Publications

21. "Effect of Redox-Active Quinoline on the Reactivity and Mechanism of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) with Pentadentate Polypyridyl-Quinolyl Ligand-Coordinated Cobalt Complex", A. Paik, C. Das, S. Paul, A. Biswas, S. Mehta, A. Mondal, B. Maity,* A. Dutta,* and S. Rana* ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 15498−15513, https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c03819

20. S. Paul, A. Paik, R. Das, and S. Rana: Pd-Pincer Complexes in C-H Activation (Edited by Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Wiley-VCH) https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0016

19. M. Deb and S. Rana : Site selective C-H functionalizations using Pd-catalysis and Photochemistry (Edited by Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Wiley-VCH)

https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0005

18. R. Das, A. Paik, S. Paul, and S. Rana: Ru-Catalyzed Direct C-H Amidation of Arenes (Edited by Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Wiley-VCH) https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0043

17. "Recent Advances in First-Row Transition-Metal-Mediated C-H Halogenation of (Hetero)arenes and Alkanes", A. Paik#, S. Paul#, S. Bhowmik, R. Das, T. Naveen,* and S. Rana* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202200060 (#contributed equally)

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202200060

16. "Recent Advances in Directed sp2 C-H Functionalization Towards Synthesis of N-Heterocycles and O-Heterocycles" B. Desaia, M. Patel, B. Z. Dholakiyaa, S. Rana* and T. Naveen* Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8699-8725.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC02176A

15. "Effect of the Ligand Backbone on the Reactivity and Mechanistic Paradigm of Non-Heme Iron(IV)-Oxo during Olefin Epoxidation" J. P. Biswas, M. Ansari, A. Paik, S. Sasmal, S. Paul, S. Rana,* G. Rajaraman,* and D. Maiti* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14030– 14039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102484v

14. "Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal- Iron: From rust to multitasking catalysts" S. Rana, J. P. Biswas, S. Paul, A. Paik, D. Maiti Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021,50, 243-472.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102484v

13. "Fe-Catalyzed Aziridination Is Governed by the Electron Affinity of the Active Imido-Iron Species" G. Coin, R. Patra, S. Rana, J. P. Biswas, P. Dubourdeaux, M. Clémancey, S. P. de Visser, D. Maiti, P. Maldivi, and J-Marc Latour* ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 17, 10010–10020.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01427

Before joining North Bengal University

12. "Selective C-H Halogenation over Hydroxylation by Non-heme Iron(IV)-oxo, S. Rana, J. P. Biswas, A. Sen, M. Clémancey, G. Blondin, J. Latour, G. Rajaraman, and D. Maiti* Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 7843-7858. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02053A

11. "Manganese-salen catalyzed oxidative benzylic chlorination" S. Sasmal, S. Rana, G. K. Lahiri, and D. Maiti,Journal of Chemical Science, 2018, 130, 88, 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-018-1511-7

10. "Palladium catalyzed deformylation reaction with detailed experimental and in-silico mechanistic studies", A. Modak, S. Rana; A. Phukan, and D. Maiti. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 4168-4174. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201700451

9. "A Doubly Biomimetic Synthetic Transformation: Catalytic Decarbonylation and Halogenation at RT by Vanadium Pentoxide" S. Rana, B. Pandey, A. Dey, R. Haque; G. Rajaraman, D. Maiti, ChemCatChem, 2016, 8, 3367-3374.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201600843

8. "Mechanistic elucidation of C-H oxidation by electron rich non-heme iron(IV)–oxo at room temperature", S. Rana, A. Dey, and D. Maiti, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 14469-14472.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC04803F

7. "Iron catalyzed regioselective direct arylation at C-3 position of N-alkyl-2-pyridone", A. Modak, S. Rana, D. Maiti, J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 296–303.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jo502362k

6. "Synthesis of Bis-heteroaryl Ketones via Removal of Benzylic -CHR- and -CO- Groups", A. Maji, S. Rana, Akanksha and D. Maiti, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2428-2432.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201308785

5. "Catalytic Electrophilic Halogenations and Halo-alkoxylations by Non-heme Iron-halides", S. Rana, S. Bag, T. Patra, D. Maiti. Adv. Syn. Catal., 2014, 356, 2453-2458.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201400316

4. "Efficient and Stereoselective Nitration of Mono- and Disubstituted Olefins with AgNO2 and TEMPO", S. Maity; S. Manna, S. Rana, N. Togati, A. Mallick, and D. Maiti. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3355–3358. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja311942e

3. "Decarbonylative Halogenation by a Vanadium Complex" S. Rana, R. Haque, G. Santosh, and D. Maiti, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 2927–2932. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic302611a

2. "A general and efficient aldehyde decarbonylation reaction by using a palladium catalyst" A. Modak, A. Deb, T. Patra, S. Rana, S. Maity, and D. Maiti*, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4253-4255. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31144E

1. "ipso-Nitration of Arylboronic Acids with Bismuth Nitrate and Perdisulfate", S. Manna, S. Maity, S. Rana, S. Agasti, and D. Maiti, Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 1736-1739.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ol300325t

Book Chapter

1. S. Rana, A. Modak, S. Maity, T. Patra, and D. Maiti : Iron Catalysis in Synthetic Chemistry in Progress in Inorganic Chemistry: ISBN: 9781118869994, (2014), Volume 59, DOI:10.1002/9781118869994.ch01 (Edited by Prof. Kenneth D. Karlin, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Print ISBN: 9781118870167, Online ISBN: 9781118869994)

Publications

16. "Recent Advances in Directed sp2 C-H Functionalization Towards Synthesis of N-Heterocycles and O-Heterocycles" B. Desaia, M. Patel, B. Z. Dholakiyaa, S. Rana* and T. Naveen* Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8699-8725. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC02176A

14. "Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal- Iron: From rust to multitasking catalysts" S. Rana*, J. P. Biswas, S. Paul, A. Paik, D. Maiti* Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021,50, 243-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102484v

Before joining North Bengal University

16. "Recent Advances in Directed sp2 C-H Functionalization Towards Synthesis of N-Heterocycles and O-Heterocycles" B. Desaia, M. Patel, B. Z. Dholakiyaa, S. Rana* and T. Naveen* Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8699-8725.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC02176A

14. "Organic synthesis with the most abundant transition metal- Iron: From rust to multitasking catalysts" S. Rana, J. P. Biswas, S. Paul, A. Paik, D. Maiti Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021,50, 243-472.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102484v