Biography:
Manar Ahmed Fouad graduated from Faculty of Science, Alexandria University (Egypt) in 2016 after receiving a chemistry honor degree, and in 2019 she received a master’s degree in science from the same university. She is currently a lecturer at Alexandria University (Egypt). In 2020, she received a PhD scholarship from University of Milan (Italy) to develop her research under the supervision of Prof. Fabio Ragaini. Her research interests include homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, heterocyclic compounds chemistry, organic synthesis, multicomponent reactions and bio-organic chemistry.
Title : CO From Our Worst Enemy to Our Best Friend: Pd-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization of Beta-Nitrostyrenes Using Phenyl Formate as a CO Surrogate