Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kumar Biradha

Ph.D.(Hyderabad)
Professor, Chemistry

K Biradha joined the Institute in 2002

Contact Addresses

Residence	A-172, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283346
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283347 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 220163 (Private Phone)
email	kbiradha @ chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
Personal web page	http://www.chem.iitkgp.ac.in/faculty/KB/index.php

Research Areas

Crystal Engineering
Supramolecular Chemistry
Structural Chemistry
Gas sorption studies
Polymorphism
Cooridnation Polymers
Solid state reactions
Soft materials

Awards & Honours

2016, Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, American Chemical Society (2016)
2015, Asscociate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS (2015)
2014, Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS (2014)
2013 Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS (2013)
2012, Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS (2012)
Co-editor Acta Crystallographica, Section E, IUCR (2011)
Editorial Board Member of New Journal of Chemistry, R.Sc. 2008-2011 ()
Scopus Young Scientist Award in Chemistry by Elsevier (2006)

Fellow

Royal Society of Chemistry

Current Sponsored Projects

Project Title : Design of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials with Porous and/or Chiral Properties
Principal Investigator : Kumar Biradha
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Design of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Exploration of their Gas Adsorption and Disorption Properties
Principal Investigator : Kumar Biradha
Sponsor : DST
Project Title : Crystal Engineering Studies on Derivatives Containing 2° Amide and Pyridine Functional Groups: Design and Applications
Principal Investigator : Kumar Biradha
Sponsor : CSIR
Project Title : Design and Synthesis of Coordination Polymers and Coordination Induced Gelating Materials: Exploration of Gas Sorption and other Functional Properties
Principal Investigator : Kumar Biradha
Sponsor : DST-SERB

Member, Editorial Board

Editoral Board Member : New Journal of Chemistry
Editor : Crystal Engineering Book Series
EBM : Crystal Growth & Design Network
Co-editor : Acta Crystallographica, section E
Editorial Advisory Board Member : New Journal of Chemistry
Editorial advisory board member : The Open Inorganic Chemistry Journal
Associate Editor : Crystal growth & Design

Publications: 2015 - 2016

Coordination Polymers Containing Tubular, Layered, and Diamondoid Networks: Redox, Luminescence, and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Activities by K. Banerjee, S. Roy, M. Kotal and Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth Des., 15, 5604-5613. (2015)
Exploration and exploitation of homologous series of bis-(acrylamido)alkanes containing pyridyl and phenyl groups: β-sheet versus two-dimensional-layers in solid-state photochemical [2 + 2] reactions by M. Garai and Kumar Biradha IUCrJ, 2, 523-533. (2015)
Interplay of Pyridine Substitution and Ag(I)•••Ag(I) and Ag(I)•••π Interactions in Templating Photochemical Solid State [2 + 2] Reactions of Unsymmetrical Olefins Containing Amides: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations of CPs by M. Garai, K. Maji, V. V. Chernyshev and Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth Des., 16, 550-554. (2016)
One-dimensional water cages with repeat units of (H2O)24 resembling pagodane trapped in a 3D coordination polymer: proton conduction and tunable luminescence emission by adsorption of anionic dye by One-dimensional water cages with repeat units of (H2O)24 resembling pagodane trapped in a 3D coordination polymer: proton conduction and tunable luminescence emission by adsorption of anionic dye CrystEngCom, 17, 4439–444 (2015)
Structural Adaptation of Ni4O4 Units to Form Cubane, Open Dicubane, Dimeric Cubane and One-dimensional Polymeric Cubanes: Magnetostructural Correlation of Ni4 Clusters by D. Das, G. Mahata, A. Adhikary, S. Konar and Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth Des., 15, 4132−4141 (2015)

