College of Science and Mathematics
Saeed Attar
Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry | 559.278.8160 | Office: McLane Room 200
Education
M.S., Chemistry; University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., Chemistry; University of Nevada, Reno
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Courses Taught
- Honors Classes
- Chem 8
- Chem 124
- Chem 28A/B
- Chem 129A/B
- Chem 230
- Chem 260
- Chem 280
Research
Catalytic asymmetric organic transformations. Organic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis, structural chemistry. Synthesis - new methods and applicationsPublications (in reverse chronological order)
- S. Attar, Z. O’Brien, H. Alhaddad, M. L. Golden, and A. Calderon-Urrea “Ferrocenyl Chalcones vs. Organic Chalcones: A Comparative Study of Their Nematocidal Activity”,Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 2011, 19, 2055-2073.
- K. E. Thiesen, K. Maitra, M. M. Olmstead, andS. Attar“A New Synthetic Route to Optically Active Cyclomercurated Ferrocenylimines”, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2011, 696, 1355-1358.
- K. E. Thiesen, K. Maitra, M. M. Olmstead, andS. Attar“Synthesis and Characterization of New, Chiral P-N Ligands and Their Use in Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation”, Organometallics 2010, 29, 6334-6342.
- R. L. White-Morris, M. M. Olmstead,S. Attar, and A. L. Balch “Intermolecular Interactions in Polymorphs of Trinuclear Gold(I) Complexes: Insights into the Solvoluminescence of Au3(MeN=COMe)3”,Inorganic Chemistry 2005, 44, 5021-5029.
- M. Stender, M. M. Olmstead, A. L. Balch, D. Rios, andS. Attar“Cation and Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Self Association and Luminescence of the Dicyanoaurate Ion, [Au(CN)2]-“, Journal of Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 2003, 4282-4287.
- R. L. White-Morris, M. Stender, D. S. Tinti, A. L. Balch, D. Rios, andS. Attar“New Structural Motifs in the Aggregation of Neutral Gold(I) Complexes: Structures and Luminescence from (Alkyl isocyanide)AuCN”, Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42, 3237-3244.
- A. Hayashi, M. M. Olmstead,S. Attar, and A. L. Balch, “Crystal Chemistry of Gold(I) Trimer, Au3(NC5H4)3: Formation of Hourglass Figures and Self-Association through Aurophilic Attraction”,Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124, 5791-5795.
- M. M. Olmstead, F. Jiang,S. Attar, and A. L. Balch, “Alteration of Aurophilic Interactions in Trimeric Gold(I) Compounds Through Charge Transfer. Behavior of Solvoluminescent Au3(MeN=COMe)3in the Presence of Electron Acceptors”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001, 123, 3260-3267.
- H. Ecken, M. M. Olmstead, B. C. Noll,S. Attar, B. Schlyer, and A. L. Balch, "Effects of Anions on the Solid State Structures of Linear Gold(I) Complexes of the Type (o-Xylyl isocyanide) gold(I) (monoanion)", Journal of Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions 1998, 3715-3720.
- L. Latos-Grazynsli, J. Johnson,S. Attar, M. M. Olmstead, and A. L. Balch, "Reactivity of the Verdoheme Analogs, 5-Oxaporphyrin Complexes of Cobalt(II) and Zinc(II), with Nucleophiles: Opening of the Planar Macrocycle by Alkoxide Addition to Form Helical Complexes", Inorganic Chemistry 1998, 37, 4493-4499.
- S. Attar, D. M. Forkey, M. M. Olmstead, and A. L. Balch, "Crystallographic Characterization of the Helical Diketone, C36H14O2, A New Product from the Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis of Decacyclene in the Presence of Oxygen", Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1998, 1255-1256.
- S. Attar, V. J. Catalano, and J. H. Nelson, "Unanticipated Formation of h6-Benzenechlorophenyl triphenylphosphineruthenium(II)", Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry 1998, 28, 749-755.
- D. M. Forkey,S. Attar, B. C. Noll, R. Koerner, M. M. Olmstead, and A. L. Balch, "Crystallographic Characterization of the Molecular Structure and Solid State Packing of the Fullerene-Shaped Hydrocarbon, C36H12", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 5766-5767.
- S. Attar, A. Ozarowski, P. M. Van Calcar, K. Winkler, and A. L. Balch, "Axial Ligation Modulates the Electron Distribution in Helical Cobalt Complexes Derived from Octaethylbilindione", Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1997, 1115-1116.
- S. Attar, A. L. Balch, P. M. Van Calcar, and K. Winkler, "Electron Transfer Behavior and Solid State Structures of the Helical Cobalt Complexes of the Open-Chain Tetrapyrrole Ligand, Octaethylbilindione", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 3317-3326.
- S. Attar, V. J. Catalano, and J. H. Nelson, "Diastereoselectivity of Chloride Substitution Reactions of Cycloruthenated (R)C-(+)- and (S)C-(-)-N,N-dimethyl-1-phenylethylamine", Organometallics 1996, 15, 2932-2946.
- S. Attar, J. H. Nelson, and J. Fischer, "Crystal Structures of Halo{2-[1-(S)-(dimethylamino) ethyl]phenyl-C1, N}mercury(II)", Organometallics 1995, 14, 4776-4780.
- S. Attar, J. H. Nelson, J. Fischer, A. de Cian, and M. Pfeffer, "Metallacycles with Stereogenic Metal Centers: Synthesis and Characterization of Diastereomeric Cycloruthenated Chiral Amines", Organometallics 1995, 14, 4559-4569.
- E. C. Alyea, J. Malito, S. Attar, and J. H. Nelson, "A 31P NMR Solution Study of LnAuCl. Comparison of Triphenylphosphine and 5-Phenyldibenzophosphole Ligands", Polyhedron 1992, 11, 2409-2413.
- S. Attar, J. H. Nelson, W. H. Bearden, N. W. Alcock, L. Solujic, and E. Milosavljevic, "Phosphole Complexes of Gold(III) Halides: Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry and Ligand Redistribution Reactions", Polyhedron 1991, 10, 1939-1949.
- S. Attar, G. A. Bowmaker, N. W. Alcock, J. S. Frye, W. H. Bearden, and J. H. Nelson, "Phosphole Complexes of Copper(I) Halides: Investigation of Structure and Bonding by X-ray Crystallography, Infrared Spectroscopy, and CP/MAS 31P NMR Spectroscopy", Inorganic Chemistry 1991, 30, 4743-4753.
- S. Attar, N. W. Alcock, G. A. Bowmaker, J. S. Frye, W. H. Bearden, and J. H. Nelson, "Phosphole Complexes of Silver(I) Halides: Investigations of Structure and Bonding by X-ray Crystallography, Infrared Spectroscopy, and CP/MAS 31P NMR Spectroscopy", Inorganic Chemistry 1991, 30, 4166-4176.
- S. Attar, W. H. Bearden, N. W. Alcock, E. C. Alyea, and J. H. Nelson, "Phosphole Complexes of Gold(I) Halides: Comparison of Solution and Solid-State Structures by a Combination of Solution and CP/MAS 31P NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Crystallography", Inorganic Chemistry 1990, 29, 425-433.