MOHAMMAD ZAFAR

Biography

I am from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, lies in the middle of the Heritage Arc. This bustling city, famed for its Nawabi era finesse and amazing food, is a unique mix of the ancient and the modern. I joined as a PhD student in July, 2015 under the guidance of Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh. I like playing cricket and reading novels.

Education

M. Sc (Chemistry)- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
B. Sc ( Chemistry)- Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow.

Research Interests

I am currently working om metal- boron chemistry that includes sigma and agostic complexes of boron. Although these classes of compounds are more and more convincing in various aspects of chemistry, such as in catalyzed borylation process and catalytic dehydrogenation reactions, the development in this area remained slow compared to the analogous σ-dihydrogen and σ-silane families. Thus, the main thrust of much of our work involves to design an efficient route to σ- and agostic- complexes that does not require the use of any preformed boron-containing ligands.

Representative Publications

Reactivity of [M2(μ-Cl)2(cod)2] and [Ru(Cl)2(cod)(CH3CN)2] with Na[H2B(bt)2]: Formation of agostic (Ru) versus borate (M = Rh) complex: K. Bakthavachalam, K. Yuvaraj, M. Zafar and S. Ghosh, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 17291.

Cluster Fusion: Face-fused Macropolyhedral Tetracobaltaboranes: Md. Zafar, S. Kar, C. Nandi, R. Ramalakshmi and S. Ghosh Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 47.

Mercapto-benzothiazolyl based ruthenium(ll) borate complexes: Synthesis and reactivity towards various phosphines: Md. Zafar, R. Rongala, A. N. Pradhan, K. Pathak, T. Roisnel, J-F. Halet and S. Ghosh Dalton Trans., 2019

Honors and Rewards

Best Poster Award at ""'Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry' (MTIC XVII)"", 2017

CY15D023

Guide

DR. SUNDARGOPAL GHOSH