Research
Assistant Professor
Education Background |
| 2005 |
Ph.D. |
The University of Hong Kong. |
| 2000 |
B.Sc. |
The University of Hong Kong. |
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Awards |
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| 2005-2007 |
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Croucher Foundation. |
| 2005-2007 |
Environmental Health and Safety Certificate in Laboratory Specific Chemical Hygiene & Safety for Chemists, MIT. |
| 2005 |
Ph.D. (Chemistry), The University of Hong Kong. |
| 2000-2005 |
Postgraduate Studentship, The University of Hong Kong. |
| 2000 |
Graduated with 1st Class Honor, The University of Hong Kong. |
| 1998-2000 |
Dean’s Honor List, The University of Hong Kong. |
| Position
Held |
| Since 2007 |
Research Assistant Professor, Centre of Novel Functional Molecules, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
| 2005-2007 |
Postdoctoral Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Prof. Timothy. F. Jamison). |
| 2000-2005 |
Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Hong Kong (Prof. Dan. Yang). |
| 1998-2000 |
Undergraduate Research, The University of Hong Kong (Prof. Dan. Yang). |
| 1998 |
Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong (Prof. Dan. Yang). |
Research Interests |
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Development of new methods of organic synthesis, and their implementation in the broad field of organic chemistry and material science. |
| Recent
Representative Publications: |
| 1. |
Ho, C.-Y.; Ohmiya, H.; Jamison, T. F.
"Alpha-Olefins as Alkenylmetal Equivalents in Catalytic Conjugate Addition Reactions."
Angew. Chem. Int. ed. 2008, 47, 1893-1895. |
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Ho, C.-Y.; Jamison, T. F.
"Monosubstituted Olefins as Allylmetal and Alkenylmetal Equivalents in Carbon-Carbon Bond Coupling Reactions."
Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 19-23, 2007. |
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Ho, C.-Y.; Jamison, T. F.
"Highly Selective Coupling of Alkenes and Aldehydes Catalyzed by NHC–Ni–P(OPh)3: Synergy Between a Strong σ-Donor and a Strong π-Acceptor."
Selected as Hot Paper by Editors of Angewandte Chemie and published in advance of the Communication for their importance in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest:
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603907.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 782-785.
Angew. Chem. 2007, 46, 796-799. |
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Ng, S.-S.; Ho, C.-Y.; Jamison T. F.
" Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkenes, Aldehydes, and Silyl Triflates."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 11513-11528. |
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Ho, C.-Y.; Ng, S.-S.; Jamison, T. F.
"Nickel-Catalyzed, Carbonyl-Ene-Type Reactions: Selective for Alpha Olefins and More Efficient with Electron-Rich Aldehydes."
J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5326-5327. |
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Ho, C.-Y.; Chen, Y.-C.; Wong, M.-K.; Yang, D.
"Fluorinated Chiral Secondary Amines as Catalysts for Epoxidation of Olefins with Oxone."
J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 898-906. |
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Wong, M.-K.; Ho, L.-M.; Zheng, Y.-S.; Ho, C.-Y.; Yang, D.
"Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins Catalyzed by Chiral Iminium Salts Generated in Situ from Amines and Aldehydes."
Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 2587-2590. |
| International Symposiums and Conferences Participated: |
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Discovery, Design & Development of Human Drugs and Therapeutics, 2007. |
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The 8th Annual Symposium on Chemical Synthesis : Advances and Applications; Center for Chemical Methodology and Library Development, 2007. |
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Novartis Symposium on Advances in Organic Synthesis, 2006. |
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Nanotechnology in Medicine and Drug Discovery, 2006. |
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8th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists, 2004. |
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