Transition metals (Pd, Ni, Cu, Fe, Au) have played significant role in organic chemistry for creating organic molecules. One metal palladium with different ligands is being used as efficient catalyst for C-C bond formation. Palladium catalyzed reactions are used in the synthesis of many natural products, pharmaceutical drugs and advance materials. In this research work, Heck, Suzuki and Sonogashira reactions of di and tri halogenated and dihydroxy heterocycles (benzothiophene, pyrazine, quinoxaline, pyrimidine, furan and flavone) with photophysical properties of some alkynylated products of Pyrimidines and furans, have been studied in detail.

Imran Malik was born in Karachi (Pakistan) in 1979.He received his M.Sc degree from University of Karachi in 2001. He joined ICCBS, University of Karachi as research fellow in 2003. In 2008, he moved to Germany for Ph.D studies, joined Prof Peter Langer at University of Rostock, Germany and obtained his Ph.D degree in 2011.