Sayan Banerjee

Excited to share that I’ll be joining the University of Tennessee Knoxville as an assistant professor this fall! I’ll be looking for grad students and postdocs—if you’re into theoretical chemistry or materials science, feel free to reach out ([email protected])

Thrilled to start my independent career as an Asst. Prof. @ChemColumbia & an ARS @FlatironInst. We'll develop new methods for modeling excited states, with an eye on practical photocatalysis. Other areas of quantum #compchem are also of interest, stay tuned for more!

Just out in @J_A_C_S. Second-Sphere Interaction Allows Selective Reduction of Nitrite to NO or Ammonia by Synthetic Iron Porphyrins | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

I’m thrilled to share that I have joined the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB) at NTU Singapore as an Assistant Professor! dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp02617

Here's our tribute to Prof. Thomas Strassner's 60th birthday issue in JOMC! We present a series of triethylsilyl capped polyyne; TESCxTES, once thought unisolable, now characterized by NMR and X-ray structures. Polyynes are on the roll in Texas! doi.org/10.1016/j.jorg…

A multipronged approach using 2DIR, EIS and MD monitors ion motion in polymeric membrane. Thanks to @OsujiChinedum group for this collaboration! Correlating Solvation Shell Dynamics and Ion Transport in Highly Ordered Nanoporous Polymers | ChemRxiv - go.shr.lc/4l8NpIt

I'm delighted to share that our newest paper published in J. Chem. Phys. This research explores six-carbon cyclic •QOOH intermediate, which is transiently formed in cyclohexane oxidation. Thanks my coworkers and collaborators. @JChemPhys @PennChemistry pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/articl…

I am excited to share our latest discovery which is out now in @J_A_C_S! This study uncovers how engineered hemoproteins can leverage biological nitrogen cycle intermediates for enzymatic C–H amination, opening new paths towards sustainable synthesis. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Happy to share my first first author paper now published in @ChemCommun. Really excited where this project is headed towards. Check out the work here 👇🏽

I'm so excited to announce that my first first-author paper is online @J_A_C_S !! Check out @PGarridoBarros and I's study on photoelectrocatalytic PCET :) It was such a pleasure to work with this fantastic team, and I'm incredibly proud of the result!! 💡⚡️

You seldom see deprotonation of terminal polyynes as opposed to that of an alkyne counterpart. Here we go! Please check out my latest contribution @Orgmet_ACS . The lithiation poses numerous mechanistic puzzles, yet we could successfully (1/2)pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Happy to share our new article published in Chemical Science. Here, we explored vibrational spectroscopy and dissociation dynamics of a prototypical cyclic hydroperoxide, cyclohexyl hydroperoxide. @ChemicalScience @PennChemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

If you want to measure the strength of a lanthanide ion binding to dtpa using vibrational anisotropy, here is the link: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Thanks to Shafer group @jencshafer and Schatz group @GCSchatz for this wonderful collaboration! @NSF_CSSM

The first paper from my postdoc is now out. We demonstrate that a chiral nickel catalyst can effectively control central and axial chirality. Thankful to everyone in the @FuLabCaltech as well as Ruby from @thestoltzgroup. @Caltech @CaltechCCE @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Theoretical prediction of a mechanochemically driven two-legged molecular walker on curved graphene. Check out our recent work pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… @J_A_C_S @jamesbatteas @TheRappeGroup @PennChemistry @NSF_CMCC @VagelosEnergy

Two-Legged Molecular Walker and Curvature: Mechanochemical Ring Migration on Graphene | Journal of the American Chemical Society @PennSAS @PennChemistry @Penn #Molecular #Walker #Mechanochemical #Migration #Graphene @sciam @NYTScience pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A big day for "carbyne"- the elusive sp carbon allotrope. It literally took decades of synthetic expertise from chemists around the globe to make functional equivalent of that enthralling "all carbon" gem! (1/4) pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…