40. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of mycolactone core via relay ring-closing metathesis", 2011 Chinese Medicinal Chemistry Symposium & China-UK Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Guangzhou, China, 17-20 November 2011.
39. Invited Talk. "Diverted total synthesis of amphidinolide T1, T3, and T4", The 5th International Conference on Multi-Component Reactions and Related Chemistry (MCR2011), Hangzhou, China, 14–17 November 2011.
38. Oral Presentation. "Naphthamide-based chiral wall template for SmI2-mediated enantioselective reductive coupling and application in total synthesis", The 7th Sino-US Chemistry Professors Conference: Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (SINO–US-7), Guiyang, China, 28–30 June, 2011.
37. Invited Talk. "Microwave-assisted post-Ugi annulations for creation of heterocycle skeleton diversity" Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (#32), Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 19 December, 2010.
36. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of amphidinolide T2 and butenolides" 12th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry (ISNPC-12), Karachi, Pakistan, 22–25 November, 2010.
35. Invited Talk. "Ring-closing metathesis–asymmetric dihydroxylation strategy for total synthesis of macrolides" The 5th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia/The 1st New Phase International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-5/NICCEOCA-1), Hsinchu, Taiwan, 7–11 November, 2010.
34. Oral Presentation: "Total synthesis via ring-closing metathesis approaches" The 6th Sino-US Chemistry Professors Conference: Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (SINO–US-6), Hangzhou, China, 15–17 June, 2010.
33. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of anticancer macrolides via ring-closing metathesis approaches" The 7th International Symposium for Chinese Medicinal Chemists (ISCMC-2010), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1–5 February, 2010.
32. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of anticancer plecomacrolide, 24-demethylbafilomycin C1 via ring-closing metathesis of the grafted substrates" Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2009 (AFPS2009), Fukuoka, Japan, 15–18 October, 2009.
31. Invited Talk. "Ring-closing metathesis of the grafted substrates developed for total synthesis of 24-demethylbafilomycin C1" Chinese Medicinal Chemistry Symposium 2009 (CMCS2009), Wuhan, China, 10–13 October, 2009.
30. Invited Talk. "Generation of a phosphine library and heterocyclic scaffold diversity accelerated by microwave chemistry" The 2nd International Symposium on Combinatorial Sciences in Biology, Chemistry, Catalysts and Materials (SCS 09), Beijing, China, 19–23 September 2009.
29. Invited Talk. "Building molecular shape diversity via post-Ugi annulations" IV International Conference on Multicomponent Reactions and Related Chemistry (MCR2009), Ekaterinburg, Russia, 24–28 May 2009.
28. Invited Talk. "Atropisomeric 1-naphthamide-derived phosphines (A2phos) for asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction" Chiral China 2008, Shanghai, China, 21–23 November 2008.
27. Invited Talk. "Aromatic amide-derived phosphines (Aphos)―Synthesis and catalysis" The 5th Singapore–China Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium (SCCCCS-5), Guangzhou, China, 15–17 November 2008.
26. Invited Talk. "Challenges in assembling trisubstituted (E)-alkenes of amphidinolide X and Y via ring-closing metathesis", Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS) XIII, Hyderabad, India, 3–6 November 2008.
25. Invited Talk. "Palladium-Aphos as the robust catalyst for cross-coupling of organoborons with less reactive electrophiles", The 6th International Symposium for Chinese Medicinal Chemists (ISCMC-2008), Shanghai, China, 28 July–2 August 2008.
24. Invited Talk. "Synthesis of (12Z)-amphidinolide X", The 4th Singapore-China Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium (SCCCCS-4), Hangzhou, China, 26–27 October 2007.
23. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of anticancer macrolides", Sino-French Workshop on Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry (SFWBMC 07), Hangzhou, China, 17–19 October 2007.
22. Keynote Talk. "Microwave-assisted MCR and solid-phase reactions for diversity-oriented synthesis of heterocyclic scaffolds", International Symposium on Environmental and Green Chemistry (EGC) 2007 of 12th Asian Chemical Congress (12ACC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23–25 August 2007.
21. Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of marine natural product amphidinolide Y by using a RCM strategy", 3rd Yoshimasa Hirata Memorial Lecture, Nagoya, Japan, 6 February 2007.
20. Invited Talk. "A RCM strategy for synthesis of the tetraene core of the plecomacrolides", The 9th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists (ISCOC-9) & The 6th International Symposium for Chinese Inorganic Chemists (ISCIC-6), Singapore, 17–21 December 2006.
19. Invited Talk. "Diversity-oriented solution and solid-phase synthesis of bioactive heterocycle libraries", ICS-UNIDO Workshop on Combinatorial Chemistry and Technologies, Molecular Design and Their Application to Exploit Biodiversity, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 15–17 December 2006.
