Welcome to the Zhao group website!

 

 

 

Contacts:

 

Yu Zhao
S9-13-01E, Department of Chemistry, NUS
4 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117544
Tel: (65) 6516 7964 Fax: (65) 6779 1691
Email: zhaoyu@nus.edu.sg

S9-13-03C, S9-13-03D, S9-13-11
Department of Chemistry, NUS
4 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117544
Tel: (65) 6516 2835

 

News:

 

February 

Jingxin successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Wang!

 

Huanlin successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Diao! 

 

Our paper on enantioselective 1,4-nitroalcohol synthesis by borrowing hydrogen/enamine dual catalysis has been been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Rachel, Haruka and Gongfeng!

 

Our paper on desymmetrization of diynes by allylic alcohol triggered enyne cycloisomerization has been been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Fangyuan and Chia Hui! 

January

December

Gongfeng successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Zou!

 

Yufeng successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Liu!

 

Our paper on enantioconvergent piperidine and tetrahydroisoquinoline synthesis by double amination of 1,5-diols with amines has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Huanlin, Kexin, Yongbing and Binmiao!

November

Yufeng left our group for his next career. Farewell and good luck!

September

Our paper on dynamic asymmetric diamination of allylic alcohols to access tetrahydrobenzodiazepines has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Yufeng, Peng and Gongfeng!

August

Our paper on asymmetric amination of primary alcohols by DKR has been accepted to CCS Chemistry. Congrats Yaru, Guorong and Lei!

Our paper on Modular alkene synthesis from carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes has been accepted to Nature Chemistry. Congrats Hao, Ruize, Rachel and the Wu group!

 

Benjamin and Mingjin rejoined our group as PhD students.

Elliot joined our group for his final year honours project.

Ruochen joined our group for her Master's project. 

July

Yaru, Zhikeng and Jiaoting left our group for their next career. Farewell and good luck!

Yuanyuan joined our group as a Research Fellow.

June

Zhikeng successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Lin!

March

Jianqiang joined our group as a visiting fellow.

Kai Kiat successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Lau!

February

Jiaoting successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Pan!

January

Yaru successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Gao!


Xiao Qian successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Ng!

 

Yifan joined our group as a PhD student.

December

Our paper on enantioselective construction of eight-membered heterocycles from 1,3-butadienes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Jiaoting and Takumi!

October

Ran successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Tao!

September

Xu joined our group as a visiting fellow.

Weihao joined our group as a visiting student.

Jialei joined our group as a visiting fellow.

Jiawen, Xiaoxi, Mingjin, Chia Hui, Tianbo and Yifei joined our group for their Master's projects.

August

Haruka, Kexin, Xiyan and Ziwei joined our group as PhD students.

Benjamin joined our group for his final year honours project.

July

Xiao Qian left our group to join P&G as a scientist. Farewell and good luck Xiao Qian!

Ran left our group to join ISCE2 as a scientist. Farewell and good luck Ran!

Our paper on Scalable Synthesis of Antihistamines and Sensipar via intensified hydrogen borrowing methodology has been accepted to ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congrats Xiao Qian!

 

Our invited review on enantioconvergent transformations of secondary alcohols through borrowing hydrogen catalysis has been accepted to Chemical Society Reviews. Congrats Yaru and Guorong!

 

Our invited highlight on remote C-H activation for construction of planar chiral ferrocenes has been accepted to Science Bulletin.

June

Guoquan joined us as a joint postdoc with the KOH group.

Zhi Hao transfered to the group from the Young lab to continue his PhD studies.

April

Our paper on chiral tricyclic lactam synthesis by dynamic kinetic asymmetric reductive amination/lactamization in collaboration with Prof Xumu Zhang's group has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Jingxin!

March

Fangyuan joined our group as a Research Fellow.

February

Lei joined our group as a Research Fellow.

Our paper on atroposelective synthesis of indole-pyrroles and bisindoles with a N-N axis has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Luoyu, Jiapei and Binmiao!

