Academic Experience

1996.9-2000.6   B.S., Nanjing University, China

2000.9-2005.6   Ph.D., Peking University, China (Mentor: Prof. Zhenfeng Xi)

2005.7-2007.6   Postdoc., Peking University, China (Mentor: Prof. Zhenfeng Xi)

2007.9-2010.3   Postdoc., Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow

                          University of Muenster, Germany (Mentor: Prof. Frank Glorius)

2010.4-              Professor, Institute of Chemistry, CAS

Honors and Awards

2019    Chinese Chemical Society-BASF Youth Innovation Award

2019    Young Investigator Award on Homogeneous Catalysis, China

2019    Representative of Manganese, Chinese Young Chemist Periodic Table, Chinese Chemical Society

2017    Associate Editor, Chinese Chemical Letters, Elsevier

2017    Editorial Board of Rising Stars, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Wiley-VCH

2015    Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, Germany

2015    Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Japan & Singapore)

2013    The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, China

2011    Alexander von Humboldt Equipment Subsidy, Germany

2008    Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany

2006    First Class Grant of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, China

2005    Outstanding Graduate, Peking University, China

Research Interests

Manganese-Group Organometallic Chemistry

Manganese-Group Metal Catalysis

Synthesis of Functional Molecules

Selected Work

1. Manganese-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation

2. Rhenium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation

3. Rhenium-Catalyzed C-C Bond Activation

Selected Publications

1. Jia, T.; Zhao, C.; Chen, H.;* Wang, C.* “Iron Carbonyl Catalyzed Redox-Neutral [4+2] Annulation of N−H Imines and Internal Alkynes via C−H Bond Activation” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5258-5271.

2. Zhou, B.; Hu, Y.; Wang, C.* "Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Nucleophilic C(sp²)−H Addition to Aldehydes and Nitriles" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13659–13663.

3. He, R.; Huang, Z.-T.; Zheng, Q.-Y.; Wang, C.* “Manganese-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative [4+2] Annulation of N−H Imines and Alkynes by C−H/N−H Activation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4950-4953.

4. He, R.; Jin, X.; Chen, H.;* Huang, Z.-T.; Zheng, Q.-Y.; Wang, C.* “Mn-Catalyzed Three-Component Reactions of Imines/Nitriles, Grignard Reagents, and Tetrahydrofuran: An Expedient Access to 1,5-Amino/Keto Alcohols” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6558-6561.

5. Wang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Yang, Y.; Zhang, P.; Du, Z.*; Wang, C.* “Alkene Oxyalkylation Enabled by Merging Re-catalysis with Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents via Decarboxylation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18048-18051.

6. Tang, Q. Z.; Xia, D. X.; Jin, X. Q.; Zhang, Q.; Sun, X.-Q.; Wang, C.* “Re/Mg bimetallic tandem catalysis for [4+2] annulation of benzamides and alkynes via C-H/N-H functionalization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4628-4631.

7. Zhou, B. W.; Chen, H.; Wang, C.* “Mn-catalyzed aromatic C-H alkenylation with terminal alkynes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1264-1267.