Yonggui Robin

Research interests

Publications

• Carbene‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202108630

• N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis: Activation Modes and Typical Reactive Intermediates

  Chinese Journal of Chemistry · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1002/cjoc.202000107

• Green oxidation of indoles using halide catalysis

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12768-4

• Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12702-8

• Access to P-Stereogenic Phosphinates via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Bisphenols

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04624

• N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Radical Reactions for Highly Enantioselective β-Hydroxylation of Enals

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja511371a

• A Family of Metal‐Organic Frameworks Exhibiting Size‐Selective Catalysis with Encapsulated Noble‐Metal Nanoparticles

  Advanced Materials · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201400620

• N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed [3+4] Cycloaddition and Kinetic Resolution of Azomethine Imines

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja411110f

• NHC Organocatalytic Formal LUMO Activation of α,β‐Unsaturated Esters for Reaction with Enamides

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201303247

• Functionalization of Benzylic C(sp3)H Bonds of Heteroaryl Aldehydes through N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201305861

• Organocatalytic Enantioselective γ-Aminoalkylation of Unsaturated Ester: Access to Pipecolic Acid Derivatives

  Organic Letters · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol402358k

• β-Carbon activation of saturated carboxylic esters through N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

  Nature Chemistry · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1710

• Direct β‐Activation of Saturated Aldehydes to Formal Michael Acceptors through Oxidative NHC Catalysis

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201302152

• Catalytic Activation of Carbohydrates as Formaldehyde Equivalents for Stetter Reaction with Enones

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja401511r

• Highly Enantioselective Addition of Enals to Isatin-Derived Ketimines Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of Spirocyclic γ-Lactams

  Organic Letters · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol302475g

• Oxidative γ-Addition of Enals to Trifluoromethyl Ketones: Enantioselectivity Control via Lewis Acid/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Cooperative Catalysis

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja303618z

• Enantioselective Activation of Stable Carboxylate Esters as Enolate Equivalents via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

  Organic Letters · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol300676w

• Enantioselective Oxidative Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of Tertiary Amines to Aldehydes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201109054

• Enantioselective Oxidative Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of Tertiary Amines to Aldehydes

  Angewandte Chemie · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201109054

• Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reactions of Enals and Alkylidene Diketones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

  Organic Letters · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol201917u

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