Ji Yang

@jiyanglab.sjtu.edu.cn

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Chemistry, Center for Transformative Molecular Frontier Sciences
Shanghai Jiao Tong University

EDUCATION

2025- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PhD Supervisor, Associate Professor
10/2024-02/2025 Yale University, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-supervisor: Professor Hu Liangbing
11/2022-09/2024 University of Maryland, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-supervisor: Professor Hu Liangbing
12/2021-11/2022 Colorado State University, USA; Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-supervisor: Prof. Eugene Y.-X. Chen
06/2020-11/2021 Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany; Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-supervisor: Prof. Matthias Beller
10/2017-06/2020 Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany; PhD, Supervisor: Prof. Matthias Beller
08/2014-07/2017 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences & ShanghaiTech University; Master, Supervisor: Professor Huang Zheng
09/2008-06/2013 Harbin Medical University; Bachelor's degree

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis
968

Scholar Citations

16

Scholar h-index

18

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Electrified vapour deposition at ultrahigh temperature and atmospheric pressure for nanomaterials synthesis
    X Wang, N Liu, Z Huang, J Yang, G Chen, B Li, T Xie, S Overa, ...
    Nature Synthesis 5 (1), 14-26 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 4
  • Membrane Reactors for Ammonia Production: Insights into Ammonia-Separative Membranes, Synthesis Catalysts, and Their Integration
    G Yarema, J Yang, A Warty, Z Liu, L Hu, D Liu
    ACS nano 19 (46), 39535-39563 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Selective electrified polyethylene upcycling by pore-modulated pyrolysis
    J Yang, Q Dong, C Zhang, W Zhang, J Miscall, AH Brozena, J Chen, N Liu, ...
    Nature Chemical Engineering 2 (7), 424-435 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Platinum complexes having ferrocene ligands for the catalysis of the alkoxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds
    J Yang, M Beller, R Jackstell, R Franke
    US Patent 12,195,483 , 2025
    2025
  • Platinum complexes having benzyl-based diphosphine ligands for the catalysis of the alkoxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds
    J Yang, R Jackstell, M Beller, R Franke
    US Patent 11,712,688 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Industrially applied and relevant transformations of 1, 3-butadiene using homogeneous catalysts
    J Yang, P Wang, H Neumann, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Industrial Chemistry & Materials 1 (2), 155-174 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 51
  • A Selective and General Cobalt‐Catalyzed Hydroaminomethylation of Olefins to Amines
    J Yang, FG Delolo, A Spannenberg, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (2), e202112597 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 37
  • A general synthesis of aromatic amides via palladium-catalyzed direct aminocarbonylation of aryl chlorides
    P Wang, J Yang, K Sun, H Neumann, M Beller
    Organic Chemistry Frontiers 9 (9), 2491-2497 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Cascade Carbonylation to α, β‐Unsaturated Piperidones via Selective Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Triple Bonds
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Yang, A Spannenberg, H Jiao, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (41), 22393-22400 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 22
  • Palladium-catalyzed domino aminocarbonylation of alkynols: direct and selective synthesis of itaconimides
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Yang, A Spannenberg, R Jackstell, M Beller
    JACS Au 1 (8), 1257-1265 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Efficient Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of 1, 3‐Dienes: Selective Synthesis of Adipates and Other Aliphatic Diesters
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, F Ferretti, H Neumann, H Jiao, R Franke, ...
    Angewandte Chemie 133 (17), 9613-9619 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 60
  • Cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation under mild conditions in the presence of phosphine oxides
    FG Delolo, J Yang, H Neumann, EN dos Santos, EV Gusevskaya, ...
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 (14), 5148-5154 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 54
  • A General and Highly Selective Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroamidation of 1, 3‐Diynes
    J Liu, C Schneider, J Yang, Z Wei, H Jiao, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie 133 (1), 375-383 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • Ligand‐Controlled Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Alkynols: Highly Selective Synthesis of α‐Methylene‐β‐Lactones
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Liu, J Yang, A Spannenberg, H Jiao, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (48), 21585-21590 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 31
  • Direct and Selective Synthesis of Adipic and Other Dicarboxylic Acids by Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Allylic Alcohols
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, H Neumann, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (46), 20394-20398 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 44
  • Tuning the Selectivity of Palladium Catalysts for Hydroformylation and Semihydrogenation of Alkynes: Experimental and Mechanistic Studies
    J Liu, Z Wei, J Yang, Y Ge, D Wei, R Jackstell, H Jiao, M Beller
    ACS Catalysis 10 (20), 12167-12181 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 51
  • Tailored Palladium Catalysts for Selective Synthesis of Conjugated Enynes by Monocarbonylation of 1, 3‐Diynes
    J Liu, J Yang, C Schneider, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (23), 9032-9040 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 56
  • A general platinum-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of olefins
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, C Schneider, R Dühren, R Franke, ...
    Chemical Communications 56 (39), 5235-5238 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 50
  • Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds
    J Yang
    Dissertation, Rostock, Universität Rostock, 2020 , 2020
    2020
  • Direct synthesis of adipic acid esters via palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of 1, 3-dienes
    J Yang, J Liu, H Neumann, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Science 366 (6472), 1514-1517 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 246

