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Dr. Mohammad Karim

 

Professor - Organic Cemistry Chair, Department of Chemistry Contact Information: Phone: 615-963-5344 Fax: 615-963-5326 Email: mkarim@tnstate.edu

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Areas Of Interest

Synthetic organic chemistry, development of new synthetic strategy, natural product synthesis, synthesis of anticancer and anti-AIDS agents.

       1.          Synthesis of Schiff’s Bases

       2.          Synthesis of Curcumol and Related Natural products

       3.          Synthesis of Cembranoid Diterpenes

PUBLICATIONS:

1]  Synthesis and Characterization of New Schiff bases formed by Condensation of 2,9-Phenathroline-1,10-dialdehyde with Sulfur-containing Amines; Md. Arifuzzaman*, Mohammad R. Karim**, Tasneem A. Siddiquee*, Aminul H. Mirza^†, Mohamad A. Ali^†, International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013, 3(1), 81-86

2]  Template synthesis and X-ray structural characterization of nickel(II) and zinc(II) complexes of tetradentate SNNS ligands formed by condensation of phthalaldehyde with S-methyldithiocarbazate and ⁴N-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide Mohammad Akbar Ali a , ⇑ , Aminul Huq Mirza a , Chan Chin Mei a , Paul V. Bernhardt b , Mohammad Rezaul Karim cPolyhedron, 2013, 49, 277-283.

3]  Self-assembling dicopper(II) complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone Schiff base ligands derived from alkyldithiocarbazates; Mohammad Akbar Ali^*a, Aminul H. Mirza^a , Ray J. Butcher^b _, Paul V. Bernhardt^c, Mohammad Rezaul Karim^d ; Polyhedron 2011, 30 (9), 1478-1485.

4]  “2,9-Bis(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline dichloromethane disolvate” Jesmin Akther, Sergey Lindeman and Mohammad R. Karim; Acta Cryst 2008, E64, 01836

5]  "Hemicholinium - 3 Mustard Reveals Two Populations of Choline Cotransporters with Different Properties." M.T.Ivy, R.F.Newkirk, M.R. Karim, C.M.P.Mtshali and J.G.Townsel, Neuroscience, 2001, 102(4), 969-978.

6]  "Revelation of Silent Choline Cotransporters" M.D. Kemp, R.F. Newkirk, M.T. Ivy, M.R. Karim and J.G. Townsel; Society for Neuroscience Conference, Los Angeles, California, , Nov 7-12, 1998.

7] "Hemicholinium Mustard Reveals a Constitutive Cycling Choline Cotransporter" R.F. Newkirk, M.T. Ivy, M.R. Karim, and J.G. Townsel; Society for Neuroscience Conference, Los Angeles, California, , Nov 7-12, 1998.

8]  "A Hemicholinium-3 Mustard Reveals Two Populations of Choline Cotransporters with Different Properties” Michael T. Ivy, Mohammad R. Karim, Robert F. Newkirk, Byron D. Ford and James G. Townsel; Neuroscience Abstracts, 1998, Vol 23(2), p1239.

9]  "Preparation and Nucleic-Acid Binding of Ellipticine Derivatives." Kennedy, G. D., Krishnan, G., Karim, M., and Harden, D. (1997). Heterocyclic Communications, 2, 125-128.

10]  "Pulping Catalyst From Lignin (5). Nitrogen Dioxide Oxidation of Lignin Models to Benzoquinones", Dimmel, D. R.; Karim, M.R.; Savidakis, M.C; Bozell, J.J.; J. Wood Chem. Technol., 1996, 16, 169.

11]  Kennedy, G. D., Krishnan, G., Karim, M., and Harden, D. (1996). Preparation and Nucleic-Acid Binding of Ellipticine Derivatives. Heterocyclic Communications, 2, 125-128.

12]  “Effects of Electron Donating Groups on the Ene Donor in Intramolecular Ene Reaction”, M.R. Karim, Leon Smith, at 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 24-28, 1996, in New Orleans, Louisiana (ORGN. 42)

13]  "Degradation of Dibenzodioxin during Chlorine Dioxide Bleaching of Kraft Pulp", Alison K. Daube, Mohammad R. Karim, Donald R. Karim, Thomas J. McDonough, Sujit Banerjee; Environ. Sci. Technol. 1992, 22, 1324

14]  "A new and Efficient Approach to Macrocyclic Ketolactones", Karim, M.R.; Sampson, P.* J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 598.

Book Review:

             1.        Fundamentals of Chemistry, Chapters 5 and 9, 3^rd edition by David Goldberg, McGraw-Hill Publisher, January 2001.

             2.        Modern Organic Synthesis: An Introduction by Michael Nantz and George Zweifel W.H. Freeman and Company, Publishers. May, 2005

HONORS AND AWARDS:

                     1.        Department of Education Award, 1997

                     2.        Special recognition by MOHONA Cultural group of Atlanta, 1996

                     3.        Kent State University Fellowship (1989)

                     4.        Waldo-Semon Graduate Research Award by KSU and B.F. Goodrich.               

                     5.        American Chemical Society Award (1988)

                     6.        Dissertation award (1988) at Kent State University

                     7.        Teaching Fellowship (1985-89) in the Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.               

EDUCATION:  

Ph.D.    Kent State University (Org. Chemistry), Kent, Ohio, 1989    

M.S.      Jahangirnagar University (Org. Chemistry), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1980

B.S.      Jahangirnagar University (Chemistry), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

TEACHING :

• ·General Chemistry
• ·Organic Chemistry
• ·Spectroscopic methods
• ·Advanced Organic Chemistry
• ·Special Topics Organic – Retrosynthetic Analysis
• ·Scientific Communications
• ·Organic Chemistry Survey

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