Yanlong Zheng
Life and Health Intelligent Research Institute
Tianjin University of Technology
No.391, Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China.
E-mail:ylzheng@email.tjut.edu.cn
Education and employment
2021.1—present, Life and Health Intelligent Research Institute, Tianjin University of Technology.
2018.3—2020.9, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Ottawa, Supervisor: Prof.Stephen Newman, Research project:Nickel catalyzed derivation of methyl esters
2014.9—2017.6, Ph.D, Organic chemistry, Nankai University,Supervisor:Prof. Mengchun Ye.
Dissertation:Base metal catalyzed transfer hydrogenative couplings of aldehyde with alkene or alkyne
2011.9—2014.6, M.Sc, Organic chemistry, Nankai University,Supervisor:Prof. Qingmin Wang.
Thesis:Synthesis and biological activity studies of phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloids
2007.9—2011.6, B.Sc, Material chemistry (with honors), Anyang Normal University.
Research experience
1. Design and synthesis of novel N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands for transition metal catalysis.
2. High throughput experimentation (HTE) strategy for reaction discovery and optimization.
3. Base metal Fe, Ni and Co catalyzed cross coupling reactions.
Publication
14. Zheng, Y.-L.;* Liang, D.-Y.; Ma, H.-B.; Meng, F.-C.; Wang, T.* Regio- and chemoselective hydroamination of unactivated alkenes with anthranils via NiH-catalysis. Chem. Commun., 2023, doi: 10.1039/d2cc07052a.s
13. Tao, S.-C.; Meng, F.-C.; Wang, T.;* Zheng, Y.-L.* Ni-catalyzed arylation of alkynes with organoboronic acids and aldehydes to access stereodefined allylic alcohols. Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 2040–2045.
12. Zheng, Y.-L.; Xie, P.-P.; Daneshfar, O.; Houk, K. N.;* Hong, X.;* Newman, S. G.* Direct Synthesis of Ketones from Methyl Esters by Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021,60, 13476–13483.
11. Zheng, Y.-L.; Newman, S. G.* Cross-coupling reactions with esters, aldehydes, and alcohols.Chem. Commun.2021,57, 2591–2604.
10. Cook, A.; Prakash, S.;Zheng, Y.-L.;Newman, S. G.* Exhaustive Reduction of Esters Enabled by Nickel Catalysis.J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020,142, 8109–8115.
9. Zheng, Y.-L.;Ye, M.* Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Aldehydes with Alkynes Mediated by Alcohol.Chin. J. Chem.2020,38, 489–493.
8. Zheng, Y.-L.;Newman, S. G.* Nickel-Catalyzed Domino Heck-Type Reactions using Methyl Esters as Cross-Coupling Electrophiles.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019,58, 18159–18164.
7. Zheng, Y.-L.; Newman, S. G.*Methyl Esters as Cross-Coupling Electrophiles: Direct Synthesis of Amide Bonds.ACS Catal.2019,9, 4426–4433.
6. Zheng, Y.-L.; Liu, Y.-Y.; Xu, X.-T.; Zhang, K.;* Ye, M.* Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular Reductive Coupling of Unactivated Aldehydes and Arylalkenes with Isopropanol.Asian J. Org. Chem.2018,7, 554–557.
5. Han, X.-W.; Zhang, T.;Zheng, Y.-L.; Yao, W.-W.; Li, J.-F.; Pu, Y.-G.; Ye, M.;* Zhou, Q.-L. Brønsted Acid Enabled Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroalkenylation of Aldehydes with Styrene and its Derivatives.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018,57, 5068–5071.
4. Zheng, Y.-L.;Luan, Y.-X.; Ye, M.* Recent Progress in Base Metal Catalyzed (Transfer) Hydrogenative Couplings of Carbonyls with π-Unsaturated Compounds.Synlett2016,27,2401–2406.
3. Zheng, Y.-L.;Liu, Y.-Y.; Wu, Y.-M.; Wang, Y.-X.; Lin, Y.-T.; Ye, M.* Iron-Catalyzed Regioselective Transfer Hydrogenative Couplings of Unactivated Aldehydes with Simple Alkenes.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016,55, 6315–6318.
2. Zheng, Y.-L; Liu, Y.; Wang, Q.* Collective Asymmetric Synthesis of (−)-Antofine, (−)-Cryptopleurine, (−)-Tylophorine, and (−)-Tylocrebrine withtert-Butanesulfinamide as a Chiral Auxiliary.J. Org. Chem.,2014,79, 3348–3357.
1. Li, Y.; Li, C.;Zheng, Y.-L; Wei, X.; Ma, Q.; Wei, P.; Liu, Y.; Qin, Y.; Yang, N.; Sun, Y.; Ling, Y.; Yang, Xin.;* Wang, Q.* Design, Synthesis, Acaricidal Activity, and Mechanism of Oxazoline Derivatives Containing an Oxime Ether Moiety.J. Agric. Food. Chem.2014,62, 3064–3072.
