Journal of Nanomedicine & Biotherapeutic Discovery
Open Access

F. Nawaz Khan

Biography

He received his PhD in 2003 from Central electrochemical research institute, chennai,(university of madras). He completed his post doctorial felllowship inbetween 2003 - 2004 (1 year), in Department of chemistry, graduate school of sciences,Tohoku university, sendai, japan. He Selected as the research professor by kbsi, busan, south korea. He is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT- University, India.

Research Interest

Organic synthetic methodologies, Different types of reactions involving -simple catalysis-reduction, oxidation, cyclisation, condensation, moisture sensitive Grignard reactions, allylations, N-arylations, periodate oxidations, sodium borohydride reactions, cyclization, Diels alder reaction, Phase transfer reactions, Friedlander reaction, Pfzinger reaction, Fischer indole réaction, Heck reactions, Buckwald coupling etc., Carrying out different types of reactions invoving - chemical, conventional and nonconventional conversions- microwave assisted reactions, named reactions, Nanomaterials in catalysis, Organic synthesis, natural product chemistry, heterocyclics including -Isocoumarins, Isocarbostyrils, isoquinolinone, isoquinolines, quinolines and the S, Se, Te analogues. Also including thiazoles, pyrazoles, triazoles, thiadiazoles, oxazoles,etc., Camptothecin and Mappicine Analogue synthesis- activity studies, Nanomaterials-Nanotubes, nanorods, chiral nanomaterials- synthesis, characterisation and applications, Handling various instruments like NMR, UV, IR spectroscopy and also Gas chromatography and GC-Mass spectroscopy and interpretation of various reactions products and mechanism of reactions, Carrying out different studies - X-Ray diffraction, stereochemical investigation, antibacterial studies, anticancer activity antityroid, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and DNA interaction studies