Alireza Fattahi, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
Sharif University of Technology
Department of Chemistry
Azadi St., Tehran, Iran
E-mail: fattahi@sharif.ir
Tel: 6616-5342,
Fax: 6600-5718
· Research interest:
-Computational Chemistry
-Modification of drug structures based on theirs chemistry & interaction with corresponding receptors
-Metal complexation of model peptides & proteins
-Conformational analysis of bio molecules including amino acids, peptides,
nucleobase, carbohydrates
- Thermochemistry of organic reactions
- Design of new category of bronsted-lowry acids & bases and exploring their
application as enantioselective catalyst
· Academic:
I- Ph.D.: The University of Maine, USA, 2002.
II- M.Sc.: Shiraz University, Iran, 1994 (The First-Rank Honor Student” in M.Sc. program)
III- B.Sc.: Shiraz University, Iran (June 1992) (The First-Rank Honor Student” in B.Sc. program)
Taught the following courses:
-Computational Chemistry
- Physical Organic Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry I, II, III
-Advanced Organic Chemistry
-Advanced NMR
- Application of Spectroscopy to Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry I and II
- Fundamental of Molecular Spectroscopy
- Introduction to Quantum Chemistry
- General Chemistry I and II
· Selected Publications:
-Bayat, Ahmad, and Alireza Fattahi. "A quantum chemical study on the OH radical quenching by natural antioxidant fisetin." Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (2017).
-Bayat, Ahmad, and Alireza Fattahi. "The free radical scavenging activity of lespedezacoumestan toward˙ OH radical: A quantum chemical and computational kinetics study." Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (2017).
-Ali A. Ahmadi, Alireza Fattahi, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2015, 1067, 71–83
“Influence of a b-OH substituent on SN2 reactions of fluoroethane: Intramolecular hydrogen bonding catalysis or inhibition? A theoretical study”
- Majid Vafaeezadeh, Alireza Fattahi, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2015, 1071, 27–32
“DFT investigations for ‘‘Fischer” esterification mechanism over silica-propyl-SO3H catalyst: Is the reaction reversible?”
- Atena Najdiana, Mehdi Shakourian-Fard, Alireza Fattahi, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2014, 27, 604–612
“Cooperativity effects of intramolecular OH…O interactions on pKa values of polyolalkyl sulfonic acids in the gas phase and solution: a density functional theory study”
- Majid Vafaeezadeh and Alireza Fattahi, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 16647–16654
“A study on the catalytic activity and theoretical modeling of a novel dual acidic mesoporous silica”
- Zahra Aliakbar Tehrani & Alireza Fattahi, J Mol Model, 2013, 19, 2993–3005
“Comparison of gas phase intrinsic properties of cytosine and thymine nucleobases with their O-alkyl adducts: different hydrogen bonding preferences for thymine versus O-alkyl thymine”
- Majid Vafaeezadeha and Alireza Fattahi, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2013, 27, 163-167
“Interaction of ionic liquids with the surface of the silica gel using nanocluster approach: a combined density functional theory and experimental study”
- Hedieh Torabifard, Alireza Fattahi, Struct Chem, 2013, 24, 1–11
“DFT study on Thiotepa and Tepa interactions with their DNA receptor”
- Zahra Aliakbar Tehrania, Azar Abedina, Mehdi Shakourian-Fard, Alireza Fattahi,
J. Phys. Org. Chem. (2012)
“What roles do boron substitutions play in structural, tautomeric, base pairing and electronic properties of uracil? NBO & AIM analysis”
- Marjan Jebeli Javan, Zahra Jamshidi, Zahra Aliakbar Tehrania, Alireza Fattahi, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 9373-9382
“Interactions of coinage metal clusters with histidine and their effects on histidine acidity; theoretical investigation”
- Hedieh Torabifard, Alireza Fattahi, J Mol Model, 2012, 18, 3563-3576
“Mechanisms and kinetics of thiotepa and tepa hydrolysis: DFT study”
- Zahra Aliakbar Tehrani, Alireza Fattahi, Ali Pourjavadi, Carbohydrate Research, 2009, 344, 771-778
“DFT study of the interaction of cytidine & 2′-deoxycytidine with Li+, Na+, and K+: effects of metal cationization on sugar puckering and stability of the N-glycosidic bond”