Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
About
I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Nottingham and completed an MSc in Advanced Organic Chemistry at the University of East Anglia. I returned to Brunei in 1999 and joined Universiti Brunei Darussalam as a lecturer in Organic Chemistry. I continued my postgraduate studies from 2005-2008 at the University of Bath. I am also an associate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (AMRSC).
Teaching Area
- Organic photochemistry
- Cyclic ring systems
- Synthesis
- Chemistry in everyday life
- Functional groups in organic chemistry.
Current Research
- Synthesis of novel Schiff bases and synthetic methodology
Research Interests
My research interest lies primarily in the synthesis, characterization and biological studies of sulfur-containing Schiff bases and their metal complexes. I am also interested in synthetic methodology that involves simple transformations of one functional group to another, particularly via the ‘Borrowing Hydrogen” strategy.
Publications
- Synthesis, characterization and X-ray crystal structures of thiolate sulfur-bridged dimeric copper (II) complexes of the 2-aminoacetophenone Schiff base of S-methyldithiocarbazate, Ali, Mohammad Akbar, Aminul Huq Mirza, Malai Haniti S.A. Hamid, Nuzuhath Aminath, and Paul V. Bernhardt, Polyhedron 2012, 47, 79-86.
- Mixed-ligand nickel (II) and copper (II) complexes of tridentate ONS and NNS ligands derived from S-alkyldithiocarbazates with the saccharinate ion as a co-ligand, Ali, Mohammad Akbar, Aminul Huq Mirza, Wong Yok Ting, Malai Haniti S.A. Hamid, Paul V. Bernhardt and Ray J. Butcher. Polyhedron 2012, 48, 167-173.
- (1E,2E)-1,2-Bis(2,3,4-trimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazine, Malai Haniti S.A. Hamid, Mohammad Akbar Ali, Aminul Huq Mirza, Gan Ai Len and Ray J. Butcher, Acta Crystallogr. Sec. E 2010, E66, 2557.
- Helical metallomacrocyclic nickel(II) complexes of a tetradentate N2S2 ligand derived from N-methyldithiocarbazic acid, Mohammad Akbar Ali, Aminul Huq Mirza, Malai Haniti S.A. Hamid, Ik Chin Siew; Lo Pei Sia and Paul V. Bernhardt, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2010, 13, 1445-1447.
- Ruthenium-catalyzed N-alkylation of amines and sulfonamides using Borrowing Hydrogen methodology, Malai Haniti S.A. Hamid, C. Liana Allen, Gareth W. Lamb, Aoife C. Maxwell, Hannah C. Maytum, Andrew J. A. Watson and Jonathan M. J. Williams J. Am. Chem. Soc.2009, 131, 1766–1774.