Wei Yu Ph.D., Professor  Tel：+86-931-2500 E-mail： yuwei@lzu.edu.cn

•Education and Experience

2013 - Present      College of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 

                               State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Professor

1998-2013            College of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, 

                               State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lecturer, 

                               Associate Professor 

1995-1998            Lanzhou University, (Advisor: Pro. Zhong-Li Liu), Ph.D.

1990-1993            Lanzhou University, (Advisor: Pro. You-Cheng Liu), M.Sc.

1986-1990            Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, B.Sc.

•Research Topics

Synthetic methodology, Radical chemistry, Homogenous catalysis 

The research in Yu's Lab is devoted to synthetic methodologies based on free radical reactions and transition metal catalysis. Currently, our study focuses on free radical-involved amination and azidation reactions and transition metal-catalyzed C-H aminations.

•Publications

1. Promoting Effect of Water on Light and Phenanthroline-Diphosphine Cu(I) Complex-Initiated Iodine Atom Transfer Cyclisation. Xue Yang, and Wei Yu*, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 11693.

2. Visible-Light-Promoted Radical Amidoarylation of Arylacrylamides Towards Amidated Oxindoles. Yu-Zhao Wang, Wu-Jie Lin, Hong-Chao Liu, and Wei Yu*, Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 2164.

3. Visible-Light-Driven Aryl Migration and Cyclization of α-Azido amides. Siyu Liang, Kaijie Wei, Yajun Lin, Tuming Liu, Dian Wei, Bing Han, Wei Yu*, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 4527-4531.

4. Iron-Catalyzed 1,4-Phenyl Migration/Ring Expansion of α-Azido-N-Phenyl Amides. Kaijie Wei, Siyu Liang, Tonghao Yang, Wei Yu*, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8650-8654.

5. Photoinduced C(sp3)–H Chlorination of Amides with Tetrabutyl Ammonium Chloride. Yanshuo Zhu, Wei Yu*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 10228-10232.

6. Iron-Phosphine Complex-Catalyzed Intramolecular C(sp³)-H Amination of Azides. Siyu Liang, Xiaopeng Zhao, Tonghao Yang, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1961-1965.

7. Iron-catalysed 1,2-aryl migration of tertiary azides. Kaijie Wei, Tonghao Yang, Qing Chen, Siyu Liang, and Wei Yu*. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 11685–11688.

8. Photoinduced Site-Selective C(sp³)-H Chlorination of Aliphatic Amides. Yanshuo Zhu, Jingcheng Shi, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8899–8903.

9. Anti-Markovnikov Hydroazidation of Alkenes by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis. Juanjuan Wang, and Wei Yu*. Chem.- Eur. J. 2019, 25, 3510-3514.

10. Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular C−H Amination of α-Azidyl Amides. Xiaopeng Zhao, Siyu Liang, Xing Fan, Tonghao Yang, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1559-1563.

11. Visible Light-Driven Azidation/Difunctionalization of Vinyl Arenes with Azidobenziodoxole under Copper Catalysis. Danhua Wu, Shuangshuang Cui, Yajun Lin, Lin Li, and Wei Yu*. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 10978−10989.

12. Hydrosulfonylation of Unactivated Alkenes by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis. Juanjuan Wang, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9236–9240.

13. Iron-catalysed 1,2-acyl migration of tertiary α-azido ketones and 2-azido-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. Tonghao Yang, Yajun Lin, Chaoqun Yang, and Wei Yu*. Green Chem. 2019, 21, 6097–6102.

14. Visible Light-Promoted Tandem Azidation/Cyclization of N-Arylenamines towards Quinoxalines. Dianjun Li, Haichao Ma, Ying Li*, and Wei Yu*. J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chem. 2018, 355, 382-388.

15. Iron-Catalyzed Acyl Migration of Tertiary α‑Azidyl Ketones: Synthetic Approach toward Enamides and Isoquinolones. Tonghao Yang, Xing Fan, Xiaopeng Zhao, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1875-1879.

16. 11.A Domino Azidation/C−H Amination Approach toward Trifluoromethyl Substituted Imidazoles. Haichao Ma, Xiaoyan Zhang, Liangliang Chen, and Wei Yu*. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11841-11847.

17. Synthesis of Quinazolinones via Radical Cyclization of α-Azidyl Benzamides. Tonghao Yang, Weixia Wang, Dian Wei, Tianqi Zhang, Bing Han, and  Wei Yu*. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 421-426.

18. Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives via Tandem Oxidative Azidation/Cyclization Reaction of N‑Arylenamines. Haichao Ma, Dianjun Li, and Wei Yu*. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 868-871.

19. Visible Light-Induced Radical Cyclization of Ethyl 2-(N-Arylcarbamoyl)-2- Chloroiminoacetates: Synthesis of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones. Dianjun Li,  Haichao Ma, and  Wei Yu*. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 3696-3702.

20. The Reaction of Tertiary Anilines with Maleimides under Visible Light Redox Catalysis. Xuhui Ju,  Dianjun Li,  Weifei Li,  Wei Yu*,  Fengling Bian*. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3561-3567.