18. Invited Talk. "Development of Aphos ligands for metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions", The 8th International Symposium on Biotechnology, Metal Complexes and Catalysis, Haikou, China, 6–9 November 2006.
17. Invited Talk. "Study on total synthesis of marine natural product amphidinolide Y", The 5th International Symposium for Chinese Medicinal Chemists (ISCMC-2006), Nanjing, China, 2–7 November 2006.
16. Invited Talk. "Microwave-assisted multi-component reactions for efficient diversity-oriented synthesis of heterocycles", 2nd Roche Shanghai Drug Discovery Symposium, Shanghai, China, 21 October, 2006.
15. Invited Talk. "Remote chirality transfer in atropisomeric 1-naphthamides", Chiral China 2006, Chegndu, China, 19–23 August 2006.
14. Oral Presentation. "Self-assisted molecular evolution. Application in optimization of Aphos ligands for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling", Singapore International Chemical Conference 4 (SICC-4), Singapore, 8–10 December, 2005.
13. Plenary Talk. "Microwave-assisted high-throughput synthesis of compound libraries for catalysis and biological application", CCS National Symposium on Microwave Chemistry, Xianning, China, 29 October–2 November, 2005.
12. Plenary Talk. "Synthesis of natural products and natural product-like compounds", CCS 4th National Organic Chemistry Conference, Kunming, China, 8–12 August, 2005.
11. Invited Talk. "Microwave-assisted Ugi reaction and application to synthesis of natural product-like compounds", The 2005 Conference of China-US Chemists, Tianjin, China, 13–14 June, 2005.
10. Invited Talk. "Organic synthesis under controlled microwave heating", The 7th International Symposium on Green Chemistry in China, Zhuhai, China, 24–26 May, 2005.
9. Plenary Talk. "Recent progress in microwave-assisted encoded split-pool combinatorial synthesis (MAESPCS)", The 4th International Symposium for Chinese Medicinal Chemists (ISCMC 2004), Taipei, Taiwan, 18–22 November, 2004.
8. Plenary Talk. "Microwave-assisted solid-phase organic synthesis (MASPOS) of bioactive heterocycles", The 2nd International Conference on Natural Products and Physiologically Active Substances / The 3rd EuroAsian Heterocyclic Meeting “Heterocycles in Organic and Combinatorial Chemistry” (ICNPAS-2004/EAHM-2004), Novosibirsk, Russia, September 12–17, 2004.
7. Invited Talk. "Asymmetric catalysis using atropisomeric P,O-ligands", 2004 International Symposium on Chiral Synthesis and Drug Design, Tianjin, 15–19 August 2004.
6. Invited Talk. "Exploration on asymmetric Heck reactions using nonbiaryl atropisomeric P,O-ligands and C2-symmetric chiral arsines", The 3rd National Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou, China, 11–14 August 2004.
5. Oral Presentation. "Asymmetric catalysis using atropisomeric naphthamide-based P,O-ligands", The 14th International Symposium on Homogenous Catalysis (ISHC-14), Munich, Germany, July 5–9, 2004.
4. Invited Talk. "Transition metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation employing structurally novel phosphines and arsines", 2nd Japanese-Sino Symposium on Organic Chemistry for Young Scientists, Nagoya, Japan, 23–27 September 2003.
3. Invited Talk. "Design, synthesis and mode of action of novel enediyne prodrugs through allylic rearrangement", Chinese Academy of Sciences Symposium on Chemical Biology, Shanghai, China, 24–26 December 2002.
2. Invited Talk. "Diversity-oriented synthesis of heterocycles using aminophenols", The Second Eurasian Meeting on Heterocyclic Chemistry (2nd EAHM-2002), Novgorod the Great, Russia, September 14–17, 2002.
1. Invited Talk. "Novel strategy to asymmetric reactions and catalysis using non-biaryl atropisomers", The Singapore International Chemical Conference-2, Singapore, December 18–20, 2001.
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Lecture video of Prof. K. C. Nicolaou on "Molecules That Changed The World" delivered at HKUST on 21 March 2009 [photos]
Visit of Drs. Paul H. L. Walter
and Nancy R. Gray of ACS to HK in May 2000
The 19th International Conference on
Organometallic Chemistry (XIX ICOMC), Shanghai, 2000
PostOMCOS-XI Symposium-Thirty Years
of the Cross-Coupling Reactions, Kyoto, 2001
The 13th International Symposium on Fine
Chemistry and Functional Polymer (FCFP-XIII), Quanzhou, China, Nov 2003
The 2nd Worldwide Chinese High-Tech Chemistry
Conference (2nd ChiTeC), Chengdu, China, Aug 2004
