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Curriculum Vitae
Since 2016.09 Full Professor at Sichuan University
2012.06¡ª2016.08, Research Fellow with Prof. Yixin Lu, National University of Singapore
2011.08¡ª2012.05£¬Research Assistant, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS)
2006.09¡ª2011.07£¬ PhD in Organic Chemistry with Prof. Qing-Hua Fan, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS)
2002.09¡ª2006.07£¬ B.S. in Applied Chemistry with Prof. Xiaoming Feng & Prof. Qing-Hua Fan
Selected Awards and Distinctions
2019, ACP Lectureship Award (by Japan)
2019, Chengdu Specially-Appointed Professor, Chengdu Provincial Government
2018, Sichuan Specially-Appointed Professor, Sichuan province
2017, National 1000-Yong Talents Plan of China (2017)
2017, National 1000-Yong Talents Plan of Sichuan province (2017)
2017, Scientific Chinese ¡°The People of the Year 2017 Awards (Youth)¡±
2016, Gold Award of Outstanding Mentor for ¡°Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2016¡±
2010, The Special Award for Young?Scholars, ICCAS
2009, The Third ChemComm International Symposium ¡°The Three Best Poster Prize¡±
Editorial/Advisory Board Memberships£º
Since 2020.06, Youth Editorial Board of Green Synthesis & Catalysis
Selected Publications
36. Lixiang Zhu, Xiaoyu Ren, Juan Du, Jia-Hong Wu, Jian-Ping Tan, Jixing Che, Jianke Pan, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Transition metal-free multicomponent reaction towards constructing chiral 2H-1,4-benzoxazine scaffolds¡± , Green Chem., 2020, 22, 7506-7512.

35. Dongming Lu, Jia-Hong Wu, Jianke Pan, Xue Chen, Xiaoyu Ren, Tianli Wang*, "Asymmetric Synthesis of Benzothiazolopyrimidines with High Catalytic Efficiency and Stereoselectivity under Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt System", Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 11231-11234.

34¡¢Jian-Ping Tan#, Xiaojie Li#, Yuan Chen, Xianle Rong, Lixiang Zhu, Chunhui Jiang, Kai Xiao, Tianli Wang*, "Highly Stereoselective Construction of Polycyclic Benzofused Tropane Scaffolds and Their Latent Bioactivities: Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt-enabled Cyclodearomatization Process", Sci. China Chem., 2020, 63, 1091-1099.

33¡¢Hongkui Zhang#, Chunhui Jiang#, Jian-Ping Tan, Hui-Lin Hu, Yayun Chen, Xiaoyu Ren, Hong-Su Zhang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Highly Enantioselective Construction of Fully-substituted Stereocenters Enabled by In-situ Phosphonium-containing Organocatalysis¡±, ACS. Catal., 2020, 10, 5698-5706 (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2020, 16, 967).

32. Xiaojun Yu, Song Zhang, Zhiyu Jiang, Hong-Su Zhang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Highly efficient and convenient access to phosphinates via CHCl3-assisted direct phosphorylation between R2P(O)H and ROH by phosphonium salt catalysis¡±, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2020, 20, 3110-3113.

31. Juan Du, Jia-Hong Wu, Lixiang Zhu, Xiaoyu Ren, Chunhui Jiang, Tianli Wang*, "Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4 + 2] Annulation of Isoindigos with Allenes: Access to Complex Heterocycles with Centerpiece of 4H-Pyrans", Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362, 2510-2516.

30. Dongming Lu, Xin Liu, Jia-Hong Wu, Song Zhang, Jian-Ping Tan, Xiaojun Yu, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Asymmetric Construction of Bispiro©\Cyclopropane©\Pyrazolones via a [2 + 1] Cyclization Reaction by Dipeptide©\Based Phosphonium Salt Catalysis¡±, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362, 1966-1971.

29. Xin Liu, Dongming Lu, Jia-Hong Wu, Jian-Ping Tan, Chunhui Jiang, Guowei Gao,* Tianli Wang*, ¡°Stereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Containing Spirooxindoles via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition by Dipeptide-Based Phosphonium Salt Catalysis¡±, Adv, Synth, Catal., 2020, 362, 1490-1495.
28. Jia-Hong Wu, Jianke Pan, Juan Du, Xiaoxia Wang, Xuemei Wang, Chunhui Jiang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Enantioselective Synthesis of Multifunctionalized 4H-Pyrans via Formal [4 + 2] Annulation Process by Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt Catalysis¡±, Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 395-399.

