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Ming-Der Su

Ming-Der Su  
Title: Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Research Area: Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry
Tel: 886-5-271-7964

e-mail: midesu@mail.ncyu.edu.tw  

Research Interests

1. Theoretical investigation of photo-reaction mechanism.

2. Designing new molecules which are kinetically stable but thermodynamically unstable.

3. Theoretical research on adsorption-addition reactions using carbon nanotubes.

 

Publications 

(1)       The Effect of Substituents on the Stability of Triply Bonded GalliumºAntimony Molecules: A New Target for Synthesis. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, Dalton. Trans, 46, 1848-1856 (2017).

(2)       CASSCF and CASMP2 Study on the Photoisomerization Mechanisms of [Tris(trialkylsilyl)silyl]cyclotetrasilene and Related Cyclobutene Molecules. Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 7, 9975-9980 (2017).

(3)       The Effect of Substituents on the Triply Bonded BoronºAntimony Molecules: A Theoretical Approach. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 8026-8033 (2017).

(4)       Indium−Arsenic Molecules with an InºAs Triple Bond: A Theoretical Approach. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, and Ming-Der Su*, ACS Omega 2, 1172-1179 (2017).

(5)       A Theoretical Study of Addition Reactions of L4M (M = Rh, Ir) and L2M (M = Pd, Pt) to Li+@C60. Ming-Chung Yang, Akhilesh K. Sharma, W. M. C. Sameera, Keiji Morokuma, and Ming-Der Su*, J. Phy. Chem. A 121, 2665-2673 (2017).

(6)       Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative [2+2+1] Annulations of Aryldiazo Nitriles with Imines To Yield Polyarylated Imidazolium Salts. Samir Kundlik Pawar, Ming-Chung Yang, Ming-Der Su,* and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 56, 5035-5039 (2017).

(7)       Triply-bonded IndiumºPhosphorus Molecules: Theoretical Designs and Characterization. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 7, 20597-20603 (2017).

(8)       A Mechanistic Study for The Photochemical Reactions of d6 M(CO)5(CS) (M = Cr, Mo, and W) Complexes. Zheng-Feng Zhang and Ming-Der Su*, ACS Omega 2, 2813-2826 (2017).

(9)       A Dimeric NHC-Silicon Monotelluride: Synthesis, Isomerization and Reactivity. Yuk-Chi Chan, Bi-Xiang Leong, Yongxin Li, Ming-Chung Yang, Yan Li, Ming-Der Su,* and Cheuk-Wai So*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 56, 11565-11569 (2017).

(10)    Substituent Effects on the Stability of Thallium and Phosphorus Triple Bonds: A Density Functional Study. Jia-Syun Lu , Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, Molecules, 22, 1111-1124 (2017).

(11)    Triply Bonded GalliumºPhosphorus Molecules: Theoretical Designs and Characterization. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, and Ming-Der Su*, J. Phys. Chem. A 121, 6630-6637 (2017).

(12)    Aluminum−Phosphorus Triple Bonds: Do Substituents Make AlºP Synthetically Accessible? Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, Ming-Der Su*, Chem. Phys. Lett. 686, 60-67 (2017).

(13)    Total Synthesis of (+)-Antrocin and Its Diastereomer and Clarification of the Absolute Stereochemistry of (-)-Antrocin. Sheng-Han Huang, Kai-Hsiang Liang, Jia-Syun Lu, Wei-Sheng Chang, Ming-Der Su* and Te-Fang Yang*, J. Org. Chem. 82, 9576-9584 (2017).

(14)    Mechanistic Investigations of the Photochemical Isomerizations of [(CO)5MC(Me)(OMe)] (M = Cr, Mo, and W) Complexes. Ming-Der Su*, ACS Omega 2, 5395-5406 (2017).

(15)    Mechanistic Investigations and Molecular Properties of 1,2-Bis(ferrocenyl)dimetallenes Including Group 14 Elements. Hsu-Cheng Hua and Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 7, 44724-44734 (2017).

(16)    Singlet Oxygen-Mediated Selective C-H Bond Hydroperoxydation of Ethereal Hydrocarbons. Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kuo Chu Hwang* & Ming-Der Su*, Nature Communications, 8, 1812-1819 (2017).

(17)    (Book in English) Triple Bonds between Bismuth and Group 13 Elements: Theoretical Designs and Characterization. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, Shih-Hao Su, Xiang-Ting Wen, Jia-Zhen Xie, and Ming-Der Su* in “Recent Progress in Organometallic Chemistry”, Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohammed Asiri Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen:London, 2017, Chapter 4, Page 71-99. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.65606.)

