Name: Xuan Yu

Gender: Male

Job title:

Academic Degree: Ph.D.

Specialty: chemistry

Email Address: yuxuan1995@ncu.edu.cn

Research direction: 1). Asymmetric catalysis, 2). transition metal catalysis, 3). heterocyclic synthesis.

Education and Work Experience:

Since 2025. 08: Principal Investigator, Nanchang University

2022. 09~2025. 08: Postdoctoral fellow, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. Shuli You

2019. 09~2021. 09: Joint Ph.D. Student, The University of Chicago, Supervisor: Prof. Guangbin Dong

2015. 09~2022. 06: Ph. D., China Agricultural University, Supervisor: Prof. Bin Fu

2011. 09~2015. 06: Bachelor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Supervisor: Prof. Junping Wang

Teaching：

Research fields: 1). The asymmetric transformation of strained ring. 2). The asymmetric transformation of Azaoxyallyl Cations. 3). The design, synthesis and application of new chiral ligands.

Research projects：

Awards and Honors：Shanghai Postdoctoral Excellence Program

Representative papers and patents：

(1) Yu, X.; Zheng, C.; You, S.-L. Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric Dearomatization Reaction of Indoles with Cyclobutanones via Cascade Friedel−Crafts/Semipinacol Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25878−25887.

(2) Yu, X.; Zhang, Z.; Dong, G. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of γ-Lactams with β-Quaternary Centers via Merging of C−C Activation and Sulfonyl Radical Migration. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9222−9228.

(3) Hou, S.;† Yu, X.;† Zhang, R.; Wagner, C.; Dong, G. Rhodium-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Divergent Annulations between Cyclobutanones and 1,5-Enynes: Rapid Construction of Complex C(sp3)-Rich Scaffolds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9222−9228.

(4) Yu, X.; Bai, H.; Wang, D.; Qin, Z.; Li, J.; Fu, B. A Convenient Approach to Difluoromethylated All-Carbon Quaternary Centers via Ni(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Michael Addition. RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 19402–19408.

(5) Yu, X.; Lan, W.; Li, J.; Bai, H.; Qin, Z.; Fu, B. Enantioselective One-Pot Synthesis of 4H-Chromene Derivatives Catalyzed by a Chiral Ni(II) Complex. RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 44437–44441.

(6) Hou, S.; Yu, X.; Zhang, R.; Deng, L.; Zhang, M.; Prichina, A. Y.; Dong, G. Enantioselective Type II Cycloaddition of Alkynes via C−C Activation of Cyclobutanones: Rapid and Asymmetric Construction of [3.3.1] Bridged Bicycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13180-13189.

(7) Lyu, H.; Ilia, K.; Yu, X.; Liu, P.; Dong, G. Boron Insertion into Alkyl Ether Bonds via Zinc/Nickel Tandem Catalysis. Science, 2021, 372, 175-182.