General

Yan-Cheng Hu

Associate professor

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
Tel: 86-411-84771230 (office)
E-mail: ychu@dicp.ac.cn

Research Areas

​Transition-metal catalysis

Education

  • 2011.9—2015.7, Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry, Advisor Prof. Bo-Shun Wan, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

  • 2010.9—2011.7, Graduate Course, University of Science and Technology of China.

  • 2006.9—2010.7, B.S. in Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University.


Experience

   
Work Experience
  • 2018.1—present, Assistant Research Fellow, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

  • 2015.7—2018.1, Post-doctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Tao Zhang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.


Publications

   
Papers

1.         Yancheng Hu, Chunxiang Wang, Dongping Wang, Fan Wu, and Boshun Wan.* Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Pyrroles from Terminal Alkynes and Imines. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3146. 

2.         Yancheng Hu, Ruxia Yi, Fan Wu, and Boshun Wan.* Synthesis of Functionalized Oxazoles Via Silver Catalyzed Cyclization of Propargylamides and Allenylamides. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 7714. 

3.         Yancheng Hu, Ruxia Yi, Chunxiang Wang, Xiaoyi Xin, Fan Wu, and Boshun Wan.* From Propargylamides to Oxazole Derivatives: NIS-Mediated Cyclization and Further Oxidation by Dioxygen. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3052. 

4.         Yancheng Hu, Xiaoyi Xin, and Boshun Wan.* Cyclization Reactions of Propargylic Amides: Mild Access to N-Heterocycles. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 32. 

5.         Yancheng Hu, Xincheng Li, and Boshun Wan.* NIS-Mediated Ring-Closure/Opening Cascade Reactions of Allylamides: An Expedient Route to Oxazolines. Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 6935. 

6.         Yancheng Hu, Ruxia Yi, Xinzhang Yu, Xiaoyi Xin, Chunxiang Wang, and Boshun Wan.* O-Transfer-Facilitated Cyclizations of Propargylamides with TMSN3: Selective Synthesis of Tetrazoles and Dihydroimidazoles. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 15398. 

7.         Yingying Zhao, Yancheng Hu,# Haolong Wang, Xincheng Li, and Boshun Wan.* Transition-Metal Controlled Diastereodivergent Radical Cyclization/Azidation Cascade of 1,7-Enynes. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 4412. (co-first author)

8.         Yingying Zhao, Yancheng Hu,# Chunxiang Wang, Xincheng Li, and Boshun Wan.* Tf2NH-Catalyzed Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides with Dioxazoles: A Metal-Free Approach to Polysubstituted 4-Aminooxazoles. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3935. (co-first author)

9.         Yingying Zhao, Yancheng Hu,# Xincheng Li, and Boshun Wan.* Tf2NH-Catalyzed Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of Oxadiazolones with Ynamides: a Simple Access to Aminoimidazoles. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 3413. (co-first author)

10.     Yancheng Hu, Ning Li,* Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, and Tao Zhang.* Sustainable Production of Pyromellitic Acid with Pinacol and Diethyl Maleate. Green Chem. 2017, 19, 1663.

11.     Yancheng Hu, Ning Li,* Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, and Tao Zhang.* Solid Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of Pinacol Derivatives in Ionic Liquid: Simple and Efficient Access to Branched 1,3-Dienes. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 2576. 

12.     Yancheng Hu, Ning Li,* Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, and Tao Zhang,* Sustainable Production of o-Xylene from Biomass-Derived Pinacol and Acrolein. ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 2880.

13.     Yingying Zhao, Chunxiang Wang, Yancheng Hu,* and Boshun Wan.* Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Formal [5+2+1] Cycloaddition of Ynamides and Isoxazoles with Water: Access to Oxygen-Bridged Tetrahydro-1,4-Oxazepines. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 3963. 

14.     Yancheng Hu, Zhitong Zhao, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Feng Wang,* and Ning Li.* Synthesis of 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid and 1,2-Cyclohexanedicarboxylates from Formaldehyde, Crotonaldehyde and Acrylate/Fumarate. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6901. 

15.     Yancheng Hu, Lin Yuan, Xiuli Zhang, Han Zhou, Pan Wang, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Xinmiao Liang, Wei Li,* and Ning Li.* Production of 1,2-Cyclohexanedicarboxylates from Diacetone Alcohol and Fumarates. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 2980.