Publications and Patents and  Book Chapters

Year Index :   2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 and prior|

2025

64. Exploring the Multifaceted Applications of Antimony(III/V) Corrole Complexes
Arup Tarai,* Tanmoy Pain, Subhajit Kar, Rwiddhi Chakraborty, and Sanjib Kar*
Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript. DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03140K (Feature Article).

63. Unveiling Multilayered Metal Cation–π(Arene) Interactions in a Structurally Engineered Silver(III) Corrole: Insights from Terahertz Spectroscopy
Subhajit Kar, Akshay Kumar Sahu, Saiprakash Rout, Tanmoy Pain, Rwiddhi Chakraborty, Himansu S. Biswal*, and Sanjib Kar*
  Inorg. Chem., 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02561.

62. Tailoring Gold Corroles via Regioselective Nitration: Near Infrared Emission, Singlet Oxygen Sensitization, and Photocatalytic Oxidation of Sulfides
Subhajit Kar, Tanmoy Pain, Rwiddhi Chakraborty, Pravansu Panda, Narayan C. Jana, and Sanjib Kar*
  Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 12009–12021.

61. Molecular Engineering for Enhancing the Dielectric and Optoelectronic Properties of Antimony Corroles
Tanmoy Pain, Md. Saifuddin, Anshuman Sahoo, Biplab Mahapatra, Subhajit Kar, Rwiddhi Chakraborty, Satyaprasad P. Senanayak,* and Sanjib Kar*
Small Sci., 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202400589

2024

60. Corrolato(oxo)antimony(V) dimer with hydrogen-bond donor groups in secondary coordination sphere as a catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction.
Rwiddhi Chakraborty, Belarani Ojha, Tanmoy Pain, Tilahun Wubalem Tsega, Arup Tarai, Narayan C. Jana, Chen-Hsiung Hung*, and Sanjib Kar*
Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 21462–21473.

59. Structural modification of nickel tetra(thiocyano)corroles during electrochemical water oxidation.
Panisha Nayak, Ajit Kumar Singh, Manisha Nayak, Subhajit Kar, Kasturi Sahu, Kiran Meena, Dinesh Topwal, Arindam Indra*, and Sanjib Kar*
Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 14922–14932.

2023

58. C–H bond activation by antimony(V)-oxo intermediate accessed through electrochemical oxidation of antimony(III) tetra(thiocyano)corrole.
Tanmoy Pain, Ajit Kumar Singh, Arup Tarai, Sruti Mondal, Arindam Indra*, and Sanjib Kar*
 Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 18779–18788 (FEATURED ARTICLE).

57. Surface plasmon enhanced photocurrent generation in tetrapyrrolic macrocycle-capped gold nanoparticles.
Tanmoy Pain, Rajesh Sahoo, Ananya Anubhab Biswal, Sruti Mondal, Carsten Dosche*, Satyaprasad P. Senanayak*, and Sanjib Kar*
  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 19406–19414.

56. Free-base corrole anion.
Arup Tarai, Jyotiprakash Mallick, Pranjali Singh, Jeanet Conradie*, Sanjib Kar*, and Abhik Ghosh*
  J. Org. Chem., 2023, 88, 13022–13029.

55. Vanadium(IV)-oxo corrole-catalyzed selective oxidative cleavage of alkenes to aldehydes.
Panisha Nayak, Manisha Nayak, and Sanjib Kar*
 
  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, e202300353.

54. Synthesis, characterization, and singlet oxygen sensitization by antimony(III/V) corrole complexes.
Sruti Mondal, Tanmoy Pain, Marco Villa, Sara Angeloni, Arup Tarai, Paola Ceroni*, and Sanjib Kar*

 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300283.

53. The reaction of NOBF₄ with Sb(III)-corroles: Fluoride binding at the antimony and regioselective nitration of corroles.
Sruti Mondal, Tanmoy Pain, Astam Mandal, Debabrata Maiti*, and Sanjib Kar*

Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2023, e7088. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.7088.

2022

52. NIR-emissive, singlet-oxygen–sensitizing gold tetra(thiocyano)corroles.
Kasturi Sahu, Sara Angeloni, Jeanet Conradie, Marco Villa, Manisha Nayak, Abhik Ghosh*, Paola Ceroni*, and Sanjib Kar*
 Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 13236–13245.

51. Synthesis, characterization, and the nitrogen atom transfer reactivity of a nitridochromium(V) complex stabilized with corrolato ligand.
Tanmoy Pain, Sruti Mondal, Subhrakant Jena, Dwaipayan Dutta Gupta, Himansu S. Biswal*, and Sanjib Kar*
  ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 28138–28147.

