School of Chemical Science and Technology
Add:No.2 North Cuihu Road, Kunming, P. R. China
Zhihui Shao
Ph.D.
Professor
Doctor Advisor
Office: Chemistry Building 324
Email: zhihui_shao@hotmail.com
Address: School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, No. 2 North Cuihu Road, 650091 Kunming, China
Brief Introduction
Professor, Yunnan University (2007 - )
Senior Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (2014/09 - 2015/03)
Postdoc Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (04/2006 - 08/2007)
Postdoc Fellow, University of Montreal (08/2004 - 03/2006)
Ph.D., Lanzhou University (2001 - 2004)
Research Interests
Asymmetric catalysis, total synthesis
Representative Publications
[1] Yingcheng Wang, Mingjie Mo, Kongxi Zhu, Chao Zheng, Hongbin Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhihui Shao*. Asymmetric synthesis of syn-propargylamines and unsaturated β-amino acids under Brønsted base catalysis. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9544.
[2] Zhenting Du, Zhihui Shao*. Combining transition metal catalysis and organocatalysis - an update. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 1337-1378.
[3] Zeqian Li, Shaoxiong Zhang, Shoutao Wu, Xiaolei Shen, Liwei Zou, Fengqun Wang, Xiang Li, Fangzhi Peng, Hongbin Zhang, Zhihui Shao*. Enantioselective palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation of carbazolones: total synthesis of (-)-aspidospermidine and (+)-kopsihainanine A.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4117-4121.
[4] Zhihui Shao*, Hongbin Zhang. N-Tosylhydrazones: versatile reagents for metal-catalyzed and metal-free cross-coupling reactions. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 560-572.
[5] Zhihui Shao*, Fangzhi Peng. Metal-mediated oxidative cross-coupling of terminal alkynes: a promising strategy for alkyne synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9566-9568.