List of works - Weng Kee Leong

(R)-binap-mediated asymmetric hydrogenation with a rhodacarborane catalyst in ionic-liquid media.

scientific article published in August 2003

A rapid and label-free SERS detection method for biomarkers in clinical biofluids

scientific article published on 11 August 2014

A transition metal carbonyl probe for use in a highly specific and sensitive SERS-based assay for glucose.

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Arene-ruthenium complexes of an acyclic thiolate-thioether and tridentate thioether derivatives resulting from ring-closure reactions.

scientific article

Binuclear Oxidative Addition of Sb–Cl Bonds: A Facile Synthetic Route to Main Group–Transition Element Clusters and Rings

article

Bioimaging in the mid-infrared using an organometallic carbonyl tag.

scientific article

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

scientific article published on July 27, 2012

C-S Bond Cleavage and C-C Coupling in Cyclopentadienylchromium Complexes To Give the First Dithiooxamide-Bridged and Doubly Dithiocarbamate-Bridged Double Cubanes: [Cp6 Cr8 S8 {(C(S)NEt2 )2 }] and [Cp6 Cr8 S8 (S2 CNEt2 )2 ].

scientific article published in September 2001

Cytotoxic triosmium carbonyl clusters: a structure-activity relationship study

scientific article published on 20 January 2014

Direct evidence for the attack of a free N-heterocyclic carbene at a carbonyl ligand: a zwitterionic osmium carbonyl cluster.

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Embedding a Ruthenium-Based Structural Mimic of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor into Papain

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Expedient Synthesis of a Metallostibine Os2 (CO)8 (µ-SbPh): An Unusual and Strong Two-Electron-Donor Ligand

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

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

Group VIII Metal Carbonyl Cluster-Boronic Acid Conjugates: Cytotoxicity and Mode of Action Studies

scientific article published on 22 October 2021

HMB and Cp* ruthenium(II) complexes containing bis- and tris-(mercaptomethimazolyl)borate ligands: Synthetic, X-ray structural and electrochemical studies (HMB=η6-C6Me6, Cp*=η5-C5Me5)

scientific article published in February 2006

Heterocyclic thionates as a new class of bridging ligands in oxo-centered triangular cyclopentadienylchromium(III) complexes

scientific article published in July 2005

Highly Oxidized Ruthenium Organometallic Compounds. The Synthesis and One-Electron Electrochemical Oxidation of [CpRuIVCl2(S2CR)] (Cp = η5-C5Me5, R = NMe2, NEt2, OiPr)

scientific article published in December 2006

Isomerization of the osmium-tellurium cluster Os3(μ-TeR)2(CO)10: a kinetic and computational study

scientific article

Metal carbonyl-gold nanoparticle conjugates for live-cell SERS imaging.

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Mixed-Sandwich (Cp/(HMB))Ru Complexes Containing Bis(methimazolyl)(pyrazolyl)borate (Cp = η5-C5Me5, HMB = η6-C6Me6)

scientific article published on 10 July 2012

Mixed-Sandwich CpCr Complexes Containing Poly(methimazolyl)borates (Cp = C5Me5): Syntheses and Structural and Electrochemical Studies

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Organometallic carbonyl clusters: a new class of contrast agents for photoacoustic cerebral vascular imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Organometallic cluster analogues of tamoxifen: Synthesis and biochemical assay

Organometallic radical-initiated cleavage of the metal chelate and thiazole rings in a cyclopentadienylchromium complex.

scientific article

Organometallic-constructed Tip-based Dual Chemical Sensing by Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Diabetes Detection

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Osmium carbonyl clusters: a new class of apoptosis inducing agents.

scientific article

Oxidative Addition across Sb–H and Sb–Sb Bonds by an Osmium Carbonyl Cluster: Trapping the Intermediate

article

Oxidative Sequence of a Ruthenocene-Based Anticancer Drug Candidate in a Basic Environment

