Mr. Jieren DENG, MPhil student of Dr. Man-kin WONG, received The Best Oral Presentation Award in The 7th Junior International Conference on Cutting-edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (Junior ICCEOCA-7) and The 3rd Junior Advanced Research Network on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (Junior ARNCEOCA-3) held in Lanzhou, China, from 30th October to 1st November 2017.
The Junior ICCEOCA is part of the Asian Core Program (ACP) and its aim is to create a new set of well-trained young organic chemists working in cutting-edge research as well as enable them to begin networking early in their career. The conference fosters the next generation of leading researchers by establishing sustainable collaborative relations among research/education institutions in Asian countries. This year, a total of 46 postgraduate students from the countries of Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong presented their work at the conference.
As a delegate of Hong Kong, Mr. DENG has gained recognitions from the judges with his oral presentation on the research topic "Development of Quinolizinium-Based Fluorophores via Photosensitizer-Free Visible Light-Mediated Gold-Catalysed Cis-Difunctionalization of Alkynes". In this project, a library of fluorescent silyl-substituted quinolizinium-based compounds, named JR-Fluor-1, were modularly synthesized via a newly developed photosensitizer-free visible light-mediated gold-catalysed alkyne cis-difunctionalization reaction. With unique photophysical properties, the newly synthesized fluorophores have been applied in photooxidative amidations as efficient photocatalysts and cellular imaging with switchable subcellular localization properties. The efficient modular synthesis and unique photophysical properties of the quinolizinium compounds would open up a new direction in gold catalysis, photoredox catalysis and molecular imaging.
Let us take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Jieren DENG on receiving the honor!
The Junior ICCEOCA is part of the Asian Core Program (ACP) and its aim is to create a new set of well-trained young organic chemists working in cutting-edge research as well as enable them to begin networking early in their career. The conference fosters the next generation of leading researchers by establishing sustainable collaborative relations among research/education institutions in Asian countries. This year, a total of 46 postgraduate students from the countries of Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Hong Kong presented their work at the conference.
As a delegate of Hong Kong, Mr. DENG has gained recognitions from the judges with his oral presentation on the research topic "Development of Quinolizinium-Based Fluorophores via Photosensitizer-Free Visible Light-Mediated Gold-Catalysed Cis-Difunctionalization of Alkynes". In this project, a library of fluorescent silyl-substituted quinolizinium-based compounds, named JR-Fluor-1, were modularly synthesized via a newly developed photosensitizer-free visible light-mediated gold-catalysed alkyne cis-difunctionalization reaction. With unique photophysical properties, the newly synthesized fluorophores have been applied in photooxidative amidations as efficient photocatalysts and cellular imaging with switchable subcellular localization properties. The efficient modular synthesis and unique photophysical properties of the quinolizinium compounds would open up a new direction in gold catalysis, photoredox catalysis and molecular imaging.
Let us take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Jieren DENG on receiving the honor!