Publications: 2014 - 2015

China–India–Singapore Expanded to South and East Asia (EDITORIAL) by Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 15, 1. (2015)
Cocrystals and Salts of Pyridine-3,5-bis(1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl) with Pyromellitic Acid: Aromatic Guest Inclusion and Separation via Benzimidazole–Carboxylic Acid Heterosynthon by Avishek Dey, Saibal Bera and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 15, 318. (2015)
Coordination Polymers of Organic Polymers via Photopolymerization in Single Crystals: Two-dimensional Hydrogen Bonding Layers with Amazing Shock Absorbing Nature by M. Garai and Kumar Biradha Chem. Commun., 50, 3568-3570. (2014)
Multifunctional White Light-Emitting Metal-Organic Gels with a Sensing Ability of Nitrobenzene by S. Roy, A. Katiyar, S. Mondal, S. Ray, Kumar Biradha ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6, 11493-11501 (2014)
Dynamic Layered Coordination Polymer: Adsorption and Separation of Aromatics and I2 by Single Crystals by G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth & Design., 14, 3696-3699. (2014)
1D, 2D and 3D coordination polymers of 1,3-phenylene diisonicotinate with Cu(I)/Cu(II): Cu2I2 building block, anion influence and guest inclusions by G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha CrystEngComm, 16, 4701-4705. (2014)
Design, synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of 1D, 2D and 3D Coordination Polymers: Anion Assisted Argentophillic Interactions as Building Blocks by K. Banerjee, S. Roy, Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth & Design., 14, 5164-5170. (2014)
3D, 2D and 1D networks via N-H• • •O and N-H• • •N hydrogen bonding by the bis-amide analogues: Effect of chain lengths and odd-even spacers by G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha J. Chem. Sci.,, 126, 1285-1290. (2014)
Regiodivergent and short total synthesis of calothrixins by D. R. Mal, J. Roy and Kumar Biradha Org. Biomol. Chem., 12, 8196-8203. (2014)

Publications: 2012 - 2013

Crystal Engineering of Topochemical Solid State Reactions by Kumar Biradha and R. Santra Chem. Soc. Rev., 42, 950-967. (2013)
A Photoswitchable and Photoluminescent Organic Semiconductor Based On Cation–pi and Carboxylate–Pyridinium Interactions: A Supramolecular Approach by S. Roy, S. P. Mondal, S. K. Ray and Kumar Biradha Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, 12012-12015 (2012)
Anion Influence in Directing and Altering the Stereo Chemistry of the Double [2+2] Reaction of bis-pyridyl Dienes in their Silver Complexes: A Green Synthetic Route by R. Santra, M. Garai, D. Mondal and Kumar Biradha Chem. Eur. J., 19, 489-493 (2013)
Chemical and Mechano Responsive Metal Organic Gels of bis(benzimidazole) Based Ligands with Cd(II) and Cu(II) Halide Salts: Self Sustainability, Gas and Dye Sorptions by S. Samai and Kumar Biradha Chemistry of Materials, 24, 1165-1173 (2012)
Post-synthetic modification of isomorphic coordination layers: exchange dynamics of metal ions in single crystal to single crystal fashion by G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha Chemical Communications, 48,4293-45 (2012)
Influence of Solvents in Assembling Tris(4-halophenyl)benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides: Interplay of N–H•••O and Halogen•••Halogen Interactions by L. Rajput, G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth & Design,, 12, 5773-5782. (2012)
Design and Synthesis of Mixed Valent Coordination Networks Containing Pyridine Appended Terpyridyl, Halide, and Dicarboxylates by K. Banerjee and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 12, 4264-4274 (2012)
Polymorphs, Salts and Cocrystals: What’s in a Name? by S. Aitipamula, R. Banerjee, A. K. Bansal, K. Biradha et al Cryst. Growth. & Design, 12, 2147-2152 (2012)
Book Review of The Importance of Pi-Interactions in Crystal Engineering by Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth & Design,, 12, 5834 (2012)

