Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory
Chief Scientist
Zhaomin HOU (D.Eng.)
Our research interests cover broad areas of organometallic chemistry, which include the synthesis of new complexes having novel structures, development of more efficient, more selective catalysts for olefin polymerization and organic synthesis, and exploration of new chemical transformation processes by use of organometallic compounds. Much of our work lies at the interfaces between inorganic, organic, polymer and material chemistries. Researchers in this laboratory have access to the state-of-the-art inert atmosphere workstations and other modern facilities for organometallic and related researches.
- New single-site catalysts for regio- and stereospecific olefin polymerization and copolymerization
- New organometallic catalysts for efficient organic synthesis
- Synthesis and synergistic reactivity of rare earth metal hydride clusters
- Development of novel organic electroluminescence (EL) materials
- September 19, 2011
- New metal hydride clusters provide insights into hydrogen storage
- December 03,2010
- From pollution to solution
'Green' catalysts transform carbon dioxide gas into valuable building blocks for organic synthesis
- February 05, 2010
- Precision molecular assembly
A finely tuned rare-earth metal catalyzes the exact interactions needed for site-selective molecular synthesis
- Chen, J., Shima, T., Hou,. Z.
"Rare-Earth Polyhydride Complexes Bearing Bis(phosphinophenyl)amido Pincer Ligands."
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 1857-1860 (2011). - Pan, L., Zhang, K., Nishiura, M., Hou, Z.:
"Syndiospecific Living Copolymerization of Styrene with ε-Caprolactone by Scandium Catalysts."
Macromolecules, 43, 9591-9593 (2010). - Zhang, L., Cheng, J., Ohishi, T., Hou, Z.:
"Copper-Catalyzed Direct Carboxylation of C-H Bonds with Carbon Dioxide."
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 8670-8673 (2010). - Nishiura, M. Hou, Z.:
"Novel polymerization catalysts and hydride clusters from rare-earth metal dialkyls. "
Nature Chem., 2, 257-268 (2010). - Takimoto, M., Usami, S., Hou, Z.:
"Scandium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereospecific Methylalumination of Silyloxy/Alkoxy-Substituted Alkynes and Alkenes. "
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 18266-18268 (2009). - Li, X., Nishiura, M., Hu, L., Mori, K., Hou, Z.:
"Alternating and Random Copolymerization of Isoprene and Ethylene Catalyzed by Cationic Half-Sandwich Scandium Alkyls. "
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 13870-13882 (2009). - Takenaka, Y., Shima, T., Baldamus, J., Hou, Z.:
"Reduction of Transition-Metal-Coordinated Carbon Monoxide by a Rare-Earth Hydride Cluster: Isolation of Well-Defined Heteromultimetallic Oxycarbene, Oxymethyl, Carbene, and Methyl Complexes"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48, 7888-7891 (2009). - Liu, Y., Ye, K., Fan, Y., Song, W., Wang, Y., Hou, Z.:
"Amidinate-Ligated Iridium(III) Bis(2-pyridyl)phenyl Complex as an Excellent Phosphorescent Material for Eelectroluminescence Devices"
Chem. Commun. 3699-3701 (2009). - Zhang, L., Nishiura, M., Yuki, M., Luo, Y., Hou, Z.:
"Isoprene Polymerization with Yttrium Amidinate Catalysts: Switching the Regio- and Stereoselectivity by Addition of AlMe3. "
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 2642-2645 (2008). - Zhang, W., Nishiura, M., Hou, Z.:
"Synthesis of (Z)-1-Aza-1,3-enynes by the Cross-Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Isocyanides Catalyzed by Rare-Earth Metal Complexes."
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 47, 9700-9703 (2008).