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61. Highly enantioselective and efficient organocatalytic aldol reaction of acetone and β,γ-unsaturated α-keto ester

Organic Letters, 2010, 12, 5616-5619.

Li, Pengfei; Zhao, Junling; Li, Fengbo; Chan, Albert S. C.*; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1021/ol102254q ; Publication Date: Nov 11, 2010



60. A Mild and Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Mesylates in Water or tBuOH/Water

Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2010, 49, 8918-8922,S8918/1-S8918/65.

Yeung, Pui Yee; So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article was chosen as the HOT paper by the editor of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010)

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005121 ; Publication Date: Oct 8, 2010



59. Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling of Aryl Mesylates and Tosylates

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 9982-9985, S9982/1-S9982/67.

Choy, Pui Ying; Chow, Wing Kin; So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001269 ; Publication Date: Aug 26, 2010



58. Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C-H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 16737-16740.

Liu, Wei; Cao, Hao; Zhang, Hua; Zhang, Heng; Chung, Kin Ho; He, Chuan; Wang, Haibo; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Lei, Aiwen*

(Note: This article is Top 1% highly cited paper of its academic field –
Web of Science Database in July-Dec 2015, Jan-Dec 2016, Jan-Dec 2017, Jan-Dec 2018, Jan-Dec 2019, Jan-Dec 2020)

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DOI: 10.1021/ja103050x ; Publication Date: Aug 2, 2010



57. Remarkably Effective Phosphanes Simply with a PPh2 Moiety: Application to Pd-Catalysed Cross-Coupling Reactions for Tetra-ortho-substituted Biaryl Syntheses

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2010, 16, 7996-8001, S7996/1-S7996/204.

So, Chau Ming; Chow, Wing Kin; Choy, Pui Ying; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000723 ; Publication Date: Jul 12, 2010



56. A General Palladium Catalyst System for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Potassium Aryltrifluoroborates and Aryl Mesylates

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, 75, 5109-5112.

Chow, Wing Kin; So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit2/980.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/jo100846t ; Publication Date: Jun 30, 2010



55. A General Approach to the Synthesis of β2-Amino Acid Derivatives via Highly Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Aminomethylacrylates

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2010, 352, 1539-1553.

Guo, Yujuan; Shao, Guang; Li, Lanning; Wu, Wenhao; Li, Ruihong; Li, Jingjing; Song, Jian; Qiu, Liqin*; Prashad, Mahavir; Kwong, Fuk Yee

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DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000122 ; Publication Date: Jun 16, 2010



54. Recent developments on chiral P,S-type ligands and their applications in asymmetric catalysis

Chemical Communications, 2010, 46, 4649-4667.

Lam, Fuk Loi; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1039/c000207k ; Publication Date: May 24, 2010



53. Asymmetric hydrogenation of aromatic ketones using new chiral-bridged diphosphine/diamine-Ru(II) complexes

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2010, 21, 1403-1406.

Cui, Yu Ming; Wang, Lai Lai*; Kwong, Fuk-Yee*; Sun, Wei

DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2010.05.027 ; Publication Date: Mar 30, 2010



52. A Decade of Advancements in Pauson-Khand-Type Reactions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, 789-811.

Lee, Hang-Wai; Kwong, Fuk-Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200900892 ; Publication Date: Feb 1, 2010



51. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Phthaliminoacrylate Esters toward the Synthesis of β-Amino Acids

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 464-465.

Nishimura, Takahiro; Wang, Jun; Nagaosa, Makoto; Okamoto, Kazuhiro;
Shintani, Ryo; Kwong, Fuk-yee; Yu, Wing-yiu; Chan, Albert S. C.*; Hayashi, Tamio*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit2/788.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/ja909642h ; Publication Date: Dec 22, 2009



50. Rhodium-catalyzed cross-coupling of arylboronic acids using vinyl acetate as the electrophilic partner

Synlett, 2009, 3151-3154.

Lee, Hang Wai;Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218283 ; Publication Date: Oct 23, 2009



49. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl halides using organotitanium nucleophiles

Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2009, 48, 7436-7439, S7436/1-S7436/69.

Lee, Hang Wai; Lam, Fuk Loi; So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article was chosen as the HOT paper by the editor of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009)

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904033 ; Publication Date: Sept 17, 2008



48. A highly efficient chiral-bridged diphosphine ligand modified cationic palladium(II) catalyst system for asymmetric alternating copolymerization of propene and carbon monoxide

Synlett, 2009, 2696-2700.

Cui, Yuming; Wang, Lailai*; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Tse, Man Kin; Chan, Albert S. C.

