Dr. Rasool Khan

Dr. Rasool Khan

Ph.D , Pakistan (2008) in Organic Chemistry/ Synthetic Organic Chemistry/ Medicinal Chemistry
Research Interest: 

Synthesis, characterization and bioactivity evaluation of heterocyclic compounds

Development of new, green and cost effective synthetic methods and microwave assisted organic synthesis

Synthesis of functionalized organic molecules of diverse applications i.e. used in solar cells, conducting polymers and more.

Telephone: +92919216652
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Teaching/Administrative Experience

1.       Worked as Lecturer (Organic Chemistry), Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of   Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan from November 21,2002 to 16th November 2008

2.       Worked as assistant professor (Organic Chemistry), Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of   Peshawar, Pakistan from November 17th 2008 to august 24th 2009.

3.       Worked as Assistant warden Allama Iqbal hostel, university of Peshawar, Pakistan from 01/01/2005 to 15/02/2005

4.       Worked as Resident warden Allama Iqbal hostel, university of Peshawar, Pakistan from 15/02/2005 to 30/10/2005

5.       Member of the Science Society University of Peshawar from 1999-2001.

6.       Worked as Staff Proctor, University of Peshawar, 2007-08.

7.      Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan, since August 24, 2009  to May 3, 2012

8.      Assistant professor, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar since May 4, 2012

9.      Working as Coordinator, BS 4year program in Chemistry since September 01, 2012 to date.

Supervisory  Experience

Research students Supervised: 04 (M.Sc)

Research students Co-Supervised = 12 (M. Sc.) and 3 (M. Phil)

Students under supervision:

                M.Sc. = 04

                M. Phil = 11

                Ph. D   = 04 

Book(s) Published:

Rasool Khan, Synthesis and bioactivities evaluation of Quinazolon, LAP LAMBERT academic publishing, copyright@ OmniScriptum GMbH &Co.KG, 2014, ISBN: 978-3-659-38649-7

Research Articles Published:

