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Overview

Guangbin Dong is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and specializes in the field of Chemistry. Their research primarily focuses on Organic Chemistry, with significant contributions also made in Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The main topics of Guangbin Dong's work include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Guangbin Dong has a substantial publication record, with frequent appearances in prominent academic journals. Venues where their research is often published include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Guangbin Dong include:

  • "Temporary or removable directing groups enable activation of unstrained C-C bonds," 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Ketones," 2020, Trends in Chemistry
  • "Boron insertion into alkyl ether bonds via zinc/nickel tandem catalysis," 2021, Science
  • "Structurally Modified Norbornenes: A Key Factor to Modulate Reaction Selectivity in the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Deconstructive Synthesis of Bridged and Fused Rings via Transition-Metal-Catalyzed 'Cut-and-Sew' Reactions of Benzocyclobutenones and Cyclobutanones," 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research

Frequent collaborators that have co-authored multiple publications with Guangbin Dong include:

  • Peng Liu
  • Rui Zhang
  • Si-Hua Hou
  • Xin Liu
  • Shinyoung Choi

Guangbin Dong's contributions to catalytic methodologies and chemical synthesis highlight their active role in advancing organic and inorganic chemistry through both experimental and mechanistic studies. Their broad spectrum of topics and collaborations reflects a multidisciplinary approach. The majority of their research outputs have been published in high-impact journals relevant to chemical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–H Alkylation Using Alkenes

    Zhe Dong;Zhi Ren;Samuel J. Thompson;Yan Xu;Yan Xu

  • Transition metal-catalyzed ketone-directed or mediated C–H functionalization

    Zhongxing Huang;Hee Nam Lim;Fanyang Mo;Michael C. Young

  • Recent applications of arene diazonium salts in organic synthesis.

    Fanyang Mo;Fanyang Mo;Guangbin Dong;Yan Zhang;Jianbo Wang

  • Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis.

    Jianchun Wang;Guangbin Dong

  • "Cut and Sew" Transformations via Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation.

    Peng-hao Chen;Brent A. Billett;Tatsuhiro Tsukamoto;Guangbin Dong

  • Simple Amine-Directed Meta-Selective C–H Arylation via Pd/Norbornene Catalysis

    Zhe Dong;Jianchun Wang;Guangbin Dong

  • Ortho vs ipso: site-selective Pd and norbornene-catalyzed arene C-H amination using aryl halides.

    Zhe Dong;Guangbin Dong

  • Regioselective ketone α-alkylation with simple olefins via dual activation

    Fanyang Mo;Guangbin Dong

  • Total synthesis of bryostatin 16 using atom-economical and chemoselective approaches

    Barry M. Trost;Guangbin Dong

  • Rhodium-catalyzed regioselective carboacylation of olefins: a C-C bond activation approach for accessing fused-ring systems.

    Tao Xu;Guangbin Dong

  • Direct activation of relatively unstrained carbon–carbon bonds in homogeneous systems

    Alpay Dermenci;Jotham W. Coe;Guangbin Dong

  • Palladium-catalyzed dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformations of vinyl aziridines with nitrogen heterocycles: rapid access to biologically active pyrroles and indoles.

    Barry M. Trost;Maksim Osipov;Guangbin Dong

  • Primary Alcohols from Terminal Olefins: Formal Anti-Markovnikov Hydration via Triple Relay Catalysis

    Guangbin Dong;Peili Teo;Zachary K. Wickens;Robert H. Grubbs;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Catalytic activation of carbon–carbon bonds in cyclopentanones

    Ying Xia;Gang Lu;Peng Liu;Guangbin Dong;Guangbin Dong

  • Catalytic Functionalization of Unactivated sp3 C–H Bonds via exo-Directing Groups: Synthesis of Chemically Differentiated 1,2-Diols

    Zhi Ren;Fanyang Mo;Guangbin Dong

  • Catalytic C(sp(3) )-H Arylation of Free Primary Amines with an exo Directing Group Generated In Situ.

    Yan Xu;Michael C. Young;Chengpeng Wang;David M. Magness

  • Synthesis of ortho‐Acylphenols through the Palladium‐Catalyzed Ketone‐Directed Hydroxylation of Arenes

    Fanyang Mo;Louis J. Trzepkowski;Guangbin Dong

  • Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation

    Yan Xu;Xiaotian Qi;Pengfei Zheng;Pengfei Zheng;Carlo C. Berti

  • Cooperative activation of cyclobutanones and olefins leads to bridged ring systems by a catalytic [4 + 2] coupling

    Haye Min Ko;Guangbin Dong

  • sp3 C–H activation via exo-type directing groups

    Yan Xu;Guangbin Dong

  • Highly Enantioselective Rh-Catalyzed Carboacylation of Olefins: Efficient Syntheses of Chiral Poly-Fused Rings

    Tao Xu;Haye Min Ko;Nikolas A. Savage;Guangbin Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Peng Liu
Peng Liu University of Pittsburgh
Zhen Yang
Zhen Yang Peking University
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Jianbo Wang
Jianbo Wang Peking University
Zhi-Xiang Yu
Zhi-Xiang Yu Peking University
C. Buddie Mullins
C. Buddie Mullins The University of Texas at Austin
Jinlong Gong
Jinlong Gong Tianjin Normal University
Xiaoyang Zhu
Xiaoyang Zhu Columbia University
Chris H. Senanayake
Chris H. Senanayake TCG GreenChem Inc.

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