Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) fellow for post-doctoral study. Then he moved to Texas A&M University where he was working mainly on methane oxidation (industrial project) for more than 2 years before joining IIT Ropar.

Research Interests

  • Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry
  • Small Molecule Activation
  • Catalyst Recovery using fluorous techniques

Education

  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2006
  • M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, 2000
  • B.Sc., Midnapore College (Vidyasagar University), 1998

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2010-Present
  • Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA, 2008-2010
  • Post-doctoral fellow, Institute für Organische Chemie, Friedrich Alexander Universität, Erlangen, Nürnberg, Germany, 2007-2008

Selected Publications

1. G. Dutta, D. Mandal, B. D. Gupta, “Pyrazine Bridged Dicobaloximes with Bis(thiophenyl)glyoxime and their Molecular Oxygen Insertion”, J. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 706-707, 30-36.

2. L. D. Chen, D. Mandal, G. Pozzi, J. A. Gladysz, P. Bühlmann, “Potentiometric Sensors Based on Fluorous Membranes Doped with Highly Selective Ionophores for Carbonate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 20869-20877.

3. D. Mandal, M. Jurisch, C. S. Consorti, and J. A. Gladysz, “Ionic Transformations in Extremely Nonpolar Fluorous Media: Easily Recoverable Phase Transfer Catalysts for Halide Substitution Reactions”, Chemistry – an Asian Journal, 2008, 3, 1772–1782.

4. D. Mandal and B. D. Gupta; “Hindered Rotation Leading to Nonequivalence in 2-Substituted Benzyl Cobaloximes: Structure–Property Relationship”, Organometallics 2007, 26, 658–670.

5. D. Mandal and B. D. Gupta; “Cobaloximes with Dimesitylglyoxime: Synthesis, Characterization and Spectral Correlations with the Related Cobaloximes”, Organometallics 2005, 24, 1501–1510.