Christopher Jones Prof.Jones received his B.S.E.from the University of Michigan,USA,in 1995,followed by his M.S.(1997)and Ph.D.(1999)in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology(CalTech),USA,wit...
the National Key R&D Program of China(grant nos.2023YFA1506700,2022YFA1503702,and 2021YFF0701602);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grant nos.22231011 and 22271303);Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Project,China(grant no.22JC1401000).
A synergistic Pd/Zn dual chiral catalyst system has been developed for the stereodivergent transformation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman(MBH)carbonates and unprotectedα-hydroxyketones to afford the corresponding allylati...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(grant no.2021YFF0701700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22122104,22193012,and 21933004);the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(grant nos.YSBR-052 and YSBR-095);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant no.XDB0590000).
Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization(CADA)of phenols has emerged as a powerful strategy for constructing stereochemically complicated architectures from planar aromatic feedstocks.However,the development of novel cata...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(grant no.2023YFA1506700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,grant nos.21831005,21991112,and 22171183).
Transition-metal-catalyzed asymmetric benzylic substitution of racemic benzyl esters is an efficient and straightforward route towards the construction of benzylic stereocenters but remains a challenge,due to the diff...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22071008 and 52003029);the High-level Overseas Talents Program of China,the Excellent Young Scholars Research Fund from the Beijing Institute of Technology,and the Central University Basic Research Fund of China(grant no.2021CX01024);financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant no.2022M710375);The technical support from Analysis&Testing Center of Beijing Institute of Technology is also appreciated.
Developing artificial catalysts that mimic the functionality of enzymes and adapt to the surrounding microenvironment to achieve specific activity and selectivity is a fascinating research area yet remains a great cha...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.21901185);funds provided by Tianjin Normal University,China.
Herein,we disclose a ligand-controlled,directing group-assisted strategy to facilitate NiH-catalyzed hydroalkynylation of allyl amides at remoteα-position adjacent to nitrogen and initial olefinic site in a predictab...
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos.22025103,92256301,21831002,22271133,22101122,and 22201127);the National Key R&D Program of China (grant nos.2021YFF0701604 and 2021YFF0701704);New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZE,Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (grant nos.KQTD20210811090112004 and JCYJ20220818100600001);Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cross-Coupling Reactions (grant no.ZDSYS20220328104200001).
Enantioselective radical desymmetrization is a highly effective approach for rapidly creating enantioenriched molecules,introducing dramatically increased structural complexity from readily available prochiral or meso...
Indole and its derivatives represent the most important heterocycles that are widely present in bioactive molecules,natural products and advanced materials,and thus functionalization of simple indoles to construct com...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.91961201 and 21973116);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(grant no.2234087);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant nos.2023T160357 and 2022M721797).
Sensitivity to structure and composition is very challenging to establish in nanocatalysis due to inadequate definition of structures that are very close in composition.We synthesized a pair of atomically precise copp...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22193020 and 22193021).
Polymers have become an essential part of modern life and the global economy on account of their costeffectiveness and versatile properties.However,most postconsumer polymer wastes are unrecycled,leading to environmen...