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Ten career-best publications  

1. Ashraf Ghanem, “The utility of cyclodextrins in lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic solvents: enhanced reaction rate and enantioselectivity” Org. Biomol. Chem (former Perkin 1 and Perkin 2). 1 (2003) 1282-1291. (ERA: *A; IF 3.5; ranking: 10/55 in Organic Chemistry). The first report on the use of macrocyclic additives to enhance the reaction rate and enantioselectivity in lipase-catalyzed reactions in organic solvents showing strong evidences of enzyme morphology alterations. 

2. Paul Muller and Ashraf Ghanem “Rhodium (II) catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation with dimethyl malonate” Org. Letter, 6(23) pp 4347 – 4350, 2004. (ERA:*A; IF 5.1; ranking: 4/55 in Organic Chemistry. The first discovery of a new chiral dirhodium catalyst with extraordinary enantioselectivity. The impact of such a discovery has been reported by others (eg. Charette Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 10155)  

3. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates: A versatile method for the separation of enantiomers” Chapter (7) contribution in "Enantiomer Separation Fundamentals and Practical Methods" edited by Fumio Toda, Japan. Springer Verlag Publishers, New York 2005 and 2006 Ed. ISBN 1-4020-2336-7 and 9781402023361. This book has been reviewed by Amazon.com as being an “invaluable resource” for “Chemists, Engineers and students working in the field of chiral compounds in Universities, Institutes and Industry”. 

4. Ashraf Ghanem ‘A C-11 Chiralsil-dex for enantioselective chromatographic analysis of cyclopropane derivatives” Talanta 66 (2005) 1234-1241. (ERA: *A; IF 3.2; ranking: 10/70 in Analytical Chemistry). A new chiral GC phase that separated “difficult to resolve” pharmaceutical ingredients for industrial application. The developed method provides direct information about reaction parameters and avoids time-consuming work-up procedures. 

5. Ashraf Ghanem, L. Naim,Immobilized versus coated amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases for the enantioselective separation of cyclopropane derivatives by liquid chromatography. J. Chromatogr. A, 1101 (2006) 171-178. (ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry). It shows the impact of immobilization on the enantioselective resolution of cyclopropane derivatives. 

6. A. Ghanem “True and False reversal of elution order of barbiturates on a bonded cellulose-based chiral stationary phase” J. Chromatogr. A 1132 (1-2) (2006) 329-332. (ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry). A unique report on the existence of true and false reversal of elution order of enantiomers based on polarimetric response when different mobile phases are compared on the same CSP. 

7. A. Ghanem, H. Hoenen, H.Y. Aboul-Enein “Application and comparison of immobilized and coated amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases for the enantioselective separation of b -blockers enantiomers by liquid chromatography” Talanta  68(3), (2006), 602-609. . (ERA: *A; IF 3.2; ranking: 10/70 in Analytical Chemistry). It shows strong evidences about the advantages and disadvantages of the immobilization of chiral stationary phases and its impact on the resolution of enantiomers. 

8. A. Ghanem “Trends in lipase-catalyzed asymmetric access to enantiomerically pure/enriched compounds” Tetrahedron 63 (2007) 1721-1754. (ERA: A; IF 2.9; ranking: 16/55 in Organic Chemistry). This work summarizes my effort over ten years of research working in the field of biocatalysis and chiral analysis to access enantiomerically pure/enriched compounds. 

9. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic drugs” J. Chromatogr. A, 1217 (7) (2010) 1063-1074. (ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry). This is the first report showing direct/online monitoring of lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic drugs in non-standard organic solvents which has a direct impact on monitoring and access to pure drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. 

10. Ashraf Ghanem, Michael G. Gardiner, Paul Müller, and Rachel M. Williamson “First X-ray Structure of a N-Naphthaloyl tethered chiral dirhodium(II) complex: structural basis for tether substitution improving asymmetric control in olefin cyclopropanation demonstrated in a one-pot process with in situ generated phenyliodonium ylides. Chemistry: A European Journal, 16 (2010) 3291-3295. (ERA: *A; IF 5.4; ranking: 12/127 in Chemistry multidisciplinary). This is the first X-ray of our N-naphthaloyl tethered chiral dirhodium(II) complex showing a chiral square conformation that represents a milestone in understanding the mechanism of asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins.    