50. Investigation of the nature of intermolecular interactions in tetra(thiocyanato)corrolato-Ag(III) complexes: Agostic or hydrogen bonded?
Kasturi Sahu, Juhi Dutta, Srimoy Nayak, Panisha Nayak, Himansu S. Biswal*, and Sanjib Kar*

  Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 6539–6546.

49. Oxo(corrolato)vanadium(IV)-catalyzed epoxidation: Oxo(peroxo)(corrolato)vanadium(V) as the true catalytic species.
Panisha Nayak, Manisha Nayak, Kiran Meena, and Sanjib Kar*

  New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 4634–4646.

48. Metal complexes of singly, doubly, and triply linked porphyrins and corroles: An insight into the physicochemical properties.
A. Singha Hazari, S. Chandra, Sanjib Kar*, and B. Sarkar*
  Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e2021045.

47. Hematite-decorated functional porous graphitic carbon nitride binary nanohybrid: Mechanistic insight into the formation and arsenic adsorption study.
M. Tripathy, S. Padhiari, Sanjib Kar, G. Hota,* and A. K. Ghosh*

Applied Surface Science, 2022, 583, 152443. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152443

2021

46.  Large-Scale Green Synthesis of Porphyrins,
Sruti Mondal, Tanmoy Pain, Kasturi Sahu,  and Sanjib Kar*
ACS Omega 2021, 10.1021/acsomega.1c03534.

45.   Synthesis, Structure, Photophysics, and Singlet oxygen sensitization by a platinum(II) complex of meso-tetra-acenaphthyl porphyrin,
Antara Garai, Marco Vila, Marianna Marchini, Sajal Kumar Patra, Tanmoy Pain, Sruti Mondal, Paola Ceroni* and Sanjib Kar* 
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 10.1002/ejic.202100667.

44.   An oxo-corrolato-chromium(V) complex selectively kills cancer cells by inducing DNA damage,
 Nitika Pradhan, Antara Garai, Bratati Patra, Sanjib Kar* and Prasanta K. Maiti*

Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 4851-4854.

43.   Photocatalytic C-H Thiocyanation of Corroles: Development of Near-Infrared (NIR) Emissive dyes,
 Kasturi Sahu, Sruti Mondal, Shaikh M. Mobin and Sanjib Kar*

  J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86,  3324-3333.

2020

42.   Synthesis, Characterization and Application of oxo-molybdenum(V)- Corrolato complexes in Epoxidation reactions, Manisha Nayak, Panisha Nayak, Kasturi Sahu and Sanjib Kar*
J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85,  11654-11662.

41.  Bratati Patra, Sruti Mondal, Sanjib Kar *   Coordination Chemistry of Chromium in Oxidation States
+4, +5 and +6. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III: Constable, E.C., Parkin, G., Que Jr, L., Eds., Vol. 4,
Elsevier, 2021; pp 446-477.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102688-5.00008-8

 

40. Bratati Patra, Sruti Mondal, Sanjib Kar *  
Corroles (Invited book chapter)
Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, edited by Robert A Scott, and Tim Storr, Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, 2020, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2729.

39.  Sruti Mondal,  Kasturi Sahu,  Bratati Patra, Subhrakant Jena, Himansu Biswal*, Sanjib Kar*   A new synthesis of porphyrin via a putative trans-manganese(IV)-dihydroxide intermediate,
Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 1424-1432.

38.  Sruti Mondal, Antara Garai, Pratyush Kumar Naik, Jogesh Kumar Adha and Sanjib Kar*   
Synthesis and characterization of Antimony(V)?oxo corrole complexes,
 Inorganica Chim. Acta, 2020, 501, 119300 (Invited Article).

37.    Kasturi Sahu, Sruti Mondal, Bratati Patra, Tanmoy Pain, Sajal Kumar Patra, Carsten Dosche *, and Sanjib Kar* Regioselective Thiocyanation of Corroles and the synthesis of Gold nanoparticle?Corrole assemblies,
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 166-170.

2019

36.    Mondal, S., Naik, P.K., Adha, J.K. and Sanjib Kar* Synthesis, characterization, and reactivities of high valent metal-corrole (M= Cr, Mn, and Fe) complexes.
Coord. Chem. Rev., 2019, 400, p.213043.

