M. Bakir mohammed.bakir@uwimona.edu.jm Professor (Inorganic) B.Sc. Birziet University-Jordan Diploma in Teaching Sciences, Jordan M.Sc. State University of New York-Binghamton, N.Y., U.S.A Ph.D. Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

• M. Bakir and J. McKenzie, "Electrochemical Reaction of CO₂ with fac-Re(dpk)(CO)₃Cl (dpk = di-2-pyridyl ketone)", J. Electroanal. Chem , 1997, 425, 61.
• M. Bakir, and J. McKenzie, "Rhenium(I)di- and tru-carbonyl compounds containing polypyridyl like-ligands: electrochemical reactions of fac-Re(CO)₃(dpk)Cl (dpk = di-2-pyridyl ketone) with electrophiles and Group I and II metal ions)", Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1997, 3571.
• M. Bakir and K. Abdul-rashid, "Electro-optical Properties of the First Rhenium-Hydrazne Complex, fac-Re-(CO)₃(dpnph)Cl (dpknph = di-2-pyridyl p-nitrophenylhydrazone)", Trans. Metal Chem., 1999, 24, 364.
• M. Bakir, "Electrochemical Behavior of the First Rhenium Oxime of di-2-pyridyl ketone, fac-Re(CO)₃(dpk.oxime)Cl", J. Electroanal. Chem., 1999, 466, 60.
• M. Bakir, 'Synthesis, Characterization and Structural Studies on the First Rhenium Complex with Di(2-pyridyl)Ketone 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone (dpkdnph), fac-Re(CO)₃(dpkdnph)Cl", Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2002, 481.
• M. Bakir, "Optical, electrochemical and structural studies on the first rhenium compound of di-2-pyridylketonephenylhydrazone (dpkphh), fac-Re(CO)₃(dpkphh)Cl " Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2002, 332, 1.
• M. Bakir and C. Gyles, "Optosensing Behavior of the first Ru(II)-compound of di-2-pyridylketone-p-nitrophenylhydrazone (dpknph), [Ru(bipy)₂(dpknph)]Cl₂, Towards Group 12 Metal Ions" Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Mol. & Biomol. Spectroscopy, 2003, 59, 2123.
• M. Bakir and O. Brown, "The Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties on the First Rhenium Compound of di-2-pyridylketone benzoylhydrazone (dpkbz) fac-Re(CO)₃(dpkbh)Cl", Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2003, 353, 89-98.
• M. Bakir, I. Hassan, and O. Green "Manganese Carbonyl Compound of N,N-bidentate di-2-pyridylketone (dpk) and N,O,N-tridentate hydroxybis(2-pyridyl)methanolato (dpkO,OH)", J. Molecular Struct., 2003, 657, 75-83.
• M. Bakir, O. Green, C. Gyles, B. Mangaroo and R. Porter "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Optosensing Behavior of di-2-thienyl ketone p-nitrophenylhydrazone", Talanta, 2004, 62, 781-789.
• M. Bakir, O. Green and C. Gyles, "Molecular Sensing Behavior of the first Mn(I)-compound of di-2-pyridylketone-p-nitrophenylhydrazone (dpknph), fac-[Mn(CO)₃(dpknph)Br]", Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2005, 358, 1835-1840.
• M. Bakir and C. Gyles "Monosaccharide Optical Sensor Based on Ruthinum(II)-bis(bipyridine) of 4-nitrophenyl-di-2-pyridyl ketone hydrazone (dpknph), [Ru(bipy)₂(dpknph)]Cl₂^" J. Molecular Stucture, 2005, 753, 35-39.
• M. Bakir, R. R. Corny and O. Green 'Polymorphic di-2-pyridyl ketone p-nitrophenylhydrazone: The structure of b-dpknph), Acta. Cryst. 2005, C61, o607-o609.
• M. Bakir, D.A.C. Biggs, A. Lough, W.H. Mulder, W. Reynolds and R.B. Porter, "7-Acetyl-12-methoxy horminone from Jamaican Hyptis verticillata (Labiatae)" Acta Cryst E, 2006, E62, 0306-0398.
• M. Bakir, I. Hassan and O. Green, "Synthesis and characterization of [Mo(O)₂(μ-O)(η³-dpkO,OH)]₂ where η³-dpkO,OH is N,O,N- hydroxybis(2-pyridyl)methanolato", J. Coord. Chem., 59, 1953, 2006.
• M. Bakir, O. Green, "Synthesis, characterization and optical behavior of a zinc compound of η³-N,N,O-bidentate di-2-pyridyl ketone benzoyl hydrazone (dpkbh) ZnCl₂(η³-N,N,O-dpkbh)", J. Mol. Struct. 2008, 873, 17.
• M. Bakir, R. R. Conry, and O. Green, .X-ray crystallographic and molecular sensing properties of [ZnCl₂(k2-N,N.-dpknph)] (dpknph = di-2-pyridylketone-p-nitrophenyl hydrazone). J. Mol. Struct. 2008, 889 (2008) 35,44
• M. Bakir and O. Green, "Molecular sensing behavior of di-2-pyridyl ketone p- aminophenylhydrazone hydrate (dpkabh.H₂O) in non-aqueous media". Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy A, 72 (2009) 50.
• M. Bakir and C. Gyles, "Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of the First Rhenium Compound of Di-2-pyridyl ketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazone (dpktah), fac- [Re(CO)₃(N,N-k2-dpktah)Cl]", J. Mol. Struct. 918 (2009) 138.
• M. Bakir, R. R. Conry, and O. Green, "X-ray crystallographic, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of [HgCl₂ (k2-N,N.-dpktch)] (k2-N,N.-dpktch = di-2-pyridyl ketone thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazone)". J. Mol. Struct. 921 (2009) 51.

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