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Welcome to Supramolecular Chemistry &
Crystal Engineering Laboratory
Professor Kumar Biradha FRSC
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 721 302,
West Bengal
India
Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, American Chemical Society
Co-Editor of Acta Crystallographica, Section E, IUCr Journal
Editorial Board Member of New Journal of Chemistry
Awarded SCOPUS YOUNG SCIENTIST IN CHEMISTRY FOR 2006
Member of Board of Editors of Crystal Growth & Design Network
Advisory Board Member of The Open Inorganic Chemistry Journal

No. of Publications in Popular Chemistry Journals
  • Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (11)
  • Chem. Commun. (23)
  • J. Am. Chem. Soc. (7)

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    Some Representive Publications:
    1. G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha,Post-synthetic modification of isomorphic coordination layers: exchange dynamics of metal ions in single crystal to single crystal fashion, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48 , 4293-4295.

    2. S. Samai and Kumar Biradha, Chemical and Mechano Responsive Metal Organic Gels of bis(benzimidazole) Based Ligands with Cd(II) and Cu(II) Halide Salts: Self Sustainability, Gas and Dye Sorptions, Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 1165-1173.

    3. R. Santra, K. Banerjee and Kumar Biradha, Weak Ag...Ag and Ag...Pi Interactions in Templating Regio Selective Single and Double [2+2] Reactions of N,N’-bis(3-(4-pyridyl)acryloyl)-hydrazine: Synthesis of Unprecidented Tricyclohexadecane Ring System, Chem.Commun. 2011, 47, 10740-10742.

    4. G. Mahata, S. Roy and Kumar Biradha, Separation of isomers of sulfophthalic acid by guest induced host framework formation with 4,4’-bipyridine. Chem.Commun. 2011, 47, 6614-6616.

    5. S. Samai and Kumar Biradha, Coordination Polymers of Flexible Bis(benzimidazole) Ligand: Halogen Bridging and Metal...Arene Interactions Cryst.Growth & Design. 2011, 11, 5723-5732.

    6. S. Roy and Kumar Biradha, Two-component Supramolecular Organic Hosts as Colorimetric Indicators for Aromatic Guests: Visual Molecular Recognition via Cation-p Interactions, Cryst.Growth & Design. 2011, 11, 4120-4128.

    7. R. Santra and Kumar Biradha, Solid state double [2 + 2] photochemical reactions in the co-crystal forms of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one: establishing mechanism using single crystal X-ray, UV and 1H NMR, CrystEngComm 2011, 13, 3246-3257.

    8. S. Samai, J. Dey and Kumar Biradha, Amino acid based low-molecular-weight tris(bis-amido) organogelators, Soft Matter 2011, 7, 2121-2126.

    9. L. Rajput, V. V. Chernyshev and Kumar Biradha, Assembling Triple Helical Amide-to-Amide Hydrogen Bonded Columns of tris(4-halophenyl)Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides into Porous Materials via Halogen???Halogen interactions, Chem.Commun. 2010, 46, 6530.

    10. R. Santro and Kumar Biradha, Nitrate Ion Assisted Argentophilic Interactions as a template for Solid State [2+2] Photo Dimerization of pyridyl acrylic acid, its methyl ester and acrylamide, Crystal Growth & Design 2010, 10, 3315-3320.

    11. L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha, Assembling Coordination Networks of Bis-amido Pyridines via Hydrogen Bonds: Isostructurality and Large Hydrophobic Cavities for Guest Inclusion, New Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 34, 2415-2428.

    12. L. Rajput, B. Jana and Kumar Biradha, Carboxylic Acid and Phenolic Hydroxyl Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Co-crystals/Clathrates of Trimesic Acid and Pyromellitic Acid with Phenolic Derivatives, Crystal Growth & Design 2010, 10, 4565-4570.

    13. L. Rajput, R. Santra and Kumar Biradha, Crystal Engineering Studies on Ionic Crystals of Pyridine and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Containing Amide Functional Groups, Aust. J. Chem. 2010, 63, 578-588.

    14. R. Santra and Kumar Biradha, Two-dimensional Organic Brick-wall Layers as Hosts for the Inclusion and Study of Aromatic Ensembles: Acid-Pyridine and Acid-Carbonyl Synthons for Multi-component Materials, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 4969-4978.

