​Research Interests

The Chen group is focusing on photo-induced and electrochemical Cu-catalyzed asymmetric radical catalysis, with an emphasis on novel catalyst development directed asymmetric transformations. We are aimed at developing efficient transformations with a goal of synthesizing pharmaceutical and bioactive molecules. Our research interests also include the in-depth investigations of the reaction mechanisms via DFT calculation, EPR, kinetics, UV-Vis, CV, time resolved spectroscopy, et al.