Areas of Interest/Specialization: Development of new, efficient and environmentally friendly catalysts and protocols.

Experience: 

• 2009 to 2021: Assistant Professor
• 2021 to Till date: Associate professor

wards : National Eligibility Test with Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) in 2002

Phd Awarded/Supervised:

• Dr. Mithu Saha
• Dr. Sibaji Nandi
• Dr. Ramen Jamatia
• Dr. Binoyargha Dam
• Dr. Ajay Gupta
• Dr. Rajib Sarkar
• Dr. Fillip Kumar Sarkar
• Dr. Sushmita Gajurel

Administrative responsibilities undertaken:  

• Member of Board of Post-Graduate Studies in Chemistry (BPGS).
• Board of Studies (BOS) member of Biochemistry Department,
• Member of Ph.D interview board.
• Heads Nominee for the Ph.D pre-submission seminars,
• Co-convener of national symposium.

Research Projects

Publications

Year 2023

1. Lenida Kyndiah, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Sushmita Gajurel, Rajib Sarkar, Jasha Momo H. Anal and Amarta Kumar Pal *, Pd@GO catalyzed stereo- and regio-selective addition of arenes to alkynes and synthesis of coumarins via C–H functionalization, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21, 7928–7934. RSC Publication
   This paper highlighted in SYNFACTS Contributors: Yasuhiro Uozumi, Kaili Zhang Synfacts 2024, 20(01), 0060     Published online: 08.12.2023 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1763642; Reg-No.: Y00524SF
2. Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Lenida Kyndiah, SushmitaGajurel, Rajib Sarkar, Samaresh Jana and Amarta Kumar Pal* “A sustainable avenue for the synthesis of propargylamines and benzofurans using a Cuâ??functionalized MILâ??101(Cr) as a reusable heterogeneous catalyst” Scientifc Reports 2023, 13, 12908, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40154-0. Nature Publication
3. Sushmita Gajurel,  Rajib Sarkar,  Fillip Kumar Sarkar,  Lenida Kyndiah, Amarta Kumar Pal* “A sustainable route toward the synthesis of highly substituted imidazole and quinoxaline derivatives using CuO@g-C3N4 as an efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalyst” Appl Organomet Chem. 2023; e7159, (Volume-37) https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.7159  Wiley Publication
4. Rajib Sarkar,  Fillip Kumar Sarkar,  Sushmita Gajurel,  Lenida Kyndiah,  Mithu Sahab and Amarta Kumar Pal *”Palladium nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide (Pd@rGO): an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura, Heck–Matsuda and Double Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions” New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 10659–10671  RSC Publication
5. Sushmita Gajurel, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Rajib Sarkar, Lenida Kyndiah, and Amarta Kumar Pal*, “A Cu-incorporated polymeric heterogeneous catalyst: exploring an expedient approach to construct amide bonds and extending its application to triazole hybrid amide synthesis” New J. Chem. 2023,47, 8188-8199. RSC Publication

Year 2022

1. Sushmita Gajurel, Rajib Sarkar, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Lenida Kyndiah, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Versatile and Sustainable Approach to Access Biologically Relevant Chromeno[2,3â??b]pyridine and Benzylpyrazolyl Coumarin Derivatives Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst” ACS Omega 2022, 7, 48087–48099. ACS Publication
2. Fillip Kumar Sarkar,  Sushmita Gajurel,  Lenida Kyndiah,  Rajib Sarkar,  Rupesh S. Devan and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Palladium incorporated MIL-101(Cr): a heterogeneous and reusable catalyst for the C–H functionalization of unactivated arenes” New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 23102–23111. RSC Publication
3. Sibaji Nandi, Ramen Jamatia, Rajib Sarkar, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Safiul Alam*, Amarta Kumar Pal* "One-Pot Multicomponent Reaction: A Highly Versatile Strategy for the Construction of Valuable Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles" ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7, e202201901, (doi.org/10.1002/slct.202201901),Wiley Publication
4. Rajib Sarkar, Binoyargha Dam, Lenida Kyndiah, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Sushmita Gajurel, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Graphite oxide catalyzed one-pot synthesis of highly functionalized spirodibenzo[1,4]diazepine derivatives in aqueous ethanol medium” Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 5579-5591. RSC publication
5. Rajib Sarkar, Sushmita Gajurel, Ajay Gupta, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Synergistic Catalysis by Copper Oxide/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: A Facile Approach to Prepare Quinazolines and Quinazoline Containing Triazole/Tetrazole Moieties under Mild Reaction Conditions” ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7, e202200297 (1 of 14). Wiley publication.
6. Lenida Kyndiah, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Ajay Gupta and Amarta Kumar Pal * “Efficient metal-free green syntheses of 4H-chromenes and 3-amino alkylated indoles using a reusable graphite oxide carbocatalyst under aqueous and solvent-free reaction conditions” New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 11706-11721. RSC publication (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ00756H)
7. Sushmita Gajurel, Binoyargha Dam, Mayank Bhushan, L. Robindro Singh*, Amarta      Kumar   Pal* “CuO–NiO bimetallic nanoparticles supported on graphitic carbon nitride with enhanced catalytic performance for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles, bis-1,2,3-triazoles, and tetrazoles in parts per million level” Appl Organomet Chem, 2022; 36(2), e6524. (https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.6524). Wiley publication.

