Abbas Alvanipour

Post-Secondary Education

University of Sussex
Master of Science
Organometallic Chemistry

University of Sussex
Doctor of Philosophy
Not Indicated

Teaching Experience

Teaching and Research Experience:

           

Adjunct Faculty, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas, August 1996 to present. Duties: teaching general and organic chemistry.

 

AustinIndependent School District, Austin, Texas, August 1997 to present. Duties: teaching chemistry to regular and pre-AP students in preparation to meet prerequisites for future university chemistry courses.

           

            Adjunct Faculty, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, June 1994 to                   August 1996. Duties: teaching general chemistry.

 

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Jondishapour University, Ahwaz, Iran, 1978-80. Duties: teaching general and organic chemistry while serving on the department’s executive committee, special committee on curriculum activities, and student advisory committee.

 

Laboratory Coordinator and Instructor, Jondishapour University, Ahwaz, Iran 1972-73. Duties: Supervising the organic and general chemistry laboratories, planning experiments, and teaching lab sessions.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1989-91. Research: synthesis and characterization of organic compounds of gallium, indium, and arsenic.

 

Research Associate, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1986-89. Research: synthesis and interaction of Ziegler-Natta model systems with crown ethers and aluminoxanes; coordination chemistry of crown ethers; catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic compounds in the presence of a             homogeneous Ziegler-type catalyst; and synthesis of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconducting material from metal alkoxides.

 

Research fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom 1984-85. Research: developing a new route to synthesis of sterically hindered organosilicon compounds.

Professional Publications

Abbas Alvanipour

 

Publications

 

Synthesis and Characterization of Compounds Containing the As (SiMe3)2 Bridging


Group: Crystal Structure of [tBu2GaAs(SiMe3)2]2 and tBu2GaAs(SiMe3)2Ga(tBu)2Cl. Richard L. Wells, Andrew T. McPhail, and Abbas Alvanipour. Polyhedron, 10 (1992), 839-844.


Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity of

                           

(Me3CCH2)2GaAs(SiMe3)2Ga(CH2CMe3)2Cl, [(Me3CCH2)2GaAs(SiMe3)2]2, and

(Me3CCH2)2Ga(Cl). As(SiMe3)3. Richard L. Wells, Andrew T. McPhail, James W. Pastaerczyk, and Abbas Alvanipour. Organometallics, 11 (1992) 226-231.

 

Synthesis and characterization of Indium-Arsenic Compounds containing a four-


Membered In-As-In-As or In-As-In-Cl Ring. Crystal Structure of


[Me3SiCH2)2InAs(SiMe3)2]2 and (Me3SiCH2)2InAs(SiMe3)2In(CH2SiMe3)2Cl. Richard L. Wells, Leonideas J. Jones, Andrew T. McPhail and Abbas Alvanipour.

Organametallics, 10, (1992) 2345-2348.

 

Synthesis and Characterization of Gallium-Arsenic compounds containing a Four-


Membered Ga-As-Ga-Cl or Ga-As-Ga-As ring:

 


Crystal Structure of (Me3SiCH2)2GaAs(SiMe3)2Ga(CH2SiMe3)2Cl and [(SiMe3CH2)GaAs(SiMe3)2]2. Richard L. Wells, James W. Pasterczyk, Andrew T. McPhail, James D. Johansen and Abbas Alvanipour. J. Organometal. Chem. 407 (1991) 17-30.

 

A Triphenyl Bismuth-Based Solution Route to Bi:Ca:Cu:0 Superconductors. Keith M. Stephens, D.A. Robinson, A. Alvanipour, and A. Morrobel Sosa. Physica C, 168 (1990) 351-358.

 

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of [K.18-Crown-6][MeO(AlMe3)] and [K.18-Crown-6][Ph0(AlMe3)]. Jerry L. Atwood, J.W. Orr, A. Alvanipour, Hongming Zhang, and Simon G. Bott. Submitted for publication.

 

Synthesis and Structure of (H2O.HBF4)2 (18-Crown-6). Jerry L. Atwood, Abbas Alvanipour, Hongming Zhang, and Simon G. Bott. J. Crystal. Spectrosc. Res. 22 (1992) 349-352.

 

Stabilization of H2O by Hydrogen Bonding to 18-Crown-6. Jerry L. Atwood, Simon G. Bott and Abbas Alvanipour. J. Inclusion Phen. 10 (1991) 153-158.

 

Inclusion Compounds in Separation Science: an Overview. Jerry L. Atwood, Abbas Alvanipour, Simon G. Bott, Anthony W. Coleman, Michael A. Edelman, John A. Ewen, Peter C. Stark. Sep. Technol., Proc. 2nd Engineering Foundation Conference, 1987 (pub. 1988) 46-56 (Eng.).

 

Formation of Tetrazole from (PhMe2Si)3CSiMe2I. Crystal Structure of


(PhMe2Si)3CSiMe2-N-N=(CMe)N=N. Abbas Alvanipour, Nabeel H. Buttrus, Colin Eaborn, Peter Hitchcock, Abdulrahman I. Mansour and Anil Saxena. J. Organometal. Chem. 349 (1988) 29-36.

 

Reaction of Ziegler-Natta Model Systems with Crown Ethers. Synthesis and Structure of [(p-C5H5)TiCl.18-Crown-6][AlCl2Me2]. Abbas Alvanipour, Simon G. Bott, and Jerry L. Atwood. Prepared for publication.

 

Synthesis, Structure and Solution Behavior of [Na.15-Crown-5][Mn(CO)5]. Abbas Alvanipour, Hongming Zhang and Jerry L. Atwood. J. Organometal. Chem. 358 (1988) 295-300.

 

Cobalt Stearate-Aluminum Alkyls Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Illinois no. 6 High Volatile Bituminous Coal and Model Compounds. Lowell D. Kispert and Abbas Alvanipour, ACS prepublication, September, 1988 National Meeting.

 

Cobalt Stearate-Aluminum alkyls Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Substituted quinolines, Isoquinoline and Naphthalene. Abbas Alvanipour and Lowell D. Kispert. J. Mol. Catal. 48 (1988) 277-283.

 

Reacttion of Early Transition Metal Complexes with Macrocycles. Synthesis and Structure of 18-Crown-6.MCl4 (M= Ti, Sn). Simon G. Bott, Horst Printz, Abbas Alvanipour and Jerry L. Atwood. J. Coord. Chem. 16 (1987) 303-309.

 

Stabilization of [AlMe2+] Cation by Crown Ehters. Simon G. Bott, Abbas Alvanipour, Anthony W. Coleman and Jerry L. Atwood. Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 26 (1987) 485-486.

 

A Mechanisitic Sutdy of the Acid and Base Catalyszed Solvolysis of

b-Trimethylstannylstyrenes. Abbas Alvanipour, Colin Eaborn, and David R. M. Walton. J. Organometal. Chem. 201 (1980) 233-247.

Published: July 27, 2010