Education
2009.9 ~ present: Expecting Ph .D. in chemistry, Peking University
(in Professor Wang's group);
2005.9 ~ 2009.7: B.Sc. Degree in chemistry, Wuhan University;
2002.9 ~ 2005.7: Anlu No.1 Senior Middle School.
Ph.D thesis: Studies on the Synthesis
and Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkylboron Compounds
Publications
(1) Coupling of N-Tosylhydrazones with Terminal Alkynes:
Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes
Qing Xiao, Ying Xia, Huan Li, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed.
2011, 50, 1114-1117. (Highlighted by Synfacts,
2011, 4, 0431)
(2) Transition Metal-Free Synthesis of Pinacol Alkylboronates from
Tosylhydrazones
Huan Li, Long Wang, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed.
2012, 51, 2943-2946. (One of the Most-Accessed-Article
of Angew. Chem. in 2/2012)
(3) C(sp)-C(sp3) Bond Formation through Cu-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling
of N-Tosylhydrazones and Trialkylsilylethynes
Fei Ye, Xiaoshen Ma, Qing Xiao, Huan Li, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2012, 134, 5742-5745.
(4) Reaction of Diazo Compounds with Organoboron Compounds
Huan Li, Yan Zhang, Jianbo Wang
Synthesis
2013,
45, 3090-3098. (Invited review article)(Most-Read
Article)
(5) Formal Carbon Insertion of N-Tosylhydrazone into B-B
and B-Si Bonds: gem-Diborylation and gem-Silylborylation of sp3 Carbon
Huan Li, Xianghang Shangguan, Zhikun Zhang, Shan Huang, Yan Zhang
and Jianbo Wang
Org. Lett.
2014, 16, 448-451. (Highlighted
by Organic Chemistry Portal)
(6) Pd(0)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of 1,1-Diboronates with Vinyl
Bromides and 1,1-Dibromoalkenes
Huan Li, Zhikun Zhang, Xianghang Shangguan, Shan Huang, Jun Chen,
Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed.
2014, 53, 11921-11925.
(7) Cu(I)-Catalyzed Alkylation of Polyfluoroarenes through Direct
C-H Bond Functionalization
Shuai Xu, Guojiao Wu, Fei Ye, Xi Wang, Huan Li, Xia Zhao, Yan Zhang,
Jianbo Wang
Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed.
2015, 54, 4669-4672.
(8) Pd(0)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of 1,1-Diboronates with 2,2'-Dibromobiphenyls:
Synthesis of 9H-Fluorenes
Shuai Xu, Xianghang Shangguan, Huan Li,* Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang*
J.
Org. Chem. 2015,
80, 7779-7784. (Highlighted
by Synfacts 2015, 11(10), 1082).