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Professor CHE, Chi Ming

Professor CHE, Chi Ming

Zhou Guangzhao Professor in Natural Sciences & Professor: Chair of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, HKU

Ph.D. 1982 (HK)

  • 3917 2154
  • G01C Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong

Research areas:

  • Inorganic and Organic Syntheses
  • Metal Catalysed Oxidative Functionalization of Alkane and Alkene 
  • Metal Catalysed Photo-reaction for Practical Organic Syntheses
  • Asymmetric Organic Oxidations
  • Reactive Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonded Complexes
  • Excited State Photophysics and Photochemistry of Luminescent Metal Complexes
  • Chemical Biology of Anti-Cancer Metal Medicine and Natural Products from Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Self-Assembled Functional Molecular Materials and Coordination Polymers

 

Awards & Honours:

  • The Silver Bauhinia Star of the HKSAR (2021)
  • The Luigi Sacconi Medal (2020)
  • The First Class Award of 2019 Shenzhen Science and Technology (2019)
  • The Nankai Centenary Lecture at Nankai University (2019)
  • The Peiyang Lecture at Tianjin University (2018)
  • The Ryoji Noyori ACES Award (2016)
  • The Huang Yao-Zeng Organometallic Chemistry Award of the Chinese Chemical Society – Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
  • The Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2013)
  • The Davison Lectureship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
  • HKU Science Distinguished Alumni (2009)
  • Edward Clark Lee Lectureship at University of Chicago (2008)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Science for the Developing World TWAS in Chemical Sciences (Since 2007)
  • Leader of the Year 2007 Prize, Hong Kong SAR (2007)
  • Seaborg Lectureship at the University of California at Berkeley (2007)
  • The First-Class Prize of the State Natural Science Award of China (2006)
  • TWAS Prize in Chemistry from the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2006)
  • IUF Invited Professorship, France (2002)
  • Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Since 1995)

 

Publications:

  1. Iridium porphyrin-catalysed asymmetric carbene insertion into primary N-adjacent C–H bonds with TON over 1000000. Z.-R. Li, K. Zhan, Y.-J. Wang, L.-L. Wu, G.-L. Lu, H.-Y. Wang, X.-L Wan, Z.-J. Xu,* K.-H. Low, C.-M. Che* Nat. Commun.2025, 16, 3311. 
  2. Copper(I)-based metal-metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited state with halogen-atom transfer photo-reactivity and photocatalysis. R. Tang, Q. Wan, T.-L. Lam, W.-P. To, K.-H. Low, Z. Tang, L. Du, W. Lu, C.-M. Che* Chem 2024, 10, 2807-2828. 
  3. Color-Tunable Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with Single Pt (O^N^C^N)-Dibenzofuran Emitter Exhibiting High External Quantum Efficiency of ≈30% and Superior Operational Lifetime. M. Mao, H. Li, K.-W. Lo, D. Zhang, L. Duan,* S. Xu, Q. Wan, K. Tan, P. An, G. Cheng,* C.-M. Che* Adv. Mater.2024, 36, 2311020.
  4. Chiral Iron Porphyrins Catalyze Enantioselective Intramolecular C(sp3)-H Bond Amination Upon Visible-Light Irradiation. H.-H. Wang, H. Shao, G. Huang, J. Fan, W.-P. To, L. Dang, Y. Liu, C.-M. Che* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2023, 62, e202218577.
  5. Optical Signal Modulation in Photonic Waveguiding Heteroarchitectures with Continuously Variable Visible-To-Near-Infrared Emission Color. Q. Wan, K. Xiao, Z. Li, J. Yang, J. T Kim, X. Cui, C.-M. Che* Adv. Mater.2022, 34, 2204839.
  6. Platinum(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes arrest metastatic tumor growth. P.-K. Wan, K.-C. Tong, C.-N. Lok, C. Zhang, X.-Y. Chang, K.-H. Sze, A. S. T. Wong, C.-M. Che* PNAS 2021, 118, e2025806118.
  7. An anticancer gold(III)-activated porphyrin scaffold that covalently modifies protein cysteine thiols. K.-C. Tong, C.-N. Lok, P.-K. Wan, D. Hu, Y. M. E. Fung, X.-Y. Chang, S. Huang, H. Jiang, C.-M. Che* PNAS 2020, 117, 13321-1329.
  8. Iron-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective cis-Dihydroxylation of Trisubstituted Alkenes with Aqueous H2O2. J. Wei, L. Wu, H.-X. Wang, X. Zhang, C.-W. Tse, C.-Y. Zhou, J.-S. Huang, C.-M. Che* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, 59, 16561-16571.
  9. Ruthenium(II) Porphyrin Quinoid Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Reactivity toward Carbene Transfer and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions. H.-X. Wang, Q. Wan, K. Wu, K.-H. Low, C. Yang, C.-Y. Zhou, J.-S. Huang, C.-M. Che* J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 9027-9046.
  10. Arylruthenium(III) Porphyrin-Catalyzed C–H Oxidation and Epoxidation at Room Temperature and [RuV(Por)(O)(Ph)] Intermediate by Spectroscopic Analysis and Density Functional Theory Calculations. K.-P. Shing, B. Cao, Y. Liu, H. K. Lee, M.-D. Li, D. L. Phillips, X.-Y. Chang, C.-M. Che* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 7032-7042.
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