Ahmed M. Abu-Dief

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Egypt Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Egypt Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Egypt Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• A review on versatile applications of transition metal complexes incorporating Schiff bases

  Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Ibrahim M.A. Mohamed

  738
  Citations

• Some new nano-sized Fe(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II) Schiff base complexes as precursor for metal oxides: Sonochemical synthesis, characterization, DNA interaction, in vitro antimicrobial and anticancer activities.

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Rafat M. El-Khatib;Shimaa Mahdy Abdel-Fatah

  316
  Citations

• Metal based pharmacologically active agents: synthesis, structural characterization, molecular modeling, CT-DNA binding studies and in vitro antimicrobial screening of iron(II) bromosalicylidene amino acid chelates.

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Rafat M. El-Khatib;Lobna A.E. Nassr;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief

  275
  Citations

• Synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations and biological studies of Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) complexes based on a tetradentate ONNO donor Schiff base ligand

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Nabawia M. Ismail;Mohamed Ismael;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief

  228
  Citations

• Sonochemical synthesis, DNA binding, antimicrobial evaluation and in vitro anticancer activity of three new nano-sized Cu(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) chelates based on tri-dentate NOO imine ligands as precursors for metal oxides.

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Rafat M. El-Khatib;Shimaa Mahdy Abdel-Fatah

  213
  Citations

• Synthesis, theoretical investigations, biocidal screening, DNA binding, in vitro cytotoxicity and molecular docking of novel Cu (II), Pd (II) and Ag (I) complexes of chlorobenzylidene Schiff base: Promising antibiotic and anticancer agents

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Mohamed Shaker S. Adam;Mohamed Shaker S. Adam;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;H. Moustafa

  212
  Citations

• Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes with ONNO asymmetric tetradentate Schiff base ligand: synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, theoretical calculations, DNA interaction and antimicrobial studies

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;H. Moustafa;Samar Kamel Hamdan

  209
  Citations

• DNA interaction, antimicrobial, anticancer activities and molecular docking study of some new VO(II), Cr(III), Mn(II) and Ni(II) mononuclear chelates encompassing quaridentate imine ligand.

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Moustafa O. Aboelez;Azza A. Hassan Abdel-Mawgoud

  194
  Citations

• Design, characterization, teratogenicity testing, antibacterial, antifungal and DNA interaction of few high spin Fe(II) Schiff base amino acid complexes

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Rafat M. El-Khatib;Lobna A.E. Nassr;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief

  188
  Citations

• A robust in vitro Anticancer, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Agents Based on New Metal‐Azomethine Chelates Incorporating Ag(I), Pd (II) and VO (II) Cations: Probing the Aspects of DNA Interaction

  Ahmed M. Abu‐Dief;Ahmed M. Abu‐Dief;Laila H. Abdel‐Rahman;Azza A. Hassan Abdel‐Mawgoud

  183
  Citations

• Tailoring, physicochemical characterization, antibacterial and DNA binding mode studies of Cu(II) Schiff bases amino acid bioactive agents incorporating 5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde

  Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Lobna A. E. Nassr

  182
  Citations

• Synthesis, characterization and photocatalysis enhancement of Eu 2 O 3 -ZnO mixed oxide nanoparticles

  W.S. Mohamed;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief

  180
  Citations

• Some new nano-sized Cr(III), Fe(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) complexes incorporating 2-((E)-(pyridine-2-ylimino)methyl)napthalen-1-ol ligand: Structural characterization, electrochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral assessment and DNA interaction

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Emad F. Newair;Samar Kamel Hamdan

  178
  Citations

• Some New Nano-sized Mononuclear Cu(II) Schiff Base Complexes: Design, Characterization, Molecular Modeling and Catalytic Potentials in Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Mohamed Shaker S. Adam;Mohamed Shaker S. Adam;Samar Kamel Hamdan

  175
  Citations

• Fabrication, spectroscopic characterization, calf thymus DNA binding investigation, antioxidant and anticancer activities of some antibiotic azomethine Cu(II), Pd(II), Zn(II) and Cr(III) complexes

  Ahmed M. Abu‐Dief;Hussein M. El‐Sagher;Mohamed R. Shehata

  169
  Citations

• Synthesis and characterization of new Cr(III), Fe(III) and Cu(II) complexes incorporating multi-substituted aryl imidazole ligand: Structural, DFT, DNA binding, and biological implications.

  Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Antar A. Abdelhamid;Adel A. Marzouk

  168
  Citations

• Synthesis, structure elucidation, biological screening, molecular modeling and DNA binding of some Cu(II) chelates incorporating imines derived from amino acids

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Mohammed Ismael;Mounir A.A. Mohamed

  167
  Citations

• Some new Ag(I), VO(II) and Pd(II) chelates incorporating tridentate imine ligand: Design, synthesis, structure elucidation, density functional theory calculations for DNA interaction, antimicrobial and anticancer activities and molecular docking studies

  Laila H. Abdel-Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;Mohamed R. Shehata;Faten M. Atlam

  164
  Citations

• Three novel Ni(II), VO(II) and Cr(III) mononuclear complexes encompassing potentially tridentate imine ligand: Synthesis, structural characterization, DNA interaction, antimicrobial evaluation and anticancer activity

  Laila H. Abdel‐Rahman;Ahmed M. Abu‐Dief;Maram Basha;Azza A. Hassan Abdel‐Mawgoud

  160
  Citations

• Electrochemical and theoretical quantum approaches on the inhibition of C1018 carbon steel corrosion in acidic medium containing chloride using some newly synthesized phenolic Schiff bases compounds

  Hany M. Abd El-Lateef;Ahmed M. Abu-Dief;L.H. Abdel-Rahman;Eva Carolina Sañudo

  159
  Citations