Transition metal catalysis, asymmetric catalysis, biomimetic catalysis, organic synthesis

Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2017/04 - present

Humboldt Fellow, Technische Universitat Berlin, 2015/06 - 2017/03

Post. Doc., University of California at Irvine, 2012/08 - 2015/05

Ph.D, Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2007/09 - 2012/07

B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2003/09 - 2007/07

Born, 1984

1. Gong Zhang, Chao-Yang Zhao, Xiang-Ting Min, Ying Li, Xiang-Xin Zhang, Heng Liu, Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu, Qing-An Chen.* Nickel-Catalysed Asymmetric Heteroarylative Cyclotelomerization of Isoprene. Nature Catal. 2022, 5, 708-715.

2. Xin Huang,^？ Bing-Zhi Chen,^？ Pengbin Li, Ding-Wei Ji, Jinxian Liu, Hao Zheng, Sa-Na Yang, Yan-Cheng Hu, Boshun Wan, Xiang-Ping Hu, Chunling Fu, Yankai Huang, Jian Zheng,* Qing-An Chen,* Shengming Ma.* Palladium-catalyzed Construction of Butafulvenes. Nature Chem. 2022, 14, 1185.

3. Xiang-Ting Min, Yong-Kang Mei, Bing-Zhi Chen, Li-Bowen He, Ting-Ting Song, Ding-Wei Ji,Yan-Cheng Hu, Boshun Wan, Qing-An Chen.* Rhodium-Catalyzed Deuterated Tsuji-Wilkinson Decarbonylation of Aldehydes with Deuterium Oxide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 11081-11087.

4. Chao-Yang Zhao, Ying-Ying Liu, Xiang-Xin Zhang, Gu-Cheng He, Heng Liu, Ding-Wei Ji,Yan-Cheng Hu, Qing-An Chen.* Bioinspired and Ligand-Regulated Unnatural Prenylation and Geranylation of Oxindoles with Isoprene under Pd Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207202.

5. Hao Zheng, Chang-Hui Liu, Shi-Yu Guo, Gu-Cheng He, Xiang-Ting Min, Bo-Chao Zhou, Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu, Qing-An Chen.* Regioselective C？H Phosphorylation of Group 8 Metallocenes under Electrochemical Autocatalysis. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 3496.

6. Yan-Cheng Hu, Xiang-Ting Min, Ding-Wei Ji, Qing-An Chen.* Catalytic Prenylation and Reverse-Prenylation of Aromatics. Trends in Chem. 2022, 4, 658-675.

7. Gu-Cheng He,^？ Shi-Yu Guo,^？ Hao Zheng, Chang-Hui Liu, Ying Li, Xiang-Ting Min, Ding-Wei Ji and Qing-An Chen.* Photo-Induced Catalytic C？H Heteroarylation of Group 8 Metallocenes. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2022, 3, 100768.

8. Wei-Song Zhang, Ding-Wei Ji, Ying Li, Xiang-Xin Zhang, Chao-Yang Zhao, Yan-Cheng Hu and Qing-An Chen.* Regio- and Stereoselective Diarylation of 1,3-Dienes via Ni/Cr Co-catalysis. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2158-2165.

9. Shi-Yu Guo, Fan Yang, Ting-Ting Song, Yu-Qing Guan, Xiang-Ting Min, Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu and Qing-An Chen.* Photo-Induced Catalytic Halopyridylation of Alkenes. Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 6538.

10. Heng Liu, Gu-Cheng He, Chao-Yang Zhao, Xiang-Xin Zhang, Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu and Qing-An Chen.* Redoxdivergent Construction of (Dihydro)thiophenes with DMSO. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 24284-24291.

11. Chao-Yang Zhao, Ding-Wei Ji, Hao Zheng, Gu-Cheng He, Heng Liu, Yan-Cheng Hu, and Qing-An Chen.* Pd-Catalyzed Redox Divergent Coupling of Ketones with Terpenols. ACS Cat. 2021, 11, 6825-6834.

12. Wen-Shuang Jiang⁺, Ding-Wei Ji⁺, Wei-Song Zhang, Gong Zhang, Xiang-Ting Min, Yan-Cheng Hu, Xu-Liang Jiang*, and Qing-An Chen.* Orthogonal Regulation of Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Sites in Pd-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Couplings between Indazoles and Isoprene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 8321-8328.

13. Yan-Cheng Hu⁺, Yingying Zhao⁺, Boshun Wan*, Qing-An Chen.* Reactivity of Ynamides in Catalytic Intermolecular Annulations. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 2582-2625.

14. Xiang-Ting Min, Ding-Wei Ji, Yu-Qing Guan, Shi-Yu Guo, Yan-Cheng Hu, Boshun Wan, Qing-An Chen* Visible Light-Induced Bifunctional Rhodium Catalysis for Decarbonylative Coupling of Imides with Alkynes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 1583-1587.

15. Chang-Sheng Kuai⁺, Ding-Wei Ji⁺, Chao-Yang Zhao, Heng Liu, Yan-Cheng Hu, Qing-An Chen.* Ligand Regulated Regiodivergent Hydrosilylation of Isoprene under Iron Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19115-19120.

16. Chao-Yang Zhao, Hao Zheng, Ding-Wei Ji, Xiang-Ting Min, Yan-Cheng Hu, and Qing-An Chen.* Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carboboronation of Allenes to Access α-Quaternary Amino Esters with Adjacent Stereocenters. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100067.

17. Jun Yang, Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu, Xiang-Ting Min, Xiang-Ge Zhou,* Qing-An Chen.* Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroxymethylarylation of Terpenes with Formaldehyde and Arenes. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 9560-9564.

18. Ding-Wei Ji, Yan-Cheng Hu, Hao Zheng, Chao-Yang Zhao, Qing-An Chen.* and Vy M. Dong. Catalytic Regioselectivity Switch in Pd-Catalyzed Hydroallylation of Alkynes. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 6311-6315.

19. Yan-Cheng Hu, Ding-Wei Ji, Chao-Yang Zhao, Hao Zheng, Qing-An Chen.* Catalytic Prenylation and Reverse-Prenylation of Indoles with Isoprene: Regioselectivity Manipulation by Metal-Hydride. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5438-5442.

20. Qing-An Chen, Hendrik F. T. Klare, and Martin Oestreich.* Bronsted Acid-Promoted Formation of Stabilized Silylium Ions for Catalytic Friedel-Crafts C-H Silylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7868-7871.

21. Qing-An Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Vy M. Dong.* Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkynes with Indolines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8392-8395.

22. Qing-An Chen, Faben A. Cruz, Vy M. Dong.* Alkyne Hydroacylation: Switching Regioselectivity by Tandem Ruthenium Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3157-3160.

23. Qing-An Chen, Daniel K. Kim, Vy M. Dong.* Regioselective Hydroacylation of 1,3-Dienes by Cobalt-Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3772-3775.

24. Qing-An Chen, Zhi-Shi Ye, Ying Duan and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Homogeneous Palladium Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 497-511.

25. Qing-An Chen, Kai Gao, Ying Duan, Zhi-Shi Ye, Lei Shi, Yan Yang and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Dihydrophenanthridine: A New and Easily Regenerable NAD(P)H Model for Biomimetic Asymmetric Hydrogenation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2442-2448.