Dr. Nasir A. Rajabi

Dr Nasir A. Rajabi

Nasir joined the University of Bath in October 2018 as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. He will be working on the joint EPSRC grant for "Nucleophilic Alkaline Earth Boryls" with our synthetic collaborators Mike Hill and Alex Cresswell - both based here at Bath.

Previously, he was a PhD student with Prof. Stuart A. Macgregor at Heriot-Watt University working on a variety of projects, including a project with Bath's own Mike Whittlesey.

Before heading to Edinburgh, Nasir did his MSc project in the Ariafard group in Tehran, focusing on DFT studies of TM-catalysed C-C bond activation of small organic compounds.

He maintains his own webpages here.

Publications

2018

  1. Well-Defined Heterobimetallic Reactivity at Unsupported Ruthenium-Indium Bonds, I. M. Riddlestone, N. A. Rajabi, S. A. Macgregor, M. F. Mahon, M. K. Whittlesey, Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 7, 1732-1738. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705796

2017

  1. Convergent (De)Hydrogenative Pathways via a Rhodium α-Hydroxylalkyl Complex, S. Sung, J. K. Boon, J. J. C. Lee, N. A. Rajabi, S. A. Macgregor, T. Krämer, R. D. Young, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 1609-1617. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00158

2016

  1. Activation of H2 over the Ru-Zn Bond in the Transition Metal-Lewis Acid Heterobimetallic Species [Ru(IPr)2(CO)ZnEt]+, I. M. Riddlestone, N. A. Rajabi, J. P. Lowe, M. F. Mahon, S. A. Macgregor, M. K. Whittlesey, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 11081-11084. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05243

  2. Experimental and Computational Studies of the Copper Borate Complexes [(NHC)Cu(HBEt3)] and [(NHC)Cu(HB(C6F5)3)], L. R. Collins, N. A. Rajabi, S. A. Macgregor, M. F. Mahon, M. K. Whittlesey, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 50, 15539-15543. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608081

2015

  1. Mechanistic Elucidation of the Arylation of Non-Spectator N-Heterocyclic Carbenes at Copper Using a Combined Experimental and Computational Approach, T. J. Williams, J. T. W. Bray, B. R. M. Lake, C. E. Willans, N. A. Rajabi, A. Ariafard, C. Manzini, F. Bellina, A. C. Whitwood, I. J. S. Fairlamb, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3497-3507. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00093

  2. A Theoretical Study on the Protodeauration Step of the Gold(I)-Catalyzed Organic Reactions, R. BabaAhmadi, P. Ghanbari, N. A. Rajabi, A. S. K. Hashimi, B. F. Yates, A. Ariafard, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3186-3195. DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00219

2014

  1. Computational Study of Carbostannylation Implicating Bimetallic Catalysis Involving "Au(I)–Vinyl–Pd(II)" Species, A. Ariafard, N. A. Rajabi, M. J. Atashgah, A. J. Canty, B. F. Yates, ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 860-869. DOI:10.1021/cs400836v

2013

  1. Theoretical Study on the Ring-Opening Reactions of Cyclopropenes Mediated by a Au(I) Complex, N. A. Rajabi, M.J. Atashgah, R. BabaAhmadi, C. Hyland, A. Ariafard, J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 9553-9559. DOI:10.1021/jo401544e

2012

  1. Theoretical Investigation into the Mechanism of Au(I)-Catalyzed Reaction of Alcohols with 1,5 Enynes, A. Ariafard, E. Asadollah, M. Ostadebrahim, N. A. Rajabi, B. F. Yates, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16882-16890. DOI:10.1021/ja308038z