Dr. Jin-Dong Yang was graduated from Nankai University (2009). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Nankai University (2014), followed by the post-doctorial research work at the same campus (2014-2017). He has joined Tsinghua University since 2017 and was promoted as an associate professor in 2021. He is interested in bond energetics as well as applications of bond energies in orgainc syntheses and mechainsm studies.

Selected Publications

1. Zhang, J.; Yang, J.-D.^*; Cheng, J.-P.^* Chemoselective catalytic hydrodefluorination of trifluoromethylalkenes towards mono-/gem-di-fluoroalkenes under metal-free conditions. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 2835.

2.  Wu, J.-Y.; Li, Z.; Yang, J.-D.^*; Cheng, J.-P.^* Bonding Energetics of Palladium Amido/Aryloxide Complexes in DMSO: Implications for Palladium-Mediated Aniline Activation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23782–23790.

3.  Yang, J.-D.^*; Xue, J.; Cheng, J.-P.^* Understanding the Role of Thermodynamics in Catalytic Imine Reductions, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 2913–2926.

4.  Zhang, J.; Yang, J.-D.^*; Cheng, J.-P.^* Nucleophilicity Scale for the Reactivity of Diazaphospholenium Hydrides: Structural Insights and Synthetic Applications, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5983–5987.

5. Yang, J.-D.; Ji, P.; Xue, X.-S.; Cheng, J.-P.^* Recent Advances and Advisable Applications of Bond Energetics in Organic Chemistry, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8611–8623.