Fuk Yee Kwong

12.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
193 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Fuk Yee Kwong is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fuk Yee Kwong has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Organic Chemistry, 45 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Fuk Yee Kwong's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (131 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (123 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (43 papers). Fuk Yee Kwong is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (131 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (123 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (43 papers). Fuk Yee Kwong collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Fuk Yee Kwong's co-authors include Chau Ming So, Stephen L. Buchwald, Chak Po Lau, Pui Ying Choy, Albert S. C. Chan, Kin Shing Chan, Yinuo Wu, Hang Wai Lee, Wai Chung Fu and Zhongyuan Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Fuk Yee Kwong

187 papers receiving 10.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fuk Yee Kwong Hong Kong	60	10.1k	2.1k	1.0k	347	319	193	10.5k
Norbert Krause Germany	48	12.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	396 1.1×	315 1.0×	177	12.7k
Hélène Pellissier France	42	8.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	237 0.7×	300 0.9×	102	9.4k
Li‐Xin Dai China	56	9.6k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	206 0.6×	429 1.3×	201	10.0k
Da‐Ming Du China	45	5.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	368 1.1×	415 1.3×	205	6.4k
Xue‐Long Hou China	55	8.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	426 1.2×	372 1.2×	199	8.8k
T. V. RajanBabu United States	57	8.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	429 1.2×	263 0.8×	147	9.0k
Giuseppe Bartoli Italy	56	10.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	2.3k 2.3×	374 1.1×	379 1.2×	228	11.3k
Takayoshi Arai Japan	48	7.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	620 1.8×	367 1.2×	167	7.8k
Jung Woon Yang South Korea	31	5.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	370 1.1×	282 0.9×	75	6.3k
Vincent Gandon France	52	7.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	647 0.6×	276 0.8×	392 1.2×	268	8.1k

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Li, Liqing, Fei Ye, Jian Cao, et al.. (2025). Ultrarapid Synthesis of Si-Stereogenic Silacycles via Pd-Catalyzed Si–C Activation and Intramolecular Ring-Opening Silacyclization. CCS Chemistry. 8(2). 925–936. 2 indexed citations

Li, Li, et al.. (2025). Chemodivergent Construction of Seven-Membered Silacycles via Palladium-Catalyzed Ring Expansion from 4- to 7-Membered Rings. Organic Letters. 27(29). 8052–8058.

Hu, Chenyu, et al.. (2025). A Key Fragment in Carbon Schwarzite Unit Cells and Its Triple [6]Helicene Precursor. Angewandte Chemie. 137(21). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hui, et al.. (2025). Desymmetrizing atroposelective bromination of N-arylcarbazoles enabled by cross-assembled bifunctional catalysts. Chem. 11(6). 102439–102439. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Junhui, Zheng Xu, Fei Ye, et al.. (2024). Palladium-catalyzed double activation of Si-C(sp3) bond of benzosilacyclobutenes synergized with unexpected olefin migration and ring-opening hydrolysis. Journal of Catalysis. 440. 115788–115788. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Ting, Zhongwei Zhang, Jing Nie, et al.. (2024). Metallaphotocatalytic triple couplings for modular synthesis of elaborate N-trifluoroalkyl anilines. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9926–9926. 4 indexed citations

Choy, Pui Ying, et al.. (2023). Recent Expedition in Pd‐ and Rh‐Catalyzed C_(Ar)−B Bond Formations and Their Applications in Modern Organic Syntheses. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(20). e202300649–e202300649. 3 indexed citations

Deng, Guobo, Rong‐Lin Zhong, Jianxin Song, Pui Ying Choy, & Fuk Yee Kwong. (2021). Assembly of Furazan-Fused Quinolines via an Expeditious Metal-Free [2+2+1] Radical Tandem Cyclization Process. Organic Letters. 23(16). 6520–6524. 10 indexed citations

Lee, Hang Wai, Chau Ming So, On Ying Yuen, Wing‐Tak Wong, & Fuk Yee Kwong. (2020). Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of (hetero)aryl or alkenyl sulfonates with aryl titanium as the multi-functional reagent. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(7). 926–932. 19 indexed citations

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So, Chau Ming, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Flavone Derivatives through Versatile Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Tosyloxy- and Mesyloxyflavones. Synlett. 30(6). 731–737. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Mingliang & Fuk Yee Kwong. (2018). Cobalt‐Catalyzed Tandem C−H Activation/C−C Cleavage/C−H Cyclization of Aromatic Amides with Alkylidenecyclopropanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(22). 6512–6516. 86 indexed citations

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Yuen, On Ying, Chau Ming So, Ho Wing Man, & Fuk Yee Kwong. (2016). A General Palladium‐Catalyzed Hiyama Cross‐Coupling Reaction of Aryl and Heteroaryl Chlorides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(19). 6471–6476. 32 indexed citations

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Chow, Wing Kin, Chau Ming So, Chak Po Lau, & Fuk Yee Kwong. (2014). Palladium-catalyzed reductive cleavage of tosylated arenes using isopropanol as the mild reducing agent. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 1(5). 464–467. 16 indexed citations

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Wu, Yinuo, et al.. (2013). A Radical Process towards the Development of Transition‐Metal‐Free Aromatic CarbonCarbon Bond‐Forming Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(47). 15802–15814. 114 indexed citations

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Kwong, Fuk Yee, On Ying Yuen, Chau Ming So, & Wing‐Tak Wong. (2012). Direct Oxidative C–H Arylation of Benzoxazoles with Arylsulfonyl Hydrazides Promoted by Palladium Complexes. Synlett. 23(18). 2714–2718. 41 indexed citations

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Kwong, Fuk Yee, et al.. (2011). Highly efficient carbazolyl-derived phosphine ligands: application to sterically hindered biaryl couplings. Chemical Communications. 47(17). 5079–5079. 58 indexed citations

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Lam, Fuk Loi, Fuk Yee Kwong, & A.S.C. Chan. (2010). Recent developments on chiral P,S-type ligands and their applications in asymmetric catalysis. Chemical Communications. 46(26). 4649–4649. 86 indexed citations

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Lee, Hang Wai, et al.. (2008). Copper(I)-picolinic acid catalyzed N-arylation of hydrazides. Tetrahedron Letters. 49(43). 6192–6194. 38 indexed citations

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Qiu, Liqin, Mahavir Prashad, Bin Hu, et al.. (2007). Enantioselective hydrogenation of α-aminomethylacrylates containing a free NH group for the synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(43). 16787–16792. 31 indexed citations

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Kwong, Fuk Yee, Hang Wai Lee, Wai Har Lam, Liqin Qiu, & Albert S. C. Chan. (2006). Iridium-catalyzed cascade decarbonylation/highly enantioselective Pauson–Khand-type cyclization reactions. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 17(8). 1238–1252. 47 indexed citations

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