2012-present Professor, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
2006-2012 Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
2002-2004 Postdoc, National Chung Hsing University (Advisor: Han-Mou Gau)
2001-2006 Lecturer, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry,
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
1996-2001 Ph.D., Lanzhou University (Advisor: Zi-Yi Zhang)
1992-1996 B.S., Northwest Normal University
· Research Topics
Asymmetric Catalysis; Synthetic Methodology.
· Publications
1. Visible-Light-Mediated Formal Carbene Insertion Reaction: Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds Containing All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenter. Hua Zhang, Zheyuan Wang, Zirui Wang, Yunpeng Chu, Shuncheng Wang, and Xin-Ping Hui*, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 55102.
2. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,4-b] Pyridine Derivatives with Configurationally Stable C-N Axial Chirality. Yunpeng Chu, Meng Wu, Fang Hu, Panpan Zhou, Zhengqiang Cao, and Xin-Ping Hui*, Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 3884.
3. Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Tetrahydropyridines Through Iridium-Catalyzed Formal [5+1] Annulation. Fang Hu, Yunpeng Chu, Zhengqiang Cao, Yucheng Li, and Xin-Ping Hui*, Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 6945.
4. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Dearomatizing Annulation of Benzoxazoles with Enals. Yunpeng Chu, Fang Hu, Peng Feng, and Xin-Ping Hui*, Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 1556.
5. Efficiently Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrazolines and Isoxazolines Enabled by Iridium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic Substitution Reaction. Fang Hu, Hua Zhang, Yun-Peng Chu, and Xin-Ping Hui*, Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 2734.
6. Sequential Visible-Light and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis: Stereo- selective Synthesis of Tetrahydropyrano[2,3-b]indoles. Chengyuan Wang, Zheyuan Wang, Jin Yang, Shihui Shi, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4440–4443.
7. Asymmetric N-Alkylation of Indoles with Isatins Catalyzed by N-Hetero-cyclic Carbene: Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclic N,O-Aminal indole Derivatives. Chengyuan Wang, Zhuopeng Li, Jiong Zhang, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 1647-1652.
8. Efficiently Diastereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Hydrocarbazoles by Base[1]Mediated Tandem Annulation of 1-(2-Amino-aryl)prop-2-en-1-ones and Sulfur Ylide. Chengyuan Wang, Jiong Zhang, Zheyuan Wang, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 1469-1473.
9. Oxidative NHC Catalysis: Direct Activation of β sp3 Carbons of Saturated Acid Chlorides. Shiya Zhu, Hua Zhang, Qingwei Ma, Dou Liu and Xinping Hui *. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 298–301.
10. Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Azepino[1,2-a]indoles via NHC-Catalyzed [3+4] Annulation. Shiya Zhu, Yuanzhen Zhang, Xinfa Chen, Jun Huang, Shihui Shi, and Xinping Hui*. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4363–4366.
11. Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Tetrahydro-1H-1,2-diazepines by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed [3+4] Annulation. Shiya Zhu, Yuanzhen Zhang, Wei Wang, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5380-5383.
12. Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclopenta[3,4]pyrroloindolones via N-Heterocyclic Carbene- Catalyzed Michael/Aldol/Lactamization Cascade Reaction. Yujie Yang, Yuanyuan Ji, Liangliang Qi, Guanjun Wang, and Xinping Hui*.Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 3271–3274.
13. Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrrolo[3,2-c]-quinolines via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Cascade Sequence. Yujie Yang, Hairui Zhang, Shiya Zhu, Ping Zhu, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5048–5051.
14 N-Heterocyclic Carbene-catalyzed Stereoselective Cascade Reaction: Synthesis of Functionalized Tetrahydroquinolines. Hairui Zhang, Zhenwen Dong, Yujie Yang, Pingluan Wang, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4750–4753.
15. Synergistic Chiral Ion Pair Catalysts for Asymmetric Catalytic Synthesis of Quaternary α, β-Diamino Acids. Shihui Shi, Fuping Huang, Ping Zhu, Zhenwen Dong, and Xinping Hui*. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2010-2013.