HUYNH Han Vinh
Associate Professor
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 2003-2004; Dr. rer. nat. (2002), Dipl. Chem. (1999), Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster.
Contact Information:
Office: S9-13-01G
Tel: (65)-6516-2670
Fax: (65)-6779-1691
Email: chmhhv@nus.edu.sg
Research
Recognition and Achievements
- Asian Core Program Lectureship Award for Japan 2019
- Asian Core Program Lectureship Award for Hong Kong 2010
- Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2003-2004
Research Interests
Our research is centered on the chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and related strong donor ligands. Specific foci are:
- Development of unprecedented and non-classical carbenes and related strong donor ligands
- Design and applications of donor-flexible ligands
- Applications of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) complexes in catalysis and bioorganometallic chemistry
- Physical organic chemistry, development of electronic parameters, e.g. Huynh Electronic Parameters (HEP, HEP2, HEPx) and stereoelectronic maps
Research Highlight
Ref. : Leung, J. N.; Huynh, H. V., Design of a Mesoionic Janus-Type Dicarbene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3622–3626.
Teaching Contributions AY2024/2025
- CM2112 Chemistry of Elements
- CM5211 Contemporary Organometallic Chemistry
Representative Publications
- Leung, J. N.; Huynh, H. V., Mesoionic Janus-Type Dicarbene: Complexes, Adducts, and Catalytic Studies. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202402127.
- Leung, J. N.; Mondori, Y.; Ogoshi, S.; Hoshimoto, Y.; Huynh, H. V., Electronic Profiling of N-Phosphine Oxide-Substituted Imidazolin-2-ylidenes (PoxIms) and Imidazolidin-2-ylidenes (SPoxIms). Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 4344–4354.
- Do, D. C. H.; Dordevic, N.; Huynh, H. V., Diverse Post-Metathesis Reactivities of Mixed Amido-Isothiocyanato Molybdenum Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 18583–18590.
- Huynh, H. V., Leung, J. N.; Lam, T. T., Donor Strength Determination of Anionic Ligands. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 13902–13909.
- Leung, J. N.; Luong, H. T. T.; Huynh, H. V., Stereoelectronic Profiling of Neutral and Monoanionic Biimidazoles and Mixed Diimines. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 4606–4617.
- Leung, J. N.; Huynh, H. V., Stereoelectronic Mapping of Dithiocarbamates and Xanthates. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 295–303.
- Do, D. C. H.; Huynh, H. V., Controlled Access to Four- and Six-Membered Palladacycles via Modifying Donor Abilities of Ketiminato Ligands (“NacAcs”). Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 20087–20094.
- Ghatak, K.; Huynh, H. V., Palladium hetero-di(N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes and their catalytic activities in direct C-H arylation of heteroarenes. Appl. Organometal. Chem. 2022, 38, e6717.
- Dordevic, N.; Huynh, H. V., Stereoelectronic Evaluation of Pyrazole- and Indazole-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Organometallics 2022, 41, 335–344.
