BSc : Garhbeta College, Vidyasagar University
MSc : Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
PhD : Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tiruvananthapuram
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Myself Amit Pal. Welcome to my personal website. I am a Graduate student at the School of Chemistry in the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tiruvananthapuram. My current research focuses on Photocatalysis and Transition metal and its use in Organic Synthesis. A comprehensive list of publication related to my recent research works has been shown on the following section. Besides, the chemistry related to Photocatalysis and Transition metal catalysis, I am also interested in distal C-H bond functionalization, Fluorine chemistry, functional group transfer reactions, Boron Chemistry.
Apart from research, I enjoy various sports activities and the most favourite one is Carrom. I have a predilection for photography, and that drives me to travel and explore new places in my free time.
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PhD (2021, August – present): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tiruvananthapuram (Supervisor: Dr Basudev Sahoo).
MSc (2019 – 2021): Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (Master's Thesis Supervisor: Dr Modhu Sudan Maji).
BSc (2016 – 2019): Garhbeta College, Vidyasagar University, India.
2025: Best Poster Award in Sustainable Chemistry Conference-III, IIT Indore
2023: Qualified CSIR-NET exam in Chemistry (AIR LS-32).
2021: Selected for prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship (May-2021 Cycle).
2021: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam in chemistry (Top 2%).
2019: Qualified Joint Admission Test for MSc (JAM) with AIR Rank - 160 (Top 1%).
2019: First class First rank in Garhbeta College in B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry with 75% marks.
2016: Received INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education by Govt. of India (2016 - 2021).
2012: Awarded “Swami Vivekananda Merit Cum Means Scholarship” through Examination granted By State Govt. Of West Bengal, INDIA [2012 – 2016].
9. Unveiling Heavier Dihydropyridine Chalcogenol Esters in Metallaphotoredox Catalyst-Enabled Regioselective Hydrothio(seleno)carbonylation
Amit Pal, Sandip Bag,† Sariga Mangalamundackal Vijayan,† Anshuman Bera, Sivaranjana Reddy Vennapusa, Basudev Sahioo*
Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 12, 2832–2837
(† authors contributed equally to this work)
featured as the Front Cover of the 12th issue in March 2025.
9. Unveiling Heavier Dihydropyridine Chalcogenol Esters in Metallaphotoredox Catalyst-Enabled Regioselective Hydrothio(seleno)carbonylation
Amit Pal, Sandip Bag,† Sariga Mangalamundackal Vijayan,† Anshuman Bera, Sivaranjana Reddy Vennapusa, Basudev Sahioo*
Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 12, 2832–2837
(† authors contributed equally to this work)
8. Photocatalytic C–C bond thio(seleno)esterification of 1,2-diketone-derived pro-aromatic intermediates
Amit Pal, Sudip Sarkar,† Aaron Shibu,† Prakash Maity, Basudev Sahioo*
Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 4714-4717
(† authors contributed equally to this work)
7. Cu-nanocluster as Emerging catalyst in Organic Synthesis
Amit Pal, Sourav Biswas, Basudev Sahoo, Yuichi Negishi*
6. Luminescent Hydride-Free [Cu7(SC5H9)7(PPh3)3] Nanocluster: Facilitating Highly Selective C-C Bond Formation.
Sourav Biswas, Amit Pal, Milan Jena, Sakiat Hossain, Jin Sakai, Saikat Das, Basudev Sahoo,* Biswarup Pathak,* Yuichi Negishi*
5. A thiolated copper-hydride nanocluster with chloride bridging as a catalyst for carbonylative C–N coupling of aryl amines under mild conditions: a combined experimental and theoretical study
(† authors contributed equally to this work)
4. Organophotoredox-Catalyzed Oxidative C(sp2)-H Alkylation of N-Heteroarenes with Dihydroquinazolinones via C-C Cleavage
Pinku Prasad Mondal , Amit Pal , Subham Das , Sariga Mangalamundackal Vijayan , Anagha Veluthanath Nair , Shubham Ojha , Basudev Sahoo*
3. Synthetic Strategies for Versatile Thioester Building Blocks
Amit Pal, Pinku Prasad Mondal, Fathima Niloofar, Basudev Sahoo*
Invited for the special issue: "NextGenOrgChem".
2. Ketone-Derived 2,3-Dihydroquinazolinones in N-Heteroarene C-H Alkylation via C-C Bond Scission under Oxidative Metal Catalysis
Pinku Prasad Mondal,† Amit Pal,† Athira K Prakash and Basudev Sahoo*
(† authors contributed equally to this work)
Selected among Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2022.
1. Organocatalyzed Oxa-Diels–Alder Reactions: Recent Progress
Anup Biswas,† Samrat Kundu,† Dhananjoy Pal, Amit Pal, Modhu Sudan Maji∗
Contact
CSB-3211, School of Chemistry, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala PO, Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram-695551, Kerala, India
Email: amitpal21@iisertvm.ac.in