Education

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001)
MS, National Taiwan Normal University (1994)
BS, National Taiwan Normal University (1991)   

Professional Experience

Research Interest

Organic and Inorganic Synthesis, Polymers and Materials

Publications(After 2006)

1. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Lin, Y.-M.; Yu, J.-S. K. Hwang, J.-K. “A Three-Coordinate and Quadruply-Bonded Mo−Mo Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13980-13981.
2. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Wang, P.-Y.; Chen, S.-A.; Chen, J.-M. “Inverted-Sandwich Dichromium(I) Complexes Supported by two b-Diketiminates: A Multi-Electron Reductant and Syntheses of Chromium Dioxo and Imido” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8066-8067.
3. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Lu, D.-Y; Lin, Y.-M.; Yu, J.-S. K. Hwang, J.-K. “Structural Transformations in Dinuclear Zinc Complexes Involving Zn-Zn Bonds” Chem. Commun. 2007, 4125-4127.
4. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Wang, P.-Y.; Lin, K.-M.; Chen, S.-A.; Chen, J.-M. “Synthesis and Reactions of  b-Diketiminato Divanadium(I) Inverted-Sandwich Complexes” Chem. Commun. 2008, 205-207.
5. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Hsu, C.-W.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, Y.; Kuo, T.-S. “Remarkably Short Metal-Metal Bonds: A Lantern-Type of Quintuply-Bonded Dichromium(I) Complex” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7250-7253. Reported by Nature “Photo finish for shortest metal-metal bond” doi:10.1038/news.2008.1042, highlighted by Nature Chemistry “Metal-metal bonds: Shorter and shorter” doi:10.1038/nchem.54, and by Science “Gold for the shortest bond” in the section of Editor’s Choice 2008, 321,1134.
6. Hsu, C.-W.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, Y.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Quintuply-Bonded Dichromium(I) Complexes Featuring Metal-Metal Bond Lengths of 1.74 Å” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9933-9936.
7. Tsai, Y.-C.*; Chen, H.-Z.; Chang, C.-C.; Yu, J.-S. K. ; Lee, G.-H. ; Wang, Yu ; Kuo, T.-S. “Journey from Mo–Mo Quadruple Bonds to Quintuple Bonds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12534-12535.
8. Lin, K.-M.; Wang, P.-Y.; Shieh, Y.-J.; Chen, H.-Z.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Reductive N–N bond cleavage and coupling of organic azides mediated by chromium(I) and vanadium(I) b-diketiminate” New. J. Chem. 2010, 34, 1737-1745.
9. Chang, K.-C.; Lu, C.-F.; Wang, P.-Y.; Lu, D.-Y.; Chen, H.-Z.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Ligand-controlled synthesis of vanadium(I) β-diketiminates and their catalysis in cyclotrimerization of alkynes” Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2324-2331.
10. Lu, D.-Y.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Kuo, T.-S.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, Y.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Theory-Guided    Experiments on the Mechanistic Elucidation of the Reduction of Dinuclear Zinc, Manganese, and Cadmium” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7611-7615.
11. Wu, L.-C.; Hsu, C.-W.; Chuang, Y.-C.; Lee, G.-H.; Tsai, Y.-C.; Wang, Y.* “Bond Characterization on a Cr-Cr Quintuple Bond: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study” J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 12602-12615.
12. Tsai, Y.-C. “The Chemistry of Univalent Metal β-Diketiminates” Coord. Chem. Rev. 2012, 256, 722-758.
13. Liu, S.-C.; Ke, W.-L.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “An Electron-rich Mo–Mo Quintuple Bond Spanned by One Lithium Atom: A New Type of Quintuple Bonding” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6394-6397.
14. Huang, Y.-L.; Lu, D.-Y.; Yu, H.-C.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Hsu, C.-W.; Kuo, T.-S.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, Y.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Stepwise Construction of the Cr-Cr Quintuple Bond and Destruction Thereof Induced by Axial Coordination” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7781-7785.
