Bioinspired Catalysis; Homogeneous Catalysis

1998-2003, Lanzhou Insitute of Chemical Physics, PhD in Physical Chemistry

2003-2005 Technische Universität München  Postdoc (Humboldt fellowship )

2005-present Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics

1.     Chengxia Miao, Bin Wang, Yong Wang, Chungu Xia, Yong-Min Lee, Wonwoo Nam*, and Wei Sun*，Proton-Promoted and Anion-Enhanced Epoxidation of Olefins by Hydrogen Peroxide in the Presence of Nonheme Manganese Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 936 – 943

2.     Duyi Shen, Bin Qiu, Daqian Xu, Chengxia Miao, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Enantioselective Epoxidation of Olefins with H2O2Catalyzed by Bioinspired Aminopyridine Manganese Complexes, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 372–375.

3.  Zhenbei Zhang, Qiangsheng Sun, Chungu Xia, and Wei Sun*, CO2 as a C1 Source: B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Cyclization of o-Phenylene-diamines to Construct Benzimidazoles in the Presence of Hydrosilane. Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 6316–6319.

4. Zhenbei Zhang, Chengxia Miao, Chungu Xia, and Wei Sun*, Synergistic Acid-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Aryl-Substituted Azacycles from Anilines and Cyclic Ethers， Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 1522–1525.

5. Zhenbei Zhang, Qiangsheng Sun, Daqian Xu, Chunggu Xia, Wei Sun*, Directly halogenative dearomatization of 2-naphthols by NXS (X = Cl, Br) in water, Green Chem., 2016, 18, 5485-5492. 

6. Junyi Du, Daqian Xu, Chunxi Zhang*, Chungu Xia, Yong Wang* and Wei Sun*,  Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of a side-on manganese(III)-peroxo complex bearing a pentadentate aminopyridine ligand, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 10131–10135.

7. Duyi Shen, Chengxia Miao, Daqian Xu, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Highly Efficient Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes of N4 Ligands with H2O2, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 54-57.

8. Duyi Shen, Chengxia Miao, Shoufeng Wang, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Efficient Benzylic and Aliphatic C–H Oxidation with Selectivity for Methylenic Sites Catalyzed by a Bioinspired Manganese Complex. Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 1108-1111.

9. Daqian Xu, Wenfang Wang, Chengxia Miao, Qiaohong Zhang, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Merging the Ring Opening of Benzoxazoles with Secondary Amines and Iron-catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization toward the Environmentally Friendly Synthesis of 2-Aminobenzoxazoles, Green Chemistry, 2013,15, 2975-2980. 

7. Bin Wang, Shoufeng Wang, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation of Multisubstituted Enones Catalyzed by Non-Heme Iron Catalysts. Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 7332-7335. (Cover picture, Highlighted by Synfacts, 2012, 866.).

10. Bin Wang, Chengxia Miao, Shoufeng Wang, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Manganese Catalysts with C1-Symmetric N4 Ligand for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Olefins, Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 6750-6753.

11. Mei Wu, Bin Wang, Shoufeng Wang, Chungu Xia, Wei Sun*, Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins with Chiral Bioinspired Manganese Complexes, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 3622-3625. (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2009, 1245.)

12. Jianming Liu, Rongzhao Zhang, Shoufeng Wang, Wei Sun*, Chungu Xia, A General and Efficient Copper Catalyst for the Double Carbonylation Reaction, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 1321-1324. (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2009, 662.)

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