Education
2012-2016 Postdoc. Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, USA, (with Prof. F. Dean Toste)
2006-2011 Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (with Prof. Dawei Ma).
2002-2006 B.S., Lanzhou University (with Prof. Hao-Li Zhang).
Academic Career
2016- Professor（tenure-track）, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University
2011-2012 Assistant researcher, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science.
Research Areas
(1) Asymmetric Synthesis （不对称合成）
(2) Transition-Metal Catalysis （过渡金属催化）
(3) Reaction Mechanism and DFT Calculation （反应机理与DFT计算）
Honors & Awards
2020 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2011 Dean Excellence Award of CAS Award（中科院院长优秀奖）
Selected Publications
Hongfa Wang, Ruiyuan Zhang, Qinglong Zhang, and Weiwei Zi*, Synergistic Pd/Amine-Catalyzed Stereodivergent Hydroalkylation of 1,3-Dienes with Aldehydes: Reaction Development, Mechanism, and Stereochemical Origins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10948-10962.
Weiwei Chai, Qingyang Zhou, Wenna Ai, Yin Zheng, Tianzhu Qin, Xiufang Xu,* and Weiwei Zi*, Lewis Acid-Promoted Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Cycloaddition of Pd-Oxyallyl with 1,3-Dienes: Reaction Development and Origins of Selectivities. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3595−3603.
Minghui Zhu, Qinglong Zhang, and Weiwei Zi*, Diastereodivergent Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols through Dual-Metal-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkoxyallenes with Aldimine Esters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6545-6552.
Yin Zheng, Tianzhu Qin, Weiwei Zi*, Enantioselective Inverse-Electron-Demand (3+2) Cycloaddition of Palladium-Oxyallyl Enabled by a Hydrogen-Bond-Donating Ligand. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1038-1045.
Qinglong Zhang, Dongfang Dong, Weiwei Zi*, Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Hydrosulfonylation of 1,3-Dienes with Sulfinic Acids: Scope, Mechanism, and Origin of Selectivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15860-15869.
Qinglong Zhang, Huimin Yu, Lulu Shen, Tianhua Tang, Dongfang Dong, Weiwei Chai, Weiwei Zi*, Stereodivergent Coupling of 1,3-Dienes with Aldimine Esters Enabled by Synergistic Pd and Cu Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14554-14559.
