Wgroup member: Weibin Li Graduate student (2006 ) (Yuanpei Program[1] & Chemistry Department); Current position: Research Center for Development, Sichuan University; Ph.D from Brown University, Prof. Williard's Lab; Email: Lighthouse_li@yahoo.com

May, 1983 born in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The first 9 years of my life are spent in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Branch
Hobbies: Fencing, Tennis, Swimming, Poetry and Travelling

Education
2002.9 ~ present: Expecting B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry, Peking University (in Professor Jianbo Wang’s group)
Majoring: Synthetic Methodology, especially reactions via metal carbene mechanism

1999.9 ~ 2002.7: Finished High School Education at Chengdu Yandao Street Middle School

Honors and Awards
2002 2nd Prize, National English Ability Contest
2002 2nd Prize, National Chemistry Contest
1996-2002 Excellency of Study Award

My motto:
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation

B.Sc thesis: Gold-Catalyzed Arylmethylation of Terminal Alkynes

Publications
[1] “China Broadens Training for Elite Students”: Yimin Ding, Science 2001, 293, 1615

(1) Gold(I)-catalyzed arylmethylation of terminal alkynes
Changkun Li, Weibin Li and Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2533–2535.Click here.

(2) AuPPh3Cl/AgOTf-Catalyzed Reaction of Terminal Alkynes: Nucleophilic Addition to Activated C=O Bond
Changkun Li, Fanyang Mo, Weibin Li and Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 6053-6056. Click here.