- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
- Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2025
Energy Center of Wisconsin
2025
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
2020-2022
Government of the Republic of Korea
2020
Gwangju University
2020
Polystyrene (PS) is a widely used thermoplastic polymer, but its very low recycling rate has motivated consideration of chemical conversion strategies to convert waste PS into value-added products. Oxidation methods have been studied, they typically generate benzoic acid, product with relatively market demand. Phenol higher volume that would be an appealing target, no currently exist for the phenol. The repeat unit in closely resembles cumene, primary feedstock produce phenol through Hock...
The first palladium-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition reactions of arylboronic acids to 2-substituted chromones with chiral pyridine-dihydroisoquinoline ligands have been developed.
The photoredox-catalyzed α-aminoalkylcarboxylation of aryl allenes with CO2 and N,N-dimethylanilines is reported for the first time (26 examples, up to 96% yield). In case electron-deficient allenes, good regioselectivity was observed (up 94:6), exclusively generating kinetic products over thermodynamic products. This protocol a novel synthetic method highly functionalized β,γ-unsaturated γ-aminobutyric esters.
Described herein is a highly enantioselective route to β-quaternary δ-lactams by palladium/pyridine-dihydroisoquinoline (PyDHIQ)-catalyzed conjugate arylations. Notably, the effect of π-interactions on high enantioselectivity was elucidated DFT calculations and noncovalent interaction (NCI) analysis. The skeleton PyDHIQ ligand plays key role in formation attractive interactions with substrates an enantioselectivity-determining step. developed methodology successfully applied asymmetric...