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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217957 ; Publication Date: Sept 4, 2009



47. Iron complex-catalyzed N-arylation of pyrazoles under aqueous medium

Tetrahedron Letters, 2009, 50, 5868-5871.

Lee, Hang Wai; Chan, Albert S. C.;Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.08.018 ; Publication Date: Aug 14, 2009



46. Palladium-Indolylphosphine-Catalyzed Hiyama Cross-Coupling of Aryl Mesylates

Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 317-320.

So, Chau Ming; Lee, Hang Wai; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit2/408.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/ol802493z ; Publication Date: Dec 19, 2008



45. A general palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of aryl mesylates

Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2008, 47, 8059-8063.

So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803193 ; Publication Date: Sept 29, 2008



44. Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Aryl Tosylates Catalyzed by an Array of Indolyl Phosphine-Palladium Catalysts

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 7731-7734.

So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit2/274.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/jo8014819 ; Publication Date: Sept 11, 2008



43. A New Family of Tunable Indolylphosphine Ligands by One-Pot Assembly and Their Applications in Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Aryl Chlorides

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 7803-7806.

So, Chau Ming; Yeung, Chung Chiu; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit2/283.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/jo801544w ; Publication Date: Sept 9, 2008



42. Copper(I)-picolinic acid catalyzed N-arylation of hydrazides

Tetrahedron Letters, 2008, 49, 6192-6194.

Lam, Miu Suen; Lee, Hang Wai; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.08.050 ; Publication Date: Aug 19, 2008



41. Palladium-catalyzed amination of aryl mesylates

Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2008, 47, 6402-6406.

So, Chau Ming; Zhou, Zhongyuan; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802157 ; Publication Date: Aug 4, 2008



40. Microwave-assisted rhodium-complex-catalyzed cascade decarbonylation and asymmetric Pauson-Khand-type cyclizations

European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 3403-3406.

Lee, Hang Wai; Lee, Lai Na; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200800272 ; Publication Date: Jun 17, 2008



39. Rh-catalyzed aqueous Pauson-Khand-type cycloaddition in microwave-irradiated medium

Synlett, 2008, 1553-1556.

Lee, Hang Wai; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078413 ; Publication Date: May 16, 2008



38. Recent developments on hemilabile P,O-type ligands in cross-coupling reactions

Synlett, 2008, 1440-1448.

Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1021/ol302489n ; Publication Date: May 16, 2008



37. Palladium-(S,pR)-ferroNPS-catalyzed asymmetric allylic etherification: electronic effect of nonconjugated substituents on benzylic alcohols on enantioselectivity

Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2008, 47, 1280-1283, S1280/1-S1280/98.

Lam, Fuk Loi; Au-Yeung, Terry Tin-Lok; Kwong, Fuk Yee; Zhou, Zhongyuan; Wong, Kwok Yin; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1002/anie.200703955 ; Publication Date: Jan 25, 2008



36. Cu-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of diethylzinc to cyclic enones with chiral phosphite ligands derived from 1,2:5,6-di-O-cyclohexylidene-D-mannitol

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2007, 18, 1899-1905.

Zhao, Qing-Lu; Wang, Lai-Lai; Kwong, Fuk Yee; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2007.07.008 ; Publication Date: Sept 10, 2007



35. Enantioselective hydrogenation of α-aminomethylacrylates containing a free N-H group for the synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2007, 104, 16787-16792.

Qiu, Liqin; Prashad, Mahavir*; Hu, Bin; Prasad, Kapa; Repic, Oljan; Blacklock, Thomas J.;
Kwong, Fuk Yee; Kok, Stanton H. L.; Lee, Hang Wai; Chan, Albert S. C*

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704461104 ; Publication Date: Aug 31, 2007



34. Recent advances in developing new axially chiral phosphine ligands for asymmetric catalysis

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2007, 251, 2119-2144.

Li, Yue-Ming; Kwong, Fuk-Yee; Yu, Wing-Yiu*; Chan, Albert S. C.*

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.07.020 ; Publication Date: Aug 6, 2007



33. Room-Temperature Copper-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Malonates

Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 3469-3472.

Yip, Sau Fan; Cheung, Hong Yee; Zhou, Zhongyuan; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1021/ol701473p ; Publication Date: Jul 18, 2007



32. Easily Accessible and Highly Tunable Indolyl Phosphine Ligands for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Aryl Chlorides

Organic Letters, 2007, 9, 2795-2798.

So, Chau Ming; Lau, Chak Po; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

(Note: This article is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal - http://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit1/784.shtm)

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DOI: 10.1021/ol070898y ; Publication Date: Jun 28, 2007



31. Formate as a CO surrogate for cascade processes: Rh-catalyzed cooperative decarbonylation and asymmetric Pauson-Khand-type cyclization reactions

Chemical Communications, 2007, 2633-2635.

