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DR. ARNAB RIT

Associate Professor

Education


  • 2011 – Ph. D from WWE Muenster, Germany
  • 2007 – M. Sc from IIT, Kharagpur
  • 2005 – B. Sc from University of Calcutta

Biography

After graduating from IIT Kharagpur in 2007, Dr. Rit has earned his doctorate degree in Organometallic Chemistry in 2011 from WWU Muenster, Germany. After that, he was a post-doctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen, Germany for about 2 years and Marie-Curie post-doctoral fellow for one and half year at the University of Oxford. In December 2015 he joined IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor.

Research Interests

  • Synthesis, structure, and reactivity (catalytic application) of multifunctional N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) based organometallic compounds
  • Development of new ligand systems for polynuclear compounds–cooperativity among metal centres
  • Main Group compounds for small molecule activation

Honors and Recognitions

  • Bronze medal by Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS), India
  • Young Scientist Award by The Academy of Sciences, Chennai
  • Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA) at the early career level by IIT Madras
  • INSPIRE Faculty award by DST (2016)
  • Early career research award by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India
  • The “Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship” by the European Union at University of Oxford

Representative Publications

  • Redefining the Coordination Mode of 1,2,4-Triazolylidene: Bridging the Gap Between Molecular Organometallic Chemistry and Extended Porous Architectures. S. Kumar, Priyadharshini V., Arnab Rit*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202514207. Selected as “Frontispiece”.
  •  Adaptive Defluoroamination of Aryl Fluorides: Harnessing the Catalytic Potential of a Unique Zinc Amide Compound. S. Sahoo and Arnab Rit*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202504156. Selected as “Hot Paper”.
  • Stimuli-Responsive Equilibrium in N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Supported Transition Metal Complexes: Selective Isolation of Multinuclear Species. Shashi Kumar and Arnab Rit*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505558.
  •  Unravelling a Bench Stable Zinc-amide Compound as a Highly Active Multitasking Catalyst for the Radical Mediated Selective Alk(en)ylation of Unactivated Carbocycles Under Mild Conditions. S. Sahoo, S. Manna, and Arnab Rit,* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 5238-5247. Selected for “2024 Most Popular Catalysis Article Collections”.
  •  “Self-Assembly of a Bis-NHC Ligand and Coinage Metal Ions: Unprecedented Metal Driven Chemistry between the Tri- and Tetranuclear Species.” Rajeev C. Nishad, Shashi Kumar, and Arnab Rit,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206788.

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