(18)    (Book in English) The Mechanisms for the Oxidative Addition of Imidazolium Salts to a Group 9 Transition Metal Atom (Co0, Rh0, and Ir0) and a Group 10 Transition Metal Atom (Ni0, Pd0, and Pt0): A Theoretical Study. Hsin-Yi Liao,* Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Der Su* in “Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry Researches of Metal Compounds, Takashiro Akitsu Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen: London, 2017, Chapter 7, Page 153-172. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.65855.)

(19)    Triple-Bonded BoronPhosphorus Molecule: Is That Possible? Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, and Ming-Der Su*, ACS Omega 3, 76-85 (2018).

(20)    Photochemical Isomerization Reactions of Acrylonitrile. A Mechanistic Study. Ming-Der Su,* RSC Advances, 8, 5647-5651 (2018).

(21)    The Mechanistic Investigations of Photochemical Carbonyl Elimination and Oxidative Addition Reactions of (h5-C5H5)M(CO)3, (M = Mn and Re) Complexes. Zheng-Feng Zhang, Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 8, 10987-10998 (2018).

(22)    Mechanistic Investigations on the Photoisomerization Reactions of 5-Membered-Ring Heterocyclic Molecules Containing Sulfur and Selenium Atoms. Ming-Der Su,* ACS Omega 3, 3482-3488 (2018).

(23)    A Possible Target: the Triply Bonded IndiumAntimony Molecules With High Stability. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, New J. Chem. 42, 6932-6941 (2018).

(24)    B-H Bond Activation by an Amidinate-Stabilized Amidosilylene: Non-Innocent Amidinate Ligand. Sabrina Khoo, Yu-Liang Shan, Ming-Chung Yang, Yongxin Li, Ming-Der Su* and Cheuk-Wai So*, Inorg. Chem. 57, 5879-5887 (2018).

(25)    Photochemical Rearrangement Reactions of Bicyclic Molecules That Contain a Cyclopropane. Shih-Hao Sua and Ming-Der Su*, New J. Chem. 42, 11438-11449 (2018).

(26)    Theoretical Study of the Photolysis Mechanisms of Methylpentaphenyldimetallanes (Ph3MM¢Ph2Me; M, M¢ = Si and Ge). Shih-Hao Su, Ming-Der Su*, Molecules, 23, 13511-1363 (2018).

(27)    A Model Study on the Photodecarbonyl Reaction of (η5-C5H5)M(CO)2 (M = Co, Rh, Ir). Zheng-Feng Zhang, Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 8, 24641-24653 (2018).

(28)    Is It Possible To Prepare and Stabilize the Triply Bonded Thallium≡Antimony Molecules Using Substituents? Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, Ming-Der Su*, ACS Omega 3, 10163 - 10171 (2018).

(29)    Synthesis of a Dimeric Base-Stabilized Cobaltosilylene Complex for Catalytic C-H Bond Functionalization and C-C Bond Formation. Sabrina Khoo, Muhammad Luthfi Bin Ismail, Jiajia Cao, Yuliang Shan, Ming-Chung Yang, Ming-Der Su*, Cheuk-Wai So*, Chem. Eur. J. 24, 14329-14334 (2018).

(30)    (Book in English) How Important is Metal-Carbon Back-Bonding for the Stability of Fullerene-Transition Metal Complexes? Role of Cage Sizes, Encapsulated Ions and Metal Ligands. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su,* in “Fullerenes and Relative Materials - Properties and Applications, Natalia Kamanina Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen: London, 2018, Chapter 7, Page 111-124. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.68106.)

(31)    (Book in English)Theoretical Investigations of Mechanisms for the Reactions of Seven-Member Ring N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Its Heavier Analogues. Zheng-Feng Zhang, Ling-Hsuan Liu Ming-Der Su,* in “Chemical Reactions in Inorganic Chemistry, Chandraleka Saravanan Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen: London, 2018, Chapter 5, Page 75-93. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.75227.)

(32)    (Book in English) The Effect of Substituent on Molecules that Contain a Triple Bond Between Arsenic and Group 13 Elements: Theoretical Designs and Characterizations. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, Shih-Hao Su, and Ming-Der Su* in “Chemical Reactions in Inorganic Chemistry, Chandraleka Saravanan Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen:London, 2018, Chapter 4, Page 51-73. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.65823.)

