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Professor Makhlouf Haddadin

This guide commemorates Professor Makhlouf Haddadin, his life, achievements, and research contributions to the American University of Beirut and the scientific world.

The Beirut Reaction

Described by Professors Haddadin and Issidorides in 1965, the cycloaddition between benzofuroxan (i.e. benzofurazan oxide or 2,1,3-benzoxadiazole-1-oxide) with enamines, alpha, beta-unsaturated ketones, 1,3-dinitriles, or enolates to produce quinoxaline-N-,N’-dioxides is referred in chemical literature as the Beirut reaction. 

 

                             

Professor Haddadin's landmark paper on Beirut reaction.