2013 Wuxi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award

Professor Xiao has received “2013 Wuxi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award”. Congratulations!

Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of Current Organocatalysis

Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of Current Organocatalysis! [link] Current Organocatalysis is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes significant research in ...

New Catalysis for Powerful and Efficient Organic Synthesis

Prof. Shu Kobayashi [Homepage] has given us a wonderful lecture about” New Catalysis for Powerful and Efficient Organic Synthesis”.

Homogeneous Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis

We proposed a new concept in homogeneous visible light photoredox catalysis ---“ killing two birds with one stone ”. Congrats. Youquan and Jiarong! [link]

Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao has been elected as a member of Committee of Homogeneous Catalysis, CCS.

Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao has been employed as a member of Editorial Board of “Studies in Synthetic Chemistry”.

Danfeng Jiang, Xinglong Yu, Tingting Zeng, Yi Wei, Xiaoye Yu and Zhiguang Yuan, Qiang Wei, Zhou Quanquan have joined the Xiao group since 8th, Sept. Welcome!

[4+3] Cycloaddition of in situ generated azoalkenes with C,N-cyclic azomethine imines: efficient synthesis of tetrazepine derivatives

We describe unprecedented [4+3] cycloaddition azoalkenes with C,N-cyclic azomethine imines without use of any catalyst, providing an efficient and mild approach to highly functionalized 1,2,4,5-tetraz...

Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis in the Construction of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Ring Systems

We published a microreview about visible-light photoredox catalytic strategies for the synthesis of carbocyclic and heterocyclic targets. Congrats. Jun! [link]

Dr. Bin Tan visited our group

Dr. Bin Tan, Associate Professor of South University of Science and Technology of China, visited our group in Jun. 17th, 2013, and was invited to give a wonderful lecture entitled with “Core-Structur...

Prof. Howard Alper from University of Ottawa has visited our group

Dr. Howard Alper [Homepage], Chair of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Distinguished University Professor of Ottawa University, visited our group, and gave us a wonderful lecture ...

Dr. Liang-Qiu Lu has finished his postdoctoral research

Dr. Liang-Qiu Lu, who is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research fellowship, has finished his postdoctoral research in Prof. Matthias Beller’s group [Homepage]. Congratulations!

Prof. Bolm from RWTH Aachen University has visited our group

Prof. Bolm [Homepage] from RWTH Aachen University has visited our group!

PhD thesises

Jing An and Xiao-Lei An successfully defended their PhD thesises. Congrats!

A Photocatalytic Strategy for the Preparation of Tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolinols

We describe a visible light induced, aerobic oxyamidation reaction of indole derivatives that produces tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolinols. Congrats. Jing! [link]

Construction of Optically Active Indolines by Formal [4+1] Annulation of Sulfur Ylides and N-(ortho-Chloromethyl)aryl Amides

The Group publishes an approach to optically active indolines by formal [4+1] annulation of sulfur ylides and N-(ortho-Chloromethyl)aryl amides in Chem. Eur. J. Congrats. Qing-Qing![link]

Shu-Wen's paper about Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of 3-Substituted Oxindoles to Vinylphosphonates is published in Synthesis

We report a chiral squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition reaction of 3-substituted oxindoles to a-phosphonoacrylates, affording phosprous analogues of amino acids in excellent yields wit...

Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Addition/Cyclization Cascade Reaction of Ylideneoxindoles with Isothiocyanato Oxindoles

Fen's paper about a highly efficient squaramide-catalyzed Michael/cyclization cascade reactions of 3-ylideneoxindoles with 3-isothiocyanato oxindoles is published in European Journal of Organic Chemi...

Jun's paper about Desulfonylation of Tosyl Amides through Catalytic Photoredox Cleavage of N-S Bond Under Visible-Light Irradiation is published in Chemistry - An Asian Journal

We report a novel desulfonylation method for amides via visible-light promoted reductive cleavage of the N-S bond. Congratulations! [link]