Dr. Raja Mitra

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D.

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Areas of Research

Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis, Structure-activity 

https://rajamitra28.wixsite.com/mitralab 

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Courses Taught

B.Tech. Courses:

2018            CH105     Inorganic Chemistry
2018            CH117     Chemistry Lab
2019-2025   CH102     Inorganic Chemistry
2019            CH101L   Chemistry Lab
2020-2021   CH104     Chemistry Lab II
2022-2023   CH333     Science and Cooking

PhD. Courses:

2019-2021   CH801   Trends in Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry)
2019-2024   CH813   Advanced Organometallic Chemistry
2025            CH814   Advanced Organometallic Chemistry
2020-2023   CHL802 Analytical Techniques Laboratory
2020-2025   CH842   Application of Spectroscopy
2020            CH812   Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
2025            CH811   Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

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Professional Appointments

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Recent Publications

• "CO2 Photoreduction by 4-Ferrocenyl Appended Bipyridine Coordinated Re(I) Complexes" Saha, S.; Gil-Gavilán, G. D.; Gutmann, J. M.;  Manna, D.; Roy, S.*; Mitra, R.* Dalton Trans. 2026, 55, 7468–7473. (Highlighted as Inside Cover)
• "Effect of Oxygenated Ferrocene Derivatives on Soot Formation and Nanoparticle Emissions in n-Heptane Diffusion Flames" Annop, C. V.; Thaseem, T.; Mitra, R., Ambekar, A.* RSC Adv., 2026,16, 14350–14360.
• "Iron(III)-Terpyridine Complexes for CO2 Photoreduction: Effects of Ligand Substitution and Coordination Environment" Saha, S.; Rojas-Luna, R.; Robinson, P.; Roy, S.*; Mitra, R.* ChemistrySelect, 2026, 11, e06941.
• “Effect of Substituted Terpyridine Ligands on Magnetic and CO2 Photoreduction Properties of High Spin Co(II)(tpy)Br2” Saha, S.; Tarannum, I.; Rojas-Luna, R.; Sannigrahi, J.*; Singh, S. K.*; Roy, S.*; Mitra, R.* Inorg. Chem. 2026, 65, 1884–1899.
• "[Di(1-adamantyl)](Aryl)Phosphine Ligands: Synthesis, Palladium Complexation, and Catalytic Activity" Chinraj, S.; Mitra, R.*; Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 17073–17077. [Featuredas “Inside Front Cover”]
• "Triflic acid catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of alkenes with Fmoc-NH2 as the amine source" Aswathi C. S.; Chinraj, S.; Mitra, R.* Org. Biomol. Chem, 2025, 23, 5352–5358.
• "NaNH2 as nitrogen source and base to synthesize triarylamine from aryl halides using Pd catalyzed C–N coupling" Chinraj, S.; Saha, S.; Mulla, S.; Mitra, R.*, J. Org. Chem., 2024, 89, 17021–17030.

 

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Recognition and Awards

2021	Thieme Journal Award 2021
2021-26	Head of Max Planck Indian Partner Group
2025	Excellent Teacher Award, IIT Goa

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