November 2024
◈ Our paper on copper- or cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective sequential ring-opening hydrosilylation/hydroboration of arylidenecyclopropanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Boon Beng!
April 2024
◈ Our paper on new mechanism of copper-catalyzed regioselective dihydrosilylation of terminal alkynes has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats to Li Jia and Siqiang!
March 2024
◈ Our paper on copper-catalyzed regioselective trisilylation of terminal alkynes to access 1,1,1-trisilylalkanes has been accepted to Green Chemistry. Congrats to Li Jia!
January 2024
◈ Our paper on copper-catalyzed enantioselective ring-opening dihydroboration and hydroboration/protoboration of arylidenecyclopropanes to prepare chiral skipped diboronates has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats to Wen Rui and Boon Beng and thanks to Prof. Lu Yixin for collaboration!
October 2023
◈ Our paper on copper-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective hydroboration of difluoroalkylated internal alkenes has been accepted to Advanced Science. Congrats to Tao-Qian and thanks to Profs Ma Jun-An and Zhang Fa-Guang for collaboration!
June 2023
◈ A/Prof. GE received Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI)–SNIC Industry Award in Synthetic Chemistry 2023.
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed regiodivergent ring-opening dihydroboration of arylidenecyclopropanes to synthesize 1,3- and 1,4-diboronate compounds has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as a Hot Paper. Congrats to Boon Beng and Ming!
November 2022
◈ Our paper on nickel-catalyzed regioselective stereodivergent hydroboration of internal allenes has been accepted to Chem. Congrats to Xiaoxu and Chunchen!
September 2022
◈ Our paper on copper-catalyzed quadruple borylation of terminal alkynes to prepare 1,1,2,2-tetraborylalkanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Jia!
◈ The GE Research group was awarded one MOE (Ministry of Education, Singapore) Tier 2 grant.
July 2022
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric hydroboration of fluoroalkylated alkenes to access chiral fluoroalkylboronates has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats to Ming and Boon Beng!
March 2022
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed regioselective 1,1,3-triborylation of propargylic alkynes has been accepted to Organometallics as an invited contribution to a species issue on Sustainable Organometallic Chemistry. Congrats to Xiaoxu!
January 2022
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed regioselective 1,1,3-triborylation of unactivated alkenes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as a Very Important Paper (VIP). Congrats to Yinsong!
July 2021
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective one-pot hydrosilylation/hydroboration of alkynes to prepare chiral gem-(borylsilyl)alkanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as Hot Paper. Congrats to Yang'en!
March 2021
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective hydrosilylation/cyclization of 1,6-enynes to prepare β-stereogenic organosilanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Yang'en!
January 2021
TAN Boon Beng and ZHAI Yixuan joined our group for their graduate study, Welcome!
December 2020
◈ Hui Leng has successfully defended her thesis. Congrats, Dr. Sang!
October 2020
◈ Our paper on chromium-catalyzed selective dimerization/hydroboraiton of allenes to prepare boryl-functionalized 1,4-dienes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Yinsong!
September 2020
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed deoxygenative triborylation of allylic ethers to access 1,1,3-triborylalkanes has been accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats to Wei Jie, Xiaoxu, and Yeng Yeng!
August 2020
Yang Yimou and CHIO Qi Xun joined our group for their graduate study, Welcome!
June 2020
◈ Caizhi has successfully defended his thesis. Congrats, Dr. Wu!
Febuary 2020
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed regiodivergent hydroboration of internal allenes to prepare alkenylboronates has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats to Caizhi!
January 2020
◈ Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed chain-walking double hydroboration of 1,n-dienes to prepare gem-bis(boryl)alkanes has been accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats to Hu Ming!
December 2019
◈ Dr. GE received 2019 Young Scientist Award from Faculty of Science, NUS.
November 2019
◈ Wei Jie has successfully defended his thesis. Congrats, Dr. Teo!
October 2019
◈ Our paper on asymmetric palladium/copper-catalyzed sequential Heck/Sonogashira coupling to access chiral trifluoromethylated oxindoles has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Xingfeng and Caizhi! Thanks to Prof. Lu Yixin for collaboration.
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed regiodivergent hydroboration of 1,3-diynes to prepare boryl-functionalized enynes has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats to Hui Leng, Caizhi and Darren!
August 2019
◈ Our paper on the copper-catalyzed enantioselective formal hydroaminomethylation of alkenes with N,O-acetals has been accepted to CCS Chemistry, the flagship journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. Congrats to Yang'en and Van Quyet!
