Congjun Yu

Our postdoc @Willi_Amberg built @SynStrategy a learning tool that categorizes 500+ reactions by functional group with 400+ total synthesis examples. If you’re into #OrgChem, check it out (it’s free)! iOS: apps.apple.com/de/app/synstra… Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… #ChemTwitter

Final version. Congrats to Adam and Yujun! Thanks to the collaboration with the ⁦@YangjianQUAN⁩ group! Electrochemical defluorinative Matteson-type homologation ⁦@Nature⁩ ⁦@Boron_Chemistry⁩ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Aluminum: lightest p-block metal with very low electronegativity. Converting Al(III) to Al(I) in stoichiometric reactions is rare. But now, we've made Al redox catalysis a reality! Check it out @nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Late-stage C–H functionalization offers new opportunities in drug discovery nature.com/articles/s4157…

Metal-Free Catalytic Cross-Coupling of Esters and Boranes (@J_A_C_S): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja….

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Check out our latest work in @NatureChemistry ! We developed a platform using 1,2-oxaborines to construct a broad range of aromatic and non-aromatic cores from common enone/enal precursors. Congratulations to Yao and the team! Read here: rdcu.be/eJ90T

Thrilled to share our recent findings on Angle-Strained Cycloalkyne-Mediated Carbonyl 1,2-Transposition @ChemRxiv - go.shr.lc/48gp9QS