 

Our paper on enantioconvergent amination of alcohols using aliphalic amines has been accepted to Nature synthesis. Congrats Xiao Qian, Ching Si, Rachel, David and Binmiao!

 

Our paper on enantioconvergent pyrrolidine synthesis by double amination of diols with amines has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Yongbing, Huanlin, Guorong, Jonathan, Tao, Guoqiang and Binmiao!

January

Taotao left our group for a postdoc position in Yale. Farewell and good luck Taotao!

Tiaozhen and Siliang joined our group as PhD students.

 

November

Gang left our group for a faculty position in China. Farewell and good luck Gang!

Our paper on anion effect in NHC catalysis has been accepted to Organic Chemistry Frontiers. Congrats Si Bei and Shenci!

 

Our paper on economical synthesis of enantiopure tetrahydropyridines and piperidines by catalytic borrowing hydrogen has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Teng Wei, Ran, Willy and Si Bei!

October

Our invited paper on Co/Zn bimetallic catalysis for enantioselective alkynylation of isatins has been accepted to Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congrats Ruizhi and Yuan!

 

Our invited review on enantioselective indolization has been accepted to Chem Catalysis. Congrats Binmiao and Xiao Qian!

August

Ziwei, Jilin, Jiameng, Runze, Qinyin and Yuyang joined our group for their Master's projects.

Jonathan and Takumi joined our group for their final year honours project.

Guorong, Jiong Xu and Peng joined our group as PhD students.

Siti Nur Fairuz successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Sheikh Ismail!

July

Our paper on solid supported catalyst for enantioselective aldehyde allylation has been accepted to Green Synthesis and Catalysis. Congrats Xiao Qian and Ming Han!

February

Our paper on CPA/LA-catalyzed enantiodivergent synthesis N-N axially chiral bipyrroles has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as a VIP. Congrats Yaru, Luoyu, Tao and Binmiao!

January

Our paper on chalcogenoether-directed Pd-catalyzed atroposelective C-H olefination and allylation has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Gang, Tao, the Shi group and the Lan group!

 

November

Our paper on gold and palladium cascade catalysis for furan-fused nine-membered heterocycle synthesis has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Guoqiang and Yaming!

October 

        Tao left our group for a faculty position in Zhengzhou University. Farewell and good luck Tao!

August

Fanze, Yubo, Rong, Guangqiao and Zerui joined our group for their Master's projects.

Guorong, Jiong Xu, Jun Hao and Ronald joined our group for their final year honours projects.

Yaming, Luoyu, Lin and Rachel joined our group as PhD students.

July

Our paper on enantioconvergent pyrrole substitution by racemic alcohols has been accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats Yongbing, Ran, Zhikeng and Guoqiang!

 

Our paper on tandem indolization/enantioconvergent indole substitution by alcohols has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Guoqiang, Jiaoting, Yaming and Yongbing!

June

Our paper on stereoconvergent synthesis of diamines from diols has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Huijie, Yamei, Taotao, Kai Kiat, Wei and Binmiao!


Teng Wei was awarded the prestigious 2020/2021 Singapore National Institute of Chemistry GOLD medal for outstanding PhD thesis. Congrats Teng Wei!

Yong Rui was awarded the prestigious NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize. Congrats Yong Rui!

May 

        Yongbing left our group for a faculty position in Hebei Normal University. Farewell and good luck Yongbing!

Taotao joined our group as a Research Fellow. 

March

Our paper on gold and palladium cascade catalysis for furan-fused nine-membered heterocycle synthesis has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Guoqiang and Yaming!

 

Our paper on Pd-Catalyzed Stereoselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Azadienes has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Fairuz and Binmiao!

 

Our paper on desymmetrization of 1,3-diones via asymmtric hydrazone condensation has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Binmiao, Jun and Kai Kiat!

February

Our paper on Ni-catalyzed divergent allylic alkylation using alkynes has been accepted to Chem. Congrats Yuan, Chao and Licheng!

