Updated: January 20, 2019 

Saeed Zakavi

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS)

https://iasbs.ac.ir/

Fax: +98-241-4249023
Phone: +98-241-4153202

zakavi@iasbs.ac.ir

szakavi@gmail.com

Research interests:

Biomimetic Catalysis; Photocatalysis; Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins; Coordination Chemistry, Heme and non-heme nanocatalysts; Nanoreagents

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Education

Publications

A: Damghan University of Basic Sciences

1. Daryoush Mohajer, Saeed Zakavi, Saeed Rayati, Mansour Zahedi, Nasser, Safari, Hamid Reza Khavasi, Shant Shahbazian, Unique 1:2 adduct formations of meso-tetra-arylporphyrins and alkylporphyrins with BF₃: a spectroscopic and ab initio study, New J. Chem. 28 (2004) 1600-1607.

2. Saeed Zakavi and Nasrin Gholami Gharab, Interaction of para-substituted meso-tetraphenylporphyrins and meso-tetra(n-Propyl)porphyrin with weak and strong carboxylic acids: a UV-Visible spectroscopic study, Polyhedron, 26 (2007) 2425-2432.

3. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Somayeh H. Motlagh, Vahid Noroozi, Maryam Razmjoo, Andrzej Wojtczak and Anna Kozakiewicz, β-tetra-Brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrin: A conformational study and application to the Mn-porphyrin catalyzed epoxidation of olefins with tetrabutylammonium Oxone, Polyhedron (2008) 2285-2290.

4.  Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Akbar Ghaemi and Patrick J. Carroll, Core protonation of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin with tetrafluoroboric acid: Unusual water-mediated hydrogen bonding of H4tpp2+ to the counter ion, Tetrahedron Lett., 49 (2008) 664-667.

5. Saeed Zakavi, Azam Abasi, Ali Reza Pourali and Saeed Rayati, Mn-porphyrin Catalyzed Epoxidation of Alkenes with Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Supported H2O2,  Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 29 (2008) 866-868.

6. Daryoush Mohajer, Elham Sakhtemanian, Saeed Rayati and Saeed Zakavi,  A UV–vis spectroscopic study of 1:2 adduct formation of some free-base meso-tetraaryl- and meso-tetraalkylporphyrins with PhSnCl3 and (CH3)2SnCl2,  Spectrochimica Acta Part A 69 (2008) 998-1003.

                                                                                    B: Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences

7. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Vahid Noroozi, Somayeh H. Motlagh, Electron-deficient Mn(III)-porphyrin catalyzed oxidation of hydrocarbons with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate: Effect of counter ions and nitrogen donors, Catal. Commun., 10 (2008) 221-226.

8. Saeed Zakavi, Gholam Reza Karimipour, Nasrin Gholami Gharab, Meso-tetraarylporphyrin catalyzed highly regioselective ring opening of epoxides with acetic acid, Catal. Commun., 10 (2009) 388-390.

9. Akbar Ghaemi, Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Nasser Safari, Highly efficient oxidation of sulfides to sulfones with tetra-n-butylammonium
hydrogen monopersulfate catalyzed by β-tri- and tetra-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganes(III) acetate Appl.  Catal.  A: General, 353 (2009) 154-159.

10. Saeed Zakavi, Amir Salami Ashtiani, Saeed Rayati, Meso tetracinnamylporphyrin: Synthesis, characterization and the catalytic activity of its Mn(III) complex in olefin epoxidation with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate,  Polyhedron 29 (2010) 1492–1496.

11. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Vahid Noroozi,  Nitrogen donor-controlled chemoselectivity of reaction in oxidation of sulfides with tetra-n-butylammonium hydrogen monopersulfate catalyzed by a partially β-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate: a clue to the nature of active oxidant, J. Sulfur Chem., 31 (2010) 89-95.

12. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Marjan Koliaei, Andrzej Wojtczak, Anna Kozakiewicz, Electron-rich salen-type Schiff base complexes of Cu(II) as catalysts for oxidation of cyclooctene and styrene with tert-butylhydroperoxide: A comparison with electron-deficient ones, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 13 (2010) 203-207.

13. Gholamreza Karimipour, Bahador Karami, Morteza Montaerozohori, Saeed Zakavi, Oxidative Decarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids with Tetrabutylammonium Periodate Catalyzed by Manganese (III) Meso-Tetraarylporphyrins: Effect of Metals, Meso-Substituents, and Anionic Axial Ligands, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 28 (2007) 940-946.

