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Bing-Feng Shi

Bing-Feng Shi

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
21139
World Ranking
3003
National Ranking
548

Overview

Bing-Feng Shi is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a focus on organic and inorganic chemistry. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, materials chemistry, and pharmacology.

The primary themes of Bing-Feng Shi's scientific work center on catalytic C-H functionalization methods, synthesis and catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, and sulfur-based synthesis techniques.

The scientist has published a significant number of papers, with notable publications including:

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)-H Bonds (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Functionalization via Chiral Transient Directing Group Strategies (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Efficient Synthesis of Sulfur-Stereogenic Sulfoximines via Ru(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Functionalization Enabled by Chiral Carboxylic Acid (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Styrenes via an Asymmetric C-H Functionalization Strategy (2020, Chem)
  • Synthesis of Axially Chiral Styrenes through Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric C−H Olefination Enabled by an Amino Amide Transient Directing Group (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bing-Feng Shi include:

  • Qi-Jun Yao
  • Tao Zhou
  • Fan-Rui Huang
  • Jiahao Chen
  • Ye-Qiang Han

Bing-Feng Shi's research findings have been published in prominent scientific venues, with the most frequent publication platforms being:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Organic Letters
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

The body of work produced by Bing-Feng Shi reflects a concentrated expertise in advancing understanding and methodologies related to C-H bond functionalization, catalytic processes, and chirality synthesis. Their research integrates synthetic chemistry with catalytic and spectroscopic techniques relevant to both fundamental studies and applied chemical synthesis.

Best Publications

  • Transition metal-catalyzed C–H activation reactions: diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity

    Ramesh Giri;Bing Feng Shi;Keary M. Engle;Nathan Maugel

  • PdII-Catalyzed Enantioselective Activation of C(sp2)H and C(sp3)H Bonds Using Monoprotected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands†

    Bing-Feng Shi;Nathan Maugel;Yang-Hui Zhang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Ligand-Enabled Reactivity and Selectivity in a Synthetically Versatile Aryl C–H Olefination

    Dong-Hui Wang;Keary M. Engle;Bing-Feng Shi;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed olefination of electron-deficient arenes using 2,6-dialkylpyridine ligands.

    Yang-Hui Zhang;Bing-Feng Shi;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)-H Bonds.

    Bin Liu;Bin Liu;Andrew M Romine;Camille Z Rubel;Keary M Engle

  • Recent advances in the synthesis of axially chiral biaryls via transition metal-catalysed asymmetric C–H functionalization

    Gang Liao;Tao Zhou;Qi-Jun Yao;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Olefination of Diphenylacetic Acids

    Bing-Feng Shi;Yang-Hui Zhang;Jonathan K. Lam;Dong-Hui Wang

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed alkoxylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H and C(sp2)–H bonds using a removable directing group: efficient synthesis of alkyl ethers

    Fa-Jie Chen;Sheng Zhao;Fang Hu;Kai Chen

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral α‐Amino‐β‐Lactams through Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Sequential Monoarylation/Amidation of C(sp3)H Bonds

    Qi Zhang;Kai Chen;Weihao Rao;Yuejun Zhang

  • Catalytic alkylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds for C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond formation

    Zhen Chen;Meng-Yu Rong;Jing Nie;Xue-Feng Zhu

  • Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryls by Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric C−H Olefination Enabled by a Transient Chiral Auxiliary

    Qi-Jun Yao;Shuo Zhang;Bei-Bei Zhan;Bing-Feng Shi;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Functionalization via Chiral Transient Directing Group Strategies

    Gang Liao;Tao Zhang;Zhi-Keng Lin;Bing-Feng Shi;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed ortho Alkylation of Benzoic Acids with Alkyl Halides

    Yang-Hui Zhang;Bing-Feng Shi;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Recent advances in copper-mediated chelation-assisted functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds

    Wei-Hao Rao;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Scalable, Stereocontrolled Formal Syntheses of (+)-Isoschizandrin and (+)-Steganone: Development and Applications of Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Atroposelective C-H Alkynylation.

    Gang Liao;Qi-Jun Yao;Zhuo-Zhuo Zhang;Yong-Jie Wu

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral β-Fluoro α-Amino Acids via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Fluorination of Unactivated Methylene C(sp3)–H Bonds: Scope and Mechanistic Studies

    Qi Zhang;Xue-Song Yin;Kai Chen;Shuo-Qing Zhang

  • Recent Advances on Ester Synthesis via Transition-Metal Catalyzed C–H Functionalization

    Bin Liu;Fang Hu;Fang Hu;Bing-Feng Shi;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Site-Selective δ-C(sp3 )-H Alkylation of Amino Acids and Peptides with Maleimides via a Six-Membered Palladacycle.

    Bei-Bei Zhan;Ya Li;Jing-Wen Xu;Xing-Liang Nie

  • Site-Selective Alkenylation of δ-C(sp3)–H Bonds with Alkynes via a Six-Membered Palladacycle

    Jing-Wen Xu;Zhuo-Zhuo Zhang;Wei-Hao Rao;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed alkylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds: efficient synthesis of optically active unnatural α-amino acids

    Kai Chen;Fang Hu;Shuo-Qing Zhang;Bing-Feng Shi;Bing-Feng Shi

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Atropisomers Featuring Pentatomic Heteroaromatics by Pd-Catalyzed C–H Alkynylation

    Shuo Zhang;Qi-Jun Yao;Gang Liao;Xin Li

  • Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Activation of C(sp2)—H and C(sp3)—H Bonds Using Monoprotected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands.

    Bing‐Feng Shi;Nathan Maugel;Yang‐Hui Zhang;Jin‐Quan Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Quan Yu
Jin-Quan Yu Scripps Research Institute
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Xin Hong
Xin Hong Zhejiang University
Keary M. Engle
Keary M. Engle Scripps Research Institute
Biao Yu
Biao Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ramesh Giri
Ramesh Giri Pennsylvania State University
Jun O. Liu
Jun O. Liu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Jun Luo
Jun Luo Nanyang Technological University
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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