Publications: 2011 - 2012

Separation of isomers of sulfophthalic acid by guest induced host framework formation with 4,4’-bipyridine by G. Mahata, S. Roy and Kumar Biradha Chem.Commun., 47, 6614-6616 (2011)
Weak Ag∙∙∙Ag and Ag∙∙∙π Interactions in Templating Regio Selective Single and Double [2+2] Reactions of N,N’-bis(3-(4-pyridyl)acryloyl)-hydrazine: Synthesis of Unprecidented Tricyclohexadecane Ring System by R. Santra, K. Banerjee and Kumar Biradha Chem.Commun., 47, 10740-10742 (2011)
Recent Developments in Crystal Engineering by Kumar Biradha, C.-Y. Su and J. J. Vittal Cryst.Growth & Design, 11, 875-886 (2011)
Odd-Even Effects: Diamondoid and Quartz Networks by Bis(pyridylcarboxamido)alkanes Containing Alkyl Chains with an Odd Number of -(CH2)- Groups as Spacers by G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design., 11,924-929 (2011)
Synthesis of Angularly Fused Aromatic Compounds from Alkenyl Enediynes by a Tandem Radical Cyclization Process by S. Roy, A. Anoop, Kumar Biradha, and A. Basak Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl, 50,8316-8319 (2011)
Two-component Supramolecular Organic Hosts as Colorimetric Indicators for Aromatic Guests: Visual Molecular Recognition via Cation-pi Interactions by S. Roy and Kumar Biradha Cryst.Growth & Design., 11, 4120-4128 (2011)
Crystal Engineering Studies with Monocarboxamidoalkanes Having C- or N-Terminal Pyridine and Their Coordination Complexes by G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha Cryst.Growth & Design., 11, 5649-5658 (2011)
Coordination Polymers of Flexible Bis(benzimidazole) Ligand: Halogen Bridging and Metal•••Arene Interactions by S. Samai and Kumar Biradha Cryst.Growth & Design., 47, 10740-10742 (2011)
Solid state double [2 + 2] photochemical reactions in the co-crystal forms of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one: establishing mechanism using single crystal X-ray, UV and 1H NMR by R. Santra and Kumar Biradha CrystEngComm, 13, 3246-3257 (2011)

