Song Lin

Tisch University Professor

Publications

Novaes, L. F. T.; Ho, J. S. K.; Mao, K.; Liu, K.; Tanwar, M.; Neurock, M.; Villemure, E.; Terrett, J. A.; Lin, S. “Exploring Electrochemical C(sp3)–H Oxidation for the Late-Stage Methylation of Complex Molecules.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1187–1197.
Rein, J.; Annand, J. R.; Wismer, M. K.; Fu, J.; Siu, J. C.; Klapars, A; Strotman, N. A.; Kalyani, D.; Lehnherr, D.; Lin, S. “Unlocking the Potential of High-Throughput Experimentation for Electrochemistry with a Standardized Microscale Reactor.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 8, 1347–1355.
Novaes, L. F. T.; Liu, J.; Shen, Y.; Lu, L.; Meinhardt, J. M.; Lin, S. “Electrocatalysis as an Enabling Technology for Organic Synthesis.” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 7941–8002.
Nelson, H. M.; Siu, J. C.; Saha, A.; Cascio, D.; MacMillan, S. N.; Wu, S.-B.; Lu, C.; Rodríguez, J. A.; Houk, K. N.; Lin, S. “Isolation and X‑ray Crystal Structure of an Electrogenerated TEMPO−N3 Charge-Transfer Complex.” Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 454–458.
Lu, L.; Siu, J. C.; Lai, Y.; Lin, S. “An Electroreductive Approach to Radical Silylation via the Activation of Strong Si–Cl Bonds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21272–21278.
Zhang, W.; Lin, S. “Electroreductive Carbofunctionalization of Alkenes with Alkyl Bromides via a Radical-Polar Crossover Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20661–20670.
Robinson, S. G.; Wu, X.; Jiang, B.; Sigman, M. S.; Lin, S. “Mechanistic Studies Inform Design of Improved Ti(salen) Catalysts for Enantioselective [3+2] Cycloaddition.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18471–18482.
Liu, J.; Lu, L.; Wood, D. P.; Lin, S. “New Redox Strategies in Organic Synthesis by Means of Electrochemistry and Photochemistry.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 1317–1340.
Song, L.; Fu, N.; Ernst, B. G.; Lee, W. H.; Frederick, M. O.; DiStasio, R. A. Jr.; Lin, S. “Dual Electrocatalysis Enables Enantioselective Hydrocyanation of Conjugated Alkenes.” Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 747–754.
Kim, H.; Kim, H.; Lambert, T.; Lin, S. “Reductive Electrophotocatalysis: Merging Electricity and Light to Achieve Extreme Reduction Potentials.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 142, 2087-2092.
Zhang, W.; Carpenter, K.; Lin, S. “Electrochemistry Broadens the Scope of Flavin Photocatalysis: Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Unactivated Alcohols.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 141, 14480-14485.
Fu, N.; Song, L.; Liu, J.; Shen, Y.; Siu, J. C.; Lin, S. “New Bisoxazoline Ligands Enable Enantioselective Electrocatalytic Cyanofunctionalization of Vinylarenes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14480-14485.
Ye, K-Y.; McCallum, T.; Lin, S. “Bimetallic Radical Redox-Relay Catalysis for the Isomerization of Epoxides to Allylic Alcohols.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 9548-9554.
Siu, J. C.; Parry, J. B.; Lin, S. “Aminoxyl-Catalyzed Electrochemical Diazidation of Alkenes Mediated by a Metastable Charge-Transfer Complex.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2825-2831.
Wu, X.; Hao, W.; Ye, K-Y.; Jiang, B.; Pombar, G.; Song, Z.; Lin, S. “Ti-Catalyzed Radical Alkylation of Secondary and Tertiary Alkyl Chlorides Using Michael Acceptors.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14836-14843.
Siu, J. C.; Sauer, G. S.; Saha, A.; Macey, R. L.; Fu, N.; Chauvirie, T.; Lancaster, K. L.; Lin, S. “Electrochemical Azidooxygenation of Alkenes Mediated by a TEMPO–N3 Charge-Transfer Complex.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 40, 12511-12520.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “A general, electrocatalytic approach to the synthesis of vicinal diamines.” Nat. Protoc. 2018, 13, 1725–1743.
Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “An Electrocatalytic Approach to the Radical Difunctionalization of Alkenes.” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 5175–5187.
Hao, W.; Harenberg, J. H.; Wu, X.; Macmillan, S. N.; Lin, S. “Diastereo- and Enantioselective Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Cyclopropyl Ketones and Alkenes via Ti-Catalyzed Radical Redox Relay” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3514–3517.
Ye, K.; Pombar, G.; Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Keresztes, I.; Lin, S. “Anodically Coupled Electrolysis for the Heterodifunctionalization of Alkenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2438–2441.
Peterson, B. M.; Lin, S.; Fors, B.P. “Electrochemically Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2076–2079.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “Electrocatalytic Radical Dichlorination of Alkenes with Nucleophilic Chlorine Sources.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15548–15553.
Hao, W.; Wu, X.; Sun, J. Z.; Siu, J. C.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lin, S. “Radical Redox-Relay Catalysis: Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of N-Acylaziridines and Alkenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12141–12144.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Saha, A.; Loo, A; Lin, S. “Metal-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of alkenes”, Science 2017, 357, 575–579.
Kennedy, C. R.;* Lin, S.;* Jacobsen, E. N. “The cation–π interactions in small-molecule catalysis”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12596–12624. (* co-first author)
Cao, Z.; Kim, D.; Yu, Y.; Xu, J.; Lin, S.; Wen, X.; Nichols, E. M.; Jeong, K.; Reimer, J. A.; Yang, P.; Chang, C. J. “A molecular surface functionalization approach to tuning nanoparticle electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8120–8125.
Lin, S.;* Diercks, C. S.;* Zhang, Y.-B.;* Kornienko, N.; Nichols, E. M.; Zhao, Y.; Paris, A. R.; Kim, D.; Yang, P.; Yaghi, O. M.; Chang, C. J. “Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO2 reduction in water”, Science 2015, 349, 1208–1213. (* co-first author)
Kornienko, N.; Zhao, Y.; Kley, C.; Zhu, C.; Kim, D.; Lin, S.; Chang, C. J.; Yaghi, O. M.; Yang, P. “Metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14129–14135.
Rogers, C.; Chen, C.; Pedramrazi, Z.; Omrani, A. A.; Tsai, H.-Z.; Jung, H. S.; Lin, S.; Crommie, M. F.; Fischer, F. R. “Closing the nanographene gap: surface-assisted synthesis of peripentacene from 6,6’-bipentacene precursors”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15143–15146.
Zhang, H.; Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Enantioselective selenocyclization via dynamic kinetic resolution of seleniranium ions by hydrogen-bond donor catalysts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16485–16488.
Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Thiourea-catalysed ring opening of episulfonium ions with indole derivatives by means of stabilizing non-covalent interactions”, Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 817–824.
Knowles, R. R.; Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed polycyclizations”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5030–5032.
Li, Y.-Z.; Li, B.-J.; Lu, X.-Y.; Lin, S.; Shi, Z.-J. “Cross dehydrogenative arylation (CDA) of a benzylic C–H bond with arenes by iron catalysis”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3817–3820.
Lin, S.; Song, C.-X.; Cai, G.-X.; Wang, W.H.; Shi, Z.-J. “Intra/Intermolecular direct allylic alkylation via Pd(II)-catalyzed allylic C–H activation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12901–12903.

