(1) Asymmetric hydrogenation of fluorinated building blocks.
(2) Asymmetric hydrogenation of aromatic compounds and its industrial application.
2025/07-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2017/06-2025/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2011/10-2017/06: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor
2009/06-2011/10: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Research Intern
2016/09-2020/07: Jiangxi Normal University, Ph.D., Chemical Biology
2006/09-2009/06: Wenzhou University, M.S., Organic Chemistry
2002/09-2006/07: Yichun University, B.S., College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
[1] Mu-Wang Chen, Bo Wu, Zheng Liu, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Biomimetic Asymmetric Reduction Based on the Regenerable Coenzyme NAD(P)H Models. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023, 56, 2096-2109.
[2] Gao-Wei Wang, Mu-Wang Chen,* Ya-Qi Wu, Qing-Xian Xie, Zheng Liu, Rong-Zhen Liao,* and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Design and Synthesis of Chiral Bidentate Phosphine-Free 2‑Hydroxypyridine-Oxazoline Ligands for Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenation. ACS. Catal. 2025, 15, 3418-3427.
[3] Mu-Wang Chen,* Yi-Xuan Ding, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Directing Group Enabled Ruthenium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Naphthalenes and Related Carbocyclic Aromatics. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 1511-1516.
[4] Zheng Liu, Yan-Jiang Yu, Yu-Qing Bai, Mu-Wang Chen,* and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Manganese Pentacarbonyl Bromide as Regeneration Catalyst Enabled Biomimetic Asymmetric Reduction. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 2535-2539.
[5] Yi-Xuan Ding, Zhou-Hao Zhu, Mu-Wang Chen, Chang-Bin Yu, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of All-Carbon Aromatic Rings. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202205623.