His research interests mainly in the development of new asymmetric reactions, such as Pd-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis, and their applications in organic synthesis.
1. Chang-Bin Yu, Wen-Xue Huang, Lei Shi, Mu-Wang Chen, Bo Wu, Yong-Gui Zhou.* Asymmetric Hydrogenation via Capture of Active Intermediates Generated from Aza-Pinacol Rearrangement, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15837-15840.
2. Chang-Bin Yu, Yong-Gui Zhou.* Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenolysis of N-Sulfonyl Aminoalcohols via Achiral Enesulfonamide Intermediates, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 13365-13368.
3. Zhe Zhuang, Chang-Bin Yu(Co first author), Gang Chen, Qing-Feng Wu, Yi Hsiao, Candice L. Joe, Jennifer X. Qiao, Michael A. Poss, Jin-Quan Yu*. Ligand-Enabled β-C(sp3)–H Olefination of Free Carboxylic Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 10363-10367.
4. Chang-Bin Yu, Bo Song, Mu-Wang Chen, Hong-Qiang Shen, Yong-Gui Zhou.* Construc- tion of Multiple Substituted Chiral Cyclohexanes through Hydrogenative Desymmetrization of 2,2,5-Trisubstituted 1,3-Cyclohexanediones, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 9401-9404.
Chang-Bin Yu, Heng-Ding Wang, Bo Song, Hong-Qiang Shen, Hong-Jun Fan,* Yong-Gui Zhou.* Reversal of Diastereoselectivity in Palladium-Arene Interaction Directed Hydrogenative Desymmetrization of 1,3-Diketones, Sci. China Chem., 2020, 63, 215-221.