    15. L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha, Reliable formation of an unusual and chiral 2D-network containing entanglement of the ligand in the presence of different Anions, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 3848-3851.

    16. Kumar Biradha, A. Ramanan and J. J. Vittal, Coordination Polymers versus Metal Organic Frameworks, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 2969-2970.

    17. L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha, Robust Hydrogen Bonding Synthon in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Coordination Polymers of Pyridine Appended Reverse Amides and Amides, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1220-1222.

    18. L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha, Design of Co-crystals via New and Robust Supramolecular Synthon between Carboxylic-Acid and Secondary Amide: Honeycomb Network with Jailed Aromatics, Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 41.

    19. S. Samai and Kumar Biradha, Halogen×××Halogen interactions in assembling b-sheets into two-dimensional layers in the Bis-(4-halo-phenylamido)alkanes and their co-crystals via inter-halogen interactions, CrystEngComm. 2009, 11, 482.

    20. R. Santra and Kumar Biradha, Stepwise Dimerization of Double [2+2] reaction in the Co-crystals of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one and Phloroglucinol: A Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformation, CrystEngComm. 2008, 10, 1524-1526.

    21. R. Santra, N. Ghosh and Kumar Biradha, Crystal Engineering with Acid and Pyridine Heteromeric Synthon: Neutral and Ionic Co-crystals, New Journal of Chemistry, 2008, 1673-1676.

    22. L. Rajput, S. Singha and Kumar Biradha, Comparative structural studies on Homologues of Amides and Reverse Amides: Unprecedented 4-fold Interpenetrated Quartz Network, new b-sheet and 2D-layers, Crystal Growth & Design 2007, 7, 2788-2795.

    23. M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha, Crystal engineering of metal-organic frameworks containing amide functionalities: Studies on network recognitions, transformations and exchange dynamics of guests and anions, Crystal Growth & Design 2007, 7, 1318-1331.

    24. Kumar Biradha, M. Sarkar and L. Rajput, "Crystal engineering of coordination polymers using 4,4'-bipyridine as a bond between transition metal atoms", Chem. Commun. 2006, 4169-4179.

    25. M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha, "Interplay of Hydrogen Bonds in Assembling (4,4)-coordination Networks: Transformations From Open to Interpenetrated Networks via Anion Exchange", Crystal Growth & Design , 2006, 6, 1742-1745.

    26. M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha, "Entrapment of hexamer of nitrobenzene molecules between the layers of (4,4)-coordination networks containing intra b-sheet hydrogen bonds" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 531-534.

    27. M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha, "Amide-to-amide hydrogen bonds in the presence of pyridine functionality: Crystal structures of bis(pyridinecarboxamido) alkanes" Cryst. Growth & Des. 2006, 6, 202-208.

    28. M.Sarkar and Kumar Biradha, "b-sheet recognition in the non-interpenetrated and interpenetrated two-dimensional coordination networks containing cavities" Chem. Comm. 2005, 2229-2231.

    29. Kumar Biradha and G. Mahata, "Encapsulation of aromatic molecules by the O-HN supramolecular adducts of racemic-bis-b-naphthol and 4,4'-bipyridine" Cryst. Growth & Des. 2005, 5, 61-63.

    30. Kumar Biradha and G. Mahata, "A 3D-Honeycomb Network with Unique Encapsulation of Dimers of 1D-chains" Cryst. Growth & Des. 2005, 5, 49-51.

    31. Kumar Biradha and M. Sarkar, "Coordination Polymers of Ag(I) with di-Schiff base and diaminoalkanes: double helix, ladder, CdSO4 and zigzag-chain networks" CrystEngComm. 2004, 6, 310-314.

    32. Kumar Biradha, "Crystal engineering: from weak hydrogen bonds to co-ordination bond" CrystEngComm. 2003, 374-384.

    33. Kumar Biradha, Y. Hongo and M. Fujita, "Crystal-to-Crystal Sliding of 2D Coordination Layers Triggered by Guest Exchange Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3395-3398.

    34. Kumar Biradha and M. Fujita, A Springlike 3D-Coordination Network That Shrinks or Swells in a Crystal-to-Crystal Manner upon Guest Removal or Readsorption Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3392-3395.

    35. Kumar Biradha and M. Fujita, A three-in-one crystal of coordination networks Chem. Comm., 2002, 1866-1867.

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