All Publications: 70 (> 2200 citations) H index = 24  

1. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Lipase-catalysed transesterification of 1-(2-furyl)ethanol using isopropenylacetate” Chirality 13:118-123, 2001. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry)  

2. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Per-acetylated b-Cyclodextrin as additive in enzymatic reactions: enhanced reaction rate and enantiomeric ratio in lipase-catalyzed transesterifications in organic solvents. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry vol. 12/19 pp 2761-2766. 2001. (ERA: B; IF 2.8; ranking: 17/55 in Organic Chemistry)  

3. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig. Lipase-catalyzed access to enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-trans-4-phenyl-3-butene-2-ol” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry  vol. 14/1 pp. 57-62. 2003. (ERA: B; IF 2.8; ranking: 17/55 in Organic Chemistry) 

4. Ekkehard Lindner, Ashraf Ghanem, Ismail Warad, Klaus Eichele, Hermann Mayer, Volker Schurig. “Asymmetric hydrogenation of an a,b-unsaturated ketone by diamine(ether-phosphine)ruthenium(II) complexes and lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution: a consecutive approach” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry  vol. 14/8 pp. 1045-1053, 2003. (ERA: B; IF 2.8; ranking: 17/55 in Organic Chemistry) 

5. Ashraf Ghanem, Charlotte Ginatta, Zhengjin Jian, Volker Schurig. “Chirasil-b-dex with a new C11-spacer for enantioselective gas chromatography.  Application to the kinetic resolution secondary alcohols catalyzed by Lipase” Chromatographia, Vol 57, S-275, 2003.. (ERA: B; IF 1.3; ranking: 44/70 in Analytical Chemistry)  

6. Ashraf Ghanem. “The utility of cyclodextrins, sol-gel procedure and gas chromatography in lipase-mediated enantioselective catalysis: kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols“ PhD Thesis, University of Tübingen, Germany, 2002 

7. Ashraf Ghanem. “The utility of cyclodextrins in lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic solvents: enhanced reaction rate and enantioselectivity Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (former Perkin 1 and Perkin 2) Org. Biomol. Chem. 1, 1282-1291, 2003. (ERA: *A; IF 3.5; ranking: 10/55 in Organic Chemistry)

8. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig. “Entrapment of Pseudomonas cepacia lipase with peracetylated b-cyclodextrin in sol-gel: application to the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, Vol. 14(17), pp. 2547-2555, 2003. (ERA: B; IF 2.8; ranking: 17/55 in Organic Chemistry)  

9.  Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig. “Lipase-catalyzed transesetrification of secondary alcohols using isopropenyl acetate as acyl donor in organic solvents” Monatshefte für Chemie/Chemical monthly, 134, 1151-1157, 2003. (ERA: B; IF 1.4; ranking: 57/127 in Chemistry multidisciplinary)

 

10. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem. “Catalytic cyclopropanation of olefins using new in situ generated phenyliodonium ylide derived from Meldrum´s acid” Synlett, 12, 1930-1833, 2003. (ERA: A; IF 2.7; ranking: 18/55 in Organic Chemistry)

11.  Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates: A versatile method for the separation of enantiomers” Chapter contribution in a book edited by Prof. Fumio Toda, Japan (Chapter 7). "Enantiomer Separation Fundamentals and Practical Methods " ISBN 1-4020-2336-7, 2006. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands. 

12.  Paul Muller and Ashraf Ghanem “Rhodium (II) catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation with dimethyl malonate” Org. Letter, 6(23) pp 4347 – 4350, 2004. (ERA:*A; IF 5.1; ranking: 4/55 in Organic Chemistry) 

13. Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y Aboul-Enein. Lipase-mediated chiral resolution of racemates in organic solvents. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2004, 15/21 pp. 3331-3351. (ERA: B; IF 2.8; ranking: 17/55 in Organic Chemistry) 

14.  Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Fabienne Lacrampe, Jiang Zhengjin, Stefan Grass, Paul Müller. “Enantioselective Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Cyclopropane Derivatives” Chromatographia, 3-4, 103-11, 2005. (ERA: B; IF 1.3; ranking: 44/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

15. Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y Aboul-Enein, Paul Muller “One pot synthesis and chiral analysis of cyclopropane derivatives” Chirality, 17:44-50, 2005. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

16. Ashraf Ghanem, Fabienne Lacrampe and Volker Schurig. “Rhodium(II)-catalyzed inter- and intramolecular cylopropanation using diazo compounds and phenyl iodonium ylides: Synthesis and Chiral analysis. Helvetica Chimica Acta, vol. 88, issue 2, pp 216-239, 2005. (ERA: B; IF 1.4; ranking: 59/127 in Chemistry multidisciplinary) 