15. Chen, H.-Z.; Liu, S.-C.; Yen, C.-H.; Yu, J.-S. K. Shieh, Y.-J.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Reactions of Metal–Metal Quintuple Bonds with Alkynes: [2+2+2] and [2+2] Cycloadditions” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10342-10346.
16. Wu, P.-F.; Liu, S.-C.; Shieh, Y.-J.; Kuo, T.-S.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, Yu.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Divergent Reactivity of Nitric Oxide with Metal–Metal Quintuple Bonds” Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4391-4393.
17. Chen, H.-G.; Hsueh, H.-W.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C. “Haloacylation of the Quintuple-Bonded Group VI Metal Amidinate Dimers and Disproportionation of Acyl Groups to Form Carbynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10256-10260.
18. Harisomayajula, N. V. S.; Nair, A. K.; Tsai, Y.-C. “Discovering Complexes Containing a Metal-Metal Quintuple Bond: From Theory to Practice” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3391-3412.
19. Nair, A. K.; Harisomayajula, N. V. S.; Tsai, Y.-C. “Theory, Synthesis and Reactivity of Quintuple Bonded Complexes” Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 5618-5638.
20. Nair, A. K.; Harisomayajula, N. V. S.; Tsai, Y.-C. “The Length of the Metal-to-metal Quintuple Bonds and Reactivity Thereof” Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2015, 424, 51-62.
21. Lu, D.-Y.; Chen, P. P.-Y.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C. “The Mo-Mo Quintuple Bond as a Ligand to Stabilize Transition Metal Complexes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9106-9110.
22. Chang, T.-K.; Li, H.; Chen, K.-T.; Tsai, Y.-C.; Chi, Y.; Hsiao, T.-Y.; Kai, J.-J. "Substituent Effect of Ru(II)-Based Sensitizers Bearing a Terpyridine Anchor and a Pyridyl Azolate Ancillary for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells" J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 18422-18431.
23. Satyachand Harisomayajula, N. V.; Chen, H.-G.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* "Reductive Cleavage of Acyl Halides to Carboxylato Alkylidyne Complexes from Their Reactions with the Quintuply Bonded Dimolybdenum Amidinate" Organometallics 2016, 35, 1534-1546.
24. Lu, D.-Y.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “A New Family of Multiply Bonded Dimolybdenum Boraamidinates with the Formal Mo-Mo Bond Orders of 3, 4, 4.5 and 5” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11614-11618.
25. Wey, Y.-T.;Yang, F.-S.; Yu, H.-C.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Synthesis and Characterization of an Eclipsed Digermylene as a Building Block to Construct a Cyclic Octagermylene” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15108-15112.
26. Huang, Y.-S.; Huang, G.-T.; Liu, Y.-L.; Yu, J.-S. K.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Reversible Cleavage/Formation of the Cr-Cr Quintuple Bond in the Highly Regioselective Alkyne Cyclotrimerization” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15427-15431.
27. Satyachand Harisomayajula, N. V.; Wu, B.-H.; Lu, D.-Y.; Kuo, T.-S.; Chen, I-C.*, Tsai, Y.-C.* “Ligand-Unsupported Cuprophilicity in the Preparation of Dodecacopper(I) Complexes and Raman Studies” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9925-9929.
28. Satyachand Harisomayajula, N. V.; Makovetskyi, S.; Tsai, Y.-C.* “Cuprophilic Interactions in and between Molecular Entities” Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 57, 8936-8954.
29. Yen, C.-H.; Lin, Y.-D.; Hsueh, H.-W.; Shieh, Y.-J.; Wu, P.-F.; Kuo, T.-S.; Tsai, Y.-C.*  “Chromium to Chromium Quintuple Bonds in a Trigonal Lntern Configuration” J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2019, 66, 1047-1062.
30. Tsai, Y-C. Molybdenum. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III; Constable, E. C., Parkin, G., Que Jr, L., Eds., Vol. 4, Elsevier, 2021; pp 567–745.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102688-5.00040-4
31. Yang, C.-W.; Mallick, S.; Tsai,Y.-C.* “Facile Synthesis of “WCl₃(DME)” and Structural and Electronic Characterizations” J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2022, 69, 1431-1437.