2018

35.    Patra, S.K., Sahu, K., Patra, B., Mondal, S. and Sanjib Kar,* An N, N??Bridged Corrole: First Example of a N21, N22?Methylene?Bridged Corrole Derivative.
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2018, 47, 6764-6767.

34.    Garai, A., Sobottka, S., Schepper, R., Sinha, W., Bauer, M., Sarkar, B.* and Sanjib Kar,* Chromium Complexes with Oxido and Corrolato Ligands: Metal?Based Redox Processes versus Ligand Non?Innocence.
 Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 12613-12622.

33. Patra, B., Sobottka, S., Mondal, S., Sarkar, B.* and Sanjib Kar*,
Metal coordination induced ring contraction of porphyrin derivatives. 
Chem. Commun.,2018, 54, 9945-9948.

2017

32. Patra, B., Sobottka, S., Sinha, W., Sarkar, B.* and Sanjib Kar,* Isovalent AgIII/AgIII, AgII/AgII, Mixed?Valent AgII/AgIII, and Corrolato?Based Mixed?Valency in ?, ???Linked [Bis {corrolato?silver}]n Complexes.
Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 13858-13863.

 31.    Patra, B., Patra, S.K., Mukherjee, P., Maurya, Y.K., Sinha, W. and Sanjib Kar,*
Grignard Reagent Mediated Demetallation of Silver Corrole Complexes.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 17, 2363-2368.

30.    Patra, S.K., Sahu, K., Patra, B., Sahoo, D.K., Mondal, S., Mukherjee, P., Biswal, H.S.* and Sanjib Kar,* Synthesis of urea derivatives via reductive carbon dioxide fixation into contracted porphyrin analogues.
Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5772-5776.

29.    Sinha, W., Sommer, M.G., Hettmanczyk, L., Patra, B., Filippou, V., Sarkar, B.* and Sanjib Kar,* Ruthenium-Ruthenium Bonded [Bis {corrolato-ruthenium (III)}]n (n= 0, +1, -1) Complexes: Model Compounds for the Photosynthetic Special Pair.
Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 2396-2404.

2016

28.    W. Sinha, M. G. Sommer, M. v. d. Meer, S. Plebst, B. Sarkar,*   and  Sanjib Kar *   Structural, Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Study on the Geometric and Electronic Structures of [(corrolato)AuIII]n (n = 0, +1, ?1) Complexes
Dalton Trans, 2016, 45, 2914-2923.

27. Sinha, W.; Sommer, M. G.; Deibel, N.; Ehret, F.; Bauer, M.; Sarkar, B.*; Sanjib Kar*

Experimental and Theoretical Investigations for the Existence of Cu(II), Cu(III) and Cu(IV) in Copper-Corrolato Complexes.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13769-13774. (HOT PAPER)

 26. W. Sinha, L. Ravotto, P. Ceroni* and Sanjib Kar.*

NIR-Emissive Iridium(III) Corrole Complexes as Efficient Singlet Oxygen Sensitizers.

25. A. Garai, S. Kumar, W. Sinha, C. S. Purohit, R. Das,* and Sanjib Kar*

A comparative study of optical nonlinearities of trans-A 2 B-corroles in solution and in aggregated state.

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 28643-28651.

 2014

24. A. Garai, M. Kumar, W. Sinha, S. Chatterjee, C. S. Purohit, T. Som,* and Sanjib Kar *

Synthesis, electron transports, and charge storage properties of fullerene─ zinc porphyrin hybrid nanodiscs.

RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 64119–64127

23. W. Sinha, and Sanjib Kar*

Reactions of Grignard Reagents with Tin-Corrole Complexes: Demetalation Strategy and σ-Methyl/Phenyl Complexes.

Organometallics 2014, 33, 6550-6556.

22. W. Sinha, M. Kumar, A. Garai, C. S. Purohit, T. Som,* and Sanjib Kar*

Semi-insulating behaviour of self-assembled tin (IV) corrole nanospheres.

Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 12564-12573.

 21. W. Sinha, M. G. Sommer, N. Deibel, F. Ehret, B. Sarkar,* and Sanjib Kar*

Silver Corrole Complexes: Unusual Oxidation States and Near-IR -Absorbing Dyes.

Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 15920-15932.

20. N. Pradhan, B. M.Pratheek, A. Garai, A. Kumar, V. S. Meena, S. Basu, S. Singh, T. K. Chandrasekhar, S. Kumari, C. Goswami, S. Chattopadhyay,* Sanjib Kar*, P. K. Maiti,*

Induction of apoptosis by Fe(salen)Cl through caspase-dependent pathway specifically in tumor cells.

