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Overview

Wanqing Wu is affiliated with South China University of Technology in China with a primary focus on chemistry. Their research output predominantly covers organic chemistry, supported by extensive contributions to subfields including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and process chemistry and technology.

Their work centers primarily on catalytic processes and synthesis, encompassing topics such as catalytic C-H functionalization methods, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, synthesis and catalytic reactions, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, catalytic alkyne reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and cyclopropane reaction mechanisms.

Wanqing Wu's research has been published frequently in a range of scientific journals, with notable contributions to:

  • Organic Letters
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chemical Communications
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of Wanqing Wu's collaborative and individual research activities. These include:

  • Recent developments in palladium-catalyzed C-S bond formation, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Recent advances in aminative difunctionalization of alkenes, 2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Palladium-catalysed selective oxidative amination of olefins with Lewis basic amines, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Hydrocarboxylation of Alkynes with Carbon Dioxide, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Recent advances in metal catalyzed or mediated cyclization/functionalization of alkynes to construct isoxazoles, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Collaborations play a significant role in Wanqing Wu's publication record, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Huanfeng Jiang
  • Jianxiao Li
  • Xiangwen Tan
  • Yangbin Jin
  • Jiahao Wu

Best Publications

  • Transition metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization of N-oxyenamine internal oxidants.

    Huawen Huang;Huawen Huang;Xiaochen Ji;Xiaochen Ji;Wanqing Wu;Huanfeng Jiang

  • Palladium-catalyzed oxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons using molecular oxygen.

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  • Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative N-S bond functionalization for C-S bond formation: regio- and stereoselective synthesis of sulfones and thioethers.

    Xianwei Li;Yanli Xu;Wanqing Wu;Chang Jiang

  • Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic C(sp2)–H Functionalization for C–N Bond Formation: Synthesis of Pyrazoles and Indazoles

    Xianwei Li;Li He;Huoji Chen;Wanqing Wu

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Coupling of Oxime Acetates with Sodium Sulfinates: An Efficient Synthesis of Sulfone Derivatives

    Xiaodong Tang;Liangbin Huang;Yanli Xu;Jidan Yang

  • Haloalkynes: a powerful and versatile building block in organic synthesis.

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  • Recent advances in the synthesis of cyclopropanes

    Wanqing Wu;Zhiming Lin;Huanfeng Jiang

  • Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbon–Carbon and/or Carbon–Heteroatom Bond Formation with O2 or Internal Oxidants

    Xiaodong Tang;Wanqing Wu;Wei Zeng;Huanfeng Jiang

  • Transition-metal-free synthesis of vinyl sulfones via tandem cross-decarboxylative/coupling reactions of sodium sulfinates and cinnamic acids

    Yanli Xu;Xiaodong Tang;Weigao Hu;Wanqing Wu

  • Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Benzothiazoles via Condensation of 2-Aminobenzenethiols with Nitriles

    Yadong Sun;Huanfeng Jiang;Wanqing Wu;Wei Zeng

  • Copper-catalyzed sulfonamides formation from sodium sulfinates and amines.

    Xiaodong Tang;Liangbin Huang;Chaorong Qi;Xia Wu

  • Copper(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted Furans and Thiophenes from Haloalkynes or 1,3-Diynes

    Huanfeng Jiang;Wei Zeng;Yibiao Li;Wanqing Wu

  • Recent advances in organic synthesis with CO2 as C1 synthon

    Gaoqing Yuan;Caorong Qi;Wanqing Wu;Huanfeng Jiang

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Oxidative Cyclization of Halo‐ alkynes: Synthesis of 2‐Halo‐substituted Imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridines, Imidazo[1,2‐a]pyrazines and Imidazo[1,2‐a]pyrimidines

    Yang Gao;Meizhou Yin;Wanqing Wu;Huawen Huang

  • Ag-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization Reaction of 1,6-Enynes and Sodium Sulfinate: Access to Sulfonylated Benzofurans.

    Wanqing Wu;Songjian Yi;Wei Huang;Di Luo

  • Cu-Catalyzed Three-Component Cascade Annulation Reaction: An Entry to Functionalized Pyridines

    Huanfeng Jiang;Jidan Yang;Xiaodong Tang;Jianxiao Li

  • Metal-free synthesis of 2-aminobenzothiazoles via aerobic oxidative cyclization/dehydrogenation of cyclohexanones and thioureas.

    Jinwu Zhao;Huawen Huang;Wanqing Wu;Huoji Chen

  • Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Oxime Acetates with Isothiocyanates: A Strategy for 2-Aminothiazoles.

    Xiaodong Tang;Zhongzhi Zhu;Chaorong Qi;Wanqing Wu

  • Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative C(sp3)–H Functionalization for Facile Synthesis of 1,2,4-Triazoles and 1,3,5-Triazines from Amidines

    Huawen Huang;Wei Guo;Wanqing Wu;Chao-Jun Li

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Sulfenylation of Indoles and Related Electron-Rich Heteroarenes with Aryl Boronic Acids and Elemental Sulfur.

    Jianxiao Li;Chunsheng Li;Shaorong Yang;Yanni An

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Dehydrogenative Aminohalogenation of Alkenes under Molecular Oxygen: An Approach to Brominated Enamines.

    Xiaochen Ji;Huawen Huang;Wanqing Wu;Huanfeng Jiang

  • Recent Advances in Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction in Ionic Liquids

    Jianxiao Li;Shaorong Yang;Wanqing Wu;Huanfeng Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Huanfeng Jiang
Huanfeng Jiang South China University of Technology
Wei Zeng
Wei Zeng South China University of Technology
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Rui Zhu
Rui Zhu Peking University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Derong Cao
Derong Cao South China University of Technology
Min Zhang
Min Zhang South China University of Technology
Chao-Jun Li
Chao-Jun Li McGill University
Rongrong Hu
Rongrong Hu South China University of Technology
Qinghua Wu
Qinghua Wu South China University of Technology

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