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Direct synthesis of adipic acid esters via palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of 1, 3-dienes
    J Yang, J Liu, H Neumann, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Science 366 (6472), 1514-1517 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 246
  • Pd‐Catalyzed Selective Carbonylation of gem ‐Difluoroalkenes: A Practical Synthesis of Difluoromethylated Esters
    J Liu, J Yang, F Ferretti, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie 131 (14), 4738-4742 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 81
  • Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Conjugated Dienes via Pd‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of 1, 3‐Diynes
    J Liu, J Yang, W Baumann, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (31), 10683-10687 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 62
  • Efficient Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of 1, 3‐Dienes: Selective Synthesis of Adipates and Other Aliphatic Diesters
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, F Ferretti, H Neumann, H Jiao, R Franke, ...
    Angewandte Chemie 133 (17), 9613-9619 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 60
  • Tailored Palladium Catalysts for Selective Synthesis of Conjugated Enynes by Monocarbonylation of 1, 3‐Diynes
    J Liu, J Yang, C Schneider, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (23), 9032-9040 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 56
  • Cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation under mild conditions in the presence of phosphine oxides
    FG Delolo, J Yang, H Neumann, EN dos Santos, EV Gusevskaya, ...
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 (14), 5148-5154 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 54
  • Industrially applied and relevant transformations of 1, 3-butadiene using homogeneous catalysts
    J Yang, P Wang, H Neumann, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Industrial Chemistry & Materials 1 (2), 155-174 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 51
  • Tuning the Selectivity of Palladium Catalysts for Hydroformylation and Semihydrogenation of Alkynes: Experimental and Mechanistic Studies
    J Liu, Z Wei, J Yang, Y Ge, D Wei, R Jackstell, H Jiao, M Beller
    ACS Catalysis 10 (20), 12167-12181 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 51
  • A general platinum-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of olefins
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, C Schneider, R Dühren, R Franke, ...
    Chemical Communications 56 (39), 5235-5238 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 50
  • Direct and Selective Synthesis of Adipic and Other Dicarboxylic Acids by Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Allylic Alcohols
    J Yang, J Liu, Y Ge, W Huang, H Neumann, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (46), 20394-20398 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 44
  • A Selective and General Cobalt‐Catalyzed Hydroaminomethylation of Olefins to Amines
    J Yang, FG Delolo, A Spannenberg, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (2), e202112597 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 37
  • Palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative carbonylation of alkynes with amines: a general access to substituted maleimides
    J Yang, J Liu, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Chemical Communications 54 (76), 10710-10713 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 36
  • A General and Highly Selective Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroamidation of 1, 3‐Diynes
    J Liu, C Schneider, J Yang, Z Wei, H Jiao, R Franke, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie 133 (1), 375-383 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 33
  • Ligand‐Controlled Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Alkynols: Highly Selective Synthesis of α‐Methylene‐β‐Lactones
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Liu, J Yang, A Spannenberg, H Jiao, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (48), 21585-21590 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 31
  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Cascade Carbonylation to α, β‐Unsaturated Piperidones via Selective Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Triple Bonds
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Yang, A Spannenberg, H Jiao, R Jackstell, M Beller
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (41), 22393-22400 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 22
  • A general synthesis of aromatic amides via palladium-catalyzed direct aminocarbonylation of aryl chlorides
    P Wang, J Yang, K Sun, H Neumann, M Beller
    Organic Chemistry Frontiers 9 (9), 2491-2497 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Palladium-catalyzed domino aminocarbonylation of alkynols: direct and selective synthesis of itaconimides
    Y Ge, F Ye, J Yang, A Spannenberg, R Jackstell, M Beller
    JACS Au 1 (8), 1257-1265 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Selective electrified polyethylene upcycling by pore-modulated pyrolysis
    J Yang, Q Dong, C Zhang, W Zhang, J Miscall, AH Brozena, J Chen, N Liu, ...
    Nature Chemical Engineering 2 (7), 424-435 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Electrified vapour deposition at ultrahigh temperature and atmospheric pressure for nanomaterials synthesis
    X Wang, N Liu, Z Huang, J Yang, G Chen, B Li, T Xie, S Overa, ...
    Nature Synthesis 5 (1), 14-26 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 4
  • Platinum complexes having benzyl-based diphosphine ligands for the catalysis of the alkoxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds
    J Yang, R Jackstell, M Beller, R Franke
    US Patent 11,712,688 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4