Year 2021

1. Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Ajay Gupta, Ramen Jamatia, Jasha Momo H. Anald and Amarta Kumar Pal* “A green and sustainable approach for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepines and spirooxindoles in one-pot using a MIL-101(Cr) metal–organic framework as a reusable catalyst”New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 19553–19564. RSC Publication.
2. Safiul Alam, Rejaul Karim, Aminur Khan, Amarta Kumar Pal, and Antoine Maruani “Copper-Catalyzed Preparation of Alkenylboronates and Arylboronates” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 2021 (45) 6115–6160. Wiley publication

Year 2020

1. Rajib Sarkar, Ajay Gupta, Ramen Jamatia, Amarta Kumar Pal* "Reduced graphene oxide supported copper oxide nanocomposites: An efficient heterogeneous and reusable catalyst for the synthesis of ynones, 1,3-diynes and 1,5-benzodiazepines in one-pot under sustainable reaction conditions, Appl Organomet Chem,2020, 34(7), e5646. (https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.5646) Wiley publication.
2. Ajay Gupta, Fillip Kumar Sarkar, Rajib Sarkar, Ramen Jamatia, Chang Yeon Lee, Gajendra Gupta*Amarta Kumar Pal* “Development of a new catalytic and sustainable methodology for the synthesis of benzodiazepine triazole scaffold using magnetically separable CuFe2O4@MIL-101(Cr) nano-catalyst in aqueous medium" Appl Organomet Chem, 2020, 34(9), e5782. (https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.5782) Wiley publication

Year 2018

1. Ajay Gupta, Ramen Jamatia, Binoyargha Dam, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Development of Synergistic, Dual Pd-Cu@rGO Catalyst for Suzuki, Heck and Click Reactions: Facile Synthesis of Triazole or Tetrazole Containing Biaryls and Stilbenes” ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 8212 – 8220. Wiley publication.
2. Ajay Gupta, Ramen Jamatia, Ranjit A. Patil, Yuan-Ron Ma, and Amarta Kumar Pal*“Copper Oxide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite-Catalyzed Synthesis of Flavanones and Flavanones with Triazole Hybrid Molecules in One Pot: A Green and Sustainable Approach” ACS Omega. 2018, 3, 7288−7299. ACS Publication.

Year 2017

1. Binoyargha Dam, Ramen Jamatia, Ajay Gupta, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Metal-Free Greener Syntheses of Pyrimidine Derivatives Using a Highly Eï¬?cient and Reusable Graphite Oxide Carbocatalyst under Solvent-Free Reaction Conditions” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 11459−11469. ACS Publication.
2. Ramen Jamatia, Ajay Gupta, and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Ru-Ferrite-Decorated Graphene (RuFG): A Sustainable and Efficient Catalyst for Conversion of Aromatic Aldehydes and Nitriles to Primary Amides in Aqueous Medium” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 7604−7612. ACS Publication.
3. Binoyargha Dam, Ranjit A. Patil, Yuan-Ron Ma and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Preparation, characterization and catalytic application of nano-Fe3O4-DOPA-SnO2 having high TON and TOF for non-toxic and sustainable synthesis of dihydroquinazolinone derivatives” New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6553-6563, RSC publication
4. Sibaji Nandi, Ajay Gupta and Amarta Kumar Pal* “A New MCR Strategy Generating a Collection of Skeletally Diverse Simple Molecules Combinatorially” Lett. Org. Chem., 2017, 14, 291-299, Bentham Science.
5. Ramen Jamatia, Ajay Gupta, Binoyargha Dam, Mithu Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal* “Graphite oxide: a metal free highly efficient carbocatalyst for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepines under room temperature and solvent free heating conditions.” Green Chem., 2017, 19, 1576-1585, RSC publication
6. Ajay Gupta, Ramen Jamatia, Mrityunjoy Mahato, and Amarta Kumar Pal*, “Metalloprotein-Inspired Ruthenium Polymeric Complex: A Highly Efficient Catalyst in Parts per Million Level for 1,3-Dipolar Huisgen’s Reaction in Aqueous Medium at Room Temperature” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2017, 56, 2375-2382, ACS Publication

