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Haifeng Du is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Chemistry, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research spans various subfields, including Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their main research topics include:

  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Haifeng Du has published numerous papers in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Some recent notable publications are:

  • Asymmetric catalysis with FLPs, 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Asymmetric Catalysis with Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs, 2020, Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of N-Unprotected Indoles with Ammonia Borane, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Chiral FLP-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of 3-fluorinated chromones, 2021, Chemical Communications
  • Relay Catalysis by Achiral Borane and Chiral Phosphoric Acid in the Metal-Free Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Chromones, 2021, Organic Letters

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Xiangqing Feng
  • Wei Meng
  • Zaiqi Han
  • Bochao Gao
  • Caifang Han

Best Publications

  • Catalytic diamination of olefins via N-N bond activation.

    Yingguang Zhu;Richard G. Cornwall;Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Diamination of Conjugated Dienes and Triene

    Haifeng Du;Weicheng Yuan;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • Catalytic asymmetric allylic and homoallylic diamination of terminal olefins via formal C-H activation.

    Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • A facile Pd(0)-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective diamination of conjugated dienes and trienes.

    Haifeng Du;and Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • Frustrated Lewis Pairs Catalyzed Asymmetric Metal-Free Hydrogenations and Hydrosilylations.

    Wei Meng;Xiangqing Feng;Haifeng Du

  • Chiral Dienes as “Ligands” for Borane-Catalyzed Metal-Free Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Imines

    Yongbing Liu;Haifeng Du

  • A Pd(0)-catalyzed diamination of terminal olefins at allylic and homoallylic carbons via formal C-H activation under solvent-free conditions.

    Haifeng Du;Weicheng Yuan;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • A Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines Using Ammonia Borane.

    Songlei Li;Gen Li;Wei Meng;Haifeng Du

  • Metal-free borane-catalyzed highly stereoselective hydrogenation of pyridines.

    Yongbing Liu;Haifeng Du

  • A highly enantioselective hydrogenation of silyl enol ethers catalyzed by chiral frustrated Lewis pairs.

    Simin Wei;Haifeng Du

  • A highly cis-selective and enantioselective metal-free hydrogenation of 2,3-disubstituted quinoxalines.

    Zhenhua Zhang;Haifeng Du

  • Enantioselective Catalysis of the Hetero‐Diels–Alder Reaction between Brassard's Diene and Aldehydes by Hydrogen‐Bonding Activation: A One‐Step Synthesis of (S)‐(+)‐Dihydrokawain

    Haifeng Du;Dongbo Zhao;Kuiling Ding

  • Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies on Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diamination of Conjugated Dienes

    Baoguo Zhao;Haifeng Du;Sunliang Cui;Yian Shi

  • Combinatorial chemistry approach to chiral catalyst engineering and screening: rational design and serendipity.

    Kuiling Ding;Haifeng Du;Yu Yuan;Jiang Long

  • Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Indoles and Pyrroles by Chiral Alkene-Phosphine Ligands

    Ziping Cao;Yilin Liu;Zhaoqun Liu;Xiangqing Feng

  • Metal-free asymmetric hydrogenation and hydrosilylation catalyzed by frustrated Lewis pairs

    Xiangqing Feng;Haifeng Du

  • Chiral Frustrated Lewis Pairs Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Hydrosilylations of 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds

    Xiaoyu Ren;Haifeng Du

  • A Palladium‐Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Diamination of Terminal Olefins

    Bin Wang;Haifeng Du;Yian Shi

  • Cu(I)-catalyzed asymmetric diamination of conjugated dienes.

    Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Weicheng Yuan;Yian Shi

  • A mild Cu(I)-catalyzed regioselective diamination of conjugated dienes.

    Weicheng Yuan;Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

  • A Facile Pd(0)‐Catalyzed Regio‐ and Stereoselective Diamination of Conjugated Dienes and Trienes.

    Haifeng Du;Baoguo Zhao;Yian Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuiling Ding
Kuiling Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Lanzhou University
Hui Chen
Hui Chen University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Wang
Feng Wang University of California, Berkeley
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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