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Chien-Hong Cheng

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Education

PhD, University of Rochester (1978)
MS, National Tsing Hua University (1974)
BS, National Tsing Hua University (1971)

 

Professional Experience
2011 ~ 2012 President, Chemical Society Located in Taipei
2010 ~ 2014 Vice President of Academic Affairs of NTHU
2010 ~ 2010 Dean of Research and Development of NTHU
2009 ~ 2010 President-Elect, Chemical Society Located in Taipei
2006 ~ 2009
 		 Director General, Department of Natural Sciences,
National Science Council
2002 ~ 2006 Director, Optoelectronic Center of NTHU
1990 ~ 1993 Chairman, Department of Chemistry of  NTHU
1984 ~ 1985 Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
1984 ~ Professor of NTHU
1979 ~ 1984  Associate Professor of NTHU
1978 ~ 1979 Postdoctoral Research, University of Rochester

 

Awards and Honors
2014 TECO Award
2013 Professor Chau-Ting Chang Memorial Lectureship
2009 ~ 2012 National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education
2009 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
2004 ~ 2007 National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education
2003 Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University
2002 Ministry of Education Science Award
2001 Chinese Chemical Society (Taiwan) Award
1995 ~ 2001 Fellow of National Science Council
1993 Chinese Culture and Academic Foundation Award
1991 ~ 1995 Outstanding Research Award of National Science Council
1988 ~ 1990 Outstanding Research Award of National Science Council

Research Interset
  1. Transition metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation.
  2. Synthesis of new organic and organometallic electroluminescent materials and fabrication of electroluminescent devices.

Publications(After 2013)
  1. Korivi, R. P.; Wu Y. -C.; Cheng C. -H.* Protecting-Group-Free Total Synthesis of Isoquinoline Alkaloids by Nickel-Catalyzed Annulation of o-Halobenzaldimine with an Alkyne as the Key Step. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 282-287.
  2. Chou, H. -H.; Shih, H. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* Triptycene Derivatives as High-TgHost Materials for Various Electrophosphorescent Devices. J. Mater. Chem.2010,20, 798-805.
  3. Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C.-H.*Cobalt-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Intermolecular Enyne Coupling: an Efficient Route to 1,3-Diene Derivatives. Chem. Commun.2010, 46, 1923-1925.
  4. Bhuvaneswari, S.; Jeganmohan, M.; Cheng, C.-H.*Platinum-Catalyzed Multi-Step Reaction of Propargyl Alcohols with N-Heteroaromatics.Chem. Asian J.2010, 5, 141-146.
  5. Jeganmohan, M.; Bhuvaneswari, S.; Cheng, C.-H.*Synthesis of N-Arylated 1,2-Dihydroheteroaromatics Through the Three-Component Reaction of Arynes with N-Heteroaromatics and Terminal Alkynes or Ketones. Chem. Asian J.2010, 5, 153-159.
  6. Wong Y. -C.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.*Direct Synthesis of Aryl Ketones by Nickel-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Nitriles.Org. Lett.2010,12, 1736-1739.
  7. Thirunavukkarasu V. S.;Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.*One‑Pot Synthesis of Diarylmethylidenefluorenes and Phenanthrenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Multiple C−H Bond Functionalization.Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16,1436-1440.
  8. Gandeepan, P.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.*Synthesis of Phenanthrone Derivatives from sec-Alkyl Aryl Ketones and Arylhalides via a Palladium Catalyzed Dual C−H Bond Activation and Enolate CyclizationJ. Am. Chem. Soc.2010, 132, 8569-8571.
  9. Liu, C. -C.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Highly Substituted Isoquinolone Derivatives by Nickel-Catalyzed Annulation of 2-Halobenzamides with Alkynes.Org. Lett. 2010,12, 3518-3521.
  10. Karthikeyan, J.; Jeganmohan, M.; Cheng, C. -H.*Cobalt-Catalyzed Addition Reaction of Organoboronic Acids with Aldehydes: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Diarylmethanols.Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16,8989-8992.
  11. Yang, C. -M.; Jeganmohan, M.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling of Alkynes with Enones and Alkenyl Boronic Acids: A Novel Route to Substituted 1,3-Dienes.Org. Lett. 2010,12, 3610-3613.
