Dr. Snigdha Gangopadhyay, Professor
sng.chem@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in
Area of Specialisation: Inorganic Chemistry

Academic Profile
B.Sc and M.Sc from Presidency College. Ph.D (Presidency college, under the supervision of Prof. S.C. Shome, 1976). Professor since 1999.

Areas of Interest
• Synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes of
    N-S ligand and study of their biological activities.
• Study of noble metal Biomolecule complexes.
• Study of kinetics of inorganic reactions.

Selected Recent Publication
RAY BHOUMICK, S., GANGOPADHYAY, S. and GANGOPADHYAY, P. K.: Platinum Coordination Compounds of Thisemicarbazide Derivatives: A New Class of Platinum Blues, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 58, 2005, 795-801.

Research
Areas of Research
• Synthesis and characterization of coordination complexes.
• Study of their biological activities and probable potential use as    drugs.
• reparation of different model compounds of biological interest.
• Kinetic study of inorganic reactions.

Ongoing Research Projects
• Studies on Noble metal-Biomolecule Complexes-Evalution of their    action on bacteria and tumor cells.
• Synthesis and characterization of thiohydrazide complexes of some    late transition metals.
• Molybdenum complexes of {N,S} ligands,their synthesis,    characterization and bioactivity

Research Group
Present Members
Sandip Mukherjee
Prodyut Basak
Dolan Sengupta
Suparna Chatterjee

FormerMembers
Sanjukta Ray Bhoumik (Ph D)

Teaching
Undergraduate
• Ionic Bonding
• Coordinate bonding and coordinate compounds
• Chemical periodicity
• Chemistry of p-block elements
• Organometallic compounds
• Bio-inorganic Chemistry.

Postgraduate
• Chemistry of higher Boranes with reference to structure and bonding
• Metal cluster compounds
• Platinum metal complexes
• Transition metal dinitrogen and dioxygen complexes
• Coordination compounds with macro cyclic ligands
• Inorganic reaction mechanism and inorganic photochemistry

List of Publication

RAY BHOUMICK, S., GANGOPADHYAY, S. and GANGOPADHYAY, P. K.: Platinum Coordination Compounds of Thisemicarbazide Derivatives: A New Class of Platinum Blues, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 58, 2005, 795-801

GANGOPADHYAY, S., GANGOPADHYAY, P.K. and LAHIRI. S.: Chrome-free Tannage by Sequential Treatment with Synthetic Resins and Aluminium or Titanium. J. Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, 84: 88-93, 2000.

GANGOPADHYAY, S. and GANGOPADHYAY, P.K.: Adenine and Adenosine Derivatives of Tetraacetatodiruthenium (II, III) cation. J. of Inorganic Biochemistry, 66 October: 175-178, 1997.

GANGOPADHYAY,S., GANGOPADHYAY,P.K. and SHOME,S.C. :Extraction and Spectrophotometric Determination of Osmium with N2-Benzoylthiobenzhydrazide. Indian J. Chem. A19: 87-88, 1980.

GANGPPADHYAY, S. and GANGOPADHYAY, P.K. :Spectrophotometric determination of Osmium with o-Arsinitic Acid, Zeitschrift fur Analytiche Chemie, 286: :251, 1977.

GANGOPADHYAY, S., GANGOPADHYAY, P.K., and SHOME, S.C. :Extraction and Spectrophotometric Determination of Platinum (IV) with Thiobenzhydrazide, Zeitschrift fur Analytic he Chemie, 281 : 143, 1976.

GANGOPADHYAY, S., GANGOPADHYAY, P.K., and SHOME, S.C.,: Spectrophotometric Determination of Rhenium with Thiobenzhydrazide. Analytica Chimica Acta, 83: 409-413, 1976.

SHOME, S.C., GANGOPADHYAY,P.K.,and GANGOPADHYAY,S., :Extraction and Spectrophotometric Determination of Ruthenium and Osmium with Thiobenzhydrazide. Talanta, 23 :603-605, 1976.