17. Hassan. Y. Aboul-Enein, Ashraf Ghanem and Hubert Hoenen. "Determination of Vardenafil in Pharmaceutical Formulation by HPLC Using a Conventional C18 and Monolithic Silica Columns" Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, 28:593-604. 2005. (ERA: C; IF 1; ranking: 50/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

18. Ashraf Ghanem, Hubert Hoenen, Paul Müller and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein. ‘Enantiomeric separation of cyclopropane derivatives on a polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phase’ Analytica Chimica Acta, 538/1-2, pp. 15-24, 2005. (ERA: A; IF 3.1; ranking: 12/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

19. Ashraf Ghanem ‘A C-11 Chiralsil-dex for enantioselective chromatographic analysis of cyclopropane derivatives, Talanta, 2005, 66, 1234-1241. (ERA: *A; IF 3.2; ranking: 10/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

20. Ashraf Ghanem, Fabienne Lacrampe, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, and Volker Schurig ’Diazo Compounds and Phenyliodonium Ylides in the Inter- and Intramolecular Cyclopropanations Catalyzed by Dirhodium (II): Synthesis and Chiral Resolution by GC versus HPLC’ Montshefte Fur Chemie: Chemical Monthly 2005, 136, 1205-1219. (ERA: B; IF 1.4; ranking: 57/127 in Chemistry multidisciplinary) 

21.  Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Hubert Hoenen, Ashraf Ghanem and Michael Koll. ’Reversed phase liquid chromatographic method for the high-throughput analysis of clopidogrel in pharmaceutical formulations using a monolithic silica column. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, 28/9; 1357-1365, 2005. (ERA: C; IF 1; ranking: 50/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

22. Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y Aboul-Enein. “Applications of lipases in kinetic resolution of racemates” Chirality 17: 1-15, 2005. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

23. Jacek Bojarski, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein and Ashraf Ghanem. "What's new in chromatographic enantioseparation" Current Analytical Chemistry, 1, 59-77, 2005. (ERA: C; IF 1.9; ranking: 37/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

24. Imran Ali, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein and Ashraf Ghanem" Enantioselective toxicities and carcinogenesis" Current Pharmaceutical Analysis" 1, 109-125, 2005. (ERA: C; IF 1; ranking: 38/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

25.  Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase in Organic Synthesis” An invited Chapter in “ Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis” edited by Prof. L. Paquette, P. Fuchs, D. Crich and P. Wipf. John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, 2006.  

26. Ashraf Ghanem “On the occasion of Prof. Schurig’s 65th birthday” Chromatographia 61, 101, 2005. (ERA: B; IF 1.3; ranking: 44/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

27. Ashraf Ghanem and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein.“ Comparison, applications, advantages and limitations of immobilized and coated amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases in high-performance liquid chromatography” Journal of liquid chromatography and related technology, 2005, 28: 2669-2680. (ERA: C; IF 1; ranking: 50/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

28. Ashraf Ghanem and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein.  “On the solvent versatility in immobilized amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase in high performance liquid chromatography : application to the asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2005, Volume 548, Issues 1-2, Pages 26-32. (ERA: A; IF 3.1; ranking: 12/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

29. Ashraf Ghanem and Lahoucine NaimImmobilized versus coated amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases for the enantioselective separation of cyclopropane derivatives by liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 2006, Vol. 1101, Issues 1-2, Pages 171-178. (ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

30. Ashraf Ghanem, Hubert Hoenen, and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein. “Application and comparison of immobilized and coated amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases for the enantioselective separation of b-blockers enantiomers by high-performance liquid chromatography” Talanta 2006, 68, 602-609. (ERA: *A; IF 3.2; ranking: 10/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

31. Imran Ali, Naim Lahoucine, Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein. Chiral separation of Piperidine-2,6-dione analogues on Chiralpak IA and Chiralpak IB columns using HPLC, Talanta 2006, Vol. 69, Issue 4, Pages 1013-1017. (ERA: *A; IF 3.2; ranking: 10/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

32. Paul Muller, Yves F. Allenbach, Sabrina Chappellet, Ashraf Ghanem “Asymmetric cyclopropanations and cycloadditions of dioxocarbenes” Synthesis 2006, 10, 1689-1696. (ERA:B; IF 2.5; ranking: 23/50 in Organic Chemistry) 

33. Ashraf Ghanem “Trends in lipase-catalyzed asymmetric access to enantiomerically pure/enriched compounds” Tetrahedron 2007, 63, Pages 1721-1754. (ERA:A; IF 2.9; ranking: 16/50 in Organic Chemistry) Cheminform 2007, Volume 38, Issue 21. 

