EDUCATION  

1989-1994,  Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, China. Received PhD degree in June, 1994 (with Prof. Zheng-Ming Li).

1985-1989,  Department of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. Received BSc degree in June, 1989.

ACADEMIC CAREER

2004-Present, Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

2003-2004, Postdoctoral associate, School of Pharmacy, Purdue University, U.S.A. (with Prof. Shuang Liu).

1999-2003, Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, U.S.A. (with Prof. Chae S. Yi and Prof. William Donaldson).

1998-1999, Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, SA. (with Prof. Tomaz Modro).

1994-1998, Associate Professor, Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.    

(1) Organophosphorus chemistry.

(2) Synthetic chemistry.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Tong Tang, Qianqian Wang, Shixuan Cao, Chang-Jiang Yang, Zhengjie He*. Cascade Ring-Opening/Cyclization Reaction of Spiro(nitrocyclopropane) oxindoles with Huisgen Zwitterions and Synthesis of Pyrazolo[3,4‑b]indoles. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 16707-16721.
   

2. Shixuan Cao, Tong Tang, Jiatian Li, Zhengjie He*. Visible light-driven [3+3] annulation reaction of 2H-azirines with Huisgen zwitterions and synthesis of 1,2,4-triazines. Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 3342-3347.

3. Shixuan Cao, Jiatian Li, Taishan Yan, Jie Han*, Zhengjie He*, UV Light-driven Asymmetric Vinylogous Aldol Reaction of Isatins with 2-Alkylbenzophenones and Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Hydroxyoxindoles, Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 643–648.

4. Jiayong Zhang, Yuhe Qiu, Biao Zhang, Zhiqiang Huang, Zhengjie He*, P(NMe₂)₃-Mediated Reductive Intramolecular Annulation of Benzoylformates Tethered with a Trisubstituted Alkene Unit and Synthesis of 2,2-Disubstituted 2H-Chromenes, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 1880-1885.

5. Jiayong Zhang, Jiahang Hao, Zhiqiang Huang, Jie Han, Zhengjie He*, P^III-Mediated Intramolecular Cyclopropanation and Metal-free Synthesis of Cyclopropane-fused Heterocycles, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 10251-10254.

6. Hanyuan Li, Bojuan Li, Jianwei Zeng, Changzun Jiang, Zhengjie He*, Enantiopure Chiral Phosphines Bearing a Sulfinyl Group and their Application in Catalytic Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyrrolines, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 2760-2766.