Alex's Selected Publications:

(1) Tsang, C.-W.; Rohrick, C. A.; Saini, T. S.; Patrick, B. O.; Gates, D. P.
"The Destiny of Transient Phosphenium Ions Generated from the Addition of Electrophiles to Phosphaalkenes: Intramolecular C-H Activation, Donor-Acceptor Formation and Linear Oligomerization" Organometallics 2004, In press.

(2) Tsang, C,-W.; Baharloo, B.; Riendl, D.; Yam, M.; Gates, D.P.
"Radical Copolymerization of a Phosphaalkene with Styrene: New Phosphine-Containing Macromolecules and Their Use in Polymer-Supported Catalysis"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2004, In press.

(3) Yam, M.; Tsang, C,-W.; Gates, D.P.
"A Convenient Synthesis of New Isolable Phosphaalkenes Using the Base-Induced Rearrangement of Secondary Vinylphosphines"
Inorg. Chem. 2004, In press.

(4) Gates, D.P.; Tsang, C,-W.; Wright, V.A.; Yam, M.
"New Functional Inorganic Polymers Containing Phosphorus"
Macromol. Symp. 2003, 196, 271-278.

(5) Tsang, C.-W.; Yang, Q.; Mak, T. C. W.; Xie, Z.
"Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Silver and Argentate Complexes of Mixed Halocarborane Anions"
Appl. Organometal. Chem. 2003, 17, 449-452.

(6) Tsang, C,-W.; Yam, M.; Gates, D.P.
"The Addition Polymerization of a Phosphaalkene: A Route to New Phosphine Polymers"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125(6), 1480-1481.

(7) Tsang, C.-W.; Yang, Q.; Mak, T. C. W.; Xie, Z.
"Synthesis and Structure of Solvated Protons incorporating Weakly Coordinating Anions. Precursors of Superacids"
Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2002, 20(11), 1241-1248.

(8) Tsang, C.-W.; Rohrick, C. A.; Saini, T. S.; Patrick, B. O.; Gates, D. P.
" Reactions of Electrophiles with the Phosphaalkene Mes*P=CH2: Mechanistic Studies of a
Catalytic Intramolecular C-H Bond Activation Reaction"
Organometallics 2002, 21, 1008

(9) Tsang, C.-W.; Xie, Z.
"A Novel Synthetic Route to Peralkylated Carborane Anions, 1-H-CB9Me9- and 1-H-CB11R11- (R = Me, Et)"
Chem. Commun. 2000, 19, 1839.

(10) Tsang, C.-W.; Sun, J.; Xie, Z.
"Monomeric and Polymeric Structures of Silver Salts of Cobalt(III) bis(dicarbollide) ions"
J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 613(1), 99.

(11) Tsang, C.-W.; Yang, Q.; Sze, E. T.-P.; Mak, T. C. W.; Chan, D. T. W.; Xie, Z.
"Weakly Coordinating Nature of a Carborane Cage Bearing Different Halogen Atoms. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Mixed-Halo Icosahedral Carborane Anions, 1-H-CB11Y5X6-"
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 5851.

(12) Tsang, C.-W.; Yang, Q.; Sze, E. T.-P.; Mak, T. C. W.; Chan, D. T. W.; Xie, Z.
"Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Highly Chlorinated, Brominated, Iodinated, and Methylated Carborane Anions, 1-H-CB9X9-, 1-NH2-CB9X9- (X = Cl, Br, I), and 1-H-CB9(CH3)9-"
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 3582.

(13) Xie, Z.; Tsang, C.-W.; Xue, F.; Mak, T.C.W.
"Synthesis and Structural Characterization of New Weakly Coordinating Anions. Crystal Structure of Ag(1-CH3-CB11H5X6) (X = H, Cl, Br, I)"
J. Organomet. Chem. 1999, 577, 197.

(14) Xie, Z.; Tsang, C.-W.; Sze, E. T.-P.; Yang, Q.; Chan, D. T. W.; Mak, T. C. W.
"Highly Chorinated, Brominated, and Iodinated Icosahedral Carborane Anions. 1-H-CB11X11-, 1-CH3-CB11X11- (X = Cl, Br, I) and 1-Br-CB11Br11-"
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 6444.

(15) Xie, Z.; Tsang, C.-W.; Xue, F.; Mak, T. C. W.
"Chlorination of Icosahedral Carborane Anions. X-ray Crystal Structure of [Me3NH][CH3-1-CB11Cl11]"
Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 2246.