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Dongru Sun
Ningbo University, University of British Columbia, Jilin University
Research areas: Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry · Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms · Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions · Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry
0000-0002-1000-2363
Employment
- 2019 - Present
Education
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University of British Columbia Visiting professor2025 - 2026
- 2013 - 2018
Projects & Funding
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Theoretical Investigation of Competitive Pathway Selection in Aldehyde Deformylation by Nonheme Biomimetic Systems People's Republic of China National Natural Science Foundation2027 - 2029
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Theoretical Studies on the Catalytic Mechanism and Dynamics of Prostacyclin Synthase Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province2020 - 2022
Publications (30)
- Non-innocent Bromide Redirects Sulfur Oxygenation through O–O Bond Cleavage in a Nonheme Fe(III)–Superoxo System Save
- Rapid discovery of fluorogenic carbazol-hydrazine-based probes: p-coumaric acid sensing Save
- The Succinimide Group as a Traceless Activator for Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Diarylative Ring-Opening of Cyclopropanes with Carbazoles and Electron-Rich Arenes Save
- Theoretical investigation of dioxygen activation and hydrocarbon oxidation catalysed by bioinspired metal–organic frameworks Save
- 19F NMR-Guided Chiral Analysis and Machine Learning for Absolute Configuration Prediction of Carboxylic Acids Save
- Carbon-carbon triple bond cleavage and reconstitution to achieve aryl amidation using nitrous acid esters Save
- Debate of Nucleophilic versus Electrophilic Oxidative Aldehyde Deformylation by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Peroxo and Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes Save
- Nonheme Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative N-Dealkylation of Tertiary Amides: Manganese(IV)-Oxo Aminopyridine Cation Radical Species and Hydride Transfer Mechanism Save
- Biomimetic prebiotic synthesis of homochiral peptides via a potential 5′-aa-AMP precursor Save
- Solvent-scissors overcoming inert hydrogen bonding enable efficient oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons under atmospheric oxygen Save
- Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity Studies of Cobalt(III) Porphyrin-Iodosylarene Adduct and Cobalt(III) Porphyrin π-Cation Radical Species Save
- Unique recognition of the microalgal plastidial glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase for acyl-ACP Save
- Brønsted Acids Promote Olefin Oxidations by Bioinspired Nonheme CoIII(PhIO)(OH) Complexes: A Role for Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bonds Save
- Elusive Active Intermediates and Reaction Mechanisms of ortho-/ipso-Hydroxylation of Benzoic Acid by Hydrogen Peroxide Mediated by Bioinspired Iron(II) Catalysts Save
- The elusive active species in nickel(ii)-mediated oxidations of hydrocarbons by peracids: a NiII-oxyl species, an aroyloxy radical, or a NiII-peracid complex? Save
- The elusive reaction mechanism of Mn(ii)-mediated benzylic oxidation of alkylarene by H2O2: a gem-diol mechanism or a dual hydrogen abstraction mechanism? Save
- Theoretical investigation on the elusive structure–activity relationship of bioinspired high-valence nickel–halogen complexes in oxidative fluorination reactions Save
- The chameleon-like nature of elusive cobalt–oxygen intermediates in C–H bond activation reactions Save
- Theoretical investigation on the elusive biomimetic iron(III)-iodosylarene chemistry: An unusual hydride transfer triggers the Ritter reaction Save
- Theoretical Investigation on the Elusive Reaction Mechanism of Spirooxindole Formation Mediated by Cytochrome P450s: A Nascent Feasible Charge-Shift C–O Bond Makes a Difference Save