People
WAN Boshun
Title: Professor
Subject: Catalytic Heterocycle Synthesis
Phone: 0411-84379260
Email: bswan@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests

asymmetric catalysis, organometallic chemistry, catalytic heterocycle synthesis, high-performance materials synthesis for aerospace industry.

Biography

Prof. Boshun Wan, was born in Yixing, Jiangsu in 1963. In July 1985, graduated from Nanjing Normal University with a bachelor's degree. Received his master's degree and doctor's degree in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS (DICP) in 1988 and 1998 respectively. In 2006, worked as a visiting professor in Northwestern University. From 1998 to 2018, served as the leader and doctoral supervisor of the research group of catalytic heterocycle synthesis of DICP Since 2019, he has been the doctoral supervisor, strategic and academic consultant of biomimetic catalytic synthesis research group of DICP .

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Publications
1. Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–C Bond Cleavage of 2H-azirines:  A Formal [3+2+2] Cycloaddition to Fused Azepine Skeletons, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2861.
2. Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H Annulation of Nitrones with Alkynes: A Regiospecific Route toward Unsymmetrical 2,3-Diaryl-Substituted Indoles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10613.
3. Rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation of phenacyl ammonium salts assisted by an oxidizing C-N bond: A combination of experimental and theoretical studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1623.
4. Rhodium-catalyzed cyclization of diynes with nitrones: a formal [2+2+5] approach to bridged eight-membered heterocycles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11940.
5. Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-C coupling between arenes and aziridines by C-H activation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2577.
6. Highly regioselective migration of the sulfonyl group: easy access to functionalized pyrroles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1693.
7. A simple and highly efficient iron catalyst for a [2+2+2] cycloaddition to form pyridines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7162.
8. Brnsted acid-catalyzed formal [5+2+1] cycloaddition of ynamides and isoxazoles with water: access to oxygen-bridged tetrahydro-1,4-oxazepines, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 3963.
9. Merging Gold Catalysis and Brnsted Acid Catalysis for the Synthesis of Tetrahydrobenzo[b][1,8]naphthyridines, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 875
10. Eco-friendly synthesis of pyridines via rhodiumcatalyzed cyclization of diynes with oximes, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 799