Peng was born and raised in Shangrao, a tourism-centered city located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, China. He started his Ph.D. studies at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung under the supervision of Prof. Bill Morandi. After about three years at MPI, he moved to ETH Zurich in Switzerland to continue his Ph.D. studies, and earned his Ph.D. in 2019. His Ph.D. research was focused on developing reactions via shuttle catalysis. Thereafter, he moved to the U.S. and joined Prof. Brad Carrow’s lab at Princeton University as a postdoc, where he studied cross-coupling reactions using copper and palladium catalysts. In January 2021, he moved to Ithaca to join Song’s lab to start his second postdoc. His research here focuses on developing new catalytic reactions.
Publications:
1. -S. Lin, P. Yu, L. Huang, B. Tan, X.-Y. Liu “Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes: Synthesis of Pyrrolidines Bearing a Tetrasubstituted Carbon Stereocenter” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7847.
2. Song*, P. Yu*, J.-S. Lin, Y. Li, N.-Y. Yang, X.-Y. Liu “Transition-Metal-Free β-C–H Bond Carbonylation of Enamides or Amides with a Trifluoromethyl Group as CO Surrogate for the Synthesis of 1, 3-Oxazin-6-ones” Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 1330. *Equal contribution.
3. Yu, J.-S. Lin, L. Li, S.-C. Zheng, Y.-P. Xiong, L.-J. Zhao, B. Tan, X.-Y. Liu “Enantioselective C-H Bond Functionalization Triggered by Radical Trifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes” Angew. Chem, Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11890.
4.Yu, S.-C. Zheng, N.-Y. Yang, B. Tan, X.-Y. Liu “Phosphine-Catalyzed Remote β-C-H Functionalization of Amine Triggered by Trifluoromethylation of Alkene: One-Pot Synthesis of Bistrifluoromethylated Enamides and Oxazoles” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4041.
5. Fang, P. Yu, B. Morandi “Catalytic Reversible Alkene-Nitrile Interconversion through Controllable Transfer Hydrocyanation” Science 2016, 351, 832.
6. Fang*, P. Yu*, G. P. Cerai, B. Morandi “Unlocking Mizoroki-Heck Type Reactions of Aryl Cyanides Using Transfer Hydrocyanation as a Turnover-Enabling Step” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 15629. *Equal contribution.
7. Lian, B. N. Bhawal, P. Yu, B. Morandi “Palladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Sulfur or Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Metathesis by Reversible Arylation” Science 2017, 356, 1059.
8. Yu, B. Morandi “Nickel-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Chlorides and Triflates Using Butyronitrile: Merging Retro-Hydrocyanation with Cross-coupling” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15693.
9. Fang, P. Yu, S. Willems, B. Morandi “Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade Annulation for the Rapid Synthesis of Carbocyclic Nitriles” Helv. Chim. Acta 2019, 102, e1900059.
10. Yu, A. Bismuto, B. Morandi “Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrochlorination and Hydrobromination of Alkynes via Shuttle Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2904.
11. H. Lau, P. Yu, L. Chen, C. B. Madsen-Duggan, M. J. Williams, B. P. Carrow “Aryl Amination using Soluble Weak Base Enabled by a Water-Assisted Mechanism” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20030.
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