organic synthesis, reaction methodologies

●B.S.,Lanzhou University (2001);

● Ph.D.,Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS (2006);

●Postdoc, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (2006-2009);

●Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, USA (2009-2013);

1. Amide-Ligand-Controlled Highly para-Selective Arylation of Monosubstituted Simple Arenes with Arylboronic Acids.

Yu-Xin Luan, Tao Zhang, Wei-Wei Yao, Ke Lu, Lu-Yao Kong, Yu-Tong Lin, Mengchun Ye*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1786-1789.

2. Ligand-Accelerated Direct C-H Arylation of BINOL: A Rapid One-Step Synthesis of Racemic 3,3’-Diaryl BINOLs.

Jin-Fei Yang, Rong-********, Yin-Xia Wang, Wei-Wei Yao, Qi-Sheng Liu, Mengchun Ye*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14116-14120.

3. Recent Progress in Base Metal Catalyzed (Transfer) Hydrogenative Couplings of Carbonyls with π-Unsaturated Compounds.

Yan-Long Zheng, Yu-Xin Luan, Mengchun Ye*

Synlett 2016, 27, 2401-2406.

4. Iron-Catalyzed Regioselective Transfer Hydrogenative Couplings of Unactivated Aldehydes with Simple Alkenes. 

Yan-Long Zheng, Yan-Yao Liu, Yi-Mei Wu, Yin-Xia Wang, Yu-Tong Lin, Mengchun Ye*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6315-6318.