Area of research
Organic Chemistry · Materials Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.
Skeletal Modification via Activation of Relatively Unstrained C–C Bonds
Carbonyl-to-sulfur swap enabled by sequential double carbon-carbon bond activation
High Molecular Weight Biobased Long-Chain Aliphatic Polyesters with Degradability: Insights into Mimicking Polyethylene
Modular arene functionalization by differential 1,2-diborylation
Concise Total Syntheses of Leuconoxine‐Type Alkaloids Enabled by Palladium/Norbornene‐Catalyzed Pyrrole Difunctionalization
Core diversification using 1,2-oxaborines as a versatile molecular platform
Rapid and Modular Access to Multifunctionalized 1,2-Azaborines via Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis
Synthesis of alkenyl boronates through stereoselective vinylene homologation of organoboronates
Stereospecific alkenylidene homologation of organoboronates by SNV reaction
Beyond Tertiary Amines: Introducing Secondary Amines by Palladium/Norbornene‐Catalyzed Ortho Amination
Methyl Ketones as Alkyl Halide Surrogates: A Deacylative Halogenation Approach for Strategic Functional Group Conversions
Deacylative Thiolation by Redox‐Neutral Aromatization‐Driven C−C Fragmentation of Ketones
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
Rhodium catalyzed tunable amide homologation through a hook-and-slide strategy
Escape from Palladium: Nickel-Catalyzed Catellani Annulation
Modular synthesis of 1,2-azaborines via ring-opening BN-isostere benzannulation
Cyclopropylcarbinyl cation chemistry in synthetic method development and natural product synthesis: cyclopropane formation and skeletal rearrangement
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Phainanoid A and Biological Evaluation of the Natural Product and Its Synthetic Analogues
Programmable Amine Synthesis via Iterative Boron Homologation
Backbone Engineering of Monodisperse Conjugated Polymers via Integrated Iterative Binomial Synthesis
A four-component reaction to access 3,3-disubstituted indolines <i>via</i> the palladium–norbornene-catalyzed <i>ortho</i> amination/<i>ipso</i> conjunctive coupling
Deconstructive Synthesis of Bridged and Fused Rings via Transition-Metal-Catalyzed “Cut-and-Sew” Reactions of Benzocyclobutenones and Cyclobutanones
Site-Specific and Degree-Controlled Alkyl Deuteration via Cu-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Deacylation
Photoinduced Desaturation of Amides by Palladium Catalysis
Programmable Ether Synthesis Enabled by Oxa-Matteson Reaction
Rhodium-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Divergent Annulations between Cyclobutanones and 1,5-Enynes: Rapid Construction of Complex C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-Rich Scaffolds
Rhodium‐Catalyzed (4+1) Cycloaddition between Benzocyclobutenones and Styrene‐Type Alkenes
Programmable Fabrication of Monodisperse Graphene Nanoribbons via Deterministic Iterative Synthesis
Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of γ-Lactams with β-Quaternary Centers via Merging of C–C Activation and Sulfonyl Radical Migration
New Strategy for Synthesis of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons
Ketone Alkylation Using Simple Olefins: A Sustainable Chemistry Approach
New Strategy for Synthesis of Atomically-Precise Graphene Nanoribbons
Ketone Alkylation Using Simple Olefins: A Sustainable Chemistry Approach
New Strategy for Synthesis of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons
SusChEM: CAREER: Ketone Alkylation Using Simple Olefins: A Sustainable Chemistry Approach
SusChEM: CAREER: Ketone Alkylation Using Simple Olefins: A Sustainable Chemistry Approach