Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
WU Bo
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Catalytic Chemistry
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Email: bowu@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Asymmetric synthesis, asymmetric reduction, asymmetric dearomatic annulation
1. The proton of alcohols as hydrogen source in transition-metal catalyzed asymmetric reduction.
1. The proton of alcohols as hydrogen source in transition-metal catalyzed asymmetric reduction.
2. Asymmetric dearomatic annulation of alkyne-tethered pyridine salts and alkyne-tethered quinoline salts.
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2018/12-present
2. Assistant Research Fellow, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2018/06-2018/12
3. Post-doctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Karol S. Bruzik, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, 2016/11-2018/01
4. Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry, Advisor Prof. Yong-Gui Zhou, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2011/09-2016/07 B.S. in Chemistry, Hunan University, 2007/09-2011/07
Honors and Awards
Publications
1. Bo Wu, Jimin Yang, Shu-Bo Hu, Chang-Bin Yu, Zi-Biao Zhao, Yi Luo,* and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Diboron-Mediated Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Using the Proton of Alcohols as Hydrogen Source. Sci. China Chem. 2021, 64, 1743.
2. Xiao-Yong Zhai, Xiao-Qing Wang, Bo Wu,* and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Copper-catalyzed Si-H Bond Insertion Polymerization for Synthesis of Optically Active Polyesters Containing Silicon. Chin. J. Chem. 2022, 40, 21.
3. Xiao-Qing Wang, Bo Wu,* Yu-Qing Bai, Xiao-Yong Zhai, Yong-Gui Zhou.* CuH-catalyzed Consecutive Hydrosilylation/Dehydrocoupling Polymerization of Difunctional Hydroxyketones with Dihydrosilanes for Syntheses of Chiral Poly(silyl ether)s. Eur. Polym. J. 2022, 177, 111474.
4. Wen-Jun Huang, Zhi-Peng Chen, Li-Xia Liu, Yong-Gui Zhou, Bo Wu* and Guo-Fang Jiang.* A Facile Synthesis of Pyrrolo[2,3-j]phenanthridines via the Cascade Reaction of Indoleani- lines and Aldehydes J. Heterocyclic. Chem. 2022, 59, 1116.
5. Bo Wu, Zhaoyuan Yu, Xiang Gao, Yu Lan* and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Regioselective α-Addition of Deconjugated Butenolides: Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrocoumarins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4006.
6. Bo Wu, Selwyn S. Jayakar, Xiaojuan Zhou, Katherine Titterton, David C. Chiara, Andrea L. Szabo, Pavel Y. Savechenkov, Daniel E. Kent, Jonathan B. Cohne, Stuart A. Forman, Keith W. Mille and Karol S. Bruzik.* Inhibitable Photolabeling by Neurosteroid Diazirine Analog in the b3-Subunit of Human Hetereopentameric Type A GABA Receptors. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2019, 162, 810.
7. Bo Wu, Xiang Gao, Zhong Yan, Mu-Wang Chen and Yong-Gui Zhou.* C-H Oxidation/Michael Addition/Cyclization Cascade for Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized 2-Amino-4H-chromenes. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 6134.
8. Bo Wu, Mu-Wang Chen, Zhi-Shi Ye, Chang-Bin Yu and Yong-Gui Zhou.* A Streamlined Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans via the ortho-Quinone Methides Generated from 2-Alkyl-substituted Phenols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 383.
9. Bo Wu, Xiang Gao, Zhong Yan, Wen-Xue Huang and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized 2-Amino-4H-chromenes via the o-Quinone Methides Generated from 2-(1-Tosylalkyl)phenols. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 4334.
10. Bo Wu, Xiang Gao, Mu-Wang Chen and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Direct Amination of 2-(1-Tosylalkyl)phenols with Aqueous Ammonia: A Metal-free Synthesis of Primary Amines. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 1135.
11. Bo Wu, Xiang Gao, Mu-Wang Chen and Yong-Gui Zhou.* A Concise Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydroxy-phenyl)acetonitriles via the o-Quinone Methides Generated from 2-(1-Tosylalkyl)phenols. Chin. J. Chem. 2014, 32, 981.