DR. MD. WAHAB KHAN
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Higher education careers
Ph. D. in Chemistry, specialization in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from IACS, Jadavpur
University, India, 1999.
Diploma in Chemistry, specialization in Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry from Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 1990.
M. Phil. in Organic Chemistry, specialization in Natural products from BUET, Dhaka, 1986
M. Sc. (Thesis Group) in Applied Chemistry, Specialization in synthesis of cellulose
derivatives from University of Dhaka, 1982
B. Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry under University of Dhaka, 1979.
Previous employments:
Position
Professor
Organization
Duration
of Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh Univ. of June 01, 2003 to till
Chemistry
Engg. & Tech. (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
today
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh Univ. of 02 May, 2000 – 31
of Chemistry
Engg. & Tech. (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh Univ. of 02 May, 1989 - 01
of Chemistry
Engg. & Tech. (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh Univ. of 03 Feb, 1985 – 01
of Chemistry
Engg. & Tech. (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 2003
May, 2000
May,1989
A. Supervised M. Phil. Thesis:
Name of Students
Title of thesis
1. Mohammad Jahangir Synthesis
of
Oxygen
containing
Date of award
heterocyclic June 2002
Alam
compounds through palladium catalyzed and Friedel
Roll No. 040003106
Crafts reactions
2. Md. Delwar Hossain
Synthesis of isoindolines and isoindolinones by Sept. 03, 2003
Roll No. 9603101
palladium catalyzed reaction
3. Arifa Akhter
Synthesis of indole derivatives through combined April 04, 2004
Roll No. 100003103
palladium catalyzed and Friedel Crafts reactions
4. A.F.G.Masud Reza
Palladium mediated synthesis of isoquinolinone Sept. 12, 2004
Roll No. 100103112
derivatives and their biological activities
5. Shameema Akhter
Palladium catalysed vinylation of organic halides July 30, 2006
Roll No. 040003116
with terminal alkenes
6. Morsed Ali
Synthesis of new annelated fused pyrimidine Sept. 16, 2006
Roll No. 100103104
derivatives and study of their biological activities
7. Tanvir Sultana
Synthesis of 5- 6-disubstituted pyrimidines of Sept. 20, 2006
Roll No. 100103102
biological importance
8.
Md.
Kabir
Uddin Synthesis of some new annelated fused heterocyclic Dece,21, 2006
Roll No. 100103111
derivatives of biological importance
9.Md. Abdul bari
Synthesis of dihydrofurans by metal catalyzed June 25, 2008
RollNo. 040303103
reaction of cyclic diazocarbonyl compound
10. Md. Najmul Kabir
Synthesis of some radiation grafted membrane for the June 28, 2008
Roll No. 040303114
removal of arsenic and some heavy metals from
contaminated water
11. Md. Oli Ullah
A study on different kinds of essential oils of Sept. 24, 2008
Roll No. 040303101
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) grown in
Bangladesh
12. Md. Faiaz Ahmed
Synthesis of 5-bromo-6-amido uracil from orotic acid
August 2,2009
Roll No. 100603118
13. Md. Ismail Hossain
Synthesis of substituted indoles by metal mediated Aug.23, 2009
Roll No.100603125
reactions
14. Mst
Laila
Arifun Synthesis of terminal acetylenes, alkynylaldehydes, Aug.31 2009
Nahar
and acids from arylhalides
Roll No. 040503102
15. Md. Enamul Haque
Sunthesis of 6-substituted pyrimidines from orotic Sept. 5 2009
Roll No. 100503101
acid
16. Md. Mizanur Rahman
Synthesis of 2-iodo-substituted acetanilides
Roll No. 040503103
Sept. 12, 2009
17. Mohammad mazharol Synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted indoles by metal Jan 30, 2011
Hoque,
Roll
No. mediated reactions
100503102 P
18. Fahmida Zaben
Synthesis
of
substituted
2,3-dihydrobenzofurans May 18, 2011
Roll No. 040803108 F
through palladium catalyzed reactions
19.FatimaTahura-EJannat,
Synthesis of dendrimer molecules based on triazine
March31,2012
Roll No. 100603117 F
20. Tania Ferdous
Synthesis of 2, 6-disubstituted indoline derivatives June 30,2012
Roll: No. 100603117
through palladium catalysed reactions.
