β-Carbon activation of saturated carboxylic esters through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis Z Fu, J Xu, T Zhu, WWY Leong, YR Chi Nature Chemistry 5 (10), 835-839, 2013 | 276 | 2013 |
Manipulating micellar environments for enhancing transition metal-catalyzed cross-couplings in water at room temperature BH Lipshutz, S Ghorai, WWY Leong, BR Taft, DV Krogstad The Journal of organic chemistry 76 (12), 5061-5073, 2011 | 162 | 2011 |
Core Structure‐Based Design of Organocatalytic [3+ 2]‐Cycloaddition Reactions: Highly Efficient and Stereocontrolled Syntheses of 3, 3′‐Pyrrolidonyl Spirooxindoles B Tan, X Zeng, WWY Leong, Z Shi, CF Barbas, G Zhong Chemistry–A European Journal 1 (18), 63-67, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
C–C Bond Formation via Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions to Enones in Water at Room Temperature BH Lipshutz, S Huang, WWY Leong, G Zhong, NA Isley Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (49), 19985-19988, 2012 | 67 | 2012 |
Catalytic Asymmetric Formal [4 + 1] Annulation Leading to Optically Active cis-Isoxazoline N-Oxides Z Shi, B Tan, WWY Leong, X Zeng, M Lu, G Zhong Organic Letters 12 (23), 5402-5405, 2010 | 65 | 2010 |
[4+ 2] Annulation of Vinyl Ketones Initiated by a Phosphine‐Catalyzed Aza‐Rauhut–Currier Reaction: A Practical Access to Densely Functionalized Tetrahydropyridines Z Shi, Q Tong, WWY Leong, G Zhong Chemistry–A European Journal 32 (18), 9802-9806, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
Recent advances in the synthesis and chemistry of nitronates AA Tabolin, AY Sukhorukov, SL Ioffe, AD Dilman Synthesis 49 (15), 3255-3268, 2017 | 44 | 2017 |
NHC-catalyzed reactions of enals with water as a solvent WWY Leong, X Chen, YR Chi Green chemistry 15 (6), 1505-1508, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
Deprotection of Homoallyl (hAllyl) Derivatives of Phenols, Alcohols, Acids, and Amines BH Lipshutz, S Ghorai, WWY Leong The Journal of Organic Chemistry 74 (7), 2854-2857, 2009 | 40 | 2009 |
Thiourea-catalyzed domino Michael–Mannich [3+ 2] cycloadditions: A strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of 3, 3′-pyrrolidinyl-dispirooxindoles Y Zhi, K Zhao, C von Essen, K Rissanen, D Enders Synlett 28 (20), 2876-2880, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
Biopharmaceutics of 13-cis-retinoic acid (isotretinoin) formulated with modified β-cyclodextrins HS Lin, WWY Leong, JA Yang, P Lee, SY Chan, PC Ho International journal of pharmaceutics 341 (1-2), 238-245, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
Construction of Esters through Sulfuryl Fluoride (SO2F2) Mediated Dehydrative Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Alcohols at Room Temperature SM Wang, NS Alharbi, HL Qin Synthesis 51 (20), 3901-3907, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
Sustainability from agricultural waste: chiral ligands from oligomeric proanthocyanidins via acid-mediated depolymerization C Fu, W Chen, YL Quek, R Ni, ABA Ghani, WWY Leong, H Zeng, D Huang Tetrahedron Letters 51 (48), 6322-6324, 2010 | 15 | 2010 |
Practical Synthesis of Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Triazolium Salts Containing a Hydroxy Functional Handle V Dhayalan, K Mal, A Milo Synthesis 51 (14), 2845-2864, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
Corrigendum: Core Structure‐Based Design of Organocatalytic [3+ 2]‐Cycloaddition Reactions: Highly Efficient and Stereocontrolled Syntheses of 3, 3′‐Pyrrolidonyl Spirooxindoles B Tan, X Zeng, WWY Leong, Z Shi, CF Barbas III, G Zhong Chemistry–A European Journal 18 (21), 6414-6414, 2012 | 2 | 2012 |
NHC-catalyzed reactions of enals with water as a solvent RY Chi, WWY Leong, X Chen | | 2013 |
Development of organo-and metal-catalyzed reactions with water as the solvent WWY Leong | | 2013 |
C–C bond formation via copper-catalyzed conjugate addition reactions to enones in water at room temperature NA Isley, BH Lipshutz, S Huang, WWY Leong, G Zhong | | 2012 |
[4+ 2] Annulation of Vinyl Ketones initiated by a Phosphine-Catalyzed Aza-Rauhut-Currier reaction: a practical access to densely functionalized Tetrahydropyridines G Zhong, WWY Leong, Q Tong, Z Shi | | 2012 |
Core Structure‐Based Design of Organocatalytic [3+ 2]‐Cycloaddition Reactions: Highly Efficient and Stereocontrolled Syntheses of 3, 3′‐Pyrrolidonyl Spirooxindoles B Tan, X Zeng, WWY Leong, Z Shi, CF Barbas, G Zhong Chemistry–A European Journal 1 (18), 63-67, 2011 | | 2011 |