Past group members

 

Graduate programme

 

 

 

 

Student

Thesis title

Year

 

PhD

 

1

Chen Guizhu

Osmium-Antimony Clusters

2001

 

2

Leonard Joachim Pereira

Structural Studies of Organo Group 15 Derivatives of RuOs3 Clusters

2004

 

3

Padmamalini Srinivasan

Ruthenium-Iridium Heteronuclear Clusters Containing Cyclopentadienyl Ligands

2006

 

4

Ng Sin Yee*

Synthetic, Structural and Reactivity Studies of Indenyl Ruthenium Complexes

2006

 

5

Tan Yong Leng Kelvin

Reactivity of the Heteronuclear Cluster Os3Ru(m-H)2(CO)11(m-CO)2 with Ditertiary Phosphines and Carbocyclic Rings

2007

 

6

Venugopal Sridevi Shanmugham

Reactivity and Catalytic Activity of Some Organometallic Complexes Containing Ruthenium or Iridium

2007

 

7

Li Chunxiang

Organometallic clusters as precursors of metallic nanoparticles

2008

 

8

Chan Pek Ke

Activation of C-H and C-F bonds by cyclopentadienyl iridium complexes

2008

 

9

Kuan Seah Ling*

Synthesis and Reactivity of Group 6 and Group 8 Organometallic Complexes with Sulfur-containing Ligands

2009

 

10

Karl I. Krummel*

In-situ Spectroscopic Studies and System Identification for Asymmetric Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions

2009

 

11

Kong Kien Voon

Bioorganometallic chemistry of osmium carbonyl clusters

2009

 

MSc

 

1

Liu Yao

Halogenation of Triosmium Clusters

1999

 

2

Deng Mingli

The Reactivity of an Osmium-Antimony Cluster

2001

 

3

Lum Mien Wei

The Preparation and Reactivity of Diols and Naphthols Anchored on Triosmium Carbonyl Cluster

2001

 

4

Zhang Junlian

Osmium Clusters Containing Selenium or Tellurium

2001

 

5

Li Bo 

The Halogenation Reaction in Triosmium Clusters

2002

 

6

Lin Qi

The Synthesis and Reactivity of Pyrone-Triosmium Clusters

2002

 

7

Tay Phuay Leng Elaine

h5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Complexes Containing Sulfur Ligands

2004

 

8

Chan Kiat Hwa

Carbonyl Cluster Derivatives and Mimetics of Tamoxifen

2005

 

9

Koh Chin Wai Alaric

Organometallic Clusters for Heterogeneous Catalyst Precursors

2006

 

10

Leong Weilin Janet

Synthesis of Tethered Half-Sandwich Compounds of Ruthenium

2007

 

11

Mak Kar Hang Garvin

Some investigations in bioorganometallic chemistry: Ni(0)-fatty acid complexes, and organometallic cluster derivatives for anti-cancer treatment and bioimaging

2008

 

12

Woo Chang Hong

Bioconjugation of triosmium clusters via the copper(I)-catalyzed azide alkyne cycloaddition

2009

 

*As co-supervisor.

 

 

Honours programme

 

 

 

Student

Thesis title

Year

1

Wendy Koh

Alkoxy Bridged Clusters of Triosmium

1997

2

Lum Mien Wei

A Glycol Derivative of Triosmium Dodecacarbonyl

1997

3

Chan Kwai Sum

Phosphine Substituted Heteronuclear Clusters of Osmium and Ruthenium

1998

4

Lee Chee Keong, Don

Reacitivy of a Benzyne Osmium-Antimony Cluster

1999

5

Tay Chuen Tse

Thermal and Photochemical Reactions of Some Osmium-Arsenic or Antimony Clusters

2000

6

Tan Siok Gim

Solution Structures and Dynamics of Two Disubstituted Phosphine Triruthenium Clusters

2001

7

Tan Yong Leng, Kelvin

Reactions of Ditertiary Phosphine Ligands with Trinuclear and Heteronuclear Clusters of Osmium and Ruthenium

