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Feng Shi is affiliated with Jiangsu Normal University in China and specializes primarily in the field of Chemistry, with a significant focus on Organic Chemistry. The research spans various subfields including Spectroscopy, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics explore a range of subjects such as:

  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Synthesis of Indole Derivatives
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Feng Shi has contributed to several recent papers notable within the scientific community, including:

  • Organocatalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of Indole Derivatives Bearing Axial Chirality: Strategies and Applications, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Axially Chiral Indole-Based Frameworks: An Emerging Area, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Progresses in organocatalytic asymmetric dearomatization reactions of indole derivatives, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Atroposelective Access to Oxindole-Based Axially Chiral Styrenes via the Strategy of Catalytic Kinetic Resolution, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organocatalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of N−N Axially Chiral Indoles and Pyrroles by De Novo Ring Formation, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Feng Shi include:

  • Yu-Chen Zhang
  • Wei Tan
  • Shao-Fei Ni
  • Tian-Zhen Li
  • Shufang Wu

Their research outputs are published in notable venues such as:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Brønsted-Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Multicomponent Reactions for the Facile Synthesis of Highly Enantioenriched Structurally Diverse Nitrogenous Heterocycles

    Jie Yu;Feng Shi;Liu-Zhu Gong

  • Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Indole-Based Chiral Heterocycles: Strategies, Reactions, and Outreach.

    Yu-Chen Zhang;Fei Jiang;Feng Shi

  • Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of spirooxindoles: recent developments

    Guang-Jian Mei;Feng Shi

  • Organocatalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of Indole Derivatives Bearing Axial Chirality: Strategies and Applications.

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  • C-H activation/borylation/oxidation: a one-pot unified route to meta-substituted phenols bearing ortho-/para-directing groups.

    Robert E. Maleczka;Feng Shi;Daniel Holmes;Milton R. Smith

  • Design and Enantioselective Construction of Axially Chiral Naphthyl‐Indole Skeletons

    Hong-Hao Zhang;Cong-Shuai Wang;Can Li;Guang-Jian Mei

  • Design and Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Axially Chiral 3,3′-Bisindole Skeletons

    Chun Ma;Fei Jiang;Feng-Tao Sheng;Yinchun Jiao

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Inverse‐Electron‐Demand Oxa‐Diels–Alder Reaction of In Situ Generated ortho‐Quinone Methides with 3‐Methyl‐2‐Vinylindoles

    Jia-Jia Zhao;Si-Bing Sun;Sai-Huan He;Qiong Wu

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Axially Chiral Indole-Based Frameworks: An Emerging Area.

    Tian-Zhen Li;Si-Jia Liu;Wei Tan;Feng Shi

  • Progresses in organocatalytic asymmetric dearomatization reactions of indole derivatives

    Feng-Tao Sheng;Jing-Yi Wang;Wei Tan;Yu-Chen Zhang

  • Organocatalytic Asymmetric Arylative Dearomatization of 2,3‐Disubstituted Indoles Enabled by Tandem Reactions

    Yu-Chen Zhang;Jia-Jia Zhao;Fei Jiang;Si-Bing Sun

  • A Catalytic Asymmetric Isatin-Involved Povarov Reaction: Diastereo- and Enantioselective Construction of Spiro[indolin-3,2′-quinoline] Scaffold

    Feng Shi;Gui-Juan Xing;Ren-Yi Zhu;Wei Tan

  • Catalytic Asymmetric (4+3) Cyclizations of In Situ Generated ortho-Quinone Methides with 2-Indolylmethanols.

    Meng Sun;Chun Ma;Si-Jia Zhou;Sai-Fan Lou

  • Benzyne click chemistry: synthesis of benzotriazoles from benzynes and azides.

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  • Diastereo- and Enantioselective Construction of 3,3'-Pyrrolidinyldispirooxindole Framework via Catalytic Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions.

    Wei Dai;Xiao-Li Jiang;Qiong Wu;Feng Shi

  • Synthesis of 2H-indazoles by the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of arynes and sydnones.

    Chunrui Wu;Yuesi Fang;Richard C. Larock;Feng Shi

  • Organocatalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of N-N Axially Chiral Indoles and Pyrroles by De Novo Ring Formation.

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  • Catalytic asymmetric chemoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of an azomethine ylide with isatin-derived imines: diastereo- and enantioselective construction of a spiro[imidazolidine-2,3′-oxindole] framework

    Yue-Ming Wang;Hong-Hao Zhang;Can Li;Tao Fan

  • Indolylmethanols as Reactants in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions.

    Guang-Jian Mei;Feng Shi

  • Highly diastereo- and enantioselective construction of a spiro[cyclopenta[b]indole-1,3′-oxindole] scaffold via catalytic asymmetric formal [3+2] cycloadditions

    Wei Tan;Xin Li;Yu-Xin Gong;Meng-Di Ge

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition of an Azomethine Ylide with 3-Indolylmethanol: Enantioselective Construction of a Six-Membered Piperidine Framework

    Feng Shi;Ren-Yi Zhu;Wei Dai;Cong-Shuai Wang

  • A Strategy for Synthesizing Axially Chiral Naphthyl‐Indoles: Catalytic Asymmetric Addition Reactions of Racemic Substrates

    Fei Jiang;Ke-Wei Chen;Ping Wu;Yu-Chen Zhang

  • Remote C-H activation via through-space palladium and rhodium migrations.

    Feng Shi;Richard C. Larock

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu-Jiang Tu
Shu-Jiang Tu Jiangsu Normal University
Bo Jiang
Bo Jiang Jiangsu Normal University
Xiaohong Zhang
Xiaohong Zhang Soochow University
Guigen Li
Guigen Li Texas Tech University
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Daqing Shi
Daqing Shi Soochow University
Shun-Jun Ji
Shun-Jun Ji Soochow University
Xian-Yong Wei
Xian-Yong Wei China University of Mining and Technology
Benjamin List
Benjamin List Max Planck Society

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