Date: May 6, 2023 

Source: College of Chemistry and Materials Science 

Translator: WANG Ying

Yang Dongyu, an undergraduate in the 2020 Class B in applied chemistry in JNU's College of Chemistry and Materials Science, published a paper in Organic Chemistry Frontiers, a well-known journal, as first author on April 3. The paper is titled Three-component redox-neutral 1,2-alkylarylation of vinylarenes involving C–H functionalization enabled by copper catalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers is the flagship journal of organic chemistry, included in JCR Q1 of Chinese Academy of Sciences, with an impact factor of 5.456.

(Screenshot of paper)

(Yang Dongyu doing experiments in the laboratory)

Supervised by Prof. Wang Chenming, Yang has participated in Wang's research group since his freshman year, when Yang presided over a provincial college student innovation and entrepreneurship training program (CSIETP). The scientific research team organized by him and his classmates, whose head teacher is Liao Xiaojian, won first prize in the finals of the National Chemistry Experiment Innovation and Design Competition for College Students twice consecutively. It has published 16 academic papers, five with students as the first authors; presided over two national and two provincial CSIETPs, and was honored as a JNU 5A Outstanding Class.

Link to paper:

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO00310H