July 2019
◈ Teo Wei Jie received the Best Graduate Researcher Award 2019 of NUS Chemistry and the Top Graduate Researcher 2019 of Faculty of Science, NUS. Congrats to Wei Jie!
June 2019
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective hydrosilylation of 1,3-diynes to synthesize silyl-functionalized 1,3-enynes has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats to Hui Leng and Yongyi!
April 2019
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective hydroboration/cyclization of 1,7-enynes to synthesize chiral boryl-functionalized quinolinones containing quaternary stereogenic centers has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as Hot Paper. Congrats to Caizhi and Jiayu!
January 2019
◈ The GE Research group was awarded one MOE (Ministry of Education, Singapore) Tier 2 grant.
November 2018
◈ Dr. GE received CSJ (the Chemical Society of Japan) Lectureship Award (2019).
◈ Dr. GE received the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2018) from Korea.
October 2018
Dr. You Yang-En (from Prof. Luo Sanzhong's group) and Dr. Hu Ming (from Prof. Li Jin-Heng's group) joined the group as postdoc research fellows.
September 2018
◈ Our paper on the copper-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of quinoline-substituted chiral allenes has been accepted to Communications Chemistry. Congrats to Songjie and Hui Leng! Thanks to Prof. Hong Xin at Zhejiang University for DFT studies.
Dr. Yang Xiaoxu (from Prof. Wang Chongyang's group) and Dr. Zhao Yinsong (from Prof. Gao Ge's group) joined the group as postdoc research fellows.
August 2018
FYP students Poon Yeng Yeng, Darren Phua Guan Ge, and Yeh Sao Chuan joined the group for their FYP projects.
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed enantioselective access to boryl-functionalized all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centers has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats to Wang Chao!
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral gem-bisborylalkanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Wei Jie!
◈ Teo Wei Jie received the Best Poster Prize in 2018 Graduate Poster Symposium, NUS Chemistry. Congrats to Wei Jie!
May 2018
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed E-selective anti-Markovnikov hydrosilylation of terminal alkynes has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats to Caizhi and Wei Jie!
February 2018
◈ Our paper on the copper-catalyzed asymmetric hydroboration of 1,3-enynes to prepare chiral allenylboronates has been accepted to Organic Chemistry Frontiers. Congrats to Hui Leng and Songjie!
December 2017
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed Z-selective hydrosilylation of allenes has been accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats to Wang Chao and Wei Jie!
November 2017
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed diborylation of 1,1-disubstituted Vinylarenes to access gem-di(boryl)alkanes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Wei Jie!
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed stereoconvergent 1,2-hydrosilylation of conjugated dienes has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats to Hui Leng and Songjie!
◈ Dr. GE received 2018 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award.
◈ Dr. GE received the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2017) from Japan and Taiwan.
October 2017
◈ Our paper on the copper-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of quiniline N-oxides has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Songjie and Hui Leng!
September 2017
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Dr. LIAO Jiayu (Ph.D from Prof. Zhao Yu's group at NUS) joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher.
August 2017
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FYP students Chio Qi Xun, Guo Min Hui, Pang Shih Teng Metta, and Tan Yong Khai joined the group for their FYP projects.
◈ The GE Research group was awarded one MOE (Ministry of Education, Singapore) Tier 2 grant.
April 2017
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric hydroboration/cyclization of 1,6-enynes has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats to Songjie and Caizhi!
February 2017
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed Z-selective hydrosilylation of terminal alkynes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats to Wei Jie, Chao and Ye Wei!
November 2016
◈ Our paper on the cobalt-catalyzed regiodivergent hydrosilylation of vinylarenes and aliphatic alkenes has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats to Wang Chao and Teo Wei Jie!
October 2016
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Dr. GE received the Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2016) from China.
◈ Our first paper on the iron-catalyzed dehydrogenative borylation of vinylarenes has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats to Wang Chao and Caizhi!
August 2016
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FYP students Tan Ye Wei, Tan Sheng Tao, and Lee Yu Feng joined the group for their FYP projects.
July 2016
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Our honors students Ong Jie Ming and Sang Hui Leng continued in our group for their graduate study.
June 2016
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Dr. Yu Songjie from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher.
February 2016
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Dr. WANG Lei from RWTH Aachen University joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher.
January 2016
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Wu Caizhi joined the group as a graduate student.
October 2015
◈ Dr. Ge was awarded NUS Young Investigator Award.
September 2015
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Dr. Wang Chao from Soochow University joined the group as a postdoctoral researcher.
June 2015
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Toe Wei Jie joined the group as the first graduate student.
February 2015
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The GE research group is officially established.