Venue

LT-17 and Purple Zone, 4/F, Acedamic 1City University of Hong Kong

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Programme

6th Asia-Oceania Conference onSustainable and Green Chemistry

Sponsored by Sponsors for the Best Poster Awards

PROGRAMME

Venue: LT-17, Purple Zone, 4/F, Acedamic 1, CityU

27 November 2016 (Sunday)

16:00 18:30 Registration & Poster Mounting

17:00 18:30 Welcome Party & Drinks/Snacks

Opening Ceremony

Chairperson: István T. Horváth, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

18:30 18:45 Welcome Address

Hong Yan, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

18:45 19:30 A Musical Journey with Chinese Instruments – From Past to Future

Dick Mak, Him Cheung, and Longman Luk from Goin’ Music (弓弦作樂)

19:30 20:30 Green Chemistry: Origins and Future Trajectory

Paul Anastas, Yale University, USA PL-1

28 November 2016 (Monday)

Session 1

Chairperson: Zuowei Xie, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR China

08:30 09:30 Photocatalytic Activation of C-H Bonds: Hydrogen – Evolution Cross – Coupling Reactions

Chen-Ho Tung, Shandong University, China PL-2

09:30 10:00 Solvents and Sustainable Chemistry

Tom Welton, Imperial College London, United Kingdom IL-1

10:00 10:20 Green Polymers - Photo-Degradable Polymers to Self-Healing Polymers

Kei Saito, Monash University, Australia CL-1

10:20 10:40 Break

Session 2

Chairperson: Masahiko Matsukata, Waseda University, Japan

10:40 11:10 -Valerolactone as a Biomass-Based Solvent for Catalysis

László T. Mika, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary IL-2

11:10 – 11:30 Proficient Conversion of Lignin into Low Molecular Aromatic Products Using Brønsted Acidic

Ionic Liquids

Sandip Kumar Singh, National Chemical Laboratory, India

CL-2

11:30 – 11:50 Leach-Free Catalysis and Mercury Removal by Metal-Thiolate-Enabled Porous Frameworks

Zhengtao Xu, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China CL-3

11:50 – 12:10 Functional Bio-Based Elastomers from Eucommia ulmoides

Hirosi Uyama, Osaka University, Japan CL-4

12:10 – 12:30 Development of Environmentally Benign and Cost-Effective Amide Formation Methods

Anqi Chen, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore CL-5

12:30 – 13:00 Conversion of Renewables to Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Food Ingredients: A Tandem

Chemical and Enzyme Catalytic Approach

Milton T W Hearn, Monash University, Australia

IL-3

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Session 3

Chairperson: Milton T W Hearn, Monash University, Australia

14:00 – 15:00 Transition Metal Catalysis Supports 21st Century Prosperity

Ei-ichi Negishi, Purdue University, USA PL-3

15:00 – 15:20 Chemical Recycling of Plastic Wastes in High Temperature Fluids into Chemicals

Hideyuki Tagaya, Yamagata University, Japan CL-6

15:20 – 15:40 Process Intensification for the Chemical Industry Using Continuous Flow Reactors

Christian H. Hornung, CSIRO, Australia CL-7

15:40 – 16:10 Connecting Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis with All-Metal Aromatics

Giovanni Maestri, The University of Parma, Italy IL-4

16:10 – 16:40 Break

Session 4

Chairperson: Kei Saito, Monash University, Australia

16:40 – 17:00 Fibrous Nano-Silica (KCC-1) Based Hybrids for Green Catalysis, Photocatalysis and CO2

Capture

Vivek Polshettiwar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

CL-8

17:00 – 17:20 Sustainable Electrocatalysts for Facilitated CO2 Conversion and Reduction

Kevin Lam, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan CL-9

17:20 – 17:40 Direct Transformation of CO2 to Carbonate Derivatives Using a Heterogeneous CeO2 Catalyst

Masazumi Tamura, Tohoku University, Japan CL-10

17:40 – 18:40 Future Prospect of Eco-Friendly Plastics -Biodegradable and Bio-Based Plastics-

Tadahisa Iwata, The University of Tokyo, Japan PL-4

18:40 19:00 Group Photo

19:00 – 21:30 Poster Session

Venue: Purple Zone, 4/F, Academic 1, CityU

29 November 2016 (Tuesday)

Session 5

Chairperson: Motonobu Goto, Nagoya University, Japan

08:30 – 09:30 Versatile Chromophores and Excited States for Efficient Light Harvesting and

Optoelectronic and Photonic Functions

Vivian W. W. Yam, The University of Hong Kong, SAR China

PL-5

09:30 – 10:00 Heterogeneous Catalysis in Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions for the Production of

