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  1. Using a multi-tier diagnostic test to explore the nature of students’ alternative conceptions on reaction kinetics

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  2. An investigation of Singapore preschool children’s emerging concepts of floating and sinking

    Article • Pedagogies An International Journal, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Yaw Kai Yan

  3. Downregulation of oncogenic RAS and c-Myc expression in MOLT-4 leukaemia cells by a salicylaldehyde semicarbazone copper(II) complex

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yaw Kai Yan

  4. Diagnostic appraisal of grade 12 students' understanding of reaction kinetics

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  5. Formation of “A-frame” dirhenium(I) hexacarbonyl complexes by trans -1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene and bis(bidentate) ligands

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 2015, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  6. Copper(ii) complexes of substituted salicylaldehyde dibenzyl semicarbazones: synthesis, cytotoxicity and interaction with quadruplex DNA

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  7. How flip teaching supports undergraduate chemistry laboratory learning

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan, Tang Wee Teo

  8. Rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes of salicylaldehyde semicarbazones: Synthesis, crystal structures and cytotoxicity

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, February 2013, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  9. (M3L4 + M2L4): a unique example of a co-crystal containing M3L4 and M2L4 metallocages

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  10. Structural requirements of salicylaldehyde benzoylhydrazones and their Cu(II) complexes for anticancer activity

    Article • Canadian Journal of Chemistry, September 2012, Canadian Science Publishing

    Yaw Kai Yan

  11. DNA binding and nucleolytic properties of Cu(ii) complexes of salicylaldehyde semicarbazones

    Article • Metallomics, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yaw Kai Yan

  12. Low Catalyst Loadings for Copper-Catalyzed O-Arylation of Phenols with Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides under Mild Conditions

    Article • Synlett, December 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Yaw Kai Yan

  13. Copper, gold and silver compounds as potential new anti-tumor metallodrugs

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, October 2010, Future Science

    Yaw Kai Yan

  14. Cytotoxic copper(ii) salicylaldehyde semicarbazone complexes: Mode of action and proteomic analysis

    Article • Metallomics, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yaw Kai Yan

  15. Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of [CuII(H2O)6][CuII2(nta)2(pyz)]·4H2O: A channeled solid with three-dimensional hydrogen-bonding network

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, August 2009, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  16. Manganese-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of nitrogen nucleophiles with aryl halides in water

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  17. Synthesis, crystal structures and cytotoxicities of some transition metal complexes with N-[2-{(pyridin-2-ylmethylidene)amino}ethyl]acetamide

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, February 2007, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  18. Synthesis and characterization of polyamidoamine dendrimers surface-functionalized with bromotricarbonylpyridyliminerhenium(I) units

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, December 2006, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  19. Complexes with the fac-{M(CO)3}+ (M=99mTc, Re) moiety and long alkyl chain ligands as Lipiodol surrogates

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, September 2006, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  20. Synthesis and X-ray structures of rhenium(I) carbonyl aminoalkoxide and aminocarboxylate complexes

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  21. Catalysis of regioselective reduction of NAD+ by ruthenium(II) arene complexes under biologically relevant conditions

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yaw Kai Yan

  22. Unlocking Chemical Cyclization: The Power of Lewis Acidic Complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Yaw Kai Yan

  23. Rhenium carbonyl complexes with monodentate-coordinated diphosphines: activation of terminal phosphino groups towards amine-oxide oxidation

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2005, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  24. A 1:1 adduct of 3-(piperidin-1-yl)propionic acid with triphenyltin chloride

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, March 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Yaw Kai Yan

  25. Organometallic chemistry, biology and medicine: ruthenium arene anticancer complexes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  26. Oxalate-bridged dirhenium(I) hexacarbonyl complexes: synthesis, reactions, and crystal structures

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 2004, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  27. Reactions of the complexes [Re2(CO)9(η1-P–P)] (P–P=Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2, n=1–6) with Me3NO: formation of close-bridged complexes [Re2(CO)8(μ-P–P)] and phosphine oxide complexes [Re2(CO)9{P–P(O)}]

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, July 2004, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  28. Syntheses, structures and luminescent properties of Sm (III) and Eu (III) chelates for organic electroluminescent device applications

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, August 2003, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  29. Synthesis, X-ray structures, and cytotoxicity of rhenium(I) carbonyl 2-(dimethylamino)ethoxide complexes

    Article • Polyhedron, September 2002, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  30. Synthesis, characterization and luminescent properties of a europium (III) complex

    Article • Thin Solid Films, September 2002, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  31. Tricarbonylrhenium(I) complexes of phosphine-derivatized amines, amino acids and a model peptide: structures, solution behavior and cytotoxicity

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 2002, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  32. Amine-oxide-mediated oxidative methanolysis of metal–metal bonds in [MM′(CO)10] (M=Mn, Re; M′=Re) and [Os3(CO)12]: crystal structure of fac-[Re{OC(O)OMe}(CO)3(η2-dppf)]

