Prof. Modhu Sudan Maji

Prof. Modhu Sudan Maji

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msm@chem.iitkgp.ac.in

C1-139, IIT Campus, Kharagpur - 721302, West Bengal

Education

10/2006 – 02/2010

Ph.D. thesis with Prof. Armido Studer at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster, Germany. PhD thesis entitled as ´´Desymmetrization of Metallated Cyclohexadienes and Transition Metal Free Oxidative Homocoupling of Grignard Reagents``

01/2005 – 09/2006

M S thesis in the Dept of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. The Master thesis with Prof. Goverdhan Mehta entitled as ´´An Exploratory Approach Towards the Bioactive Marine Natural Product Tetrodotoxin``

05/2000 to 07/2003

B.Sc. in Chemistry Honours (First Class Second) in the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Secured highest marks in the Department of Chemistry of Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata, India.

Experience

08/2019 - present

Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India.

12/2013 – 07/2019

Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India.

05/2013 - 11.2013

Post-Doctoral Fellow with Prof. Martin Oestreich at the Institute of Organic Chemistry in Technical University Berlin, Germany.

03/2010 – 04/2013

Post-Doctoral Fellow under Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the Institute of Organic Chemistry under supervision of Prof. Magnus Rueping, RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

Research Statement

We work in the following areas:

(1) Cobalt-catalyzed C-H bond functionalizations

(2) Sequential Catalysis

(3) Design, Synthesis and Application of Tunable Nano Graphene

(4) Total Synthesis of Alkaloids

1. Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Publications

Journal Publications

, "For complete list of publications, follow:" https://www.msmlabiitkgp.com/publication, 2020
M. R. Sk, S. S. Bera, and M. S. Maji, "Weakly Coordinating Ketone-Directed Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed C-H Allylation on Arenes and Indoles" Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 134-137., 2018
S. S. Bera, S. Debbarma, S. Jana, and M. S. Maji, "Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Construction of Benzofurans, Benzofuranones and One-Pot Orthogonal C-H Functionalizations to Access Polysubstituted Benzofurans" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 2204–2210., 2018
Simon Wübbolt, Modhu Sudan Maji, Elisabeth Irran, Martin Oestreich , "A Tethered Ru-S Complex with an Axial Chiral Thiolate Ligand for Cooperative Si-H Bond Activation: Application to Enantioselective Imine Reduction" Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 6213., 2017
S. S. Bera, S. Debbarma, A. K. Ghosh, S. Chand, and M. S. Maji, "Cp*CoIII-Catalyzed syn-Selective C-H Hydroarylation of Alkynes Using Benzamides: An Approach Towards Highly Conjugated Organic Frameworks" J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 420-430., 2017
S. Sahu, A. Banerjee, and M. S. Maji, "Transition-Metal-Free Redox-Neutral One-Pot C3-Alkenylation of Indoles Using Aldehydes" Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 464-467., 2017
A. Banerjee, S. Sahu, and M. S. Maji, "Benzannulation of 2-Alkenyl Indoles Using Aldehydes by Sequential-Triple-Relay Catalysis: A Route to Carbazoles and Carbazole Alkaloids" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1860-1866., 2017
S. Debbarma and M. S. Maji, "Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed Directed Amidation of Aldehydes Using Anthranils" Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 3699-3706., 2017
S. Debbarma, S. S. Bera, and M. S. Maji, "Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed Low Temperature C-H Allylation of N-Aryl-trichloro Acetimidamide" J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 11716–11725., 2016
Dixit Parmar, Modhu Sudan Maji, Magnus Rueping ?, "Catalytic and Asymmetric Fluorolactonisations of Carboxylic Acids through Anion Phase Transfer" Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 83., 2014
Xin Hong, Hatice Baspnar Küçük, Modhu Sudan Maji, Yun-Fang Yang, Magnus Rueping, and K. N. Houk, "On the Mechanism and Selectivity of N-triflylphosphoramide Catalyzed (3+2) Cycloaddition between Hydrazones and Alkenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13769., 2014
Magnus Rueping, Jeremy Dufour, and Modhu Sudan Maji, "Relay Catalysis: Combined Metal Catalyzed Oxidation and Asymmetric Iminium Catalysis for the Synthesis of Bi- and Tricyclic Chromenes" Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3406., 2012
Magnus Rueping, Modhu Sudan Maji, Hatice Ba?p?nar Küçük, Iuliana Atodiresei, "Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Cycloadditions –Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrazolidines, Pyrazolines and 1,3-Diamines from N-Acyl Hydrazones and Alkenes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12864. , 2012
Modhu Sudan Maji, Thorben Pfeifer, and Armido Studer, "Transition Metal Free Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers from Bis-Grignard Reagents by Using TEMPO as Oxidant" Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 5872., 2010
Modhu Sudan Maji, Sandip Murarka, and Armido Studer, "Transition-Metal-Free Sonogashira-Type Coupling of Aryl and Alkynyl Grignard Reagents by Using TEMPO as an Oxidant" Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 3878. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 1401)., 2010
Modhu Sudan Maji, Armido Studer, "Transition-Metal-Free Oxidative Homocoupling of Aryl, Alkenyl, and Alkynyl Grignard Reagents with TEMPO" Synthesis, 2009(14):2467-2470, 2009
Modhu Sudan Maji, Roland Fröhlich, and Armido Studer , "Desymmetrization of Metallated Cyclohexadiene with Chiral N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1847., 2008
Modhu Sudan Maji, Thorben Pfeifer, and Armido Studer, "Oxidative Homocoupling of Aryl, Alkenyl, and Alkynyl Grignard Reagents with TEMPO and Dioxygen" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47(49):9547-50 , 2008

