L. Keith Woo

Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis

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Selected Publications

  1. Mbuvi, H. M.; Klobukowski, E. R.; Roberts, G.; Woo, L. K. "O-H Insertion and Tandem N-H Insertion/Cyclization Reactions Using an Iron Porphyrin as Catalyst with Diazo Compounds as Carbene Sources." J. Porphyr. Phthalocya. 2010, 14, 284-292. http://www.worldscinet.com/jpp/14/1403/S1088424610001982.html
  2. Karuppiah, K. S. K.; Zhou, Y.; Woo, L. K.; Sundararajan, S. "Nanoscale Friction Switches: Friction Modulation of Monomolecular Assemblies Using External Electric Fields." Langmuir 2009, 25, 12114-12119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la901221g
  3. Zhou, Y.; Trewyn, B. G.; Angelici, R. J.; Woo, L. K. "Catalytic Reactions of Carbene Precursors on Bulk Gold Metal." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11734-11743. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja900653s
  4. Mbuvi, H.; Woo, L. K. "Büchner Additions of Aryldiazoacetates to Substituted Benzenes Catalyzed by Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes." J. Porphyr. Phthalocya. 2009, 13, 136-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1088424609000036
  5. Grubisha, D.; Mirafzal, G.; Woo, L. K. "Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium with Tetrachelate and Macrocycle Complexes." Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2008, 361, 3079-3083. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2008.01.028
  6. Mbuvi, H; Woo, L. K. "Catalytic C-H Insertions Using Silver(II), Copper(II) and Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes." Organometallics, 2008, 27, 637-645. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om7007502
  7. Baumann, L. K.; Mbuvi, H. M.; Du, G.; Woo, L. K. "Iron Porphyrin Catalyzed N-H Insertion Reactions with Ethyl Diazoacetate." Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3995-4002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om0610997
  8. Zhou, Y.; Woo, L. K.; Angelici, R. J. "Solid Acid Catalysis of Tandem Isomerization-Lactonization of Olefinic Acids." Appl. Catal., A, 2007, 333, 238-244. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2007.09.013
  9. Zhou, Y.; Ryu, E.-H.; Zhao, Y.; Woo, L. K. "Solvent Responsive Metalloporphyrins: Binding and Catalysis." Organometallics, 2007, 26, 358-364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om060791z
  10. Berreau, L. M.; Chen, J.; Woo, L. K. "Imidomolybdenum(IV) Porphyrin Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Intermetal Imido Transfer Reactivity." Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 7304-7306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic051100e