Hak-Fun Chow's Research Group

 

Publications 2013-now

2017

101 New Triazole-Containing Branched Bis(dipeptidomimetic) – Switching from Self-Dimerization to Anion-Binding Properties, Tin-Ki Chui, Hak-Fun Chow,* Synlett 2017, 28, 2807.
100 From Fenestrindane towards Saddle-Shaped Nanographenes Bearing a Tetracoordinate Carbon Atom, Wai-Shing Wong, Chun-Fai Ng, Dietmar Kuck,* Hak-Fun Chow,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12356.
99 Identification of Influenza Polymerase Inhibitors Targeting Polymerase PB2 Cap-Binding Domain Through Virtual Screening, Ming Liu, Chun-Yeung Lo, Guoxin Wang, Hak-Fun Chow, Jacky Chi-Ki Ngo, David Chi-Cheong Wan, Leo Lit-Man Poon, Pang-Chui Shaw,* Antiviral Res. 2017, 144, 186.
98 Host-Guest Complexes of a Tribenzotriquinacene-Based Tris(Catechol) with Quaternary Ammonium Salts: Variation of H-Bonding Pattern and Cationic Size on Supramolecular Architecture, Chun-Fai Ng, Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck, Thomas C. W. Mak,* Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 2822.
97 Different Gelation and Self-Sorting Properties of Two Isomeric Polyamides Owing to the Parallel versus Anti-Parallel Alignment of Backbone Dipoles, Chui-Fan Leung, Hak-Fun Chow,* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 4827.
96 Electronic and Steric Effects on the Three-fold Scholl-Type Cycloheptatriene Ring Formation Around a Tribenzotriquinacene Core, Ho-Wang Ip, Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 817.
95 Tribenzotriquinacene-Based Crown Ethers: Synthesis and Selective Complexation with Ammonium Salts, Yu-Fei Zhang, Xiao-Ping Cao,* Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 179.

2016

94 Three-Fold Scholl-Type Cycloheptatriene Ring Formation around a Tribenzotriquinacene Core: Toward Warped Graphene, Ho-Wang Ip, Chun-Fai Ng, Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13778.
93 A Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Bearing an all-cis-Tetrabenzo[5.5.5.5] fenestrane (Fenestrindane) Core Merged with Two Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Units, Peng An, Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* Synlett 2016, 27, 1255.
92 o-Quinones Derived from Tribenzotriquinacenes: Functionalization of Inner Bay Positions and Use for Single-Wing Extensions, Yu-Fei Zhang, Wan-Fa Tian, Xiao-Ping Cao,* Dietmar Kuck,* Hak-Fun Chow,* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 2308.

2015

91 Facile Assembly of Chiral Metallosquares by Using Enantiopure Tribenzotriquinacene Corner Motifs, Wen-Rong Xu, Guang-Jie Xia, Hak-Fun Chow,* Xiao-Ping Cao,* Dietmar Kuck,* Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 12011.
90 Versatile Syntheses of Hemi-Cryptophanes and a Metallocryptophane from a Hexa-Functionalized C3v-Symmetrical Tribenzotriquinacene (TBTQ) Derivative, Jun Wei, Zhi-Min Li, Xiao-Jie Jin, Xiao-Jun Yao, Xiao-Ping Cao,* Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 1150.
89 A Supramolecular Ladder Polymer by Hydrogen Bonding-Mediated Self-Assembly of a Metallomacrocycle, Chun-Fai Ng, Hak-Fun Chow,* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 2349

2014

88 A Phosphine-Catalyzed Regioselective [3+2]Cycloaddition of Ethyl 5,5-Diarylpenta-2,3,4-trienoate with Aromatic Aldehydes and a,b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds, Lu-Feng Wang, Xiao-Ping Cao,* Zi-Fa Shi,* Peng An, Hak-Fun Chow, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 3383.
87 Regiocontrolled Synthesis and Optical Resolution of Mono-, Di-, and Trisubstituted Tribenzotriquinacene Derivatives: Key Building Blocks for Further Assembly into Molecular Squares and Cubes, Wen-Rong Xu, Hak-Fun Chow,* Xiao-Ping Cao,* Dietmar Kuck,* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 9335.
86 Supramolecular Chemistry of Click Linear Oligo- and Poly(amide-triazole)s, Hak-Fun Chow,* Tin-Ki Chui, Qiuli Qi, Synlett 2014, 25, 2246.
85 Transition from Low Molecular Weight Non-gelating Oligo(amide-triazole)s to a Restorable, Halide-Responsive Poly(amide-triazole) Supramolecular Gel, Siu-Lung Yim, Hak-Fun Chow,* Man-Chor Chan, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3064.

2013

84 Platinum(II) Terpyridine Metallogel with L-Valine Modified Alkynyl Ligand: Interplay of Pt...Pt, p-p and Hydrogen Bonding Interactions, Charlotte Po, and Hydrogen Bonding Interactions, Charlotte Po, Zhikai Ke, Anthony Yiu-Yan Tam, Hak-Fun Chow, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam,* Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 15735.
83 From Non-Gelating to Gelating: Synthesis and Structural-Self-Assembly Property Relationships of a Homologous Series of Oligo(amide-triazole)s, Juntao Zhang, Hak-Fun Chow,* Man-Chor Chan, Gary Ka-Wai Chow, Dietmar Kuck, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 15019.
82 Versatile C3-Symmetrical Tribenzotriquinacene Derivatives: Optical Resolution through Cryptophane Synthesis and Supramolecular Self-Assembly into Nanotubes, Tao Wang, Yu-Fei Zhang, Qin-Qing Hou, Wen-Rong Xu, Xiao-Ping Cao,* Hak-Fun Chow,* Dietmar Kuck,* J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 1062
81 Synthesis and Thermoreversible Gelation Properties of Main-Chain Poly(Pyridine-2,6-Dicarboxamide-Triazole)s, Sui-Lung Yim, Hak-Fun Chow,* Man-Chor Chan, Chi-Ming Che, Kam-Hung Low, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 2478
80 Versatile Synthesis of Amphiphilic Oligo(Aliphatic-Glycerol) Layer-Block Dendrons with Different Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance Values, Lai-Sheung Choi, Hak-Fun Chow,* Synlett 2013, 24, 201
79 Design, Synthesis and Crystallographic Analysis of Nitrile-Based Broad-Spectrum Peptidomimetic Inhibitors for Coronavirus 3C-Like Proteases, Chi-Pang Chuck, Chao Chen, Zhihai Ke, David Chi-Cheong Wan, Hak-Fun Chow, Kam-Bo Wong,* Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2013, 59, 1