Welcome to the F. Y. KWONG Research Group! Research in the KWONG Laboratory is focused on the advanced development of tailor-made catalysts and its application in cross-coupling reactions for organic synthesis. Prof. Kwong has expanded the methodologies for phosphine ligand design, and in the process built a library of such catalysts, thus providing a resource which can be used by the wider academic community and industry.
Publication: A DMAP-Catalyzed Annulation Approach for Modular Assembly of Furan-Fused Chromenes
Dec 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Xinwei HE and colleagues on the publication of the synthesis of Furan-fused chromenes using a DMAP-catalyzed reaction. Read more about this publication in Organic Letters. (Updated: Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 9444-9449).
Publication: Recent Explorations of Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Aromatic Extension Processes
Nov 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Qingyang ZHAO and colleagues on the publication of the review about Pd-catalyzed aromatic extension reaction. Read more about this publication in Tetrahedron Letters. (Updated: Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 62, 152670).
Publication: Palladium-catalyzed Monoarylation of Arylhydrazines with Aryl Tosylates
Sept 2020: Congratulations to Ms. Yange Huang, Dr. Pearl Choy and colleagues on the publication of the synthesis of new phosphine ligand and its application in regioselective arylation of arylhydrazines. Read more about this publication in Journal of Organic Chemistry. (Updated: J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 14664-14673).
Publication: Rapid Access of Alkynyl and Alkenyl Coumarins via a Dipyridinium Methylide and Propargylamine Cascade Reaction
Aug 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Xinwei HE and colleagues on the publication of the synthesis of alkynyl coumarins using a DMAP-catalyzed cascade reaction. Read more about this publication in Organic Letters. (Updated: Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7348–7352).
Patent: 中國專利 CN107459533B "苯并咪唑-吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用"
Jun 2020: Congratulations to Dr. DS Lee and Dr. Pearl Choy! 經國家知識產權局進行審查後， 正式授予專利權予"苯并咪唑-吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用" ，中國專利號：CN107459533B.
Patent: 中國專利 CN107445989B "一种吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用"
May 2020: Congratulations to Dr. CM So, Dr. Kin Chow and Dr. Bella Yuen! 經國家知識產權局進行審查後， 正式授予專利權予"一种吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用"，中國專利號：CN107445989B。
May 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Xinwei HE and colleagues on the publication of the synthesis of flavanones using a DBU-catalyzed one-pot cascade reaction of propargylamines and water. Read more about this publication in Organic Letters (Updated: Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4306-4310).
Mar 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Pearl CHOY & Dr. Bella YUEN and colleagues on the publication of the synthesis of new indolylphosphine WK-phos and its application in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling with Pd loading down to 10ppm levels. The publication is listed in "Hot Topic: C-C Coupling". Read more about this publication in European Journal of Organic Chemistry (Updated: Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2020, 2846-2853).
Mar 2020: Congratulations to Dr. Alston LEE, Dr. CM SO & Dr. Bella YUEN on the publication of the first palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of aryl/heteroaryl and alkenyl mesylates and tosylates with aryl titanium. Read more about this publication in Organic Chemistry Frontiers (Updated: Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 926-932).
Publication: A denitrogenative palladium-catalyzed cascade for regioselective synthesis of fluorenes
Dec 2019: Congratulations to Dr. Stephen FU on the publication of a denitrogenative palladium-catalyzed cascade for the modular and regioselective synthesis of polysubstituted fluorenes. Read more about this publication in Chemical Science (Updated: Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 1411-1417).
Nov 2019: Congratulations to Dr. Xinwei HE and colleagues on the publication of a facile access to π-extended heterobiaryl compounds via a non-cross-coupling strategy. Read more about this publication in Chemical Communications (Updated: Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 15069-15072).
Acheivement: Congratulations to Professor Michael KWONG!
Sept 2019: Professor KWONG is elected as a member of "The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (香港青年科學院)" which take effect from 1 January 2020.
Room G56, Department of Chemistry, Ma Lin Building,
Science Centre South Block, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email: fykwong@cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: +(852) 3943 6257 (office); +(852) 3943 1173 (laboratory)