 

December

We relocated our labs to the new S9 building.

Our paper on Ni-catalyzed alkylalkynylation of alkynes in collaboration with Prof MJ Koh's group has been accepted to Chem. Congrats Jiaoting and the Koh group members!

October

Our paper on cascade rearrangement/[2+2] cycloaddition for cyclobutane/cyclobutene synthesis has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats Qijian and Xiaoxiao!


Jun left our group to continue finishing his PhD degree in Yunan University. Farewell and good luck Jun!

Teng Wei successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Ng!


Jun Yang successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Ong!

September

Guoqiang left our group to join Prof Jieping Zhu's group at EPFL as a postdoc. Farewell and good luck Guoqiang!

August

Yong Rui, Ming Han, Xinzhi and Hong Wei joined our group for their final year honours projects.

Huanlin, Yufeng, Jingxin and Gongfeng joined our group as PhD students.

Our paper on catalytic atroposelective acylation of sulfonamides has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Jun Yang, Xiao Qian and Shenci!

July

Jun Yang left our group to join ICES, ASTAR as a scientist. Farewell and good luck Jun Yang!

Our paper on microwave-assisted dynamic kinetic asymmetric amination of alcohols has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats Ziqiang, Cheng, Licheng and Shenci!

June

Our paper on divergent higher-order cycloaddition of tropones has been accepted to Nature Chemistry. Congrats Licheng, Yanong, Ruoyang, Xiao Qian, Binmiao and Ziqiang!

May

Our paper on Ni-catalyzed allylmethylation of alkynes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Wanfang and Shun!

April

Our paper on room-temperature Guerbet reaction has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Teng Wei, Gang, Kai Kiat and Huijie!

March

Teng Wei left our group to join Edmundoptics as an engineer. Farewell and good luck Teng Wei!

January

Xianqiang joined our group as a visiting student.

 

October

Jun joined our group as a visiting student.

Tao joined our group as a visiting fellow.

Gang joined our group as a Research Fellow.

Our paper on NHC-catalyzed stereoselective bridged biaryl synthesis has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Shenci, Jun Yang, Si Bei, Xi and Deborah!

August

Selvi, Kenneth and Wei Jie joined our group for their final year honours projects.

Yaming and Luoyu joined our group for their FYP and MSc projects.

Ran, Xiao Qian, Yaru, Lincoln and Jiaoting joined our group as PhD students.

Yanong left us for a postdoc position in Kami Hull's group in UT Austin. Farewell and good luck Yanong!

July

Our paper on NHC-catalyzed acylative desymmetrization of amino bisphenols has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Shenci, Si Bei and Ziqiang!

 

Our paper on Relay Catalytic Epoxide Opening/Amination of Alcohol has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Guoqiang and Prof Yao Zhang's team in Liaoning University!

June

Our paper on axially chiral NOBIN and sulfonamide synthesis has been accepted to Nature Communications. Congrats Shenci, Shawn, Jun Yang, Si Bei, Xiao Qian and our collaborators Kaitlyn and Prof Laszlo Kurti!

April

Danence successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Lee!

January

Danence left the group for a senior chemist position with PUB, Singapore's Water Agency. Farewell and good luck!

Germaine successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Kok!


Jie Yang successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. See!

 

Yanong successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Wang!

 

December

Shenci left the group for a faculty position in Northwestern Polytechnic University, China. Farewell and good luck!

November

Our paper on Ag and Ag-Au co-catalyzed C-S bond formations has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Jie Yang!

Ruizhi successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Huang!

October

Our paper on Rh-catalyzed stereoconvergent isomerization of alkenyl alcohols has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Ruizhi, Kai Kiat and Tanglin!

September

Licheng left us for a postdoc position in Hans Renata's group in Scripps Florida. Farewell and good luck Licheng!

August

Our paper on Cu-catalyzed [3 + 3] cycloaddition of aziridines and isocyanoacetates has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Germaine!


