Wendy Wen Yi Leong

β-Carbon activation of saturated carboxylic esters through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

Zhenqian Fu, Jianfeng Xu, Tingshun Zhu et al. · Nature Chemistry · 2013 · 279 citations

β-Carbon Activation, Chemical Engineering, Novel Organocatalysts +5

Manipulating Micellar Environments for Enhancing Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings in Water at Room Temperature

Bruce H. Lipshutz, Subir Ghorai, Wendy Wen Yi Leong et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2011 · 139 citations · Full text

Engineering, Green Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +19

Core Structure‐Based Design of Organocatalytic [3+2]‐Cycloaddition Reactions: Highly Efficient and Stereocontrolled Syntheses of 3,3′‐Pyrrolidonyl Spirooxindoles

Bin Tan, Xiaofei Zeng, Wendy Wen Yi Leong et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2011 · 107 citations

C–C Bond Formation via Copper-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions to Enones in Water at Room Temperature

Bruce H. Lipshutz, Shenlin Huang, Wendy Wen Yi Leong et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · 65 citations · Full text

Room Temperature, Chemical Engineering, Conjugate Addition Reactions +9

Catalytic Asymmetric Formal [4 + 1] Annulation Leading to Optically Active <i>cis</i>-Isoxazoline <i>N</i>-Oxides

Zugui Shi, Bin Tan, Wendy Wen Yi Leong et al. · Organic Letters · 2010 · 62 citations