What is the most favorite and original chemistry developed in your research group?The visible light photosensitizer DPZ.How did you get into this specific field?Could you please share some experiences with our readers...What is the most favorite and original chemistry developed in your research group?The visible light photosensitizer DPZ.How did you get into this specific field?Could you please share some experiences with our readers?Since I began my postdoctoral work at NUS,chiral hydrogen-bonding catalysis,an important branch of asymmetric organocatalysis,has become the general area of focus of my research.To broaden the applications of this strategy,I proposed to exploit photocatalysis to generate highly reactive radical intermediates,thus overcoming the current limitations in both reaction and substrate types stemming from the low energy of hydrogen-bonding interactions.The development of highly efficient organophotocatalysts and explorations of transition metal-free cooperative photocatalysis and chiral hydrogen-bonding catalysis have therefore been my research focus since 2013.My students and I strive to follow the saying"stick to the research direction,thoroughly understand the scientific challenges,and face those challenges with optimism and determination".展开更多
基金We sincerely appreciate all former and present members ofour group and the many collaborators and friends who havehelped,whose names are listed in part in the relevant references.We also thank generous financial support from the National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21072044,21672052 and21925103)NCET-11-0938,Henan Province and Henan University.
文摘What is the most favorite and original chemistry developed in your research group?The visible light photosensitizer DPZ.How did you get into this specific field?Could you please share some experiences with our readers?Since I began my postdoctoral work at NUS,chiral hydrogen-bonding catalysis,an important branch of asymmetric organocatalysis,has become the general area of focus of my research.To broaden the applications of this strategy,I proposed to exploit photocatalysis to generate highly reactive radical intermediates,thus overcoming the current limitations in both reaction and substrate types stemming from the low energy of hydrogen-bonding interactions.The development of highly efficient organophotocatalysts and explorations of transition metal-free cooperative photocatalysis and chiral hydrogen-bonding catalysis have therefore been my research focus since 2013.My students and I strive to follow the saying"stick to the research direction,thoroughly understand the scientific challenges,and face those challenges with optimism and determination".