34. Ashraf Ghanem “True and False reversal of elution order of barbiturates on a bonded cellulose-based chiral stationary phase” Journal of Chromatography A 2006, Volume 1132, Issues 1-2, pages 329-332. . (ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

35. Ashraf Ghanem “Exploring solvent versatility in bonded cellulose-based chiral stationary phase for the enantioselective liquid chromatographic resolution of racemates” Journal of Separation Science 2007, 30(7), 1019-1028. (ERA: B; IF 2.7; ranking: 17/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

36. Ashraf Ghanem “Application of C-11 Chirasil-dex in enantioselective separation of barbiturates” Analytical Chemistry Insights 2007, 2, 75–80. 

37. Ashraf Ghanem, Ebtessam Al-Humaidi “Chiral recognition ability and solvent versatility of bonded amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase: enantioselective liquid chromatographic resolution of racemic N-alkylated barbiturates and thalidomide analogs” Chirality 2007, 19(6), 477-484. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

38. Ashraf Ghanem, Farrag El-Behairy, Mohammed Al-Ahdal “Direct enantioslective HPLC monitoring of lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates in non-standard organic solvents” Chromatographia 2007, 65(11/12), 681-686. (ERA: B; IF 1.3; ranking: 44/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

39. Ashraf Ghanem, Mohammed Al-Ahdal, Mohammed Nabil Aboul-Enein, Aida El-Azzouny, Mohammed El-Behairy,Kamilia Amin “ Direct enantioselective HPLC monitoring of lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of tiaprofenic acid in non-standard organic solvents”  Chirality 2008, 20 (8) 871-877. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

40. A. Ghanem “Prof. Paul Haddad's 60th birthday” Chromatographia 2008, 68, 883-884. 

41. Kenneth C. Saunders, Ashraf Ghanem, Hon Wei Boon, Emily F. Hilder, and Paul R. Haddad “Bioanalysis using monolithic phases: Challenges, recent developments and future possibilities” Analytica Chimica Acta, 2009, 652, 22-31. (ERA: A; IF 3.1; ranking: 12/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

42. Ashraf Ghanem, Hon Wei Boon, Kenneth C. Saunders, Emily F. Hilder, and Paul R. Haddad, “In situ Preparation of Robust Porous Modified Sulfopropyl Methacrylate Polymer-based Monolithic Capillary for mHPLC Analysis” draft completed, internal revision. 

43. Ashraf Ghanem “On the Solvents Versatility of Immobilized Amylose and Cellulose-based Chiral Stationary Phases in Enantioselective LC Separation and Monitoring of Bio-catalyzed Resolutions of Acidic Drugs in Non-Standard Organic Solvents” Chromatographia 2009, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 349. (ERA: B; IF 1.3; ranking: 44/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

44. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective access to flurbiprofen” Chirality 2010, Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2010, Pages: 597–603. (ERA: B; IF 2.2; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

45. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic drugs” Journal of Chromatography A, 2010, Volume 1217, 1063-1074. ERA: *A; IF 3.7; ranking: 6/70 in Analytical Chemistry) 

46. Ashraf Ghanem, Michael G. Gardiner, Paul Müller, and Rachel M. Williamson “First X-ray Structure of a N-Naphthaloyl Tethered Chiral Dirhodium(II) Complex: Structural Basis for Tether Substitution Improving Asymmetric Control in Olefin Cyclopropanation Demonstrated in a One-Pot Process with in situ Generated Phenyliodonium Ylides: Chemistry: A European Journal, 16 (2010) 3291-3295. (ERA: *A; IF 5.4; ranking: 12/127 in Chemistry multidisciplinary) 

47. Michael G. Gardiner and Ashraf Ghanem “Enantioselectivity control with the chiral dirhodium(II) complex Rh2(S-PTTL)4: New insights on the conformational flexibility of the N-phthaloyl units in the crown cavity, 2010, unpublished results. 

