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Overview

Yixin Lu is a researcher affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their work is predominantly situated within the field of chemistry, with a strong focus on organic chemistry and notable contributions to materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics encompass catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, radical photochemical reactions, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, and sulfur-based synthesis techniques.

Their recent publications include:

  • Atropisomers beyond the C-C axial chirality: Advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis, 2022, Chem
  • Rational design and atroposelective synthesis of N-N axially chiral compounds, 2021, Chem
  • Catalytic asymmetric preparation of pyrroloindolines: strategies and applications to total synthesis, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Regiodivergent sulfonylarylation of 1,3-enynes via nickel/photoredox dual catalysis, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Decarboxylative 1,4-carbocyanation of 1,3-enynes to access tetra-substituted allenes via copper/photoredox dual catalysis, 2021, Chemical Science

Frequent co-authors of Yixin Lu include Lei Dai, Qingqin Huang, Xueting Zhou, Jiami Guo, and Guang-Jian Mei.

The venues where Yixin Lu has published most frequently are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Organic Letters

Best Publications

  • Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric Organic Reactions.

    Huanzhen Ni;Wai-Lun Chan;Yixin Lu

  • Highly Enantioselective [3+2] Annulation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts Mediated by L‐Threonine‐Derived Phosphines: Synthesis of 3‐Spirocyclopentene‐2‐oxindoles having Two Contiguous Quaternary Centers

    Fangrui Zhong;Xiaoyu Han;Youqing Wang;Yixin Lu

  • Asymmetric catalysis with chiral primary amine-based organocatalysts

    Li-Wen Xu;Li-Wen Xu;Jie Luo;Yixin Lu

  • Enantioselective [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Allenes to Acrylates Catalyzed by Dipeptide-Derived Phosphines: Facile Creation of Functionalized Cyclopentenes Containing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers

    Xiaoyu Han;Youqing Wang;Fangrui Zhong;Yixin Lu

  • Amino Acid-Derived Bifunctional Phosphines for Enantioselective Transformations

    Tianli Wang;Xiaoyu Han;Fangrui Zhong;Weijun Yao

  • Atropisomers beyond the C–C axial chirality: Advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis

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  • Tuneable near white-emissive two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks

    Xing Li;Qiang Gao;Juefan Wang;Yifeng Chen

  • Primary amino acids: privileged catalysts in enantioselective organocatalysis

    Li-Wen Xu;Yixin Lu

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiropyrazolones through Phosphine‐Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation

    Xiaoyu Han;Weijun Yao;Tianli Wang;Yong Ren Tan

  • Asymmetric aldol reactions catalyzed by tryptophan in water

    Zhaoqin Jiang;Zhian Liang;Xiaoyu Wu;Yixin Lu

  • Highly Efficient Threonine-Derived Organocatalysts for Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in Water

    Xiaoyu Wu;Zhaoqin Jiang;Han-Ming Shen;Yixin Lu

  • Versatile Enantioselective [3+2] Cyclization between Imines and Allenoates Catalyzed by Dipeptide‐Based Phosphines

    Xiaoyu Han;Fangrui Zhong;Youqing Wang;Yixin Lu

  • Highly Enantioselective Regiodivergent Allylic Alkylations of MBH Carbonates with Phthalides

    Fangrui Zhong;Jie Luo;Guo-Ying Chen;Xiaowei Dou

  • Enantioselective Phosphine-Catalyzed Formal [4+4] Annulation of α,β-Unsaturated Imines and Allene Ketones: Construction of Eight-Membered Rings

    Huanzhen Ni;Xiaodong Tang;Wenrui Zheng;Weijun Yao

  • Highly enantioselective [4 + 2] annulations catalyzed by amino acid-based phosphines: Synthesis of functionalized cyclohexenes and 3-spirocyclohexene-2-oxindoles

    Fangrui Zhong;Xiaoyu Han;Youqing Wang;Yixin Lu

  • Phosphine-mediated Highly Enantioselective Spirocyclization with Ketimines as Substrates.

    Xiaoyu Han;Wai-Lun Chan;Weijun Yao;Yongjiang Wang

  • Asymmetric Mannich reaction of fluorinated ketoesters with a tryptophan-derived bifunctional thiourea catalyst.

    Xiao Han;Jacek Kwiatkowski;Feng Xue;Kuo-Wei Huang

  • Diastereodivergent Synthesis of 3‐Spirocyclopropyl‐2‐oxindoles through Direct Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Oxindoles

    Xiaowei Dou;Yixin Lu

  • Highly enantioselective synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrans through a phosphine-catalyzed [4+2] annulation of allenones and β,γ-unsaturated α-keto esters.

    Weijun Yao;Xiaowei Dou;Yixin Lu

  • Highly effective synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from methanol and carbon dioxide using a novel copper–nickel/graphite bimetallic nanocomposite catalyst

    Jun Bian;Min Xiao;Shuanjin Wang;Xiaojin Wang

  • Direct asymmetric three-component organocatalytic anti-selective Mannich reactions in a purely aqueous system

    Lili Cheng;Xiaoyu Wu;Yixin Lu

  • Novel Amino Acid Based BifunctionalChiral Phosphines

    Su-Xi Wang;Xiaoyu Han;Fangrui Zhong;Youqing Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuezhong Meng
Yuezhong Meng Sun Yat-sen University
Tamio Hayashi
Tamio Hayashi National Taiwan Normal University
Kuo-Wei Huang
Kuo-Wei Huang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Shuangjin Wang
Shuangjin Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Tian Li Wang
Tian Li Wang Johns Hopkins University
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Dongmei Han
Dongmei Han Sun Yat-sen University
Peter W. Schiller
Peter W. Schiller University of Montreal
Ming Wah Wong
Ming Wah Wong National University of Singapore
Han-Ming Shen
Han-Ming Shen University of Macau

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