  1. M. Arfan, R. Khan, M. Imran and H. Khan and J. Mehmood.,  One-pot synthesis and antimicrobial activities of 2-Aryl/Alkyl, 3-amino Quinazolinones. J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2008, 30, 299.
  2. M. Arfan, R. Khan, S. Anjum, S. Ahmad, M. I. Choudhary, Water promoted, microwave assisted oxidative novel deamination of N-amino quinazolinones. Chin. Chem .lett., 2008, 19, 161-165.
  3. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Rasool khan and Mohammad S. Iqbal 3-(2-Benzamidophenyl)-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ium Chloride, Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, o1505.
  4. M. IMRAN, H. KHAN, S. S. HASSAN, R. KHAN, Physicochemical characteristics of various milk samples available in Pakistan. J. Zhejiang Uni. Sci. B.   2008, 9 (7), 546-551.
  5.  Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Muhammad Ishaq Ali Shah, Rasool Khan, Mohammad S. Iqbal, 2-[6-Thioxo-5-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl1,3,5-thiadiazinan-3-yl] aceticacid,   Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o902.
  6. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Rasool Khan and Mohammad S. Iqba 3-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-1-ium, p-toluene sulfonat monohydrate. Acta Cryst. (2009). E65, o1051
  7. Mohammad Arfan, M. Nawaz Tahir, Rasool Khan, Sumbal Saba and Mohammad S. Iqbal, (2-Aminophenyl)[(5 S)-5-hydroxy-3,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]methanone Acta Cryst.(2009). E65, o1834–o1835
  8. M. Imran, F. N. Talpur, Sirajudin and Rasool Khan, leaf lipid contents of some edible plants from north-west Pakistan J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2009, 31 (3), 492-497
  9. M. Imran, H. Khan, M. Shah, Rasool Khan, and F. Khan, Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of Morus species J. Zhejiang Uni. Sci. B.   2010, 11 (2), 973-980.
  10. M. Arfan , R. Khan , M. A. Khan  ­, S. Anjum , M. I. Choudhary  and M. Ahmad  Anti leishmanial and Anti-microbial Activities of 2, 3-disubstituted 3H-quinazolin-4-one derivatives  J. Enzy. Inhib. Med. Chem., 2010, 25(4), 451-558
  11. Rasool Khan, Mohammad Arfan, Javeed Mahmood, Shazia Anjum and M. Iqbal Choudhary,  A facile synthesis of Novel unsymmetrical N-(4-oxo-2-phenyl-3(4H)-quinazolinoyl)-N-(aryl) acetamidines, Chin.Chem.lett., 2010, 21(8), 905-910
  12. Hameed Ullah, Zahida Wasil, anwar Ali Shad, Tahira Mehmood, Rasool Khan and M.Iqbal Choudhray, Biological activities of various crude fractions of solanum xanthocarpum's fruits , J chem soc Pak., 2010, 32, 104-108
  13. Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Rasool Khan , Yimingjiang Wuxiuer , Mohammad Arfan, Manzoor Ahmed , Ingebrigt Sylte., Identification of novel quinazolin-4(3H)-ones as inhibitors of thermolysin, the prototype of the M4 family of proteinases Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 18 (2010) 4317–4327
  14. Shabir Ahmad, Mohammad Arfan, Abdul Latif Khan, Riaz Ullah, Javid Hussain1,Zia Muhammad, Rasool Khan, Naeem Khan1 and Kazuo N. Watanabe, Allelopathy of Teucrium Royleanum Wall. Ex Benth. from Pakistan Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 5(5), pp. 765-772, 4 March, 2011
  15. Rasool Khan, Faima Alam, Saeed Anwar, Bakhtiar Mohammad Khan and Zarbad Shah, Isolation of Flavones from Indigenous Dodonaea viscosa J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 2012, 34(1) 195-200
  16. Muhammad Arfan, Rasool Khan, Anna Rybarczyk, Ryszard Amarowicz Antioxidant Activity of Mulberry Fruit Extracts  Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 2472-2480
  17. Yasmeen Rashid, M. Kamran Azim, Zafar. S. saify, Kalid. M. Khan and Rasool Khan, Small molecule activators of proteasome-related HslV peptidase Bioorganic and medicinal chemistry letters 2012, 22(19), 6089-6094
  18. Rasool Khan Mohammad Arfan, Imdadullah Mohammadzai and Naeem Khan, Catalyst and Solvent Free, Microwave Assisted Syntehsis of 3-Isoindolo-2-yl-2-Substituted Quinazolin-4(3H)-Ones  J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 35, 6, 2013, 1505-1507
  19. Zaher Shah,  Farman Ali,  Hidayat Ullah,  Alia Shah,  Dilfaraz Khan, Shafiullah Khan, Rasool Khan and  Irshad Ali, Biological Screening and Chemical Constituents of Viburnum grandiflorum J. Chem. Soc. Pak., 36, 1, 2014. 113-118
  20. Shafqatullah, Rasool Khan, Waseem Hassan, Arshad Hussain, Asadullah, Khaliq-ur-Rehman and Javid Ali, Development of HPLC method by UV-VIS detection for the quantification of phenolic acids in different Ocimum sanctum Linn. Extracts, Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 27 (5) 2014, 1271-1275
  21. Rasool Khan, Mohammad Mansour Quradha, AbdurRauf and Ajmal Khan Comparative Urease Inhibition Profile of Leaves and Stem of  Rumex nervosus Vahl,  Natural Product Research 28(24), 2014, 2355-2357
  22. Rasool Khan, Phytochemical analysis, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Urease inhibitory Potential of Cyphostemma digitatum Lam  Natural Product Research 29(5), 466-468, 2015
  23. Rasool Khan, Abdullah Qasem Saif, mohamed mansour quradha, Jawad Ali, Abdur Rauf, Ajmal Khan, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Urease Inhibiting Activities of Methanolic extracts from Cyphostemma digitatum Stem and Roots Natural Product Research  XX(X), XX-XX, 2015
  24. Rasool Khan, Muhammad Arfan, M. Ishaq Ali Shah, Muhammad Imran, Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan  Synthesis of Thiadiazine Thione Analogs as Leishmanicidal Agents and their Structure-Activity Relationships  J. Heterocyclic Chemistry,  (Inpress)
  25. Mohammad Arfan, Rasool Khan, Aydan Tavman and Sumbal Saba Spectral characterization and crystal structure of 2-amino-N′-[(1Z)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethylidene]-benzohydrazide, J. Saudi chem. Soc. (Inpress)
  26. Rasool Khan*, Mohammed Mansour Quradha, Abdullah Qasem Saif, Jawad Ali and AbdurRauf Phytochemical analysis and synergy in antioxidant activity of the leaves and stem extracts of Rumex nervosus Vahl (submitted)
  27. Rasool Khan, Mohammad Arfan and Murad Ali  A novel and efficient synthesis of novel N-{2-[4-(4-aryl)-5-methyl-4H-1, 2, 4-triazol-3-yl] phenyl} benzamide hydrochlorides (in process)

Membership of Commitees

  1. Lifetime Member of the Chemical Society of Pakistan
  2. Member of the Academic Council, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan, 2009-2012
  3. Member of the Faculty Board, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan, 2009-2012
  4. Member of the Senate, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan from 2010 to 2011

Appreciations/Awards

  1. Shield awarded on the occasion of golden jubilee, Institute of chemical sciences, university of Peshawar, Pakistan, November 2006
  2. Letter of appreciation by Embassy of Japan
  3. Letter of appreciation by University of Malakand Chakdara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan