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/Dr Mellisa Brenda Sagandira
Dr Mellisa Brenda Sagandira

Position: Lecturer

Department: Chemical Sciences
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Qualifications:

  • PhD Chemistry (Nelson Mandela University), RSA
  • MSc Chemistry (Nelson Mandela University), RSA
  • B Eng (Hons.) Production Engineering (Chinhoyi University of Technology), Zimbabwe

 

Research Interests:

 

  • Pharmaceutical drug synthesis
  • Organic synthesis
  • Continuous flow chemistry

 

Publications:

  • Sagandira, M.B., Sagandira, C.R. & Watts, P. Continuous flow synthesis of xylidines via biphasic nitration of xylenes and nitro-reduction. J Flow Chem11, 193–208 (2021). 
  • Sagandira C.R., Sagandira M.B., Khasipo A.Z., & Watts P., An overview to the synthetic routes to essential antidiabetic drugs. Tetrahedron. 96, 132378, (2021)
  • Sagandira C.R., Akwi F. M., Sagandira M.B., Watts P., Multistep Continuous Flow Synthesis of Stavudine. J. Org. Chem., 86, 20, 13934–13942, (2021).
  • Koeberg B.L., Sagandira M.B., Sagandira C.R., Watts P., Paradigm shift in medicinal products synthesis: Continuous flow technology. Tetrahedron. 168, 134333 (2024).

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