Chemistry

    Faculty Profile

    Dr. Md. Ashraful Alam

    Professor

    Contact Information:

    • Office Address: Room No 203 Academic Building B Department of Chemistry Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
    • Phone: 01718364976
    • Email: ashraf_sust@yahoo.com

    Biography:

    Date of Birth: April 16, 1973
    Home City: Sherpur
    Phone: 880-821-717850 Ext: 433 (Off) IP Phone; 2433
    Cell: 01718-364976 (Cell)
    E-mail: ashraf.sust@gmail.com; maalam@sust.edu

    Education:

    • Post Doctoral: Tsuboi Reken, Okayama, Japan, 2012
    • Ph.D. (2005) Okayama University, Japan
    • M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, SUST, 1995
    • B. Sc. Honors in Chemistry, SUST, 1994

    Research Interests:

    • Education, Educational Quality Assurance, Quality Teaching Learning, Online Teaching
    • Bio-organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Natural Products Chemistry, and their Bio-activity, Synthesis of bioactive molecules, Total Synthesis, Supramolecular chemistry, etc.

    Active Research Project

    1. None

    Previous Research Project

    1. HEQAP

    External Affiliations:

    • Academic Adminstrator

    Awards & Recognition:

    • Japanese Gov. Scholarship (Monobushu)

    Journal Publications

    1. Jannatul Ferdousi Moon, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Khan, M. Ashraful Alam and Muhammad Younus, Simple synthesis of poly (1,4-bis(dodecyloxy)-2,5-diethynylbenzene)/Pd composites with catalytic activity in Sonogashira coupling reaction, March 22, 2021, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2020-0220
    2. Md. K. Amina, Md. M. Rahmana, M. Nahera, T. Islama, Md. F. Ahmada, Md. Amran-al-taz Khana, M. M. R. Khana, Md. Ashraful Alama, M. Younusa, M. K. Biswasb, Y. Haqueb, Acceptor and donor substituted alkoxy (phenyleneethynylenes) (Alkoxy-PEs): Synthesis, thermal, linear and nonlinear optical properties. Synthetic Metals, ELSEVIER, 232 (2017) 96–102
    3. Alam, A.; Tsuboi, S. Total Synthesis of 3,3,4-tri-O-methylellagic acid from gallic acid. Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 10454–10465
    4. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Ito, H.; Yoshida, T.; Tsuboi, S. Multi-functionalization of gallic acid towards improved synthesis of - and -DDB, Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 1909-1918
    5. Alam, A. 1,3-di-bromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin. Synlett SPOTLIGHT, Synlett, 2005, 2403
    6. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Tsuboi, S. A Simple, extremely fast and high yielding oxidation of thiols to disulfides. Synth. Commun.2005, 35, 1329-1333
    7. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Tsuboi, S. 1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, a useful reagent for ortho-monobromination of phenols and polyphenols. J. Fac. Environ. Sci. and Tech., Okayama University, 2005, 10, 105-109
    8. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Tsuboi, S. Synthesis of ellagic acid and its 4,4-di-O-alky derivatives from gallic acid. J. Fac. Environ. Sci. and Tech., Okayama University, 2005, 10, 111-117
    9. Alam, A.; Mamedov, V. A.; Gubaidulin, A. T,; Kalita, D.; Tsuboi, S. Isolation and Identification of 2,3,7-tri-O-Methylellagic acid from Cassia alata Leaves, Natural Medicines, 2003, 57, 73
    10. Dass, M. K.; Sadi, B. B. M.; Alam, M. A. Abedin, M. Z. A Study on Some Water Quality Parameters of the Effluents of Chatak Paper and Pulp Industry, SUST STUDIES, Shahj alal Univ. of Sci. and Tech. Sylhet, Bangladesh. 2000, 3(1), 75-82
    11. Alam, A. M.; Muslim, T.; Rahman, M. S. M.; Abedin, M. Z.; Comparative study of total Vitamin C in various fruits and vegetables in greater Sylhet Area, J. of the Bangladesh Chem. Soc. 1998, 11 (1&2), 15-21

    Conference Proceedings

    1. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Tsuboi, S. Study of Ar-Ar bond formation for the sterically hindered molecule towards the synthesis of natural products containing asymmetric biaryl units. The 85th Annual conference of Japan Chem. Soc. 3B1-27 (Yokohama, Japan, March 26-29, 2005). (Oral presentation)
    2. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Tsuboi, S. Isolation, characterization and synthetic study of 3,3,4-tri-O-methylellagic acid from Cassia alata leaves.the 19th Symposium for Young Chemists, abstract p 35 (Tottori, Japan, , September 12-13, 2003). (Poster)
    3. Alam, A.; Takaguchi, Y.; Yoshida, T.; Tsuboi, S. Synthetic study of 3,3,4-tri-O- methylellagic acid and valoneic acid dilactone towards the synthesis of some natural ellagic acid glycosides and ellagitannins. The 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, CELL 14 (Philadelphia, USA, August 22-26, 2004). (Poster)
    4. Alam, A.; Mamedov, V. A.; Gubaidulin, A. T, Kalita, D.; Tsuboi, S. Isolation and structural determination of the extract from Cassia alata leaf. The 81st annual conference of Japan Chem. Soc. 3A1-39, p 704 (Tokyo, Japan, March 26-29, 2002). (Oral presentation)
    5. Komiyama, T.; Hamamoto, H.; Alam, A.; Mamedov, A.; Tsuboi, S. Synthesis of biologically active compounds from Darzens condensation products by using biocatalyst. The 5th Symposium of Biocatalyst Chemistry, 1P-28, P 32 (Okayama, Japan, December 13-14, 2001). (Oral presentation)

    Teaching

    • Organic Chemistry
    • Reaction Machanism
    • Organic Synthesis
    • Stereochemistry
    • Bio and Medicinal Chemistry
    • Chemistry Education
    • Enlisted Master trainer of UGC and BAC

    Graduate Supervision

    1. M.Phil.