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Shu-Yu Zhang is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has a research focus primarily within the field of Chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research extensively covers catalytic and synthetic methodologies, with particular attention to asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, as well as axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis. Other prominent topics explored include catalytic C-H functionalization methods, synthesis and catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, and crystallization and solubility studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shu-Yu Zhang include Tong-Mei Ding, Zi-Hao Li, Jia Zhou, Yong-Qiang Tu, and He-Yuan Bai.

Their publication record features numerous contributions to well-established scientific journals. The most common venues for their work are:

  • Organic Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chem Catalysis

Recent representative publications highlight the scope and variety of their work:

  • "Organocatalytic Enantioselective Construction of Heterocycle-Substituted Styrenes with Chiral Atropisomerism" (2020, Organic Letters)
  • "High heat-resistant polyimide films containing quinoxaline moiety for flexible substrate applications" (2020, Polymer)
  • "Highly Chemo-, Site-, and Enantioseletive para C-H Aminoalkylation of N-Monosubstituted Aniline Derivatives Affording 3-Amino-2-oxindoles" (2020, Organic Letters)
  • "Plasma-synthesized platinum single atom and nanoparticle catalysts for high-current-density hydrogen evolution" (2023, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Ni-catalyzed, enantioselective three-component radical relayed reductive coupling of alkynes: Synthesis of axially chiral styrenes" (2022, Chem Catalysis)

Best Publications

  • Direct Sp3α-C-H activation and functionalization of alcohol and ether.

    Shu-Yu Zhang;Fu-Min Zhang;Yong-Qiang Tu

  • Selective fluorescent probes for live-cell monitoring of sulphide

    Yong Qian;Jason Karpus;Omer Kabil;Shu Yu Zhang;Shu Yu Zhang

  • Highly efficient syntheses of azetidines, pyrrolidines, and indolines via palladium catalyzed intramolecular amination of C(sp3)-H and C(sp2)-H bonds at γ and δ positions.

    Gang He;Yingsheng Zhao;Shuyu Zhang;Chengxi Lu

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Picolinamide-Directed Alkylation of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds with Alkyl Iodides

    Shu Yu Zhang;Gang He;William A. Nack;Yingsheng Zhao

  • Use of a Readily Removable Auxiliary Group for the Synthesis of Pyrrolidones by the Palladium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Amination of Unactivated γ C(sp3) ? H Bonds

    Gang He;Shu Yu Zhang;William A. Nack;Qiong Li

  • Efficient Alkyl Ether Synthesis via Palladium-Catalyzed, Picolinamide-Directed Alkoxylation of Unactivated C(sp3)–H and C(sp2)–H Bonds at Remote Positions

    Shu Yu Zhang;Gang He;Yingsheng Zhao;Kiwan Wright

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of β-Alkylated α-Amino Acids via Palladium-Catalyzed Alkylation of Unactivated Methylene C(sp3)–H Bonds with Primary Alkyl Halides

    Shu Yu Zhang;Qiong Li;Gang He;William A. Nack

  • Copper-catalyzed carboxamide-directed ortho amination of anilines with alkylamines at room temperature.

    Qiong Li;Shu Yu Zhang;Gang He;Zhaoyan Ai

  • Iron‐Catalyzed C(sp3)C(sp3) Bond Formation through C(sp3)H Functionalization: A Cross‐Coupling Reaction of Alcohols with Alkenes

    Shu-Yu Zhang;Yong-Qiang Tu;Chun-An Fan;Fu-Min Zhang

  • Palladium-catalyzed trifluoroacetate-promoted mono-arylation of the β-methyl group of alanine at room temperature: synthesis of β-arylated α-amino acids through sequential C–H functionalization

    Bo Wang;William A. Nack;Gang He;Shu Yu Zhang

  • Pd-Catalyzed Monoselective ortho-C–H Alkylation of N-Quinolyl Benzamides: Evidence for Stereoretentive Coupling of Secondary Alkyl Iodides

    Shu Yu Zhang;Qiong Li;Gang He;William A. Nack

  • Organocatalytic Asymmetric Direct C sp 3H Functionalization of Ethers: A Highly Efficient Approach to Chiral Spiroethers

    Zhi-Wei Jiao;Shu-Yu Zhang;Chuan He;Yong-Qiang Tu

  • Recent progress in the isolation, bioactivity, biosynthesis, and total synthesis of natural spiroketals

    Fu-Min Zhang;Shu-Yu Zhang;Yong-Qiang Tu;Yong-Qiang Tu

  • Copper-Complex-Catalyzed Asymmetric Aerobic Oxidative Cross-Coupling of 2-Naphthols: Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,3'-Substituted C1 -Symmetric BINOLs.

    Jin-Miao Tian;Ai-Fang Wang;Ju-Song Yang;Xiao-Jing Zhao

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Picolinamide-Directed Acetoxylation of Unactivated γ-C(sp3)H Bonds of Alkylamines

    Qiong Li;Shu Yu Zhang;Gang He;William A. Nack

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoretentive Olefination of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds with Vinyl Iodides at Room Temperature: Synthesis of β-Vinyl α-Amino Acids

    Bo Wang;Chengxi Lu;Shu Yu Zhang;Gang He

  • Copper-Mediated Cascade C-H/N-H Annulation of Indolocarboxamides with Arynes: Construction of Tetracyclic Indoloquinoline Alkaloids.

    Ting-Yu Zhang;Chang Liu;Chao Chen;Jian-Xin Liu

  • Highly atroposelective synthesis of nonbiaryl naphthalene-1,2-diamine N-C atropisomers through direct enantioselective C-H amination.

    He-Yuan Bai;Fu-Xin Tan;Tuan-Qing Liu;Guo-Dong Zhu

  • Quinine/selectfluor combination induced asymmetric semipinacol rearrangement of allylic alcohols: an effective and enantioselective approach to alpha-quaternary beta-fluoro aldehydes.

    Min Wang;Bao Min Wang;Lei Shi;Yong Qiang Tu

  • Development of the Intramolecular Prins Cyclization/Schmidt Reaction for the Construction of the Azaspiro[4,4]nonane: Application to the Formal Synthesis of (±)-Stemonamine

    Zhi-Hua Chen;Yong-Qiang Tu;Shu-Yu Zhang;Fu-Min Zhang

  • Electrochemical Semipinacol Rearrangements of Allylic Alcohols: Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters.

    Jun-Chen Kang;Yong-Qiang Tu;Jia-Wei Dong;Chao Chen

  • An efficient total synthesis of (+/-)-lycoramine.

    Chun-An Fan;Yong-Qiang Tu;Zhen-Lei Song;En Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong-Qiang Tu
Yong-Qiang Tu Lanzhou University
Gong Chen
Gong Chen Nankai University
Yao-Yu Wang
Yao-Yu Wang Northwest University
Guo-Ping Yang
Guo-Ping Yang East China University of Science and Technology
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Jiantao Zai
Jiantao Zai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ruma Banerjee
Ruma Banerjee University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao Nanjing University

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