Name Li Xin Gender Male Academic Background Doctor degree Graduate School Nankai University Professional Title professor Administrative Post Department/Institute Department of Chemistry Special Talent Address Room 313, 6th Buiding, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300071 Telephone 13820943109 Email xin_li@nankai.edu.cn Research Group Website poc.nankai.edu.cn Research Interest (1) to develop viable and reliable chiral small molecular catalysts with broad synthetic applications, (2) to disclose the underlying catalytic mechanism and principle as well as the connections between molecular recognition/assembly and selective catalysis. History 1998.9-2002.7 B.Sc. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Advisor: Professor J. –P. Cheng 2002.9-2007.7 Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Advisor: Professor J. –P. Cheng 2007.9-2009.7 postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Advisor: Professor S. Z. Luo 2009.7-2009.12 Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010.1-2010.8 Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010.9-present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University Honors and Awards “New Century Excellent Talents in University” (2012) Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications [1] W. Zhang, X.-X. Xiang, J. Chen, C. Yang, Y.-L. Pan, J. –P. Cheng, Q. Meng,* X. Li,* “Direct C-H Difluoromethylation of Heterocycles via Organic Photoredox Catalysis”, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 638-647. [2] Q. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Wang, C. Yang, C.-J. Liu, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “B(C6F5)3/Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Ketimine-ene Reaction of 2-Aryl-3H-indol-3-ones and ?-Methylstyrenes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 4550-4556. [3] Y.-L. Pan, H. Zheng, J. Wang, C. Yang, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Enantioselective Allylation of Oxocarbenium Ions Catalyzed by Bi(OAc)3/Chiral Phosphoric Acid”, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 8069-8076. [4] G. –H. Yang, H. Zheng, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Phosphamides via Atroposelective N-allylic Alkylation”, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 2324-2333. [5] G. –H. Yang, Y. Li, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Access to P-Chiral Phosphine Oxides by Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation of Bisphenols”, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4322-4327. [6] J. Wang, Q. Zhang, B. Zhou, C. Yang, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Bi(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylation Reactions of Ketimines” iScence, 2019, 16, 511-523. [7] S. Li, C. Yang, Q. Wu, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Atroposelective Catalytic Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation Reaction for Axially Chiral Anilides with Achiral Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12836-12843. [8] C. Yang, E. Zhang, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng,* “Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Benzofuran-2-ones to Alkyl 2-Phthalimidoacrylates: Modeling Structure-Stereoselectivity Relationship Using Steric and Electronic Parameters”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6506-6510. [9] N. Dong, Z. –P. Zhang, X. S. Xue, X. Li,* J. –P. Cheng, “Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Thioacetic Acid to para-Quinone Methides”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1460-1464. Professional Cultivation 6 students obtain their master degree in my group