Sree Chaitanya College, Habra
(GOVT. SPONSORED)
Affiliated to West Bengal State University, Barasat
NAAC GRADING – B++
Estd: 1956 (Arts and Science)

Dr. Sachindranath Paul

Associate Professor in Chemistry

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D

paulsachin.chem@sreechaitanyacollege.ac.in
N/A

AREA OF INTEREST

  • Area of Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

    Area of Research and Interest:
    • Coordination complexes of transition metal ions
    • Organometallic compounds of transition metal
    • Bioinorganic Chemistry


Academic Qualification

Degree Year Subject University/Institution
B.Sc. 1991 Chemistry St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College, Calcutta University
M.Sc. 1993 Chemistry Calcutta University
Ph.D. 2005 Inorganic Chemistry Calcutta University

Work Experience

Sl. No.

Positions Held

Name of the Institute

From

To

1.

Assistant Professor

Sree Chaitanya College, Habra

01/02/2000

30/01/2011

2.

Associate Professor

Sree Chaitanya College, Habra

01/02/2011

Till date

3.

Post-doctoral Researcher

Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan

Sept., 2005

Dec., 2007

Awards

Sl. No. Name of Award Awarding Agency Year
1 Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) University Grants Commission, India 1998
2 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) University Grants Commission, India 2000

Projects

Sl. No. Title Cost in Lakh Start Date End Date Role as PI/Co-PI Agency
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Publication

Sl. No. Author(s) Title Name of Journal Volume Page Year
1 A.K. Barik, S. Pal, S. K. Kar, R. J. Butcher and J. C. Bryan Syntheses and spectroscopic characterization of nickel(II) complexes with 5-methyl-3-formylpyrazole-N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone (HL4Me): X-ray crystallographic studies of [Ni(HL4Me)2](NO3)2·2H2O Polyhedron 18 571 1999
2 A. K. Barik, S. Pal, R.J. Butcher and S.K. Kar Synthesis and characterization of two tris-chelate complexes of cobalt(III) with 3,5-dimethyl-1-N-methyl/ethylthiocarbamylpyrazole (HL1, HL2) — the biologically important bidentate ligands with one ambidentate donor site Polyhedron 19 2651 2000
3 S. Pal, A.K. Barik, R.J. Butcher and S.K. Kar Synthesis and characterization of nickel(II) complexes with tripodal ligand tris[4-(3-(5-methylpyrazolyl)-3-aza-3-butenyl]amine (MPz3tren) : X-ray crystal structure of [Ni(MPz3tren)](BF4)2.0.5H2O Polyhedron 19 2661 2000
4 S. Pal, A.K. Barik, S. M. Peng and S.K. Kar Novel Copper(II) induced formation of a porphyrinogen derivative: X-ray structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of porphyrinogen complexes of Cu(II) and Co(III) complex of a tris pyrazolyl tripodal ligand. Inorganic Chemistry 41 5803-5809 2002
5 S. Pal, A. K. Barik, S. Gupta, A. Hazra, S. K. Kar, S-M Peng, G-H Lee, Ray J Butcher, M. S. E. Fallah And J. Ribas Copper(II) mediated Anion Dependent Formation of Schiff Base complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 44 3880 2005
6 S. Gupta, A. K. Barik, S. Pal, A. Hazra, S. Roy, Ray J Butcher, S. K. Kar Oxomolybdenum (VI) and (IV) complexes of pyrazole derived ONO donor ligands – Synthesis, crystal structure studies and spectrochemical correlation. Polyhedron 26 133 2007
7 A. Hazra, A. K. Barik, S. Pal, S. Gupta, S. Roy, Ray J Butcher, S-M Peng, G-H Lee, S. K. Kar Synthesis and Structural Studies on di-oxovanadium(V) complexes of N(4)-substituted pyrazole based thiosemicarbazone. Polyhedron 26 773 2007
8 S. Roy, T. N. Mandal, A. K. Barik, S. Pal, S. Gupta, A. Hazra, R. J. Butcher, A. D. Hunter, M. Zeller, S. K. Kar Metal complexes of pyrimidine derived ligands – Synthesis, characterization and X-ray crystal structures of Ni(II), Co(III) and Fe(III) complexes of Schiff base ligands derived from S-methyl/ S-benzyl dithiocarbazate and 2-S-methylmercapto-6-methylpyridine-4-carbaldehyde. Polyhedron 26 2603 2007
9 S. Roy, T. N. Mandal, A. K. Barik, S. Pal, R. J. Butcher, M. S. El Fallah, J. Terceroe, S. K. Kar An orthogonal ferromagnetically coupled tetracopper(II) 2 × 2 homoleptic grid supported by µ-O4 bridges and its DFT study. Dalton Trans - 1229 2007
10 S. Pal, A. K. Barik, P. Aich, S-M Peng, G-H Lee, S. K. Kar X-ray structures of iron(III) and cobalt(III) complexes containing 2-S-methyl-6-methyl-4-formylpyrimidine-N(4)-Ethylthiosemicarbazone. Structural Science in India 18 149 2007
11 S. Pal, W.-S. Hwang, I. J. B. Lin, C.-S. Lee Benzene benzimidazole containing Pd(II) metallacycle: Synthesis, X-ray crystallographic characterization and its use as an efficient Suzuki coupling catalyst. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 269 197 2007
12 C.-S. Lee, S. Pal, W-S. Yang, W.-S. Hwang, I. J. B. Lin Bis-chelate tetracarbene palladium(II) complex as an efficient and recyclable catalyst precursor for Heck reaction. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 280 115 2008
13 S. Pal, A. K. Barik, S. Gupta, S. Roy, T. N. Mandal, A. Hazra, M. S. E. Fallah, Ray J Butcher, S-M Peng, G-H Lee, S. K. Kar Anion dependent formation of linear trinuclear mixed valence Co(III/II/II) complexes and mononuclear Co(III) complexes of pyrazole derived ligand - Synthesis, Characterization and X-ray Structures. Polyhedron 27 357 2008
14 C.-Y. Wu, C.-S. Lee, S. Pal, W.-S. Hwang Anion dependent formation of Ag(I) complexes of multidentate azine ligands: Synthesis and structural study. Polyhedron 27 2681 2008
15 S. Gupta, S. Pal, A. K. Barik, A. Hazra, S. Roy, T. N. Mandal, S-M Peng, G-H Lee, M. S. El Fallah, J. Tercero, S. K. Kar Synthesis, characterization and magnetostructural correlation studies on three binuclear copper complexes of pyrimidine derived Schiff base ligands. Polyhedron 27 2519 2008
16 W-H. Yang, C-S. Lee, S. Pal, Y-N Chen, W-S. Hwang, I.J.B. Lin, J-C. Wang Novel Ag(I), Pd(II), Ni(II) complexes of N,N'-bis-(2,2-diethoxyethyl)imidazole-2-ylidene: Synthesis, structures, and their catalytic activity towards Heck reaction. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 693 3729 2009
17 S. Gupta, S. Pal, A. K. Barik, S. Roy, A. Hazra, T. N. Mandal, R. J. Butcher, S. K. Kar Molybdenum(VI) complexes of a few pyrimidine derived ligands and the study of a metal mediated C=N bond cleavage resulting in ligand transformation during complex formation. Polyhedron 28 711 2009