  12. Chou, H. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* A Highly Efficient Universal Bipolar Host for Blue, Green, and Red Phosphorescent OLEDs. Adv. Mater.2010, 22, 2468-2471.
  13. Zhang, G. H.; Chou, H. -H.; Jiang, X. Q.; Sun, P. P.*; Cheng, C. -H.*; Ooyama, Y.; Harima.Y.Highly Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) Based on An Iridium Complex with Rigid Cyclometalated Ligand. Org. Electron.2010, 11, 632-640.
  14. Wu, S. -H.; Ling, J. -W.; Lai, S. -H.; Huang, M. -J.; Cheng, C. -H.; Chen, I. -C.* Dynamics of the Excited States of [Ir(ppy)2bpy]+ with Triple Phosphorescence. J. Phys. Chem. A2010, 114, 10339-10344.
  15. Zhang, G. H.; Wu, F. -I.; Jiang, X. Q.; Sun, P. P.*; Cheng, C. -H.* Iridium(III) Complexes with Cyclometalated Styrylbenzoimidazole Ligands: Synthesis, Electrochemistry and as Highly Efficient Emitters for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. Synth. Met.2010, 160, 1906-1911.
  16. Zhang, G. H.; Chou, H. -H.; Jiang, X. Q.; Sun, P. P.*; Cheng, C. H.* Highly Efficient White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Broad Excimer Emission of Iridium Complex. Org. Electron.2010, 11, 1165-1171.
  17. Lai, S. -H., Ling, J. -W., Huang, Y. -M., Huang, M. -J., Cheng, C. -H., Chen, I. -C.*. Characterization of Ir(ppy)3 and [Ir(ppy)2bpy]+ by Infrared, Raman Spectra and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering. J. Raman Spectrosc.2011, 42, 332-338.
  18. Chen, H.; Huang, Z. -B.; Hu, X. -M.; Tang, G.; Xu, P. -X.; Zhao, Y. -F.*; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Phosphates with Arylboronic Acids. J. Org. Chem.2011, 76, 2338-2344.
  19. Yang, X. -H.; Wu, F. -I.; Haverinen, H.; Li, J. -A.; Cheng, C. -H.; Jabbour, G. -E.* Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Devices with Platinum-Complex Emissive Layer. Appl. Phys. Lett.2011, 98, 033302/1-033302/3.
  20. Muralirajan, K.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.*Regioselective Synthesis of Indenols via Rhodium Catalyzed C−H Activation and Carbocyclization of Aryl Ketones and Alkynes. Angew. Chem. 2011,123, 4255-4258; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011,50, 4169-4172.
  21. Wei, C. -H.; Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.*Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Substituted Cyclic Ketones via Cobalt Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Coupling of Alkynes With Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 6942-6944.
  22. Fan, C. -C.; Sun, P. -P.; Su, T. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.*Host and Dopant Materials for Idealized Deep Red Organic Electrophosphorescence Devices. Adv. Mater.2011,23, 2981-2985.
  23. Lin, S. -H.; Wu, F. -I.*; Tsai, H. -Y.; Chou, P. -Y.; Chou, H. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.*; Liu, R. -S.* Highly Efficient Deep-Blue Organic Electroluminescent Devices Doped with Hexaphenylanthracene Fluorophores. J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 8122-8128.
  24. Hsieh, C. -H.; Wu, F. -I.; Fan, C. -H.; Huang, M. -J.; Lu, K. -Y.; Chou, P. -Y.; Ou-Yang, Y. H.; Wu, S. -H.; Chen, I. -C.; Chou, S. -H.; Wong, K. -T.; Cheng, C. -H.*Design and Synthesis of Iridium Bis(carbene) Complexes for Efficient Blue Electrophosphorescence.Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 9180-9187.
  25. Chen, Y. -H.; Chou, H. -H.; Su, T. -H.; Chou, P. -Y.; Wu, F. -I.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis and Photo- and Electroluminescence Properties of 3,6-Disubstituted Phenanthrenes: an Alternative of Blue Host Material. Chem. Commun.2011, 47, 8865-8867.