27. Jian-Ping Tan#, Hongkui Zhang#, Zhiyu Jiang, Yuan Chen, Xiaoyu Ren, Chunhui Jiang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Enantioselective Construction of Spiro[chroman-thiazolones]: Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt-Catalyzed [2 + 4] Annulation between 5-Alkenyl Thiazolones and ortho-Hydroxyphenyl- Substituted para-Quinone Methides¡±, Adv. Synth. Cataly., 2020, 362,1058-1063.

26. Chunhui Jiang#, Yayun Chen#, Hongkui Zhang, Jian-Ping Tan, Tianli Wang*, "Catalyst-Free Synthesis of a-Functionalized 2H-Chromenes in Water:ATandem Self-Promoted pseudo-Substitution and Decarboxylation Process", Chem. Asian. J., 2019, 14, 2938-2944.

25. Jianke Pan#, Jia-Hong Wu#, Hongkui Zhang, Xiaoyu Ren, Jian-Ping Tan, Lixiang Zhu, HongSu Zhang, Chunhui Jiang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Aziridines: aza-Darzens Reaction of Cyclic Imines with ¦Á-halogenated Ketones Catalyzed by Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 7425-7430.

24. Jian-Ping Tan#, Peiyuan Yu#, Jia-Hong Wu, Yuan Chen, Jianke Pan, Chunhui Jiang, Xiaoyu Ren, HongSu Zhang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt Directed Enantioselective Formal [4+ 1] Annulation of Hydroxyl-Substituted Quinone Methides with ¦Á-halogenated Ketones¡±, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 7298-7302.

23. Lixiang Zhu#, Xiaoyu Ren#, Zhongxiu Liao, Jianke Pan, Chunhui Jiang, and Tianli Wang*, ¡°Asymmetric Three-Component Cyclizations toward Structurally Spiro Pyrrolidines via Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt Catalysis¡±, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 8667-8672.

22. Song Zhang#, Xiaojun Yu#, Jianke Pan, Chunhui Jiang,* Hongsu Zhang, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiro-Structural 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans via the Bifunctional Phosphonium Salt-Promoted [4 + 1] Cyclization of Ortho-Quinone Methides with ¦Á-Bromoketones¡±, Org. Lett., 2019, 6, 3799-3803.

21. Guofei Huang#, Xiaoyu Ren#, Chunhui Jiang, Jia-Hong Wu, Guowei Gao*, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Efficient Synthesis of (E)-2-Nitromethylcinnamates via Phosphine-Catalyzed Tandem ¦Á-Addition and 1,3-Rearrangement¡±, Org. Chem. Front., 2019, 6, 2872-2876.