Courses

Sl. No Name of Course Awarding Agency Year
1. Faculty Induction Programme UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre 2024

Seminar Attedance

Sl. No. Title Event Organizer Year
1. Paper presented International Conference on Chemistry and 36th Annual Convention of Chemists 1999 (Platinum Jubilee Celebration) Indian Chemical Society 1999
2. Paper presented International Conference on Chemistry and 37th Annual Convention of Chemists 2000 Indian Chemical Society 2000
3. Paper presented 38th Annual Convention of Chemists Indian Chemical Society 2001
4. Symposium attended Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-9) - 2001
5. Colloquium attended One Day Colloquium on Inorganic Chemistry (CIC-1) - 2003
6. Seminar attended Mathematics what is not (UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar) Department of Mathematics, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 2003
7. Seminar attended Applied Ethics (UGC Sponsored National Seminar) Department of Philosophy, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 2003
8. Seminar attended Education for a few is a menace to the whole society (UGC Sponsored State Level Seminar) Department of Anthropology, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra 2004
9. Poster Presentation 1st European Chemistry Congress - 2006
10. Workshop attended Semi-Micro Qualitative Inorganic Analysis (One Day Workshop and Publication of Books) U.G. Board of Studies and Department of Chemistry, C.U. 2008
11. Symposium attended Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Memorial Symposium on Chemistry Today Indian Chemical Society 2008

Subjects

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Subjects (Paper with Code)

Type

1

Organometallic Chemistry

UG & PG

2

Coordination Chemistry & ReactionKinetics

UG & PG

3

Bioinorganic Chemistry

UG & PG

4

Acid-Base, Redox and Atomic Structure

UG

Extra Curricular

Sl. No. Activities
1 Meditation & Wellness Coach