Iranian Journal of Catalysis (IJC) Spotlight: [Dsim]X: As multi-purpose compounds Volume 9 (2019) Issue 3, September 2019 2024 02 03 Spotlight: [Dsim]X: As multi-purpose compounds EN Mahmoud Zarei Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom, 3716146611, Iran 0000-0002-3701-9755 Journal Article 2024 02 03 Mahmoud Zarei was born in Hamedan, Iran in 1986. He received his B.Sc. in pure chemistry (2010) from Islamic Azad University Arak and M.Sc. in organic chemistry (2013) at Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran. Also, he received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry (2017) under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working towards his postdoctoral under the supervision of Prof. Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. His research interest is the synthesis, characterization and applications of homogeneous and heterogeneous reagent and catalyst in organic synthesis.