Lee, Hang Wai; Chan, Albert S. C.; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1039/B702718D ; Publication Date: Mar 30, 2007



30. Highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids catalyzed by ruthenium(II)-dipyridylphosphine complexes

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2007, 349, 517-520.

Qiu, Liqin; Li, Yue-Ming; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Yu, Wing-Yiu; Fan, Qing-Hua; Chan, Albert S. C.*

(Note: Special Issue: Dedicated Cluster)

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DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200600410 ; Publication Date: Mar 20, 2007



29. Easily accessible benzamide-derived P,O ligands (Bphos) for palladium-catalyzed carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reactions

Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2007, 2, 306-313.

Chen, Guoshu; Lam, Wai Har; Fok, Wai Shan; Lee, Hang Wai; Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600322 ; Publication Date: Jan 29, 2007



28. Palladium-catalyzed C–O bond formation: direct synthesis of phenols and aryl/alkyl ethers from activated aryl halides

Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 48, 473-476.

Chen, Guoshu; Chan, Albert S. C. Kwong, Fuk Yee*

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.11.036 ; Publication Date: Dec 4, 2006



27. Highly enantioselective catalytic alkynylation of ketones - a convenient approach to optically active propargylic alcohols

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2006, 348, 1926-1933.

Lu, Gui; Li, Xingshu; Li, Yue-Ming; Kwong, Fuk Yee; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200606078 ; Publication Date: Sept 12, 2006



26. Iridium-catalyzed cascade decarbonylation/highly enantioselective Pauson-Khand-type cyclization reactions

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2006, 17, 1238-1252.

Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Lee, Hang Wai; Lam, Wai Har; Qiu, Liqin; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2006.03.036 ; Publication Date: May 24, 2006



25. Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric α-arylation of ketone enolates

Chemical Communications, 2006, 1413-1415.

Chen, Guoshu; Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Chan, Hoi On; Yu, Wing-Yiu; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1039/b601691j ; Publication Date: May 21, 2006



24. Highly enantioselective addition of in situ prepared arylzinc to aldehydes catalyzed by a series of atropisomeric binaphthyl-derived amino alcohols

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006, 12, 4115-4120.

Lu, Gui; Kwong, Fuk Yee; Ruan, Ji-Wu; Li, Yue-Ming; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1002/chem.200501048 ; Publication Date: May 9, 2006



23. A new class of versatile chiral-bridged atropisomeric diphosphine ligands: remarkably efficient ligand syntheses and their applications in highly enantioselective hydrogenation reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 5955-5965.

Qiu, Liqin; Kwong, Fuk Yee; Wu, Jing; Lam, Wai Har; Chan, Shusun; Yu, Wing-Yiu; Li, Yue-Ming; Guo, Rongwei; Zhou, Zhongyuan; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1021/ja0602694 ; Publication Date: Apr 8, 2006



22. Rhodium‐BisbenzodioxanPhos Complex‐Catalyzed Homogeneous Enantioselective Pauson–Khand‐Type Cyclization in Alcoholic Solvents

Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2005, 347, 1750-1754.

Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Lee, Hang Wai; Qiu, Liqin; Lam, Wai Har; Li, Yue-Ming; Kwong, Hoi Lun; Chan, Albert S. C.*

DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505105 ; Publication Date: Nov 15, 2005



21. Recent developments in asymmetric hydrogenation of C=O motif compounds

Advances in Organic Synthesis, 2005, 1, 261-299.

Kwong, Fuk Yee; Qiu, Liqin; Lam, Wai Har; Chan, Albert S. C.*

DOI: 10.2174/1574087054583076



20. Convenient Palladium-Catalyzed Arsination: Direct Synthesis of Functionalized Aryl Arsines, Optically Active As,N Ligands, and Their Metal Complexes

Organometallics, 2005, 24, 4170-4178.

Kwong, Fuk Yee; Lai, Chi Wai; Yu, Michael; Tan, Duan-Ming; Lam, Fuk Loi; Chan, Albert S. C.; Chan, Kin Shing*

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DOI: 10.1021/om050237+ ; Publication Date: Jul 16, 2005



19. Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric aqueous Pauson-Khand-type reaction

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2005, 11, 3872-3880.

Kwong, Fuk Yee*; Li, Yue Ming; Lam, Wai Har; Qiu, Liqin; Lee, Hang Wai; Yeung, Chi Hung; Chan, Kin Shing; Chan, Albert S. C.*

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DOI: 10.1002/chem.200401237 ; Publication Date: Jun 13, 2005





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