Preparation and characterization of Cr(CO)(4)dpp (chromium tetracarbonyl 2,3-bis(2'-pyridyl)pyrazine) adsorbed on silver nanoparticles

scientific article

Pro-oxidant properties of AZT and other thymidine analogues in macrophages: implication of the azido moiety in oxidative stress

scientific article

Raft-like osmium- and ruthenium-antimony carbonyl clusters

scholarly article by Ying Zhou Li & Weng Kee Leong published June 2016 in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Reactivity of [CpCr(CO)3]2 towards thione (CS) moieties in some sulfur-containing substrates

scientific article published in April 2005

Redox-Dependent Isomerization of Organometallic RuII/RuIIICompounds Containing the Hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate Ligand: An Electrochemical Square Scheme Mechanism

scientific article published in September 2005

Stibine-protected Au13 nanoclusters: syntheses, properties and facile conversion to GSH-protected Au25 nanocluster

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Structural Mimics of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase: A Complete Set for Group VIII Metals

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Structure of undecacarbonyl[tris(pentafluorophenyl)phosphine]-triangulo- triosmium, a substituted osmium cluster containing a fluorinated triphenylphosphine ligand

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Properties of Osmium-Based Tamoxifen Derivatives - Comparison with Their Homologues in the Iron and Ruthenium Series

scholarly article by Hui Zhi Shirley Lee et al published 11 August 2015 in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Synthetic and X-ray structural and reactivity studies of CpRuIV complexes containing bidentate dithiocarbonate, xanthate, carbonate, and phosphinate ligands (Cp = eta5-C5Me5).

scientific article published in February 2007

The deposition of osmium carbonyl clusters onto inorganic oxide surfaces: a ToF-SIMS and IR spectroscopic study of the surface species

scientific article published on 04 September 2008

The metallostibine Os 2 (CO) 8 ( μ -SbPh): A versatile donor precursor for antimony-containing heterometallic clusters

Thermolysis of polymeric [Ru(CO)4]infinity to metallic ruthenium: molecular shape of the precursor affects the nanoparticle shape

scientific article published on 26 September 2008

Ultrafast vibrational relaxation dynamics of carbonyl stretching modes in Os3(CO)12.

scientific article published in July 2011

Vibrational spectroscopy of metal carbonyls for bio-imaging and -sensing

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

[Cp*IrCl2]2 catalyzed formation of 2,2'-biindoles from 2-ethynylanilines

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

List of works by Weng Kee Leong

(R)-binap-mediated asymmetric hydrogenation with a rhodacarborane catalyst in ionic-liquid media.

A rapid and label-free SERS detection method for biomarkers in clinical biofluids

A transition metal carbonyl probe for use in a highly specific and sensitive SERS-based assay for glucose.

Arene-ruthenium complexes of an acyclic thiolate-thioether and tridentate thioether derivatives resulting from ring-closure reactions.

Binuclear Oxidative Addition of Sb–Cl Bonds: A Facile Synthetic Route to Main Group–Transition Element Clusters and Rings

Bioimaging in the mid-infrared using an organometallic carbonyl tag.

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

C-S Bond Cleavage and C-C Coupling in Cyclopentadienylchromium Complexes To Give the First Dithiooxamide-Bridged and Doubly Dithiocarbamate-Bridged Double Cubanes: [Cp6 Cr8 S8 {(C(S)NEt2 )2 }] and [Cp6 Cr8 S8 (S2 CNEt2 )2 ].

Cytotoxic triosmium carbonyl clusters: a structure-activity relationship study

Direct evidence for the attack of a free N-heterocyclic carbene at a carbonyl ligand: a zwitterionic osmium carbonyl cluster.

Embedding a Ruthenium-Based Structural Mimic of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor into Papain

Expedient Synthesis of a Metallostibine Os2 (CO)8 (µ-SbPh): An Unusual and Strong Two-Electron-Donor Ligand

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

Group VIII Metal Carbonyl Cluster-Boronic Acid Conjugates: Cytotoxicity and Mode of Action Studies

HMB and Cp* ruthenium(II) complexes containing bis- and tris-(mercaptomethimazolyl)borate ligands: Synthetic, X-ray structural and electrochemical studies (HMB=η6-C6Me6, Cp*=η5-C5Me5)

Heterocyclic thionates as a new class of bridging ligands in oxo-centered triangular cyclopentadienylchromium(III) complexes

Highly Oxidized Ruthenium Organometallic Compounds. The Synthesis and One-Electron Electrochemical Oxidation of [Cp*RuIVCl2(S2CR)] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5, R = NMe2, NEt2, OiPr)

Isomerization of the osmium-tellurium cluster Os3(μ-TeR)2(CO)10: a kinetic and computational study

Metal carbonyl-gold nanoparticle conjugates for live-cell SERS imaging.