  26. Chen, C. -H.; Wu, F. -I.*; Tsai, Y. -Y.; Cheng, C. -H*. Platinum Phosphors Containing an Aryl-Modified β-Diketonate: Unusual Effect of Molecular Packing on Photo- and Electroluminescence. Adv. Funct. Mater.2011,21, 3150-3158.
  27. Karthikeyan, J.;Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C.-H.* Synthesis of Biarylketones and Phthalides from Organoboronic Acids and Aldehydes Catalyzed by Cobalt Complexes. Chem. Commun.2011, 47, 10461-10463.
  28. Tang, G.*; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Carboxylic Acids via a Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Process. Adv. Synth. Catal.2011, 353, 1918-1922.
  29. Tsai, H. -R.; Lu, K. -Y.; Lai, S. -H.; Fan, C. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.*; Cheng, I. -C.* Metal-Ligand Bonding Strength of Fluoro-Substituted Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes from Raman. J. Phys. Chem. C2011, 115, 17163-17174.
  30. Karthikeyan, J.;Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Phenanthridinones from N-Methoxybenzamides and Arenes by Multiple Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Activation Steps at RoomTemperature. Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 10054-10057; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011, 50, 9880-9883.
  31. Lu, K. -Y.; Chou,H. -H.; Hsieh,C. -H.; Tsai,H. -R.; Chen, I. -C.*;Cheng, C. -H.*Wide-Range Color Tuning of Iridium Biscarbene Complexes from Blue to Red by Different N^N Ligands: an Alternative Route for Adjusting the Emission Colors. Adv. Mater.2011,23, 4933-4937.
  32. Thirunavukkarasu V. S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Pd-Catalyzed Multiple C−H Functionalization to Construct Biologically Active Compounds from Aryl Aldoxime Ethers with Arenes. Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 14723-14726.
  33. Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Allylic Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Directed Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative ortho-Olefination of Arenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012,134, 5738-5741.
  34. Jayakumar, J.;Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* One-Pot Synthesis of Isoquinolinium Salts by Rhodium Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation: Application to the Total Synthesis of Oxychelerythrine. Angew. Chem.2012,124, 201-204; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 197-200.
  35. Shih, W. -C.; Teng, C. -C.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel-Catalyzed Cyclization of ortho-Iodoketoximes and ortho-Iodoketimines with Alkynes: Synthesis of Highly Substituted Isoquinolines and Isoquinolinium Salts. Chem. Asian J.2012, 7, 306-313.
  36. Gandeepan, P.; Parthasarathy, K.; Su, T. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of β-Chlorovinyl and α,β-Alkynyl Ketones from Terminal and Silyl Alkynes with Acid Chlorides. Adv. Synth. Catal.2012,354, 457-468.
  37. Parthasarathy, K.; Han, H.; Prakash, C.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Isochromenones and Oxepines via Pd Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Alkynes and Arynes Involving a C−H Activation. Chem. Commun.2012, 48, 6580-6582.
  38. Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of trans-Disubstituted Alkenes by Cobalt Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Activated Alkenes. Chem. Eur. J.2012, 11771-11777.
  39. Wu,C. -A.; Chou, H. -H.; Shih, C. -H.; Wu, F. -I.; Cheng, C. -H.*; Huang, H. -L.; Chao, T. -C.; Tseng, M. -R. Synthesis and Physical Properties of meta-Terphenyloxadiazole Derivatives and the Application as Electron Transporting Materials for Blue Phosphorescent and Fluorescent Devices. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 17792-17799.
  40. Parthasarathy, K.; Senthilkumar, N.; Jayakumar, J.; Cheng, C. -H.* Ru(II) Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation for the Synthesis of Substituted Isoquinolinium Salts from Benzaldehydes, Amines and Alkynes. Org. Lett.2012,14, 3478-3481.
  41. Muralirajan, K.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Ru(II)-Catalyzed Amidation of 2-Arylpyridines with Isocyanates via C−H Activation. Org. Lett.2012,14, 4262-4265.
  42. Gandeepan, P.; Hung, C. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* Pd-Catalyzed Double C−H Bond Activations of Diaryl Ketones for the Synthesis of Fluorenones. Chem. Commun.2012,48, 9379-9381.
