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Jongrock Kong

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Publications

18

Citations

1.3K

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Active since

2004

Affiliations

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)(Current)

Codexis (United States)

The University of Texas at Austin

Jongrock Kong is an author at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) specializing in engineering, chemistry, and natural sciences.

Top concepts

EngineeringChemistryNatural SciencesOrganic ChemistryCatalysisBiomolecular EngineeringBiochemistryDrug DiscoveryMedicinal ChemistryChemical Engineering

Publications per year

2004–2025

18

Publications

18

Enantioselective α-Arylation of Aldehydes via Organo-SOMO Catalysis. An Ortho-Selective Arylation Reaction Based on an Open-Shell Pathway

Jay C. Conrad, Jongrock Kong, Brian N. Laforteza et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 252 citations · Full text

Engineered Ribosyl-1-Kinase Enables Concise Synthesis of Molnupiravir, an Antiviral for COVID-19

John A. McIntosh, Tamas Benkovics, Steven M. Silverman et al. · ACS Central Science · 2021 · 179 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Synthetic Virology +19

Hydrogen-Mediated C−C Bond Formation: A Broad New Concept in Catalytic C−C Coupling<sup>1</sup>

Ming‐Yu Ngai, Jongrock Kong, Michael J. Krische · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2006 · 170 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering, Biochemistry +12

Phosphine‐Catalyzed Regiospecific Allylic Amination and Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Morita—Baylis—Hillman Acetates.

Chang‐Woo Cho, Jongrock Kong, Michael J. Krische · ChemInform · 2004 · 160 citations · Full text

Dynamic Kinetic Resolution, Abstract Algebra, Engineering +14

Synthesis of the HCV Protease Inhibitor Vaniprevir (MK-7009) Using Ring-Closing Metathesis Strategy

Jongrock Kong, Cheng‐yi Chen, Jaume Balsells-Padros et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2012 · 67 citations

Engineering, Synthetic Virology, Ruthenium Catalyst +21

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