NG Xiao Qian, Willy SEE, TANG Jun Rong, TAO Ran and Nicolette YAU joined the group for their final year honours project.

Kai Kiat rejoined us as a PhD student.

July

Ching Si, Si Bei, Germaine and Jie Yang left the group. Farewell and good luck!

Ruizhi left us to join BTR New Energy Material Ltd, Shenzhen. Farewell and good luck Ruizhi!

Danence Lee won the Best Graduate Researcher Award from both Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Science, NUS. Congrats Danence!

Shawn Ng was awarded the prestigious NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize. Congrats Shawn!

June

Si Bei successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Poh!


Ching Si successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Lim!

May

Dr. YANG Guoqiang joined the group.

Our paper on Divergent, Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrroles, 3H Pyrroles and Bicyclic Imidazolines has been accepted to Chemistry - A European Journal. Congrats Germaine, Panlin, Jiayu and Fairuz!


Our paper on Pd/Ti-relay catalysis for heterocycle synthesis has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Licheng, Zher Yin, Ziqiang, Ruoyang and Yanong!


Our paper on Pd/amine-catalyzed a-allylation of unactivated ketones using alkyne has been accepted to Chemistry - A European Journal. Congrats Danence!

April

Dr. LI Wanfang left us to join Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. Farewell and good luck Wanfang!

Shawn Ng was awarded the Chemistry Honours Poster Achievement Award. Congrats Shawn!

March

Our paper on visible light-driven alkyne carboxylation with CO2 in collaboration with Prof Jie Wu's group has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Jing, Aloysius, Wei and Jin-Hui!


Our paper on NHC-catalyzed propargylic substitution followed by divergent cyclizations has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Shenci, Jun-Yang, Si Bei and Terence!

January

Our paper on FeCl3-catalyzed chromene synthesis has been accepted to Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Congrats Chao!

 

December

Our paper on enantioselective 10-membered heterocycle synthesis has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Yanong, Licheng, Ziqiang, Tanglin and Ruoyang!


Our paper on stereodivergent NHC-catalyzed amination and fluorination has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Si Bei, Jung-Yang and Shenci!

November

Dr. FENG Wei left us to join Sun Yat-sen University, China. Farewell and good luck Wei!

October

Dr. NI Qijian and Dr. SONG Xiaoxiao left us for faculty positions in Anhui Normal University, China. Farewell and good luck Qijian and Xiaoxiao!

Our paper on Ni-catalyzed difunctionalization of alkenes with divergent regioselectivity has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats Wanfang and Jie Kang!


Our paper on enatioselective synthesis and functionalization of nine-membered heterocycles has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Ziqiang, Licheng, Yanong, Zher Yin and Ruizhi!

August

LIU Ruoyang, Ng Shawn Voon Hwee, LAU Kai Kiat and CHAN Shang Ce joined the group for their final year honours project.

Siti Nur Fairuz Bte Sheikh Ismail rejoined us as a PhD student.

Dr. LIU Yongbin joined the group.

Dr. MA Chao left us for a faculty position in Hubei Univesity, China. Farewell and good luck Chao!

Dr. LIU Tanglin left us for a faculty position in Southwest University, China. Farewell and good luck Tanglin!

July

Our paper on divergent synthesis of tricyclic ketals and triarylmethanes has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Jiayu and Qijian!

June

Our paper on three-component reaction of isocyanoacetates, amines and 3-formylchromones has been accepted to Chemical Communications. Congrats Jiayu and Wei Jie!

April

Dr. PAN Huijie left us for a postdoc position at EPFL, Switzerland. Farewell and good luck Huijie!

Our paper on enantioselective intramolecular amination to prepare tetrahydroquinolines has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition as a VIP. Congrats Ching Si and David!

March

Our paper on fluoroalkene synthesis from allylic alcohols has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats Tanglin!


Our paper on enantioselective isomerization of secondary allylic alcohols has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Tanglin and Teng Wei!

