
Ang Li, Ph.D.
State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: ali@sioc.ac.cn
Address: 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
Research Areas
Natural product synthesis
Education
2004-07--2009-12 Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
2000-09--2004-06 B.Sc., Peking University
Experience
Work Experience
2010 Research fellow, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore
Publications
Papers
1. H. Li, Q. Chen, Z. Lu, A. Li,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. Total syntheses of aflavazole and 14-hydroxyaflavinine, doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b10880.
2. P. Yang, M. Yao, J. Li, Y. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone B, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6964–6968.
3. Y. Li, S. Zhu, J. Li, A. Li,* Asymmetric total syntheses of aspidodasycarpine, lonicerine, and the proposed structure of lanciferine, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3982–3985.
4. M. Yang, X. Yang, H. Sun, A. Li,* Total synthesis of ileabethoxazole, pseudopteroxazole, and seco-pseudopteroxazole, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2851.
5. Z. Lu, H. Li, M. Bian, A. Li,* Total synthesis of epoxyeujindole A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13764–13767.
6. S. Zhou, H. Chen, Y. Luo, W. Zhang, A. Li,* Asymmetric total synthesis of mycoleptodiscin A, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6878–6882.
7. M. Yang, J. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of clostrubin, Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6445.
8. Z. Meng, H. Yu, L. Li, W. Tao, H. Chen, M. Wan, D. J. Edmonds, J. Zhong, A. Li,* Total synthesis and antiviral activity of indolosesquiterpenoids from the xiamycin and oridamycin families, Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6096.
9. J. Li, P. Yang, M. Yao, J. Deng, A. Li,* Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16477–16480.
10. Z. Lu, M. Yang, P. Chen, X. Xiong, A. Li,* Total synthesis of hapalindole-type natural products, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13840–13844.
11. Y. Sun, P. Chen, D. Zhang, M. Baunach, C. Hertweck, A. Li,* Bioinspired total synthesis of sespenine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9012–9016.
12. J. Deng, S. Zhou, W. Zhang, J. Li, R. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of taiwaniadducts B, C, and D, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8185–8188.
13. Y. Sun, R. Li, W. Zhang, A. Li,* Total synthesis of indotertine A and drimentines A, F, and G, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9201–9204.
14. Z. Lu, Y. Li, J. Deng, A. Li,* Total synthesis of the Daphniphyllum alkaloid daphenylline, Nature Chemistry, 2013, 5, 679–684.
15. M. Bian, Z. Wang, X. Xiong, Y. Sun, C. Matera, K. C. Nicolaou,* A. Li,* Total syntheses of anominine and tubingensin A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8078–8081.
16. J. Deng, B. Zhu, Z. Lu, H. Yu, A. Li,* Total synthesis of (–)-fusarisetin A and reassignment of the absolute configuration of its natural counterpart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 920–923.
Research Interests
Natural product synthesis
Students
已指导学生
王震 02 19132
李波 02 63220
鲁照永 01 19132
陈浩 01 19132
邓军 01 19132
郦勇 01 19132
孟占朝 01 19132
孙域 01 19132
陆钊洪 01 19132
现指导学生
李海龙 01 19132
张翔 02 19132
郭瑞 02 19132
杨鹏 01 19132
李健 01 19132
周述鹏 01 19132
张纹豪 01 19132
郭志聪 02 19132
吕铭 02 19132
张飞 01 19132
吴頔珉 01 19132
叶文博 01 19132
Honors & Distinctions
2017 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award for Organic Synthesis
2016 CAPA Biomatik Distinguished Faculty Award
2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
2015 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2015 WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award
2015 Roche Chinese Young Investigators Award
2013 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2013 Chinese Chemical Society Wei-Shan Award for Synthetic Chemistry
2013 China Pharmaceutical Association–Servier Youth Medicinal Chemist Award
2013 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2012 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award