20. Jia-Hong Wu#, Jianke Pan#, Tianli Wang*, ¡°Dipeptide-Based Phosphonium Salt Catalysis: Application to Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Aziridines¡±, Synlett, 2019, 30, 2101-2106.
19. Tianli Wang, Xiaoyu Han, Fangrui Zhong, Weijun Yao, and Yixin Lu*, ¡°Amino Acid-derived Bifunctional Phosphines for Enantioselective Transformations¡±, Acc. Chem. Res., 2016, 49,1369-1378.
18. Tianli Wang, Zhaoyuan Yu, Ding Long Hoon, Claire Yan Phee, Yu Lan, and Yixin Lu*, ¡°Regiodivergent Enantioselective ¦Ã-Additions of Oxazolones to 2,3-Butadienoates Catalyzed by Phosphines: Synthesis of ¦Á,¦Á-Disubstituted ¦Á-Amino Acids and N,O-Acetal Derivatives¡±, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 265-271. (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2016, 12, 309)
17. Tianli Wang, Weijun Yao, Fangrui Zhong, Guo Hao Pang, Yixin Lu*, ¡°Phosphine-Catalyzed Enantioselective ¦Ã-Addition of 3-Substituted Oxindoles to 2,3-Butadienoates and 2-Butynoates: Use of Prochiral Nucleophiles¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 2964-2968.
16. Tianli Wang, Fei Chen, Jie Qin, Yan-Mei He, Qing-Hua Fan*, ¡°Asymmetric Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of 2- and 2,9-Substituted 1,10-Phenanthrolines¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7172-7176. (Highlighted by J. org. Chem., 2013, 33, 2028)
15. Tianli Wang, Lian-Gang Zhuo, Zhi Wei Li, Fei Chen, Zi Yuan Ding, Yanmei He, Qing-Hua Fan*, Jun Feng Xiang, Zhi-Xiang Yu*, Albert S. C. Chan, ¡°Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinolines Using Phosphine-Free Chiral Cationic Ruthenium Catalysts: Scope, Mechanism and Origin of Enantioselectivity¡±, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 9878-9891.
14. Tianli Wang, Zhaoyuan Yu, Ding Long Hoon, Kuo-Wei Huang, Yu Lan*, Yixin Lu*, ¡°Highly Enantioselective Construction of Tertiary Thioethers and Alcohols via Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric ¦Ã-Addition reactions of 5H-Thiazol-4-ones and 5H-Oxazol-4-ones: Scope and Mechanistic Understandings¡±, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 4912-4922.
13. Tianli Wang, Ding Long Hoon, and Yixin Lu*, ¡°Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Fluoro-3-allyl-oxindoles via Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric ¦Ã-Addition of 3-Fluoro-Oxindoles to 2,3-Butadienoates¡±, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 10186-10189.
12. Tianli Wang, Ya Chen, Guanghui Ouyang, Yan-Mei He*, Zhiyan Li and Qing-Hua Fan*, ¡°Solvent-Regulated Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinoline Derivatives in Oligo(Ethylene Glycol)s via Host-Guest Interactions¡±, Chem. Asian J., 2016, 11, 2773-2777.
11. Tianli Wang, Guanghui Ouyang, Yan-Mei He and Qing-Hua Fan*, ¡°Asymmetric Tandem Reduction of 2-(Aroylmethyl)quinolines with Phosphine-Free Ru-TsDPEN Catalyst¡±, Synlett, 2011, 7, 939-942.
10. Zhen Wang, Tianli Wang, Weijun Yao, Yixin Lu*, ¡°Phosphine-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4 + 2] Annulation of o-Quinone Methides with Allene Ketones¡±, Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 4126-4129.
9. Xiaoyu Han, Weijun Yao, Tianli Wang, Yong Ren Tan, Ziyu Yan, Jacek. Kwiatkowski, Yixin. Lu*, ¡°Asymmetric Synthesis of Spiropyrazolones through Phosphine-Catalyzed [4 + 1] Annulation¡±, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5643-5647.
8. Zi-Yuan Ding, Tianli Wang, Yan-Mei He, Fei Chen, Hai-Feng Zhou, Qing-Hua Fan*, Qingxiang Guo*, and Albert S. C. Chan, ¡°Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydroquinolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation in Ionic Liquid¡±, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2013, 355, 3727-3735.
7. Fei Chen, Tianli Wang, Yanmei He, Ziyuan Ding, Zhiwei Li, Lijin Xu and Qing-Hua Fan*, "Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Alkyl Ketimines with Phosphine-Free, Chiral, Cationic Ru-MsDPEN Catalysts", Chem. ¨CEur. J., 2011, 17, 1109-1113.
6. Zhi-Wei Li, Tianli Wang, Yan-Mei He, Zhi-Jian Wang, Qing-Hua Fan*, Jie Pan and Li-Jin Xu*, "Air-Stable and Phosphine-Free Iridium Catalysts for Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinoline Derivatives", Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 5265-5268.
5. Haifeng Zhou, Zhiwei Li, Zhijian Wang, Tianli Wang, Lijin Xu, Yanmei He, Qing-Hua Fan*, Jie Pan, Lianquan Gu and Albert S. C. Chan*, "Hydrogenation of Quinolines Using a Recyclable Phosphine-Free Chiral Cationic Ruthenium Catalyst: Enhancement of Catalyst Stability and Selectivity in an Ionic Liquid", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 8464-8467.
4. Zhi-Jian Wang, Hai-Feng Zhou, Tianli Wang, Yan-Mei He, Qing-Hua Fan*, "Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinolines under Solvent-Free or Highly Concentrated Conditions", Green Chem., 2009, 11, 767-769.
3. Fei Chen, Ziyuan Ding, Jie Qin, Tianli Wang, Yanmei He and Qing-Hua Fan*, "Highly Effective Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Cyclic N-Alkyl Imines with Chiral Cationic Ru-MsDPEN Catalysts", Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 4348-4351.
2. Weijun Tang, Yawei Sun, Lijin Xu* Tianli Wang, Qing-Hua Fan, Kim-Hung Lam and Albert S. C. Chan, "Highly Efficient and Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinolines and Pyridines with Ir-Difluorphos Catalyst", Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 3464-3471.
1. Fei Chen, Ziyuan Ding, Yanmei He, Jie Qin, Tianli Wang and Qing-Hua Fan*, "Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Alkyl and N-Aryl Ketimines using Chiral CationicRu(Diamine) Complexes as Catalysts: The Counteranion and Solvent Effects, and Substrate Scope", Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 5248-5257.