Dr. Ming-Yung Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry) :
University of Tennessee, Knoxville : 2007

M.S. (Inorganic Chemistry) :
National Taiwan University: 2001

B.S.(Chemistry) :
National Taiwan University: 1997

I. Deposition of alkylmagnesium reagents onto porous silicas bearing a known amount of accessible hydroxyl groups results in alkylmagnesium-modified supports for which the grafting stoichiometry can be deduced. TiCl₄ and/or VOCl₃ are attached to these ‘passivated’ silica surfaces by non-protolytic grafting, to yield the immediate precursors of certain Ziegler-Natta catalysts. The nature of the transition metal sites (nuclearity, oxidation state, ligand complement) has been studied using a combination of elemental analysis, XPS, EPR, XAS, and analysis of volatile organic products.

II. Amorphous silica-alumina has also been studied as a catalyst support, notably in the deposition of perrhenate with SnMe₄. Since SnMe₄ does not react with silica under mild conditions (i.e., room temperature), its reaction with silica-alumina itself allows us to probe selectively the elusive Brønsted acidic hydroxyls of silica-alumina.

Ming-Yung Lee, Scott, S. “Quantitative investigation of a hybrid Ziegler-Natta catalyst support, prepared by grafting di-(n-butyl)magnesium onto partially-dehydroxylated silica” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2011, 17, 4632-4639.

Ming-Yung Lee, Jiao, J.; Mayes, R.; Hagaman, E. W.; Barnes, C. E. “The targeted synthesis of single site vanadyl species on the surface and in the framework of silicate building block materials.” Catalysis Today, 2011,160, 153-164.

Hisamoto, M.; Nelson, R.; Ming-Yung Lee; Eckert, J.; Scott, S. “Mode of adsorption of (CH3)2Au(acac) onto partially-dehydroxylated silica ”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 8794-8805.

Jiao, J.; Ming-Yung Lee; Barnes, C. E.; Hagaman, E. W. “119Sn NMR chemical shift tensors in anhydrous and hydrated Si8O20(SnMe3)8 crystals”, Magn Reson Chem, 2008, 46, 690-692.

Ming-Yung Lee; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “General and selective olefination of aldehydes and ketones catalyzed by a cobalt (II) porphyrin complex”, Organometallics, 2003, 22, 4905-4909.

Ming-Yung Lee, Ying Chen, and X. Peter Zhang* “General and Selective Olefination of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by a Cobalt (II) Porphyrin Complex” Organometallics, 2003, 22, 4905-4909.

Ming-Yung Lee , Jason C Clark, G. T. Eldridge and Craig E. Barnes* ”A New Building-Block Approach to Multicomponent Silicates with Phosphorus” The 2nd Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting (SECS) , Asheville , NC , September, 2003 .

Ming-Yung Lee , and Craig E. Barnes* ”Novel Nanostructured Metal Oxide Catalysts of Si 8 O 20 –Based Building Block Solids” The 3rd Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting (SECS), Asheville , NC , September, 2004 .

Ming-Yung Lee , and Craig E. Barnes* “ Synthetic Strategies Leading to Vanadyl Oxide Catalysts in Si 8 O 20 -Based Building Block Solids” The 4th Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting (SECS), Asheville , NC , September, 2005 .

Ming-Yung Lee , and Craig E. Barnes* ”Novel Site-Isolated Vanadyl Oxide Catalysts in Si 8 O 20 -Based Building Block Solids” 57th Southeast / 61stSouthwest Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society , Memphis , TN, November 1 - 4, 2005.

Ming-Yung Lee , and Craig E. Barnes* ” Single site and Site-Isolated Vanadium (III, IV, and V) Heterogeneous Catalysts from the (Me 3 Sn) 8 Si 8 O 20 Building Block” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting , Atlanta , GA , March 26 – 30, 2006 .

Ming-Yung Lee , and Craig E. Barnes* ” High product selectivity of isopropanol conversion with atomically dispersed nanostructured vanadium (IV and V) catalysts on (Me 3 Sn) 8 Si 8 O 20 building block” Taiwan-US Joint Workshop on Frontiers in Nanoscience , Taipei , Taiwan , December 15-18, 2006