Dr So Chau-ming Assistant Professor

Location Y843
Phone +852 3400 8702
mail chau.ming.so@polyu.edu.hk

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Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University




Research Overview My research focuses on the innovation of cutting-edge catalysis reaction and its usage as a core technology to enrich organic chemistry to address the problems in pharmaceutical synthesis and to advance industrial and material science.




Research Interests
New Ligand Syntheses
Site- and Chemo-selective Catalysis
Asymmetric Catalysis
Pharmaceuticals and Functional Materials Synthesis
Organic Chemistry



Achievements

Awards
2019-2020 Early Career Award – Awarded by University Grants Committee
2014 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award – Awarded by the Ministry of Education of China (Second Class Award in Natural Science)
2010 Young Scientist Award – Awarded by Hong Kong Institution of Science
2010 Eli Lilly Asia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award (First Place Award)
2005-2006 Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Asia Limited Prize




Patents
苏秋铭，原安莹，吴珊珊，陈梓聪 “一种2-烷基-吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用” CN113402553A.
Kwong, F. Y.;So, C. M.Ligands for Transition-Metals and Methods of Use. US Patent 8212056-B2.
邝福儿，周永健，苏秋铭，蔡佩盈 “高位阻芳基硼酸酯类化合物的制备方法” CN104327106B.
邝福儿，蔡佩盈，苏秋铭，原安莹 “( 2﹣二取代膦苯基)-1-烷基-吲哚膦配体及其合成方法和应用” CN104945434B.
邝福儿，苏秋铭，周永健，原安莹 “一种吲哚骨架的膦配体及其制备方法和应用” CN107445989B.
邝福儿，傅伟聪，杜尚俊，苏秋铭，蔡珮盈 “咔唑基磷配体、及其制备方法和应用” CN106588983B.




Representative Publications
So, C. M.*; Yuen, O. Y.; Ng, S. S.; Chen, Z. General Chemoselective Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Polyhalogenated Aryl Triflates Enabled by an Alkyl-Heteroaryl-Based Phosphine Ligand. ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 7820-7827.
Yuen, O. Y.;So, C. M.*Ligand Control of Palladium‐Catalyzed Site‐Selective α‐ and γ‐Arylation of α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones with (Hetero)aryl Halides.Angewandte Chemie International Edition2020, 59, 23438-23444. (chosen as Hot Paper)
Chen, Z.;So, C. M.* Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Highly Sterically Congested Enol Carbamates with Grignard Reagents via C–O Bond Activation.Organic Letters2020, 22, 3879-3883.
Yuen, O. Y.; Chen, X.; Wu, J;So, C. M.*Palladium‐Catalyzed Direct α‐Arylation of Arylacetonitriles with Aryl Tosylates and Mesylates.European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 1912-1916.
Lee, H. W.;So, C. M.*; Yuen, O. Y.; Wong, W. T.*; Kwong, F. Y.*Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of (Hetero)Aryl or Alkenyl Sulfonates with Aryl Titanium as the Multi-Functional Reagent.Organic Chemistry Frontiers2020,7, 926-932.
Chen, Z.; Chen, X.;So, C. M.*Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp²)–N Bond Cross-Coupling with Triaryl Phosphates.The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019,84, 6366-6376.
Chen, X.; Chen, Z.;So, C. M.*Exploration of Aryl Phosphates in Palladium-Catalyzed Mono-α-arylation of Aryl and Heteroaryl Ketones.The Journal of Organic Chemistry2019,84, 6337-6346.
Yuen, O. Y.;So, C. M.*; Man, H. W.; Kwong, F. Y. A General Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryl and Heteroaryl Chlorides.Chemistry – A European Journal 2016,22, 6471-6476. (chosen as Hot Paper & Inside Back Cover & Highlighted in the Chemistry Views)
Fu, W. C.;So, C. M.*; Chow, W. K.; Yuen, O. Y.; Kwong, F. Y. Design of an Indolylphosphine Ligand for Reductive Elimination-Demanding Monoarylation of Acetone Using Aryl Chlorides.Organic Letters2015,17, 4612-4615.
So, C. M.; Satoshi, K.; Hayashi, T.* Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroarylation of 3-Pyrrolines Giving 3-Arylpyrrolidines: Protonation as a Key Step.Journal of the American Chemical Society2013,135, 10990-10993.





Book Chapters
Wong, S. M.;So, C. M.*; Kwong, F. Y. Ligand-Enabled Palladium-Catalyzed C-N and C-O Bond Formations from Aryl Halides, Tosylates and Mesylates. InApplied Homogeneous Catalysis with Organometallic Compounds; Cornils, B., Herrmann, W. A., Beller, M., Paciello, R., Eds.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim ,2017; pp 435-464.