Gang-Wei Wang

Ph.D., Professor

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+86-18694325016

E-Mail：

wanggw@lzu.edu.cn

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Tianshui South Road 222, Lanzhou 730000, China

2021.11- Present       Professor, College of chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key
                                          Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University

2019.5-2021.10         Postdoc, The University of Manchester, UK (Tutor: Igor Larrosa)

2015.8-2019.4           Postdoc,University of Bristol, UK (Tutor: John Bower), Post-doctoral

2010.9-2015.6           Ph.D., Lanzhou University, China (Tutor: Shang-Dong Yang)

2006.9-2010.6           B.Sc, Lanzhou University，China

· Honors and Rewards

2015-2018                 The Royal Society K.C. Wong postdoctoral fellowship

· Research Topics

1. Studies on gas molecular(NH₃, etc.) activation

2. Transition-metal catalyzed asymmetric synthesis

· Publications

1. Gang-Wei Wang⁺, Olga Sokolova⁺, Tom Young, Ektor Christodoulou, Craig Butts and John F. Bower. Carbonylative C-C bond activation of aminocyclopropanes using a temporary directing group strategy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19006. (+Equal contribution).

2. Gang-Wei Wang, Olivia Boyd, Tom Young, Sophie. M. Bertrand and John F. Bower; Rhodacyclopentanones as linchpins for the atom economical assembly of diverse polyheterocycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1740.

3. Gang-Wei Wang+, Matthew Wheatley+, Marco Simonetti, Diego M. Cannas and Igor Larrosa; Cyclometalated ruthenium-catalyst enables ortho-selective C−H alkylation with secondary alkyl bromides. Chem. 2020, 6, 1459.

4. Olivia Boyd+, Gang-Wei Wang+, Olga O. Sokolova, Adam D. J. Calow, Sophie M. Bertrand and John F. Bower; Modular access to eight-membered N-heterocycles by directed carbonylative C−C bond activation of aminocyclopropanes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18844.

5. Gang-Wei Wang and John. F. Bower; Modular access to azepines by directed carbonylative C−C bond activation of aminocyclopropanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2743.

6. Gang-Wei Wang, Niall G. McCreanor, Megan H. Shaw, William. G. Whittingham and John. F. Bower; New initiation modes for directed carbonylative C−C bond activation: rhodium-catalyzed (3+1+2) cycloadditions of aminomethylcyclopropanes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13501.

7. Gang-Wei Wang, Ming-Xing Cheng, Ran-Song Ma and Shang-Dong Yang; Cu-Catalyzed selective cascade sp3 C−H bond oxidative functionalization towards isoxazoline derivatives. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6308. (Highlight in SYNFACTS, 2015, 698.)

8. Gang-Wei Wang, Shi-Xia Li and Shang-Dong Yang; Cu-Catalyzed sp3 C−H bond oxidative functionalization of alkylazaarenes and substituted ethanones: an efficient approach to isoxazoline derivatives. Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 569.

9. Gang-Wei Wang, An-Xi Zhou, Shi-Xia Li and Shang-Dong Yang; Regio- and stereoselective allylic C−H arylation with electron-deficient arenes by 1,1-bi-2-naphthol-palladium cooperation. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3118.

10. Gang-Wei Wang, An-Xi Zhou, Jun-Jiao Wang, Rong-Bin Hu and Shang-Dong Yang; Palladium-catalyzed sp2 and sp3 C−H bond activation and addition to isatin toward 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5270.

11. Gang-Wei Wang, Hong-Li Wang, David A. Capretto, Qi Han, Rong-Bin Hu and Shang-Dong Yang; Tf2O-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation to synthesize dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene cores and application in the total synthesis of diptoindonesin D, pauciflorial F, and (±)-ampelopsin B. Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 5216.