Publications from IIT Mandi

21. E. H. Doeven, T. U. Connell, N. Sinha, O. S. Wenger,* P. S. Francis*


Electrochemiluminescence of a First-Row d6 Transition Metal Complex 


Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202319047. [Link] (open access)

20. J. Wellauer, F. Ziereisen, N. Sinha,* A. Prescimone, A. Velić, F. Meyer, O. S. Wenger*


Iron(III) Carbene Complexes with Tunable Excited-State Energies for Photoredox and Upconversion 


J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, accepted, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00605. [Link] (open access)

19. N. Sinha,* J. Wellauer, T. Maisuradze, A. Prescimone, S. Kupfer,* O. S. Wenger*


Reversible Photoinduced Ligand Substitution in a Luminescent Chromium(0) Complex


J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, accepted, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13925. [Link] (open access)

Publications from M.Sc., Ph.D., and Postdocs

18. N. Sinha,§ C. Wegeberg,§ D. Häussinger, A. Prescimone, O.

S. Wenger


Photoredox-Active Cr(0) Luminophores Featuring Photophysical Properties Competitive with Ru(II) and Os(II) Complexes

Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 17301736. [Link] (open access)

§Both authors contributed equally.

Highlighted by 33 online science news outlets and with a press release by University of Basel, Switzerland (> link to the press release) 

17. B. Mondal, R. Naskar, A. Dey, N. Sinha, F. E. Hahn,* R. Maity*


Trinuclear Pd(II) Complexes Bearing a C3-Symmetric Triethynylbenzene-Based Tris-NHC Ligand: Catalytic Benefits

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300548. [Link] 

16. N. Sinha, P. Yaltseva, O. S. Wenger,* 


The Nephelauxetic Effect Becomes an Important Design Factor for Photoactive First-Row Transition Metal Complexes

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303864. [Link] (open access)

15. H. Li, C. Wang, F. Glaser, N. Sinha, O. S. Wenger,* 


Metal-Organic Bichromophore Lowers the Upconversion Excitation Power Threshold and Promotes UV Photoreactions

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11402–11414. [Link] (open access)

14. B. Dietzek-Ivanšić, S. Tschierlei, M. Schulz, M. Karnahl, N. Sinha, L. Thomisch, O. S. Wenger, K. Heinze


Trendbericht: Photochemie (Trend Report: Photochemistry)

Nachrichten aus der Chemie 2023, 71, 56-63. [Link] (open access)

13. N. Sinha, O. S. Wenger,* 


Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr(0), Mn(I), Fe(II), and Co(III)

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4903−4920. [Link] (open access)

12. T. Ogawa, N. Sinha, B. Pfund, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger,* 


Molecular Design Principles to Elongate the Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited-State Lifetimes of Square-Planar Nickel(II) Complexes

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 21948−21960. [Link] (open access)

11. N. Sinha, B. Pfund, C. Wegeberg, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger,* 

Cobalt(III) Carbene Complex With an Electronic Excited State Structure Similar to Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Compounds

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9859−9873. [Link] (open access)

10. N. Sinha, J.-R. Jiménez, B. Pfund, A. Prescimone, C. Piguet,* O. S. Wenger,* 

A Near-Infrared-II Emissive Cr(III) Complex

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23722-23728.  [Link] 

Angew. Chem. 2021, 133, 23915-23921.

Selected as a VIP article  (open access).

Highlighted by Angewandte Chemie through a press release. [Link] 

Highlighted by EurekAlert! [Link] 

Highlighted by ChemistryViews. [Link] 

Highlighted by PhysOrg.com. [Link] 

Highlighted by MIRAGE. [Link] 

Highlighted by Scienmag. [Link] 

Highlighted by ScienceDaily. [Link] 

Highlighted by CHEMEUROPE.COM. [Link] 

One of the most downloaded articles during its first 12 months of publication in ACIE

Highlighted as a back cover Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 23920. [Link] 


9. N. Sinha, D. Heijnen, B. L. Feringa*, M. G. Organ*

Murahashi Cross-Coupling at -78 °C: A One-Pot Procedure for Sequential C-C/C-C, C-C/C-N, and C-C/C-S Cross-Coupling of Bromo-Chloro-Arenes

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 9180-9184. [Link]

Highlighted in Synfacts, 2019, 15, 1109. [Link] 

8. N. Sinha, P. A. Champagne, M. J. Rodriguez, Y. Lu, M. E. Kopach, D. Mitchell, M. G. Organ*

One-Pot Sequential Kumada–Tamao–Corriu Couplings of (Hetero)Aryl Polyhalides in the Presence of Grignard-Sensitive Functional Groups Using Pd-PEPPSI-IPent-Cl

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6508-6512. [Link]

7. L.-Y. Sun§, N. Sinha§, T. Yan, Y.-S. Wang, T. T. Y. Tan, L. Yu, Y.-F. Han,* F. E. Hahn*

Template Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Hexakisimidazolium Cages

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5161-5165. [Link]

Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 5256-5261.

§Both authors contributed equally.

6. N. Sinha, F. E. Hahn*

Metallosupramolecular Architectures Obtained from Poly-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 2167-2184. [Link]

5. N. Sinha, T. T. Y. Tan, E. Peris, F. E. Hahn*

High-Fidelity Narcissistic Self-Sorting in the Synthesis of Organometallic Assemblies from Poly-NHC Ligands

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7393-7397. [Link]

Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 7499-77503.

4. N. Sinha, F. Roelfes, A. Hepp, F. E. Hahn*

Single-Step Synthesis of Organometallic Molecular Squares from NR,NR',NR'',NR'''-Substituted Benzobiscarbenes

Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 5939 – 5942. [Link]

3. N. Sinha, L. Stegemann, T. T. Y. Tan, N. L. Doltsinis, C. A. Strassert,* F. E. Hahn*

Turn-on Fluorescence in Tetra-NHC Ligands by Rigidification via Metal Complexation: An Alternative to Aggregation-Induced Emission

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2785–2789. (selected as "HOT PAPER"). [Link]

Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 2829–2833.

2. N. Sinha, F. Roelfes, A. Hepp, C. Mejuto, E. Peris,* F. E. Hahn*

Synthesis of Nanometer-Sized Cylinder-Like Structures from a 1,3,5-Triphenylbenzene-Bridged Tris-NHC Ligand and Ag(I), Au(I), and Cu(I)

Organometallics 2014, 33, 6898–6904. [Link]

HIGHLIGHTED IN THE 7TH ACS VIRTUAL ISSUE (LIGAND DESIGN) ON INORGANIC CHEMISTRY [Link]

1. N. Mamidi, R. Borah, N. Sinha, C. Jana, and D. Manna*

Effects of  Ortho-Substituent  Groups of Protocatechualdehyde  Derivatives on Binding to the C1 Domain of Novel Protein Kinase C

J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 10684–10692. [Link]