  43. Wei, C. -H.; Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Regio- and Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Reductive [3+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Alkynes with Cyclic Enones: A Novel Route to Bicyclic Tertiary Alcohols. Angew. Chem. 2012,124, 10744-10747; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 10592-10595.
  44. Chou, H. -H.; Chen, Y. -H.; Hsu, H. -P.; Chang, W. -H.; Chen, Y. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Diimidazolylstilbenes as n-Type Blue Fluorophores; Alternative Dopant Materials for Highly Efficient Electroluminescent Devices. Adv. Mater.2012,24, 5867-5871.
  45. Chen, M. -H.; Mannathan, S.; Lin, P. -S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Addition of Organoboronic Acids to Activated Alkenes: An Application to Highly cis-Stereoselective Synthesis of Aminoindane Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Chem. Eur. J.2012,18, 14918-14922.
  46. Karthikeyan, J.;Haridharan, R.; Cheng, C -H.* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative C−H Coupling of N-Methoxybenzamides with Arylboronic Acids: One-Pot Synthesis of Phenanthridinones under Mild Conditions. Angew. Chem. 2012,124, 12509-12513; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 12343-12347.
  47. Huang, P. -C.; Parthasarathy, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative C−H Functionalization and C−N Formation of 2-Aminobenzophenones: Unusual Pseudo 1,2-Shift of the Substituent on the Aryl Ring. Chem. Eur. J.2013, 19, 460-464.
  48. Liao, C. -Y.; Chen, C. -P.; Chang, C. -C.; Hwang, G. -W.; Chou, H. -H.*; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers Bearing Indacenodithiophene and Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Units and their Application inOrganic Photovoltaics. Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol.C2013, 109, 111-119.
  49. Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Intermolecular Three-Component Coupling of Oxabicyclic Alkenes with Alkynes and Organoboronic Acids. Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 1557-1559.
  50. Muralirajan, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rh(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cinnolinium Salts from Azobenzenes and Alkynes: Application to the Synthesis of Indoles, and Cinnolines. Chem. Eur. J.2013, 19, 6198-6202.
  51. Yeh, C. -H.; Korivi, Rajendra; Cheng, C. -H.* Ene-Carbonyl Reductive Coupling Mediated by Zinc and Ammonia for the Synthesis of γ-Hydroxybutyric Acid Derivatives. Adv. Synth. Catal.2013, 355, 1338-1344.
  52. Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Pd-Catalyzed π-Chelation Assisted ortho-C−H Activation and Annulation of Allylarenes with Internal Alkynes. Org. Lett.2013,15, 2084-2087.
  53. Senthilkumar N.; Parthasarathy K.; Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Phenanthridinones from N-Methoxybenzamides and Aryltriethoxysilanes through RhIII-Catalyzed C−H and N−H Bond Activation. Chem. Asian J.2013, 8, 2175-2181.
  54. Chou, H. -H.; Li, Y. -K.; Chen, Y. -H.; Chang, C. -C.; Liao, C. -Y.; Cheng, C. -H.*New Iridium Dopants for White Phosphorescent Devices: Enhancement of Efficiency and Color Stability by an Energy Harvesting Layer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2013, 5, 6168-6175.
  55. Chen, C. -Y.; Tsai, H. -R.; Lu, K. -Y.; Yao, H. -H.; Ou-Yang, Y. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.*; Chen, I. -C.* Triscyclometalated Iridium(III) Fluoro-Substituted Carbene Complexes: Character of Emitting Triplet States and Excited State Dynamics. J. Chin. Chem. Soc.2013, 60, 965-973.
  56. Su, T. -H.; Fan, C. -H.; Ou-Yang, Y. -H.; Hsu, L. -C.; Cheng, C. -H.* Highly Efficient Deep-Red Organic Electrophosphorescence Devices with Excellent Operational Stability Using Bis(indoloquinoxalinyl) Derivatives as the Host Materials. J. Mater. Chem. C2013, 1, 5084-5092.
  57. Yang, C. -M.; Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel-Catalyzed Chemo- and Stereoselective Alkenylative Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with Alkenyl Boronic Acids. Chem. Eur. J.2013, 19, 12212-12216.
