Faculty

Educational background:
Sept. 2013 — xk星空官方网站. 2018 Ph. D. Soochow University
Sept. 2008 — xk星空官方网站. 2012 B. S. Soochow University
Work experience:
Jan. 2026 — Now Research Associate Professor Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, xk星空官方网站
May. 2023 — Dec. 2025 Research Assistant Professor Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, xk星空官方网站
Jul. 2022 — Apr. 2023 Research Assistant Professor Chemistry Department, xk星空官方网站
Oct. 2020 — xk星空官方网站. 2022 Senior Research Scholar Department of Chemistry, SUSTech
Sept. 2018 — Sept. 2020 Postdoc Department of Chemistry, xk星空官方网站
Research Area:
Radical Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis
Publications:
17. Nan Li, Sheng-Yu He, Peng-Fei Wang, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,* Xin Yuan Liu.* Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent N-Alkylation of Hydrazines with Racemic α-Haloamides to Access Enantioenriched Hydrazines. Nat Commun. 2026, 17, 2070.
16. Fu-Li Wang,* Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides Enabled by Anionic N,N,N-Ligands. Synlett. 2026, DOI: 10.1055/a-2848-2132.
15. Jia-Yong Zhang,† Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Boming Shen,† Jia-Heng Fang, Xuan-Yi Du, Ning-Yuan Yang, Chang-Jiang Yang, Wei-Long Liu, Fu Liu, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhe Dong, Peiyuan Yu,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers. Nat. Catal. 2025, 8, 919–930.
14. Fu-Li Wang,* Qian Xie, Xiao-Yu xk星空官方网站, Xue-Man Ye, Ning-Yuan Yang, Jia-Le Deng, Shou-Hao Zhong, Yu-Xuan Zhang, Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* A General Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 35520−35530.
13. Jia-Heng Fang, Run-YanTian, Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* Research Progress in the Synthesis of α-Tertiary Amines via Radical Strategies. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 45, 22−41.
12. Xuan-Yi Du,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Boming Shen,† Wei-Long Liu, Jia-Yong Zhang, Xue-Man Ye, Ning-Yuan Yang, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li,* Peiyuan Yu,* Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical N-Alkylation of Diverse (Hetero)aromatic Amines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9444–9454.
11. Jia-Heng Fang,† Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Zhe Dong,† Run-Yan Tian, Chang-Jiang Yang, Fu-Li Wang, Cheng Luan, Zhong-Liang Li, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Three-Component Radical 1,2-Carboamination of Acrylamides with Arylamines: Access to Chiral α-Tertiary N-Arylamines. CCS Chem., 2024, 6, 2652–2661.
10. Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Jia-Yong Zhang, Jun-Qian Bian, Fu-Li Wang, Cheng Luan, Wei-Long Liu, Ji-Ren Liu, Xiao-Yang Dong, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhe Dong, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Enantioconvergent Cu-catalyzed N-alkylation of aliphatic amines. Nature 2023, 618, 294–300.
9. Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Jia-Yong Zhang,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Hai-Dong Xia,† Bin Cheng,† Nan Li, Zhang-Long Yu, Jun-Qian Bian, Fu-Li Wang, Jing-Jing Zheng, Wei-Long Liu, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical C(sp3)–N Cross-Coupling of Activated Racemic Alkyl Halides with (Hetero)aromatic Amines under Ambient Conditions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14686−14696.
8. Jing-Jing Zheng,† Wei-Long Liu,† Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站*, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical C(sp3)–N Cross-Coupling to Access Chiral α-Amino-β-lactams. Precis. Chem. 2023, 1, 576–582.
7. Xiao-Long Su,† Liu Ye,† Ji-Jun xk星空官方网站,† Xiao-Dong Liu,† Sheng-Peng Jiang, Fu-Li Wang, Lin Liu, Chang-Jiang Yang, Xiao-Yong Chang, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Cross-Coupling of Racemic Alkyl Bromides with Azole C(sp2)–H Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 380–384.
6. Rongxiang xk星空官方网站,† Jijun xk星空官方网站,† Jie Zhang, Xiaobing Wan*. Combination of Tetrabutylammonium Iodide (TBAI) with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide (TBHP): An Efficient Transition-Metal-Free System to Construct Various Chemical Bonds. Chem. Rec. 2018, 18, 1292–1305.
5. Jijun xk星空官方网站, Wenhao Long, Yanwei. Zhao, Haiyan. Li, Yonggao. Zheng, Pengcheng. Lian, Xiaobing. Wan. In Situ Generation of Oxazole Ylide and Interception with Sulfonamide: Construction of Amidines Using Two Diazo Molecules. Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 857–865.
4. Jijun xk星空官方网站, Wenhao Long, Yonggang Yang*, Xiaobing Wan*. Interception of Secondary Amide Ylide with Sulfonamides: Catalyst-Controlled Synthesis of N‑Sulfonylamidine Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 2663–2666.
3. Jijun xk星空官方网站, Wenhao Long, Shangwen Fang, Yonggang Yang*, Xiaobing Wan*. Interception of amide ylides with sulfonamides: synthesis of (E)-N-sulfonyl amidines catalyzed by Zn(OTf)2. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 13256–13259.
2. Jijun xk星空官方网站, Ying. Shao, Liang. Ma, Meihua. Ma, Xiaobing. Wan, In situ generation of nitrilium from nitrile ylide and the subsequent Mumm rearrangement: copper-catalyzed synthesis of unsymmetrical diacylglycine esters. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 10723–10732.
1. Jijun xk星空官方网站, Ying Shao,* Hao Zheng, Jiang Cheng, Xiaobing Wan*. Metal-Free Coupling of 2‑Vinylphenols and Carboxylic Acids: An Access to 3‑Acyloxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 10734−10741.


