CChem FRSC
Professor
Director, Applied Chemistry with Management Studies Programme
Education |
| 1979 |
B.Sc. (Hon) |
Kent |
| 1980 |
M.Sc. |
Sussex |
| 1984 |
Ph.D. |
Western Australia |
Position Held |
| Since 2001 |
Director, Applied Chemistry with Management Studies Programme, CUHK |
| Since 1997 |
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1990-1997 |
Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1985-1990 |
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Sussex, U.K. |
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Research Interest |
| 1. |
Synthetic, structural and mechanistic studies of organometallic compounds, focusing on the use of bulky ligands in stabilizing otherwise kinetically labile molecules. |
| 2. |
Reactivity studies of main group G14 metal carbene analogues. |
| 3. |
Synthetic and catalytic studies of organo-zirconium and lanthanide compounds. |
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Representative Publications |
| 1. |
W.-P. Leung*, C.-W So, K.-W. Kan, and T. C.W. Mak,
Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3802.
“The Formation of Germenes from Bisgermavinylidene” |
| 2. |
W.-P. Leung and K.-W. Kan,
Coordination Chemistry Review, 2007, 251,2253.
"The reactions of Some Organogermanium(II) chlorides" |
| 3. |
W.-P. Leung,* C.-W So, K.-W. Kan, H.-S. Chan, and T. C.W. Mak,
Organometallics, 2006 ,25, 2851.
"Reactivity of Pyridyl-1-azaallyl Germanium(II) Chloride: Synthesis of Novel Lithium Germinate [{(PhCºC)3Ge}3GeLi(Et2O)3] and Ge(II)-M(I) (M = Cu and Au) adducts“ |
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W.-P. Leung, * C.-W So, K.-W. Kan, H.-S. Chan, and T. C.W. Mak,
Inorganic Chemistry, 2005, 44, 7286 –7288.
"Synthesis of Manganese Germavinylidene Complex from Bisgermavinylidene" |
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W.-P. Leung, * C.-W So, K.-W. Kan, H.-S. Chan and T. C.W. Mak,
Organometallics, 2005, 24, 5033-5037.
"Synthesis of Novel Metal-Germavinylidene Complexes from Bisgermavinylidene" |
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W.-P. Leung,* Q.W.Y. Ip, T.-W. Lam, and T. C.W. Mak,
Organometallics, 2004, 23, 1284.
"Syntheses, Structures and Reactivities of 2,3-Pyrazyl-linked Bis(1-aza-allyl) Alkali-Metal Complexes” |
| 7. |
W.-P. Leung,* Q.W.Y. Ip, S.-Y. Wong, and T. C.W. Mak,
Organometallics, 2003, 4606.
"Syntheses and Structures of Group 14 1,3-Dimetallacyclobutanes"
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| 8. |
W.-P. Leung,* C.-W. So, J.-Z. Wang and T. C.W. Mak,
J. Chem, Soc., Chem. Commun., 2003, 248.
"A novel synthesis of metallogermacyclopropane and molybdenum bis(iminophosphorano)carbene complexes from bisgermavinylidene"
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| 9. |
W.-P. Leung,* Z.-X Wang, H.-W Li, and T. C.W. Mak
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2001, 40, 2501; Angew. Chem. 113, 2501.
"Bis(germavinylidene) [(Me3SiN=PPh2)2C=Ge®Ge=C(Ph2P=NSiMe3)] and 1,3-dimetallacyclobutanes [M{m2-C(Ph2P=NSiMe3)2}]2 (M = Sn, Pb)”
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| 10. |
W.-P. Leung,* Z.-X Wang, H.-W Li, and T. C.W. Mak,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 8123.
"Synthesis and structures of novel low-valent Group 14 1,3-dimetallacyclobutanes and a mixed-metal 1,3-stanna-plumbacyclobutane"
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Professional Activities |
CCSi CChem FRSC
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Chartered Chemist (C.Chem)
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Member, American Chemical Society |
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