21. Farhana Hoque
Palladium catalyzed synthesis of alkene and alkyne Sept. 26, 2012
Roll No. 100603116
derivatives from terminal alkynes
Md. Shariful Alam
Synthesis of substituted indoles through palladium Dec.26, 2012
Roll No. 100603122
catalyzed and Friedel-Crafts reactions.
22. Md. Humayoun Kabir
Palladium
Roll No. 100703105
Indoline derivatives from 2-Iodoacetanilides
Catalyzed
Synthesis
of
Substituted November 24,
2013
Major Publications:
1. M. M. Hoque, M. A. Halim, M. M. Rahman, M. I. Hossain and M. W. Khan, “Synthesis
and Structural insights of Substituted 2-iodoacetanilides and 2-iodoanilines” Journal of
Molecular Structure 1054-1055 (2013) 367-374.
2. M.N.K. Chowdhury, M. W. Khan, M. F. Mina, M. D. H. Beg, M. R. Khan, A.K.M.M.
Alam, “Synthesis and characterization of radiation grafted films for removal of arsenic and
some heavy metals from contaminated water” J. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 81
(2012) 1606-1611.
3. M. W. Khan, M. K. Uddin, M. Ali, M. S. Rahman, M. A. Rashid and R. Chowdhury,
“A Conveniet Synthesis of New Annelated Pyrimidines and Their Biological Importance,
J. Heterocyclic Chem., 00,00 (2012)
4. T. Sultana and M. W. Khan, “A Facile Synthesis of 5-Iodo-6-Substituted Pyrimidines
fromUracil-6-Carboxylic acid (Orotic acid)” Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. sci., in press
5. M. W. Khan, M. E. Haque and F. Ahmed, “An Expeditiuos Synthesis of 6-Amido-(1H,
3H)- Pyrimidine-2, 4-diones from Uracil-6-carboxylic acid” Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. sci., in
press
6. M. W. Khan, A. Akther and M. S. Alam, “A Highly Regio-selective Synthesis of N-acyl2-acyl (aroyl) indolium chloride through Palladium-Copper Catalysis followed by FriedelCrafts Reaction,” Synlett, in Press.
7. L. A. Nahar and M. W. Khan, “A convenient synthesis of alkynyl aldehydes, terminal
acetylenes and alkynyl acids from alkylhalides,” J. Bangl. Chem. Soc., 2010, 23(1&2), 2636
8. S. Akhter and M. W. Khan, “Synthesis of alkyl (E)-3-arylpropenoate through palladium
catalyzed vinylation of aryliodide with acrylic esters.” J. Bang. Chem. Soc., 2009, 22(2),
131-141
9. A.F.G. Masud Reza, M. W. Khan, M. S. Rahman, C. M. Hasan, and M. A. Rashid, “ In
vitro antimicrobial activity of some synthetic isoindolinone and isoquinolinone
derivatives,” Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. sci., 2006, 5(1-2), 15-19.
10. M.W. Khan, M. J. Alam, M. A. Rashid and R. Chowdhury, “ A new structural alternative
in benzo[b]furans for antimicrobial activity” J. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2005, 13, 4796-4805.
11. M. W. Khan and A.F.G. Masud Reza, “Palladium Mediated Synthesis of Isoindolinones
and Isoquinolinones,” Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 11204.
12. N. G. Kundu, M. W. Khan and Rupa Mukhopadhyay, “Isoindolinones (Phthalimidines),
J.Indian Chem. Soc., (India). 2001, vol 78, pp 671-688.
13. N. G. Kundu and M. W. Khan, “Palladium-catalysed Heteroannulation with Terminal
Alkynes: a highly Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of (Z)-3-Aryl(alkyl)idene
isoindolin-1-ones,” Tetrahedron, (UK), 2000, vol 56, pp 4777-4792.
14. M. Mukherjee, S. Matti, M. W. Khan, M. Helliwell and N. G. Kundu, “4-Benzoyl-2Chloro-6-Phenylpyrimidine”, Acta Cryst. (UK), 1999, vol C55, pp 2186-2188.
15. M. W. Khan and N. G. Kundu,"A highly efficient synthesis of 1-alkylidene-1,3dihydroisobenzofurans and 3-alkylidene isobezofuran-1(3H)-ones (phthalides) through
palladium - copper catalysis using acetylenic carbinols as synthons", Synlett, (New York),
1999, No. 4, pp 456-458.