February

Tan Zher Yin was awarded the best poster presentation award during NUS-ACS Undergraduate symposium. Congrats Zher Yin!

January

Our paper on Pd-catalyzed formal [5 + 4] cycloaddition to construct nine-membered heterocycles has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Licheng, Ziqiang, Yanong, Zher Yin and Min!

 

December

Yuan and Ziqiang were awarded the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, congrats Yuan and Ziqiang!

Our paper on NHC-catalyzed preparation of enantiopure triarylmethanes and diarylalkanes in collaboration with Prof Richard Wong has been accepted to Chemistry - A European Journal. Congrats Shenci, Xiaoxiao and Si Bei!

Wanfang was awarded the poster award sponsered by SNIC during ISCOC, congrats Wanfang!

Dr. RONG Ziqiang left us for a postdoc position at University of Chicago, USA. Farewell and good luck Ziqiang!

November

Our paper on acid-assisted Ru-catalyzed amination of diols has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats Licheng and Yanong!


Min successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Wang!


Ziqiang successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Rong!


Huijie successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Pan!

September

Our paper on Pd/Cu-catalyzed alkyne trimerization to access (Z)-enediynes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Danence!

August

Our paper on Pd-catalyzed cycloaddition of p-QM and vinyl epoxide/cyclopropane has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats Chao and Yuan!


WANG Min left us for a lab manager position with Bekaert in Jiangsu, China. Farewell and good luck Min!

Dr. HUANG Yuan left us for a postdoc position at Indiana University, USA. Farewell and good luck Yuan!

Jiayu successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Liao!

TAN Zher Yin, NGUYEN Minh Hieu, BOON Jie Kang, Siti Nur Fairuz Bte Sheikh Ismail and Terence TSANG joined the group for their final year honours project.

NG Teng Wei and ONG Jun Yang rejoined us as PhD students.

July

QUACH Thanh Truong David was awarded Pfizer Gold Medal and Lijen Industrial Development Medal during NUS commencement. Congrats David!

NG Teng Wei was awarded Schering-Plough Gold Medal during NUS commencement. Congrats Teng Wei!

June

Our paper on the alcohol effect on Ir-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of imines (in collaboration with Prof Lan Yu, Chongqing Univ) has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Huijie and Yao!


Dr. Feng Wei joined the group.

May

Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric vinylation has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Yuan and Ruizhi!


Our paper on diastereodivergent NHC- or chiral amine-catalyzed hetero DA reactions has been accepted to Chemistry - A European Journal. Congrats Ziqiang, Min and Eugene!

April

Yuan successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Huang!


Dr. Song Xiaoxiao joined the group.

 

December

ZHAO Yu received 2016 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award.

ZHAO Yu received 2015 Young Scientist Award from Faculty of Science, NUS.

November

ZHAO Yu received Asian Core Progam Lectureship Awards from Japan and Hong Kong to deliver lectures in 2016.

Our invited paper on Iron-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of imines assisted by an iron-based Lewis acid has been accepted to Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Congrats Huijie and Teng Wei!

October

Dr. Ni Qijian joined the group.

Dr. Li Wanfang joined the group.

Derek successfully defended his PhD thesis, congratulations Dr. Sim!

August

Weng Cheng joined us to pursue his MS degree.

NG Teng Wei, ONG Jun Yang, LIEW Xi, CHOW Chi Hao Eugene, TAN Li Hong and QUACH Thanh Truong David joined the group for their final year honours project.

Our paper on cobalt-catalyzed allylation of heterobicyclic alkenes has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Yuan, Chao, Yee Xin and Ruizhi!

June

Our paper on Lewis acid-assisted Iron-catalyzed amination of alcohols has been accepted to Chemical Communications. Congrats Huijie and Teng Wei!

May

Our paper on phase-transfer-catalyzed enantioselective α-hydroxylation of ketones has been accepted to ACS Catalysis. Congrats Derek and Min!

April

Our paper on dynamic kinetic asymmetric amination of alcohols has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Ziqiang, Yao, Raymond and Huijie!

