YIP Hon Kay, John
Associate Professor
Postdoc. Fellow, Caltech, 1995-1997; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, TU Munich, 1993-1995; Ph.D., University of Hong Kong, 1993; B.Sc. (Hons) First Class, University of Hong Kong, 1989.
Contact Information:
Office: S5-05-05
Tel: (65)-6516-6256
Fax: (65)-6779-1691
Email: chmyiphk@nus.edu.sg
Research
Research Interests
- Design and synthesis of inorganic- or organometallic-based photocatalysts for renewable energy technologies such as CO2, proton reductions and C-H bond activation.
- Construction of inorganic supramolecular systems that can convert chemical energy or light energy to mechanical motions.
- Electronic spectroscopy of luminescent transition metal complexes.
Research Highlight
Gao, Y.; Yip, J. H. K.; Lim E. G.; Nguyen, V. H. mer-M(CO)3(PNP)0/+ pincer complexes (M = W(0) or Re(i); PNP = 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)acridine): synthesis, spectroscopy and anti-Kasha emission. Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 15565-15575.
Wang, Y.; Ang, P. L.; Wong, C.-Y. Yip, J. H. K., Gold-Clip-Assisted Self-Assembly and Proton-Coupled Expansion-Contraction of a Cofacial FeIII-Porphyrin Cage. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 18623-18628.
Teaching Contributions AY2024/2025
- CM2112 Chemistry of Elements
- CM4215 Bioinorganic Chemistry
Representative Publications
- Wang, Y.; Ang, P. L.; Wong, C.-Y. Yip, J. H. K. Gold-Clip-Assisted Self-Assembly and Proton-Coupled Expansion-Contraction of a Cofacial FeIII-Porphyrin Cage. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 18623-18628.
- Wang, Y. Y.; Lin, R.; Yip, J. H. K. Templated assembly of a pseudorotaxane of gold rectangles. Dalton T. 2008, 2806-2808. [Selected as Hot paper and cover page].
- Heng, W. Y.; Hu, J.; Yip, J. H. K. Attaching gold and platinum to the rim of pyrene: A synthetic and spectroscopic study. Organometallics 2007, 26, 6760-6768.
- Zhang, K.; Prabhavathy, J.; Yip, J. H. K.; Koh, L. L.; Tan, G. K.; Vittal, J. J. First examples of Au(I)-X-Ag(I) halonium cations (X = Cl and Br). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 8452-8453.
- Lin, R.; Yip, J. H. K.; Zhang, K.; Koh, L. L.; Wong, K. Y.; Ho, K. P., Self-assembly and molecular recognition of a luminescent gold rectangle. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 15852-15869.
- Yip, J. H. K.; Prabhavathy, J. A Luminescent Gold Ring That Flips Like Cyclohexane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 2159-2162.
