Congjun Yu
@CongjunY
incoming assistant professor @ CU Boulder, USA Post-doc. in Dong group @ UChi, USA PhD in Patureau group @ RWTH, Germany MSc in Zhang group @ SIOC, China
It was an incredible party! Many thanks to Guangbin and all the organizers!
Last weekend, we had a wonderful farewell party for Congjun (@CongjunY) and Miao (@MiaoChen1997) at Guangbin’s home. Congjun will join CU Boulder as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, and Miao will be starting at Merck as a Senior Scientist. Wishing them both the best of luck!
Congratulations to Zhang group and Guo group.👍pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Great work!
🚨 A single-atom swap could change the game in drug discovery! 🧪💥 We have just unveiled a CO-to-S atom swap method that turns ketones into sulfur-containing frameworks in complex, bioactive molecules in just two steps. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Congratulations to Zining.
interesting
Reversible single-electron-transfer (SET) in #maingroup systems—cyclic pnictogen radicals—analogs of aryl radical anions in Birch reductions—just published in @angew_chem Congratulations to Henric and all @Ghadwal_Group @bruin_bas Thanks @dfg_public onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
Had a fantastic evening with my PhD supervisor, Fred — great food, insightful discussions, and invaluable advice..
Great to see Dr. Congjun Yu again in Aachen, after all the years! FP
Representative papers: Chem. Commun. 2025 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… OL 2024 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… CEJ 2023 (Hot paper) …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023 (JACS Spotlights) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021 (JACS Spotlights) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Please check out our recent review on Acc. Chem. Res., authored by Rui @zhangrchem Skeletal Modification via Activation of Relatively Unstrained C–C Bonds. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
This offers an efficient approach for late-stage modification of bioactive compounds, facilitating advancements in drug discovery.
How can one selectively saturate the most unactivated arene in a complex molecule to escape from flat land? Please check out the directed 6-π activation model we recently disclosed. Congratulations to Congjun @CongjunY, Linda and Zining go.shr.lc/3ZNjvQc
Congratulations to Guangbin
Big news !! Huge congratulations to our PI Guangbin @GuangbinDong for receiving the 2025 Mukaiyama Award!!! Congratulations to Ohmatsu Lab, too. ssocj.jp/en/award/mukai…
It was a great experience presenting a demo at the South Side Science Festival @UChicago
Today, our group presented a polymer demonstration on behalf of NSF-PCE at the South Side Science Festival #southsidesciencefestival, attracting a large audience.
By harnessing the power of organobismuth compounds, the Viresh Rawal group have developed a sustainable, efficient & metal-free method to create arylethylamines—essential building blocks in many drugs. Read the full paper now - sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @Lilichem2022 @Chem_CP
Congratulations to Yun (1st paper in the group!) and Ben. Looking forward to the next one. FP Oxidation of NOBINs Toward α-Spiropyrrolidones | Organic Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…
A reaction concept can be said to have had a large impact when authors stop feeling the need to cite the original works and reviews, considering those to be common knowledge. FP The original phenol dehydrogenative phenothiazination concept: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
Selective Cleavage of Cbeta-O-4 Bond for Lignin Depolymerization via Paired-Electrolysis in an Undivided Cell (Zhiliang Huang and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
My research on Alkenylidene Homologation, enabled by SNV mechanism, is now officially online @Nature! Thrilled to demonstrate how colorful🌈🌈🌈, fully-substituted cross-conjugated polyenes can be synthesized at will. nature.com/articles/s4158…
Why was this @NatureComms article retracted? Find out in @ChemEurJ: Oxidative N–N Bond Formation Versus the Curtius Rearrangement - Hohenadel - Chemistry – A European Journal - Wiley Online Library …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…
Congrats to Miao
Let's freely type out cross-conjugated polyenes from now on! Our latest breakthrough on alkenylidene homologation, enabled by the SNV is now live in @Nature ! Congrats to Miao @MiaoChe83885174 Thanks to the brilliant collaboration with @pengliu_group. rdcu.be/dIOjU
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Happy to share our recent work on "Enantioconvergent carbenoid insertion into carbon−boron bonds" on chemrxiv. The new class of chiral auxiliaries on boron allow enantioselective insertion of diversely functionalized carbenoids—various tertiary stereocenters are now made easy.