Maryam Sadat Ghasemzadeh was born in Ghaen/ Southern Khorasan, Iran. She received her B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry from Imam Khomeini International University and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Birjand University under the supervision of Professor Sara Sobhani. She is currently studying her Ph.D. in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad under the supervision of Professor Batool Akhlaghinia. Her current re...

Maryam Sadat Ghasemzadeh was born in Ghaen/ Southern Khorasan, Iran. She received her B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry from Imam Khomeini International University and M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Birjand University under the supervision of Professor Sara Sobhani. She is currently studying her Ph.D. in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad under the supervision of Professor Batool Akhlaghinia. Her current re...

Copper(II)-mediated C-H oxidation is the subject of extensive interest in synthetic chemistry, but the mechanisms of many of these reactions are poorly understood. Here, we observe different products from Cu(II)-mediated oxidation of N-(8-quinolinyl)benzamide, depending on the reaction conditions. Under basic conditions, the benzamide group undergoes directed C-H methoxylation or chlorination. ...

α-Hydroxytropolones are a subclass of the troponoid family of natural products that are of high interest due to their broad biological activity and potential as treatment options for several diseases. Despite this promise, there have been scarce synthetic chemistry-driven optimization studies on the molecules. The following review highlights key developments in the biological studies conducted ...

Boron and nitrogen doped graphenes are highly promising materials for electrochemical applications, such as energy storage, generation and sensing. The doped graphenes can be prepared by a broad variety of chemical approaches. The substitution of a carbon atom should induce n-type behavior in the case of nitrogen and p-type behavior in the case of boron-doped graphene; however, the real situati...

Before the origin of simple cellular life, the building blocks of RNA (nucleotides) had to form and polymerize in favorable environments on early Earth. At this time, meteorites and interplanetary dust particles delivered organics such as nucleobases (the characteristic molecules of nucleotides) to warm little ponds whose wet-dry cycles promoted rapid polymerization. We build a comprehensive nu...