Wang Xi-Sheng
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry School of Chemistry and Materials Science University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
Adress: 536A, Huanzi Building,
School of Chemistry and Materials, USTC
Tel: 86-551-63606523
Postcode: 86-551-63601592
E-mail: xswang77@ustc.edu.cn
Personal Homepage:
http://staff.ustc.edu.cn/~xswang77/index.html
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1995.9-1999.7
Bachelor, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
2000.9-2005.7
Doctor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005.11-2008.3
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan
2008.4-2011,3
Research Assistant, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
2011,3-now
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organic Fluorine Chemistry; Organic Radical Chemistry; Conversion of Inert Bond
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Tao Wang, Yi-Ning Wang, Rui Wang, Bo-Chao Zhang, Chi Yang, Yan-Lin Li and Xi-Sheng Wang* Enantioselective cyanation via radical-mediated C–C single bond cleavage for synthesis of chiral dinitriles. Nat Commun. 2019, 10, 5373-5382
2. Kai-Fan Zhang, Kang-Jie Bian, Chao Li, Jie Sheng, Yan Li, and Xi-Sheng Wang*.Nickel-Catalyzed Carbofluoroalkylation of 1,3-Enynes to Access Structurally Diverse Fluoroalkylated Allenes. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2019, 58, 5069-5074.
3. Chao Li, Yi-Xuan Cao, Rui Wang, Yi-Ning Wang, Quan Lan and Xi-Sheng Wang*.Cobalt-catalyzed difluoroalkylation of tertiary aryl ketones for facile synthesis of quaternary alkyl difluorides. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 4951.
4. Jie Sheng,+ Hui-Qi Ni,+ Hao-Ran Zhang, Kai-Fan Zhang, Yi-Ning Wang and Xi-Sheng Wang*.Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Aryl Halides with Monofluoroalkyl Halides for Late-Stage Monofluoroalkylation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7634-7639.
5. Yu-Chao Zhu+, Yan Li+, Bo-Chao Zhang, Feng-Xu Zhang, Yi-Nuo Yang, and Xi-Sheng Wang*. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Olefination of Diaryl Sulfoxides through Parallel Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5129 –5133
6. Yan Li,† Rui Wang,† Xiu-Fen Cheng, Tao Wang, Xin Zhou, Fan Fei, Xi-Sheng Wang*. Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic [1,3]-Nitrogen Shift via Nitrogen Radical 4-Exo-Trig Cyclization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56(48), 15436-15440.
7. Rui Wang, Yan Li, Ruo-Xing Jin, Xi-Sheng Wang*. Copper-catalyzed oxidative C (sp 3)–H/C (sp 2)–H cross-coupling en route to carbocyclic rings. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8(5), 3838-3842.
8. Gang Li, Tao Wang, Fan Fei, Yi-Ming Su, Yan Li, Quan Lan, Xi-Sheng Wang* . Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylatvie Difluoroalkylation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55(10), 3491-3495.
9. Yi-Ming Su, Guang-Shou Feng, Zhen-Yu Wang, Quan Lan, Xi-Sheng Wang,* . Nickel-Catalyzed Monofluoromethylation of Aryl Boronic Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54(20), 6003-6007.
10. Xiu-Fen Cheng†, Yan Li†, Yi-Ming Su, Feng Yin, Jian-Yong Wang, Jie Sheng, Harit U. Vora, Xi-Sheng Wang,* Jin-Quan Yu. Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Activation/C−O Bond Formation: Synthesis of Chiral Benzofuranones. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135(4), 1236-1239.