GE Shaozhong

GE Shaozhong

Associate Professor, Dean's Chair Professor (2022-2025)

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Research

ORCID: 0000-0003-1045-1940
ResearcherID: I-5773-2015

 

Recognition and Achievements

• The Faculty Young Scientist Award, NUS, 2019
• The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Lectureship Award, 2019
• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2018
• Young Chemist Award, NUS Chemistry, 2017
• ACP Lectureship Award to China (2016), Taiwan (2017), Japan (2017), Korea (2018)
• NUS Young Investigator Award, 2015

 

Research Interests

Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, Asymmetric Catalysis.
The GE Research Group at NUS aims to discover and understand transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of organic molecules. We will focus on the development of practical first-row metal-catalyzed reactions that address problems encountered in the synthesis of complex organic molecules and drug discovery. Our approaches to reaction discovery will involve identification and synthesis of potential organometallic intermediates, the systematic study of their reactivity, and the detailed kinetic and mechanistic study. Ultimately, our goal is to provide synthetic organic chemists with new catalysts and new organic reactions of practical applications in chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Currently, we are focusing on the development of base metal-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of unsaturated organic molecules.

 

Teaching Contributions AY2022/2023

• CM2122 Organic Chemistry
• CM4225 Organic Spectroscopy

 

Representative Publications   

• You, Y.e.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed One-Pot Asymmetric Difunctionalization of Alkynes to Access Chiral gem-(Borylsilyl)alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 20684-20688.
• You, Y.e.; Ge, S., Asymmetric Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydrosilylation/Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12046-12052.
• Zhao, Y.; Ge, S., Chromium-Catalyzed Selective Dimerization/Hydroboration of Allenes to Access Boryl-Functionalized Skipped (E,Z)-Dienes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2149-2154.
• Teo, W. J.; Yang, X.; Poon, Y. Y.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Triborylation of Allylic Ethers to Access 1,1,3-Triborylalkanes. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5139.
• Hu, M.; Ge, S.; Versatile Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Chain-Walking Double Hydroboration of 1,n-Dienes to Access gem-bis(boryl)alkanes. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 765.
• Wu, C.; Liao, J.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroboration/Cyclization of 1,7-Enynes: Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Quinolinones Containing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8882-8886.
• Wang, C.; Ge, S., Versatile Cobalt-Catalyzed Entry to Boryl-Functionalized All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10687-10690.
• Teo, W. J.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral gem-Bis(boryl)alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12935-12939.
• Teo, W. J.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed Diborylation of 1,1-Disubstituted Vinylarenes: A Practical Access to Branched gem-Bis(boryl)alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1654-1658.
• Yu, S.; Wu, C.; Ge, S., Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration/Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with Pinacolborane.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6526-6529.