Kian L. Tan

Meta-Selective C–H Functionalization Using a Nitrile-Based Directing Group and Cleavable Si-Tether

Sunggi Lee, Hyelee Lee, Kian L. Tan · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 250 citations

Total Synthesis of (+)-Lithospermic Acid by Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkylation via Catalytic C−H Bond Activation

Steven J. O'Malley, Kian L. Tan, Anja Watzke et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2005 · 225 citations

Intermediacy of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex in the Catalytic C−H Activation of a Substituted Benzimidazole

Kian L. Tan, Robert G. Bergman, Jonathan A. Ellman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 187 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, N-heterocyclic Carbene Complex, Engineering +14

Indium‐Mediated Asymmetric Allylation of Acylhydrazones Using a Chiral Urea Catalyst

Kian L. Tan, Eric N. Jacobsen · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2007 · 160 citations

New Role, Cross-coupling Reaction, Allylindium Reagents +10

Intermolecular Coupling of Isomerizable Alkenes to Heterocycles via Rhodium-Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation

Kian L. Tan, Robert G. Bergman, Jonathan A. Ellman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 154 citations

Asymmetric Catalysis, Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction +11