Weijia (Vega) Shen

Weijia (Vega) Shen vegashen@utexas.edu

Weijia was born in Shanghai, China. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Shanghai University. While there, he worked as a research assistant on copper nitrate-mediated [2+2+1] cyclization of alkynes under the supervision of Dr. Qitao Tan. After graduation in July 2019, he joined the Krische group in August 2021 and is interested in methods development.

Vega's Publications

4. “Palladium(I)-Iodide Catalyzed Deoxygenative Heck Reaction of Vinyl Triflates: A Formate-Mediated Cross-Electrophile Reductive Coupling with cine-Substitution,” Chang, Y.-H.; Shen, W.; Shezaf, J. Z.; Ortiz, E.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22890. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09876.)

3. “Dual Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkene Isomerization-Hydrogen Auto-Transfer Unlocks Skipped Dienes as Pronucleophiles for Enantioselective Carbonyl Allylation,” Dubey, Z. J.; Shen, W.; Little, J. A.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8576. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00934).

2. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation: Historical Perspective and Survey of Enantioselective for Conversion of Lower Alcohols to Higher Alcohols,” Ortiz, E.; Shen, W.; Shezaf, J. Z.; Krische, M. J. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 12625. (DOI: 10.1039/d2sc05621f.)

1. “Stereo- and Site-Selective Conversion of Primary Alcohols to Allylic Alcohols via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Auto-Transfer Mediated by 2-Butyne,” Ortiz, E.; Chang, Y.-H.; Shezaf, J. Z.; Shen, W.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8861.