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Dr. Taoufik Ben Halima – Synthetic Organic Chemistry Consultant

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My professional experience includes being a Scientific Evaluator at Health Canada since 2020, a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa since 2021, and a postdoctoral fellow at MIT. My research has been published in top journals, with significant contributions to catalytic cross-coupling reactions, especially those relevant to pharmaceutical applications.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Chemical Reagent Development
• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Green Chemistry
• ☆ Mechanochemistry
• ☆ Peptide Synthesis
• ☆ Applied Chemistry

Services

• Consulting

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Part-Time Professor

University of Ottawa

January 2021 - Present

Scientific Evaluator

Health Canada

July 2020 - Present

NSERC Create Postdoctoral Fellow

MIT- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

September 2019 - June 2020

Research Associate

University of Ottawa

January 2015 - August 2019

chemist

Neopharm labs

January 2013 - December 2014

Education

Doctorate in Philosophy (Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences)

University of Ottawa

January 2015 - October 2019

Certifications

• Above and beyond Award

  Safe Environment Directorate/ Health Canada

  December 2021 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Taoufik Ben Halima, Tzu-Yu Lin, Yu-Chi Liou, Shih-Ya Huang, Rajiv Kamaraj, Hsi-Ching Tseng, Shangwu Ding, Hsuan-Ying Chen, Chien-Ming Lee (2025). Comparison of catalytic activities of aluminum complexes with sulfur and oxygen containing ligands for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone . Dalton Transactions.

Taoufik Ben Halima, Prasanna Kumar Ganta, Fei Huang, Rajiv Kamaraj, Yu-Ting Chu, Hsi-Ching Tseng, Shangwu Ding, Kuo-Hui Wu, Hsuan-Ying Chen (2025). Evolution of aluminum aminophenolate complexes in the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone: electronic and amino-chelating effects . Dalton Transactions.

Taoufik Ben Halima, Rajiv Kamaraj, Tzu-Yu Lin, Mallemadugula Ravi Teja, Hsi-Ching Tseng, Shangwu Ding, Hsuan-Ying Chen (2025). Polymerization and depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates using 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl guanidine as a catalyst for improved resource utilization . RSC Sustainability.

Taoufik Ben Halima, Rajiv Kamaraj, Prasanna Kumar Ganta, Fei Huang, Venkata Sai Sashankh Penki, Hsi-Ching Tseng, Shangwu Ding, Hsuan-Ying Chen, Hsing-Yin Chen (2024). Organocatalysts for -Lactide polymerization: 2-alkyl- and 2-aryl-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidines . Molecular Catalysis.

Taoufik Ben Halima(2019). Engaging Esters as Cross-Coupling Electrophiles . Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa. Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

Taoufik Ben Halima, Jeanne Masson‐Makdissi, Stephen G. Newman (2018). Nickel‐Catalyzed Amide Bond Formation from Methyl Esters . Angewandte Chemie.

Taoufik Ben Halima, Jaya Kishore Vandavasi, Mohanad Shkoor, Stephen G. Newman (2017). A Cross-Coupling Approach to Amide Bond Formation from Esters . ACS Catalysis.

Taoufik Ben Halima, Wanying Zhang, Imane Yalaoui, Xin Hong, Yun-Fang Yang, Kendall N. Houk, Stephen G. Newman (2017). Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling of Aryl Esters . Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Daniel Chapdelaine, Taoufik Halima (2012). Synthesis of β-Substituted Chalcones from Phenones via Conjugated Nucleophilic Substitution of Propargylic Alcohols . Synlett.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Taoufik Ben Halima(2011). Formation de liaisons carbone-carbone via activation d'alcools propargyliques .