16. N. G. Kundu, M. W. Khan and R. Mukhopadhyay, " Heteroannulation through combined
Palladium Catalyst and Friedel-Crafts Rections Strategy: Synthesis of 3-Alkylidene
Isoindolin-1-ones”, Tetrahedron, (UK), 1999, vol 55, pp 12361-12376.
17. N. G. Kundu, M. W. Khan and J. S. Mahanty, “Palladium-catalyzed heteroannulation
with acetylenic carbinols: Synthesis of 3-acylmethyl isoindolin-1-ones", J. Chem.
research(s), 1999, pp 460-461, J. Chem. Research (M), (UK), 1999, pp 1901-1918.
18. N. G. Kundu , M. W. Khan, S. Guha and A. K. Mukherjee, "Two (Z)-3-aryl(alkyl)idene
isoindol-1-ones", Acta Cryst. (UK), 1999, vol C55, pp 239-241.
19. M. W. Khan and N. G. Kundu, "An expeditious synthesis of 4-acyl-2, 6-dioxo-1, 2, 3, 6tetrahydropyrimidines (6-acyl uracils) and 4-acyl-6-aryl-2-oxo-2, 3-dihydropyrimidines",
J. Chem. Research(s), 1999, pp 20-21, J. Chem. Research (M), (UK), 1999, pp 0301-0318.
20. M. W. Khan, S. Guha, A. K. Mukherjee and N. G. Kundu, " N-Benzyl-3-benzylidene
isoindolin-1-one", Acta Cryst. (UK), 1998, vol C54, pp 119-120.
21. M. W. Khan and N. G. Kundu, " A highly regio- and stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-3aryl(alkyl)idene isoindolin-1-ones via palladium catalyzed annulation of terminal alkynes",
Synlett, (New York), 1997, No. 12, 1435-1437
22. N. G. Kundu and M. W. Khan," An expeditious synthesis of (Z)-3-alkylidene isoindolin1-ones via combined palladium cataysed and Friedel-Crafts reactions", Tetrahedron Lett.,
(UK), 1997, vol 38, No 39, pp 6937-6940.
23. M. W. Khan, M. A. Rashid, E. Huq and M. U. Ahmad, "The non-polar constituents of
Sida cordifolia Linn", J. Bangl. Acad. Sci., (Bangl), 1989, vol 13, pp 55-60.
24. M. U. Ahmad, M. R. Islam, E. Huq, M. W. Khan and S. Gupta, "Chemical investigation
of the aerial parts of Paederia foetida Linn", J. Bangl. Acad. Sci., (Bangl), 1991, vol 15, pp
19-22.
Conferences (national and international conferences and seminars):
I) Presentations:
1) M. Wahab Khan, Nitya G. Kundu, Monika Mukherjee, J. Balzarini and E. De Clercq,
“An Expeditious Synthesis of 4-Acyl-2, 6-Dioxo-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyrimidines (6-Acyl
Uracils) and 4-Acyl-6-aryl-2-Oxo-2,3-dihydropyrimidines and their Biological Activities”,
Presented as a Poster in the Symposium on “ Chemistry in the New Millennium:
Retrospect and The Centenary Lecture of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Held in IACS,
Calcutta, India on Feb 17-19, 2000, pp 20.
2) M. Wahab khan and M. Delwar Hossain, “Synthesis of 3-Aryl(alkyl)idene Isoindolin-1ones of Biological Importance, Presented as a Poster in the Asian Symposium on
Medicinal plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS X) held on Nov 18-22,
2000 in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, pp 84, p 268
3) M. Wahab Khan and Md. Shafiqul Islam Sarker, “Synthesis of 6-Substituted Pyrimidines
(6- substituted Uracils) from Orotic acid”, Presented in the Bangladesh Chemical Society
23rd Conference held on January 26-28, 2001 at BCIC Auditorium Dhaka, Bangladesh, p
42. Abstract 9.
4) M. Wahab Khan, M. Jahangir Alam, M. A. Rashid and R. Chowdhury, “Synthesis and
Antimicrobial Activity of 2-substituted Benzo[b]furans”, presented as oral presentation in
the Asian Symposium on Medicinal plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS
XI) held on October 26-30, 2003, in Kunming, China, PM-OP-05, page 274.
