School of Basic Sciences

Dr. Avijit Maiti

Assistant Professor
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Research Interests:
Organometallics and Materials Chemistry with Main Group Elements: Photoredox Catalysis & Optoelectronics

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry
01/08/2015–28/02/2021
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anukul Jana
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Rationally Designed Carbene-Based Kekulé and non-Kekulé Diradicals.
Master of Science in Chemistry
01/07/2013– 31/07/2015
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
01/07/2010–30/06/2013
Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India

16. Ravi Yadav, # Avijit Maiti, # Marcel Schorpp, Jürgen Graf, Florian Weigend,* Lutz Greb.* “Supramolecular trapping of a cationic all-metal σ-aromatic {Bi4} ringNat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1523–1530. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01530-z. (# = contributed equally).
15. Avijit Maiti, # Ravi Yadav, # Lutz Greb.* “Structural constraint effects on p-block elements: Recent advancesAdv. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 82, 261. DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2023.08.006 (# = contributed equally).
14. Subhadip Jana, Benedict J Elvers, Sebastian Patsch, Pallavi Sarkar, Ivo Krummenacher, Mithilesh Kumar Nayak, Avijit Maiti, Nicolas Chrysochos, Swapan K Pati,* Carola Schulzke,* Holger Braunschweig,* Cem B Yildiz, * Anukul Jana* “Air and Moisture Stable para- and ortho-Quinodimethane Derivatives Derived from bis-N-Heterocyclic OlefinsOrg. Lett. 2023, 25, 1799–1804. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03993.
13. Ramapada Dolai, Rahul Kumar, Benedict J Elvers, Pradeep Kumar Pal, Benson Joseph, Rina Sikari, Mithilesh Kumar Nayak, Avijit Maiti, Tejender Singh, Nicolas Chrysochos, Arumugam Jayaraman, Ivo Krummenacher, Jagannath Mondal, U Deva Priyakumar, Holger Braunschweig*, Cem B Yildiz*, Carola Schulzke*, Anukul Jana*
Carbodicarbenes and striking redox transitions of their conjugate acids: influence of NHC versus CAAC as donor substituents
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202202888. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202888.
12. Avijit Maiti, Benedict J. Elvers, Sachinath Bera, Felix Lindl, Ivo Krummenacher, Prasanta Ghosh,* Holger Braunschweig,* Cem B. Yildiz,* Carola Schulzke,* Anukul Jana*
Disclosing Cyclic(Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes as One-Electron Reductants: Synthesis of Acyclic(Amino)(Aryl)Carbene-Based Kekulé Diradicaloids
Chem.Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104567. (This work selected as cover page). DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104567.
11. Avijit Maiti, Sebastian Sobottka, Shubhadeep Chandra, Debayan Jana, Prince Ravat,* Biprajit Sarkar,* Anukul Jana.*
Diamidocarbene-Based Thiele and Tschitschibabin Hydrocarbons: Carbonyl Functionalized Kekulé Diradicaloids
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 16464–16472. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01827.
10.Avijit Maiti, Fangyuan Zhang, Ivo Krummenacher, Moulika Bhattacharyya, Sakshi Mehta, Michael Moos, Christoph Lambert, Bernd Engels,* Abhishake Mondal,* Holger Braunschweig,* Prince Ravat,*Anukul Jana.*
Anionic Boron- and Carbon-Based Hetero-Diradicaloids Spanned by a p‑Phenylene Bridge
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3687–3692. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12624.
9. Avijit Maiti, Shubhadeep Chandra, Biprajit Sarkar,* Anukul Jana*
Acyclic Diaminocarbene-Based Thiele, Chichibabin, and Müller Hydrocarbons
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 11827–11833. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03622F.
8. Avijit Maiti, Jessica Stubbe, Nicolás I. Neuman, Pankaj Kalita, Prakash Duari, Carola Schulzke,* Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Biprajit Sarkar,* Anukul Jana*
CAAC-Based Thiele and Schlenk Hydrocarbons
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6729–6734. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915802.
7. Debabrata Dhara, Shubhajit Das, Pankaj Kalita, Avijit Maiti, Swapan K. Pati,* David Scheschkewitz,* Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Anukul Jana*
Influence of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on the hydrolysis of a diphosphene
Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 993−997. DOI: 10.1039/C9DT04690A.
6. Alok Mahata, Shubhadeep Chandra, Avijit Maiti, D. Krishna Rao, Cem B. Yildiz,* Biprajit Sarkar,* Anukul Jana*
α,α′-Diamino-p-quinodimethanes with Three Stable Oxidation States
Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8332–8336. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02964.
5.Avijit Maiti, Debdeep Mandal, Isabell Omlor, Debabrata Dhara, Lukas Klemmer, Volker Huch, Michael Zimmer, David Scheschkewitz,* Anukul Jana*
Equilibrium Coordination of NHCs to Si(IV) Species and Donor Exchange in Donor−Acceptor Stabilized Si(II) and Ge(II) Compounds
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 4071−4075.DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00246.
4. Debdeep Mandal, Sebastian Sobottka, Ramapada Dolai, Avijit Maiti, Debabrata Dhara, Pankaj Kalita, Ramakirushnan Suriya Narayanan, Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Biprajit Sarkar,* Anukul Jana*
Direct access to 2-aryl substituted pyrrolinium salts for carbon centre based radicals without pyrrolidine-2-ylidene alias cyclic(alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC) as a precursor
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4077−4081. DOI: 10.1039/C8SC05477K.
3.Debdeep Mandal, Debabrata Dhara, Avijit Maiti, Lukas Klemmer, Volker Huch, Michael Zimmer, Henry S. Rzepa, David Scheschkewitz,* Anukul Jana*
Mono- and Dicoordinate Germanium(0) as a Four-Electron Donor
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2873–2878. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800071.
2.Debdeep Mandal, Ramapada Dolai, Nicolas Chrysochos, Pankaj Kalita, Ravi Kumar, Debabrata Dhara, Avijit Maiti, Ramakirushnan Suriya Narayanan, Gopalan Rajaraman,* Carola Schulzke,* Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Anukul Jana.* “Stepwise Reversible Oxidation of N-Peralkyl-Substituted NHC-CAAC Derived Triazaalkenes: Isolation of Radical Cations and DicationsOrg. Lett. 2017, 19, 5605−5608. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b02721.
1.Debabrata Dhara, Debdeep Mandal, Avijit Maiti, Cem B. Yildiz, Pankaj Kalita, Nicolas Chrysochos, Carola Schulzke,* Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Anukul Jana.* “Assembly of NHC-stabilized 2-hydrophosphasilenes from Si(IV) precursors: a Lewis acid–base complexDalton Trans. 2016, 45, 19290−19298. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04321F.

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