Toktam Faal Rastegar was born in Quchan (Iran). She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2005 from Ferdowsi University, Mashhad. She was graduated from M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from Bu-Ali Sina University (2008), Hamadan, Iran. She is currently Organic Chemistry Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. A. Khazaei and Prof. M.A. Zolfigol in Department of Chemistry at Bu-Ali Sina Unive...

Toktam Faal Rastegar was born in Quchan (Iran). She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2005 from Ferdowsi University, Mashhad. She was graduated from M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from Bu-Ali Sina University (2008), Hamadan, Iran. She is currently Organic Chemistry Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. A. Khazaei and Prof. M.A. Zolfigol in Department of Chemistry at Bu-Ali Sina Unive...

Fateme Derakhshan-Panah was born in Hamedan (Iran) in 1987. She received her B.S. in Pure Chemistry (2009) and M.S. in Organic Chemistry (2011) from Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor M. A. Zolfigol. Her research interest is organic methodology especially the application of solid acids and ionic liquids in organic synthesis.

The rapid growth of the biodiesel industry has led to a large surplus of its major byproduct, i.e. glycerol, for which new applications need to be found. Research efforts in this area have focused mainly on the development of processes for converting glycerol into value-added chemicals and its reforming for hydrogen production, but recently, in line with the increasing interest in the use of al...

Fateme Derakhshan-Panah was born in Hamedan (Iran) in 1987. She received her B.S. in Pure Chemistry (2009) and M.S. in Organic Chemistry (2011) from Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor M. A. Zolfigol. Her research interest is organic methodology especially the application of solid acids and ionic liquids in organic synthesis.

This paper is meant as an introductive work on the research field of Organic Computing (OC). It gives information on the main goals of Organic Computing and provide the basic ideas behind it. Furthermore, it explains the basic terminology that is required in the research field of OC and give some examples for recent work. The conclusion gives a brief overview on how the position in OC is today....

The use of microorganisms to induce chemical modifications in organic molecules is a very useful tool in organic synthesis, to obtain biologically active substances. The fungus Cephalosporium aphidicola is known by its ability to hydroxylate several skeleton positions of many classes of organic compounds. In this work, the microbial transformation of ent-kaur-16-en-19-ol (1) by C. aphidicola, a...

This review summarizes the application of the divinylcyclopropane-cycloheptadiene rearrangement in synthetic organic chemistry. A brief overview of the new mechanistic insights concerning the title reaction is provided as well as a condensed account on the biological relevance of the topic. Heteroatom variants of this rearrangement are covered briefly.

mahmoud zarei was born in hamedan, iran in1986. he received his b.sc. in pure chemistry (2010) from islamic azad university arak and m.sc. in organic chemistry (2013) at bu-ali sina university, iran. he is currently working towards his ph.d. under the supervision of professor mohammad ali zolfigol. his research interest is catalysis, including the application of homogeneous and heterogeneous ca...