2001

8

Chan Pek Ke

Anchoring of Triosmium Cluster Onto Sugar

2002

9

Foo Kok Wei

Reactivity of Triosmium Clusters with Some Indium Compounds

2002

10

Lusiani

Probing Surface-Anchored Cluster Species

2003

11

Chan Kiat Hwa

Reactivity of Some Osmium-Antimony Clusters

2003

12

Goh Liang Song

Investigations into the Reactivity of Triosmium Clusters with Naphthols

2003

13

Phuah Yen Wah

Reaction of Nitrile or Isonitrile-substituted Triosmium Clusters with Iodine Monochloride- Probing the Mechanism of Cluster Halogenation Reactions

2004

14

Marlin Halim

 

2004

15

Garvin Mak Kar Hang

Triosmium Clusters with very long metal-metal bonds 

2005

16

Chung Loi Hian

Organochromium derivative of diacylglycerol

2005

17

Tai Mei En

An Organometallic Cluster Analogue of the Polymerase Chain Terminator ACV

2006

18

Soh Hui Lian

An Organometallic Infrared Probe for Retinoic Acid Receptor

2006

19

Nio Qing Xia Amanda

Complexes of Ni(0) containing diene ligands with long carbon chains and their possible implications for carcinogenesis

2006

20

Chen Huiping

withdrawn

2007

21

Oh Hwee Hwee Charis

Organometallic clusters for bioimaging

2007

22

Oh Suat Ping

Organometallic clusters of osmium and bismuth

2007

23

Chew Kiajia Benny

Aromatic nucleophilic substitution by neutral organometallic species

2007

24

He Aifen

Organometallic clusters containing d- and f-block elements via a heterobidentate ligand

2007

25

Ong Jieying

Organometallic cluster chemistry of carbenes

2007

26

Chen Litai Jeremiah

Reaction of organometallic clusters with organolanthanides

2008

27

Lau Shi Yin Angela

Reactivity of Cp*Ir(Cl)(CH3)(CO)

2008

28

Tan Mei Qiang

Osmium-Antimony Clusters with a Long Metal-Metal Bond

2008

29

Tay Boon Ying

The conjugation of triosmium cluster to uracil

2008

 

 

Undergraduate programmes

 

 

 

Name

Programme

Year

1

Alaric Koh Chin Wai

SPS

2001

2

Lim Ting Bin

SPS

2001

3

Goh Liang Song

UROPS

2001

4

Yip Fu Hui

UROPS

2001

5

Chan Kiat Hwa

UROPS

2002

6

Tan Kailing

UROPS

2002

7

Garvin Mak 

UROPS

2003

8

Tam Sau Mui

UROPS

2003

9

Tan Wee Boon

UROPS

2003

10

Chia Yen Khng

UROPS

2004

11

Chua Zhijie

UROPS

2004

12

Fang Guihua

UROPS

2004

13

Tai Mei En

UROPS

2004

14

Tan Jialin

UROPS

2004

15

Chen Litai Jeremiah

UROPS

2006

16

Wong Kaining

UROPS

2007

17

Phua Jia Han Eunice

UROPS

2008

 

 

Other programmes

 

 

 

Name

Programme

Year

1

Chan Ai Sin

HJC Mentornet

1997

2

Fu Jia Hui

HJC Mentornet

1997

3

Lim Xue Yan

HJC Mentornet

1997

4

Tan Yih Han

HJC Mentornet

1997

5

Phyllis Yan (RJC)

SRP

1997

6

Wang Tianhua (HJC)

SRP

1997

7

Su Peijing

HJC Mentornet

1998

8

Neo Tiong Cheng (RJC)

SRP

1998

9

Chan Enda

HJC Mentornet

1999

10

Eng Siang Peng

HJC Mentornet

1999

11

Goh Zhiwei

HJC Mentornet

1999

12

Ker Khor Jia

HJC Mentornet

1999

13

Lau Shengrong

HJC Mentornet

1999

14

Liang Jiajie

HJC Mentornet

1999

15

Ong Zhihao

HJC Mentornet

1999

16

Teng Sung Shin

HJC Mentornet

1999

17

Huang Jialing (HJC)

SRP

1999

18

Lui Pak Ling (RJC)

SRP

2001

19

Tan Chun Ghee (RJC)

SRP

2001

20

Hans Renata (RJC)

SRP

2002

21

Khoo Seng Teck (RJC)

SRP

2007

22

Alan Koh (RJC)

SRP

2007

23

Mao Yihan

HJC

2007

24

Ji Nan

HJC

2007

25

Wang Ruibin

HJC

2007

26

Lee Jun Hui

SRP

2008

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