48. Michael G. Gardiner, Ashraf Ghanem, and Rachel M. Williamson. “ Axial ligand structural effects for flexible chiral N-phthaloyl protected amino acid-based tetracarboxylate dirhodium(II) complexes: X-ray crystal structures of three new conformers of [Rh2(S-PTPA)4] 2010, unpublished results

49. Ghanem, A., and Ikegami, T., (2011). “Recent advances in silica monolith” J. Sep. Sci. 2011, 34, 1945–1957.

50. Ghanem, A., Ikegami, T., Tanaka, N. (2011). “New Silica Monolith Bonded Chiral (R)-γ Butyrolactone for Enantioselective Micro High-Performance Liquid Chromatography” Chirality 2011, 23 (10) 887-890.

51. Mattiza, J.T., Duddeck, H., Gardiner, M.G., Patrovic, A., Berova, N., and Ghanem, A. (2011). “Optimizing dirhodium(II) tetrakiscarboxylates as chiral NMR auxiliaries “Org. Biomol. Chem. (2011) 9, 6542. 

52.  M. Ahmed, T. Kelly and A. Ghanem “Enzymes in Kinetic Resolutions, Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions and Deracemisation Reactions Tetrahedron 2012, Volume 68, Issue 34, 26 August 2012, Pages 6781-6802.

53. M. El-Deftar and A. Ghanem “Dirhodium catalysis: future opportunities in enantioselective access to enantiomerically pure compounds” Current Organic Chemistry (2012) 16, 1808-1836

54. Ashraf Ghanem, Robert Healey, Frady Gouany. “Recent trends in Plasmid DNA-based Vaccines’ separations“ Anal. Chim. Acta, (2013) 760, 1-15 (Cover of the first volume in 2013)

55. R. Healey and A. Ghanem “Chiral silica monolith for Pharmaceutical Application, Chirality (2013), 25, 6, 314-323. (ERA: B; IF 2.67; ranking: 25/70 in Analytical Chemistry).

56. Ahmed M, Ghanem A. Chiral β-cyclodextrin functionalized polymer monolith for the direct enantioselective reversed phase nano liquid chromatographic separation of racemic pharmaceuticals. J. Chromatogr. A 2014;1345(0):115-127.

57. Ahmed M, Ghanem A. Enantioselective nano liquid chromatographic separation of racemic pharmaceuticals: a facile one-pot in situ preparation of lipase-based polymer monoliths in capillary format. Chirality In press, DOI 10.1002/chir.22290.

58. M.G. Gardiner, A. Ghanem, R.M. Williamson, A. Petrovic, N. Berova“ Axial ligand structural effects for flexible chiral N-phthaloyl protected amino acid-based tetracarboxylate dirhodium(II) complexes: X-ray crystal structures of three new conformers of [Rh2(S-PTPA)4]“ in revision.

59. Frday Gouany, Ashraf Ghanem “Chiral Dirhodium(II) Carboxylates and Carboxamidates as Effective Chemzymes in Asymmetric Synthesis of Three-Membered Carbocycles” Chirality 2014 in press 

60. Frady Gouany, Johncarlo Maddalena, Ashraf Ghanem “Rh2(S-1,2-NTTL)4: A Novel Rh2(S-PTTL)4 Analog With Lower Ligand Symmetry for Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopropylphosphonates” Chirality 2014, In press.

    

 

Posters and Conferences (27)

1. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Lipase-catalysed transesterification of 1-(2-furyl) ethanol using isopropenylacetate” Chirality, Chamonix, France 2000. 

2. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Per-acetylated b-Cyclodextrin as additive in enzymatic reactions: enhanced reaction rate and enantiomeric ratio in lipase-catalyzed transesterifications in organic solvents. Second European catalysis symposium, Pisa/Italy, Sept. 2001.   

3. Ashraf Ghanem. “The utility of cyclodextrins in lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic solvents: enhanced reaction rate and enantioselectivity Second European Catalysis Symposium, Pisa/Italy, Sept.2001.  

4. Ashraf Ghanem and G. H. El-Gemeii. “Enzyme-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of 2-Benzoyloxy-2-(o-Bromophenyl) acetonitrile” Chirality, Orlando/USA 2001.

 

5. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Cyclodextrins as additives in enzymatic reactions: enhanced reaction rate and enantiomeric ratio in lipase-catalyzed transesterifications in organic solvents. Chirality 2002 Hamburg, Germany.  

6. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig. “Lipase-catalyzed access to enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-trans-4-phenyl-3-butene-2-ol”  Chirality 2002 Hamburg, Germany.  