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Crystal Engineering Studies on Ionic Crystals of Pyridine and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Containing Amide Functional Groups by L. Rajput, R. Santra and Kumar Biradha Aust. J. Chem., 63,578-588 (2010)
Carboxylic Acid and Phenolic Hydroxyl Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Co-crystals/Clathrates of Trimesic Acid and Pyromellitic Acid with Phenolic Derivatives by L. Rajput, N. Jana and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 10, 4565-4570 (2010)
Assembling One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers into three-dimensional architectures via hydrogen bonds by L. Rajput, M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha J. Chem. Sci., 122,707-720 (2010)
Assembling Coordination Networks of Bis-amido Pyridines via Hydrogen Bonds: Isostructurality and Large Hydrophobic Cavities for Guest Inclusion by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha New Journal of Chemistry, 34, 2415-2428 (2010)
Nitrate Ion Assisted Argentophilic Interactions as a template for Solid State [2+2] Photo Dimerization of pyridyl acrylic acid, its methyl ester and acrylamide by R. Santra and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 10, 3315-3320 (2010)
Introduction to the Themed Issue “Coordination Polymers: Structure and Function by Kumar Biradha New Journal of Chemistry, 34, 2353-2354 (2010)
Assembling Triple Helical Amide-to-Amide Hydrogen Bonded Columns of tris(4-halophenyl)Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides into Porous Materials via Halogen∙∙∙Halogen interactions by L. Rajput, V. V. Chernyshev and Kumar Biradha Chem. Commun., 46, 6530 (2010)
Amino acid based low-molecular-weight tris(bis-amido) organogelators by Suman Samai, Joykrishna Dey and Kumar Biradha Soft Matter, 7, 2121-2126 (2011)
Crystalline forms of 1,3,5-benzene-tri(pyridinyl)carboxamides: Isolated site hydrates as polymorphs and solvates by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha Journal of Molecular Structure, 991, 97-102 (2011)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Robust Hydrogen Bonding Synthon in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Coordination Polymers of Pyridine Appended Reverse Amides and Amides by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha CrystEngComm, 11, 1220-1222. (2009)
Coordination Polymers versus Metal Organic Frameworks by Kumar Biradha, A. Ramanan and J. J. Vittal Crystal Growth & Design, 9, 2969-2970 (2009)
Reliable formation of an unusual and chiral 2D-network containing entanglement of the ligand in the presence of different Anion by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 9, 3848-3851. (2009)
Two-dimensional Organic Brick-wall Layers as Hosts for the Inclusion and Study of Aromatics Ensembles: Acid-pyridine and Acid-carbonyl synthons for multi-component materials by R. Santra and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 9, 4969-4978 (2009)
Cocrystal and Salts of 2,2’,6,6’-Tetracarboxybiphenyl with Bis(pyridyl)Derivatives: Eight-fold Interpenetrated Diamondoid and Layered Networks by S. Roy, G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 9,5006-5008 (2009)
Supramolecular assembly of protonated Xanthine alkaloids in their perchlorate salts by Kumar Biradha; S. Samai, A. Maity, S. Goswami Crystal Growth & Design, 10,937-942 (2010)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Design of Co-crystals via New and Robust Supramolecular Synthon between Carboxylic-Acid and Secondary Amide: Honeycomb Network with Jailed Aromatics by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 9, 41 (2009)
Halogen...Halogen interactions in assembling beta-sheets into two-dimensional layers in the Bis-(4-halo-phenylamido)alkanes and their co-crystals via inter-halogen interactions by S. Samai and Kumar Biradha Cryst.Eng.Comm, 11, 482 (2009)
Stepwise Dimerization of Double [2+2] reaction in the Co-crystals of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one and Phloroglucinol: A Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformation by R. Santra and Kumar Biradha Cryst.Eng.Comm, 10,1526-1526. (2008)
Crystal Engineering with Acid and Pyridine Heteromeric Synthon: Neutral and Ionic Co-crystals by R. Santra, N. Ghosh and Kumar Biradha New Jounal of Chemistry, 1673-1676 (2008)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Design and synthesis of coordination networks containing amide, pyridine and carboxylate functionalities by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha Polyhedron, 27, 1248-1255 (2008)
Three crystalline forms of 1,3,5-benzene-tri(3-pyridinyl)carboxamide from the same solvent system by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha J. Mol. Str., 876, 339-343 (2008)
Comparative structural studies on Homologues of Amides and Reverse Amides: Unprecedented 4-fold Interpenetrated Quartz Network, new beta-sheet and 2D-layers by L. Rajput, S. Singha and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 7, 2788-2795 (2007)
Bimetallic Clusters of Pyridine Appended EDTA-amides in Designing 1D and 2D Coordination Frameworks by L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 7, 2376-2379 (2007)
Effect of Substituents on Molecular Geometry and Self Aggregation in the Crystal Structures of Ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetraamides by . L. Rajput, S. Palash and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 7, 1872-1880 (2007)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Crystal engineering of metal-organic frameworks containing amide functionalities: Studies on network recognitions, transformations and exchange dynamics of guests and anions by M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth and Design, 7, 1318-1331 (2007)
Are “Secondary Building Units�? the true building blocks in the crystal engineering of coordination polymers? by Kumar Biradha Current Science, 19, 587 (2007)
Hydrogen Bonding Adducts of Octamolybdate Anions Containing Coordinately Bound Pyrdiniumoxides by G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha Inorganica Chem. Acta., 360, 281-285 (2007)
Crystal engineering of coordination polymers using 4,4’-bipyridine as a bond between transition metal atoms by Kumar Biradha, L. Rajput and M. Sarkar Chem. Commun., 4169-4179 (2006)
Dynamic self-assembly of an M3L6 molecular triangle and an M4L8 tetrahedron from naked PdII ions and bis(3-pyridyl)-substituted arene by D. K. Chand, Kumar Biradha, M. Kawano, S. Sakamoto, K. Yamaguchi, and M. Fujita Chemistry--An Asian Journal, 1, 82-90 (2006)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Self-assembly of an alkali metal cluster stabilized by a new flexidentate metalloligand: Formation and structure of heterobimetallic Na-Mo and Cs-Mo 2D networks by S. Khatua, S. Dasgupta, Kumar Biradha, M. Bhattacharjee Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 24 (2005)
Amide-to-amide hydrogen bonds in the presence of pyridine functionality: Crystal structures of bis(pyridinecarboxamido) alkanes by M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha Cryst. Growth & Des., 6, 202-208 (2006)
Entrapment of hexamer of nitrobenzene molecules between the layers of (4,4)-coordination networks containing intra �?�-sheet hydrogen bonds, by M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 531-534 (2006)
Interplay of Hydrogen Bonds in Assembling (4,4)-coordination Networks: Transformations From Open to Interpenetrated Networks via Anion Exchange by M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha Crystal Growth & Design, 6, 1742-1745 (2006)

