1991.3 Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
Hobbies: Science fiction, all of sports
Education
2003.9 ~ 2006.6: Nanjing No.13 Junior School, Kelihua
2006.9 ~ 2009.6: High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University
2009.9 ~ 2013.7: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking
University (in Professor Jianbo Wang's group)
B.Sc thesis: Copper-Catalyzed C-H
Direct Trifluoromethylation of Quinones
Publications
(1) Copper-Catalyzed C(sp3)-C(sp3) Bond Formation Using a Hypervalent
Iodine Reagent: An Efficient Allylic Trifluoromethylation
Xi Wang, Yuxuan Ye, Songnan Zhang, Jiajie Feng, Yan Xu, Yan Zhang,
and Jianbo Wang
J. Am.
Chem.
Soc. 2011, 133, 16410-16413. (Highlighted
by ChemistryViews
and Organic
Chemistry Portal)
(2) Silver-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of Aryldiazonium Salts:
Conversion of Amino Group into Trifluoromethyl Group
Xi Wang, Yan Xu, Fanyang Mo, Guojing Ji, Di Qiu, Jiajie Feng, Yuxuan
Ye, Songnan Zhang,Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2013,
135, 10330-10333. (JACS Most Read Articles in
August, 2013)(Highlighted by Synfacts
2013,
9(10), 1113; Highlighted by Angew.
Chem.)
(3) Copper-Catalyzed Direct C-H Trifluoromethylation of Quinones
Xi Wang, Yuxuan Ye, Guojing Ji, Yan Xu, Songnan Zhang, Jiajie Feng,
Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Org.
Lett. 2013,
15, 3730-3733.
(4) Synthesis of 3-Trifluoromethylpyrazoles via Trifluoromethylation/Cyclization
of alpha, beta-Alkynic Hydrazones Using a Hypervalent Iodine Reagent
Guojing Ji, Xi Wang,* Songnan Zhang, Yan Xu, Yuxuan Ye, Ming Li, Yan
Zhang, and Jianbo Wang*
Chem.
Commun.
2014, 50, 4361-4363.
(5) Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Cycloheptatrienes from N-Tosylhydrazones:
Transition-Metal-Free Büchner Ring Expansion
Zhikun Zhang, Jiajie Feng, Yan Xu, Songnan Zhang, Yuxuan Ye, Tianjiao
Li, Xi Wang,* Jun Chen, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang*
Synlett
2015,
26, 59-62. (Invited
Contribution for Synlett Cluster on “Progress in Organo-Fluorine
Chemistry”)