    Article • Polyhedron, March 2000, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  33. Reactions of [Pt2(μ-S)2(PPh3)4] with Group 6 and 7 metal carbonyls; crystal structure of the apparently unsaturated heterometallic complex [Pt2Re(μ3-S)2(PPh3)4(CO)3]+

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, February 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  34. Fragmentation pathways of [Re2(μ-OR)3(CO)6]− (R = H, Me) and ligand exchange reactions with oxygen donor ligands, investigated by electrospray mass spectrometry †

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  35. Ligand-stabilization of an unusual square-based pyramidal geometry of Cd(II) and Zn(II) in an heterometallic {MPt2S2} core (M = Cd, Zn)

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  36. Ligand exchange reactions of [Re2(μ-OR)3(CO)6]− (R = H, Me) with sulfur, selenium, phosphorus and nitrogen donor ligands, investigated by electrospray mass spectrometry †

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  37. Developing Transition-Metal Catalysts for the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes

    Article • Organometallics, January 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Yaw Kai Yan

  38. Rhenium(I) methoxo carbonyl complexes containing tetraphosphine or triphosphine ligands; facile separation and X-ray crystallographic studies of d/l- and meso-[{Re2(μ-OMe)2(CO)6}2(μ,μ′-1,1,4,7,10,10-hexaphenyl-1,4,7,10-tetra-phosphadecane)]

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  39. Reductive coupling of halogenothiophenes and halogenothiazoles catalysed by PdII in a basic alcohol medium

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  40. 8-Ammonioquinolinium Dichloride

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, September 1998, International Union of Crystallography

    Yaw Kai Yan

  41. Electrospray mass spectrometric studies of the rhenium hydroxy and methoxy carbonyl complexes [Re2(μ-OR)3(CO)6]− (R = H, Me)

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  42. Controlled Acidolysis of Hexacarbonyltris(μ-alkoxo)dirhenium(I) Anions:  Facile Synthesis of Hexacarbonylbis(μ-alkoxo)- [μ-1,1‘-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene]dirhenium(I) Complexes and Nonacarbonyltris(μ-methoxo)(μ 3 -methoxo)trirhenium(I)

    Article • Organometallics, January 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  43. Amine-oxide-mediated reactions of Re2(CO)10 with phenol and aliphatic alcohols: The formation of Re3(CO)14(μ-H) and a hydroxo-methoxo trirhenium aggregate [Me3NH]+[Re3(CO)9(μ-OH)2(μ-OMe)(μ3-OMe)]−

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  44. Substituted Metal Carbonyls. 26. 1 One-Step Synthesis, Structures, NMR, and Dynamic Laser-Light Scattering of Re 2 (μ-OMe) 2 [μ-Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) n PPh 2 ](CO) 6 ( n = 1−4)

    Article • Organometallics, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  45. Diastereomers of the carborane sandwich complex commo-[3,3-Fe{4-(Me2S)-1,2-C2B9H10}2]; crystal structure of meso-[Fe(C2B9H10SMe2)2]

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 1995, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  46. Magnetic Properties of a Carboranes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Yaw Kai Yan

  47. Synthesis, structures and physical properties of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalenium salts of paramagnetic metallacarborane anions

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  48. Two tetrathiafulvalene salts of a new thiophene-functionalised ferracarborane: electrical conductivity as a function of crystal composition

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  49. Synthesis, structure and physical properties of tetrathiafulvalenium salts of the ferracarborane complex commo-[3,3′-Fe{1-(C4H3S)-1,2-C2B9H10}2]–

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  50. Structural, magnetic, and conductivity properties of charge-transfer salts derived from metallacarboranes

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yaw Kai Yan

  51. Solution Characterization, Conformation Analysis, and Dynamics of the Ligand 1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) in Re2(.mu.-OMe)2(.mu.-dppf)(CO)6

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, May 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Yaw Kai Yan

  52. Exploring Magnetic Properties of Tiny Carbon-Based Spheres and their Salts

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, March 1994, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Yaw Kai Yan

  53. Synthesis and structure of a charge-compensated ferracarborane, commo-[3,3′-Fe{4-(Me2S)-1,2-C2B9H10}2], and its charge-transfer salt with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1994, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst Müller, Yaw Kai Yan

  54. Substituted metal carbonyls

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, July 1993, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan

  55. Substituted metal carbonyls

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, April 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  56. Methoxylation of the Re–Re bond in [Re2(CO)10] by methanol under ambient conditions

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1992, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ling-Kang Liu, Yaw Kai Yan

  57. Substituted metal carbonylsXVIII. rhenium 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (DPPF) complexes derived from [Re2(CO)9]. Crystal structures of two isomorphous pentametallic [M2(CO)9]2(μ-dppf) (M  Mn, Re) and trimetallic Re2(CO)9(dppfO) complexes

    Article • Polyhedron, January 1991, Elsevier

    Yaw Kai Yan