Biomass-Derived Chemicals

Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University, Japan

IL-5

10:00 – 10:20 Earth Abundant Catalysts to Enable Renewable Energy and Materials

Chun Ho (Jason) Lam, Yale University, USA CL-11

10:20 – 10:50 Break

Session 6

Chairperson: Hiromichi Shimada, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

10:50 – 11:20 The Functionalization of C—H Bonds Using Base Metal Catalysts

Christina White, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA IL-6

11:20 – 11:40 Design of Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes for Photocatalytic Applications

Vincent Chi-Chiu Ko, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China CL-12

11:40 – 12:00 Sustainable Valorization of Sweet Sorghum Juice

Edit Cséfalvay, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary CL-13

12:00 – 13:00 The Power of Catalysis: From Chemicals to Fuels

F. Dean Toste, University of California, USA PL-6

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 22:00 Excursion (Mai Po Nature Reserve) & Banquet (Maxim’s Palace, Tuen Mun)

30 November 2016 (Wednesday)

Session 7

Chairperson: Albert W. M. Lee, Hong Kong Baptist University, SAR China

08:30 – 09:30 Flow Chemistry: Is It Green?

King Kuok (Mimi) Hii, Imperial College London, United Kingdom PL-7

09:30 – 10:00 Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid and Methanol - A Homogeneous Catalytic Solution for

Hydrogen/Energy Storage at Room Temperatures

Gábor Laurenczy, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

IL-7

10:00 – 10:20 Supercritical Fluid for Green Reaction Process

Motonobu Goto, Nagoya University, Japan CL-14

10:20 – 10:40 Functional Materials for CO2 Capture and Conversion

Zhimin Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China CL-15

10:40 – 11:00 Break

Session 8

Chairperson: Peggy Lo, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

11:00 – 11:30 Properties of Green Solvents and Their Applications in Green Chemistry

Buxing Han, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China IL-8

11:30 – 11:50 Active Adsorbents for Molecular Separation

Jin Shang, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China CL-16

11:50 – 12:10 Direct Synthesis of Methyl N-Phenylcarbamate from CO2, Aniline and Methanol Over CeO2

Catalyst with 2-Cyanopyridine Additive

Ayaka Miura, Tohoku University, Japan

CL-17

12:10 – 12:40 PDMS/PVDF Hybrid Electrospun Membrane with Superhydrophobic Property and Drop

Impact Dynamics for Dyeing Wastewater Treatment Using Membrane Distillation

Alicia K. J. An, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

IL-9

Closing Ceremony

Chairperson: István T. Horváth, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

12:40 – 12:50 Invitation for the 7th AOC-SGC

Anqi Chen, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore

12:50 – 13:00 Closing Comments

István T. Horváth, City University of Hong Kong, SAR China

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Poster Presentations

Venue: Purple Zone, 4/F, Academic 1, CityU

Synthesized NaZSM-5 and HZSM-5 an Adsorptive VOC Removal from Air: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies

A. Aziz, M. J. Kim, S. H. Kim, K. S. Kim P-1

Mitochondrial Delivery of Therapeutic Agent by Amphiphilic DNA Nanocarriers

M. S. Chan, D. Y. Tam, Z. Dai, L. S. Liu, J. W.-T. Ho, M. L. Chan, D. Xu, M. S. Wong, C. Tin*, P. K. Lo* P-2

CaSH (Camphor Sulfonyl Hydrazine) and CSI (Chiral Sulfonimide) Organocatalysis

Sing Ming Chan and Albert W. M. Lee P-3

Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex Photocatalyzed Oxidative Perfluoroalkylated Amide Formation from Perfluoro-

alkyl Iodide at Room Temperature and Aerobic Condition with Visible Light Irradiation

Shun-Chueng Cheng, Chi-On Ng, Hua Feng, Larry Tso-Lun Lo, Sze-Wing Lai, and Chi-Chiu, Ko

P-4

Mechanistic Studies of The Acid-Catalyzed Conversion of N-Acetylglucosamine

A. W.-T. Choi, C. Y.-Y. Wong, A. Y.-Y. Lau, and I. T. Horváth P-5

Oxidized Lignin Depolymerisation Using Formate Ionic Liquid as Solvent and Catalyst

Jinhuo Dai, Antonio F. Patti, and Kei Saito P-6

Conformational Change of Self-Assembled DNA Nanotubes Induced by Two-Photon Excitation

Z. Dai, D. Y. Tam, M. S. Chan, and P. K. Lo P-7

Oxygen Storage Capacity of SrFe1-XTixO3

A. Demizu, K. Beppu, S. Hosokawa,, H. Asakura, K. Teramura and T. Tanaka P-8

Development of Iridium-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions via C-H Bond Activation

