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Overview

Choon-Hong Tan is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in Tan's research include:

  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Tan has frequently published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among recent publications are:

  • "Synthesis of chiral sulfinate esters by asymmetric condensation," 2022, Nature
  • "Catalytic Reductive Cross Coupling and Enantioselective Protonation of Olefins to Construct Remote Stereocenters for Azaarenes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Asymmetric Synthesis of S(IV) and S(VI) Stereogenic Centers," 2023, JACS Au
  • "Recent developments in highly efficient construction of P-stereogenic centers," 2020, Green Synthesis and Catalysis
  • "Stereospecific and stereoconvergent nucleophilic substitution reactions at tertiary carbon centers," 2020, Chem

Tan has collaborated extensively with a number of researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include Esther Cai Xia Ang, Xinyi Ye, Richmond Lee, Davin Tan, and Xiaogang Liu.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a Novel, Water-Soluble Hydrogen Sulfide–Releasing Molecule (GYY4137): New Insights Into the Biology of Hydrogen Sulfide

    Ling Li;Matthew Whiteman;Yan Yi Guan;Kay Li Neo

  • The Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide Donors on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Formation of Inflammatory Mediators in Macrophages

    Matthew Whiteman;Ling Li;Peter Rose;Choon-Hong Tan

  • The Slow-Releasing Hydrogen Sulfide Donor, GYY4137, Exhibits Novel Anti-Cancer Effects In Vitro and In Vivo

    Zheng Wei Lee;Jianbiao Zhou;Chien-Shing Chen;Chien-Shing Chen;Yujun Zhao

  • Graphene oxide and Rose Bengal: oxidative C–H functionalisation of tertiary amines using visible light

    Yuanhang Pan;Shuai Wang;Choon Wee Kee;Emilie Dubuisson

  • GYY4137, a novel hydrogen sulfide-releasing molecule, protects against endotoxic shock in the rat

    Ling Li;Manuel Salto-Tellez;Choon-Hong Tan;Matthew Whiteman

  • Chiral guanidine catalyzed enantioselective reactions.

    Dasheng Leow;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Dehydrogenative coupling reactions catalysed by Rose Bengal using visible light irradiation

    Yuanhang Pan;Choon Wee Kee;Li Chen;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Allenoates by Guanidine-Catalyzed Isomerization of 3-Alkynoates

    Hongjun Liu;Dasheng Leow;Kuo-Wei Huang;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Structural basis for the inhibition mechanism of human cystathionine γ-lyase, an enzyme responsible for the production of H2S

    Qingxiang Sun;Ruairi Collins;Shufen Huang;Lovisa Holmberg-Schiavone

  • Chiral bicyclic guanidine-catalyzed enantioselective reactions of anthrones.

    Juan Shen;Thanh Truc Nguyen;Yong-Peng Goh;Weiping Ye

  • A gel-free 3D microfluidic cell culture system.

    Siew-Min Ong;Chi Zhang;Chi Zhang;Yi-Chin Toh;So Hyun Kim

  • Organic dye photocatalyzed α-oxyamination through irradiation with visible light

    Hongjun Liu;Wei Feng;Choon Wee Kee;Yujun Zhao

  • Mechanistic considerations of guanidine-catalyzed reactions.

    Xiao Fu;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Enantioselective Protonation Catalyzed by a Chiral Bicyclic Guanidine Derivative

    Dasheng Leow;Shishi Lin;Santhosh Kumar Chittimalla;Xiao Fu

  • The hydrogen sulfide donor, GYY4137, exhibits anti‐atherosclerotic activity in high fat fed apolipoprotein E−/− mice

    Zhen Liu;Yi Han;Ling Li;Hui Lu

  • Halogen-bonding-induced hydrogen transfer to C═N bond with Hantzsch ester.

    Wei He;Yi-Cen Ge;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Selective fluorination of alkyl C–H bonds via photocatalysis

    Choon Wee Kee;Choon Wee Kee;Kek Foo Chin;Ming Wah Wong;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Utilizing hydrogen sulfide as a novel anti‐cancer agent by targeting cancer glycolysis and pH imbalance

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  • Enantioselective Aerobic Oxidative C(sp3)–H Olefination of Amines via Cooperative Photoredox and Asymmetric Catalysis

    Guo Wei;Chenhao Zhang;Filip Bureš;Xinyi Ye

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation of Sulfenate Anions to Chiral Heterocyclic Sulfoxides Using Halogenated Pentanidium Salts

    Lili Zong;Xu Ban;Choon Wee Kee;Choon-Hong Tan

  • Pentanidium-catalyzed enantioselective α-hydroxylation of oxindoles using molecular oxygen.

    Yuanyong Yang;Farhana Moinodeen;Willy Chin;Ting Ma

  • Synthesis of a Chiral Quaternary Carbon Center Bearing a Fluorine Atom: Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Guanidine‐Catalyzed Addition of Fluorocarbon Nucleophiles

    Zhiyong Jiang;Yuanhang Pan;Yujun Zhao;Ting Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiyong Jiang
Zhiyong Jiang Henan University
Kuo-Wei Huang
Kuo-Wei Huang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Philip K. Moore
Philip K. Moore National University of Singapore
Ming Wah Wong
Ming Wah Wong National University of Singapore
Chao Wang
Chao Wang Soochow University
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Nanyang Technological University
Hanry Yu
Hanry Yu National University of Singapore
Hajime Hirao
Hajime Hirao City University of Hong Kong
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Wuhan University of Technology
Kian Ping Loh
Kian Ping Loh National University of Singapore

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