Academic qualifications:

Research interests:

• Classical and Mesoionic NHC complexes (Polynuclear & hetero-bimetallic types): Synthesis and cooperative catalysis
• Chiral NHC complexes and their applications in asymmetric catalysis

Research guidance:

• Number of students pursuing PhD: 4
• Number of MSc project student supervised: 23

List of publications:

• “Homo‐and Heterobimetallic Complexes Bearing NHC Ligands: Applications in α‐Arylation of Amide, Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions and Tandem Catalysis”A. Majumder, R. Naskar, P. Roy, R. Maity*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2019, 1810-1815, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201801570.
• “Iron sandwiched between group 13 analogues of N-Heterocyclic carbene: A theoretical investigation”A. Boruah, M. P Borpuzari, R Maity, R. Kar*, J. Organomet. Chem., 2018, 863, 54-59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.03.028.
• “Palladium Complexes Bearing Mesoionic Carbene Ligands: Applications in α‐Arylation, α‐Methylation and Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reactions” R. Maity, A. Verma, M. van der Meer, S. Hohloch, B. Sarkar*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016 (1), 111-117.
• “C-H activation in IrIII and N-demethylation in PtII complexes with mesoionic carbene ligands: examples of monometallic, homobimetallic and heterobimetallic” R. Maity, T. Ticter, M. van der Meer and B. Sarkar*, Dalton Trans, 2015, 34, 18311-18315.
• “Triply cyclometalated trinuclear iridium(III) and trinuclear palladium(II) complexes with a trimesoioniccarbene ligand” R. Maity, A. Mekic, M. van der Meer, A. Verma and B. Sarkar*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 34, 15106-15109.