Biography

• 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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Ying Xia, Di Qiu and Jianbo Wang, "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings through Carbene Migratory Insertion." Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 13810-13889.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.