Yang Yang | The Buchwald Research Group

Lab Positions	Start Date	End Date	End Date2	Degree Received	Current Position	Previous Institutions
Postdoctoral Researcher, Graduate Student	2012	2016	2016	PhD	Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Francis H. Arnold at Caltech	Ph.D.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Advisor: Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald Thesis: B.Sc: Peking University Advisor: Prof. Jianbo Wang Thesis: Lewis Acids-Catalyzed Cyanation of Indoles and Pyrroles

Enantioselective Allylation Using Allene, a Petroleum Cracking Byproduct	Liu, R. Y. ; Zhou, Y. ; Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2251-2256.
CuH-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ketone Allylation with 1,3-Dienes: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications	Li, C. ; Liu, R. Y. ; Jesikiewicz, L. T. ; Yang, Y. ; Liu, P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5062-5070.
A Regio- and Enantioselective CuH-Catalyzed Ketone Allylation with Terminal Allenes	Tsai, E. ; Liu, R. Y. ; Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc 2018, 140, 2007-2011.
Ligand-Substrate Dispersion Facilitates the Copper-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefins	Lu, G. ; Liu, R. Y. ; Yang, Y. ; Fang, C. ; Lambrecht, D. S. ; Buchwald, S. L. ; Liu, P. . J. Am. Chem. Soc 2017, 139, 16548–16555.
Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Olefin-Derived Nucleophiles to Ketones	Yang, Y. ; Perry, I. B. ; Lu, G. ; Liu, P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Science 2016, 353, 144-150.
Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Styrene-Derived Nucleophiles to Imines Enabled by Ligand-Controlled Chemoselective Hydrocupration	Yang, Y. ; Perry, I. B. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9787-9790.
Regiodivergent and Diastereoselective CuH-Catalyzed Allylation of Imines with Terminal Allenes	Liu, R. Y. ; Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14077-14080.
Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroamination of Unactivated Internal Olefins to Aliphatic Amines	Yang, Y. ; Shi, S. - L. ; Niu, D. ; Liu, P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Science 2015, 349, 62 - 66.
In-Depth Assessment of the Palladium-Catalyzed Fluorination of Five-Membered Heteroaryl Bromides	Milner, P. J. ; Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Organometallics 2015, 34, 4775–4780.
A Fluorinated Ligand Enables Room-Temperature and Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Fluorination of Aryl Triflates and Bromides	Sather, A. C. ; Lee, H. Geun; De La Rosa, V. Y. ; Yang, Y. ; Müller, P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13433-13438.
Highly Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Secondary Alkylzinc Reagents with Heteroaryl Halides	Yang, Y. ; Niedermann, K. ; Han, C. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4638 - 4641.
Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective ortho C–H Cyanation of Vinylarenes	Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8677 - 8681.
Palladium-Catalyzed Completely Linear-Selective Negishi Cross-Coupling of Allylzinc Halides with Aryl and Vinyl Electrophiles	Yang, Y. ; Mustard, T. J. L. ; Cheong, P. Ha- Yeon; Buchwald, S. L. . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14098 - 14102.
Ligand-Controlled Palladium-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Allylboronates and Aryl Halides	Yang, Y. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10642 - 10645.
Mild and General Conditions for Negishi Cross-Coupling Enabled by the Use of Palladacycle Precatalysts	Yang, Y. ; Oldenhuis, N. J. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 615-619.

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