VB Research Group

Calvin Samuel, Tokala Navaneetha, Junaid Ali and Viswanathan Baskar

“Cerium(III) Phosphinate and Cerium(IV) Phosphostibonate Acting as Catalyst for Mild, Selective Sulfoxidation”

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 872 – 881

Suman Mondal, Deepanshu Chauhan, Thierry Guizouarn, Fabrice Pointillart, Gopalan Rajaraman, Alexander Steiner and Viswanathan Baskar

“Self-Assembled Lanthanide Phosphinate Square Grids (Ln = Er, Dy, and Tb): Dy4 Shows SMM/SMT and Tb4 SMT Behavior”

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 22338-22348.

Calvin Samuel, Gujju Narsimhulu, Garima Bangar, Sai Hemanth Kumar Dasari, Gopalan Rajaraman and Viswanathan Baskar

“Silver-π Interaction: A Diverse Approach to Hybrid Material and Its Efficacy in Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia”

Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 21670-21678.

Gujju Narsimhulu and Viswanathan Baskar

Star-shaped Te (IV) – Te (VI) complex and an octanuclear heterometallic Te2Sb6 oxo cluster

J. Chem. Sci., 2024, 136, 7.

Gujju Narsimhulu, Calvin Samuel, Sathishkumar Palani, Sai Hemanth Kumar Dasari, Kothandam Krishnamoorthy and Viswanathan Baskar

Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution mediated by an organotelluroxane macrocycle stabilized through secondary interactions

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 17242-17248.

Navaneetha Tokala, Uppara Ugandhar, Calvin Samuel, Thierry Guizouarn, Fabrice Pointillart, Rajamani Raghunathan and Viswanathan Baskar

Tunable bandgap in self-assembled transition metal-incorporated heterometallic M2Sb4 (M = V, Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu) oxo clusters

Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 9328-9336.

Tokala Navaneetha, Ashif Ali, Ch. Venkata Ramana and Viswanathan Baskar

Discrete Molecular Aggregates Based on Zn(II) and Sb(III)/(V) Ions Displaying Efficient Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 13, 5237–5247.

Suman Mondal, Calvin Samuel and Viswanathan Baskar

Aza-donor ligands—A key to synthesizing mononuclear to coordination polymers of cadmium phosphinates

J. Mol. Struct., 2023, 1273, 134274.

Junaid Ali, Mohamad Mosa Mubarak, Calvin Samuel, Hadiya Amin Kantroo, Abbass Malik, Zahoor Ahmad and Viswanathan Baskar

Stibonic acids and related stibonate-phosphonate clusters: Synthesis, characterization and bioactivity evaluation

J. Inorg. Biochem., 2022, 111, 111909.

Ananda Kumar Jami, Smruti Prangya Behera, Suman Mondal and Viswanathan Baskar

Lutetium oxo clusters utilizing mixed ligand System: Isolation of a rare Lu4 oxo cluster in a tetrahedral architecture

Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2022, 143, 109784.

Suman Mondal, Smruti Prangya Behera, Mohammed Alamgir and Viswanathan Baskar

In Situ Assembled Polynuclear Zinc Oxo Clusters Using Modified Schiff Bases as Ligands

ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 1, 1090-1099.

Uppara Ugandhar, Tokala Navaneetha, Junaid Ali, Subrata Mondal, Ganapathy Vaitheeswaran and Viswanathan Baskar

Assembling Homometallic Sb6 and Heterometallic Ti4Sb2 Oxo Clusters

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 6689−6696.

Junaid Ali, Tokala Navaneetha and Viswanathan Baskar

Bismuth and Titanium Phosphinates: Isolation of Tetra‑, Hexa- and Octanuclear Clusters

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 1, 741–747

Pilli V V N Kishore, Junaid Ali, Gujju Narasimhulu and Viswanathan Baskar

Investigations on the reactivity of  arylantimony halides with N,O-donor ligands

J. Chem. Sci., 2018, 130, 100.

Ananda Kumar Jami, Junaid Ali, Suman Mondal, Joan Homs-Esquius, E. CarolinaSañudo and Viswanathan Baskar

Dy2 and Dy4 hydroxo clusters assembled using o-vanillin based Schiff bases as ligands and β-diketone co-ligands: Dy4 cluster exhibits slow magnetic relaxation

Polyhedron, 2018, 151, 90–9995.

