Synthetic methodology: radical chemistry,asymmetric catalysis,hydrogen atom transfer

2011-2016

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of 

 Sciences, Shanghai, China. Received Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, June 2016 (with Prof. Guosheng Liu).

2007-2011

College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China. Received B.S. in Applied Chemistry, June 2011 (with Prof. Wan-Guo Hou).

ACADEMIC CAREER 

2021- 

Professor (tenure-track), Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University.

2017-2020

Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.

2016-2017

Research assistant, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. (with Prof. Guosheng Liu)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhang, Z.#; Wang, F.#; Mu, X.; Chen, P.; Liu G.* Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Fluorination of Allylic Halides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7549.(# Contribute equally to this work)

2. Wang, F.; Gerken, J. B.; Bates, D. M.; Kim, Y. J.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical ******** for Hydrazine Synthesis: Development and Overpotential Analysis of Methods for Oxidative N–N Coupling of an Ammonia Surrogate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12349.

3. Wang, F.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical Oxidation of Organic Molecules at Lower Overpotential: Accessing Broader Functional Group Compatibility with Electron−Proton Transfer Mediators. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 561.

4. Wang, F.; Stahl, S. S.* Merging Photochemistry with Electrochemistry: Functional Group Tolerant Electrochemical Amination of C(sp3)–H Bonds. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6385.

5. Wang, F.; Rafiee, M.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical Functional-Group-Tolerant Shono-Type Oxidation of Cyclic Carbamates Enabled by Aminoxyl Mediators. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6686.

6. Wang, F.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay for Asymmetric Radical Transformations. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2036.

7. Wang, F.#; Wang, D.#; Zhou, Y.; Liang L.; Lu, R.; Chen, P.; Lin, Z.; Liu, G.* Divergent Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Allenyl Nitriles by Ligand-Controlled Radical 1,2- and 1,4-Addition of 1,3-Enynes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7140. (# Contribute equally to this work)

8. Zhang, W.#; Wang, F.#; McCann, S. D.; Wang, D.; Chen, P.; Stahl, S.*; Liu, G.* Enantioselective Cyanation of Benzylic C–H Bonds via Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay. Science, 2016, 353, 1014. (# Contribute equally to this work)

9. Wang, F.; Wang, D.; Wan, X.; Wu, L.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyanotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes via Radical Process. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15547.

10. Wang, F.; Zhu, N.; Chen, P.; Ye, J.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethyl-azidation of Alkynes: Efficient Access to CF3-Substituted Azirines and Aziridines. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9356.

11. Wang, F.; Wang, D.; Mu, X.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Trifluoromethylarylation of Alkenes: Mutual Activation of Arylboronic Acid and CF3+ Reagent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10202.

12. Wang, F.; Qi, X.; Liang, Z.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Trifluoromethylazidation of Alkenes: Convenient Access to CF3-Containing Alkyl Azides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1881.