14. Saeed Zakavi, Hajar Rahiminezhad, Robabeh Alizadeh,   Hydrogen bond controlledadduct formationof meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin with proticacids: AUV–visspectroscopicstudy, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 77 (2010) 994-997.

15. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Hossein Kalantari, Factors influencing the catalytic activity of b-tetrabrominated meso-tetra(para tolyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) for oxidation of sulfides and olefins with oxone, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 15 (2011) 131-139.

16. Saeed Zakavi, Leila Ebrahimi, Substitution Effects on the Catalytic Activity of Mn(III)-Porphyrins in Epoxidation of alkenes with Iodosylbenzene: A Comparison Between the Electron-Rich and Electron-Deficient Porphyrins, Polyhedron, 30 (2011) 1732-1738.

17. Saeed Zakavi, Fatemeh Heidarizadi, Saeed Rayati, Comparative Study of Catalytic Activity of Some Biomimetic Models of Cytochrome P450 in Oxidation of Olefins with Tetra-N-Butylammonium Periodate: Electron-Rich Mn-Porphyrins Versus the Electron-Deficient Ones", Inorg. Chem. Commun., 14 (2011) 1010-1013.

18. Akbar Ghaemi, Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Oxidation of Hydrocarbons with Tetrabutylammonium Oxone Catalyzed by β-Tribrominated meso-Tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) Acetate in the Presence of N-Bases, Macroheterocycles, 4 (2011) 18-21.

19. Saeed Zakavi, Reza Omidyan, Leila Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Heidarizadi, Substitution effects on the UV-vis and 1H NMR spectra of the dications of meso and/or β substituted porphyrins with trifluoroacetic acid: electron-deficient porphyrins compared to the electron-rich ones, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 14 (2011) 1827–1832.

20. Saeed Zakavi, Sadegh Talebzadeh, Saeed Rayati, Catalytic activity of Mn(III) and Fe(III) Complexes of Meso-tetra(n-propyl)porphyrin in oxidation of olefins: Meso-alkyl substituent in comparison with the alkenyl and aryl ones” Polyhedron 31 (2012) 368–372.

21. Davood Ajloo, Samaneh Hajipour, Ali Akbar Saboury, and Saeed Zakavi, Effect of Cationic and Anionic Porphyrins on the Structure and Activity of Adenosine Deaminase, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 32 (2011) 3411-3420.

22. Zakavi, S., Abasi, A., Pourali, A. R., Talebzade, S., "Metalloporphyrin-Catalyzed Chemoselective Oxidation of Sulfides with Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Supported Hydrogen Peroxide: A Simple Catalytic System for Selective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides", Bull. Korean Chem. Soc, 33: (1), 35-38, (2012).

23. Zakavi, S., G. Mojarrad, A., M. Yazdely, T., "Facile Purification of meso-Tetra(pyridyl)porphyrins and Detection of Unreacted Porphyrin upon Metallation of meso-Tetra(aryl)porphyrins", Macroheterocycles, 5: (1), 67-71, (2012).

24. Zakavi, S., G. Mojarrad, A., Rayati, S., "Substituent effects on the catalytic activity of a series of manganese meso-tetra(aryl)porphyrins: (2-, 3-, 4)-Pyridyl, 4-sulfonatophenyl and 3-sulfonato-4-methoxyphenyl groups compared to phenyl and 4-methoxyphenyl ones", J Mol Catal A-Chem , 363, 153-158, (2012).

25. Zakavi, S., Talebzadeh, S., Rayati, S., "Catalytic activity of Mn(III) and Fe(III) complexes of meso-tetra(n-propyl)porphyrin in oxidation of olefins: Meso-alkyl substituent in comparison with the alkenyl and aryl ones", Polyhedron, 31, 368-372, (2012).

26. Rayati, S., Zakavi, S., Jafarzadeh, P., Sadeghi, O., M. Amini, M., "Manganese meso-tetra-4-carboxyphenylporphyrin immobilized on MCM-41 as catalyst for oxidation of olefins with different oxygen donors in stoichiometric conditions", J. Porphyrin Phthalocyanine, 16, 260-266, (2012).

