see http://chigroupweb.org
Education:
2007-2009 Postdoc., Jean M. J. Fréchet Group, Department of Chemistry, UC-Berkeley, USA
2002-2007 Ph.D., Samuel H. Gellman Group, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison, USA
1998-2002 BSc., Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and Tsinghua University
Selected Recognitions:
2009 Singapore National Research Foundation Fellow Research Grant Award
2008 Stereochemistry GRC Post Doctoral Award-Deed of Gift Award
2006, 2007 Abbott Laboratories Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
2006 Vilas Fellowship (UW-Madison)
2006 McElvain Travel Award
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 UGC Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowship for Outstanding Mainland Students
2002 Highest cumulative GPA award in Chemistry Department (HKBU GPAs during1999-2002)
2000-2002 University President’s Honor Roll Award
2001 Mr. Wong Kwok Shuen Memorial Scholarship
2000 Mr. Lui Ming Fong Memorial Scholarship
1997 First honor prize in national high school chemistry contest (China)
Selected Publications:
-Guo, L.; Chi, Y.; A. M. ; Guzei, I. A.; Parker, B. K. ; Gellman, S. H. "Stereospecific Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained γ-Amino Acids: New Foldamer Building Blocks That Support Helical Secondary Structure", J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2009, 131, 16018-16020.
-Scroggins, T. S.; Chi, Y. Fréchet, J. M. J.” Polarity-Directed One-Pot Asymmetric Cascade Reactions Mediated by Two Catalysts in an Aqueous Bufferz”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, in press (VIP Paper)
-Chi, Y.; Scroggins, T. S.; Boz, E.; Fréchet, J. M. J. “Control of Aldol Reaction Pathways of Enolizable Aldehdyes with an Enzyme-Like Polymer Catalyst in Aqueous Environment”, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2008, 130, 17287-17289.
-Chi, Y.; Scroggins, T. S.; Fréchet, J. M. J. “One-Pot Multi-Component Asymmetric Cascade Reactions Catalyzed by Soluble Star Polymers with Non-Interpenetrating Catalytic Cores”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 6322-6323.(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2008 Research Highlights)
-Chi, Y.; Guo, L.; Kopf, N. A.; Gellman, S. H. “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Nitroethylene: Efficient Access to γ2-Amino Acids”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 5608-5609. (Highlighted: C&E News, 2008, 86, 50-51; Synfacts 2008, 6, 0648.)
-Chi, Y.; et al. & Gellman, S. H. “Practical Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure β2-Amino Acids via Proline-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Aminomethylation of Aldehydes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 6050-6055.
-Chi, Y.; Gellman, S. H. “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Aminomethylation of Aldehydes: A Role for Ionic Interactions and Access to β2-Amino Acids”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 6804-6805. (Highlighted: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7876-7880)
-Peelen, T. J.; Chi, Y.; Gellman, S. H. “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Additions of Aldehydes to Enones with Imidazolidinones: Cocatalyst Effects and Evidence for an Enamine Intermediate”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 11598-11599. (“Most-Accessed Article” in J. Am. Chem. Soc.; July-September, 2005).
-Chi, Y.; Gellman, S. H. “Diphenylprolinol Methyl Ether: A Highly Enantioselective Catalyst in Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Simple Enones”, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 4253-4256. (Highlighted: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7876-7880)
-Chi, Y.; Peelen, T. J.; Gellman, S. H. “A Rapid 1H NMR Assay for Enantiomeric Excess of α-Substituted Aldehydes”, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 3469-3472. |
- New Green OrganoCatalytic Methods for Atom-Economic Amide Synthesis
- New Organic Catalysis and Applications
- Seed Funding
- Seed Funding
- Sustainable Catalysis and Chemical Synthesis
| Selected Publications | - Bhoopendra Tiwari, Junmin Zhang, and Yonggui Robin Chi. (2012). Facile Access to Chiral Ketones via Metal-Free Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage of Aldehydes by O2. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
, 51(8), 1911-1914.
- Junmin Zhang, Chong Xing, Xingkuan Chen, Bhoopendra Tiwari, and Yonggui Robin Chi. (2012). Enantioselective Oxidative Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Tertiary Amines and Aldehydes. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
, 51(15), 3649-3652.
- Lin Hao, Yu Du, Hui Lv, Xingkuan Chen, Huishen Jiang, Yaling Shao, and Yonggui Robin Chi. (2012). Enantioselective Activation of Stable Carboxylate Esters as Enolate Equivalents via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts. Organic Letters, .
- Qiang Tang, Xingkuan Chen, Bhoopendra Tiwari, and Yonggui Robin Chi. (2012). Addition of Indoles to Oxyallyl Cations for Facile Access to α-Indole Carbonyl Compounds. Organic Letters, 14(7), 1922-1925.
- Hui Lv, Junming Mo, Xinqiang Fang, Yonggui Robin Chi. (2011). Formal Diels-Alder Reactions of Chalcones and Formylcyclopropanes Catalyzed by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Organic Letters, 13(19), 5366.
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