  58. Chang, C. -C.; Chen, C. -P.*; Chou, H. -H.*; Liao, C. -Y.; Chan, S. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* New Selenophene-Based Low-Band Gap Conjugated Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem.2013, 51, 4550-4557.
  59. Huang, P. -C.;Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Cu(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative C−H Amination of 2-Aminoacetophenones: a Convenient Route toward Isatins. Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 8540-8542.
  60. Luo, C. -Z.; Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* A Convenient Synthesis of Quinolizinium Salts through Rh(III) or Ru(II)-Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation of 2-Alkenylpyridine. Chem. Commun.2013,49, 8528-8530.
  61. Qi, H. -L.; Chen, Y. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.; Allen J. Bard*Electrochemistry and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Three Phenanthrene Derivatives, Enhancement of Radical Stability, and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence Efficiency by Substituent Groups. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2013,135, 9041-9049.
  62. Luo, C. -Z.; Gandeepan, P.; Jayakumar, J.; Parthasarathy, K.; Chang, Y. -W.; Cheng, C. -H.*Rh(III)-Catalyzed C−H Activation: A Versatile Route towards Various Polycyclic Pyridinium Salt. Chem. Eur. J.2013, 19, 14181-14186.
  63. Nasu, K.; Nakagawa, T.; Nomura, H.; Lin, C. -J.; Cheng, C. -H.; Tseng, M. -R.; Yasuda, T.; Adachi, C.* A Highly Luminescent Spiro-Anthracenone-BasedOrganic Light-Emitting Diode Exhibiting ThermallyActivated Delayed Fluorescence. Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 10385-10387.
  64. Chuang, S. -C.; Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Isoquinolines via Rh(III)-Catalyzed C−H Activation Using Hydrazone as a New Oxidizing Directing Group. Org. Lett.2013, 15, 5750-5753.
  65. Lee, T. -H.; Jayakumar, J.; Cheng, C. -H.*; Chuang, S. -C.* One Pot Synthesis of Bioactive Benzopyranones Through Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Activation and CO Insertion into 2-Arylphenols. Chem. Commun.2013, 49, 11797-11799.
  66. Wu, T. -L.; Chou, H. -H.; Huang, P. -Y.; Cheng, C. -H.; Liu, R. -S.* 3,6,9,12-Tetrasubstituted Chrysenes: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Application as Blue Fluorescent OLED. J. Org. Chem.2014, 79, 267-274.
  67. Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* [4+2] vs [3+2] Annulations in the Nickel- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Reaction ofortho-Haloimines with Alkynes: Differential Reactivity towards the Synthesisof Isoquinolines and Aminoindenes. J. Chin. Chem. Soc.2014, 61, 59-66.
  68. Gandeepan, P.;Rajamalli, P.;Cheng, C. -H.* Synthesis of Substituted Quinolines by Iron(III)-Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling Reaction of Aldehydes, Amines, and Styrenes. Asian J. Org. Chem.2014, 3, 303-308.
  69. Senthilkumar, N.; Gandeepan, P.; Jayakumar, J.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rh(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1-Substituted Isoquinolinium Salts via C−H Bond Activation Reaction of Ketimines with Alkynes. Chem. Commun.2014, 50, 3106-3108.
  70. Yeh, C. -H.; Lin, Y. -C.; Mannathan, S.; Hung, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Ene-Carbonyl Reductive Coupling for the Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Phthalide, 3-Hydroxyisoindolin-1-one and 3-Hydroxyoxindole Derivatives. Adv. Synth. Catal.2014,356, 831-842.
  71. Muralirajan, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Regioselective Synthesis of Indoles via Rhodium-Catalyzed C−H Activation Directed by an In-Situ Generated Redox-Neutral Group. Adv. Synth. Catal.2014,356, 1571-1576.
  72. Mannathan, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Reductive Coupling of Oxa- and Azabicyclic Alkenes with Enones and Electron-Rich Alkynes. Adv. Synth. Catal.2014,356, 2239-2246.
  73. Hong, Y. -C.; Gandeepan, P.; Mannathan, S.; Lee, W. -T.; Cheng, C. -H.* Alkene-Assisted Nickel-Catalyzed Regioselective 1,4-Addition of Organoboronic Acid to Dienones: A Direct Route to All-Carbon Quaternary Centers. Org. Lett.2014, 16, 2806-2809.