Yusuke Ebe, Takahiro Nishimura, and Hideki Yorimitsu P-9

Study on Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Toluene in a PEM Reactor with Various Noble Metal Supported Catalysts

A. Fukazawa, K. Takano, Y. Matsumura, S. Mitsushima, M. Atobe P-10

Identification of Intermediate Species for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 by H2O as an Electron Donor

K. Hori, K. Teramura, H. Zeai, S.Iguchi, H. Asakura, S. Hosokawa, T. Tanaka P-11

Effect of Monomeric Composition on Mechanical Properties and Crystallinity of Microbial Poly[(R)-Lactate-co-

(R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate]

Daisuke Ishii, Kenji Takisawa, Takaaki Hikima, Masaki Takata, Ken’Ichiro Matsumoto, Toshihiko Ooi, Seiichi

Taguchi and Tadahisa Iwata

P-12

The Chemical Recycling of Laminated Film Wastes Including Al

Mayuko Ishita, Hiroyuki Furusawa, Hideyuki Tagaya P-13

Highly Efficient 2,3-Butanediol Fermentative Production Using Zymobacter palmae Leading to Bio-Based

1,3-Butadiene

K. Isobe, K. Sawai, I. Morita, K. Yamada, and H. Yanase

P-14

Preparation of Soap-Free Emulsion by Using Tandem Ultrasonication and Synthesis of Size-Controlled Polymer

Nanoparticles

M. Koshino, Y. Hirai, Y. Matsumura, M. Atobe

P-15

Electrochemical Activation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids – A New Green and Mild Methodology to Access Aroyloxy

Radicals

Davit Hayrapetyan and Kevin Lam

P-16

Synthesis and the Application of Fluorous Phosphines with Short Perfluoroalkyl Groups

C.-K. E. Law and I. T. Horváth P-17

AmideCO2 Interaction Induced Gate-Opening Behavior for CO2 Adsorption in 2-Fold Interpentrating Framework

Cheng-Hua Lee, Long-Li Lai, and Kuang-Lieh Lu* P-18

Conferring Phosphorogenic Properties on Iridium(III)-Based Bioorthogonal Probes Through the Modification

with a Nitrone Unit

L. C.-C. Lee, J. C.-W. Lau, H.-W. Liu, and K. K.-W. Lo

P-19

Phosphorogenic Cyclometalated Iridium(III) o-Phenylenediamine Complexes as Imaging Reagents for Nitric

Oxide in Live Cells

K.-K. Leung, W. H.-T. Law, L. C.-C. Lee, C.-S. Poon, H.-W. Liu and K. K.-W. Lo

P-20

Self-Assembly of DNA and Biologically Enabled Polymers

Liu Ling Sum, Xu Hailiang, and Peggy Pik Kwan Lo P-21

Preparation and Application of Fluorous Sol-Gel

A. S.-W. Lo, and I. T. Horváth P-22

Novel Polymer Syntheses Using Lignin Fragments

Lionel Longe, Gil Garnier, and Kei Saito

P-23

Palladium Catalyzed Direct Amination of Cage B(4)−H Bond in o-Carboranes

H. Lyu and Z. Xie* P-24

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Heterodinuclear Pt(IV)–Ru(II) Complexes

Lili Ma, Rong Ma, Zhigang Wang, Shek-Man Yiu and Guangyu Zhu P-25

The Solvent Effects on Solvolysis Reaction of Polymeric Wastes

Saki Maruoka, Taichi Sugeno, Hiroyuki Furusawa and Hideyuki Tagaya P-26

Energy-Saving of Hydrocarbon Separation with Zeolite Membrane

M. Matsukata, M. Sakai P-27

Hydrodefluorination of Perfluoroarenes Using Bifunctional Hydrogen Transfer Catalysts

A. Matsunami, S. Kuwata, and Y. Kayaki P-28

Design of Core-Shell Catalyst with Hydrophobic Surface for Highly Efficient One-Pot Oxidation

K. Nakatsuka, Y. Kuwahara,, K. Mori, H. Yamashita* P-29

Photochemical and Electrochemical Catalytic Reduction of CO2 with NHC-Containing Rhenium(I) Complexes

Chi-On Ng, Antoine Marurin, Lingjing Chen, Tai-Chu Lau, Marc Robert, and Chi-Chiu Ko P-30

Photocatalytic Ccage-Csp2 Cross-Coupling Reactions of Iodocarborane with Arene: Facile Synthesis of 1-Aryl-

o-Carborane

H. Ni, Z. Xie

P-31

Hydrogenolysis of Arenols with Hydrosilanes by Nickel Catalysis

Akito Ohgi and Yoshiaki Nakao P-32

Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to -Valerolactone: Homogeneous vs Heterogeneous Catalysis

