PUBLICATIONS
Independent Career (graduate student, undergraduate student#, high school student##)
2023
9. Wang, B.; Singh, J.;# Deng, Y. Photoredox-Catalyzed Divergent Radical Cascade Annulations of 1,6-Enynes via Pyridine N-Oxide-Promoted Vinyl Radical Generation. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 9219-9224.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03930.
8. Ascenzi Pettenuzzo, C.; Nganda, J.; Y. Deng, Photoinduced Pyridine N-oxides Catalyzed Carbon Radical Generation from Alkylboronic Acids. ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202300953.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202300953
Front Cover: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cctc.202301368
2022
7. Wang, B.; Ascenzi Pettenuzzo, C.; Singh, J.#; McCabe, G. E.#; Clark, L.#; Young, R.; Pu, J.; Deng, Y. Photoinduced Site-Selective Functionalization of Aliphatic C–H Bonds by Pyridine N-oxide Based HAT Catalysts. ACS Catalysis 2022, 10441-10448.
6. Wang, B.; Mccabe, G.#; Parrish, M.#; Singh, J.#; Zeller, M., Deng, Y.* Organic Photoredox Catalyzed Direct Hydroamination of Ynamides with Azoles . Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 1179-1184.
2021
5. Deng, Y.*; Zhang, J.##; Bankhead, B.#; Markham, J. P.; Zeller, M., Photoinduced oxidative cyclopropanation of ene-ynamides: synthesis of 3-aza[n.1.0]bicycles via vinyl radicals. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57 (43), 5254-5257. Inside front cover. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC02016A
2019
1. Wang, B.; Howard, I. G. #; Pope, J. W. #; Conte, E. D.; Deng, Y.*, Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Complexes for Catalytic Carbene Transfer Reactions. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 7958 - 7963. (DOI: 10.1039/C9SC02189B)
2. Markham, J. P.; Wang, B.; Stevens, E. D.; Burris, S. C.; Deng, Y.*, ortho-Alkylation of pyridine N-oxides with alkynes by photocatalysis: Pyridine N-oxide as redox auxiliary. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6638-6644. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901065)
3. Marichev, K. O.; Dong, K.; Massey, L. A.; Deng, Y.; Angelis L. D.; Wang, K.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Chiral donor−acceptor azetines as powerful reactants for synthesis of amino acid derivatives. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10 (1), 1-10. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13326-8)
4. Marichev, K. O.; Wang, K.; Dong, K.; Greco, N.; Massey, L. A.; Deng, Y.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted azetidines from donor-acceptor azetines via asymmetric copper(I)-catalyzed imido-ylide [3+1]-cycloaddition with metallo-enolcarbenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019 , 58 , 16188-16192. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909929)
2018
6. Wang, L.; Wang, Y.; Dong, S.; Deng, Y.; Hao, J.; Nanocapsules of magnetic Au self-assembly for DNA migration and secondary self-assembly. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 5348–5357. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b18689)
7. Cheng, Q.-Q.; Massey, L. A.; Willett, B.; Deng, Y.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Copper‐catalyzed formal [4+2]‐cycloaddition of enoldiazoimides with sulfur ylides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10343-10346. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805323)
Pre-Independent Career
Deng, Y.; Massey, L. A.; Rodriguez, Y. A.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Catalytic divergent [3+3]- and [3+2]-cycloaddition by discrimination between diazo compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12292–12296. (DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706639)
Deng, Y.; Massey, L. A.; Zavalij, P.Y.; Doyle, M. P., Catalytic asymmetric [3+1]-cycloaddition reaction of sulfur ylides with electrophilic metalloenolcarbene intermediates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7479. (DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704069) Highlighted in Synfacts 2017, 13, 834. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590658)
Deng, Y.; Yglesias, M. V.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of cyclopentyl β-amino esters by [3+2]-cycloaddition of enecarbamates with electrophilic metalloenolcarbene intermediates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10108. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605438)
Deng, Y.; Liu, L.; Sarkisian, R. G.; Wheeler, K.; Wang, H.; Xu, Z., Arylamine-catalyzed enamine formation: Cooperative catalysis with arylamines and acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2013, 52, 3663-3667. (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209268) Highlighted in Synfacts 2013, 9, 0631. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338808)
Deng, Y.†; Pei, C.†; Arman, H.; Dong, K.; Xu, X; Doyle, M. P., Syntheses of tetrahydropyridazine and tetrahydro-1,2-diazepine scaffolds through cycloaddition reactions of azoalkenes with enoldiazoacetates, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5884. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02965)
Deng, Y.; Jing, C.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Reactivity and selectivity in catalytic reactions of enoldiazoacetamides. Assessment of metal carbenes as intermediates. Organometallics, 2016, 35, 3413. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00648)
Deng, Y.; Jing, C.; Doyle, M. P., Dinitrogen extrusion from enoldiazo compounds under thermal conditions: Synthesis of donor-acceptor cyclopropenes. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12924. (DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05006E)
Deng, Y.; Jing, C.; Zavalij, P. Y.; Doyle, M. P., Hg(OTf)2 catalyzed intramolecular 1,4-addition of donor–acceptor cyclopropenes to arenes. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4312. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02129)
Deng, Y.; Kumar, S.; Wheeler, K.; Wang, H., Trio catalysis merging enamine, brᴓnsted Acid, and metal Lewis acid catalysis: Asymmetric three-component aza-diels-alder reaction of substituted cinnamaldehydes, cyclic ketones, and arylamines. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 7874. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406569)
Deng, Y.; Karunaratne, C. V.; Csatary, E.; Tierney, D. L.; Wheeler, K.; Wang, H., Chiral bimetallic batalysts derived from chiral metal phosphates: Enantioselective three-component asymmetric aza-Diels-Alder reactions of cyclic ketones. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 7984. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00895)
Karunaratne, C. V.; Sarkisian, R. G.; Reeves, J.; Deng, Y.; Wheeler, K. A.; Wang, H., Multicomponent reaction through cooperative trio catalysis incorporating enamine, Brønsted acid and metal Lewis acid catalysis: a concise route to access chromans. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 4933. (DOI: 10.1039/C7OB00753A)
Jing, C.; Cheng, Q.-Q.; Deng, Y.; Arman, H.; Doyle, M. P., Highly regio- and enantioselective formal [3+2]-annulation of indoles with electrophilic enol carbene intermediates. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4550. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02192)
Xu, X.; Deng, Y.; Yim, D. N.; Zavalij, P. Y.; Doyle, M. P., Enantioselective cis-β-lactam synthesis by intramolecular C-H functionalization from enoldiazoacetamides and derivative donor-acceptor cyclopropenes. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 2196. (DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03991B)
Liu, Y.; Deng, Y.; Zavalij, P. Y.; Liu, R.; Doyle, M. P., An efficient route to highly enantioenriched tetrahydroazulenes and β-tetralones by desymmetrization reactions of δ,δ-diaryldiazoaceto-acetates. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 565. (DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08255A)
Jinadasa, R. G. W.; Fang, Y. Y.; Deng, Y.; Deshpande, R.; Jiang, X. Q.; Kadish, K. M.; Wang, H., Unsymmetrically functionalized benzoporphyrins. Rsc. Adv. 2015, 5, 51489. (DOI:10.1039/C5RA09179A)
Liu, L.; Daka, P; Sarkisian, R. G.; Deng, Y.; Wheeler, K.; Wang, H., Oxa-Diels–Alder reaction of isatins and acyclic α,β-unsaturated methyl ketones through cooperative dienamine and metal Lewis acid catalysis.” Synthesis 2014, 46, 1339. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338613)
Liu, L.; Sarkisian, R.; Deng, Y.; Wang, H., Sc(OTf)3-catalyzed three-component cyclization of arylamines, β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters, and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds for the synthesis of highly substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines and tetrahydropyridines.” J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 5751. (DOI: 10.1021/jo400578m)
Fan, D. W.; Deng, Y.; Hao, J. C., In situ fabrication and electrochemical behavior of amino acid polyoxometalate nanoparticles-embedded microcapsules.” Amino Acids 2010, 39, 1363. (DOI 10.1007/s00726-010-0590-7)
Review and Book Chapters
Deng, Y.; Cheng, Q.-Q.; Doyle, M.P., Asymmetric [3+3]-cycloaddition for heterocycle synthesis. Synlett 2017, 28, 1695-1706. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588453)
Deng, Y.; Doyle, M. P., Versatile donor-acceptor cyclopropenes in metal carbene transformations. Isr. J. Chem. 2016, 56, 399. (DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201500083)
Deng, Y.; Qiu, H.; D. Srinivas, H.; Doyle, M. P., Chiral dirhodium(II) catalysts for selective metal carbene reactions. Curr. Org. Chem. 2016, 20, 61. (DOI: 10.2174/1385272819666150714182732)
Deng, Y.; Kumar, S.; Wang, H., Synergistic-cooperative combination of enamine catalysis with transition metal catalysis. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 4272. (DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00072B)
Deng, Y.; Hao, J. C., “Chapter 6. Proteins and Amino Acid-Based Assembly Using Layer-by-Layer Technique.” In Self-Assembled Structure: Properties and Applications in Solution and on Surfaces, Hao, J. C., Ed.; CRC press, 2011, Boca Raton, FL, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4083-2.
Cheng, Q.-Q.; Deng, Y.; Lankelma, M.; Doyle, M.P., Cycloaddition reactions of enoldiazo compounds. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 5425-5443. (DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00324B)
Sha, Q.; Deng, Y.; Doyle, M. P., The Future of Catalysis by Chiral Lewis Acids. Springer Berlin Heidelberg: Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 1-25.
Wang, H.; Deng, Y., “Chapter 4. Cooperative Catalysis Involving Enamine Catalysis” in Cooperative Catalysis: Designing Efficient Catalysts for Synthesis, Peters R., Ed., Wiley‐VCH, 2015, Weinheim, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-527-33689-0.