Arts and Sciences

Dr. Mohammad Shahid Ullah

Research Interests

• Organic synthesis
• Functional polymer synthesis
• Polymer-supported chiral organocatalysts synthesis
• Application to asymmetric synthesis
• Green chemistry

Educational Background

• Doctor of Engineering, (Organic Chemistry), Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan [2018]
• Master of Science (MSc), (Organic Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, DU [2010]
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, DU [2008]

Honors and Achievements

• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship- MEXT for PhD study, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), 2015
• National Science & Information and Communication Technology (NSICT) Fellowship by MOSICT for M. S, Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology, Bangladesh, 2010
• Dr. M. Qudrat-i-Khuda - Scholarship for Chemistry student in dept. of Chemistry, DU, Dr. M. Qudrat-i-Khuda - Foundation, 2007

Publications

1. ''Immobilized Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions'', SOS, 2018, Thieme.

1. Preparation of a chiral hyperbranched polymer based on cinchona alkaloids and investigation of its catalytic activity in asymmetric reactions, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 2024, TUBUTAK. URL
2. ADMET Polymerization of Dimeric Cinchona Squaramides for the Preparation of a Highly Enantioselective Polymeric Organocatalyst, Catalysts, 2020, MDPI.
3. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S. ''Synthesis of Cinchona Alkaloid Derived Chiral Squaramide Polymers by ADMET Polymerization and Their Application to Asymmetric Catalysis'', Chemistry Letters 2018, 47, 1220-1223., Chemistry Letters, 2018, Chemical Society of Japan.
4. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S. ''Chiral Polymers of Cinchona Squaramides as Highly Efficient Catalysts in Asymmetric Michael Addition Reaction'', ACS Omega 2018, 3, 4573-4582., ACS Omega, 2018, ACS.
5. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S ''Synthesis of cinchona alkaloid squaramide polymers as bifunctional chiral organocatalysts for the enantioselective Michael addition of β-ketoesters to nitroolefins'' Molecular Catalysis 2017, 438, 239-244, Molecular Catalysis, 2017, Elsevier.
6. Shohei Takata, Yuta Endo, Mohammad Shahid Ullah and Shinichi Itsuno, “Synthesis of cinchona alkaloid sulfonamide polymers as sustainable catalysts for the enantioselective desymmetrization of cyclic anhydrides.” RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 72300-72305., RSC Advances, 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
7. Mohammad Shahid Ullah, M. Giasuddin Ahmed, U. K. R. Romman, Kawsari Akhter, S. Mosaddeq Ahmed and Md. Ershad Halim, ‘Synthesis of 5, 7-Diaryl-1,5-Dihydro (or 1, 2, 3, 5-Tetrahydro)- Pyrano[2, 3-d] Pyrimidin-2, 4-Diones (or 2-Thioxo-4-ones)’, Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society (JBCS), 2012, Bangladesh Chemical Society.