Professor Kin Shing CHAN（陳建成教授）

Emeritus Professor

 Room 359 Science Centre
(852) 3943 6376
 ksc@cuhk.edu.hk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

1981	B.Sc.	University of Hong Kong
1986	Ph.D.	University of Chicago

 

Position

Since 2019	Emeritus Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2002–2019	Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1996–2002	Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1990–1996	Lecturer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1989–1990	Associate Professor, National Taiwan University
1986–1989	Research Associate, University of Chicago

 

Research Interests

1.	Catalytic Carbon-carbon bond activation by transition metal complexes
2.	Green Chemistry

 

Representative Publications

1.	C. T. To, K. S. Chan “Selective Aliphatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Activation by Rhodium Porphyrin Complexes” Acc. Chem. Res. 2017. 50, 1702–1711.
2.	C. T. To, K. S. Choi, K. S. Chan “Catalytic Carbon-Carbon σ-Bond Hydrogenation with Water Catalyzed by Rhodium Porphyrins” J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012, 134, 11388-11391.
3.	K. S. Choi, T. H. Lai, S. Y. Lee, K. S. Chan “Reduction of Rhodium(III) Porphyrin Hydroxide to Rhodium(II) Porphyrin” Organometallics 2011, 30, 2633-2635.
4.	S. Y. Lee, T. H. Lai, K. S. Choi, K. S. Chan “Room Temperature Selective Aliphatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Activation and Functionalization of Ethers by Rhodium(II) Porphyrin” Organometallics 2011, 30, 3691-3693.
5.	Y. W. Chan, K. S. Chan “Metalloradical-Catalyzed Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Activation of Cyclooctane” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6920-6922.

 

Professional Activities

Member, American Chemical Society