Yee Hing Lai

A new approach to the construction of biphenylenes by the cobalt-catalyzed cocyclization of o-diethynylbenzenes with alkynes. Application to an iterative approach to [3]phenylene, the first member of a novel class of benzocyclobutadienoid hydrocarbons

Bruce C. Berris, George H. Hovakeemian, Yee Hing Lai et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1985 · 187 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +10

Bridged triphenylamine based molecules with large two-photon absorption cross sections in organic and aqueous media

Zhen Fang, Xinhai Zhang, Yee Hing Lai et al. · Chemical Communications · 2009 · 62 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +10

Dry Thienylation of the Silicon (111)−(7 × 7) Surface

Yong Cao, Kian Soon Yong, Zheng Qiang Wang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2000 · 42 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +13

A novel property of spider silk: chemical defence against ants

Shichang Zhang, Teck Hui Koh, Wee Khee Seah et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 37 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Entomology +13

Benzannulated annulenes. 9. Toward the understanding of benzannulated annulenes: a simple correlation of the diatropicity of several benzannulated dihydropyrenes in terms of bond order deviations with predictions for other benzannulenes

Reginald H. Mitchell, Richard Vaughan Williams, Ramanathan Mahadevan et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 36 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +10