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)
2016 Excellent Prize of the President Scholarship for Postgraduate Student
2016 Excellent Graduate Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017 Excellent Doctoral Thesis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017 Reaxys PhD Prize (Finalist)
2019 First prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award (2/5)
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.