Assistant Professor
anjana@mgu.ac.in
+91-9840301817
· C-H activation
· Bioinspired catalysis
· Organometallic chemistry
· Metal assisted small molecule activation
· Cooperativity in supramolecular systems
09/2022-present Assistant Professor : MG University, Kerala, India.
04/2021-08/2022 Post-doctoral researcher: Saarland University, Germany.
Research Supervisor: Prof. Dominik Munz
Topic: Multiple bonds
07/2018-01/2021 Post-doctoral researcher: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Research supervisors: Prof. G. K Lahiri and Prof. Debabrata Maiti.
Topic: Transition metal assisted C-H functionalization and isolation of organometallic intermediates.
08/2011-07/2017 Ph.D. in Chemistry : Awarded by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Research supervisors: Prof. N. N. Murthy, Prof. Edamana Prasad
Thesis title: “Cobalt and iron complexes of N-tridentate and tetradentate ligands with (thio)anisole-append: Structure, spectroscopy and reactivity studies”.
06/2008-10/2010 M. Sc. in Chemistry : University College, Kerala University, Kerala, India.
06/2005-05/2008 B. Sc. in Chemistry : VTMNSS College, Kerala University, Kerala, India.
CSIR-UGC-JRF : December 2010 (All India Rank = 274)
: June 2011 (All India Rank = 90)
List of Publications
1. Controlling oxidation of bis-tridentate cobalt(II) complexes having bis(2-pyridylalkyl)amines: Ligand vs. metal oxidation. Anjana, S. S*.; Donring, S.; Sanjib, P.; Varghese, B.; Murthy, N. N. Dalton. Trans., 2017, 46, 10830.
2. Crystal structures of doubly phosphate ester bridged Co(II) complexes with tetradentate ligands having anisole or quinoline appendages. Anjana, S. S*.; Varghese, B.V.; Prasad, E. Acta Cryst. 2017, C73, 492.
3. Reagent regulated oxidative O-demethylation of a ferrous complex stabilized by tetradentate N-ligand having a methoxyphenyl substituent. Anjana, S. S*.; Varghese, B.; Prasad, E.; Murthy, N. N. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 972.
4. Ligand enabled Pd(II)-catalyzed iterative γ-C(sp3)−H arylation of free aliphatic acid. Dolui, P.; Das, J.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Anjana, S. S.; Maiti, D. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13773.
5. Iterative arylation of amino acids and aliphatic amines via-C(sp3)−H activation: Experimental and computational exploration. Guin, S.; Dolui, P.; Zhang, X.; Paul, S.; Singh, V. K; Pradhan, S.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Anjana, S. S.; Paton, R. S.; Maiti, D. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5633.
6. Orthogonal selectivity in C−H olefination: Synthesis of branched vinylarene with unactivated aliphatic substitution. Agasti, S.; Mondal, B.; Achar, T. K.; Sinha, S. K.; Anjana, S. S.; Szabo, K. J.; Schoenebeck, F.; Maiti, D. ACS Catal. 2019, 10, 9606.
7. Coligand modulated oxidative O-demethylation of methylether appended tetradentate N-ligand on Co(II) complexes. Anjana, S. S*.; Varghese, B.; Murthy, N. N. Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 3187.
8. Organopalladium intermediates in coordination directed C(sp3)−H functionalizations. Anjana, S. S.; Dutta, A.; Lahiri, G. K.; Maiti, D. Trends in Chemistry, 2020, 3, 188.
9. Multiple Bonded Complexes of the Groups 9–11: Electronic Structure and Developments in the Last Decade. Grünwald, A.; Anjana, S. S.; Munz, D. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2021, 40, 4147.
10. Transition metal catalyzed selective alkynylation of C-H bonds. Anjana, S. S.; Bhowmick, S.; de Carvalho, R. L.; Al-Thabaiti, S. A.; Mokhtar, M.; da Silva Júnior, E. N.; Maiti, D. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 4994.
11. Photoinduced regioselective olefination of arenes at proximal and distal sites. Saha, A.; Guin, S.; Ali, W.; Bhattacharya, T.; Sasmal, S.; Goswami, N.; Prakash, G.; Sinha, S. K.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Panda, S.; Anjana, S. S.; Maiti, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1929.
12. Capturing organometallic intermediates by X-Ray crystallography: An insight into the origin of site selectivity in distal C−H functionalization. Anjana, S. S.; Porey, S.; Pimparkar, S.; Das, M.; Sunoj, R. B.; Maiti, D. Submitted
1. Anjana, S. S.; Murthy, N. N. An oral presentation on “Anion effects on the structure, spectroscopy and reactivity with O2 of Co(II) complexes with PY2 ligand”, MTIC- IV, IIT Roorkee, India. December 13-16, 2013.
2. Anjana, S. S.; Murthy, N. N. An oral presentation on “Anion effects on the structure, spectroscopy and reactivity with O2 of Co(II) complexes with PY2 ligand”, CiHS-2014, IIT Madras, India. August 13, 2014. (Best oral presentation award)
3. Anjana, S. S.; Murthy, N. N. A poster presentation on “Facile O-demethylation of Co(II) complexes in presence of t-BuO2H or O2”, IUPAC-2015, BEXCO, Busan, S. Korea. August 9-14, 2015.
4. Anjana, S. S.; Lahiri, G. K and Maiti, D. A poster presentation on “Crystallisation of organometallic intermediates involved in remote C−H activation”, NSC-47, BARC, India. June 19-22, 2019.
5. Anjana, S. S.; Lahiri, G. K and Maiti, D. A poster presentation on “Comprehensive mechanistic analysis on γ-C(sp3)−H alkynylation of aliphatic carboxamides”, ICOC-2, Goa, India. March 7-10, 2020.
1. Attended science journalism workshop jointly organised by IISER Pune and Newton Bhabha Fund of British Council, IISER Pune, November 13-17, 2017.
2. Conducted an open academic research workshop with the help of a group of Indian students for the advancement of science education in India, Calicut, Kerala, December 28, 2017- January 2, 2018.
3. Attended grant writing workshop jointly organized by India Offices of Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) and University of Cologne (UoC), in association with German Centre for Research and Innovation (DWIH) at IIT Bombay, November 11-13, 2019.
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