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Yu Lan is affiliated with Zhengzhou University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a strong focus on organic chemistry. Their research spans over 600 publications in the broader field, with particular emphasis on subfields such as organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's main topics of work include catalytic C-H functionalization methods, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, radical photochemical reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, and catalytic alkyne reactions.

Yu Lan has published frequently in several prominent scientific journals. The most common venues for their work are:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Some of the recent notable papers by Yu Lan include:

  • "Manganese-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinolines Enabled by π-π Interaction," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed selective carboxylation of C(sp3)−F bonds with CO2," 2021, Chem
  • "Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Remote Difunctionalizing Carboxylation of Unactivated Alkenes with CO2," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Stereoselective access to [5.5.0] and [4.4.1] bicyclic compounds through Pd-catalysed divergent higher-order cycloadditions," 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • "Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Construction of Indoles via C−H Bond Activation," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Yu Lan's research include:

  • Shijun Li
  • Haohua Chen
  • Ruopeng Bai
  • Shihan Liu
  • Donghui Wei

Best Publications

  • Visible‐Light‐Mediated Decarboxylation/Oxidative Amidation of α‐Keto Acids with Amines under Mild Reaction Conditions Using O2

    Jie Liu;Qiang Liu;Hong Yi;Chu Qin

  • Rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation of phenacyl ammonium salts assisted by an oxidizing C-N bond: a combination of experimental and theoretical studies.

    Songjie Yu;Song Liu;Yu Lan;Boshun Wan

  • Chemoselective Carbophilic Addition of α-Diazoesters through Ligand-Controlled Gold Catalysis†

    Yumeng Xi;Yijin Su;Zhaoyuan Yu;Boliang Dong

  • Mechanistic view of Ru-catalyzed C–H bond activation and functionalization: computational advances

    Chunhui Shan;Lei Zhu;Ling-Bo Qu;Ruopeng Bai

  • Nine-Membered Benzofuran-Fused Heterocycles: Enantioselective Synthesis by Pd-Catalysis and Rearrangement via Transannular Bond Formation

    Zi-Qiang Rong;Li-Cheng Yang;Song Liu;Zhaoyuan Yu

  • Mechanism of Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Advances in Theoretical Investigation

    Xiaotian Qi;Yingzi Li;Ruopeng Bai;Yu Lan

  • Anthranil: An Aminating Reagent Leading to Bifunctionality for Both C(sp(3) )-H and C(sp(2) )-H under Rhodium(III) Catalysis

    Songjie Yu;Guodong Tang;Yingzi Li;Xukai Zhou

  • Catalytic N-radical cascade reaction of hydrazones by oxidative deprotonation electron transfer and TEMPO mediation.

    Xiao-Qiang Hu;Xiaotian Qi;Jia-Rong Chen;Quan-Qing Zhao

  • Enantioselective Trapping of Pd-Containing 1,5-Dipoles by Photogenerated Ketenes: Access to 7-Membered Lactones Bearing Chiral Quaternary Stereocenters.

    Yi Wei;Song Liu;Miao-Miao Li;Yi Li

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers by Pd-Catalyzed C−H Olefination using Chiral Spiro Phosphoric Acid Ligands

    Jun Luo;Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang;Lei Wang;Gang Liao

  • C–O Functionalization of α-Oxyboronates: A Deoxygenative gem-Diborylation and gem-Silylborylation of Aldehydes and Ketones

    Lu Wang;Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang;Wei Sun;Zeyu He

  • Asymmetric Propargylic Radical Cyanation Enabled by Dual Organophotoredox and Copper Catalysis.

    Fu-Dong Lu;Dan Liu;Lei Zhu;Liang-Qiu Lu

  • Transition-Metal-Assisted Radical/Radical Cross-Coupling: A New Strategy to the Oxidative C(sp3)–H/N–H Cross-Coupling

    Liangliang Zhou;Shan Tang;Xiaotian Qi;Caitao Lin

  • Revealing a Second Transmetalation Step in the Negishi Coupling and Its Competition with Reductive Elimination: Improvement in the Interpretation of the Mechanism of Biaryl Syntheses

    Qiang Liu;Yu Lan;Jing Liu;Gang Li

  • Computational methods to calculate accurate activation and reaction energies of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of 24 1,3-dipoles.

    Yu Lan;Lufeng Zou;Yang Cao;K. N. Houk

  • Manganese‑Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinolines Enabled by π–π Interaction**

    Chenguang Liu;Mingyang Wang;Shihan Liu;Yujie Wang

  • Mechanism and enantioselectivity in palladium-catalyzed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to β-substituted cyclic enones: insights from computation and experiment.

    Jeffrey C. Holder;Lufeng Zou;Alexander N. Marziale;Peng Liu

  • Iridium Catalysts with f-Amphox Ligands: Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones.

    Weilong Wu;Shaodong Liu;Meng Duan;Xuefeng Tan

  • Regiodivergent Enantioselective γ-Additions of Oxazolones to 2,3-Butadienoates Catalyzed by Phosphines: Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids and N,O-Acetal Derivatives.

    Tianli Wang;Zhaoyuan Yu;Ding Long Hoon;Claire Yan Phee

  • Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed selective carboxylation of C(sp3)−F bonds with CO2

    Si-Shun Yan;Shi-Han Liu;Lin Chen;Zhi-Yu Bo

  • Highly enantioselective construction of tertiary thioethers and alcohols via phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric γ-addition reactions of 5H-thiazol-4-ones and 5H-oxazol-4-ones: scope and mechanistic understandings.

    Tianli Wang;Zhaoyuan Yu;Ding Long Hoon;Kuo-Wei Huang

  • Anthranil: An Aminating Reagent Leading to Bifunctionality for Both C(sp3)—H and C(sp2)—H under Rhodium(III) Catalysis.

    Songjie Yu;Guodong Tang;Yingzi Li;Xukai Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Aiwen Lei
Aiwen Lei Wuhan University
Zhen Yang
Zhen Yang Peking University
Qiuling Song
Qiuling Song Huaqiao University
Chao Liu
Chao Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Yi
Hong Yi Wuhan University
Guanghui Zhang
Guanghui Zhang Dalian University of Technology
Xingwei Li
Xingwei Li Shaanxi Normal University
Da-Gang Yu
Da-Gang Yu Sichuan University
Wen-Jing Xiao
Wen-Jing Xiao Central China Normal University
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles

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