Faculty of Science

Department of Chemistry

Molecular Economy

  1. Z Wang, C W Kee, S Li, T S A Hor* and J Zhao*, "Aqueous phenol oxidation catalysed by molybdenum and tungsten". Applied Catalysis A-General, 393, (2011): 269-274.
  2. F Li, T S A Hor*, "Facile synthesis of nitrogen tetradentate ligands and their applications in CuI-catalysed N-arylation and azide-alkyne cycloaddition". CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 15, (2009): 10585-10592.
  3. S Bai, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Structures of Copper complexes of the Hybrid [SNS] ligand of bis(2-(benzylthio)ethyl)amine and facile catalytic formation of 1-Benzyl-4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole through click reaction". INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 48, (2009): 1207-1213.
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System & Structural Catalysis

  1. F Xue, J Zhao* and T S A Hor*, "Iron(II) complexes with functionalized amine-pyrazolyl tripodal ligands in the cross-coupling of aryl Grignard with alkyl halides". DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 40, (2011): 8935-8940.
  2. S Teo, Z Weng and T S A Hor*, "Ferrocenyl iminophosphine ligands in Pd-catalysed Suzuki couplings". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 696, (2011): 2928-2934.
  3. N Ding and T S A Hor*, "Syntheses and structures of ruthenium(II) N,S-heterocyclic carbene diphosphine complexes and their catalytic activity towards transfer hydrogenation". Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 6, (2011): 1485-1491.
  4. F Li, J J Hu, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Substituent-dependent structures and catalysis of benzimidazole-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Ag(I), Ni(II) and Pd(II)". DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 39, (2010): 5231-5241.
  5. S Li, C W Kee, K Huang, T S A Hor and J Zhao*, "Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum(II/VI) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity under Oxidative Conditions". ORGANOMETALLICS, 29, (2010): 1924-1933. 
  6. J Li, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "One-Pot oxidation and protonation of bridging sulfide and rare crystallographic evidence of coordinated [SO] complex in [Pt2(μ-S2O2H)(PPh3)4]+". CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, (2009): 3416-3418.
  7. F Li and T S A Hor*, "Benzimidazolium pyrazole Pd(II) complexes: New and efficient catalysts for Suzuki, Heck and Sonogashira reactions". Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 350, (2008): 2391-2400.
  8. S Bai and T S A Hor*, "Isolation of an [SNS]Pd(II) pincer with a water ladder and its Suzuki coupling activity in water". CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, (2008): 3172-3174.
  9. X Han, Z Weng* and T S A Hor*, "Suzuki Coupling catalyzed by a homoleptic Pd(I)-Pd(I) solvento complex". JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 692 (2007): 5690-5696.
  10. Z Weng*, S Teo and T S A Hor*, "Metal unsaturation and ligand hemilability in Suzuki coupling". Accounts of Chemical Research, 40 (2007): 676-684.
  11. Z Weng*, S Teo, Z P Liu* and T S A Hor*, "A strange Ni(I)-Ni(0) binuclear complex and its unexpected ethylene oligomerization". ORGANOMETALLICS, 26, (2007): 2950-2952.
  12. S H Chong, D J Young and T S A Hor*, "Combinative use of high-pressure, metal-templating and sulfur-nucleophilicity towards dithiacyclophane synthesis and its complex intermediates ". JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 691, (2006): 349-355.
  13. S K Yen, L L Koh, F. Ekkehardt Hahn, H V Huynh* and T S A Hor*, "Convenient entry to mono- and dinuclear palladium(II) benzothiazolin-2-ylidene complexes and their activities towards Heck-Coupling". ORGANOMETALLICS, 25 (2006): 5105-5112.
  14. S Teo, Z Weng and T S A Hor*, "1,1'-P/O ferrocenyl ligands in Pd-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides". ORGANOMETALLICS, 25, (2006): 1199-1205.
  15. Z Weng, S Teo, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Efficient suzuki-coupling of aryl chlorides catalyzed by Palladium(0) with P, N-heteroligand and isolation of unsaturated intermediates". ORGANOMETALLICS, 23, (2004): 4342-4345.
  16. Z Weng, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Suzuki cross-coupling in aqueous media catalyzed by a 1,1'-N- substituted ferrocenediyl Pd(II) complex". JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 689 (2004): 18-24.
  17. J S L Yeo, Jagadese J Vittal and T S A Hor*, "Facile metal - mediated synthesis of macrocyclic diselenoethers". EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (2003): 277-280.
  18. J S L Yeo, Jagadese J Vittal, W Henderson and T S A Hor*, "Ligand functionalization reactivity and transformation at the Selenide Centers of [Pt2(µ-Se)2(PPh3)4]". ORGANOMETALLICS, 21 (2002): 2944-2949.
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Catalytic Intermediates & Mechanism

  1. F Li, S Bai and T S A Hor*, "Benzenimidazole-functionalized imidazolium-based N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Ag(I) and Pd(II): Isolation of an Intermediate Ag3 towards a facile transmetallation and Suzuki Coupling". ORGANOMETALLICS, 27 (2008): 672-677.
  2. Z Weng, S Teo, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Isolation and structural elucidation of a Ni(0)-Al(CH3)3 bimetallic complex with an agostic alpha-C-H in a bridging methyl". CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 12 (2006): 1319-1321.
  3. Z Weng, S Teo, L L Koh and T S A Hor*, "Ethylene oligomerization of coordinatively & electronically unsaturated low-valent nickel". ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 44 (2005): 7560-7564.
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