CHING TAT TO

 

Education

PhD (2015) The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BSc (2010) The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Position

2024/2 - present Associate Professor, Tunghai University
2019/8 - 2024/1 Assistant Professor, Tunghai University
2018/7 - 2019/6 Research Associate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015/4 - 2018/3 Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN


Research Interests

Organometallic Chemistry, Mechanochemistry
 

Representative Publications

1. Chen, C.-M.#; Chen, J.-X.#; To, C. T.
Solvent-free Mechanochemical Chlorination of Pyrazoles with Trichloroisocyanuric Acid
Green Chem.
202325, 2559-2562. 
(# contributed equally)
 
2. Fu, L.-J.#; An, B.-H.#; Chou, C.-H.; Chen, C.-M.; To, C. T.
Base-Promoted Perfluoroalkylation of Rhodium(III) Porphyrin Complexes
Dalton Trans. 
202150, 9949-9957.

(# contributed equally)

3. Yang, W.
#; To, C. T.#; Chan, K. S.
Iodine-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of a Carbon-Carbon σ-Bond with Water
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 6757-6761.
(# contributed equally)


4. To, C. T.; Chan, K. S.
Selective Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation by Rhodium Porphyrin Complexes
Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 1702-1711.

5. To, C. T.; Tam, C. M.; Chan, K. S.

Iridium-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon σ-Bond Hydrogenation with Water: Rate Enhancement with Iridium Hydride
ACS Catal.  2015, 5, 4333-4336.

6. To, C. T.; Choi, K. S.; Chan, K. S.
Catalytic Carbon-Carbon σ-Bond Hydrogenation with Water Catalyzed by Rhodium Porphyrins
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11388-11391.


Patent

1. Kamiguchi, S.; Hou, Z.; To, C. T.
Ammonia Synthesis Catalyst, and Use Thereof.
WO/2018/164182, September 13, 2018.