Current Position: Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Emory University

Graduate Research: Unusual Organosilicon Reactive Intermediates

Internet: tmorkin@emory.edu

Publications

7. T.L. Morkin, W.J. Leigh,* T.T. Tidwell, and A.D. Allen, "Direct Detection of Wiberg’s Silene (1,1-Dimethyl-2,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)silene) and Absolute Rate Constants for its Reactions in Solution", Organometallics, 20, 5707-5716 (2001). [Get Reprint] [Supporting Information]

6. T.L. Morkin and W.J. Leigh,* "Arrhenius Parameters for the Head-to-Tail Dimerization of 1,1-Diphenylsilene and 1,1-Diphenylgermene in Solution", Organometallics, 20, 4537-4541 (2001).  [Get Reprint]

5. T.L. Morkin, T.R. Owens and W.J. Leigh, "Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reactions of Si=C and Si=Si Double Bonds", In The Chemistry of Organosilicon Compounds, Volume 3. The Chemistry of Functional Groups; Z. Rappoport and Y. Apeloig, eds., John Wiley and Sons, New York, in press.

4. W.J. Leigh*, X. Li, C.J. Bradaric and T.L. Morkin, “Solvent, Substituent, and Temperature Effects on the Absolute Rate Constants for Addition of Methoxytrimethylsilane to 1,1-Diarylsilenes”, Organometallics 20, 932-936 (2001). [Get Reprint].

3. T.L. Morkin and W.J. Leigh,* "Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of the Silicon-Carbon Double Bond", Acc. Chem. Res. 34, 129-136 (2001) [Get Reprint].

2. N.P. Toltl, M.J. Stradiotto, T.L. Morkin and W.J. Leigh,* "The Homo- and Cross-[2+2]-Cycloaddition of 1,1-Diphenylsilene and 1,1-Diphenylgermene. Absolute Rate Constants for Dimerization and the Molecular Structures and Photochemistry of the Resulting 1,3-Dimetallacyclobutanes", Organometallics 18, 5643-5652 (1999). [Get Reprint]

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W.J. Leigh | McMaster Chemistry | McMaster University

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