R. N. Mukherjee obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta University in 1983. After a postdoc at Harvard he joined the department in 1987.


Inorganic Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry
Research Interest:
Synthetic, structural and reactivity aspects of transition metal chemistry. Research involves extensive synthesis, molecular and structural characterization by spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction methods, and investigations of reactivity. Magnetism and electrochemistry play an important role in these studies. Our endeavours are directed towards the attainment of new classes of compounds, many of which are low molecular weight representations of biologically active sites.

Selected Publications

  • Catalytic oxidation of hindered phenols by a Cu(I) complex and dioxygen.

    •   R. Gupta and R. Mukherjee,
      Tetrahedron Letters, 2000, 41, 7763.
     
  • Synthesis and characterization of pyridine amide cation radical complexes of iron:

    •   Stabilization due to coordination with low-spin Fe(III) center.
      A. K. Patra, M. Roy and R. Mukherjee,
      Inorg. Chem., 2000, 39, 652.
     
  • Pyrazole-cotaining chelating ligands: Molecular structural aspects.

    •   R. Mukherjee,
      Coord. Chem. Rev., 2000, 38, 151.
     

    research details

    rnm@iitk.ac.in

    R. N. Mukherjee
    Department of Chemistry
    Indian Institute of Technology
    Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh 208 016
    phone : +91-512-597437/597708