Cell Biol Int, 2014, 38, 1118-1131.

19. W. Sinha, N. Deibel, A. Garai, D. Schweinfurth, S. Anwar, C. S. Purohit, B. Sarkar, * and Sanjib Kar*

In situ spectroelectrochemistry (EPR, UV-visible) and aggregation behavior of H2 BDCP and Zn(II)BDCP [BDCP = {5,10,15,20-tetrakis[3,4-(1,4-dioxan)phenyl]porphyrin}2-].

Dyes Pigm., 2014, 107, 29-37.

18. W. Sinha, N. Deibel, H. Agarwala, ;A. Garai, D. Schweinfurth, C. S. Purohit, G. K. Lahiri, * B. Sarkar*, Sanjib Kar*

Synthesis, Spectral Characterization, Structures, and Oxidation State Distributions in [(corrolato)FeIII(NO)]n

(n = 0, +1, -1) Complexes.

Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 1417-1429.

 2013

 17. A. Garai, P. Nandy, W. Sinha, C. S. Purohit, and Sanjib Kar*

A new synthetic protocol for the preparation of 5-cyano-10,15,20-tris(alkoxyphenyl)porphyrins.

Polyhedron 2013, 56, 18-23.

  2012 & Prior

 16. Tetrakis(μ-3-methoxybenzoato κ2O1:O1/ )bis[acetonitrilecopper(II)]

Sanjib Kar*, Antara Garai, Sukhen Bala and Chandra Shekhar Purohit

Acta Cryst. 2011, E67, m557

15. Reactivity of nitrilotriacetic acid with polypyridyl protected as well as naked copper(II) nitrate.

Niraj Kumari, Benzamin D. Ward, Sanjib Kar, Lallan Mishra

Polyhedron, 2012, 33, 425–434.

14. Reactivity of triazolyl Schiff bases with Ru(II)-2,2'-bipyridyl: Synthesis,spectroscopic characterization of

isomers and their photo-physical properties.

Vinod Kumar Yadav, Sanjib Kar, Lallan Mishra

Polyhedron 2009, 28, 121.

13. Mixed Valence Aspects of Diruthenium Complexes [{(L)ClRu}2(-tppz)]n+ Incorporating 2−(2− Pyridyl)azoles (L) as Ancillary Functions and 2,3,5,6-Tetrakis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine (Tppz) as Bis−Tridentate Bridging Ligand

Nripen Chanda, Biprajit Sarkar, Sanjib Kar, Jan Fiedler, Wolfgang Kaim, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 5128

12. Diruthenium Complexes [{(acac)2RuIII}2(−OC2H5)2], [{(acac)2RuIII}2(−L)](ClO4)2, and [{(bpy)2RuII}2 (−L)](ClO4)4 [L = (NC5H4)2−N−C6H4−N−(NC5H4)2, acac = Acetylacetonate, and bpy = 2,2'−Bipyridine]. Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic, Spectral, and Photophysical Aspects

Sanjib Kar, Nripen Chanda, Shaikh M. Mobin, Anindya Datta, Francisco A. Urbanos, Vedavati G. Puranik, Reyes Jimenez-Aparicio, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 4911

11. Complex Series [Ru(trpy)(dpk)(X)]n+ (trpy = 2,2/:6/,2//Terpyridine, dpk = 2,2/Dipyridylketone, X = Cl, CH3CN, NO2, NO+, NO•, NO): Substitution and Electron Transfer, Structure and Spectroscopy

Sounak Sarkar, Biprajit Sarkar, Nripen Chanda, Sanjib Kar, Shaikh M. Mobin, Jan Fiedler, Wolfgang Kaim, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 6092

10. Effect of 2-(2-Pyridyl)azole-Based Ancillary Ligands (L1-4) on the Electrophilicity of the Nitrosyl Function in [RuII(trpy)(L1-4)(NO)]3+ [trpy = 2,2':6',2''-Terpyridine]. Synthesis, Structures, and Spectroscopic, Electrochemical, and Kinetic Aspects

Nripen Chanda, Debamita Paul, Sanjib Kar, Shaikh M. Mobin, Anindya Datta, Vedavati G. Puranik, K. Krishnamurthy Rao, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 3499

9. An Experimental and Density Functional Theory Approach Towards the Establishment of Preferential Metal- or Ligand-Based Electron-Transfer Processes in Large Quinonoid-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes [{(aap)2Ru}2( -BL2-)]n+ (aap = 2-Arylazopyridine)

