Wgroup member: Yan Xu Graduate student (2009.9 ~ 2013.7) Current position: The University of Chicago; Email: yanx@uchicago.edu

Education
2009.9 ~ 2013.7: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (in Professor Jianbo Wang's group)

B.Sc thesis: Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Alkenes based on Pd Carbene Migratory Insertion

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) Pd Carbene Migratory Insertion: Application to the Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Alkenes and Dienes
Xi Wang, Yan Xu, Yifan Deng, Yujing Zhou, Jiajie Feng, Guojing Ji, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 961-965.

(6) 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”)