•Education and Experience
2018-Present College of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University,
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Young Professor
2016-2018 Lanzhou University, (Advisor: Yong Qin), Post-doctoral
2011-2016 Lanzhou University (Advisor: Peng-Fei Xu), Ph.D.
2007-2011 Lanzhou University, B.S.
•Honors and Rewards
2019 Shandong Chemical Industry Editorial Board Member
2014 The First Prize of Gansu Science and Technology Progress Award
•Research Topics
1) Efficient utilization and transformation of sun light
2) Asymmetric catalytic organic synthesis
3) Radical chemistry
4) Green synthesis and degradation
•Publications
1. Highly Enantioselective Construction of Strained Spiro[2,3]hexanes via Michael-Ring Expansion- Cyclization Cascade Strategy. Chuangang Zhao, Zhitao Feng, Guoqiang Xu*, Ang Gao, Jingwei Chen, Zhuyin Wang, and Pengfei Xu*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3058-3062
2. Photocatalyzed Metal-Free Alkylheteroarylation of Unactivated Olefins via Direct Acidic C(sp3)−H Bond Activation. Jie Fang, Wanli Dong, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4480.
3. Aroylchlorination of 1,6-Dienes via a Photoredox Catalytic Atom-Transfer Radical Cyclization Process. Quansheng Zhao, Guoqiang Xu, Hui Liang, Zhuyin Wang, and Pengfei Xu*. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 8615.
4. Dual Catalytic Switchable Divergent Synthesis: An Asymmetric Visible-Light Photocatalytic Approach to Fluorine-Containing γ‑Keto Acid Frameworks. Hui Liang, Guoqiang Xu, Zhitao Feng, Zhuyin Wang, and Pengfei Xu*. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 60.
5. Visible Light Photoredox-Catalyzed α‑Alkylation of Cyclic Tertiary Arylamines. Jitao Xu, Guoqiang Xu, Zhuyin Wang, and Pengfei Xu*. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 14760−14769.
6. Visible Light-Mediated Direct C−H Aroylation and Alkylation of Heteroarenes. Rui Chang, Jie Fang, Jianqiang Chen, Dan Liu, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. ACS Omega 2019, 4, 14021.
7. Dual C(sp3)-H Bond Functionalization of N-Heterocycles via Visible-Light Photocatalyzed Dehydrogenation/[2+2] Cycloaddition Sequential Reaction. Guoqiang Xu, Jitao Xu, Zhitao Feng, Hui Liang, Zhuyin Wang, Yong Qin, and Peng‐Fei Xu*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5110 –5114. (Highlighted by Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 38, 1855.
8. Transition-Metal Free Selective C-H Benzylation of Tertiary Arylamines via a Dearomatization-Aromatization Sequence. Guoqiang Xu, Zhitao Feng, Jitao Xu, Zhuyin Wang, Yong Qin*, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem.-Eur. J. 2018, 24, 13778 – 13782.
9. Synthesis of quinazolinone derivatives via a visible-light photocatalyzed denitrogenation rearrangement process. Chenguang Li, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. J. Photoch. Photobio. A. 2018, 355, 25–31.
10. Effect of ammonia molecules on the separation of pentlandite from serpentine using copper (II) as activator. Yun Bao, Guoqiang Xu, Xiaodong Tian, Pengfei Xu*, and Jiantai Ma*. Sep. Purif.Technol. 2018, 200, 242–254.
11. Design, synthesis, and application of highly reducing organic visible-light photocatalysts. Dan Liu, Mengjie Jiao, Zhitao Feng, Xingzhi Wang, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5700–5704.
12. Synthesis of Fused Pyran Derivatives via Visible-Light-Induced Cascade Cyclization of 1, 7-Enynes with Acyl Chlorides. Chenguang Li, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 512−515.
13. Visible-Light-Induced Aza-Pinacol Rearrangement: Ring Expansion of Alkylidene cyclopropanes. Wendeng Liu, Guoqiang Xu, Xiuqin Hu, and Pengfei Xu*. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6288−6291.
14. Kinetic resolution via supramolecular iminium catalysis: multiactivation enables the asymmetric synthesis of b-aryl substituted aldehydes and densely functionalized cyclohexanes. Zhilong Jia, Yao Wang*, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 4938−4941.
15. Dual C–H functionalization of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines: a highly diastereoselective synthesis of dibenzo[a,f]quinolizines via visible-light induced oxidation and inverse electron-demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction. Guoqiang Xu, Chenguang Li, Mingqian Liu, Jian Cao, Yongchun Luo, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 1190-1193.
16. Catalytic Enantioselective α-Fluorination of 2-Acyl Imidazoles via Iridium Complexes. Guoqiang Xu, Hui Liang, Jie Fang, Zhilong Jia, Jianqiang Chen, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 3355 – 3358.
17. Intramolecular 1, 5-H transfer reaction of aryl iodides through visible-light photoredox catalysis: a concise method for the synthesis of the natural product scaffolds. Jianqiang Chen, Yunlong Wei, Guoqiang Xu, Yongmin Liang, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6455-6458.
18. The role of some special ions in the flotation separation of pentlandite from lizardite. Jian Cao, Xiuqin Hu, Yongchun Luo, Li Qi, Guoqiang Xu, and Pengfei Xu*. Colloid. Surface. A 2016, 490, 173-181.
19. Utilization of starch graft copolymers as selective depressants forlizardite in the flotation of pentlandite. Jian Cao, Yongchun Luo, Guoqiang Xu, Li Qi, Xiuqin Hu, Pengfei Xu*, Liuyi Zhang, and Shaoyi Cheng. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2015, 337, 58-64.
20. An efficient strategy for the synthesis of polysubstituted chromeno[4,3-b]pyrrolidine derivatives. Li Tian, Guoqiang Xu, Yunhan Li, Yongmin Liang*, and Pengfei Xu*. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2428-2430.