Annual Review May 2022:

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Comments: Recommended with Commendation.

Research Carried out: Synthesis of an Adaptable Molecular Barrel and Guest Mediated Stabilization of Its Metastable Higher Homologue.

Publication related to work: R. Banerjee, S. Bhattacharyya, P. S. Mukherjee,  JACS Au, 2023, 3, 1998-2006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.3c00224​ 

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Annual Review May 2023:

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Comments: Recommended with Commendation

Research carried out: Structural Switching of a Distorted Trigonal Metal-Organic Cage to a Tetragonal Cage and Singlet Oxygen Mediated Oxidations.

Publication related to work:

R. Banerjee, D. Chakraborty, W.-T. Jhang, Y.-T. Chan, P. S. Mukherjee, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202305338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202305338

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Annual Review May 2024:

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Comments: Recommended with Commendation

Research carried out: Transformation of a Pd6 trifacial barrel to a Pd8 tetrafacial barrel by C70 as guest and oxidative photolysis of alkenes using the C70 encapsulated barrel under red light.

Publication related to work:

R. Banerjee, M. Roy, M. Aggarwal, S. Maji, D. Adhikari, P. S. Mukherjee, Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 12885-12895. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC01015B

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Annual Review May 2025:

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Comments: Recommended with Commendation

Research carried out: Guest-Shape-Directed Structural Switching between Two Isomers of a Pd6 Host and Its Structural Adaptability for Selective Photodimerization.

Publication related to work:

R. Banerjee, P. Bhandari, N. Hickey, P. S. Mukherjee, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 23049-23059. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06104