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Overview

Da-Ming Du is affiliated with the Beijing Institute of Technology in China and has a research focus primarily within the field of Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main areas of their research concentrate on asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, with specific attention to synthesis and catalytic reactions. Additional topics covered in their publications include sulfur-based synthesis techniques, synthetic organic chemistry methods, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, and chemical synthesis and analysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Da-Ming Du include:

  • Cheng Niu
  • Xi-Qiang Hou
  • Donghua Xie
  • Ye Lin
  • Yong-Xing Song

Their research has been published in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Molecules
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Selected recent publications include:

  • Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric oxa-Michael addition triggered cascade reactions, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Recent Advances in Squaramide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Mannich Reactions, 2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Aza-Michael Addition Triggered Cascade Reactions, 2021, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Organocatalytic Remote Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction of Allyl Ketones with Isatin-Derived Unsaturated Keto Esters, 2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • NiSe2/CdS composite nanoflakes photocatalyst with enhanced activity under visible light, 2020, RSC Advances

Best Publications

  • The Development of Double Axially Chiral Phosphoric Acids and Their Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinolines

    Qun-Sheng Guo;Da-Ming Du;Jiaxi Xu

  • Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes to Chalcones Using Chiral Squaramides as Hydrogen Bonding Organocatalysts

    Wen Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Asymmetric Henry reaction catalyzed by C2-symmetric tridentate bis(oxazoline) and bis(thiazoline) complexes: metal-controlled reversal of enantioselectivity.

    Da-Ming Du;Shao-Feng Lu;Tao Fang;Jiaxi Xu

  • Facile synthesis of C2-symmetric tridentate bis(thiazoline) and bis(oxazoline) ligands and their application in the enantioselective Henry reaction

    Shao-Feng Lu;Da-Ming Du;Shi-Wei Zhang;Jiaxi Xu

  • Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with nitroalkenes catalyzed by bifunctional tridentate bis(oxazoline)-Zn(II) complex.

    Shao-Feng Lu;Da-Ming Du;Jiaxi Xu

  • Recent Advances in the Synthesis of 2-Imidazolines and Their Applications in Homogeneous Catalysis

    Han Liu;Da-Ming Du

  • Chiral Squaramide-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of 2-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones to Nitroalkenes

    Wen Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Do reaction conditions affect the stereoselectivity in the Staudinger reaction

    Yikai Wang;Yong Liang;Lei Jiao;Da-Ming Du

  • Asymmetric Michael addition of nitroalkanes to nitroalkenes catalyzed by C2-symmetric tridentate bis(oxazoline) and bis(thiazoline) zinc complexes.

    Shao-Feng Lu;Da-Ming Du;Jiaxi Xu;Shi-Wei Zhang

  • Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation of electron-rich N-heterocycles with nitroalkenes catalyzed by diphenylamine-tethered bis(oxazoline) and bis(thiazoline) Zn(II) complexes.

    Han Liu;Shao-Feng Lu;Jiaxi Xu;Da-Ming Du

  • Squaramide-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

    Bo-Liang Zhao;Jun-Hua Li;Da-Ming Du

  • Cinchona-based squaramide-catalysed cascade aza-Michael-Michael addition: enantioselective construction of functionalized spirooxindole tetrahydroquinolines.

    Wen Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Development of Diphenylamine-Linked Bis(imidazoline) Ligands and Their Application in Asymmetric Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indole Derivatives with Nitroalkenes

    Han Liu;Da-Ming Du;Da-Ming Du

  • Squaramide–Tertiary Amine Catalyzed Asymmetric Cascade Sulfa-Michael/Michael Addition via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: Access to Highly Functionalized Chromans with Three Contiguous Stereocenters

    Wen Yang;Yi Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Potent, easily synthesized huperzine A-tacrine hybrid acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

    Paul R. Carlier;Da Ming Du;Yifan Han;Jing Liu

  • Chiral squaramide-catalyzed highly diastereo- and enantioselective direct Michael addition of nitroalkanes to nitroalkenes

    Wen Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Notable and obvious ketene substituent-dependent effect of temperature on the stereoselectivity in the staudinger reaction

    Bonan Li;Yikai Wang;Da-Ming Du;Jiaxi Xu

  • Asymmetric Friedel−Crafts Alkylation of Methoxyfuran with Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Diphenylamine-Tethered Bis(oxazoline)−Zn(II) Complexes

    Han Liu;Jiaxi Xu;Da-Ming Du

  • Efficient organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromene-3-carbonitrile derivatives

    Yu Gao;Wen Yang;Da-Ming Du

  • Dimerization of an Inactive Fragment of Huperzine A Produces a Drug with Twice the Potency of the Natural Product

    Paul R. Carlier;Da Ming Du;Yi Fan Han;Jing Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen Yang
Wen Yang Beijing Institute of Technology
Jianbo Wang
Jianbo Wang Peking University
Yuan Ping Pang
Yuan Ping Pang Mayo Clinic
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jianzhuang Jiang
Jianzhuang Jiang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Wei Liu
Wei Liu Shandong University
Zhe-Ming Wang
Zhe-Ming Wang Peking University
Dennis K. P. Ng
Dennis K. P. Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dennis P. Arnold
Dennis P. Arnold Queensland University of Technology
Ian D. Williams
Ian D. Williams Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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