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Ming-Hua Xu is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Chemistry, with a significant concentration in Organic Chemistry. Other subfields of study include Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research topics span a range of specialized areas including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Ming-Hua Xu has frequently published in several scientific venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ming-Hua Xu include:

  • "Stereodivergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched 2,3-Disubstituted Dihydrobenzofurans via a One-Pot C-H Functionalization/Oxa-Michael Addition Cascade", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Regiospecific and Enantioselective Arylvinylcarbene Insertion of a C-H Bond of Aniline Derivatives Enabled by a Rh(I)-Diene Catalyst", 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "An S-scheme artificial photosynthetic system with H-TiO2/g-C3N4 heterojunction coupled with MXene boosts solar H2 evolution", 2024, Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • "Rhodium(I) Carbene-Promoted Enantioselective C−H Functionalization of Simple Unprotected Indoles, Pyrroles and Heteroanalogues: New Mechanistic Insights", 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Rhodium(i)-catalyzed C-S bond formation via enantioselective carbenoid S-H insertion: catalytic asymmetric synthesis of α-thioesters", 2022, Organic Chemistry Frontiers

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Dong-Xing Zhu
  • Weici Xu
  • Lung Wa Chung
  • Jianguo Liu
  • Meiling Huang

Best Publications

  • Design of C2-symmetric tetrahydropentalenes as new chiral diene ligands for highly enantioselective Rh-catalyzed arylation of N-tosylarylimines with arylboronic acids.

    Zhi-Qian Wang;Chen-Guo Feng;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • An advance on exploring N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines in asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines.

    Guo-Qiang Lin;Ming-Hua Xu;Yu-Wu Zhong;Xing-Wen Sun

  • Simple Branched Sulfur–Olefins as Chiral Ligands for Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of Cyclic Ketimines: Highly Enantioselective Construction of Tetrasubstituted Carbon Stereocenters

    Hui Wang;Tao Jiang;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoid into Si–H: Efficient Access to Functional Chiral Silanes

    Diao Chen;Dong-Xing Zhu;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Remarkable salt effect on In-mediated allylation of N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines in aqueous media: highly practical asymmetric synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines and isoindolinones.

    Xing-Wen Sun;Min Liu;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • Fluorescent sensors for the enantioselective recognition of mandelic acid: signal amplification by dendritic branching.

    Ming-Hua Xu;Jing Lin;Qiao-Sheng Hu;Lin Pu

  • Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carbene Insertion into B–H Bonds: Highly Enantioselective Access to Functionalized Organoboranes

    Diao Chen;Xu Zhang;Wei-Yi Qi;Bin Xu

  • Rhodium‐Catalyzed, Highly Enantioselective 1,2‐Addition of Aryl Boronic Acids to α‐Ketoesters and α‐Diketones Using Simple, Chiral Sulfur–Olefin Ligands

    Ting-Shun Zhu;Shen-Shuang Jin;Ming-Hua Xu

  • A practical enantioselective fluorescent sensor for mandelic acid.

    Jing Lin;Qiao-Sheng Hu;Ming-Hua Xu;Lin Pu

  • Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of organoboronic acids to nitroalkenes using chiral bicyclo[3.3.0] diene ligands.

    Zhi-Qian Wang;Chen-Guo Feng;Shu-Sheng Zhang;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Room-temperature highly diastereoselective Zn-mediated allylation of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines: remarkable reaction condition controlled stereoselectivity reversal.

    Xing-Wen Sun;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • Simple sulfur–olefins as new promising chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis

    Yi Li;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Chiral Diene as the Ligand for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Compounds via Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki−Miyaura Coupling Reaction

    Shu-Sheng Zhang;Zhi-Qian Wang;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • A highly efficient and direct approach for synthesis of enantiopure beta-amino alcohols by reductive cross-coupling of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines with aldehydes.

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Yi-Zhou Dong;Kai Fang;Kenji Izumi

  • Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Phthalides by Efficient Reductive Cyclization of 2-Acylarylcarboxylates under Aqueous Transfer Hydrogenation Conditions

    Bo Zhang;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • Design of chiral sulfoxide-olefins as a new class of sulfur-based olefin ligands for asymmetric catalysis.

    Wei-Yi Qi;Ting-Shun Zhu;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Highly practical catalytic asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids in water using new hydrophilic chiral bicyclo[3.3.0] diene ligands

    Chen-Guo Feng;Zhi-Qian Wang;Cheng Shao;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Design of N-sulfinyl homoallylic amines as novel sulfinamide-olefin hybrid ligands for asymmetric catalysis: application in Rh-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-additions

    Shen-Shuang Jin;Hui Wang;Ming-Hua Xu

  • Stereodivergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched 2,3-Disubstituted Dihydrobenzofurans via a One-Pot C–H Functionalization/Oxa-Michael Addition Cascade

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  • Samarium diiodide-induced asymmetric synthesis of optically pure unsymmetrical vicinal diamines by reductive cross-coupling of nitrones with N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.

    Yu-Wu Zhong;Ming-Hua Xu;Guo-Qiang Lin

  • A New 1,1‘-Binaphthyl-Based Catalyst for the Enantioselective Phenylacetylene Addition to Aromatic Aldehydes without Using a Titanium Complex

    Ming-Hua Xu;Lin Pu

Frequent Co-Authors

Guo-Qiang Lin
Guo-Qiang Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Li
Yi Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu-Wu Zhong
Yu-Wu Zhong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Liu
Min Liu Central South University
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hisashi Yamamoto
Hisashi Yamamoto Chubu University
Lung Wa Chung
Lung Wa Chung Southern University of Science and Technology
Chen Zhu
Chen Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kaixian Chen
Kaixian Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hualiang Jiang
Hualiang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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