The Jordan Group

Wei Weng


	Address:	Department of Chemistry University of Chicago 5735 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL, 60637 (USA)
	Tel.:	+1 773 834 4374
	email:	weng at uchicago dot edu
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2007	Post Doctoral Researcher with R. F. Jordan
2006	Ph.D. in Chemistry, Brandeis University with Oleg V. Ozerov
2001	M.S. in Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China with Xian-He Bu
1998	B.S. in Chemistry Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China

Investigation of Pd-based catalysts for (alpha)-olefin/vinyl halides copolymerization

Weng, W.; Ozerov, O. V.; Parkin, S.; “Double C-H activation of a neutral PCP ligand to form a RuII carbene,” Organometallics 2006, 25, 5345-5354.
Weng, W.; Guo, C.; Celenligil-Cetin, R.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.; “Skeletal change in the PNP pincer ligand leads to a highly regioselective alkyne dimerization catalyst,” Chem. Commun. 2006, 197-9.
Weng, W.; Guo, C.; Moura, C.; Yang, L.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.; “Competitive Activation of N-C and C-H Bonds of the PNP Framework by Monovalent Rhodium and Iridium,” Organometallics 2005, 24, 3487-3499.
Weng, W.; Yang, L.; Foxman, B. M.; Ozerov, O. V.; “Chelate-Enforced Phosphine Coordination Enables α -Abstraction to Give Zirconium Alkylidenes,” Organometallics 2004, 23, 4700-4705
Bu, X.; Weng, W.; Du, M.; Chen, W.; Li, J.; Zhang, R.; Zhao, L. J.; “Novel Lanthanide(III) Coordination Polymers with 1,4-Bis(phenyl-sulfinyl)butane Forming Unique Lamellar Square Array: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Properties,” Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1007-1010.
Bu, X.; Weng, W.; Li, J.; Chen, W.; Zhang, R.; “Novel Five-Connected Lanthanide(III)-Bis(sulfinyl) Coordination Polymers Forming a Unique Two-Dimensional (3, 4, 5) Network,” Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 413-415.