Research Experience
1999-now: Professor, Peking University
1995-1999: Associate Professor, Peking University
1993-1995: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
1990-1993: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1987-1990: Ph.D., Hokkaido University
1984-1987: M.S., Hokkaido University
1979-1983: B.S., Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
- Transition-metal-catalyzed carbene transfer reaction, carbene coupling and polymerization.
- Chemistry of diazo and diazonium compounds, boron- and silicon-containing organic compounds.
- Radical reactions and basic functional group transformations in organic chemistry.
Selected Publications
- Zepeng Zhang, Yunpeng Gao, Shufeng Chen, and Jianbo Wang, "Palladium-Catalyzed Living/Controlled Vinyl Addition Polymerization of Cyclopropenes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17806–17815.
- Jingfeng Huo, Kangbao Zhong, Yazhen Xue, MyeeMay Lyu, Yifan Ping, Zhenxing Liu, Yu Lan, and Jianbo Wang, "Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Carbene Insertion into Carbon–Silicon Bonds of Silacyclobutanes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12968–12973.
- Yifan Ping, Rui Wang, Qianyue Wang, Taiwei Chang, Jingfeng Huo, Ming Lei, and Jianbo Wang, "Synthesis of Alkenylboronates from N-Tosylhydrazones through Palladium-Catalyzed Carbene Migratory Insertion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9769–9780.
- Sheng Feng, Kang Wang, Yifan Ping and Jianbo Wang, "Experimental and Computational Studies on Rh(I)-Catalyzed Reaction of Siloxyvinylcyclopropanes and Diazoesters." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21032–21039.
- Ying Xia and Jianbo Wang, "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling with Ketones or Aldehydes via N-Tosylhydrazones." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10592–10605.
- Fanyang Mo, Di Qiu, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang, "Renaissance of Sandmeyer-Type Reactions: Conversion of Aromatic C-N Bonds into C-X Bonds (X = B, Sn, P, CF3)." Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 496-506.
- Ying Xia, Di Qiu and Jianbo Wang, "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings through Carbene Migratory Insertion." Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 13810-13889.
- Zhikun Zhang, Zhe Sheng, Weizhi Yu, Guojiao Wu, Rui Zhang, Wen-Dao Chu, Yan Zhang and Jianbo Wang, "Catalytic Asymmetric Trifluoromethylthiolation via Enantioselective [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Sulfonium Ylides." Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 970-976.
- Wen-Dao Chu, Lei Zhang, Zhikun Zhang, Qi Zhou, Fanyang Mo, Yan Zhang, and Jianbo Wang, "Enantioselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes via Cu(I)-Catalyzed Coupling of Diazoalkanes with Terminal Alkynes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14558-14561.
- Qing Xiao, Yan Zhang, Jianbo Wang, "Diazo Compounds and N-Tosylhydrazones: Novel Cross-Coupling Partners in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions." Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 236-247.
