Collins Obuah (PhD)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D.               Date of Award (10/06/2015); Inorganic chemistry; University of Johannesburg  

M. Phil./MSc   Date of Award (11/05/2012); Inorganic chemistry; University of Johannesburg

B.Sc.               Date of Award (20/05/2006); Chemistry; University of Ghana

RESEARCH INTEREST

My research interests are in synthesis of organometallic compounds of transition or base metals and their applications in catalytic transformation reactions and in biomedicines. Also using computational modelling to predict the electrons properties of these compounds and synthetic path way of these reactions.

AWARDS

• Visiting Researcher: University of Tokyo, Department of chemical and biotechnology (Prof Kyoko Nozaki’s laboratory), 2015.
• University of Johannesburg, Department of chemistry’s Post-doctoral fellowship, 2015.
• The SASOL Postgraduate Medal of excellence, 2014.
• National Research Foundation Bursary - innovation doctoral scholarship, 2014.
• Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg scarce skill bursary, 2013.
• University of Johannesburg Alumni award as one of the top 10 postgraduate students for the faculty of science. 2012.
• Pan African Chemistry network (PACN) award for GC and GC-MS workshop, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. 2012
• National Research Foundation South Africa-Japan collaboration to University of Tokyo, Department of chemical and biotechnology (Prof Kyoko Nozaki’s laboratory), 2011.
• National Research Foundation South Africa-Japan collaboration to University of Tokyo, Department of chemical and biotechnology (Prof Kyoko Nozaki’s laboratory), 2010.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Novel pyrazolylphosphite- and pyrazolylphosphinite- ruthenium(II) complexes as catalysts for hydrogenation of acetophenone. Gershon Amenuvor, Collins Obuah, Ebbe Nordlander, and James Darkwa. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 13514-13524.
2. Homo-Polymerization of 1-Hexene Catalysed by O^N^N (Salicylaldimine)Iron(III) Pre-Catalysts to Branched Poly(1-hexene) Margaret Yankey, Collins Obuah, and  James Darkwa. Catalysts 2016, 6, 47.
3. (Ferrocenylpyrazolyl)nickel(II) catalysed ethylene oligomerisation. Collins Obuah, Johan Jordaan and James Darkwa Catalysis Science and Technology, 2016, 6, 4814-4823
4. (Ferrocenylpyrazolyl)palladium(II) complexes: Syntheses, characterization and rearrangement in solution. Collins Obuah and James Darkwa. Jounral of Organometallic Chemistry, 2016, 802, 39-48.
5. (Ferrocenylpyrazolyl)zinc(II) acetate complexes as initiators and catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Collins Obuah, Yemanlall Lochee, Orpah Zinyemba, Johan H.L. Jordaan, Daniel P. Otto, and James Darkwa. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2015, 406, 185-193.
6. Novel Bio-friendly and Non-toxic Thiocarbohydrate Stabilizers of Gold Nanoparticles. Christian Adokoh, Collins Obuah, Henok Hadgu Kinfe, Orpah Zinyemba, and James Darkwa. New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 5249-5258.
7. Ferrocenylpyrazolylzinc(II) benzoates as catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Collins Obuah, Yemanlall Lochee, Johan H.L. Jordaan, Daniel P. Otto, Tebello Nyokong, James Darkwa. Polyhedron, 2015, 90, 154-164.