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Babak Karimi is affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Iran. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry and materials science, with specific expertise in organic chemistry, materials chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and sustainability related to renewable energy and the environment.

Their scholarly work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Hojatollah Vali, Hamzeh H. Veisi, Mina Ghahremani, Fariborz Mansouri, and Nasim Ganji.

This investigator has published many papers in notable venues such as Green Chemistry, Molecular Catalysis, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Catalysis Science & Technology, and Scientific Reports.

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs): From synthesis strategies to applications," 2021, Progress in Materials Science
  • "Synergistic catalysis within core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 functionalized with triethylene glycol (TEG)-imidazolium ionic liquid and tetramethylpiperidine N-oxyl (TEMPO) boosting selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols," 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Catalyzed by in Situ Generated Gold Nanoparticles inside the Channels of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica with Ionic Liquid Framework," 2020, ACS Combinatorial Science
  • "Palladium supported on a novel ordered mesoporous polypyrrole/carbon nanocomposite as a powerful heterogeneous catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids and ketones on water," 2020, RSC Advances
  • "One-pot acid-base catalysed tandem reactions using a bimodal N, S-doped cubic mesoporous carbon," 2023, Green Chemistry

Best Publications

  • New N-Heterocyclic Carbene Palladium Complex/Ionic Liquid Matrix Immobilized on Silica: Application as Recoverable Catalyst for the Heck Reaction

    Babak Karimi;Dieter Enders

  • Highly Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Using a Recoverable Catalyst: The Role of Mesoporous Channels of SBA‐15 in Stabilizing Palladium Nanoparticles

    Babak Karimi;Sedigheh Abedi;James H. Clark;Vitaly Budarin

  • Recent Applications of Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts in CC and CX Coupling Reactions

    Babak Karimi;Fariborz Mansouri;Hamid M. Mirzaei

  • Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides Using 30% Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed with a Recoverable Silica-Based Tungstate Interphase Catalyst

    Babak Karimi;Maryam Ghoreishi-Nezhad;James H. Clark

  • Transition-Metal-CatalyzedOxidative Heck Reactions

    Babak Karimi;Hesam Behzadnia;Dawood Elhamifar;Pari Fadavi Akhavan

  • Ordered mesoporous organosilica with ionic-liquid framework: an efficient and reusable support for the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction in water.

    Babak Karimi;Dawood Elhamifar;James H. Clark;Andrew J. Hunt

  • Green, transition-metal-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using a highly durable supported organocatalyst.

    Babak Karimi;Abbass Biglari;James H. Clark;Vitaly Budarin

  • Mild and highly efficient method for the silylation of alcohols using hexamethyldisilazane catalyzed by iodine under nearly neutral reaction conditions

    Babak Karimi;Behzad Golshani

  • A highly water-dispersible/magnetically separable palladium catalyst based on a Fe3O4@SiO2 anchored TEG-imidazolium ionic liquid for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in water

    Babak Karimi;Fariborz Mansouri;Hojatollah Vali

  • Design of a highly efficient and water-tolerant sulfonic acid nanoreactor based on tunable ordered porous silica for the von Pechmann reaction.

    Babak Karimi;Daryoush Zareyee

  • SBA-15-functionalized sulfonic acid confined acidic ionic liquid: a powerful and water-tolerant catalyst for solvent-free esterifications

    Babak Karimi;Majid Vafaeezadeh

  • A Highly Recyclable Magnetic Core‐Shell Nanoparticle‐Supported TEMPO catalyst for Efficient Metal‐ and Halogen‐Free Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water

    Babak Karimi;Elham Farhangi

  • A novel water-soluble NHC-Pd polymer: an efficient and recyclable catalyst for the Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides in water at room temperature

    Babak Karimi;Pari Fadavi Akhavan

  • Highly efficient three-component coupling reaction catalyzed by gold nanoparticles supported on periodic mesoporous organosilica with ionic liquid framework

    Babak Karimi;Mohammad Gholinejad;Mojtaba Khorasani

  • Ionic Liquids in Asymmetric Synthesis: An Overall View from Reaction Media to Supported Ionic Liquid Catalysis

    Babak Karimi;Mina Tavakolian;Maryam Akbari;Fariborz Mansouri

  • Lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiOTf) as a recyclable catalyst for highly efficient acetylation of alcohols and diacetylation of aldehydes under mild and neutral reaction conditions.

    Babak Karimi;Jafar Maleki

  • Solid silica-based sulfonic acid as an efficient and recoverable interphase catalyst for selective tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols and phenols

    Babak Karimi;Maryam Khalkhali

  • A study on applications of N-substituted main-chain NHC-palladium polymers as recyclable self-supported catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl chlorides in water.

    Babak Karimi;Pari Fadavi Akhavan

  • A novel and highly efficient method for the silylation of alcohols with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) catalyzed by recyclable sulfonic acid-functionalized ordered nanoporous silica

    Daryoush Zareyee;Babak Karimi

  • Mild and Efficient Conversion of Aldehydes to 1,1-Diacetates Catalyzed with N-Bromosuccinimide (NBS)

    Babak Karimi;Hassan Seradj;G. Reza Ebrahimian

Frequent Co-Authors

Habib Firouzabadi
Habib Firouzabadi Shiraz University
Hojatollah Vali
Hojatollah Vali McGill University
James H. Clark
James H. Clark University of York
Nasser Iranpoor
Nasser Iranpoor Shiraz University
Rafael Luque
Rafael Luque King Saud University
Andrew J. Hunt
Andrew J. Hunt Khon Kaen University
Rosaria Ciriminna
Rosaria Ciriminna National Research Council (CNR)
Mario Pagliaro
Mario Pagliaro National Research Council (CNR)
Dieter Enders
Dieter Enders RWTH Aachen University
Yong-Ill Lee
Yong-Ill Lee Changwon National University

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