Position: Research Associate, University of Calgary
Research: Organosilicon Reactive Intermediates and Photochemistry
Internet: owenstr@mcmaster.ca
Publications
5. W.J. Leigh,* T.R. Owens, M. Bendikov,* S.S. Zade, and Y. Apeloig, "A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Kinetics and Mechanism of the Addition of Alcohols to Electronically Stabilized Silenes. A New Mechanism for the Addition of Alcohols to the Si=C Bond", J. Am. Chem. Soc., submitted.
4. T.R. Owens, J. Grinyer, and W.J. Leigh,* "Direct Detection of 1,1-Diphenyl-2-neopentylsilene and the Effects of Solvent Polarity on its Reactivity with Nucleophiles", Organometallics 24, 2307-2318 (2005). [Get Reprint | [Supporting Information]
3. T.R. Owens, C.R. Harrington, T.C.S. Pace, and W.J. Leigh*, "Steric Effects on Silene Reactivity. The Effects of ortho-Methyl Substituents on the Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reactions of 1,1-Diarylsilenes with Nucleophiles", Organometallics, 22, 5518-5525 (2003). [Get Reprint] [Supporting Information]
2. 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, 2001. pp. 949-1026.
1. W.J. Leigh* and T.R. Owens, "The One- and Two-Photon Photochemistry of Benzylsilacyclobutanes, Acyclic Benzylsilanes, and 1,1,2-Triphenylsilacyclobutane", Can. J. Chem., 78, 1459-1458 (2000). [Get Reprint]
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