Amaleswari Rasamsetty, Chinmoy Das, E. Carolina Sañudo, Maheswaran Shanmugam and Viswanathan Baskar

Effect of coordination geometry on the magnetic properties of a series of Ln2 and Ln4 hydroxo clusters”

Dalton Trans., 2018,47, 1726-1738.

Amaleswari Rasamsetty, Viswanathan Baskar and Dr. E. Carolina Sañudo

Hexanuclear Lanthanide Clusters Encapsulating a µ6‐CO32− Ion Displaying an Unusual Binding Mode

ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1, 3323 – 3327.

M. Santhana Raj Prabhu, Uppara Ugandhara and Viswanathan Baskar

In situ generated polysiloxanes stabilizing μ3-oxo bridged Sb3 triangles

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6963-6967.

Uppara Ugandhara and Viswanathan Baskar

Monoorganoantimony(v) phosphonates and phosphoselininates

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6269-6274.

Pilli V.V.N. Kishore, Amaleswari Rasamsetty, E.Carolina Sañudo and Viswanathan Baskar

Redox shield enfolding a magnetic core

Polyhedron, 2015, 102, 361-365

Nagarjuna Kumar Srungavrukshama and Viswanathan Baskar

Assembling anionic Sb(v)/(iii) containing polyoxostibonates stabilized by triphenyltellurium cations

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 6358-6362.

Nagarjuna Kumar Srungavrukshama and Viswanathan Baskar

Te4Se2O6 macrocycle stabilizing triangular planar and tetrahedral anions

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 4554-4559.

Pilli V. V. N. Kishore and Viswanathan Baskar

Hexa- and Trinuclear Organoantimony Oxo Clusters Stabilized by Organosilanols

Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 13, 6737–6742

Pilli V.V.N. Kishore and Viswanathan Baskar

Twelve-membered B2Si4O6 borasiloxane macrocycles

J. Organ. Chem., 2013, 743, 83-86.

Nagarjuna Kumar Srungavruksham and Viswanathan Baskar

Organoantimony(V) Phosphinates, Phosphonates, and Seleninates

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 4345–4352.

Ananda Kumar Jami, Viswanathan Baskar and E. Carolina Sañudo

New Structural Form of a Tetranuclear Lanthanide Hydroxo Cluster: Dy4 Analogue Display Slow Magnetic Relaxation

Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 5, 2432–2438.

Ananda Kumar Jami and Viswanathan Baskar

Tetranuclear stiboxanes (RSb)4O6, exhibiting an adamantane-type structure

Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 12524-12529.

Nagarjuna Kumar Srungavruksham and Viswanathan Baskar

12‐Membered Macrocycles Containing Ditelluroxane and Selenotelluroxane Units

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 136–142.

Pilli V.V.N. Kishore, Ananda Kumar Jami and Viswanathan Baskar

Investigations on the reactivity of arylboronic acid with phenolic pyrazole

Inorganica Chim. Acta, 2011, 372, 1, 321-326

Ananda Kumar Jami, M. Santhana Raj Prabhu and Viswanathan Baskar

Isolation of Tetranuclear Organoantimony Oxo Clusters and Hexa-decanuclear Polyoxostibonates

Organometallics, 2010, 29, 5, 1137–1143

M. Santhana Raj Prabhu, Ananda Kumar Jami and Viswanathan Baskar

Organoantimony(V) Oxido Cubane Cluster [(p-X-C6H4Sb)4(O)4(Ph2SiO2)4] (X = Cl, Br) Stabilized by Diphenyldisiloxides

Organometallics, 2009, 28, 13, 3953–3956.

Ananda Kumar Jami, Pilli V.V.N. Kishore and Viswanathan Baskar

Functionalised β-diketone assisted self-assembly of a hexanuclear yttrium oxo-hydroxo cluster

Polyhedron, 2009, 28, 11, 2284-2286

Publications before joining UoH

Viswanathan Baskar, Kandasamy Gopal, Madeleine Helliwell, Floriana Tuna, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer and Richard E. P. Winpenny

3d–4f Clusters with large spin ground states and SMM behaviour

Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4747-4750.