January

Lee Jin Tu Danence joined us to pursue his PhD degree.

Our paper on divergent 3H or 1H pyrrole synthesis has been accepted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. Congrats Jiayu and Panlin!

 

December

ZHAO Yu received Asian Core Progam Lectureship Awards from Taiwan and Thailand to deliver lectures in 2015.

October

Our paper on NHC-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of e-lactones and spiro-heterocycles has been accepted to Chemical Communications. Congrats Min and Ziqiang!

September

Dr. Monissa PADERES left us to join KU Leuven and P&G in Belgium. Farewell and good luck Monissa!

Dr. ZHANG Yao left us for a faculty position at Liaoning University, China. Farewell and good luck Yao!

August

Dr. LIU Tanglin joined the group.

Our paper on NHC-catalyzed kinetic resolution of BINOL and NOBIN has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Shenci and Si Bei!

WANG Ya-Nong and HUANG Ruizhi joined us as PhD students.

CHUA Hong Bing Raymond, Lee Si Yi, LEE Yi Xin, SEOW Chwee San Deborah and YAP Wei Jie joined the group for their final year honours project.

June

Dr. SHAO Panlin left us for a faculty position at Chongqing University, China. Farewell and good luck Panlin!

March

Our paper on Ag-catalyzed double [3+2] cyclization of isocyanoacetate with alpha-imino esters has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Panlin, Jiayu and Yee Ann!

HO Yee Ann moved on to pursue her PhD in Germany. Farewell and good luck Yee Ann!

January

POH Si Bei and LIM Ching Si rejoined us as PhD students.

 

December

Our paper on enantioselective oxidation of 1,2-diols has been accepted to Organic Letters. Congrats Ziqiang, Huijie and Hailong!

November

Our paper on catalytic enantioselective amination of alcohols has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Yao, Ching Si, Derek and Huijie!


ZHAO Yu received Asian Core Progam Lectureship Awards from China and Korea to deliver lectures in 2014.

September

Dr. MA Chao and HO Yee Ann joined the group.

August

TEO Celeste, CHEN Yong Jun and PHAM Yen Linh joined our group for their final year honours project.

YANG Licheng was enrolled for his PhD studies.

July

SIAU Woon Yew graduated with a MS degree and moved on to future studies in Switzerland. Farewell and good luck Woon Yew!

June

Our paper on catalytic stereoselective allylation has been accepted to Chemical Science. Congrats Yuan, Licheng and Panlin!

April

HO Yee Ann was awarded the RSC poster prize during NUS Chemistry Honours students symposium (3 out of 146). Congrats Yee Ann!

An invited highlight article of our work on tertiary alcohol kinetic resolution was accepted to Synlett.

Dr. YAN Hailong started a faculty position at Innovative Drug Research Center, Chongqing University, China. Farewell and good luck Hailong!

January

December

Our paper on tertiary alcohol kinetic resolution has been accepted to Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congrats Shenci, Si Bei and Woon-Yew!

August

LIAO Jiayu, PAN Huijie and WANG Min joined us as PhD students.

July

LIM Ching Si, POH Si Bei, HO Yee Ann and NG Jie Qi joined the group for their final year honours project.

June

Dr. Allan MACABEO went back to University of Santo Tomas, Philippines, farewell!

May

Dr. YAN Hailong Joined the group.

April

The group settled down in new lab space at S5-03 and S5-04 in April.

Derek SIM, Dr. Allan MACABEO, RONG Ziqiang and YANG Licheng joined the group.

February

Dr. SHAO Panlin Joined the group.

Our invited review chapter on stereoselective synthesis of Z-alkenes has been published in Topics in Current Chemistry.

January

October

The research in the Zhao lab was initiated!

Dr. LU Shenci and HUANG Yuan joined the group.

September

Dr. ZHANG Yao joined the group and helped set up the lab.

August

SIAU Woon Yew joined the group and helped set up the lab.