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Synthetic Bio-Inorganic, Bio-mimetic and Coordination Chemistry

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Dr. Rajeev Gupta Reader in Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Delhi Delhi – 110 007 (India) Phone: 91 – 11 – 2766 7794 Mobile: 91 – 981 000 1819 Fax: 91 – 11 – 2766 6605 Email:rgupta@chemistry.du.ac.in Email: rg_chemistry@yahoo.com

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Professional Research Experience:

(A) June 2000 – May 2003 Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA with Professor A. S. Borovik

· Syntheses and characterization of novel metal-coordination compounds with terminal oxo and hydroxo ligands

· Molecular oxygen activation by metal complexes

· Hydrogen atom transfer reactions by metal complexes

· Oxidation of organic substrates by metal complexes

(B) July 1999 – May 2000 Senior Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur, India with Professor R. N. Mukherjee

· Syntheses and characterization of novel coordination complexes with variety of organic ligands

· Magneto-structural correlation of coordination compounds

· Development of copper containing oxidation catalysts

(C) July 1995 – July 1999 Ph. D scholar, Indian Institute of Technolog – Kanpur, India with Professor R. N. Mukherjee

Ph. D. Thesis Title: Studies on Copper Complexes Using Macrocyclic and Non-macrocyclic Nitrogen Donor Ligands

· Syntheses and characterization of various coordination complexes of copper(I) and copper(II) ions with variety of nitrogen-donor ligands

· Reactivity of copper(I) complexes with dioxygen

· Magnetic studies on copper(II) compounds

· Copper ion mediated oxidation of organic substrates

Awards and Honors:

• National Eligibility Test (NET) of Council Of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR); December, 1994
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), CSIR (1996-1998)
• Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), CSIR (1999-2000)
• Leelavati N. Modi Scholarship in B.Sc. (1992)

Research Work Presented in National and International Conferences:

· American Chemical Society (ACS) meetings

· IUPAC conferences

· International Conferences on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC)

· Gordon Research Conferences (GRC)

· Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC) Conferences

· Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry Conferences

Ongoing Research Projects:

1. Research Project from Department of Science & Technology (DST) for Young Scientists (SERC – Fast Track)

Project Title: Coordination and Oxidation Chemistry with Synthetically Designed Mono functionalized Macrocyclic Ligands

Project Duration: December 2004 – December 2007

2. Major Research Project from University Grant Commision (UGC)

Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Complexes with Synthetically Designed Nitrogen Donor Ligands: Emphasis to the Development of Biomimetic Oxidation Catalysts

Project Duration: May 2006 – April 2009

Group Members:

1. Mr. Anurag Mishra (developing Coordination Complexes as Building Blocks for Catalytic Important Hetero-metallic Systems)

2. Ms. Savita Sharma (working on Metal Complexes of Amide – Amine based Marcocyclic Ligands)

3. Ms. Jyoti Singh (working on Metal Complexes of Amide – Amine and Pyrole – Amide based Open – Chain Ligands)

4. Mr. Amit P. Singh (working on Appended Arm Tiny Macrocyclic Ligands)

5. Ms. Megha Munjal (working on Coordination Complexes of Indole – Amide based Open – Chain Ligands)

6. Mr. Afsar Ali (developing Hetero-metallic Systems for Catalytic Transformations)

Group Photograph (July 2008)