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Shi-Kai Tian is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China and specializes in the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions across related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work predominantly involves topics including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Tian has published extensively in several key venues, which reflect their research interests and collaborations. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Communications

Notable recent publications by Shi-Kai Tian are:

  • "Aromatic Aza-Claisen Rearrangement of Arylpropargylammonium Salts Generated in situ from Arynes and Tertiary Propargylamines", 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Inter- and Intramolecular Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions of Arylbenzylammonium Salts through Highly Site-Selective C-N Bond Cleavage", 2024, ACS Catalysis
  • "Asymmetric Aza-Claisen Rearrangement between Enantioenriched α-Chiral Allylamines and Allenones", 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Strain-release C-C bond cleavage enables the [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of tertiary allylamines", 2021, Chemical Communications
  • "Copper-catalyzed C-3 benzylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones with benzylsulfonyl hydrazides", 2022, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Shi-Kai Tian collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Muliang Zhang
  • Ren-Gui Tian
  • Rui-Han Dai
  • Longyu Wang
  • Lu Han

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Organic Catalysis with Modified Cinchona Alkaloids

    Shi-Kai Tian;Yonggang Chen;Jianfeng Hang;Liang Tang

  • Iodine-catalyzed regioselective sulfenylation of indoles with sulfonyl hydrazides.

    Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic asymmetric cyanosilylation of ketones with chiral Lewis base.

    Shi-Kai Tian;Ran Hong;Li Deng

  • A highly tunable stereoselective olefination of semistabilized triphenylphosphonium ylides with N-sulfonyl imines.

    De-Jun Dong;Hai-Hua Li;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Regioselective and stereospecific cross-coupling of primary allylic amines with boronic acids and boronates through palladium-catalyzed C-N bond cleavage.

    Man-Bo Li;Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Direct substitution of primary allylic amines with sulfinate salts.

    Xue-Song Wu;Yan Chen;Man-Bo Li;Meng-Guang Zhou

  • Catalytic regioselective synthesis of structurally diverse indene derivatives from N-benzylic sulfonamides and disubstituted alkynes.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Fu-Lai Yang;Yi-Zhou Jin;Xian-Tao Ma

  • Iodine-catalyzed three-component oxysulfenylation of alkenes with sulfonyl hydrazides and alcohols

    Fu-Lai Yang;Fu-Xiang Wang;Ting-Ting Wang;Yi-Jie Wang

  • Oxidative Mizoroki-Heck-type reaction of arylsulfonyl hydrazides for a highly regio- and stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted alkenes.

    Fu-Lai Yang;Xian-Tao Ma;Shi-Kai Tian;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Sulfonyl hydrazides as sulfonyl sources in organic synthesis

    Fu-Lai Yang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of enantioenriched primary allylic amines with sulfonyl hydrazides leading to optically active allylic sulfones

    Ting-Ting Wang;Fu-Xiang Wang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of axially chiral BINAM derivatives catalyzed by a Brønsted acid

    Dao-Juan Cheng;Liang Yan;Shi-Kai Tian;Ming-Yue Wu

  • Catalyst-free alkylation of sulfinic acids with sulfonamides via sp(3) C-N bond cleavage at room temperature.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Man-Bo Li;Dao-Juan Cheng;Cui-Feng Yang

  • Selective benzylic and allylic alkylation of protic nucleophiles with sulfonamides through double Lewis acid catalyzed cleavage of sp3 carbon-nitrogen bonds.

    Cong-Rong Liu;Man-Bo Li;Cui-Feng Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Pictet–Spengler-Type Reaction for the Synthesis of Optically Active Indolo[3,4-cd][1]benzazepines

    Dao-Juan Cheng;Hai-Bian Wu;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Copper-Catalyzed Sulfenylation of Boronic Acids with Sulfonyl Hydrazides.

    Ting-Ting Wang;Fu-Lai Yang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Catalytic decarboxylative alkylation of β-keto acids with sulfonamides via the cleavage of carbon-nitrogen and carbon-carbon bonds.

    Cui-Feng Yang;Jian-Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • An Expeditious Entry to Benzylic and Allylic Sulfones through Byproduct-Catalyzed Reaction of Alcohols with Sulfinyl Chlorides

    Hai-Hua Li;De-Jun Dong;Yin-Huan Jin;Shi-Kai Tian

  • A Highly Diastereoselective Decarboxylative Mannich Reaction of β-Keto Acids with Optically Active N-Sulfinyl α-Imino Esters

    Cui-Feng Yang;Chen Shen;Jian-Yong Wang;Shi-Kai Tian

  • Cu2+ induced formation of Au44(SC2H4Ph)32 and its high catalytic activity for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol at low temperature

    Man-Bo Li;Shi-Kai Tian;Zhikun Wu;Rongchao Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhikun Wu
Zhikun Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Zhi-Xiang Yu
Zhi-Xiang Yu Peking University

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