P. H. Phua, B. Y. Tay, C. Wang, and L. P. Stubbs* P-33

Specific Reactivity of Palladium Oxide Nanoparticles over Palladium Nanoparticles for Fluoride-Free Hiyama

Coupling Reaction in Water

A. Ohtaka, A. Sakon, G. Hamasaka, Y. Uozumi, T. Shinagawa, O. Shimomura, and R. Nomura

P-34

Preparation and Characterization of Layered Nanohybrids by Self-Assembly Reaction

Haruka Sasaki, Hiroyuki Furusawa, Hideyuki Tagaya P-35

The Rational Design of a Peptide-Based Hydrogel Responsive to H2S

Raoul Peltier, Ganchao Chen, and Hongyan Sun P-36

A Reversible Platform of DNA Logic Gate Operated by One- And Two-Photon Excitations

D. Y. Tam, Z. Dai, M. S. Chan, L. S. Liu, M. C. Cheung, F. Bolze,* C. Tin* and P. K. Lo* P-37

Electropolymerization On Porous Electrodes in Neat and Highly Concentrated Monomer Solutions

E. Tanaka, H. Tateno, Y. Matsumura, K. Nakabayashi, and M. Atobe P-38

Electrons Mediate the Gas-Phase Oxidation of Formic Acid with Ozone

C. van der Linde, W. K. Tang, C.-K. Siu and M. K. Beyer P-39

Photoactivatable Cytotoxic Agents Derived from Mitochondria-Targeting Luminescent Iridium(III) Poly(Ethylene

Glycol) Complexes Modified with a Nitrobenzyl Linkage

K. K.-S. Tso, K.-K. Leung, H.-W. Liu, and K. K.-W. Lo*

P-40

Production of Bio-Based 1,3-Butadiene by Highly Selective Dehydration of 2,3-Butanediol over CsH2PO4/SiO2

D. Tsukamoto, S. Sakami, M. Ito, K. Yamada, and T. Yonehara P-41

Selective Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Furfural into Furfuryl Alcohol, Using a Homogeneous Catalyst Systems

József M. Tukacs, Márton Bohuss and László T. Mika P-42

The Effects of Solvents on the Liquid Phase Decomposition of Polymeric Wastes

Kazuki Usui, Hiroyuki Furusawa, Takuya Takahasi and Hideyuki Tagaya P-43

Economics of Green Chemistry

C. Lin, A. Pommeret, D. von Eiff* P-44

A Novel Pt(Iv) Prodrug Targeting ERCC1-XPF to Overcome Cisplatin Resistance

Zhigang Wang, Zoufeng Xu, and Guangyu Zhu P-45

Tackling Poison and Leach: Catalysis by Dangling Thiol-Palladium Functions within a Porous Metal-Organic Solid

Bo Gui, Ka-Kit Yee, Yan-Lung Wong, Shek-Man Yiu, Matthias Zeller, Cheng Wang* and Zhengtao Xu* P-46

The Kinetics and the Acid Concentration Dependence of The Reversible Ring-Opening of -Valerolactone

C. Y.-Y. Wong, A. W.-T. Choi, G. R. Akien,, And I. T. Horváth P-47

Degradation of Waste Oil Using Pyrolysis Method

Donny Lesmana, and Ho-Shing Wu P-48

Direct Palladium-Catalyzed 2,3-Disubstitued Indoles with Allylic Alcohols

Bai-Jing Peng and Shyh-Chyun Yang* P-49

Environmentally-Friendly Heterogeneous One-Pot Synthesis of Flavones Through the Concerted Catalysis of Gold

Nanoparticles Supported on Layered Double Hydroxides

Takafumi Yatabe, Xiongjie Jin, Kazuya Yamaguchi, and Noritaka Mizuno

P-50

Integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Principles for Responsible Management Education

(PRME) into and Out of Sustainability Classroom

Yeung, Shirley Mo Ching

P-51

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Using Amine–Based Polymers

A. Yoshimura, R. Watari, S. Kuwata, and Y. Kayaki P-52

An Efficient Base-Catalyzed Double Addition of H-Phosphine Oxides to Alkynes

Aya Yoshimura, and Li-Biao Han P-53

Broad Scope[4+2] Cycloaddition of o-Carboryne with Fulvenes Using 1-Li-2-OTf-o-C2B10H10 as Precursor

Zhang Jie and Zuowei Xie* P-54

Shape-Persistent Bimetallic Design Approach for Bis-(Zn-Salphen) Catalysts: Efficient Cyclic Carbonate Formation

under Mild Conditions

Chao Zhao, Qian Liu, Shixiong He, Shek-Man Yiu and Michael C. W. Chan*

P-55

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