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Qiu Wang

Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Box 90346, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27705
2102 French Science Center, Durham, NC 27705

Featured Works


Copper-Catalyzed 1,2-Aminocyanation of Unactivated Alkenes via Cyano Migration.

Journal article Organic letters · June 2020 Featured Work A copper-catalyzed aminocyanation of alkenes has been achieved through distal cyano migration using O-benzoylhydroxylamines and N-fluorobenzenesulfonimides. This method offers a rapid approach to generate diverse β-amino and β-sulfonimido nit ... Full text Cite

Application of 15N2-Diazirines as a Versatile Platform for Hyperpolarization of Biological Molecules by d-DNP.

Journal article Bioconjugate chemistry · March 2020 Featured Work 15N2-Diazirines represent an attractive class of imaging tags for hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (HP-MRI), offering desirable biocompatibility, ease of incorporation into a variety of molecules, and ability to deliver long- ... Full text Cite

1,2-Difunctionalization of Aryl Triflates: A Direct and Modular Access to Diversely Functionalized Anilines.

Journal article Organic letters · February 2020 Featured Work ortho-Amino difunctionalization of aryl triflates has been achieved via a three-component reaction. The cascade reaction proceeds through a zincate base-mediated deprotonative formation of a reactive aryne intermediate, in situ nucleophilic a ... Full text Cite