Gavin C. Tsui
@GavinCTsui
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Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Joined February 2011
From Berlin to Lyon, excellent science, hospitality, food and wine!
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All good things come to an end. Two wonderful and exciting days at our Conference @fluor_crc1349. Fantastic talks: Haag, Billard, Pomerantz, Braun, @GavinCTsui, Lennox, @m_malischewski, @DuttonChemistry, @CornellaLab, @ChristianLimb19 , @Johnjmol, Haut, Teschers, @AlbertPebi
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Check out our latest paper on defluorinative coupling of boronic acids - this time with rhodium and can be enantioselective! https://t.co/3KNwMa0A8n
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A highly enantio- and diastereoselective rhodium(I)-catalyzed defluorinative arylation of pentafluoroethyl alkenes has been developed. Both 1,1- and 1,2-disubstituted alkenes were compatible leading...
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From Hong Kong to Berlin, glad to be among friends while enjoying fantastic German beer and food and interesting conversations @DuttonChemistry @BraunGroup @RiedelLab
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Welcoming Prof. Luca Dell’Amico for great science and fine dining
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Check out our new paper on making a C-B bond by breaking a C-F bond. Copper-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Defluoroborylation of Pentafluoroethyl Alkenes Using (pin)B–B(dan) | Organic Letters
pubs.acs.org
We herein describe a highly diastereoselective Cu(I)-catalyzed defluoroborylation of pentafluoroethyl alkenes using a diboron reagent (pin)B–B(dan). When 1,1- or 1,2-disubstituted pentafluoroethyl...
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Apparently a typhoon 🌀 of the decade is coming to Hong Kong today, brace ourselves! 💪 Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong to axe 700 flights, 4,000 officers on standby https://t.co/zSq2iK2FE7
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Forecaster issues T3 signal at 9.40pm, with warning to be upgraded to T8 at 2.20pm on Tuesday.
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Glad to host Prof. Junji Ichikawa and try some authentic HK style BBQ pork 叉燒
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Excellent lunch, dinner and night walk in Kyoto. Many thanks for hosting us, Yasushi and Masamichi! #OMCOS22
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Check out our new paper on C-F bond functionalization, a C(sp3)-F bond! Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C–F Bond Functionalization of Pentafluoroethyl Alkenes with Heteroatom Nucleophiles | Organic Letters
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A diastereoselective Pd-catalyzed allylic C–F bond functionalization of pentafluoroethyl alkenes is described. Heteroatom nucleophiles including amines, alcohols, and thiols can be employed to...
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Always a pleasure to run into Lautens group members. Nice to meet you Clara and Justin in Kyoto. @MarkLautens
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Ben comments on the discussions around our ALC315 work- Not a scandal but a step forward. #ScienceNews #Chemistry #Healthtech
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Congratulations to @TehshikYoon, winner of the David A. Evans Award for the Advancement and Education of Organic Synthesis from the American Chemical Society.
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Lunch with Prof. Takahiko Akiyama in beautiful Lisbon at the European Symposium on Fluorine Chemsistry #ESFC
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