Dr. Shanti Gopal Patra

November 24, 2023 by Biswa Nath Ghosh
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Assistant Professor Gr-II

Department of Chemistry

Phone: 7980616247

Email: shanti@che.nits.ac.in

AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Structure, bonding, and reaction mechanism
  • Aromaticity
  • Electrocatalysis

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Shanti Gopal Patra was born and raised in Bankura, West Bengal, India. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Chemistry from the University of Burdwan in 2010. He received his master’s degree (M.Sc.) from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 2012. Then, he went to the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, to pursue his research work under Prof. Dipankar Datta and Prof. Abhishek Dey and obtained his Ph.D. in 2018. After completing his Ph.D., he moved to Ariel University, Israel, as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Dan Meyerstein until November 2020. He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Arunachal University of Studies for a short period. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, from October 2021 to September 2023. He works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at NIT Silchar.

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Physical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

MEMBER

  • Israel Chemical Society.
  • American Chemical Society.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Qualified (Ranked – 2) in the Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM)-2010 organized by IITs.
  • Ranked – 3 in B.Sc. – 2010, The University of Burdwan.
  • Merit Cum Means scholarship by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2010 – 2012).
  • Proficiency medal for the Best Project Award in Chemistry (M.Sc. 2 yr) for the year 2012, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
  • Qualified (Ranked – 53, CSIR) National eligibility test (NET) – 2011.
  • Qualified (Ranked – 63, CSIR) National eligibility test (NET) – 2012.
  • Qualified (Ranked – 38) Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) – 2011.
  • Received outstanding postdoctoral fellowship from the Ariel University, Israel.
  • Received institute postdoctoral fellowship from IIT Kharagpur.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

 

