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  • Saad Touqeer, Ph.D

Saad Touqeer, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Abu Dhabi Campus

Education

  • PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), University of Vienna, Austria
  • M.Phil. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Pharm D, University of Lahore, Pakistan

Research Interests

1. Drug synthesis

2. Natural product chemistry and ethnopharmacology

Selected Publications

1. Aslam, M.I.; Touqeer, S.Jamil, Q.; Aslam, F.;Iqbal, S.M.

Cenchrus ciliaris L. ameliorates cigarette-smoke induced acute lung injury by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress

SAJB2024, 171, 216–227.

 

2. Anjum, F.; Touqeer, S.Khan, M.Y.; Aufy, M.; Iqbal, S.M.

Pharmacognostic Evaluation, Chemical Characterization, and Antibacterial Activity of Bassia indica (Wight) A.J. Scott

Plants2024, 13(13), 1753.

 

3. Touqeer, S.; Ielo, L.; Miele, M.; Urban, E.; Holzer, W.; Pace, V.

Direct and Straightforward Transfer of C1 Functionalized Synthons to Phosphorous Electrophiles for Accessing gem-P-Containing Methanes

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 2425.

 

4. Senatore, R.; Malik, M.; Touqeer, S.; Listro, R.; Collina, S.; Holzer, W.; Pace, V.

Straightforward and direct access to β-seleno- amines and sulfonylamides via the controlled addition of phenylselenomethyllithium (LiCH2SePh) to imines

Tetrahedron. 2020, 76, 131220.

 

5. Ielo, L.; Castoldi, L.; Touqeer, S.; Lombino, J.; Roller, A; Prandi, C.; Holzer, W.; Pace, V.

Halogen-Imparted Reactivity in Lithium Carbenoid Mediated Homologations of Imine Surrogates: Direct Assembly of bis-Trifluoromethyl-β-Diketiminates and the Dual Role of LiCH2I

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 20852. 

 

6. Touqeer, S.; Senatore, R.; Malik, M.; Urban, E.; Pace, V.

Modular and Chemoselective Strategy for Accessing (Distinct) α,α-Dihaloketones from Weinreb Amides and Dihalomethyllithiums

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 5056.

 

7. Ielo, L.; Touqeer, S.; Roller, A.; Langer, T.; Holzer, W.; Pace, V.

Telescoped, Divergent, Chemoselective C1 and C1-C1 Homologation of Imine Surrogates: Access to Quaternary Chloro- and Halomethyl- Trifluoromethyl Aziridines

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 2501.

 

8. Touqeer, S.; Castoldi, L.; Langer, T.; Holzer, W.; Pace, V.
Homologation of halostannanes with carbenoids: a convenient and straightforward one-step access to α-functionalized organotin reagents
Chem. Commun. 2018, 72, 10112.


9. Monticelli, S.; Castoldi, L.; Touqeer, S.; Miele, M.; Urban, E.; Pace, V.
Recent advances in the synthesis and reactivity of spiro-epoxyoxindoles
Chem. Heterocycl. Comp. 2018, 54, 389.


10. Abid, S.; Saeed, M. A.; Touqeer, S.
Antimicrobial and toxicity studies on Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. and Vernonia elaeagnifolia DC
PJPR. 2017, 3, 51.

Teaching Courses

1. Medicinal Chemistry (B.Sc)

2. Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry (M.Sc)

3. Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis (M.Sc)

 

 

 

 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Memberships

1. Member Punjab Pharmacy Council, Pakistan

2. Member Pakistan Pharmacist Association, Pakistan

3. Member Association of Arab Universities, UAE

4. Member Société de Chimie Thérapeutique, France

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