Journal Publications
2024
1. Aishwarya Kollamvalappil Narayanan, Devansh Kaushik, Shelaka Gupta, C=C Bond Hydrogenation vs C−O Bond Hydrogenolysis of FurfurylAlcohol on Ru: A DFT Study.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2024).
2. Akshay Tikoo, Shelaka Gupta*, Praveen Meduri*. Property tunable two-dimensional zinc sulfoselenides as photocatalysts for enhanced hydrogen peroxide production: Experimental and DFT analyses. Journal of Catalysis 438 (2024) 115684.
2. Chaitra Shenoy, Shelaka Gupta*, M. Ali haider*, Tuhin Suvra Khan*. Rational design of bimetallic alloys for effective hydrodechlorination of 4-chlorophenol. New J. Chem.,
2024, 48, 7799-7809
2023
1. K. Rajendran, Roshni Madampadi, Sayan Shee, Rameshkumar Subramaniam, Tuhin S. Khan*, Shelaka Gupta*, M. Ali Haider, Dinesh Jagadeesan*. Oxygen Vacancy Mediated
Reactivity of CaO/CuO Composite for the Synthesis of Amino-N-heterocycles. ChemCatChem, 2023.
2. K Rajendran, Jyoti Yadav, Tuhin Suvra Khan, M Ali Haider, Shelaka Gupta*, D Jagadeesan*. Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Reactivity: The Curious Case of Reduction of Nitroquinoline
to Aminoquinoline by CuO. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 8576-8584 (2023).
2021
1. K Rajendran, N Pandurangan, CP Vinod, Tuhin S Khan, Shelaka Gupta*, M Ali Haider, D Jagadeesan*. CuO as a reactive and reusable reagent for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 297, 120417 (2021).
2. Sachin Kumar Sharma, Tuhin Suvra Khan, Rajib Kumar Singha, Bappi Paul, Mukesh Kumar Poddar, Takehiko Sasaki, Ankur Bordoloi, Chanchal Samanta, Shelaka Gupta, Rajaram Bal. Design of highly stable MgO promoted Cu/ZnO catalyst for clean methanol production through selective hydrogenation of CO2, Applied Catalysis A: General. 623, 118239 (. (2021).
3. Chaitra S Shenoy, Tuhin S Khan, Kirti Verma, Mesfin Tsige, Kshitij C Jha, M Ali Haider, Shelaka GuptaUnderstanding the origin of structure sensitivity in hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene on a palladium catalyst, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 6, 2270-2279 (2021)
2020
1. Tuhin Suvra Khan, Shelaka Gupta*, Maaz Ahmad, Md Imteyaz Alam, M. Ali Haider*. Effect of substituents and promoters on the Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction in the
biorenewable synthesis of trimellitic acid, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 30656-30670.
Publications Until 2019:
1. Porwal, G. #, Gupta, S. #, Sreedhala, S., Elizabeth,J., Khan, T.S., Haider, M.A., & Vinod,C. Mechanistic Insights into the Pathways of Aqueous Phase Phenol Hydrogenation on Pd
Nanostructures, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7,17126-17136 (2019) (# equal first author contribution)
2. Gupta, S., Khan, T.S., Saha, B. & Haider, M.A. Synergistic Effect of Zn in a Bimetallic PdZn Catalyst: Elucidating the Role of Under-Coordinated Sites in the Hydrodeoxygenation
Reactions of Biorenewable Platforms. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58, 16153-16163 (2019)
3. Gupta, S., Alam, M.I., Khan, T.S. & Haider, M.I. Mechanistic approaches towards rational design of a heterogeneous catalyst for ring-opening and deoxygenation of biomass-derived
cyclic compounds. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7, 10165-10181 (2019)
4. Khan, T.S. #, Gupta, S. #, Alam, M. I., Bandodkar, P., Alam, M. I., & Haider, M. A. On the Role of Oxocarbenium Ions Formed in Brønsted Acidic Condition on γ-Al2O3 Surface in
the Ring-Opening of γ-Valerolactone, Applied Catalysis A, 560, 66-72 (2018) (# equal first author contribution)
5. Gupta, M. #, Khan, T.S. #, Gupta, S.#, Alam, M.I., Agarwal, M. & Haider, M.A. Nonbonding and bonding interactions of biogenic impurities with the metal catalyst and the design of
bimetallic alloys. J. Catal. 352, 542–556 (2017). (# equal first author contribution)
6. Alam, M. I. #, Gupta, S. #,Bohre, A., Ahmad, E., Khan, T.S., Saha, B., & Haider, M.A., Development of 6-amyl-α-pyrone as a potential biomass-derived platform molecule. Green
Chem. 18, 6431–6435 (2016). (# equal first author contribution)
7. Khan, T. S., Gupta, S., Alam, I. & Haider, M.A. Reactivity descriptor for the retro Diels–Alder reaction of partially saturated 2-pyrones: DFT study on substituents and solvent effects.
RSC Adv. 6, 101697–101706 (2016).
8. Gupta, S., Alam, M.I., Khan, T.S., Sinha, N. & Haider, M.A. On the mechanism of retro-Diels-Alder reaction of partially saturated 2-pyrones to produce biorenewable chemicals. RSC
Adv. 6, 60433–60445 (2016).
9. Gupta, S.#, Arora, R#., Sinha, N., Alam, M.I. & Haider, M.A. Mechanistic Insights into the Ring-opening of Biomass Derived Lactones. RSC Adv. 6, 12932–12942 (2016). (# equal
first author contribution)
10.Bardhan, S.K., Gupta, S., Gorman, M.E., & Haider, M.A., Biorenewable chemicals: Feedstocks, technologies and the conflict with food production. Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews 51, 506-520 (2015).
11.Thaligari, S.K., Gupta, S., Srivastava, V.C., & Prasad, B., Simultaneous desulfurization and denitrogenation of liquid fuel by nickel-modified granular activated carbon. Energy &
Fuels 30, 61616168 (2016)
Patents
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Indian Patent Application, “A process for the production of unsaturated C9 linear ketones”, Granted (Patent No. 310920)
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Indian Patent Application, “Process for preparation of hydric alcohols”, Granted (Patent No. 316774)
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Indian Patent Application, 201711037804, Process for producing δ-decalactone (DDL), Filed on 25/10/2017.
Book Chapters
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Gupta, S. & Haider, M.A., "Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived platform chemicals on transition metal catalysts" Hydrocarbon Biorefinery, Elsevier, 409-430, 2022.
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Gupta, S., "Understanding Biomass Chemistry Using Multiscale Molecular Modeling Approach" Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability: Biomass Conversion and Green Chemistry-Volume, Springer International Publishing, 273-290, 2021.
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Alam, M.I., Gupta, S., Ahmad, E. & Haider, M.A., "Integrated Bio- and Chemocatalytic Processing for Biorenewable Chemicals and Fuels" Sustainable Catalytic Processes, Elsevier, 157–177, 2015.
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Alam, M. I., Ali, M.A., Gupta, S. & Haider, M. A., “Biological Routes for the Synthesis of Platform Chemicals from Biomass Feedstocks”, Microbial Application Vol. 2, Springer, 978-3-319-52668-3, 2017.