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

  1.  Patra, S. G.; Mondal, H.; Bhattacharjya, M. J.; Chetia, N.; Chattaraj, P. K. On the Aromaticity of Substituted Benzene. Theor. Chem. Acc. 2023, 142 (10), 91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-023-03032-6.
  2. Udachyan, I.; Bhanushali, J. T.; Patra, S. G.; Zidki, T.; Mizrahi, A.; Meyerstein, D. Nickel Carbonate (Ni 2 (CO 3 ) 3 ) as an Electrocatalyst and Photo-Electrocatalyst for Methanol Electro-Oxidation. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11 (33), 17769–17778. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA02713A.
  3. Jha, R.; Patra, S. G.; Mondal, H.; Chattaraj, P. K. Theoretical Understanding of Mechanochemical (Ball-Milling) Synthesis of Thioethers: A CDFT Approach. J. Math. Chem. 2023, 61 (9), 1825–1841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-023-01492-6.
  4. Goswami, D.; Patra, S. G.; Ray, D. Magneto-Structural Analysis of Hydroxido-Bridged CuII2 Complexes: Density Functional Theory and Other Treatments. Magnetochemistry 2023, 9 (6), 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9060154.
  5. Sánchez‐Márquez, J.; Mondal, H.; Patra, S. G.; Morales‐Bayuelo, A.; Chattaraj, P. K. Local Reactivity Descriptors of the Important Atoms in Chelotropic Reactions Provide Insight into Their Global Variants along the Reaction Path. Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2023, 123 (15). https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.27129.
  6. Mondal, H.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. Unveiling Novel Reactivity of P/Al Frustrated Lewis Pair: Ring Size-Dependent Activation of Cyclic Ethers/Thioethers and CO2 Insertion Therein. J. Chem. Sci. 2022, 134 (4), 119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-022-02119-0.
  7. Pal, R.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. Quantitative Structure–Toxicity Relationship in Bioactive Molecules from a Conceptual DFT Perspective. Pharmaceuticals 2022, 15 (11), 1383. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15111383.
  8. Pal, R.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. Can a Chemical Bond Be Exclusively Covalent or Ionic? J. Chem. Sci. 2022, 134 (4), 108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-022-02094-6.
  9. Sathiyan, K.; Mondal, T.; Mukherjee, P.; Patra, S. G.; Pitussi, I.; Kornweitz, H.; Bar-Ziv, R.; Zidki, T. Enhancing the Catalytic OER Performance of MoS 2 via Fe and Co Doping. Nanoscale 2022, 14 (43), 16148–16155. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR03816A.
  10. Udachyan, I.; Zidki, T.; Mizrahi, A.; Patra, S. G.; Meyerstein, D. Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation by Cobalt Carbonate. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5 (10), 12261–12271. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01766.
  11. Patra, S. G.; Meyerstein, D. On the Mechanism of Heterogeneous Water Oxidation Catalysis: A Theoretical Perspective. Inorganics 2022, 10 (11), 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10110182.
  12. Das, P.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. CB 6 Al 0/+ : Planar Hexacoordinate Boron (PhB) in the Global Minimum Structure. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24 (37), 22634–22644. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03532D.
  13. Patra, S. G.; Mondal, H.; Chattaraj, P. K. Variation in Electrophilicity on Electronic Excitation. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2023, 36 (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.4359.
  14. Mondal, H.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. Small Molecule Activation and Dehydrogenation of an Amine–Borane System Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Struct. Chem. 2022, 33 (6), 1853–1865. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-022-01934-y.
  15. Patra, S. G.; Jha, R.; Mondal, H.; Chattaraj, P. K. Fischer and Schrock Carbene Complexes in the Light of Global and Local Electrophilicity‐based Descriptors. J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2023, 36 (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.4337.
  16. Patra, S. G.; Mondal, T.; Sathiyan, K.; Mizrahi, A.; Kornweitz, H.; Meyerstein, D. Na3[Ru2(µ-CO3)4] as a Homogeneous Catalyst for Water Oxidation; HCO3− as a Co-Catalyst. Catalysts 2021, 11 (2), 281. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11020281.
  17. Patra, S. G.; Das, N. K. Recent Advancement on the Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis by Grubbs Catalysts: A Computational Perspective. Polyhedron 2021, 200, 115096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2021.115096.
  18. Patra, S. G.; Mondal, T. Interplay of Hückel and Möbius Aromaticity in Metal‐Metal Quintuple Bonded Complexes of Cr, Mo, and W with Amidinate Ligand: Ab Initio DFT and Multireference Analysis**. ChemPhysChem 2021, 22 (3), 298–311. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000923.
  19. Patra, S. G.; Mizrahi, A.; Meyerstein, D. The Role of Carbonate in Catalytic Oxidations. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53 (10), 2189–2200. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00344.
  20. Haldar, U.; Chaudhury, S. S.; Sharma, R.; Ruidas, B.; Patra, S. G.; Mukhopadhyay, C. Das; Lee, H. A Fluorimetric Water-Soluble Polymeric PH Chemosensor for Extremely Acidic Conditions: Live-Cell and Bacterial Imaging Application. Sensors Actuators B Chem. 2020, 320, 128379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.128379.
  21. Patra, S. G.; Sathiyan, K.; Meistelman, M.; Zidki, T. Green Synthesis of M 0 Nanoparticles (M=Pd, Pt, and Ru) for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Isr. J. Chem. 2020, 60 (5–6), 630–637. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201900175.
  22. Illés, E.; Patra, S. G.; Marks, V.; Mizrahi, A.; Meyerstein, D. The FeII(Citrate) Fenton Reaction under Physiological Conditions. J. Inorg. Biochem. 2020, 206, 111018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111018.
  23. Patra, S. G. Craig-Möbius Type Antiaromatic Chelate Ring. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2020, 741, 137093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137093.
  24. Patra, S. G.; Illés, E.; Mizrahi, A.; Meyerstein, D. Cobalt Carbonate as an Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation. Chem. – A Eur. J. 2020, 26 (3), 711–720. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904051.
  25. Patra, S. G.; Mandal, N. Aromaticity of N‐heterocyclic Carbene and Its Analogues: Magnetically Induced Ring Current Perspective. Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2020, 120 (9). https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26152.
  26. Patra, S. G. Basicity of N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Its Main-Group Analogues. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2019, 1164, 112557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2019.112557.
  27. Patra, S. G.; Datta, D. Ligand Field Splitting in Homoleptic Tetrahedral d 10 Transition Metal Complexes. Spectrochemical Series. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2018, 1130, 77–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2018.03.012.
  28. Patra, S. G.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. δ-Acidity of Benzene in [(Benzene)RuII(N-N)Cl]+. Crystal Structures, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra and Nucleus Independent Chemical Shifts. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2018, 471, 228–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.10.025.
  29. Patra, S. G.; De, S.; Tocher, D. A.; Datta, D. Photophysics of a Mono-Nuclear Tetrahedral Silver(I)N4 Core and Its Copper(I) Analog. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2018, 471, 649–657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.063.
  30. Patra, S. G.; Shee, N. K.; Mitra, P.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. Concomitant Polymorphism of an Octahedral, Homoleptic Zinc(II) Bis Complex of an N,N,O Donor Hydrazone. J. Mol. Struct. 2018, 1155, 469–476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2017.11.039.
  31. Patra, S. G. Lewis Acidity of Benzene in Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Arene Complex. A Computational Study. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2018, 1136–1137, 34–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2018.05.016.
  32. Patra, S. G.; Datta, D. Aromaticity of the Chelate Rings. The Case of Bis(Ethylenediamine)Nickel(II). Comput. Theor. Chem. 2017, 1117, 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.07.017.
  33. Patra, S. G.; Mandal, N.; Datta, A.; Datta, D. On Bonding in Bis(Dimethylglyoximato)Nickel(II). Comput. Theor. Chem. 2017, 1114, 118–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.05.022.
  34. Patra, S. G.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. Homoleptic Copper(II) Complexes of an Osazone. Reversal of the Coordination Ability of Hexafluorophosphate and Perchlorate Anions. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2017, 467, 244–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.08.023.
  35. Patra, S. G.; Zangrando, E.; Datta, D. The Effect of an Ancillary Ligand Proton on the Photophysical Properties of Some Ru II N 6 Cores: A Proton Valve. New J. Chem. 2017, 41 (18), 10415–10423. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ02274C.
  36. Patra, S. G.; De, S.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. Some Mixed Ligand Halo Complexes of Mercury(II). Experimental Support for Basolo’s Principle of Crystallisation. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2017, 467, 62–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.07.011.
  37. Patra, S. G.; Shee, N. K.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. Palladium( <scp>ii</Scp> )–Palladium( <scp>ii</Scp> ) Bonding in Two Open Clamshell Dinuclear Complexes. New J. Chem. 2017, 41 (15), 7384–7391. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ01604B.
  38. Shee, N. K.; Patra, S. G.; Drew, M. G. B.; Lu, L.; Zangrando, E.; Datta, D. Electrochemical Behaviour of Tris(1,10-Phenanthroline)Ruthenium(II) at a Surface Modified Electrode. Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dioxygen. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2017, 466, 349–357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.05.074.
  39. Patra, S. G.; Shee, N. K.; Datta, D. Theoretical and Experimental Potential Energy Surface (PES) of Pentachlorocuprate(II) in Two Dimensions. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2016, 1083, 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2016.02.017.
  40. Shee, N. K.; Patra, S. G.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. A Wine Red Copper(II) Complex of a Tetradentate Nitrogen Donor Showing Two-Electron Oxidation. Generation of a Copper(II)-Phosphine Bond. J. Coord. Chem. 2016, 69 (24), 3677–3691. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2016.1232806.
  41. Patra, S. G.; Shee, N. K.; Drew, M. G. B.; Datta, D. Angle Isomerism, as Exemplified in a Five-Coordinate, Dimeric Copper( <scp>ii</Scp> ) Schiff Base Complex. Observation of Ostwald Ripening. New J. Chem. 2016, 40 (4), 3238–3243. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NJ02765A.

