个人简历

学术经历\r
2002-2006年就读于中国科学技术大学化学系，获学士学位（导师：尤田耙教授）\r
2006-2011年就读于美国芝加哥大学化学系，获博士学位（导师：Hisashi Yamamoto）\r
2010-2011 法国波尔多第一大学欧洲化学生物研究所（IECB）访问学生\r
2011-2014 美国西北大学化学系博士后（导师：Tobin J. Marks）\r
2015年3月加入上海科技大学物质学院担任助理教授。\r
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所获荣誉\r
中国科学院教育教学成果二等奖，2020\r
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2018\r
Reaxys PhD Prize Finalists, Elsevier, 2012\r
Chateaubriand Scientific Fellowship, the Embassy of France in the US, 2010

研究领域

"""""催化剂和催化反应是当代化学工业的重要组成部分，催化领域的研究不仅具有基础理论与学术意义、重大的工业应用价值，更可能成为解决当前人类面临的可持续发展问题的关键。在碳中和、可再生资源转化、绿色化工过程和绿色制药化学等新问题的研究过程中，催化剂和催化反应都将起到至关重要的作用。\r
面向这些方向，我们将着力于\r
（1）研究新型路易斯酸催化剂的设计与合成，以及它们在\r
（2）生物质转化\r
（3）有机合成与制药化学中的应用，促进化学工业向绿色可持续方向发展。"

近期论文

Xie, W.-B.; Li, Z.*; Bis(μ-oxo)–Dititanium(IV)–Chiral Binaphthyldisulfonate Complexes for Highly Enantioselective Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Nonactivated Alkenes, ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 6270-6275.\r
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Liu, X.; Liu, B.; Shi, Z.; Tan, C.; Fan, R.; Li, Z.; Tan, J.*; Hf(OTf)4-Catalyzed 1,6-Conjugate Addition of 2-Alkyl-azaarenes to para-Quinone Methides, J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 3615-3624.\r
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Liu, D.-H.; He, H.-L.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Li, Z.*; Oxidative Aromatization of Biobased Chemicals to Benzene Derivatives through Tandem Catalysis, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 14322–14329.\r
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Ding, N.; Li, Z.*; When Anthracene and Quinone Avoid Cycloaddition: Acid-Catalyzed Redox Neutral Functionalization of Anthracene to Aryl Ethers, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4276-4282. \r
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Xie, W.-B.; Li, Z.*; Asymmetric Synthesis of Ethers by Catalytic Alkene Hydro­alkoxy­lation, Synthesis 2020, 52, 2127-2146. (Invited review)\r
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Liu, D.-H., Marks, T. J.; Li, Z.*; Catalytic One-Pot Conversion of Renewable Platform Chemicals to Hydrocarbon and Ether Biofuels via Tandem Hf(OTf)4 + Pd/C Catalysis, ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 5217-5223. (Cover Feature: ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 5214.)\r
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Liu, H.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Li, Z.*; Catalytic amidation of natural and synthetic polyol esters with sulfonamides, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 3881.\r
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Xu, X.-L.; Li, Z.*; Catalytic Redox Chain Ring Opening of Lactones with Quinones To Synthesize Quinone-Containing Carboxylic Acids; Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 5078-5081.\r
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Xu, X.-L.; Li, Z.*; Deciphering the Redox Chain Mechanism in the Catalytic Alkylation of Quinones; Synlett, 2018, 29, 1807-1813. (Invited Synpact article)\r
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Xu, X.-L.; Li, Z.* Catalytic Electrophilic Alkylation of p-Quinones through a Redox Chain Reaction; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 8196–8200. \r
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Lohr, T. L.; Li, Z.; Marks, T. J.* Thermodynamic Strategies for C–O Bond Formation and Cleavage via Tandem Catalysis; Acc. Chem. Res., 2016, 49 (5), pp 824–834.\r
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Lohr, T. L.; Li, Z.; Assary, R. S.; Curtiss, L. A.; Marks, T. J.* Mono- and tri-ester hydrogenolysis using tandem catalysis. Scope and mechanism; Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9 (2), pp 550–564. \r
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Lohr, T. L.; Li, Z.; Marks, T. J.* Selective Ether/Ester C–O Cleavage of an Acetylated Lignin Model via Tandem Catalysis; ACS Catal., 2015, 5 (11), pp 7004–7007. \r
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Lohr, T. L.†; Li, Z.†; Assary, R. S.; Curtiss, L. A.; Marks, T. J.* Thermodynamically Leveraged Tandem Catalysis for Ester RC(O)O–R′ Bond Hydrogenolysis. Scope and Mechanism; ACS Catal.,2015, 5 (6), pp 3675–3679. (Equal contribution) \r
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Li, Z.; Assary, R. S.; Atesin, A. C.; Curtiss, L. A.; Marks, T. J.* Rapid Ether and Alcohol C-O Bond Hydrogenolysis Catalyzed by Tandem High-valent Metal Triflate + Supported Pd Catalysts; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 104-107. \r
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Assary, R. S.*; Atesin, A. C.; Li, Z.; Curtiss, L. A.*; Marks, T. J.* Reaction Pathways and Energetics of Etheric C–O Bond Cleavage Catalyzed by Lanthanide Triflates; ACS Catal., 2013, 3, 1908–1914. \r
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Olivares-Romero, J. L.; Li, Z.; Yamamoto, H.* Catalytic Enantioselective Epoxidation of Tertiary Allylic and Homoallylic alcohols; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 3411-3413. \r
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Li, Z.; Yamamoto, H.* Hydroxamic Acids in Asymmetric Synthesis; Acc. Chem. Res.,2013,46, 506-518.\r
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Olivares-Romero, J. L.; Li, Z.; Yamamoto, H.*; Hf(IV)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Epoxidation of N-Alkenyl Sulfonamides and N-Tosyl Imines; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 5440-5443. (Top 20 Most Read Articles of March 2012) \r
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Li, Z.; Yamamoto, H.*; Zirconium(IV)- and Hafnium(IV)-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of Homoallylic and Bishomoallylic Alcohols; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7878-7880. \r
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Li, Z.; Zhang, W.; Yamamoto, H.*; Vanadium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Secondary Allylic Alcohols and Homoallylic Alcohols; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 7520-7522; Angew. Chem., 2008,120, 7630-7632.