5) M. Wahab Khan and A.F.G. Masud Reza, “Palladium Mediated Synthesis of 3substituted Isoquinolinones of Biological Importance”, presented as poster presentation in
the Asian Symposium on Medicinal plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS
XI) held on October 26-30, 2003, in Kunming, China, PM-PP-19, page 304.
6) M. Wahab khan, M. Jahangir Alam and Arifa Akhter, “ Synthesis of 5-membered
heterocyclic compounds through palladium catalyzed and Friedel Crafts acylation
reactions,” presented as oral presentation in the 7th International conference on Heteroatom
Chemistry held on August 20-25 in Shanghai, China.
7) M. Wahab Khan and A.F.G. Masud Reza, “Palladium Mediated Synthesis of 3substituted Isoquinolinones” presented as oral presentation in the Bangladesh Chemical
Congress 2004 held on December 9-11, 2004 at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
8) Shamema Akhter and M. Wahab Khan, “Palladium catalyzed vinylation of organic
halides with terminal alkenes, presented as oral presentation in the Bangladesh Chemical
Congress 2006 held on March 9-11,2007, in Dhaka, OP C1 page 49.
9) Arifa Akhter and M. Wahab Khan, “Synthesis of some indole derivatives through
combined palladium catalysed and Friedel Crafts reaction” presented as oral presentation
in the Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2006 held on March 9-11,2007, in Dhaka, OP C3,
page 50.
10) Tanvir Sultana and M. Wahab Khan, “Synthesis of 5, 6-disubstituted pyrimidines of
biological importance” presented as poster presentation in the Bangladesh Chemical
Congress 2006 held on March 9-11,2007, in Dhaka, PP 49, page 93.
11) Morsed Ali and M. Wahab Khan, “Synthesis of some new annelated fused pyrimidine
derivatives and study of their biological activities” presented as poster presentation in the
Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2006 held on March 9-11,2007, in Dhaka, PP 50, page 94
12) Md. Abdul Bari and M. Wahab Khan, “Synthesis of dihydrofurans by metal catalyzed
reaction of cyclic diazocarbonyl compound,” presented as oral presentation in the
Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2008 held on January 30- Feb 01, 2009 in Dhaka, OP
C20, page 81.
Membership of Scientific and Professional Societies:
a) Life Member of Bangladesh Chemical Society, LM 336
b) Life Member of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Jadavpur,
Kolkata, India, LM 3967
c) Life Member of Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS),
LM 643 (IV)
d) Life Registered Graduate Member of University of Dhaka, Reg. No.: 13309
e) Life Member of Buet Alumni Association
Professional work at National and International level:
Member of review committee, Bangladesh Council of Science & Industrial Research (BCSIR)
Member of Chemistry Departmental Committee, Bangladesh Standard and Testing (BSTI)
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society (JBCS)
Member of Editorial Board, News Bulletin, Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS)
Convener, Publicity Committee, Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2008 (BCC08)
External Member of Selection Board, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology
(DUET)
Member of Moderation and Examination Committee, Department of Chemistry and
Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Military
Institute of Science of Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Shahjalal University of Science &
Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Visiting Professor, United International University (UIU), Military Institute of Science of
Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Islami University of Technology (IUT), Dhaka
Administrative and social activities:
Head, Department of Chemistry, BUET, 19-09-2007 to 25-09-2009
Provost, Shahid Smrity Hall, 20 Oct. 2012 to till today
Member, Committee for Advanced Studies and Research (CASR)
Member, Academic Council, BUET, 02-05-2000 to till today
Assistant Provost, Shahid Smrity Hall, 27-05-1993 to 19-10-1995
Assistant Provost, Suhrawardy Hall, 01-07-2000 to 03-10-1995
Member, Executive Committee, BUET Club, 01-01-2007 to 31-12-2009
Treasurer, Bangladesh Chemical Society, 01-01-2007 to 31-12-2008 and 01-01-10 to 31-12-12
Member, Executive Committee, BCS, 01-01-2009 to 31-12-2010
Professional Visits in Abroad:
Visiting Research Scholar, Nagoa City University, Japan, 20-3-09 to 30-3-09
Visiting Tokyo Tech-UNESCO Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 10-12-09 to 13-12-09
Academic Exchange Program visit, Iwate University, Morioka, 13-12-09 to 19-12-09