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Yong-Gui Zhou is affiliated with the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China. Their research spans multiple areas within chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions in organic chemistry and related subfields.

Their work frequently appears in prominent publication venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Chinese Journal of Chemistry

The main fields of study for Yong-Gui Zhou are chemistry, with 190 publications, and materials science, with 67 publications. Within these, they have specialized in subfields such as:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering

The major research topics covered include:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Yong-Gui Zhou has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Zhengkun Yu
  • Chang-Bin Yu
  • Mu-Wang Chen
  • Zilong Huang
  • Lixia Liu

Recent scientific publications by Yong-Gui Zhou, highlighting a range of topics and years, include:

  • Transition-metal mediated carbon-sulfur bond activation and transformations: an update (2020), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed carbene insertion to C-H bonds (2022), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • Biomimetic asymmetric catalysis (2023), published in Science China Chemistry
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Indole-Fused Bicyclo[3.2.1]octanes via Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction (2021), published in Organic Letters
  • Design and synthesis of chiral and regenerable [2.2]paracyclophane-based NAD(P)H models and application in biomimetic reduction of flavonoids (2020), published in Chemical Science

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation of heteroarenes and arenes.

    Duo-Sheng Wang;Qing-An Chen;Sheng-Mei Lu;Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds

    Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Highly Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds, Quinolines

    Wen-Bo Wang;Sheng-Mei Lu;Peng-Yu Yang;Xiu-Wen Han

  • Homogeneous palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

    Qing-An Chen;Zhi-Shi Ye;Ying Duan;Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinolines and Isoquinolines Activated by Chloroformates

    Sheng-Mei Lu;You-Qing Wang;Xiu-Wen Han;Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Transition-metal mediated carbon-sulfur bond activation and transformations: an update.

    Jiang Lou;Jiang Lou;Quannan Wang;Quannan Wang;Ping Wu;Ping Wu;Hongmei Wang

  • Dihydrophenanthridine: a new and easily regenerable NAD(P)H model for biomimetic asymmetric hydrogenation.

    Qing-An Chen;Kai Gao;Ying Duan;Zhi-Shi Ye

  • Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed carbene insertion to C-H bonds.

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  • Hydrogen-bonding directed reversal of enantioselectivity.

    Wei Zeng;Guo-Ying Chen;Yong-Gui Zhou;Yu-Xue Li

  • Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unprotected Indoles Activated by Brønsted Acids

    Duo-Sheng Wang;Qing-An Chen;Wei Li;Chang-Bin Yu

  • Highly Effective Chiral Ortho-Substituted BINAPO Ligands (o-BINAPO): Applications in Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenations of β-Aryl-Substituted β-(Acylamino)acrylates and β-Keto Esters

    Yong-Gui Zhou;Wenjun Tang;Wen-Bo Wang;Wenge Li

  • Homogenous Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unprotected Indoles: Scope and Mechanistic Studies

    Ying Duan;Lu Li;Mu-Wang Chen;Chang-Bin Yu

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinolines Catalyzed by Iridium with Chiral Ferrocenyloxazoline Derived N,P Ligands

    Sheng-Mei Lu;Xiu-Wen Han;Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Highly enantioselective reductive amination of simple aryl ketones catalyzed by Ir-f-Binaphane in the presence of titanium(IV) isopropoxide and iodine.

    Yongxiang Chi;Yong-Gui Zhou;Xumu Zhang

  • Highly Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of 2-Benzylquinolines and 2-Functionalized and 2,3-Disubstituted Quinolines

    Da-Wei Wang;Xiao-Bing Wang;Duo-Sheng Wang;Sheng-Mei Lu

  • Enantioselective synthesis of cyclic sulfamidates via Pd-catalyzed hydrogenation

    You-Qing Wang;Chang-Bin Yu;Da-Wei Wang;Xiao-Bing Wang

  • Highly Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Activated Imines

    You-Qing Wang;Sheng-Mei Lu;Yong-Gui Zhou

  • Biomimetic asymmetric hydrogenation: in situ regenerable Hantzsch esters for asymmetric hydrogenation of benzoxazinones.

    Qing-An Chen;Mu-Wang Chen;Chang-Bin Yu;Lei Shi

  • Convergent Asymmetric Disproportionation Reactions: Metal/Brønsted Acid Relay Catalysis for Enantioselective Reduction of Quinoxalines

    Qing-An Chen;Duo-Sheng Wang;Yong-Gui Zhou;Ying Duan

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Pyridinium Salts†

    Zhi-Shi Ye;Mu-Wang Chen;Qing-An Chen;Lei Shi

  • Bifunctional AgOAc-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides.

    Wei Zeng;Yong-Gui Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengkun Yu
Zhengkun Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xumu Zhang
Xumu Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Li-Xin Dai
Li-Xin Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong Tang
Yong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiu-Li Sun
Xiu-Li Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ping Chen
Ping Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shu-Li You
Shu-Li You Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hisashi Yamamoto
Hisashi Yamamoto Chubu University
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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