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Last updated: 6 February 2010

Selected Conference Presentations

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, 1518 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, 1923 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, 2428 May 2009.

28.    Invited Talk. "Atropisomeric 1-naphthamide-derived phosphines (A2phos) for asymmetric SuzukiMiyaura coupling reaction" Chiral China 2008, Shanghai, China, 2123 November 2008.

27.    Invited Talk. "Aromatic amide-derived phosphines (Aphos) – Synthesis and catalysis" The 5th SingaporeChina Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium (SCCCCS-5), Guangzhou, China, 1517 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, 36 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 July2 August 2008.

24.    Invited Talk. "Synthesis of (12Z)-amphidinolide X", The 4th Singapore-China Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium (SCCCCS-4), Hangzhou, China, 2627 October 2007.

23.    Invited Talk. "Total synthesis of anticancer macrolides", Sino-French Workshop on Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry (SFWBMC 07), Hangzhou, China, 1719 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, 2325 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, 1721 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, 1517 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, 69 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, 27 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, 1923 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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Conference/Seminar Photos

ASPS2009, Fukuoka, Japan, 10/2009
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

ISCMC2006, Nanjing, China, 11/2006
BMC-VIII, Haikou, China, 11/2006
Nagoya, Japan on 6/2/2007
SFWBMC07, Hangzhou, China, 10/2007

SCCCCS-4, Hangzhou, China, 10/2007

3rd EAHM, Novosibirsk, Russia, 9/2004
 
7th ISGCC, Zhuhai, China, 5/2005
 
SICC-4, Singapore, 12/2005
Chemistry Gathering on 4/1/2006
Chiral China, Chengdu, China, 8/2006
ISCMC2000, Chengdu, China, 10/2000
Ise-shima, Japan, 9/2003
Ise-shima, Japan, 9/2003
 
13th ISFCFP, Quanzhou, China, 11/2003
 
004 ISCSDD, Tianjin, China, 8/2004
Prof. M Shibasaki's visit, 4/2000
Prof. K C Nicolaou's visit, 12/1999
Prof. K B Sharpless' visit, 12/1996
Workshop-MOSAC, HK, 7/11/2002
8th NSOMC, Wuhu, China, 10/1994
9th NSOMC, Yangzhou, China, 10/1996
8th NSOC, Xiamen, China, 10/1999
 
ISCMC2002, HK, 28-31/12/2002

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

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