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    Unveiling the dichotomy between cobalt(ii)-exchanged x and y faujasite zeolites via oxidative carboxylation of alkene to cyclic carbonate
    (ACS, 2025-04) Ray, Saumi
    Cobalt(II)-exchanged X and Y zeolites with varying metal loadings were employed to convert CO2 to cyclic carbonates starting from alkenes. The transformation was carried out using O2 as an oxidant in a mixture of O2 and CO2 under atmospheric pressure, and a maximum yield of 35.7% cyclic carbonate was achieved. Studies revealed a stark difference among both the zeolites, primarily arising from a difference in their ion exchange behaviors. Their catalytic and recyclability properties differed as a result of this variation
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    Encapsulation of Cobalt Phthalocyanine in Zeolite-Y: Evidence for Nonplanar Geometry
    (ACS, 2003-02) Ray, Saumi
    Cobalt (II) phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules have been encapsulated within the supercage of zeolite-Y. The square-planar complex, being larger than the almost spherical cage, is forced to adopt a distorted geometry on encapsulation. A comparative spectroscopic and magnetic investigation of CoPc encapsulated in zeolite-Y and in the unencapsulated state is reported. These results supported by molecular modeling have been used to understand the nature and extent of the loss of planarity of CoPc on encapsulation. The encapsulated molecule is shown to be the trans-diprotonated species in which the center of inversion is lost due to distortions required to accommodate the square complex within the zeolite. Encapsulation also leads to an enhancement of the magnetic moment of the CoPc. This is shown to be a consequence of the nonplanar geometry of the encapsulated molecule resulting in an excited high-spin state being thermally accessible.
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    Tuning of Catalytic Property Controlled by the Molecular Dimension of Palladium–Schiff Base Complexes Encapsulated in Zeolite Y
    (ACS, 2017) Ray, Saumi
    Planar palladium–Schiff base complexes are synthesized, maintaining the order of their molecular dimensions as PdL1 < PdL2 < PdL3 < PdL4 < PdL5 in free state, as well as encapsulated in zeolite Y, where L1: N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine and L2, L3, L4, and L5 are derivatives of L1. All encapsulated complexes have shown better catalytic activity for the sulfoxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide in comparison to their homogeneous counter parts. These hybrid systems are characterized with the help of different characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and UV–visible spectroscopy; all of these studies have suggested that the largest complex deviates by the maximum from its free-state properties, and a radical change in the reactivity of the complex is observed.