27. Zakavi, S., Najafi Ragheb, M., Rafiee , M., "Electrochemical study of the dication of porphyrins with carboxylic acids: Shift of the absorption bands compared to that of the redox potentials", Inorg Chem. Commun.  22, 48-53, (2012).
28. Rayati , S., Zakavi , S., Bohloulbandi , E., Jafarian , M., Rashvand avei, M., "Comparative study of the catalytic activity of a series of b-brominated Mn–porphyrins in the oxidation of olefins and organic sulfides: Better catalytic performance of the partially brominated ones", Polyhedron, 34, 102-107, (2012).

29. S. Zakavi, H. Rahiminezhad, A. G. Mojarrad, T. Mokary Yazdely, R. Alizadeh, Effect of core or/and peripheral protonation of meso-tetra(2-, 3-, 4-pyridyl)porphyrins and,…, Journal of Spectroscopy, 2013 (2012) 1-7.

30.  Zakavi, S., Omidyan, R., Talebzadeh, S., "Porphine core saddling: Effects on the HOMO/LUMO gap and the macrocycle bond lengths and bond angles", Polyhedron, 49, 36-40, (2013).

31. Rayati , S., Jafarzadeh , O., Zakavi , S., "Catalytic activity of carbon nanotube supported iron(III) and manganese(III) porphyrins in oxidation of olefins with tert-butyl hydroperoxide: Higher activity of the iron(III) porphyrin", Inorg. Chem. Commun , 29, 40-44, (2013).

32. Zakavi, S., M. Yazdeli, T., "Stereoelectronic effects of the meso-substituents on the catalytic performance of iron(III) meso-tetraarylporphyrins: Pyridyl and N-methylated pyridyl groups compared to phenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl and 4-sulfonatophenyl ones", J. Mol. Catal. A-Chem , 367 , 108-115, (2013).

34. S. Rayati, F. Nejabat, S. Zakavi, Chemoselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides with urea hydrogen peroxide (UHP) catalyzed by non-, partially and fully β-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese…, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 40, 82-86.

35. S. Zakavi, M. Fathi, Oxidation of olefins and sulfides with different oxidants catalyzed by meso-tetra (n-propyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate: comparison with meso-tetra (phenyl …), Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society 11 (6), 1667-1674.

36. H. Shahroosvand, S. Zakavi, A. Sousaraei, M. Eskandari Saddle-shaped porphyrins for dye-sensitized solar cells: new insight into the relationship between nonplanarity and photovoltaic properties, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (9), 6347-6358 (2015).

37. H. Shahroosvand, S. Zakavi, A. Sousaraei, E. Mohajerani, M. Mahmoudi Unusual, near-white electroluminescence of light emitting diodes based on saddle-shaped porphyrins, Dalton Transactions 44 (18), 8364-8368 (2015).

38. S. Zakavi, S. Hoseini, The absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of meso-tetra (aryl) porphyrin dications with weak and strong carboxylic acids: a comparative study, RSC Advances 5 (129), 106774-106786 (2015).

39. S.H. Kazemi, B. Hosseinzadeh, S. Zakavi, Electrochemical fabrication of conducting polymer of Ni-porphyrin as nano-structured electrocatalyst for hydrazine oxidation, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 210, 343-348 (2015).

40. S. Zakavi, Z. Kayhomayoon, S. Rayati, Substrate-dependent order of catalytic activity for a series of Fe (III) and Mn (III) porphyrins in the oxidation of organic sulfides and olefins with periodate, Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 12 (5), 863-872 (2015).

41. S. Rayati, E. Bohloulbandi, S. Zakavi, M. Jafarian, M. Rashvand Avei, Partial and Full β-Chlorination of Meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin: Effects on the Catalytic Activity of the Manganese Complexes for Oxidation of Organic Compounds with Periodate, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 45 (7), 997-1003 (2015).

42. S. Zakavi, R. Omidyan, S. Talebzadeh The influence of protonation on the structure and spectral properties of porphine: UV-vis, 1 H NMR and ab initio studies, RSC Advances, 6 (85), 82219-82226 (2016).

43. A.G. Mojarrad, S. Zakavi A novel porphyrinic photosensitizer based on the molecular complex of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin with 2, 3-dichloro-5, 6-dicyano-1, 4-benzoquinone: higher photocatalytic …, RSC Advances, 6 (103), 100931-100938 (2016).

44. M.A. Kamyabi, F. Soleymani-Bonoti, S. Zakavi, Voltammetric determination of stability constants of lead complexes with diallyl disulfide, dimethyl disulfide, and diallyl sulfide, Chinese Chemical Letters, 27 (1), 71-76 (2016).

