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Min Shi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, specializing in the field of Chemistry with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry. Their published work significantly contributes to several subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research spans a variety of topics such as Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms, Catalytic Alkyne Reactions, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Radical Photochemical Reactions, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Min Shi has authored papers in several notable journals, including:

  • Gold-Catalyzed Conversion of Highly Strained Compounds, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Recent developments in cyclopropene chemistry, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Recent advances in annulation reactions based on zwitterionic π-allyl palladium and propargyl palladium complexes, 2021, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Recent Advances in the Construction of Trifluoromethyl-Containing Spirooxindoles through Cycloaddition Reactions, 2020, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Contemporary photoelectrochemical strategies and reactions in organic synthesis, 2023, Chemical Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in specific venues, with the highest number of publications in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemical Science
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Min Shi has collaborated extensively with a group of coauthors, showing significant research partnerships with:

  • Yin Wei
  • Jiaxin Liu
  • Dingsong Wang
  • Liyan Liang
  • Tonggang Hao

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric Morita-Baylis-Hillman/aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reactions.

    Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Multifunctional Chiral Phosphine Organocatalysts in Catalytic Asymmetric Morita−Baylis−Hillman and Related Reactions

    Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Recent developments of cyclopropene chemistry.

    Zhi-Bin Zhu;Yin Wei;Min Shi;Min Shi

  • Development of asymmetric phosphine-promoted annulations of allenes with electron-deficient olefins and imines

    Qian-Yi Zhao;Zhong Lian;Yin Wei;Min Shi;Min Shi

  • Chiral NHC–metal-based asymmetric catalysis

    Feijun Wang;Lian-jun Liu;Wenfeng Wang;Shengke Li

  • Chemical fixation of carbon dioxide catalyzed by binaphthyldiamino Zn, Cu, and Co salen-type complexes.

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  • Gold-catalyzed tandem reactions of methylenecyclopropanes and vinylidenecyclopropanes.

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  • Rapid Generation of Molecular Complexity in the Lewis or Brønsted Acid-Mediated Reactions of Methylenecyclopropanes

    Min Shi;Jian-Mei Lu;Yin Wei;Li-Xiong Shao

  • Chiral phosphine lewis bases catalyzed asymmetric aza-Baylis-Hillman reaction of N-sulfonated imines with activated olefins.

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  • Palladium-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Allyl Stannanes

    Min Shi and;Kenneth M. Nicholas

  • Chemistry of Vinylidenecyclopropanes

    Min Shi;Li-Xiong Shao;Jian-Mei Lu;Yin Wei

  • Recent extensions of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction

    Guang-Ning Ma;Jia-Jun Jiang;Min Shi;Min Shi;Yin Wei

  • Chiral phosphine-catalyzed enantioselective construction of gamma-butenolides through substitution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman acetates with 2-trimethylsilyloxy furan.

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  • Chemical fixation of carbon dioxide by NaI/PPh3/PhOH.

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  • Lu's [3 + 2] cycloaddition of allenes with electrophiles: discovery, development and synthetic application

    Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Applications of chiral phosphine-based organocatalysts in catalytic asymmetric reactions.

    Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Heterocycles and Related Substances Based on α-Imino Rhodium Carbene Complexes Derived from N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles.

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  • Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric addition of diarylphosphines to enones toward the synthesis of chiral phosphines.

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  • Divergent Synthesis of Carbo- and Heterocycles via Gold-Catalyzed Reactions

    Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Highly regio- and diastereoselective construction of spirocyclopenteneoxindoles through phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates with isatylidene malononitriles.

    Hong-Ping Deng;Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Aza‐Baylis–Hillman Reactions and Their Synthetic Applications

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  • Phosphine- and nitrogen-containing Lewis base catalyzed highly regioselective and geometric selective cyclization of isatin derived electron-deficient alkenes with ethyl 2,3-butadienoate.

    Xiu-Chun Zhang;Shu-Hua Cao;Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Catalytic, asymmetric Baylis-Hillman reaction of imines with methyl vinyl ketone and methyl acrylate.

    Unknown

  • Rhodium(II)‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Cycloisomerizations of Methylenecyclopropanes with N‐Sulfonyl 1,2,3‐Triazoles

    Kai Chen;Zi-Zhong Zhu;Yong-Sheng Zhang;Xiang-Ying Tang

  • Phosphine-catalyzed highly diastereoselective [3+2] cyclization of isatin derived electron-deficient alkenes with α-allenic esters.

    Xiu-Chun Zhang;Shu-Hua Cao;Yin Wei;Min Shi;Min Shi

  • Catalyst-Dependent Stereodivergent and Regioselective Synthesis of Indole-Fused Heterocycles through Formal Cycloadditions of Indolyl-Allenes

    Liang-Yong Mei;Yin Wei;Xiang-Ying Tang;Min Shi;Min Shi

  • Chiral Bidentate Bis(N‐Heterocyclic Carbene)‐Based Palladium Complexes Bearing Carboxylate Ligands: Highly Effective Catalysts for the Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Cyclic Enones

    Tao Zhang;Min Shi

  • Phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric [4+1] annulation of activated α,β-unsaturated ketones with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates: enantioselective synthesis of spirooxindoles containing two adjacent quaternary stereocenters.

    Fang-Le Hu;Yin Wei;Min Shi

  • Asymmetric [3+2] annulation of allenes with maleimides catalyzed by dipeptide-derived phosphines: facile creation of functionalized bicyclic cyclopentenes containing two tertiary stereogenic centers.

    Qianyi Zhao;Xiaoyu Han;Yin Wei;Min Shi;Min Shi

  • Gold(I)-catalyzed cascade cyclization reaction: highly regio- and diastereoselective intermolecular addition of water and alcohols to epoxy alkynes.

    Lun-Zhi Dai;Ming-Juan Qi;Yong-Ling Shi;Xu-Guang Liu

  • Asymmetric catalytic aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction for the synthesis of 3-substituted-3-aminooxindoles with chiral quaternary carbon centers.

    Fang-Le Hu;Yin Wei;Min Shi;Min Shi;Suresh Pindi

  • Asymmetric Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of arylaldehydes with 2-cyclohexen-1-one catalyzed by chiral bis(thio)urea and DABCO

    Min Shi;Xu-Guang Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yin Wei
Yin Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Chen
Feng Chen East China University of Science and Technology
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Guigen Li
Guigen Li Texas Tech University
Chaozhong Li
Chaozhong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Yixin Lu
Yixin Lu National University of Singapore
Ilan Marek
Ilan Marek Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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