Gold (III) salen complex-catalyzed synthesis of propargylamines via a three-component coupling reaction

VKY Lo, Y Liu, MK Wong, CM Che - Organic letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
Propargylamines have been synthesized by a gold(III) salen complex-catalyzed three-component
coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines, and alkynes in water in excellent yields at 40 …

A C2 Symmetric Chiral Ketone for Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Olefins

D Yang, YC Yip, MW Tang, MK Wong… - Journal of the …, 1996 - ACS Publications
Dioxiranes1 are important oxidants for organic reactions such as epoxidation, 2 heteroatom
oxidation, 3 and oxygenation of CH bonds. 4 In particular, epoxidation mediated by …

Epoxidation of olefins using methyl (trifluoromethyl) dioxirane generated in situ

D Yang, MK Wong, YC Yip - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 - ACS Publications
Dioxiranes are powerful epoxidation reagents with high reactivity toward both electron-richand
electrondeficient olefins, under neutral reaction conditions. 1 Despite the fact that …

Oxidative amide synthesis and N-terminal α-amino group ligation of peptides in aqueous medium

WK Chan, CM Ho, MK Wong… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A new method for oxidative synthesis of amides from alkynes and amines in high yields (up
to 96%) using [Mn(2,6-Cl 2 TPP)Cl] 1 as a catalyst and Oxone/H 2 O 2 as an oxidant in …

Modification of N-terminal α-amino groups of peptides and proteins using ketenes

…, YC Leung, JS Huang, MK Wong… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A method of highly selective N-terminal modification of proteins as well as peptides by an
isolated ketene was developed. Modification of a library of unprotected peptides XSKFR (X …

Surface decoration of selenium nanoparticles by mushroom polysaccharides–protein complexes to achieve enhanced cellular uptake and antiproliferative activity

…, W Zheng, CWY Man, MK Wong, KH Wong - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
By using mushroom polysaccharides–protein complexes (PSP) as the capping agent, size
controllable and highly stable selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been successfully …

Electron‐deficient alkynes as cleavable reagents for the modification of cysteine‐containing peptides in aqueous medium

…, TC Chan, CM Ho, Y Liu, MK Wong… - … A European Journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Enriched cleavage: An efficient chemoselective cysteine modification of unprotected peptides
and proteins has been developed by using electron‐deficient alkynes in aqueous media. …

Gold (I)‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroarylation of Alkenes with Indoles under Thermal and Microwave‐Assisted Conditions

MZ Wang, MK Wong, CM Che - Chemistry–A European …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient method for intermolecular hydroarylation of aryl and aliphatic alkenes with
indoles using a combination of [(PR 3 )AuCl]/AgOTf as catalyst under thermal and microwave‐…

Gold-catalyzed highly enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral allenes

VKY Lo, MK Wong, CM Che - Organic Letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
Axially chiral allenes are synthesized from chiral propargylamines catalyzed by KAuCl 4 in
high yields (up to 93% yield) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee) in CH 3 CN at …

Gold (III)(C^ N) complex-catalyzed synthesis of propargylamines via a three-component coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines and alkynes

VKY Lo, KKY Kung, MK Wong, CM Che - Journal of Organometallic …, 2009 - Elsevier
Propargylamines are synthesized in high yields via a gold(III) (C^N) complex-catalyzed
three-component coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines and alkynes in water at 40C. Excellent …