CChem FRSC
Professor of Chemistry
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing
World
| Education |
| B.Sc |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Ph.D. |
University College London |
| D.Sc. |
University of London |
Position Held |
| Since 2009 |
Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President |
| Since 2002 |
Head, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Since 1996 |
Professor of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1992-1996 |
Reader, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1988-1992 |
Senior Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1983-1988 |
Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1982-1983 |
Lecturer, Hong Kong Polytechnic |
| 1980-1982 |
Associate Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 1978-1980 |
Ramsay Memorial Fellow, University College London |
| 1976-1978 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
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Research Interests |
| 1 |
Syntheses and studies of non-natural molecules and naturally occurring molecules. |
| 2 |
Use of furans in organic synthesis. |
| Representative Publications |
| 1. |
C.-W. Lai, C.-K. Lam, H.-K. Lee, T.C.W. Mak, and H.N.C. Wong: “Synthesis and Studies of 1,4,5,8,9,12,13,16-Octamethoxytetraphenylene”, Org. Lett., Vol. 5, pp 823-826 (2003). |
| 2. |
J.-F. Wen, W. Hong, K. Yuan, T.C.W. Mak, and H.N.C. Wong: “Synthesis, Resolution and Applications of 1,16-Dihydroxytetraphenylene as a Novel Building Block in Molecular Recognition and Assembly”, J. Org. Chem., Vol. 68, pp 8918-8931 (2003). |
| 3. |
N.-Y. Fu, S.-H. Chan, and H.N.C. Wong: “The Application of Cyclobutane Derivatives”, in The Chemistry of Cyclobutanes, Z. Rappoport (ed.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp 357-440 (2004). |
| 4. |
H.-K. Yim, and H.N.C. Wong: “Diastereoselective Addition Reactions of Furyl Sulfonylimine Using Chiral Boronates as Auxiliary: Applications to the Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Furyl Sulfonylamides”, J. Org. Chem., Vol. 69, pp 2892-2895 (2004). |
| 5. |
S.-H. Chan, H.-K. Lee, Y.-M. Wang, N.-Y. Fu, X.-M. Chen, Z. Cai, and H.N.C. Wong: “A Soluble Pentacene: Synthesis, EPR and Electrochemical Studies of 2,3,9,10-Tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)pentacene”, Chem. Commun., pp. 66-68 (2005). |
| 6. |
H.-Y. Peng, C.-K. Lam, T.C.W. Mak, Z. Cai, W.-T. Ma, Y.-X. Li, and H.N.C. Wong: “Chiral Rod-like Platinum Complexes, Double Helical Chains and Potential Asymmetric Hydrogenation Ligand Based on “Linear” Building Blocks:
1,8,9,16-Tetrahydroxytetraphenylene and
1,8,9,16-Tetrakis(Diphenylphosphino)tetraphenylene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 127, pp 9603-9611 (2005). |
| 7. |
X.-S. Peng, and H.N.C. Wong: “Total Synthesis of (±)-Pallavicinin and (±)-Neopallavicinin”, Chem. Asian J., Vol. 1, pp 111-120 (2006). |
| 8. |
A.-H. Wu, C.-K. Hau, and H.N.C. Wong: “Synthesis of Enantiopure (S,R,S)- and (R,S,R)-1,4,5,8,9,16-Hexahydroxytetraphenylene”, Adv. Synth. Catal., Vol. 349, pp 601-608 (2007). |
| 9. |
H. Huang, T. Stewart, M. Gutmann, T. Ohhara, N. Niimura, Y.-X. Li, J.-F. Wen, R. Bau, and H.N.C. Wong: “To Flip or not to Flip? Assessing the Inversion Barrier of the Tetraphenylene Framework with Enantiopure 2,15-Dideuteriotetraphenylene and 2,7-Dimethyltetraphenylene”, J. Org. Chem., Vol. 74, pp 359-369 (2009). |
| 10. |
J.-Q. Dong, and H.N.C. Wong: “Biomimetic Total Synthesis of (±)-Pallavicinolide A”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Vol. 48, pp 2351-2354 (2009). |
| Since 1999 |
Chairman, Management Committee, Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical
Synthesis. |
| 1999-2000 |
Croucher Senior Research Fellow. |
| Since 2000 |
Secretary-General
International Organizing Committee, International Symposium Series for
Chinese Organic Chemists. |
| Since 2000 |
Member of the Advisory Board, European Journal of Organic Chemistry. |
| Since 2003 |
Senior Referee of the Regional Editorial Office (Shanghai), Tetrahedron and
Tetrahedron Letters. |
| Since 2003 |
Member of Editorial
Advisory Board, Chemical Communications. |
|
| Since 2005 |
Member of the International Advisory Board,
Organic
and Biomolecular Chemistry. |
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| Since 2005 |
Member of the Advisory
Board, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. |
| Since
2006 |
Member
of the Editorial Board, Chemistry, An Asian Journal. |
 |
| Since 2006 |
Honorary Advisor to the Editorial Board, Heterocycles |
|
| Since 2007 |
Member of Beilstein Database Advisory Board |
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Since 2007 |
Regional Advising Co-Editor of Synlett |
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Last updated : 12-Mar-2009 |
