Education

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

M.S. Applied Industrial Inorganic Chemistry Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

B.Pharm. Jordan University of Science

Research Interests

• Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of N-containing heterocyclic pharmaceuticals.
• Natural product total synthesis.

Selected Publications

• Nezar Al-Bataineh, K. N. Houk, Matthias Brewer ,Xin Hong. “(2+1)-Cycloaddition Reactions Give Further Evidence of the Nitrenium-like Character of 1-Aza-2-azoniaallene Salts” J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82 (7), pp 4001–4005.

• Xin Hong; Daniel A. Bercovici; Zhongyue Yang; Nezar Al-Bataineh; Ramya Srinivasan; Ram C. Dhakal; K. N. Houk; Matthias Brewer, "Mechanism and Dynamics of Intramolecular C–H Insertion Reactions of 1-Aza-2-azoniaallene Salts", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137 (28), pp 9100- 9107.
• Nezar Q. Al-Bataineh; Matthias Brewer, "Iodine(III)-Mediated Bicyclic Diazenium Salt Formation", Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53 (40), pp 5411- 5413.
• J. Wyman , M. I. Javed , N. Al-Bataineh , and M. Brewer, " Synthetic Approaches to Bicyclic Diazenium Salts", J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75 (23), pp 8078–8087.

Teaching Courses

• Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry -1 
• Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry-2
• Analytical Chemsitry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Biochemistry

 

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

American Chemical Society