SUVAM SAHA

Biography

I am from a small town Balurghat, West Bengal. I did my B.Sc from RKMRC Narendrapur, Kolkata and pursued my M.Sc from IIT Madras. I joined IIT Madras as a PhD student in July, 2018 under the guidance of Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh.

Education

M. Sc from IIT Madras
B. Sc from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur

Research Interests

I am currently working on metal-boron chemistry that includes the reaction of monocyclopentadienyl metal halides or hydrides with monoborane reagents (BH3.THF, LiBH4.THF or BHCl2.SMe2), containing one to four or more transition metals and one to ten or more boron atoms. Metallaboranes that incorporate early transition metals or rare earth are sparsely explored area of cluster chemistry and the challenge is to find synthetic routes. The common theme that drives much of the chemistry is the use of a number of transition-metal (e.g., Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Ru, Co, Rh) monocyclopentadienyl chloride complexes as starting materials, and exploring their reactions with monoborane reagents and employing them in catalysis.

Representative Publications

Trimetallic Cubane-type Clusters: Transition metal Variation as a Probe of the Roots of Hypoelectronic Metallaheteroboranes: S. Kar, K. Saha, S. Saha, K. Bakthabachalam, V. dorcet and S. Ghosh, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 10896.

Synthesis, Structures and Chemistry of the Metallaboranes of Group 4-9 with M2B5 Core having a Cross Cluster M-M Bond: R. Bag, S. Saha, R. Borthakur, B. Mondal, T. Roisnel, V. Dorcet, J-F. Halet and S. Ghosh Inorganics 2019, 7, 27.

Honors and Rewards

Prof. Ramamurthy Endowment prize 2018

CY18D009

Guide

DR. SUNDARGOPAL GHOSH