Research Topic

• Synthesis of Ionic Liquids from N-Heterocycles and their applications in acid and base catalysed organic reactions.

Academic Degrees

• Research Scholar in Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Karachi.
• Visiting Scholar  in HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi.
• M.Phil. in Chemistry, 2017, Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Karachi.
• MSc. in Chemistry, Specialization in Organic Chemistry, 2012, Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Karachi.
• BSc. in Chemistry, 2009, DJ Sindh Govt. Science College, affilated from University of Karachi.

Awards

• Prize Undergraduate Mitsubishi Fellowship, University of Karachi, 2011

Areas of Specialization

• Ionic Liquids,
• Organic Synthesis,
• Catalysis,
• Material Science,
• Heterocyclization.  

Research Interests

Ionic Liquids (ILs) self-assemble to form supramolecular polymeric clusters/aggregates. The aggregation behavior of ILs influences its activity in the organic synthesis. However, the precise role of ILs in organic reactions is still unknown. It is, therefore, important to comprehend the supramolecular polymeric aggregation behavior of ILs. We are exploring the supramolecular polymeric aggregation behavior of ILs using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS). We are also investigating new and green routes of organic products by using different ILs as a solvent/catalyst.

The following topics include current areas of active research.

• Synthesis and Characterization of ILs from N-Heterocycles and their applications in organic synthesis.

• Impact of Supramolecular Polymeric aggregation behavior of ILs in catalysis

• Utilization of CO2 in organic synthesis using Ionic Liquids

• Synthesis and applications of Conducting Polyionic liquids 

Selected Publications

Effect of supramolecular polymeric aggregation in room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) on catalytic activity in the synthesis of 4H-chromene derivatives and Knoevenagel condensation

Shoaib Muhammad, Firdous Imran Ali, Muhammad Naveed Javed, Agha Arsalan Wasim, Ahmed Bari, Faisal Rafique, Muhammad Amjad Ilyas, Kashif Riaz, Syed Junaid Mahmood, Amir Ahmed, Imran Ali Hashmi

Journal of Molecular Liquids, Available online 15 October 2020, 114503

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114503

 

Supramolecular polymeric aggregation behavior and its impact on catalytic properties of imidazolium based hydrophilic ionic liquids

Shoaib Muhammad, Muhammad Naveed Javed, Firdous Imran Ali, Ahmed Bari, Imran Ali Hashmi

Journal of Molecular Liquids, Volume 300 (2019) 112372

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112372

 

Newly designed pyridine and piperidine based Ionic Liquids: Aggregation behavior in ESI-MS and catalytic activity in C-C bond formation reactions

Muhammad Naveed Javed, Shoaib Muhammad, Imran Ali Hashmi, Ahmed Bari, Syed Ghulam Musharraf, Firdous Imran Ali

Journal of Molecular Liquids, Volume 272, Pages 84-91 2018, ISSN 0167-7322, 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2018.09.083.