Projects

Dual Catalysis in State of Art Designing of New Reaction Methodology
Client: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India. (DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award)
PI: Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji  |  Co-Consultant(s):
Asymmetric Co-operative Dual Catalysis for the Synthesis of Functionalized Indoles derivatives
Client: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. (ISIRD)
PI: Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji  |  Co-Consultant(s):
Cobalt(III)- and Rhodium(III)- Catalyzed Asymmetric C-H Bond Functionalization
Client: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.
PI: Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji  |  Co-Consultant(s):

Awards and Recognition

1. Faculty Excellence Award 2020 (at the Associate Professor Level) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.

The Institute conferred the Faculty Excellence Award  based on (a) Peer Recognition / National or International Awards, (b) Research Output, (c) Teaching Feedback, (d) Sponsored Projects. Link: https://kgpchronicle.iitkgp.ac.in/awarding-excellence-foundation-day-honors/?fbclid=IwAR1A689VkjsA46uaROjnSl-dNt5hr5qLjCYP0mi4xqOO9PYpQDKm8MG2kRY

2. INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India (2014).

Received INR 35 lakhs of research grant over five years (2014-2019)

3. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research (2010-2012).

For Postdoctoral research at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

4. Foundation for Excellence (FFE) scholarship, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata, India. (2000-2003)
5. First Class Second in B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours) in the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. (2003)
6. D. K. Mitra Gold Medal Awards (2003)

For securing the highest marks in the Department of Chemistry of Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata, India.

7. Others Scholarship Availed/ Important Entrance Test Qualified:

2006 – 2010      Ph.D. scholarship of the International Graduate School of Chemistry (GSC-MS), University of  Muenster, Germany.

2003 – 2006      MS scholarship of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

2005                  Passed the National Eligibility Test (NET) exam and was selected for CSIR scholarship.

2003                  Selected for pursuing the M.Sc. in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur.

Courses Taught

Spectroscopic Methods of Structure Determination (CY51003)
Newer Asymmetric Synthesis (CY61032)
Advanced Heterocyclic Chemistry (CY60020)
Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory (CY49011)
First Year Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) (CY11001)
Basic Organic Chemistry (Preparatory-Organic) (CY00002)
First Year Laboratory (Organic Chemistry) (CY19001)

Patents

No patents on record.

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