Mixed-Sandwich (Cp*/(HMB))Ru Complexes Containing Bis(methimazolyl)(pyrazolyl)borate (Cp* = η5-C5Me5, HMB = η6-C6Me6)

Mixed-Sandwich Cp*Cr Complexes Containing Poly(methimazolyl)borates (Cp* = C5Me5): Syntheses and Structural and Electrochemical Studies

Organometallic carbonyl clusters: a new class of contrast agents for photoacoustic cerebral vascular imaging

Organometallic cluster analogues of tamoxifen: Synthesis and biochemical assay

Organometallic radical-initiated cleavage of the metal chelate and thiazole rings in a cyclopentadienylchromium complex.

Organometallic-constructed Tip-based Dual Chemical Sensing by Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Diabetes Detection

Osmium carbonyl clusters: a new class of apoptosis inducing agents.

Oxidative Addition across Sb–H and Sb–Sb Bonds by an Osmium Carbonyl Cluster: Trapping the Intermediate

Oxidative Sequence of a Ruthenocene-Based Anticancer Drug Candidate in a Basic Environment

Preparation and characterization of Cr(CO)(4)dpp (chromium tetracarbonyl 2,3-bis(2'-pyridyl)pyrazine) adsorbed on silver nanoparticles

Pro-oxidant properties of AZT and other thymidine analogues in macrophages: implication of the azido moiety in oxidative stress

Raft-like osmium- and ruthenium-antimony carbonyl clusters

Reactivity of [CpCr(CO)3]2 towards thione (CS) moieties in some sulfur-containing substrates

Redox-Dependent Isomerization of Organometallic RuII/RuIIICompounds Containing the Hydrotris(methimazolyl)borate Ligand: An Electrochemical Square Scheme Mechanism

Stibine-protected Au13 nanoclusters: syntheses, properties and facile conversion to GSH-protected Au25 nanocluster

Structural Mimics of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase: A Complete Set for Group VIII Metals

Structure of undecacarbonyl[tris(pentafluorophenyl)phosphine]-triangulo- triosmium, a substituted osmium cluster containing a fluorinated triphenylphosphine ligand

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Properties of Osmium-Based Tamoxifen Derivatives - Comparison with Their Homologues in the Iron and Ruthenium Series

Synthetic and X-ray structural and reactivity studies of Cp*RuIV complexes containing bidentate dithiocarbonate, xanthate, carbonate, and phosphinate ligands (Cp* = eta5-C5Me5).

The deposition of osmium carbonyl clusters onto inorganic oxide surfaces: a ToF-SIMS and IR spectroscopic study of the surface species

The metallostibine Os 2 (CO) 8 ( μ -SbPh): A versatile donor precursor for antimony-containing heterometallic clusters

Thermolysis of polymeric [Ru(CO)4]infinity to metallic ruthenium: molecular shape of the precursor affects the nanoparticle shape

Ultrafast vibrational relaxation dynamics of carbonyl stretching modes in Os3(CO)12.

Vibrational spectroscopy of metal carbonyls for bio-imaging and -sensing

[Cp*IrCl2]2 catalyzed formation of 2,2'-biindoles from 2-ethynylanilines

Highly Oxidized Ruthenium Organometallic Compounds. The Synthesis and One-Electron Electrochemical Oxidation of [CpRuIVCl2(S2CR)] (Cp = η5-C5Me5, R = NMe2, NEt2, OiPr)

Mixed-Sandwich (Cp/(HMB))Ru Complexes Containing Bis(methimazolyl)(pyrazolyl)borate (Cp = η5-C5Me5, HMB = η6-C6Me6)

Mixed-Sandwich CpCr Complexes Containing Poly(methimazolyl)borates (Cp = C5Me5): Syntheses and Structural and Electrochemical Studies

Synthetic and X-ray structural and reactivity studies of CpRuIV complexes containing bidentate dithiocarbonate, xanthate, carbonate, and phosphinate ligands (Cp = eta5-C5Me5).