Weng Kee Leong

Research interests

Publications

• Stibine-protected Au 13 nanoclusters: syntheses, properties and facile conversion to GSH-protected Au 25 nanocluster

  Chemical Science · 2018 · 10.1039/c8sc03132k

• A Rapid and Label‐free SERS Detection Method for Biomarkers in Clinical Biofluids

  Small · 2014 · 10.1002/smll.201401713

• [Cp*IrCl2]2 Catalyzed Formation of 2,2′-Biindoles from 2-Ethynylanilines

  Organic Letters · 2014 · 10.1021/ol5000692

• The Dithiolate-Bridged Diiron Hexacarbonyl Complex Na2[(μ-SCH2CH2COO)Fe(CO)3]2 as a Water-Soluble PhotoCORM

  Organometallics · 2014 · 10.1021/om401013a

• A Transition Metal Carbonyl Probe for Use in a Highly Specific and Sensitive SERS-Based Assay for Glucose

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 10.1021/ja409230g

• Ternary copper(ii)-polypyridyl enantiomers: aldol-type condensation, characterization, DNA-binding recognition, BSA-binding and anticancer property

  Dalton Transactions · 2013 · 10.1039/c3dt50884f

• Ferrocenyl catechols: synthesis, oxidation chemistry and anti-proliferative effects on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells

  Dalton Transactions · 2012 · 10.1039/c2dt30700f

• Metal Carbonyl–Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for Live‐Cell SERS Imaging

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2012 · 10.1002/anie.201204349

• Biological and cytoselective anticancer properties of copper(II)-polypyridyl complexes modulated by auxiliary methylated glycine ligand

  BioMetals · 2012 · 10.1007/s10534-012-9572-4

• Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Aromatic Terminal Alkynes with Anilines

  Organometallics · 2012 · 10.1021/om201134j

• Osmium Carbonyl Clusters Containing Labile Ligands Hyperstabilize Microtubules

  Chemical Research in Toxicology · 2009 · 10.1021/tx900056a

• Ethanol steam reforming over supported ruthenium and ruthenium–platinum catalysts: Comparison of organometallic clusters and inorganic salts as catalyst precursors

  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · 2009 · 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.044

• Osmium Carbonyl Clusters: A New Class of Apoptosis Inducing Agents

  ChemMedChem · 2008 · 10.1002/cmdc.200800069

• Reaction of Cp*Ir(CO)2 with Activated Perfluoroaromatic Compounds: Formation of Metallocarboxylic Acids via Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution

  Organometallics · 2008 · 10.1021/om701078q

• Highly efficient ruthenium and ruthenium–platinum cluster-derived nanocatalysts for hydrogen production via ethanol steam reforming

  Catalysis Communications · 2007 · 10.1016/j.catcom.2007.05.034

• Bioimaging in the Mid-Infrared Using an Organometallic Carbonyl Tag

  Bioconjugate Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1021/bc070133a

• Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by [Cp*IrCl2]2: A Computational and Experimental Study

  Organometallics · 2007 · 10.1021/om0609158

• Arene−Ruthenium Complexes of an Acyclic Thiolate−Thioether and Tridentate Thioether Derivatives Resulting from Ring-Closure Reactions

  Inorganic Chemistry · 2002 · 10.1021/ic0203419

• C−S Bond Cleavage and C−C Coupling in Cyclopentadienylchromium Complexes To Give the First Dithiooxamide‐Bridged and Doubly Dithiocarbamate‐Bridged Double Cubanes: [Cp 6 Cr 8 S 8 {(C(S)NEt 2 ) 2 }] and [Cp 6 Cr 8 S 8 (S 2 CNEt 2 ) 2 ]

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2001 · 10.1002/1521-3773(20010903)40:17<3236::aid-anie3236>3.0.co;2-#

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