7. Ekkehard Lindner, Ashraf Ghanem, Ismail Warad, Klaus Eichele, Hermann Mayer, Volker Schurig. “Asymmetric hydrogenation of an a,b-unsaturated ketone by diamine (ether-phosphine)ruthenium(II) complexes and lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution: a consecutive approach” Chirality 2002 Hamburg, Germany. 

8. Ashraf Ghanem, Charlotte Ginatta, Zhengjin Jian, Volker Schurig. “Chirasil-b-dex with a new C11-spacer for enantioselective gas chromatography.  Application to the kinetic resolution secondary alcohols catalyzed by Lipase” Chirality 2002 Hamburg, Germany.    

9. Ashraf Ghanem and Volker Schurig.”Large scale production of 1-(2-furyl) ethanol by lipase-catalysed transesterification.  Chirality 2002 Hamburg, Germany. 

10. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem. "Catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins with new in situ generated phenyliodonium ylide". Swiss Chemical Society meeting, Lausanne 2003. 

11. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem."Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of olefins using a New in situ Generated Phenyliodonium Ylide". Younger European Chemist´s conference: Grenoble, France, 2003.   

12. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem. "Rhodium (II)-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins". Chemistry Day, Champery 2003, Switzerland.  

 

13. Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Fabienne Lacrampe, Jiang Zhengjin, Paul Müller and Volker Schurig   “Enantioselective Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Cyclopropane Derivatives” Chirality, July 11-14, 2004, New York, NY, USA.  

14. Ashraf Ghanem and Paul Muller ‘Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Olefins using a New in situ Generated Phenyliodonium Ylide: One Pot Synthesis and Chiral Analysis, Chirality, July 11-14, 2004, New York, NY, USA.    

15. Ashraf Ghanem and Paul Muller. “Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Dirhodium (II) Carboxylate Catalysts: Application to The Asymmetric Access to Cyclopropanes” Chirality, July 11-14, 2004, New York, NY, USA.  

16. Ashraf Ghanem, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, and Volker Schurig “Entrapment of Pseudomonas cepacia lipase with peracetylated b-cyclodextrin in sol-gel: Application to the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols, Chirality, July 11-14, 2004, New York, NY, USA.   

17. Ashraf Ghanem and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein  „Chiral dirhodium (II)-catalyzed enantioselective access to cyclopropane derivatives“ International symposium for Chineese Organic Chemistry, 18-12 December 2004, Hong Kong. Poster Nr 191. 

18. Ashraf Ghanem, “Enantioselective GC and HPLC Analysis of Cyclopropane Derivatives” Chirality 2005, 11-14 Sept. 2005, Parma, Italy.

19. Ashraf Ghanem, Lahoucine Naim and G. J. De Jong, Immobilized versus coated cellulose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phases for the enantioselective separation of cyclopropane derivatives by liquid chromatography, Chirality 2005, 11-14 Sept. 2005, Parma, Italy.    

20. Ashraf Ghanem, Lahoucine Naim, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein : On the solvent versatility in immobilized amylose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase in high-performance liquid chromatography: application to the asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins, Chirality 2005, 11-14 Sept. 2005, Parma, Italy. 

21. Ashraf Ghanem “Enantioslective analysis of cyclopropanes derivatives” The 9th International Pharmaceutical Sciences Conferences and Exposition, December 17-21, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

 

22. Ashraf Ghanem “Online HPLC monitoring of biocatalyzed transesetrification of benzbromaron metabolite in non-standrad solvents: application to immobilized cellulose tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase (Chiralpak IB)”,  poster 158 at the 56th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 15-18, 2006, Sherbrooke, CANADA.

23. Ashraf Ghanem “Towards the synthesis of anti-cancer drugs: chiral dirhodium (II) catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins using a new in situ generated phenyliodonium ylides: one pot synthesis and chiral analysis” poster 159 at the 56th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 15-18, 2006, Sherbrooke, CANADA 

24. Ashraf Ghanem “On the solvent versatility in immobilized amylase tris-(3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate) chiral stationary phase in high performance liquid chromatography: application to the asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins”  poster 335 at the 56th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 15-18, 2006, Sherbrooke, CANADA.    

25. Ashraf Ghanem “Enantioselective GC and HPLC analysis of cyclopropane derivatives” poster 336 at the 56th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 15-18, 2006, Sherbrooke, CANADA.  

