Area of research
Organic Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms.
De novo design of porphyrin-containing proteins as efficient and stereoselective catalysts
Catalytic difluorocarbene insertion enables access to fluorinated oxetane isosteres
Modular arene functionalization by differential 1,2-diborylation
Implementing a Doping Approach for Poly(methyl methacrylate) Recycling in a Circular Economy
Synthesis of alkenyl boronates through stereoselective vinylene homologation of organoboronates
Stereospecific alkenylidene homologation of organoboronates by SNV reaction
Ortho-C–H methoxylation of aryl halides enabled by a polarity-reversed N–O reagent
Palladium/Norbornene‐Catalyzed Direct Vicinal Di‐Carbo‐Functionalization of Indoles: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study
Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes via Copper Hydride-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroalkylation
Escape from Palladium: Nickel-Catalyzed Catellani Annulation
Modular synthesis of 1,2-azaborines via ring-opening BN-isostere benzannulation
Redox-Paired Alkene Difunctionalization Enables Skeletally Divergent Synthesis
Confronting the Challenging Asymmetric Carbonyl 1,2-Addition Using Vinyl Heteroarene Pronucleophiles: Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Processes through a Dearomatized Allyl–Cu Species
Copper Hydride-Catalyzed Enantioselective Olefin Hydromethylation
Low-valent tungsten redox catalysis enables controlled isomerization and carbonylative functionalization of alkenes
Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Oxindoles: Desymmetrizing Staudinger–Aza-Wittig Reaction Enabled by a Bespoke HypPhos Oxide Catalyst
A Combined DFT, Energy Decomposition, and Data Analysis Approach to Investigate the Relationship Between Noncovalent Interactions and Selectivity in a Flexible DABCOnium/Chiral Anion Catalyst System
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3,4-dihydro-2H-[1,4]oxazino [2,3-f]quinazolin derivatives as EGFR-TKIs
Boron insertion into alkyl ether bonds via zinc/nickel tandem catalysis
Monovalent Nickel-Mediated Radical Formation: A Concerted Halogen-Atom Dissociation Pathway Determined by Electroanalytical Studies
Ruthenabenzene: A Robust Precatalyst
Development and Mechanistic Studies of the Iridium‐Catalyzed C−H Alkenylation of Enamides with Vinyl Acetates: A Versatile Approach for Ketone Functionalization
Synthesis of Pyrroles through the CuH-Catalyzed Coupling of Enynes and Nitriles
Entry to 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Arenes through Addressing the “<i>Meta</i> Constraint” in the Palladium/Norbornene Catalysis
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Indazoles with a C3-Quaternary Chiral Center Using CuH Catalysis
Compatibility Score for Rational Electrophile Selection in Pd/NBE Cooperative Catalysis
Organophosphorus-catalyzed relay oxidation of H-Bpin: electrophilic C–H borylation of heteroarenes
Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation
CuH-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ketone Allylation with 1,3-Dienes: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications
Kinetic Resolution via Rh-Catalyzed C–C Activation of Cyclobutanones at Room Temperature
Collaborative Research: Causal Learning with High-dimensional Imaging Outcomes: Methods, Theory, and Algorithms
Conference: 2nd NSF-JST Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace
Computational Studies of Selective C-H Functionalization Reactions
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Cyber-threat Detection and Diagnosis in Multistage Manufacturing Systems through Cyber and Physical Data Analytics
Frontera Travel Grant: Computational Studies of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
SaTC: CORE: Small: Collaborative: Enabling Precise and Automated Insecurity Analysis of Middleware on Mobile Platforms
CAREER: Computational Studies of Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions in Organic Synthesis
TWC: Small: Collaborative: Towards Agile and Privacy-Preserving Cloud Computing
CAREER: Examining Users' Collective Privacy Management for Online Social Networks
TC: Medium: Collaborative Research: Towards Self-Protecting Data Centers: A Systematic Approach
NeTS: Small: Collaborative Research:Secure and Resilient Channel Allocation in Multi-Radio Wireless Networks
Collaborative Research: CT-T: Transparent Damage Quarantine and Recovery in Transactional Applications and Web Services
Capacity Building in Information Assurance at Penn State University
QoIA-Aware Attack Resilient Database Systems