Hak-Fun Chow's Research Group
Featured Publications
Left to right, top to bottom:
1. Front Cover of "Journal of The American Chemical Society 2016, Vol. 138, Number 42"
2. Front Cover of "Chemistry - A European Journal 2015, Vol. 21, Issue 34"
3. Front Cover of "Advanced Synthesis & Catalysts 2014, Vol. 256, Issue 16"
4. Inside Cover of "Chemistry - A European Journal 2011, Vol. 17, Issue 30"
5. Front Cover of "Journal of Organic Chemistry 2009, Vol. 74, Issue 15"
6. Frontispiece Gallery of "Chemistry - A European Journal 2009, Vol. 15, Issue 10"
7. Frontispiece Gallery of "Chemistry - A European Journal 2005, Vol. 11, Issue 20"
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 |