45. S. Rayati, E. Bohloulbandi, S. Zakavi, Manganese(III) porphyrin anchored onto multiwall carbon nanotubes: An efficient and reusable catalyst for the heterogeneous reduction of aldehydes and ketones, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 69 (4), 638-649 (2016).

46. S. Zakavi, R. Jafari Motlagh,  Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Iodosylbenzene Nanoparticles as a New Nano–reagent, ChemistrySelect 1, (15), 5008-5013 (2016).

47. S. Zakavi, S. Hoseini, Solvent Tuning of the Optical Absorption and Fluorescence Properties of Meso–tetra (aryl) porphyrins and Their Dications With Weak and Strong Carboxylic Acids, ChemistrySelect, 1 (20), 6448-6459 (2016).

48. M.A. Kamyabi, F. Soleymani-Bonoti, S. Zakavi, Voltammetric Study of Cd²⁺ Complexation with some Compounds of Garlic, Journal of Applied Chemical Research, 11 (1), 71-80 (2017).

49. A. Heydari-Turkmani, S. Zakavi, N. Nikfarjam, Novel metal free porphyrinic photosensitizers supported on solvent-induced Amberlyst-15 nanoparticles with a porous structure, New Journal of Chemistry, 41 (12), 5012-5020 (2017).

50. S. Zakavi, S. Hoseini, A. G. Mojarrad, New insights into the influence of weak and strong acids on the oxidative stability and photocatalytic activity of porphyrins, New Journal of Chemistry, 41 (19), 11053-11059 (2017).

51. R. Nasrollahi, S. Zakavi, Evidence on the Nature of the Active Oxidants Involved in the Oxidation of Alcohols with Oxone Catalyzed by an Electron‐Deficient Manganese Porphyrin: A Combined Kinetic and …, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 (13), 2002-2010.

52. A.G. Mojarrad, S. Zakavi, Photocatalytic Activity of the Molecular Complexes of meso‐Tetraarylporphyrins with Lewis Acids for the Oxidation of Olefins: Significant Effects of Lewis Acids and meso …, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017 (21), 2854-2862.

53. A.G. Mojarrad, S. Zakavi, Simple low cost porphyrinic photosensitizers for large scale chemoselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides under green conditions: Targeted protonation of porphyrins, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018,8, 768-781.

54.  A. Talaeizadeh, M. Tofighi, S. Zakavi, A comparative study on the catalytic performance of heme and non‐heme catalysts: Metal porphyrins versus metal Schiff bases, Applied Organometallic Chemistry 32 (1), e3967 (2018).

55. R. Nasrollahi, S. Zakavi, Kinetics and mechanistic studies on the formation and reactivity of high valent MnO porphyrin species: mono-ortho or para-substituted porphyrins versus a di-ortho-substituted one, New Journal of Chemistry, 42 (3), 1806-1815 (2018).

56. M.A. Kamyabi, F. Soleymani-Bonoti, S. Zakavi, Determination of Stability Constants of Cadmium (II) Complexes with Diallyl Disulfide, Dimethyl Disulfide and Diallyl Sulfide Using Differential Pulse Voltammetry, Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 54 (1), 77-83 (2018).

57. L. Alghooneh, M. Eskandari, S. Zakavi, R. Omidyan, Optical properties of β-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrins: Comparative experimental and computational studies, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 22, (2018).

58. R. Jafari-motlagh, S. Zakavi, Synthesis, characterization and oxidizing strength of a nano-structured hypervalent iodine (v) compound: iodylbenzene nanofibers, New Journal of Chemistry, 42 (23), 19137-19143 (2018).

59. S. Zakavi, A. Hashemi‐Amiri, F. Asadi, Axial base‐controlled catalytic activity, oxidative stability and product selectivity of water‐insoluble manganese and iron porphyrins for oxidation of styrenes in water under …, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 32 (3), e4117 (2018).

60. S. Zakavi, S. Ebadi, M. Javanmard, Nanosized cationic and anionic manganese porphyrins as mesoporous catalysts for the oxidation of olefins: Nano versus bulk aggregates, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 32 (3), e4175 (2018).

61. S. Rasouli, F. Sakha, A.G. Mojarrad, S. Zakavi, Thermal nonlinear optical response of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin under aggregation conditions versus that in the absence of aggregation, Journal of Modern Optics, 65 (8), 1009-1017 (2018).

