Supramolecular Materials Laboratory
PI: Dr. Suvankar Dasgupta

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
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Mukesh Jaiswal and Suvankar Dasgupta*, "[23]Crown Ether Incorporating Metastable [2]Rotaxanes and Pseudo[2]rotaxanes: Selective and Sensitive Fluoride Anion Detection with 4-Isopropylphenyl Stoppered [2]Rotaxane", Chem. Asian. J., 2025, e01680.
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Dikshit Bokotial, Pallab Bhandari, Mukesh Jaisawal, Trisha Das, Gokul Raj Mini Rajendran, Moupriya Mukherjee, Sunita Kyndait, Goutam Pramanik, Suvankar Dasgupta and Aniket Chowdhury*, "Artificial Light-Harvesting Pt(II) Amine Cage and Its Application as Security Ink", Chem. Eur. J., 2025, 31, e202500114.
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Rajeev Kumar Shandilya, Aniruddha Paul* and Suvankar Dasgupta, "An integrated, portable sensing platform made with surface-immobilized fluorophore-appended silver nanotriangles for bimodal detection of mercury(II) ions", Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, 126192.
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Mukesh Jaiswal and Suvankar Dasgupta*, "Tuning Stopper Size in Multiresponsive [2]Rotaxanes
for Fluoride Anion Selective Metastability", Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 6776-6781. -
Manisha Prakashni and Suvankar Dasgupta*, "BP23C7: high-yield synthesis and application in constructing [3]rotaxanes and responsive pseudo[2]rotaxanes", Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22, 1871-1884.
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Manisha Prakashni and Suvankar Dasgupta*, "Synthesis of [2]Rotaxane-Based pH-Responsive Molecular Switch Involving a [23]Crown Ether Wheel, Dibenzylammonium and Methyl Triazolium Recognition Stations", ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8, e202300553.
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Manisha Prakashni, Rasendra Shukla and Suvankar Dasgupta*, "Rapid and High-Yield Synthesis of [23]Crown Ether: Applied as a Wheel Component in the Formation of Pseudo[2]rotaxane and Synthesis of [2]Catenane with a Dibenzylammonium Dumbbell", J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 7825-7831.
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Suvankar Dasgupta*, Aniket Chowdhury and Partha Sarathi Mukherjee*, “Binding of carboxylatopillar[5]arene with alkyl and aryl ammonium salts in aqueous medium”, RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 85791-85798.
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Suvankar Dasgupta, Kuo-Wei Huang and Jishan Wu*, “Trifluoromethyl acting as stopper in [2]rotaxane”, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 4821-4823.
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Jishan Wu*, “Formation of [2]rotaxanes by encircling [20], [21] and [22]crown ethers onto the dibenzylammonium dumbbell”, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 425-432.
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Jishan Wu*, “Template-Directed Synthesis of Kinetically and Thermodynamically Stable Molecular Necklace Using Ring Closing Metathesis”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 3504-3515.
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Jun Yin, Suvankar Dasgupta and Jishan Wu*, “Synthesis of [n]Rotaxanes by Template-Directed Clipping: The Role of the Dialkylammonium Recognition Sites”, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1712-1715.
Patents
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Mukesh Jaiswal, "Bistable [2]Rotaxane for Selective Fluoride Anion Sensing and a Process of Preparing the Same Thereof,” Indian Patent 2024. Patent No.: 546263 (Granted).
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​Suvankar Dasgupta and Mukesh Jaiswal, "Metastable [2]Rotaxane for Selective Fluoride Anion Detection,” Indian Patent 2024. Patent No.: 547291 (Granted).
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Mukesh Jaiswal, "Metastable [2]Rotaxane with 4-Isopropylbenzyl Slippage Stopper and a Method of Preparation Thereof,” Indian Patent 2024. Patent No.: 555443 (Granted).
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Mukesh Jaiswal, "Bistable [3]Rotaxane for Selective Fluoride Anion Sensing,” Indian Patent 2024. Patent No.: 561978 (Granted).
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Mukesh Jaiswal, "Pyrene Stoppered Bistable [2]Rotaxane for Selective Fluoride or Cyanide Anion Sensing and a Process of Preparing the Same Thereof,” Indian Patent 2024. Patent No.: 564909 (Granted).
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Suvankar Dasgupta and Anjali Kumari, "Anthracene Stoppered Bistable [3]Rotaxane for Cyanide Anion Detection,” Indian Patent 2025. Patent App No.: 202531007311 (Response to FER Submitted).

Book Chapter

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Suvankar Dasgupta and Jishan Wu, “Template-Directed Synthesis of Catenanes", Compr. Supramol. Chem. II 2017, 6, 251−268. Elsevier, ISBN 9780124095472.