Sandeep Ghumaan, Sriparna Mukherjee, Sanjib Kar, Dipankar Roy, Shaikh M. Mobin, Raghavan B. Sunoj , Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 21, 4426

8. 2,4,6-Tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (tptz)-Derived [RuII(tptz)(acac)(CH3CN)]+ and Mixed-Valent [(acac) 2RuIII{( -tptz-H+)-}RuII(acac)(CH3CN)]+

Sandeep Ghumaan, Sanjib Kar, Shaikh M. Mobin, B. Harish, Vedavati G. Puranik, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 2413

7. Unusual Monodentate Binding Mode of 2,2Dipyridylamine (L) in Isomeric trans(acac)2RuII(L)2, trans[(acac)2RuIII(L)2]ClO4 and cis(acac)2RuII(L)2 (acac = acetylacetonate). Synthesis, Structures, Spectro-electrochemical and Magnetic Aspects

Sanjib Kar, Nripen Chanda, Shaikh M. Mobin, Francisco A. Urbanos, Mark Niemeyer, Vedavati G. Puranik, Reyes Jimenez−Aparicio, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 1571

6. Tetranuclear Complexes of [Fe(CO)2(C5H5)]+ with TCNX Ligands (TCNX = TCNE, TCNQ, TCNB): Intramolecular Electron Transfer Alternatives in Compounds (m4-TCNX)[MLn]4.

Amarendra N. Maity, Brigitte Schwederski, Biprajit Sarkar, Stanislav Zalis, Jan Fiedler, Sanjib Kar, Goutam K. Lahiri, Carole Duboc, Matthias Grunert, Philipp Guetlich, Wolfgang Kaim

Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 7312

5. Synthesis, mixed valence aspects and non-linear optical properties of the triruthenium complexes [{(bpy)2RuII}3(L)]3+ and [{(phen)2RuII}3(L)]3+ (bpy = 2,2-bipyridine, phen = 1,10phenanthroline and L3- = 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiol).

Sanjib Kar, Thomas A. Miller, Soma Chakraborty, Biprajit Sarkar, Biswajit Pradhan, Rajeev K. Sinha, Tapanendu Kundu, Michael D. Ward, Goutam Kumar Lahiri.

Dalton Trans. 2003, 2591

4. Synthesis, structure, redox, NLO and DNA interaction aspects of [{(L-)2RuII}3(μ3-L)]3+ and [(L')2RuII(NC5H4S-)]+ [L3- = 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato, L'-''' = arylazopyridine]

Sanjib Kar, Biswajit Pradhan, Rajeev Kumar Sinha, Tapanendu Kundu, Prashant Kodgire, K. Krishnamurthy Rao, Vedavati G. Puranik, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Dalton Trans. 2004, 1752

3. A New Coordination Mode of the Photometric Glyoxalbis(2hydroxylanil) (H2gbha): BisBidentate Bridging by gbha2 in the Redox Series {(gbha)[Ru(acac)2]2}n (n = 2,,0,+,2+), Including a RadicalBridged Diruthenium(III) and a RuIIIRuIV Intermediate

Sanjib Kar, Biprajit Sarkar, Sandeep Ghumaan, Dipankar Roy, Francisco A. Urbanos, Jan Fiedler, Raghavan B. Sunoj, Reyes JimenezAparicio, Wolfgang Kaim, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 8715

2. Ancillary ligand determination of the spin location in both oxidised and reduced forms of diruthenium complexes bridged by bis-bidentate 1,4-bis(2-phenolato)-1,4-diazabutadiene.

Sanjib Kar, Biprajit Sarkar, Sandeep Ghumaan, Markus Leboschka, Jan Fiedler, Wolfgang Kaim, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Dalton Trans. 2007, 1934

1. 2,5Dioxido1,4benzoquinonediimine (H2L2), a Hydrogen Bonding NonInnocent Bridging Ligand Related to Aminated Topaquinone: Different Oxidation State Distributions in Complexes [{(bpy)2Ru}2(H2L)]n (n=0,+,2+,3+,4+) and [{(acac)2Ru}2 (H2L) ]m (m = 2,,0, +,2+)

Sanjib Kar, Biprajit Sarkar, Sandeep Ghumaan, Deepa Janardanan, Joris van Slageren, Jan Fiedler, Vedavati G. Puranik, Raghavan B. Sunoj, Wolfgang Kaim, Goutam Kumar Lahiri

Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 4901