62. A. Heydari-turkmani, S. Zakavi, The first solid state porphyrin-weak acid molecular complex: A novel metal free, nanosized and porous photocatalyst for large scale aerobic oxidations in water, Journal of Catalysis, 364, 394-405 (2018).

63. S. Khazaei, M. Eskandari, S. Zakavi, Computational and experimental insights into the oxidative stability of iron porphyrins: A mono‐ortho‐substituted iron porphyrin with unusually high oxidative stability, Journal of physical organic chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.3869.

64. Z. Esfandiari bayat, H. Rahiminezhad, S. Zakavi, Solvent effects on catalytic activity of manganese porphyrins with cationic, anionic and uncharged meso substituents: Indirect evidence on the nature of active oxidant species, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 1-6 (2018).

Conferences

1. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Maryam Razmjoo and Akbar Ghaemi, Catalytic effects of nonplanar β-brominated Mn-porphyrins on the biomimetic epoxidation of cyclohexene with tetrabutylammonium periodate, presented as poster at 12th Asian Chemical Congress (12ACC)(Aug 23 - 25 2007, Malaysia).

 2. Saeed Zakavi, Mansour Abedini and Mortaza F. Farnia, Synthesis of new complexes of Pt(II) with diaminofurazan and study its mode of coordination: importance of hydrogen bonding on the kinetics of adduct formation (Oral presentation at the 9th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Semnan University,  7-8th March 2007, Semnan).

3. Saeed Rayati, Daryoush Mohajer and Saeed Zakavi, A UV-vis spectroscopic study of 1:2 adduct formation of some free-base meso-tetraaryl- and meso-tetraalkylporphyrins with PhSnCl3 and (CH3)2SnCl2 versus CF3COOH, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2006, 10, 831 (special issue)(Summary) (Presented at the 4th international conference of porphyrins and phthalocyanines (ICPP-4), Rome, Italy, 2006).

4. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Somayeh H. Motlagh, Vahid Noroozi, Maryam Razmjoo, Andrzej Wojtczak and Anna Kozakiewicz, β-tetra-Brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrin: A conformational study and application to the Mn-porphyrin catalyzed epoxidation of sulfides and olefins with tetra-n-butylammonium Oxone, International Catalysis Conference (ICC 2008), Shahid Beheshti University, April, 2008.

5. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Akbar Ghaemi, β-tri-Brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrin: A Conformational Study and Application of the Mn-porphyrin Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins with Tetrabutylammonium Oxone, 11th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference (IICC-11), 13-14 May 2009, Isfahan University of Technology & University of Isfahan.

6. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Vaheed Noroozi, Highly Efficient Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfones with tetra-n-butylammonium Hydrogen Monopersulfate Catalyzed by β-di-brominated meso-tetraphenylporphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate, 11th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference (IICC-11), 13-14 May 2009, Isfahan University of Technology & University of Isfahan.

7. Saeed Rayati, Saeed Zakavi, Hossein Valinejad, Oxidation of Hydrocarbons and Sulfides with tetra-n-butylammonium Hydrogen Monopersulfate Catalyzed by β-tetrabromo-meso-tetrakis(4-methoxylphenyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate, 11th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference (IICC-11), 13-14 May 2009, Isfahan University of Technology & University of Isfahan.

8.  Hajar Rahiminezhad, Saeed Zakavi,  Robabeh Alizadeh, Core or/and peripheral protonation of meso-tetrapyridylporphyrins with protic acids: a comparative UV-vis spectroscopic study, 12th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, 15th and 16th September 2010, Rasht, Iran.

9. Leila Ebrahimi, Saeed Zakavi, Saeed Rayati, Oxidation of olefins with iodosylbenzene catalyzed by meso-tetra(o-tolyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III)- and  meso-tetra(p-tolyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate: a comparative study, 12th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, 15th and 16th September 2010, Rasht, Iran.

10. Mahshad Najafi Ragheb, Saeed Zakavi, Mohammad Rafiee Hydrogen bond controlled out-of-plane deformation of porphyrin core induced by weak carboxylic acids: UV-vis and electrochemical studies, 12th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, 15th and 16th September 2010, Rasht, Iran.

