Mr. Wai Chung FU, PhD student of Prof. Fuk Yee KWONG, received The Best Oral Presentation Award in The 6th Junior International Conference on Cutting-edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (6th JICCEOCA) held in Fukuoka, Japan, from 24 to 26 October 2016.
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 enabled 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. 51 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. FU has gained recognitions from the judges with his oral presentation on the research topic "Palladium/Norbornadiene-Catalyzed Three-Component Synthesis of Phenanthrene Derivatives: A Combination of C-H Activation, Decarboxylation and Retro-Diels-Alder Strategy". In this project, a novel approach was developed to make use of low-cost and easily available starting materials and provide regiospecific polyaromatic compounds that cannot be easily accessed by traditional methods or present transition metal catalysis. This method also allows for the rapid assembly of polyheteroaromatics and unusual heptagon structures, which are highly important in material science, pharmaceutical industry and organic synthesis.
With his outstanding research presentation at the conference, Mr. FU was the first in Hong Kong to receive The Best Oral Presentation Award in JICCEOCA. Let us congratulate Mr. FU on receiving the honour!
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 enabled 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. 51 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. FU has gained recognitions from the judges with his oral presentation on the research topic "Palladium/Norbornadiene-Catalyzed Three-Component Synthesis of Phenanthrene Derivatives: A Combination of C-H Activation, Decarboxylation and Retro-Diels-Alder Strategy". In this project, a novel approach was developed to make use of low-cost and easily available starting materials and provide regiospecific polyaromatic compounds that cannot be easily accessed by traditional methods or present transition metal catalysis. This method also allows for the rapid assembly of polyheteroaromatics and unusual heptagon structures, which are highly important in material science, pharmaceutical industry and organic synthesis.
With his outstanding research presentation at the conference, Mr. FU was the first in Hong Kong to receive The Best Oral Presentation Award in JICCEOCA. Let us congratulate Mr. FU on receiving the honour!
