DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BIOLOGY & CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 60 Email wing-yiu.yu@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BSc (The University of Hong Kong) PhD (The University of Hong Kong) ORCID ID 0000-0003-3181-8908 Prof. YU Wing-yiu Michael Professor Research Overview Our group aspires to develop fundamental breakthroughs for powering future innovation in green chemical synthesis. My research focuses on: (1) Activation of inert C–H bonds for catalytic cross-coupling reactions (2) Catalytic multicomponent coupling for stereoselective synthesis Representative Publications Our group pioneered in: Exploration of carboradicals • Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3174 • J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3304 Carbenes • Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 4112 • J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13565 Ortho-C(aryl)-H aminations with electrophilic amination • Chem Commun. 2013, 49, 7031 • Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 272 • Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11680 N-arylsulfonyloxycarbamates • Commun. Chem. 2022, 5, 176 • J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14962 • J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3849 • Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 4474 • Organic Chemistry Highlights, 2011, Jun 13 • J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12862 Group review • Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 2123 Achievements Our research team has pioneered developing new cross-coupling reactions involving the activation of insert chemical bonds and multi-component carbenoid cross-coupling reactions. Our works have been published in more than 90 Science Citation Index papers, including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature communications, Communication Chemistry, Organic Letters, Chemical Communications, and Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. Over 11,000 citations so far have been registered from Scopus. Notably, my current H-index is 58 (Scopus).
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