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Mingji Dai

Emory University · US
Area of research
Organic Chemistry · Materials Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Chemical synthesis and alkaloids, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.
h-index
36
citations
4,302
works
167
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Advancing Total Synthesis Through Skeletal Editing
Accounts of Chemical Research 2025cited by 30position: lastdoi
Total Synthesis of (−)-Neocucurbol C Enabled by Pattern Recognition and MHAT Cyclization
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 10position: lastdoi
MGAT1-Guided complex N-Glycans on CD73 regulate immune evasion in triple-negative breast cancer
Nature Communications 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Convergent and Efficient Total Synthesis of (+)-Heilonine Enabled by C–H Functionalizations
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 30position: lastdoi
S<sub>N</sub>2 Reaction at the Amide Nitrogen Center Enables Hydrazide Synthesis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Concise Total Syntheses of (<i>−</i>)-Crinipellins A and B Enabled by a Controlled Cargill Rearrangement
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 16position: lastdoi
Tuning Immune‐Cold Tumor by Suppressing USP10/B7‐H4 Proteolytic Axis Reinvigorates Therapeutic Efficacy of ADCs
Advanced Science 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Ten-Step Total Synthesis of (±)-Phaeocaulisin A Enabled by Cyclopropanol Ring-Opening Carbonylation
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 12position: lastdoi
Natural product-inspired molecules for covalent inhibition of SHP2 tyrosine phosphatase
Tetrahedron 2024cited by 9position: lastdoi
Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylations: Application in Complex Natural Product Total Synthesis and Recent Developments
The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023cited by 60position: lastdoi
Total Synthesis of <scp>UCS1025A</scp> via Tandem Carbonylative Stille Cross Coupling and <scp>Diels‐Alder</scp> Reaction<sup>†</sup>
Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2023cited by 9position: lastdoi
Catalysis-Enabled 13-Step Total Synthesis of (−)-Peyssonnoside A
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022cited by 31position: lastdoi
Discovery and Biological Characterization of PRMT5:MEP50 Protein–Protein Interaction Inhibitors
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Concise Synthesis of (−)-GA<sub>18</sub> Methyl Ester
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022cited by 19position: lastdoi
Catalytic Carbonylative Spirolactonization of Hydroxycyclopropanols
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016cited by 114position: lastdoi
Niche-based screening identifies small-molecule inhibitors of leukemia stem cells
Nature Chemical Biology 2013cited by 109position: middledoi
Synthesis of piperlogs and analysis of their effects on cells
Tetrahedron 2013cited by 26position: middledoi
Synthesis, cellular evaluation, and mechanism of action of piperlongumine analogs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012cited by 224position: middledoi

Grants

Carbonylation Methodologies and Strategies for Building Complex Chemical Structures
NSF2349014$635,0002024–2027PIRePORTER
Carbonylation Methodologies and Strategies for Building Complex Chemical Structures
NSF2242508$284,8612022–2024PIRePORTER
Carbonylation Methodologies and Strategies for Building Complex Chemical Structures
NSF2102022$500,0002021–2022PIRePORTER
CAREER: Carbonylation Methodologies and Strategies for Complex Natural Product Synthesis
NSF1553820$650,0002016–2021PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Lidan Zeng · Emory University3 papers (2024–2025)Yong Wan · Emory Healthcare3 papers (2024–2025)Weida Liang · Ningbo University3 papers (2022–2024)Massimo Cristofanilli · NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital2 papers (2024–2025)Stuart L. Schreiber · Harvard University2 papers (2012–2013)Junlong Chi · Northwestern University2 papers (2024–2025)Bo Xu · Polar Research Institute of China2 papers (2022–2024)Yueming Zhu · Zhejiang A & F University2 papers (2024–2025)Yecheng Wang · Nanjing Agricultural University2 papers (2022–2024)Xin Cui · Emory University2 papers (2024–2025)Amad Uddin · Emory University2 papers (2024–2025)John Bacsa · Emory University2 papers (2024–2025)Drew Adams · University School2 papers (2012–2013)Hunter S. Sims · Emory University2 papers (2022–2023)Zhuan Zhou · Southwestern Medical Center1 papers (2024–2024)Lei Li · Hohai University1 papers (2022–2022)Christine S. Muli · Center for Cancer Research1 papers (2024–2024)Xinxin Song · Shanxi Agricultural University1 papers (2024–2024)Chrystal M. Paulos · Emory University1 papers (2025–2025)Kevin Kalinsky · Emory Healthcare1 papers (2025–2025)