Dr. M. S. Balakrishna

    Professor

    Department of Chemistry

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    Powai, Mumbai 400076

    Ph:   022-2576 7181

    Fax:  022-2576 7152

    Email: krishna[at]chem.iitb.ac.in

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Academic Background

Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

M.Sc. (Mysore University)

B.Sc. (Mysore University)

Professional Experience

Post-doctoral Fellow (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Research Interests

 

  • Designing new mutlifunctional, multidentate phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon based ligands, organo phosphorus compounds and the transition metal organometallic chemistry.
  • Designing new type of water soluble phosphine ligands for medicinal and catalytic studies
  • Inorganic rings, cages and clusters and their transition metal chemistry.
  • Inorganic materials and polymers.
  • Thermo chemical and electrochemical studies of phosphine bound organometallics.
  • Homogeneous catalysis.
  • Spectroscopy

 

Selected Recent Publications  

 

  • Group 11 metal chemistry of a tetraphosphonite, phenylene-1,4-diaminotetra(phosphonite), p-C6H4[N{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2]2, C. Ganesamoorthy, M. S. Balakrishna, J. T. Mague, Inorg. Chem. 2009. 48, 3768-3782

  • An Acyclic Dimer of Cyclodiphosphazane Containing Alkoxo- and Amide-Functionalities, {tBuHN(tBuNP)2OCH2}2: Synthesis, Derivatization and Transition Metal Complexes, M. S. Balakrishna, R. Venkateswaran, J. T. Mague, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 1398-1406

  • Weak Interactions between trivalent Pnictogen Centers: Computational Analysis of Bonding in Dimers X3E---EX3 (E = pnictogen; X = halogen), J. Moilanen, C. Ganesamoorthy, M. S. Balakrishna, and H. M. Tuononen, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 0000

  • Di-, tetra- and polynuclear RhI complexes containing phenylenediamino-tetra(phosphonite), p-C6H4[N{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2]2 and their catalytic investigation towards transfer hydrogenation reactions, C. Ganesamoorthy, M. S. Balakrishna, J.T. Mague, Dalton Trans. 2009, 1984-1990

  • Gold(I) complexes of cyclodiphosphazanes cis-{RP(?-NtBu)}2: Structure of a novel tetranuclear gold(I) macrocycle, [{Au{(o-MeOC6H4O)P(?-NtBu)}2}4](ClO4)4, P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Dalton Trans. 2009, 5478 - 5486

  • Highly Air-Stable Anionic Mononuclear and Neutral Binuclear Palladium(II) Complexes for C-C, and C-N Bond Forming Reactions, B. Punji, J. T. Mague, M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 11316-11327

  • Novel Octanuclear Copper(I) Metallomacrocycles and their transformation into Hexanuclear 2-Dimensional Grids of Copper(I) Coordination Polymers Containing Cyclodiphosphazanes, [(?-NtBuP)2(NC4H8X)2] (X = NMe, O): Synthesis and Structural Characterization, D. Suresh, M. S. Balakrishna, and J. T. Mague, Dalton Trans. 2008, 3272-3274

  • Water-soluble Cyclodiphosphazanes: Synthesis, Gold(I) Metal Complexes and their In Vitro Antitumor Studies, D. Suresh, M. S. Balakrishna, K. Rathinasamy, D. Panda and S. M. Mobin, Dalton Trans. 2008, 2812 - 2814

  • Large Bite Bis(phosphate) Containing Mesocyclic Thioether Moieties: Synthesis, Reactivity and Group 11 (CuI and AuI) Metal Complexes and Anticancer Activity Studies, D. Suresh, M. S. Balakrishna, K. Rathinaswamy, D. Panda and J. T. Mague, Dalton Trans. 2008, 2285-2292

  • Di-, Tetra-, Hexanuclear AuI and Binuclear AgI Complexes, and AgI coordination polymers Containing Phenylaminobis(phosphonite), PhN{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2 and Pyridyl Ligands, C. Ganesamoorthy, J.T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 2764 - 2776

  • Novel Tetraphosphane ligands {X2P)2NC6H4N(PX2)2} (X = Cl, F, OMe, OC6H4OMe-o): Synthesis, Derivatization, PdII and PtII complexes and Catalytic Investigations. Unprecedented PP Interactions in Chloro Derivative, {Cl2P)2NC6H4N(PCl2)2}, C. Ganesamoorthy, M. S. Balakrishna, J.T. Mague, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7035-7047

  • Highly Air-Stable Anionic Mononuclear and Neutral Binuclear Palladium(II) Complexes for C-C, and C-N Bond Forming Reactions, B. Punji, J. T. Mague, M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 11316-11327

  • Thioether-Functionalized Ferrocenyl-bis(phosphonite), Fe{(C5H4)P(-OC10H6(?-S)C10H6O-)}2: Synthesis, Coordination Behavior and Application in Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions, B. Punji, J. T. Mague, M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 10268-10275

  • Copper(I) complexes of bis(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)ether: Synthesis, Reactivity and Theoretical Calculations, R. Venkateswaran, M. S. Balakrishna, S. M. Mobin and H. M. Tuononen, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 6335-6341

  • New Bonding Modes for the Boraamidinate Ligand in Heavy Group 15 Complexes: Fluxional Behavior of the 1:2 Complexes, LiM[PhB(?-NtBu)2]2 (M = As, Sb, Bi). J. Konu, M. S. Balakrishna, T. Chivers and T. W. Swaddle, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2227-2236

  • Di- and Tetranuclear CuI Complexes Containing Phenylaminobis-(phosphonite), PhN{P(OC6H4OMe-o)2}2 and Their Reactivity toward Bipyridyl Ligands. C. Ganesamoorthy, P. P. George, J.T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 848-858

  • Ruthenium(II) complexes containing bis(2-(diphenylphosphino)phenyl)ether (DPEphos) and their catalytic activity in hydrogenation reactions. R. Venkateswaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 809-817

  • Synthesis and Molecular Structure of 1,3-di-tert-butyl-2,4-di(cyclodiphentadienyl)-iron(II)-1,3,2,4-diazadiphosphetidine, [Fe(5-C5H4)2(PNtBu)2], M. S. Balakrishna and J. T. Mague, Organometallics 2007, 26, 4677-4679

  • Intramolecular Amine Induced [1,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement in the Reactions of Aminophosphites or Phosphites with Elemental Sulfur or Selenium, P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 5893-5897

  • Poly(cyclodiphosph(III)azanes) [{Cu(µ-X)}22{RP(µ-NtBu)}22]n and Their Reversible Conversion into Mononuclear Complexes [CuX{(RP(mu-NtBu))2}2]: Synthesis and Structural Characterization. P. Chandrasekaran, J. T. Mague and MM. S. Balakrishna ,Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 6678-6683.

  • Synthesis of Neutral (PdII, PtII), Cationic (PdII) and Water-Induced Anioic (PdII) Complexes Containing New Mesocyclic Thioether-Aminophosphonite Ligands and Their Application in Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction. B. Punji, J. T. Mague and M. S. Balakrishna, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 9454-9464