Yu-Hsiang

Yu-Hsiang Chang yhchang@utexas.edu

Yu-Hsiang was born in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University. While there, he worked on the synthesis and characterization of small-molecule organic dyes used for optoelectronics as well as bioimaging application under the supervision of Dr. Ken-Tsung Wong. After graduation in July 2020, he joined the Krische group in January 2021 and is interested in methods development.

Yu-Hsiang'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. “Enantioselective Metal-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkynes with Carbonyl Compounds and Imines: Convergent Construction of Allylic Alcohols and Amines” Ortiz, E.; Shezaf, J. Z.; Chang, Y.-H.; Krische, M. J. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 8164.

2. “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.

1. Understanding Halide Counterion Effects in Enantioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Carbonyl (α-Aryl) allylation: Alkynes as Latent Allenes and TFE-Enhanced Turnover in The Conversion of Ethanol to Higher Alcohols via Hydrogen Auto-Transfer,” Ortiz, E.; Shezaf, J. Z.; Chang, Y.-H.; Théo P. Gonçalves, Kuo-Wei Huang, Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 16709.