NATIONAL JOURNALS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. 5th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2017). January 7-11, 2017, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-700 032, India.
  2. Workshop on SCXRD by Bruker (Instructor: Dr. Holger Ott, Head of Application of Bruker AXS SC XRD Application Team in Karlsruhe in Germany), August 28-30, 2017, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata-700 032, India.
  3. Eighth Asia Pacific Conference on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai during December 15-17, 2017. Poster presentation: G. Patra, N. Mandal, A. Datta, D. Datta, On bonding in bis(dimethylglyoximato)nickel(II).
  4. Advanced Materials- Innovative Materials for Electronic and Energy Applications, The Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Indian Department of Science and Technology, June 27, 2018.
  5. International Conference in Honor of Prof. Dan Meyerstein’s 80th Birthday. October 3-4, 2018, Poster presentation: G. Patra, E. Zangrando and D. Datta, Effect of ancillary ligand proton on the photophysical properties of some RuIIN6 cores. A proton valve.
  6. The 84th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, which took place at the David InterContinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 12-13, 2019, Poster presentation: G. Patra, Electrocatalytic water oxidation by cobalt carbonate.
  7. The 85th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, which took place at the International Convention Center (ICC), Jerusalem, Israel on February 18-19, 2020, Poster presentation: G. Patra, Na3[Ru2(µ-CO3)4] as a Homogeneous Catalyst for Water Oxidation.
  8. International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemistry of Materials (ICRTCM- 2021) from 20th -24th September in virtual mode, organized by the Department of Chemistry, ICFAI University, Tripura, India, Oral Presentation: Interplay of Hückel and Möbius Aromaticity in Metal-Metal Quintuple Bonded Complexes of Cr, Mo, and W with Amidinate Ligand: Ab initio DFT and Multireference

BOOK CHAPTER

  1. Poddar, A.; Pal, R.; Patra, S. G.; Chattaraj, P. K. Quantitative Structure-Activity Analysis using Conceptual DFT and Information Theory-based descriptors, Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics, 2023 (accepted)

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