Year 2016

1. Ramen Jamatia, Ajay Gupta, MrityunjoyMahato, Ranjit A. Patil,Yuan-Ron Ma, and Amarta K. Pal* “A Metalloprotein Inspired Ruthenium Complex as an Efficient and Reusable Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to their Corresponding Carbonyl Compounds” ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 5929 – 5935,Wiley
2. Bhaskar Sen, Sanjoy Kumar Sheet, RomitaThounaojam, Ramen Jamatia, Amarta Kumar Pal, Kripamoy Aguan, Snehadrinarayan Khatua*, “A coumarin based Schiff base probe for selective fluorescence detection of Al3+ and its application in live cell imaging”SpectrochimicaActa Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2017 173, 537–543, Elsevier.
3. S.Nandia, M. M. Islam, M. Saha, S. Khatua, S. Mitra and Amarta Kumar Pal*,Regioselective synthesis of functionalized [1,6]-naphthyridines by KF/basic alumina as a recyclable catalyst and a brief study of their photophysics, Synth. Commun, 2016, 46, 1461-1476, Taylor and Francis.B. Dam, M. Saha, R. Jamatia and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Nano-ferrite supported glutathione as a reusable nano-organocatalyst for the synthesis of phthalazine-trione and dione derivatives under solvent free condition , RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 54768-54776, Royal Society of Chemistry.  (This work is highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0992 by Yasuhiro Uozumi and Shuichi Hirata)
4. R.Jamatia,   A. Gupta and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Superparamagnetic Copper ferrite nanoparticles catalyzed one step regioselective synthesis of Dibenzodiazepines via ligand and base free Ulmann type coupling reaction, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 4, 852 –860, Wiley.
5. R. Jamatia,   A. Gupta and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Nano-FGT: A Green and Sustainable Catalyst for The Synthesis of Spirooxindoles in Aqueous Medium, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 20994-21000, Royal Society of Chemistry.
6. B. Dam, Amarta Kumar Pal*, and Ajay Gupta, Nano-Fe3O4@silica sulfuric acid as a reusable and magnetically separable potent solid acid catalyst in Biginelli-type reaction for the one-pot multicomponent synthesis of fused dihydropyrimidine derivatives: A greener NOSE and SFRC approach, Synth. Commun., 2016, 46, 275-286, Taylor and Francis.

Year 2015

1. B. Dam, M. Saha andAmarta Kumar Pal*, Magnetically Recyclable Nano-FDP: A Novel, Efficient Nano-Organocatalyst for the One-Pot Multi-Component Synthesis of Pyran Derivatives in Water under ultrasound irradiation, Catal. Lett. 2015, 145, 1808-1816, Springer.
2. A. Gupta, R.Jamatia, and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Ferrite-supported glutathione: an efficient, green,nano-organocatalyst for the synthesis of pyran derivatives, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 5636-5642, Royal Society of Chemistry.
3. S. Phukan, M. Saha andAmarta Kumar Pal, A.C. Bhasikuttan and S.Mitra*,Intramolecular charge transfer in coumarin based donor-acceptor systems: Formation of a new product through planar intermediate, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 2015, 303, 67–79, Elsevier.

Year 2014

1. B. Dam, S. Nandi andAmarta Kumar Pal*,An efficient ‘on-water’ synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines using Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles as a reusable catalyst, Tetrahedron lett.,2014, 55, 5236-5240, Elsevier.
2. R.Borthakur*, M. Asthana, M. Saha, A. Kumar and Amarta Kumar Pal, An efficient oxidation of alcohols using a new trinuclear copper complex as a reusable catalyst under solvent free conditions, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 21638-21643, Royal Society of Chemistry.
3. R. Jamatia, M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal*, An efficient facile and one-pot synthesis of benzodiazepines and chemoselective 1,2-disubstituted benzimidazoles using a magnetically retrievable Fe3O4nanocatalyst under solvent free conditions, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 12826–12833, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Year 2013

