Contact Information

E-mail : sahid[*AT]iitp.ac.in
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Phone : +91-612-2552022

Fax :  +91-612- 2277383

Research Interest

Nano-scale Materials, Green Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Methodologies.

Teaching

CH102 Chemistry for B.Tech 1^st year students

CH002 Chemistry for Preparatory Classes

CH702 New Reagents For Organic Synthesis

Selected Publications

1.   Sahid Hussain, Nayoun Won, Jutaek Nam, Jiwon Bang, Hyokyun Chung, Sungjee Kim, `One-Pot Fabrication of High-Quality InP/ZnS (Core/Shell) Quantum Dots and Their Application to Cellular Imaging” ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, 1466-1470. 

2.  Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Ravindra Pandey, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Borax-Catalyzed and pH-Controlled Selective Oxidation of Organic Sulfides by H₂O₂: An Environmentally Clean Protocol” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3319-3322. 

3.  Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Susanda N. Sharma, Sahid Hussain, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Chemoselective sulfoxidation by H₂O₂ or HNO₃ using a phosphate impregnated titania catalyst” Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3767-3771. 

4.  Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Acid Phosphate impregnated Titania Catalyzed Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Nitric Acid” Appl. Catal. A: General, 2008, 343, 62-67. 

5.  Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Al(H₂PO₄)₃: An efficient catalyst for nitration of organic compounds with nitric acid” Catal. Commun, 2008,  9, 919-923 

6.  Sahid Hussain, Gopal Das and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Intermolecular hydrogen bonded and self-assembled β–pleated sheet structures of β–sulfidocarbonyls” J. Mol. Structure, 2007, 837, 190-196. 

7.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Boric acid catalysed thia-Michael reactions in water or alcohol” J. Mol.Catal. A: Chemical 2007, 269, 214-217. 

8.  Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Harjyoti Kalita, `Borax as an efficient metal-free catalyst for hetero-Michael reactions in aqueous medium” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 374-378. 

9.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain,  Ankur Duarah and  Nayanmoni Gogoi, `The selective solid-phase oxidation of alcohols and other organic substrates by 3,5-dimethylpyrazolium fluorochromate” Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2006, 38, 331-336. 

10. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, M. Lakshmi Kantam and B. Neelima, `Boric acid: A novel and safer catalyst for aza-Michael reaction in water” Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 8329-8331. 

11. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `An efficient synthesis of quinolines under solvent-free conditions” J. Chem Sci. 2006, 118, 199-202. 

12. Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain,  Ankur Duarah, Nayanmoni Gogoi  and M. Lakshmi Kantam, `3,5-Dimethylpyrazolium Fluorochromate(VI)-catalysed oxidation of organic substrates by hydrogen peroxide under solvent-free conditions” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347, 1349-1352. 

13. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sanjay K. Dehury and Sahid Hussain, `Barbier coupling in water: SnCl₂-mediated and Co(acac)₂-catalyzed allylation of carbonyls” Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 6247-6251. 

14. M. Lakshmi Kantam, V. Neeraja, B. Kavita, B. Neelima, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Cu(acac)₂ immobilized in ionic liquids: A recoverable and reusable catalytic system for aza-Michael Reactions” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347, 763 –766.

Patent

1.   Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Saitanya K. Bhardwaj, Neeraj Chandrol, Sahid Hussain, `Catalytic process for extraction of bromide from seawater” Patent application No. 1011/KOL/2009 dated 29/07/09 (India). 

2.  Jung-Han Shin, Jae-Byung Park, Hae-II Park, Jin-Seob Byun, Hyoung-Joo Kim, Sung-Jee Kim, Sahid Hussain, Ji-Won Bang, `Method of manufacturing nanoparticle, method of manufacturing light emitting element and method of manufacturing display substrate”  Korean Patent Application No.10-2008-00118717. European Patent Application No. 09011361.4-2111. 

3.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sahid Hussain, Srihari Tadimalla `Catalysts and process for oxidation and deep desulfurization of transportation fuels” Indian Pat. Appl. (2008), IN 2006CH01909 A 20080425.

Last updated : 30th April, 2009