Wang Research Group: Organic Synthesis and Catalysis
Fifth Floor, Chevron Science Center
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences • University of Pittsburgh
Department of Chemistry
2024-4-12: Shalini, Aaron, Austin, Jin, and Yidong published their work 1,3-enyne synthesis from C−H functionalization of alkynes in Organic Letters: Synthesis of 1,3-Enynes by Iron-Catalyzed Propargylic C–H Functionalization: An Alkyne Analogue for the Eschenmoser Methenylation
Congratulations to Shalini on her first paper!
2024-4-4: Sarah successfully defends her PhD. Congratulations, Dr. Scrivener!
2024-2-13: Our work with Peng Liu’s group on enantioselective propargylic silylation has been published in Angewandte Chemie: Enantioselective and Regiodivergent Synthesis of Propargyl- and Allenylsilanes through Catalytic Propargylic C−H Deprotonation
Congrats to Jin, Hengye, Hai, James, Ruiqi, and Yue!
2023-12-10: Austin and Jin successfully defend their PhD’s to become Dr. Durham and Dr. Zhu!
2023-5-19: Austin and Cindy’s paper on regioselective dihydropyrrolone synthesis using iron complexes has been published in Chemistry – A European Journal: Iron-Mediated C−H Functionalization of Unactivated Alkynes for the Synthesis of Derivatized Dihydropyrrolones: Regioselectivity Under Thermodynamic Control
Congrats to Austin and Cindy!
2023-3-21: Ruihan has been awarded an Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship and Ruiqi has been awarded an Arts & Sciences Fellowship by the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Christopher, Yuting, and Anna have been awarded Wass Fellowships by the Department of Chemistry.
Congrats to everyone for their success in these fellowship applications!
2023-2-27: Sarah and Yidong’s paper on the coupling of alkenes and enones with iron catalysis has been published in Organic Letters: Iron-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkenes and Enones: Sakurai–Michael-type Conjugate Addition of Catalytic Allyliron Intermediates
Congrats to Sarah and Yidong!
2023-1-25: James, Rui, and Yue’s paper on vinyl cation-mediated hydroarylation was highlighted in Synfacts: Pyridinium-Promoted Hydroarylation of Alkynes
2023-1-9: Our work with computational collaborators in the Peng Liu Group on the design of Cp ligands for iron-catalyzed allylic C–H functionalization has been published as a VIP article in Angewandte Chemie: Designed Iron Catalysts for Allylic C−H Functionalization of Propylene and Simple Olefins
Congrats to Ruihan, Yidong, Ruiqi, Parker, and Christopher! (Synfacts highlight )
2022-12-26: Our work on the coupling of allenes, aldehydes, and silyl triflates through iron-catalyzed C–H functionalization has been published in Synthesis (Invited Feature Article): Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,1-Disubstituted Allenylic Silyl Ethers Through Regioselective C(sp2)−H Functionalization of Allenes
Congrats to Ruiqi and Yidong!
2022-10-18: Jin, Yidong, and Aaron’s paper on stereoselective propargylic C–H allylation was highlighted in Synfacts: Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective and Diastereodivergent Propargylic C(sp3)–H Allylation
2022-9-13: Our work on vinyl cation-mediated cyclization reactions has been published in ChemComm (Invited manuscript for 2022 Emerging Investigators collection): Vinyl Cation-Mediated Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Alkynes Using Pyridinium Reagents
Congrats to James, Rui, and Yue!
2022-8-17: Our work on stereoselective propargylic C–H allylation has been published in JACS: Enantioselective and Diastereodivergent Allylation of Propargylic C–H Bonds
Congrats to Jin, Yidong, and Aaron!
Contact: (email) ym.wang@pitt.edu, (tel.) 412-624-0028, (office) 505 Chevron Science Center
Graduate student liaison: Austin Durham (acd63@pitt.edu)
Mailing address: 326 Chevron Science Center, 219 Parkman Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260