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44
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  • Geminal-atom catalysis for cross-coupling

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  • High-value alcohols and higher-oxidation-state compounds by catalytic Z -selective cross-metathesis

    Ming Joo Koh;R. Kashif M. Khan;Sebastian Torker;Miao Yu

  • Direct synthesis of Z -alkenyl halides through catalytic cross-metathesis

    Ming Joo Koh;Thach T. Nguyen;Hanmo Zhang;Richard R. Schrock

  • Molybdenum chloride catalysts for Z -selective olefin metathesis reactions

    Ming Joo Koh;Thach T. Nguyen;Jonathan K. Lam;Sebastian Torker

  • Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,6-Diyne Carbonates and Esters to 2,4a-Dihydro-1H-fluorenes

    Weidong Rao;Ming Joo Koh;Dan Li;Hajime Hirao

  • Kinetically controlled E-selective catalytic olefin metathesis

    Thach T. Nguyen;Ming Joo Koh;Xiao Shen;Filippo Romiti

  • Iron-catalysed reductive cross-coupling of glycosyl radicals for the stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides

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  • Catalytic Enantioselective Boryl and Silyl Substitution with Trifluoromethyl Alkenes: Scope, Utility, and Mechanistic Nuances of Cu-F β-Elimination.

    Paulo H. S. Paioti;Juan del Pozo;Malte S. Mikus;Jaehee Lee

  • Visible light activation enables desulfonylative cross-coupling of glycosyl sulfones

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  • Chemoselective Union of Olefins, Organohalides, and Redox-Active Esters Enables Regioselective Alkene Dialkylation.

    Tao Yang;Yi Jiang;Yixin Luo;Joel Jun Han Lim

  • Diversification of Glycosyl Compounds via Glycosyl Radicals

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  • Broadly Applicable Directed Catalytic Reductive Difunctionalization of Alkenyl Carbonyl Compounds

    Tao Yang;Xianxiao Chen;Xianxiao Chen;Weidong Rao;Ming Joo Koh

  • Zero-Valent Palladium Single-Atoms Catalysts Confined in Black Phosphorus for Efficient Semi-Hydrogenation.

    Cheng Chen;Wei Ou;Kah-Meng Yam;Shibo Xi

  • Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,7-Diyne Benzoates to Indeno[1,2-c]azepines and Azabicyclo[4.2.0]octa-1(8),5-dines

    Weidong Rao;Ming Joo Koh;Prasath Kothandaraman;Philip Wai Hong Chan

  • Broadly Applicable Z- and Diastereoselective Ring-Opening/Cross-Metathesis Catalyzed by a Dithiolate Ru Complex†

    Ming Joo Koh;R. Kashif M. Khan;Sebastian Torker;Amir H. Hoveyda

  • Direct radical functionalization of native sugars

    Unknown

  • N-Heterocyclic carbenes as privileged ligands for nickel-catalysed alkene functionalisation

    Unknown

  • Synthesis of E- and Z-trisubstituted alkenes by catalytic cross-metathesis

    Thach T. Nguyen;Ming Joo Koh;Tyler J. Mann;Richard R. Schrock

  • Kinetically E -selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis

    Xiao Shen;Thach T. Nguyen;Ming Joo Koh;Dongmin Xu

  • Cobalt Single‐Atom‐Intercalated Molybdenum Disulfide for Sulfide Oxidation with Exceptional Chemoselectivity

    Zhongxin Chen;Cuibo Liu;Cuibo Liu;Jia Liu;Jing Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir H. Hoveyda
Amir H. Hoveyda Boston College
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock University of California, Riverside
Philip Wai Hong Chan
Philip Wai Hong Chan Monash University
Zhongxin Chen
Zhongxin Chen National University of Singapore
Shibo Xi
Shibo Xi Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Kian Ping Loh
Kian Ping Loh National University of Singapore
Jiong Lu
Jiong Lu National University of Singapore
Xiaoxu Zhao
Xiaoxu Zhao Peking University
Jishan Wu
Jishan Wu National University of Singapore
Pavel Jelínek
Pavel Jelínek Czech Academy of Sciences

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