Jin-Quan Yu

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2016 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
• 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Palladium(II)-catalyzed C-H activation/C-C cross-coupling reactions: versatility and practicality.

  Xiao Chen;Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  4282
  Citations

• Weak coordination as a powerful means for developing broadly useful C-H functionalization reactions.

  Keary M. Engle;Tian-Sheng Mei;Masayuki Wasa;Jin-Quan Yu

  2770
  Citations

• Palladium-Catalyzed Transformations of Alkyl C-H Bonds.

  Jian He;Masayuki Wasa;Kelvin S. L. Chan;Qian Shao

  1893
  Citations

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

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

  1626
  Citations

• Cu(II)-Catalyzed Functionalizations of Aryl C−H Bonds Using O2 as an Oxidant

  Xiao Chen;Xue-Shi Hao;Charles E Goodhue;Jin-Quan Yu

  1462
  Citations

• Activation of remote meta -C–H bonds assisted by an end-on template

  Dasheng Leow;Gang Li;Tian-Sheng Mei;Jin-Quan Yu

  985
  Citations

• Palladium(II)‐katalysierte C‐H‐Aktivierung/C‐C‐Kreuzkupplung: Vielseitigkeit und Anwendbarkeit

  Xiao Chen;Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  940
  Citations

• 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

  818
  Citations

• Palladium-Catalyzed Methylation and Arylation of sp2 and sp3 C−H Bonds in Simple Carboxylic Acids

  Ramesh Giri;Nathan Maugel;Jiao Jie Li;Dong Hui Wang

  804
  Citations

• 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

  763
  Citations

• Enantioselective C(sp3)‒H bond activation by chiral transition metal catalysts.

  Tyler G. Saint-Denis;Ru-Yi Zhu;Gang Chen;Qing-Feng Wu

  762
  Citations

• Functionalization of C(sp3)–H bonds using a transient directing group

  Fang-Lin Zhang;Kai Hong;Tuan-Jie Li;Hojoon Park

  672
  Citations

• Synthesis of beta-, gamma-, and delta-lactams via Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H activation reactions.

  Masayuki Wasa;Jin-Quan Yu

  647
  Citations

• Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Iodination of Unactivated C ? H Bonds under Mild Conditions

  Ramesh Giri;Xiao Chen;Jin Quan Yu

  638
  Citations

• A Simple and Versatile Amide Directing Group for C-H Functionalizations.

  Ru‐Yi Zhu;Marcus E. Farmer;Yan‐Qiao Chen;Jin‐Quan Yu

  611
  Citations

• Divergent C-H functionalizations directed by sulfonamide pharmacophores: late-stage diversification as a tool for drug discovery.

  Hui-Xiong Dai;Antonia F. Stepan;Mark S. Plummer;Yang-Hui Zhang

  600
  Citations

• C-H functionalization in organic synthesis.

  Huw M. L. Davies;Justin Du Bois;Jin-Quan Yu

  586
  Citations

• Palladium-catalyzed alkylation of sp2 and sp3 C-H bonds with methylboroxine and alkylboronic acids: two distinct C-H activation pathways.

  Xiao Chen;Charles E. Goodhue;Jin-Quan Yu

  582
  Citations

• Conformation-induced remote meta -C–H activation of amines

  Ri-Yuan Tang;Gang Li;Jin-Quan Yu

  576
  Citations

• Ligand-enabled meta -C–H activation using a transient mediator

  Xiao-Chen Wang;Wei Gong;Li-Zhen Fang;Ru-Yi Zhu

  573
  Citations

• Pd-catalyzed stereoselective oxidation of methyl groups by inexpensive oxidants under mild conditions : A dual role for carboxylic anhydrides in catalytic C-H bond oxidation

  Ramesh Giri;Jue Liang;Jian Guang Lei;Jiao Jie Li

  570
  Citations

• Synthesis of Indolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines from Arylethylamines by PdII-Catalyzed CH Activation Reactions†

  Jiao-Jie Li;Jiao-Jie Li;Tian-Sheng Mei;Jin-Quan Yu

  565
  Citations