11. Sadegh Talebzadeh, Saeed Zakavi, Saeed Rayati, Amir Salami Ashtiani, Effect of –CH=CH- spacer on the interaction of meso-tetracinnamylporphyrin with protic acids, 12th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, 15th and 16th September 2010, Rasht, Iran.

12. پریسا زینل خانی، محسن لشگری، سعید زکوی، تاثیر برخی از اکسی آنیونها بر فرایند خوردگی حفره ای در محیط سدیم کلرید، دوازدهمین کنگره ملی خوردگی، دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر، اردیبهشت 1390، مقاله کامل.

13. Effat Kianpour, Mohsen Lashgari, Saeed Zakavi, Corrosion Prevention of Metals in Neutral Chloride Media by a Synthetic Aqueous-Soluble Macro-Cyclic Compound, The 9th Iranian Biennial Electrochemistry Conference, 42, 2011.

14. Saeed Zakavi, Ida Mojarrad Ghanbelani, Improvements in the purification of meso-tetrapyridylporphyrins based on the relative basicity of the macrocycle and the impurities, 13th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, September 2011, Kermansha, Iran.

15. Saeed Zakavi, Tahere Mokary Yazdely, Ida Mojarrad Ghanbelani Improvements in the detection of trace to substantial amounts of unreacted porphyrin in complexation of porphyrins with iron and manganese, 13th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, September 2011, Kermansha, Iran.

16. Saeed Zakavi, Hajar Rahiminezhad, Robabeh Alizadeh, Solvent effect on the catalytic activity meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate for oxidation of olefins with periodate, 13th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, September 2011, Kermansha, Iran.

17. Zakavi, S., S, Khazaei., "Preparation and Application of the Manganese Complex of Chlorophyll-derived Porphyrins to the Catalysis of Biomimetic Oxidation of Olefins: Significant Oxidative Stability of the Mn-porphyrin", 14th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Sharif University of Technology, 1-1, (2012).

18. Zakavi, S., Khazaei, S., "Red-blood Cells Derived Protoporphyrin(IX): Interaction with Acids and Catalytic Activity of the Mn(III) complex for Oxidation of Olefins", 14th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Sharif University of Technology, 1-1, (2012).

19. Sousaraei, A., Shahroosvand, H., Zakavi, S., "Optimization of molar ratio of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in the bromination reaction of tetrakis-meso-(4-phenyl carboxyl)porphyrinato Zinc(ΙΙ)", 15th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Hakim Sabzevari University, 1-1, (2013).

20. Sousaraei, A., Shahroosvand, H., Zakavi, S., "Study of solvent effects on the bromination reaction of ZnTCPP", 15th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Hakim Sabzevari University, 1-1, (2013).

21. Zakavi, S., Esfandiari Bayat, Z., "Mechanistic insights on the meso-tetra(n-propyl)porphyrinatomanganese(III) acetate-Catalyzed Oxygenations of Olefins with periodate: Indirect evidence", 15th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Hakim Sabzevari University, 1-1, (2013).

22. Hoseini, S., Zakavi, S., "Effect of core protonation on the intensity of the Soret and Q(0,0) bands of meso-tetraarylporphyrins", 16th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, 1-1, (2014).

23. G. Mojarrad, A., Zakavi, S., Kazemi , S. H., "Weak correlation between the redox properties of a series of manganese(III) porphyrins and their catalytic activity for oxidation of olefins with periodate", 16th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, 1-1, (2014).

24. S. Zakavi, Biomimetic Oxidation of Organic Compounds: History and Applications, 19^th Iranian Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Chemical and Chemical Engineering Center of Iran, Tehran, (2017, Invited Speaker).

25. S. Zakavi, Transition Metal-based Catalysts: An Overview, 1^st Iranian Catalyst Conferene, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran (2018, Invited Speaker).

Honours

5^th place in chemistry in the first Iranian university students Olympiad, August 1996, University of Oromia and Sharif University of Technology

Courses taught

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (M.S)

Physical Inorganic Chemistry (M.S)

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Inorganic reactions (M.S)

New Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (M.S)

Bioinorganic Chemistry (M.S)

Organometallic Chemistry (B.S and M.S)

Inorganic Chemistry I and II (B.S)

Environmental Chemistry (B.S)

Chemistry Literature (B.S)

General Chemistry I and II and labs (B.S)

Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (Coordination Chemistry), (M.S And Ph.D)

Catalytic Reactions (Ph.D)

Structure and Bonding of Coordination Compounds (Ph.D)