EDUCATION 

1993-1996, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA. Received PhD degree in June, 1996 (with Prof. Xiuzhong Zhou).

1990-1993, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA. Received MS degree in June, 1993 (with Prof. Xiuzhong Zhou).

1986-1990, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA. Received BSc Degree in June, 1990.

ACADEMIC CAREER

1998-, Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

1999-2000, Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. (with Prof. J. J. Lagowski).

1997, 3-12, Visiting scholar, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CHINA (with Prof. Zuowei Xie)

1996-1998, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

(1) Organometallic chemistry of transition metals

(2) Synthetic methodology and homogeneous catalysis

(3) C-H bond activation and transformations

(4) Transition-metal-catalyzed carboxylation with CO₂

HONORS & AWARDS  

2023, Tianjin Higher Education Teaching Master Award.

2023, Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award.

2019, Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award.

2004, Supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education, CHINA.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Wang, L.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Carboxylation of Aryl C−H Bonds with CO₂ Without Organometallic Reagents, CCS Chem. 2025, online (https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.025.202505727).

2. Pei, C.; Han, S.; Wu, H.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Nickel-catalyzed LiCl-controlled switchable carboxylation of aryl C−F bonds with one or two molecules of CO₂, Chin. J. Chem. 2025, 43, 1255-1262.

3. Cui, W.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Visible-light photocatalytic nucleophilic addition of 4-pyridylphosphonium salts to aromatic aldehydes and CO₂, Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 3390-3395.

4. Tang, S.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, J.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Copper-catalyzed C4-selective carboxylation of pyridines with CO₂ via pyridylphosphonium salts, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318572.

5. Liu, H.; Tang, T.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Manganese(I)-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of C(sp3)-H bonds to aldehydes, Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 5066-5069.

6. Wang, L.; Wu, H.; Zhao, Y.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Nickel-catalyzed lactamization reaction of 2-arylanilines with CO₂, Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 3940-3944.

7. Liu, H.; Yu, Z.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Manganese(I)-catalyzed direct addition of C(sp3)-H bonds to aryl isocyanates, J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 13429-13437.

8. Tang, T.; Tang, S.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Diethylzinc-promoted carboxylation of aryl/alkenyl boronic acids with CO₂, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 8849-8856.

9. Pei, C.; Zong, J.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Ni-Catalyzed Direct Carboxylation of Aryl C–H Bonds in Benzamides with CO₂, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 493-499.

10. Pei, C.; Wang, B.* Nickel-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Aryl C−F Bonds with CO₂, Adv. Synth. Catal.2022, 364, 1245-1250.

11. Tang, S.; Zhao, X.; Yang, L.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Copper-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Aryl Thianthrenium Salts with CO₂, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212975.

12. Liu, H.; Peng, J.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Dimeric Manganese-Catalyzed Direct Nucleophilic Addition of C(sp2)−H Bonds to Inert Aldehydes, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 14487-14495.

13. Yang, L.; Liu, Z.; Tang, T.; Tang, S.; Li, B.; Wang, B.* Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed Grignard-Type Nucleophilic Addition of C(sp2)−H Bonds to Unactivated Aldehydes, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 14723-14730.