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Prof. Kevin W.P. LEUNG

CChem FRSC
Adjunct Professor


Phone No. (852) 3943 6343
Email kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk


 

Education
1979 B.Sc. (Hon) Kent
1980 M.Sc. Sussex
1984 Ph.D. Western Australia

Position
Since 2015
Adjunct Professor, 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2014–2015
Chairman, 
Department of Chemistry, 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1997–2015
Professor, 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2001–2006
Director, 
Applied Chemistry with Management Studies Programme, 
CUHK
1990–1997
Lecturer, 
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Interests

  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.

Representative Publications

  1. W.-P. Leung*, Wang-Kin Chiu and T. C. W. Mak, Organometallics, 2014, 33, 225-230.
    "Reactivity of Pyridyl-1-azallyl Germanium(I) Dimer: Synthesis of a Digermahydrazine Derivative and an Iron-coordinated germanium(I) Dimer".
  2. W.-P. Leung*, Yuk-Chi Chan and T. C. W. Mak, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 2584-2592.
    “Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Lithium, Potassium, Magnesium, and Heavier group 14 Metal Complexes derived from 2-quinolyl-linked (Thiophosporano) methane”
  3. W.-P. Leung*, Wang-Kin Chiu and T. C. W. Mak, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52 (16), 9479-9486.
    “Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Base-Stabilized Oligomeric Heterovinylidenes”
  4. W.-P. Leung*, C.-W So, K.-W. Kan, and T. C.W. Mak, 
    Organometallics    , 2007, 26, 3802. 
    “The Formation of Germenes from Bisgermavinylidene”
  5. W.-P. Leung and K.-W. Kan, 
    Coordination Chemistry Review, 2007, 251, 2253. 
    "The reactions of Some Organogermanium(II) chlorides"
  6. 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"
  7. 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"
  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"
  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{µ2-C(Ph2P=NSiMe3)2}]2 (M = Sn, Pb)” 
  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" 

Professional Activities

CCSi CChem FRSC

Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Chartered Chemist (C.Chem)

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)