360B ST Olin
songlin@cornell.edu

Education

Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, Harvard University
BS, Peking University

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Organic chemistry, electrocatalysis, asymmetric catalysis, organic materials, green chemistry

Geoffrey W. Coates

Tisch University Professor

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•    Ye, R.; Sun, X.; Mao, X.; Alfonso, F. S.; Baral, S.; Liu, C.; Coates, G. W.; Chen, P. “Optical sequencing of single synthetic polymers” Nature Chemistry, 2024, 16, 210–217.
•    Zhou, Z.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. Atactic, Isotactic, and Syndiotactic Methylated Polyhydroxybutyrates: An Unexpected Series of Isomorphic Polymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25983–25988.
•    Lu, Y.; Coates, G. W. “Pairing-Enhanced Regioselectivity: Synthesis of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) from Racemic Methyl-Glycolide” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 22425–22432.
•    Zhou, Z.; LaPointe, A. M.; Shaffer, T. D.; Coates, G. W. “Nature-inspired methylated polyhydroxybutyrates from C1 and C4 feedstocks” Nature Chemistry, 2023, 15, 856–861.
•    Parke, S. M.; Lopez, J. C.; Cui, S.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. “Polyethylene Incorporating Diels-Alder Comonomers: A “Trojan Horse” Strategy for Chemically Recyclable Polyolefins” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301927.
•    Hester, H. G.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W. “Ultra-High Molecular Weight Poly(Dioxolane): Enhancing the Mechanical Performance of a Chemically Recyclable Polymer” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8800–8804.
•    Arroyave, A.; Cui, S.; Lopez, J. C.; Kocen, A. L.; LaPointe, A. M.; Delferro, M.; Coates, G. W. “Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Post-Consumer Polyethylene” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23280–23285.
•    Kocen, A. L.; Cui, S.; Lin, T.-W.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W. “Chemically Recyclable Ester-Linked Polypropylene” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12613–12618.
•    Popowski, Y.; Lu, Y.; Coates, G. W.; Tolman, W. B. “Stereocomplexation of Stereoregular Aliphatic Polyesters: Change from Amorphous to Semicrystalline Polymers with Single Stereocenter Inversion” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8362–8370.
•    Abel, B. A.; Snyder, R. L.; Coates, G. W. “Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals” Science, 2021 373, 783–789.
•    Lu, Y.; Swisher, J. H.; Meyer, T. Y.; Coates, G. W. “Chirality-Directed Regioselectivity: An Approach for the Synthesis of Alternating Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4119–4124.
•    You, W.; Ganley, J. M.; Ernst, B. G.; Peltier, C. R.; Ko, H.-Y.; DiStasio, Jr.; R. A.; Knowles, R. R.; Coates, G. W. “Expeditious synthesis of aromatic-free piperidinium-functionalized polyethylene as alkaline anion exchange membranes” Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 3898–3910.
•    Lidston, C. A. L.; Abel, B. A.; Coates, G. W. “Bifunctional Catalysis Prevents Inhibition in Reversible-Deactivation Ring-Opening Copolymerizations of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20161–20169.
•    Lamb, J. R.; Hubbell, A. K.; MacMillan, S. N.; Coates, G. W. “Carbonylative, Catalytic Deoxygenation of 2,3-Disubstituted Epoxides with Inversion of Stereochemistry: An Alternative Alkene Isomerization Method” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8029–8035.
•    Lipinski, B. M.; Morris, L. S.; Silberstein, M. N.; Coates, G. W. “Isotactic Poly(Propylene Oxide): A Photodegradable Polymer with Strain Hardening Properties” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6800–6806.
•    Sifri, R. J.; Padilla-Vélez, O.; Coates, G. W.; Fors, B. P. “Controlling the Shape of Molecular Weight Distributions in Coordination Polymerization and Its Impact on Physical Properties” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1443–1448.
•    Abel, B. A.; Lidston, C. A. L.; Coates, G. W. “Mechanism-Inspired Design of Bifunctional Catalysts for the Alternating Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Cyclic Anhydrides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12760–12769.
•    Hubbell, A. K.; LaPointe, A. M.; Lamb, J. R.; Coates, G. W. “Regioselective Carbonylation of 2,2-Disubstituted Epoxides: An Alternative Route to Ketone-Based Aldol Products” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2474–2480.
•    You, W.; Padgett, E.; MacMillan, S. N.; Muller, D. A.; Coates, G. W. “Highly Conductive and Chemically Stable Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes via ROMP of trans-Cyclooctene Derivatives” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116, 9729–9734.
•    Eagan, J. E.; Xu, J.; Di Girolamo, R.; Thurber, C. M.; Macosko, C. W.; LaPointe, A. M.; Bates, F. S.; Coates, G. W. “Combining Polyethylene and Polypropylene: Enhanced Performance with PE/iPP Multiblock Polymers” Science 2017, 355, 814−816.

582 ST Olin
gc39@cornell.edu
607/255-5447

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Postdoc, California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Stanford University
B.A., Wabash College

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Polymer synthesis, stereoselective catalysis, mechanism of metal catalyzed reactions

Phillip Milner

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Lara A. Estroff

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Peter T. Wolczanski

George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor

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Justin J. Wilson

Associate Professor

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Song Lin

Tisch University Professor

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Stephen Lee

Professor

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Kyle M. Lancaster

Professor

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Geoffrey W. Coates

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James Burlitch

Professor Emeritus

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Héctor D. Abruña

Emile M. Chamot Professor

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