2019-Present Professor, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC) &
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, China.
2014-2019 Postdoc, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology Lausanne (Advisor: Prof. Jieping Zhu), Switzerland
2009-2014 Ph.D., Lanzhou University (Advisor: Prof. Chun-An Fan), China
2005-2009 B.S., Lanzhou University, China
· Research Topics
Natural product synthesis, Synthetic methodology, and Asymmetric catalysis
· Publications
1. Dual Photoredox/Copper Catalysis for the Remote C (sp3)‐H Functionalization of Alcohols and Alkyl Halides Via N‐Alkoxypyridinium Salts. Xu Bao, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2139-2143.
2. Copper‐catalyzed remote C(sp3)‐H bonds azidation and oxidative trifluoromethylation of benzohydrazides. Xu Bao, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 769.
3. Remote-C(sp3)-H Arylation and Vinylation of N-Alkoxypyridinium Salts to δ-Aryl and δ-Vinyl Alcohols. Xu Bao, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 11630
4. Copper‐catalyzed methylative difunctionalization of alkenes. Xu Bao, Takayuki Yokoe, Tu M. Ha, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 3275.
5.Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrizing Aza-Wacker Reaction: Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of (-)-Mesembrane and (+)-Crinane. Xu Bao, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57,1995 –1999
6. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Narasaka–Heck Reaction/Direct C−H Alkylation of Arenes: Iminoarylation of Alkenes. Xu Bao, Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9577–9581. Highlighted by Synfacts, 2017, 13, 952
7. An Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)-Isoschizogamine. Zhengren Xu+, Xu Bao+, Qian Wang, Prof. Jieping Zhu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 14937–14940 (Z. Xu, X. Bao contributed equally) (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2016, 12, 5)
8. Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Montanine-type Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids. Xu Bao, Ye-Xing Cao, Wen-Dao Chu, Hu Qu, Ji-Yuan Du, Xian-He Zhao, Xiao-Yan Ma, Cheng-Tao Wang, and Chun-An Fan* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14167–14172 (hot paper)
9. Asymmetric Catalytic 1,6-Conjugate Addition/Aromatization of para-Quinone Methides: Enantioselective Introduction of Functionalized Diarylmethine Stereogenic Centers. Wen-Dao Chu, Le-Fen Zhang, Xu Bao, Xian-He Zhao, Chao Zeng, Ji-Yuan Du, Guo-Biao Zhang, Fang-Xin Wang, Xiao-Yan Ma, Chun-An Fan* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9229-9223
10. Asymmetric Synthesis of Bioactive Hydrodibenzofuran Alkaloids: (–)-Lycoramine, (–)-Galanthamine and (+)-Lunarine. Peng Chen, Xu Bao, Le-Fen Zhang, Ming Ding, Xiao-Jie Han, Jing Li, Guo-Biao Zhang, Yong-Qiang Tu, and Chun-An Fan* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8161-8166.