Shoaib Ali, Viswanathan Baskar, Christopher A. Muryn and Richard E. P. Winpenny

Mixed antimonate-phosphonate ligands as polydentate bridging oxygen donors

Chem. Commun., 2008, 6375-6377.

Simmi Datta, Viswanathan Baskar , Henan Li , Peter W. Roesky

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Tetra‐ and Pentanuclear Lanthanide Hydroxido Clusters

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 26, 4216-4220

Viswanathan Baskar, Maheswaran Shanmugam, Madeleine Helliwell, Simon J. Teat and Richard E. P. Winpenny

Reverse-Keggin Ions:  Polycondensation of Antimonate Ligands Give Inorganic Cryptand

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 11, 3042–3043

Viswanathan Baskar and Peter W. Roesky

Lanthanide hydroxide cubane clusters anchoring ferrocenes: model compounds for fixation of organometallic fragments on a lanthanide oxide surface

Dalton Trans., 2006, 676-679.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Loganathan Nagarajan, Kandasamy Gopal, Viswanathan Baskar and Paul Kögerler

A new structural form for a decanuclear copper(ii) assembly

Dalton Trans., 2005, 3143-3145.

Viswanathan Baskar and Peter W. Roesky*

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Series of Tetranuclear Lanthanide Clusters

Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2005, 631, 2782-2785.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Viswanathan Baskar, Kandasamy Gopal and Jagadese J. Vittal

Organooxotin Cages, {[(n-BuSn)3(μ3-O)(OC6H4-4-X)3]2[HPO3]4}, X = H, Cl, Br, and I, in Double O-Capped Structures:  Halogen-Bonding-Mediated Supramolecular Formation

Organometallics, 2005, 24, 21, 4926–4932.

Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar, Sundararaman Venkatraman, Viswanathan Prabhuraja, Rajneesh Misra and Viswanathan Baskar

Supramolecular Assemblies of Sulfur- and Selenium- Containing Expanded Porphyrins Mediated Through Noncovalent Interactions

Phosphorous, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 2005, 180, 845-872.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Viswanathan Baskar, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar and Selvarajan Nagendran

Organostannoxane motifs in cages and Supramolecular architectures

Phosphorous, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem., 2004, 179, 699-701

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Viswanathan Baskar, Alexander Steiner and Stefano Zacchini

Reactions of n-Bu2SnO and (n-Bu3Sn)2O with 1,1,2,3,3-Pentamethyltrimethylene Phosphinic Acid:  Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structures of a Novel Spirocyclic Coordination Polymer and a 16-Membered Inorganic Macrocycle

Organometallics, 2004, 23, 6, 1390–1395.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar* and Viswanathan Baskar

Ligand driven assembly of a monoorganooxotin cage from the reactions of organotin precursors with phosphonate ligands

J. Chem. Sec. A, 2003, 42a, 2376 - 2381.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Viswanathan Baskar, Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Kandasamy Gopal, Stefano Zacchini, Jamie F. Bickley and Alexander Steiner

Solventless Reactions for the Synthesis of Organotin Clusters and Cages

Organometallics, 2003, 22, 18, 3710–3716.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, Viswanathan Baskar and Jagadese J. Vittal

A New Structural Form of Tin in a Double O-Capped Cluster

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9, 2392–2393.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Selvarajan Nagendran, Viswanathan Baskar

Organotin assemblies containing SnO bonds

Coord. Chem. Rev., 2002, 235, 1-52

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar*, Viswanathan Baskar, Alexander Steiner and Stefano Zacchini

Synthesis of a Tetranuclear Organooxotin Cage by Debenzylation Reactions:  X-ray Crystal Structure of [(PhCH2)2Sn2O(O2P(OH)-t-Bu)4]2

Organometallics, 2002, 21, 21, 4528–4532.

Vadapalli Chandrasekhar,* Viswanathan Baskar, Savariraj Kingsley, Selvarajan Nagendrana and Raymond J. Butcher

First characterisation of weak hydrogen bonds in organoantimony compounds: C–H…Cl–Sb-mediated, zig-zag, supramolecular polymeric architecture in [Ph2Sb(Cl){S2C2(CN)2}]

CrystEngComm, 2001, 17, 1–3.