研究方向:
1)具有生物活性的复杂天然产物的全合成
2)基于天然产物的先导化合物发现及构效关系研究
3)合成导向的光化学方法学研究
2025 CCS-Thieme The 12th Natural Product Synthesis Forum Young Investigator Award
2021 上海海外高层次人才引进计划
2016 Reaxys PhD Prize Finallist
2014 中国科学院院长优秀奖
2013 Special Symposium Award, Roche and Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium
代表性论著
1. Y. Sun, X. Zhang, F. Jiang, M. Zhang, W. Wu, Y. Sun* Concise Synthesis of Norzoanthamine Enabled by a Set of Photochemical Transformations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 47, 32305.
2. Y. Sun, Y. Zhou, Y. Shi, J. del Pozo, S. Torker, and A. H. Hoveyda* Copper-Hydride-Catalyzed Enantioselective Processes with Allenyl Boronates. Mechanistic Nuances, Scope, and Utility in Target-Oriented Synthesis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12087.
3. Y. Sun, P. Chen, D. Zhang, M. Baunach, C. Hertweck, and A. Li,* Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Sespenine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9012.
4. Y. Sun, R. Li, W. Zhang, and A. Li,* Total Synthesis of Indotertine A and Drimentines A, F, and G, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9201.
5. Y. Sun, Z. Meng, P. Chen, D. Zhang, M. Baunach, C. Hertweck, and A. Li,* A concise total synthesis of sespenine, a structurally unusual indole terpenoid from Streptomyces, Org. Chem Front. 2016, 3, 368.