← back to search

Weijun Yao

National University of Singapore · SG
Area of research
Organic Chemistry · Materials Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Enantioselective synthesis, Phosphine, Chemistry, Annulation, Catalysis, and Bifunctional.
h-index
citations
2,353
works
18
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Enantioselective Phosphine‐Catalyzed Formal [4+4] Annulation of α,β‐Unsaturated Imines and Allene Ketones: Construction of Eight‐Membered Rings
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017cited by 221position: middledoi
Phosphine-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4 + 2] Annulation of <i>o</i>-Quinone Methides with Allene Ketones
Organic Letters 2017cited by 99position: middledoi
Catalyst-controlled regioselectivity in phosphine catalysis: the synthesis of spirocyclic benzofuranones via regiodivergent [3 + 2] annulations of aurones and an allenoate
Chemical Science 2017cited by 87position: middledoi
Enantioselective Phosphine‐Catalyzed Formal [4+4] Annulation of α,β‐Unsaturated Imines and Allene Ketones: Construction of Eight‐Membered Rings
Angewandte Chemie 2017cited by 57position: middledoi
Chiral phosphine-mediated intramolecular [3 + 2] annulation: enhanced enantioselectivity by achiral Brønsted acid
Chemical Science 2017cited by 51position: firstdoi
Amino Acid-Derived Bifunctional Phosphines for Enantioselective Transformations
Accounts of Chemical Research 2016cited by 365position: middledoi
Phosphine‐mediated Highly Enantioselective Spirocyclization with Ketimines as Substrates
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016cited by 163position: middledoi
Enantioselective desymmetrization of cyclohexadienones via an intramolecular Rauhut–Currier reaction of allenoates
Nature Communications 2016cited by 101position: firstdoi
Enantioselective [4 + 2]-Annulation of Oxadienes and Allenones Catalyzed by an Amino Acid Derived Phosphine: Synthesis of Functionalized Dihydropyrans
Organic Letters 2016cited by 58position: middledoi
Phosphine‐mediated Highly Enantioselective Spirocyclization with Ketimines as Substrates
Angewandte Chemie 2016cited by 58position: middledoi
Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiropyrazolones through Phosphine‐Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014cited by 255position: middledoi
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydropyrans through a Phosphine-Catalyzed [4+2] Annulation of Allenones and β,γ-Unsaturated α-Keto Esters
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014cited by 182position: firstdoi
Phosphine‐Catalyzed Enantioselective γ‐Addition of 3‐Substituted Oxindoles to 2,3‐Butadienoates and 2‐Butynoates: Use of Prochiral Nucleophiles
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014cited by 140position: middledoi
Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiropyrazolones through Phosphine‐Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation
Angewandte Chemie 2014cited by 63position: middledoi
Asymmetric synthesis of 3-spirocyclopropyl-2-oxindoles via intramolecular trapping of chiral aza-ortho-xylylene
Chemical Communications 2013cited by 62position: middledoi
Chiral Phosphine Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Oxindoles
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012cited by 165position: middledoi
Asymmetric Construction of Functionalized Bicyclic Imides via [3 + 2] Annulation of MBH Carbonates Catalyzed by Dipeptide-Based Phosphines
Organic Letters 2012cited by 119position: middledoi
Enantioselective Construction of 3-Hydroxy Oxindoles via Decarboxylative Addition of β-Ketoacids to Isatins
Organic Letters 2012cited by 107position: middledoi

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Yixin Lü · National University of Singapore18 papers (2012–2017)Xiaoyu Han · National University of Singapore6 papers (2012–2016)Nisar Ullah · University of Aberdeen5 papers (2016–2017)Fangrui Zhong · National University of Singapore5 papers (2012–2016)Huanzhen Ni · National University of Singapore5 papers (2016–2017)Xiaowei Dou · National University of Singapore5 papers (2012–2016)Tianli Wang · National University of Singapore5 papers (2014–2017)Xiaodong Tang · National University of Singapore2 papers (2017–2017)Wai‐Lun Chan · National University of Singapore2 papers (2016–2016)Wenrui Zheng · National University of Singapore2 papers (2017–2017)Yu Lan · Institute of Organic Chemistry2 papers (2017–2017)Ziyu Yan · National University of Singapore2 papers (2014–2014)Yong Ren Tan · National University of Singapore2 papers (2014–2014)Yongjiang Wang · Zhejiang Sci-Tech University2 papers (2016–2016)Shan Wen · National University of Singapore2 papers (2016–2017)Zhaoyuan Yu · National University of Singapore2 papers (2017–2017)Jacek Kwiatkowski · National University of Singapore2 papers (2014–2014)Abdul Waheed · Creighton University1 papers (2016–2016)Guo Hao Pang · National University of Singapore1 papers (2014–2014)Yuezhong Meng · Sun Yat-sen University1 papers (2012–2012)