 

26. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic drugs” HPLC 2007, Ghent, Belgium. 

 

27. Ashraf Ghanem “On the solvent versatility of Chiralpak IA, IB and IC” Canadian Chemistry conference, 2007, Winnipeg, Canada. 

28. Ashraf Ghanem “Preparation of Reversed-phase And Cation-exchange Mixed-mode Porous Sulfopropyl Methacrylate Polymer-based Monolithic Capillary for the Separation Of Pharmaceutical Compounds Using Capillary-Liquid Chromatography” ASASS (ACROSS Symposium on Advances in Separation Science), Tasmania Australia, Dec 2008.   

29. Ashraf Ghanem ”Kinetic resolution of acidic drugs” ASASS (ACROSS Symposium on Advances in Separation Science), Tasmania Australia, Dec 2008. 

30. Ashraf Ghanem In situ Preparation of Robust Porous Modified Mixed-mode Sulfopropyl Methacrylate Monolithic Capillary for mHPLC Analysis of Pharmaceutical Compounds” Abstract and Poster for HPLC conference in Dresden, Germany, Jun 2009. 

31. Ashraf Ghanem “Direct HPLC monitoring of lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic/anti-inflammatory drugs in non-standard organic solvents” Chirality July 2010 Sapporo, Japan. 

 32. Ashraf Ghanem “Chiral Square Conformation of Rh2(nttl)4: Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of olefins via in situ generated phenyliodonium ylides” Chirality July 2010, Sapporo Japan.

Invited lectures (11)  

1. Ashraf Ghanem. “Lipase in organic and analytical chemistry. Annual meeting of the DFG Blaubeuren, Germany, July 2000.

2. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem. "Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of olefins using a New in situ Generated Phenyliodonium Ylide". Younger European Chemist´s conference: Grenoble, France 2003.  

3. Paul Müller and Ashraf Ghanem. "Rhodium (II)-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins". Chemistry day, Champery 2003, Switzerland.  

4. Ashraf Ghanem. “Asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins” University of Tübingen, Germany. Feb. 2004.  

5. Ashraf Ghanem, “From Enzymes to Chiral Metal Catalysts: Asymmetric Access to enantiomerically pure/enriched pharmaceutical building blocks” Second international congress of the pharmaceutical and drug industries division, 7-9 March 2005, Cairo, Egypt.  

6. Ashraf Ghanem, “Towards The Synthesis of Pharmacologically Active Compounds: Chiral Dirhodium(II) Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Olefins Using a New in situ Generated Phenyliodonium Ylides: One Pot Synthesis and Chiral Analysis, Chirality 2005, 11-14 Sept. 2005, Parma, Italy.

7. Ashraf Ghanem “Asymmetric Access to enantiomerically pure/enriched pharmaceutical building blocks using lipases and dirhodium (II) catalysts” The 9th International Pharmaceutical Sciences Conferences and Exposition, December 17-21, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.    

8. Ashraf Ghanem “Biocatalysis in drug development”, Faculty of Pharmacy, AinShams University, December, 13, 2006, Cairo, Egypt.

9. Ashraf Ghanem “Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of acidic drugs” Invited lecture, Chirality conference, Geneva 2008. 

10. Paul R. Haddad, Ashraf Ghanem, Hon Wei Boon, Kenneth C. Saunders, Emily F. Hilder” In situ Preparation of Robust Controlled Porous Modified Sulfopropyl Methacrylate Polymer-based Monolithic Capillary for mHPLC Analysis, ISOPS-9 (the 9th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical Sciences), Ankara-Turkey, June 2009.  

11.  Paul R. Haddad, Ashraf Ghanem, Hon Wei Boon, Kenneth C. Saunders, Emily F. Hilder ”Synthesis and applications of polymer monoliths for ion-exchange and mixed-mode separations of small molecules” 8th Balaton Symposium on High-Performance Separation Methods, Balaton, Hungary, September 2009.

12. Ashraf Ghanem “Chiral Square Conformation of N-Naphthaloyl-Tethered Dirhodium (II) Complex: Structural Basis for Tether Substitution Improving Asymmetric Control in One Pot Cyclopropanation of Olefins” Molecular Chirality 2010, Sapporo, Japan.   

13. Ashraf Ghanem “On the Accurate Determination of the Enantiomeric excesses (ee) in Bio- and Metal-catalyzed Enantioselective/Asymmetric Reactions” Chirality 2010, Sapporo, Japan.