Publications: 2004 - 2005

beta- sheet recognition in the non-interpenetrated and interpenetrated two-dimensional coordination networks containing cavities by M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha Chem. Commm., 2229 (2005)
Encapsulation of aromatic molecules by the O-H��N supramolecular adducts of racemic-bis-beta-naphthol and 4,4�-bipyridine by Kumar Biradha and G. Mahata, Crystal Growth & Design, 5 (2005)
A 3D-Honeycomb Network with Unique Encapsulation of Dimers of 1D-chains by Kumar Biradha and G. Mahata Crystal Growth & Design, 5 (2005)
Coordination Polymers of Ag(I) with di-Schiff base and diaminoalkanes: double helix, ladder, CdSO4 and zigzag-chain networks by Kumar Biradha and M. Sarkar CrystEngComm, 6 (2004)
A circular tris[2]catenane from molecular figure-of-eight by A. Hori, K.-i. Yamashita, T. Kusukawa, A. Akasaka, Kumar Biradha and M. Fujita Chem. Comm, 1798 (2004)
2S,7R,11S, 16R)-1,8,10,17-tetraazapentacyclo [8.8.1.1(8,17).0(2,7).0(11,16)] icosane and its enantiomer. Synthesis, NMR analysis and X-ray crystal str by J. F. Glister, K. Vaughan, Kumar Biradha J Mol. Struct., (2005) 78-83

Some Earlier Publications

A �three-in-one� crystal of coordination networks by K. Biradha and M. Fujita Chem. Comm, PP 1866-1867 (2002)
3D-Coordination Network That Shrinks or Swells in a Crystal-to-Crystal Manner upon Guest Removal or Readsorption, Angew. by K. Biradha and M. Fujita, A Springlike Chem. Int. Ed., 41 PP 3392-3395 (2002)
Crystal-to-Crystal Sliding of 2D Coordination Layers Triggered by Guest Exchange, Angew. by K. Biradha, Y. Hongo and M. Fujita Chem. Int. Ed., 41 PP 3395-3398 (2002)
Chirality Induction through the Reversible Catenation of Coordination Rings, Angew. by A. Hori, A. Akasaka, K. Biradha, S. Sakamoto, K. Yamaguchi, and M. Fujita Chem. Int. Ed., 41 PP 3269-3272 (2002)
Spectroscopic and crystallographic studies on the stability of self-assembled coordination nanotubes, by M. Aoyagi, S. Tashiro, M. Tominaga, K. Biradha and M. Fujita Chem. Commun, PP 2036-2037 (2002)
Acta Crystallographica by D. An, M. Du, X.-H. Bu, K. Biradha and M. Shionoya, 5-Amino-6,8-dichloro-2,3-bis(2 pyridyl) quinoxal , E58 PP 436-438 (2002)
An extended network via hydrogen bond linkage of the linear coordination polymer [Cd(m-dptz)(NO₃)₂], by M. Du, X.-H. Bu, K. Biradha, M. Shionoya J. Chem. Res, 247 (2002)
A chiral M₆L₄ cage complex assembled from a D_{2_{h-symmetric ligand: self-assembly, structure, and chirality observation by Y. Kubota, K. Biradha, M. Fujita, S. Sakamoto and K. Yamaguchi Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 75 PP 559-565 (2002)}}
A Molecular Sphere of Octahedral Symmetry by D. K. Chand, K. Biradha, M. Fujita, S. Sakamoto, K. Yamaguchi Chem. Commun, PP 2486-2487 (2002)
Chiral Noninterpenetrated (10,3)-a Net in the Crystal Structure of Ag(I) and Bisthioether by X.-H. Bu, W. Chen, M. Du, K. Biradha, W.-Z. Wang, and R.-H. Zhang Inorganic Chemistry, 41 PP 437-439 (2002)
Layered Materials by Design: �2D Coordination Polymeric Networks Containing Large Cavities/Channels� in by K. Biradha and M. Fujita Crystal Design: Structure and Function,, 7 PP 211-239 (2003)
Side chain-directed assembly of triangular molecular panels into a tetrahedron vs. open cone, by M. Yoshizawa, M. Nagao, K. Umemoto, K. Biradha, M. Fujita, S. Sakamoto, K. Yamaguchi, Chem. Commun, PP 1808-1809 (2003)

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