Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 57, Issue 30 p. 9215-9215 Author ProfileFree Access Yi-Chou Tsai First published: 26 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201802927AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “If I were not a scientist, I would be a baseball commentator. My favorite place on earth is Melbourne, because of the atmosphere and the food ...” This and more about Yi-Chou Tsai can be found on page 9215. Yi-Chou Tsai The author presented on this page has published more than 10 articles in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years, most recently: “Reversible Cleavage/Formation of the Chromium–Chromium Quintuple Bond in the Highly Regioselective Alkyne Cyclotrimerization”: Y.-S. Huang, G.-T. Huang, Y.-L. Liu, J.-S. K. Yu, Y.-C. Tsai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15427; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 15629. The work of Y.-C. Tsai has been featured on the back cover of Angewandte Chemie: “The Mo–Mo Quintuple Bond as a Ligand to Stabilize Transition-Metal Complexes”: D.-Y. Lu, P. P.-Y. Chen, T.-S. Kuo, Y.-C. Tsai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9106; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 9234. Date of birth: July 19, 1969 Position: Professor of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University E-mail: yictsai@mx.nthu.edu.tw Homepage: http://chem.web.nthu.edu.tw/files/13-1078-32021.php?Lang=zh-tw ORCID: 0000-0002-0857-6448 Education: 1991 BS, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 2001 PhD supervised by Christopher C. Cummins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2001–2003 Postdoc with Robert H. Grubbs, Caltech Awards: 2014 Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan Research: Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry; metal catalysis; main-group chemistry Hobbies: Watching how pitchers face batters in baseball games, cycling, solving math problems with kids If I were not a scientist, I would be a baseball commentator. My favorite place on earth is Melbourne, because of the atmosphere and the food. My top three films of all time are The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. My favorite piece of music is Beethoven's 6th Symphony; it is simply beautiful. My favorite motto is “less is more”. What I look for first in a publication are the schemes, the abstract, and the conclusion. When I'm frustrated, I usually go for a bike ride in the countryside. The most significant scientific advance of the last 100 years has been without a doubt the development of computers. The most important thing I learned from my parents is to think well, do well, and feel well. If I could have dinner with three famous scientists from history, they would be Niels Bohr, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Charles Darwin. And I would ask them what scientists should do in the second half of the 21st century. I can never resist adding another new molecule to my collection. I celebrate success by going to a karaoke bar with co-workers and friends. My 5 top papers: 1“A Three-Coordinate and Quadruply-Bonded Mo–Mo Complex”: Y.-C. Tsai, Y.-M. Lin, J.-S. K. Yu, J.-K. Hwang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13980. (A quadruply bonded dimolybdenum unit is supported by only two bridging bidentate ligands.) 2“Remarkably Short Metal–Metal Bonds: A Lantern-Type Quintuply Bonded Dichromium(I) Complex”: Y.-C. Tsai, C.-W. Hsu, J.-S. K. Yu, G.-H. Lee, Y. Wang, T.-S. Kuo, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7250; Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 7360. (Consistent with the theoretical prediction, the metal–metal quintuple bond can be stabilized in the lantern geometry.) 3“Theory-Guided Experiments on the Mechanistic Elucidation of the Reduction of Dinuclear Zinc, Manganese, and Cadmium”: D.-Y. Lu, J.-S. K. Yu, T.-S. Kuo, G.-H. Lee, Y. Wang, Y.-C. Tsai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7611; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 7753. (The similarity between manganese, zinc, and cadmium was found in their low-valent metal–metal bond formation.) 4“The Mo–Mo Quintuple Bond as a Ligand to Stabilize Transition Metal Complexes”: D.-Y. Lu, P. P.-Y. Chen, T.-S. Kuo, Y.-C. Tsai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9106; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 9234. (Like C–C multiple bonds, metal–metal quintuple bonds can be utilized as a ligand to stabilize a transition-metal complex.) 5“Synthesis and Characterization of an Eclipsed Digermylene as a Building Block to Construct a Cyclic Octagermylene”: Y.-T. Wey, F.-S. Yang, H.-C. Yu, T.-S. Kuo, Y.-C. Tsai, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15108; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 15304. (The GeI–GeI bonded digermylene can exist in an eclipsed conformation and serve as a building block to construct a cyclic oligogermylene.) Volume57, Issue30July 20, 2018Pages 9215-9215 ReferencesRelatedInformation