1.  J. Dey, M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal* and K. Ismail*,Regioselective nitration of aromatic compounds in an aqueous sodium dodecylsulfate and nitric acid medium, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 18609–18613, Royal Society of Chemistry.
2.  M Saha, B. Das and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Synthesis of pyran derivatives under ultrasound irradiation using Ni nanoparticles as reusable catalyst in aqueous medium, C. R. Chimie, 2013, 16, 1079–1085, Elsevier.
3. S.Phukan, M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal and S. Mitra*, Synthesis and fluorescence behavior of photoactive polyhydroquinoline derivatives: A combined experimental and DFT study, J. Mol. Struct., 2013, 1039, 119-129, Elsevier.
4. M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Fermented Bakers’ yeast: an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of pyran derivatives in water at room tempertature, Synth. Commun., 2013, 43, 1708-1713, Taylor and Francis.
5. M.Saha, T.S. Luireingam, T. Merry and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Catalyst-free, Knoevenagel-Michael addition reaction of 1, 3 diketone under microwave irradiation: An efficient one-pot synthesis of polyhydroquinoline derivatives,J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2013, 50, 941-944, Wiley.
6. M. Saha, S.Pkukan, R.Jamatia, S.Mitra and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Solvent free, Ni-nanoparticles catalyzed Greener synthesis and photophysical studies of novel 2H-indazolo[2,1-b] phthalazine-trione derivatives, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 1714-1721, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Year 2012

1. M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Pd (0) NPs: A Novel and Reusable Catalyst for the Synthesis of bis(heterocyclyl)methanes in Water, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6397-6400, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Year 2011

1. M. Saha and Amarta Kumar Pal*, Palladium (0) Nanoparticles: An Efficient Catalyst for the One-pot Synthesis of Polyhydroquinolines, Tetrahedron Lett., 2011, 5, 4872-4877, Elsevier.
2. M. Saha, J.Dey, K. Ismail andAmarta Kumar Pal*, Facile Microwave-Promoted Knoevenagel Condensation and the Combination of Knoevenagel/ Michael addition Reaction in Aqueous Medium Containing Ionic Surfactant, Lett. Org. Chem., 2011, 8, 554-558, BenthamScience.

Year 2007-2009

1. K. C. Majumdar* and Amarta Kumar Pal, Regioselective Synthesis of pentacyclic heterocycles by The Thermal and Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangement, J. sulfur Chemistry.,2009,30, 481-489, Taylor and Francis.
2. K. C. Majumdar*, P. K. Maji and Amarta Kumar Pal, Sequential and Thermal Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangement Towards the Synthesis of Thiocoumarin–annulated Furopyrans. Lett. Org. Chem., 2008, 5, 218-223, BenthamScience.
3. K. C. Majumdar* and Amarta Kumar Pal, Lewis Acid Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangement: Regioselective Synthesis of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur Heterocycles, Can. J. Chem., 2008,86, 72-78, Canadian Science.
4. K. C. Majumdar*, P. Debnath, A. Taher and Amarta Kumar Pal, Intramolecuar cyclization reaction-Palladium(0) Catalyzed Cyclization is more effective than tin hydride mediated reaction, Can. J. Chem., 2008, 86, 325-332, Canadian Science.
5. K. C. Majumdar*, B. Chattopadhyay and Amarta Kumar Pal, Regioselective Synthesis of Coumarin- and Quinolone–annulated Linearly Fused Heterocycles by the Comparative Aryl Radical Cyclization vs Intramolecular Heck Reaction of the Biaryl Systems, Lett. Org. Chem., 2008, 5, 276-281, Bentham Science.
6. K. C. Majumdar*, Amarta Kumar Pal and M. Ghosh, Regioselective Synthesis of Thiopyrano[3,2-c][1]benzothiopyran-5(2H)-one and Thieno[3,2-c][1]benzothiopyran-4(2H)-one, Synth. Commun., 2007,37, 1525-1534, Taylor and Francis.
7. K. C. Majumdar*, P. K. Maji, Amarta Kumar Pal, Synthesis of pyrimidine-annulated heterocycles: facile sulfoxide rearrangement of 1,3-dimethyl-5-(4-aryloxybut-2-ynylthio) pyrimidine-2,4-dione, Lett. Org. Chem., 2007, 4, 134-136, Bentham Science.
8. K. C. Majumdar*, P. Debnath, Amarta Kumar Pal, S. K. Chattopadhyay and A. Biswas, Radical Mediated Cyclization Reactions Leading to Spiro and [6,6]-fused Heteroycles, Can. J. Chem., 2007, 85, 445-452, Canadian Science.
9. K. C. Majumdar*, Amarta Kumar Pal, A. Taher and P. Debnath, Highly effective regioselective method for the synthesis of substituted coumarin and quinolone annulated heterocycles using Pd(0) catalyzed reaction, Synthesis, 2007, 11, 1707-1711, Thieme.

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars 

Collaboration/Consultancy:

• Department Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien-97401, Taiwan
• Department of Nanotechnology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
• Department of Biotechnology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong