M Tingjun Hu

About Tingjun

Tingjun obtained his undergraduate degree from the Minsheng College of Henan University in 2018. At same year, he joined the research group of Prof. Guangwu Zhang and Hengying Xiong in Henan University, and completed his MSc’s research in 2021. During master student, he mainly focused on C-H bond activation by transition metals and construction of new organofluorine molecules. In 2021, He pursued his doctoral studies at Claude-Bernard University, he joined the SCORE team under the supervisions of Prof. Abderrahmane Amgoune and Dr. Gaël Tran. He will be focusing on developing new processes to exploit nickel catalysis under visible light.
Outside of the lab, Tingjun also enjoys traveling and delicious food with friends

Research interests

Cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by transition metals represent one of the most powerful methodology because they can couple organic electrophiles and a wide range of nucleophiles to form a vast array of carbon−carbon and carbon−heteroatom bonds.
In the framework of a new research program dedicated to the exploration of selective activation and functionalization of challenging C-N and C-O bonds, Tingjun will investigate new transition metal-catalyzed processes, including visible light-induced transformations (photoredox catalysis and direct photoexcitation), with a special focus on cross-electrophile coupling strategies.

Selected Publications

Synthesis of β-CF3 β-Amino Esters with an Indane Backbone by Rhenium-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation. Hu, T. J.; Xu, Y. Q.; Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8866-8871.

Copper-Mediated Deacylative Coupling of Ynones via C−C Bond Activation under Mild Conditions. Feng, L. L;, Hu, T. J.; Zhang, S. S.; Xiong, H. Y.; Zhang, G. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9487−9492.