  74. Chen, C. -H.; Hsu, L. -C.; Rajamalli, P.; Chang, Y. -W.; Wu, F. -I.; Liao, C. -Y.; Chiu, M. -J.; Chou, P. -Y.; Huang, M. -J.; Chu, L. -K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Highly Efficient Orange and Deep-Red Organic Light Emitting Diodes with Long Operational Lifetimes using Carbazole-Quinoline Based Bipolar Host Materials. J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2, 6183-6191.
  75. Chou, P. -Y.; Chou, H. -H.; Chen, Y. -H.; Su, T. -H.; Liao, C. -Y.; Lin, H. -W.; Lin, W. -C.; Yen, H. -Y.; Chen, I. -C.; Cheng, C. -H.* Efficient Delayed Fluorescence viaTriplet-Triplet Annihilation for Deep-Blue Electroluminescence. Chem. Commun.2014, 50, 6869-6871.
  76. Jayakumar, J.; Kanniyappan P.; Lee, T. -H.; Chuang, S. -C.*; Cheng, C. -H.* One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Substituted Polyheteroaromatics by Rh(III)-Catalyzed Multiple C−H Activation and Annulation. Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 10047-10050; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014, 53, 9889-9892.
  77. Hung, C. -H.; Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C−H Bond Activation: An Efficient Route toward Indenamines.ChemCatChem2014, 6, 2692-2697.
  78. Santhoshkumar, R.; Mannathan, S.;Cheng, C. -H.* Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroarylative Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with Aromatic Ketones and Esters via C−H Activation. Org. Lett.2014, 16, 4208-4211.
  79. Yeh, C. -H.; Chen, W. -C.; Gandeepan, P.; Hong, Y. -C.; Shih, C. -H.; Cheng, C. -H.* RhIII-Catalyzed Dual Directing Group Assisted Sterically Hindered C−H Bond Activation: a Unique Route to meta and orthoSubstituted Benzofurans. Org. Biomol. Chem.2014,12,9105-9108.
  80. Gandeepan, P.; Rajamalli, P.;Cheng, C. -H.* Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative β-Arylation of Simple Saturated Carbonyls by Aryl Halides. ACS Catal.2014,4,4485-4489.
  81. Shih, C. -H.; Rajamalli, P.; Wu, C. -A.; Chiu, M. -J.; Chu, L. -K.; Cheng, C. -H.* A High Triplet Energy, High Thermal Stability Oxadiazole Derivative as the Electron Transporter for Highly Efficient Red, Green and Blue Phosphorescent OLEDs. J. Mater. Chem. C2015, 3, 1491-1496.
  82. Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Transition Metal Catalyzed π-Bond Assisted C−H Bond Functionalization: An Emerging Trend in Organic Synthesis.Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 824-838.
  83. Muralirajan, K.; Haridharan, R.; Prakash, S.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed in situ Oxidizing Directing Group-Assisted C−H Bond Activation and Olefination: A Route to 2-Vinylanilines. Adv. Synth. Catal.2015, 357, 761-766.
  84. Haridharan, R.; Muralirajan, K.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed ortho-Arylation of Anilides with Aryl Halides. Adv. Synth. Catal.2015, 357, 366-370.
  85. Luo, C. -Z.; Jayakumar, J.; Gandeepan, P.; Wu, Y. -C.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Vinylic C−H Activation: A Direct Route toward Pyridinium Salts. Org. Lett.2015, 17, 924-927.
  86. Rajamalli, P.; Gandeepan, P.; Huang, M. -J.; Cheng, C. -H.* Bromo Induced Reversible Distinct Color Switching of a Structurally Simple Donor-Acceptor Molecule by Vapo, Piezo and Thermal Stimuli. J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 3329-3335.
  87. Gandeepan, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Cobalt Catalysis Involving π Components in Organic Synthesis. Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 1194-1206.
  88. Gandeepan, P.; Rajamalli, P.; Cheng, C. -H.* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation of Aromatic and Vinylic Carboxylic Acids with Allenes: An Efficient Method Towards Vinyl-Substituted Phthalides and 2-Furanones. Chem. Eur. J.2015, 21, 9198-9203.
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