American Journal of Organic Chemistry

American Journal of Organic Chemistry is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal describing the design of, synthetic approaches to, and characterization of new molecules with applications in organometallics, medicinal and heterocyclic chemistry, green chemistry, photochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and catalysis. Articles considered for publication include: original scientific research articles, review type articles and communications.

Pankaj Das

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Organic Chemistry

Lecturer, Dibrugarh University, India

Research Areas

Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Education

2002Ph.DCSIR, RRL, Jorhat, Dibrugarh University, Assam
1996M.ScGauhati University, Assam, India

Experience

2009-presentAssistant Professor (Stage-2), Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University
2005-2009Assistant Professor (Stage-1), Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University
2003-2005FCT, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Porto, Portugal
2002-2003Postdoctoral fellow, University of Brest, France

Publications: Journals

[1]  Pankaj Das, M. Borah, F. Michaud, F. Petillon, P. Schollhammer, Phosphorus-carbon (P-CPy) bond cleavage on reacting the diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine with triiron-dodecacarbonyl, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011 (in press);
[2]  C. Sarmah, M. Borah, Pankaj Das, Iron(0), Rhodium(I) and Palladium(II) complexes with p-(N, N-dimethylaminophenyl)diphenylphosphine and the application of the palladium complex as catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 25, 2011, 552-558.
[3]  Pankaj Das, C. Sarmah, A. Tairai, U. Bora, Highly efficient amine-based catalytic system for room temperature Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of aryl halides with arylboronic acids, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 25, 2011, 283-288.
[4]  Pankaj Das, M. Borah, C. Sarmah, P. K. Gogoi, L. M. Alekseenko and S. M. Orlyk, Synthesis of a rhodium(I) carbonyl complex with a chiral aminodiphosphine ligand and its immobilization onto amino-propylfunctionalized silica gel, J. Coordination Chemistry, 63, 7, 2010, 1107-1117.
[5]  Pankaj Das, U. Bora, A. Tairai, C. Sharma, Triphenylphosphine chalcogen-ides as efficient ligands for room temperature palladium(II) cataly-zed Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, Tetrahedron. Letter 51, 2010, 1479-1482.
[6]  Pankaj Das, P. P. Sarmah, M. Borah and A. K. Phukan, Low-spin, mononuclear, Fe(III) complexes with P, N donor hemilabile ligands: A combined experimental and theoretical study, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 362, 2009, 5001-5011.
[7]  Pankaj Das, A. R. Silva, A. Carvalho, J. Pires, C. Freire, Organo-functionalized mesoporous supports for Jacobsen-type catalyst: Laponite versus MCM-4, J. Mateial Science 44, 11, 2009, 2865-2875.
[8]  Pankaj Das, A. R. Silva, A. Carvalho, J. Pires, C. Freire, Chiral Mn(III) salen complex, Enantioselective epoxidation, covalent anchoring, Laponite, MCM-41, FSM-16, Catalysis Letter 129, 2009, 367-375.
[9]  Pankaj Das, A. R. Silva, A. P. Carvalho, J. Pires, and C. Freire, Post-Synthesis organo-sylanation of mesostructured FSM-16 for chiral Mn(III) salen catalyst anchoring, Colloids and Surfaces A: A Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 329, 3, 2008, 190-197.
[10]  Pankaj Das, J. Baruah and P. Tamuli, Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermogravi-metric and electrochemical characteri-sation of triphenylphosphine-oxide complexes of the type [MClx(Ph3PO)6-x] [M = Cu(II), Co(II), x = 2; M = Fe(III), x = 3], Asian J Chemistry 20, 8, 2008, 5958-5966.
[11]  Pankaj Das, I. K.Biernacka, A. R. Silva, A. P. Carvalho, J. Pires, and C. Freire, Chiral Mn(III) Salen Complexes Encapsulated into Aluminium Pillared Clay and their Activity as Catalyst for Epoxidation of Styrene, J. Mol Catal: Chemical, 248, 2006, 135-143.
[12]  Pankaj Das, J.F. Capon, F. Gloaguen, F. Y. Petillon, P. Schollhammer, J. Talarmin and K. W. Muir, Di-iron aza diphosphido complexes: mimics for the active site of Fe-only hydrogenase, and effects of changing the coordinating atoms of the bridging ligand in [Fe2{μ-(ECH2)2NR}(CO)6], Inorganic Chemistry 43 (26), 2004, 8203-8205.
[13]  D. K. Dutta, J. D. Woollins, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. Konwar, Pankaj Das, M. Sharma, P. Bhattacharyya and S. M. Aucott, An alternative strategy to an electron rich phosphine based carbonylation catalyst, Dalton Transaction, 13, 2003, 2674-2679.
[14]  P. Chutia, M. Sharma, Pankaj Das, N. Kumari, J. D. Woollins, A. M. Z. Slawin, and D. K. Dutta, Carbonyl complexes of ruthenium(II) with unsymmetrical phosphine-phosphine-sulfide ligands of the type Ph2P(CH2)nP(S)Ph2, n = 1-4. Polyhedron, 22 (19) 2725-2730, 2003.
[15]  Pankaj Das, M. Borauh, N. Kumari, M. Sharma, D. Konwar and D. K. Dutta, Rhodium Nitrone Complexes: Efficient Catalysts for Carbonylation of Methanol, J. Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 178, 283-287, 2002.
[16]  Pankaj Das, M. Sharma, N. Kumari, D. Konwar and D. K. Dutta, Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium(II) Complexes of different types of Potential Hemilabile P-O and P-S Donors Ligands. Indian Journal of Chem. Sec A: 41A, 560-562.
[17]  N. Kumari, M. Sharma, Pankaj Das and D. K. Dutta, Carbonylrhodium Complexes of Pyridine Ligands and their Catalytic Activity towards Carbonylation of Methanol. Applied Organometallic Chemistry 16 (5), 258-264, 2002.
[18]  Pankaj Das, P. Chutia, D. K. Dutta, Efficient Carbonylation of Methanol Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes containing Cyclooctadiene and Triphenylphosphinechalcogenide, Chemistry Letter 7, 766-767, 2002.
[19]  M. Sharma, N. Kumari, Pankaj Das, P. Chutia and D. K. Dutta, Catalytic activity of dicarbony-lrhodium complexes of amino benzoic acid ligands for carbonylation of methanol., J. Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 188, 25-35, 2002.
[20]  Pankaj Das, D. Konwar, M. Sharma, N. Kumari and D. K. Dutta, Synthesis and Reactivity of Rhodium(I) Carbonyl Complexes of Ether-phosphine Ligands and their Catalytic Activity, Applied Organometallic Chemistry 16, 302-306, 2002.
[21]  Pankaj Das, D. Konwar and D. K. Dutta, Rhodium Complexes of Diphenylphosphine(ethylthio) ethane, Indian Journal Of Chemistry, Sec A: 40A, 626-629, 2001.
[22]  Pankaj Das, D. Konwar, P. Sengupta and D.K. Dutta, Rhodium (I) Carbonyl Complexes of Triphenylphosphine chalcogenides and their Catalytic Activity. Transition Metal Chemistry: 25: 426-429: 2000.