(33)    (Book in English) Computational Study of the Photochemical Fragmentation of Hydantoin. Ming-Der Su* in “Photochemistry and Photophysics: Fundamentals to Applications, Anja Filipovic Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen:London, 2018, Chapter 6, Page 105-111. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.74312)

(34)    (Book in English) The Triply Bonded AlºSb Molecules: A Theoretical Prediction. Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, and Ming-Der Su* in “Basic Concepts Viewed from Frontier in Inorganic Coordination Chemistry, Takashiro Akitsu Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen: London, 2018, Chapter 5, Page 83-97. (DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.78412)

(35)    The Mechanistic Investigations of Photochemical Decarbonylations and Oxidative Addition Reactions for M(CO)5 (M = Fe, Ru, Os) Complexes. Zheng-Feng Zhang, Ming-Der Su,* RSC Advances, 9, 2626-2640 (2019).

(36)    A Self-Hydrosilylation of Phosphanylhydrosilylalkynes Promoted by B(C6F5)3: An Experimental and Mechanistic Study. Yanting Huang, Xiaoping Wang, Yan Li,* Ming-Chung Yang,  Ming-Der Su,* and Hongping Zhu,* Chem. Commun. 55, 1494-1497 (2019).

(37)    A Theoretical Study on the Stability of PtL2 Complexes of Endohedral fullerenes: The Influence of Encapsulated Ions, Cage Sizes and Ligands. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su,* ACS Omega 4, 3105-3113 (2019).

(38)    A computational study to determine whether substituents make E13nitrogen (E13=B, Al, Ga, In, and Tl) triple bonds synthetically accessible. Shi-Lin Zhang, Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, RSC Advances, 9, 12195-12208. (2019).

(39)    Theoretical investigations of the reactivity of neutral molecules that feature an M=M (M = B, Al, Ga, In, and Tl) double bond. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su*, New J. Chem., 43, 9364-9375. (2019)

(40)    A Versatile NHC-Parent Silyliumylidene Cation for Catalytic Chemoand Regioselective Hydroboration. Bi-Xiang Leong, Jiawen Lee, Yan Li, Ming-Chung Yang, Chi-Kit Siu*, Ming-Der Su*and Cheuk-Wai So*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 17629−17636. (2019) I.F.14.695

(41)    (Book in English) Simulations Suggest Possible Triply Bonded PhosphorusE13 Molecules (E13 = B, Al, Ga, In, and Tl). Jia-Syun Lu, Ming-Chung Yang, and Ming-Der Su* in Phosphorus - Recovery and Recycling, Tao Zhang Ed., 1st edition, InTechOpen: London, 2019, Chapter 3, Page 27-42. (DOI:10.5772/intechopen.77055.)

(42)    A Mechanistic Study of the Activation of Small Molecules (H2 and C2H2) by Group 14 Analogues of Selenophene. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su,* New J. Chem. 44, 8922-8936 (2020).

(43)    Formation of Alkynylgermyl-Substituted Germylenes via a Catenation of Ge Atoms. Chenghuan Liu, Keke Zhu, Weichun Han, Xue Liu, Zheng-Feng Zhang, Ming-Der Su,* Di Wu,*and Yan Li*Inorg. Chem. 59, 10123-10128 (2020).

(44)    Versatile Reaction Patterns of Phosphanylhydrosilylalkyne with B(C6F5)3: Remarkable Group Substitution Effect. Yanting Huang, Wenjun Jiang, Xin Xi, Yan Li,* Xiaoping Wang, Ming-Chung Yang, Zheng-Feng Zhang; Ming-Der Su,* and Hongping Zhu*Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 3496-3506 (2020).

(45)    Understanding the Reactivity of Carbene-Analogous Phosphane Complexes with Group 13 Elements as a Central Atom: A Theoretical Investigation. Zheng-Feng Zhang, Tsung-Lung Li,* and Ming-Der Su,* New J. Chem. 44, 12815-12826 (2020).

(46)    A Theoretical Study of the Reactivity of Ethene and Benzophenone with a Hyper-Coordinated Alkene Containing a So-Called E=E (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) Unit. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su* Dalton Transactions 49, 12842-12853 (2020).

(47)    A NHC-Silyliumylidene Cation for Catalytic N-Formylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide. Leong, Bi Xiang; Teo, Yeow-Chuan; Condamines, Cloé; Yang, Ming-Chung ; Su, Ming-Der;* So, Cheuk-Wai* ACS Catalysis 10, 14824-14833 (2020).

(48)    Mechanistic Insight into Chemical Reactions of Acyclic Diboryloxy Carbenes: the Activation Strain Model Study. Ming-Chung Yang and Ming-Der Su* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 929-938. (2021)