The legacy of Professor Xiyan Lu: Organo- and organometallic catalysis

Prof. Xiyan Lu will always be remembered for his development of organic reactions under phosphine or palladium catalysis, especially for phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloadditions of electron-deficient allenes or alkynes with electrophiles such as electron-deficient alkenes and imines, known as Lu's [3 + 2] reaction. In addition to contributing to science, Prof. Lu left his mark as an educator by training the next generations of chemists and passing his work ethic on to his collaborators.