Aug 9, 2019: The paper entitled “Ni-Catalyzed enantioselective reductive aryl-alkenylation of alkenes: application to the synthesis of (+)-physovenine and (+)-physostigmine” was accepted by Org. Chem. Front. Congratulations Yuxiu, Zhengtian!!!

Aug 10, 2019: Kuai won a ‘Best Poster’ prize at the 16^th National Synthetic Organic Chemistry Symposium. Congratulations! 

May 21, 2019: The paper entitled “Ni-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Domino Reductive Cyclization: One-Pot Synthesis of 2,3-Fused Cyclopentannulated Indolines” was accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations Yuanyuan, Kuai, Qi, Zhengtian, Zhijun, Ya!!!

Professor Jieping Zhu Visited Our Lab

Prof. Jieping Zhu, from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), paid a visit in Wuhan University during March 13-15, 2019, and was invited to give us an excellent reports entitled with “Interplay between natural product synthesis and development of synthetic methodology”. In the report, professor Zhu detailed introduction of the recent advance of their research group in the total synthesis of natural indole alkaloids. After the seminar, Prof. Wangqing Kong and students had a kind discussion with Prof. Jieping Zhu.

Jieping Zhu教授简介：

Jieping Zhu 1991年在法国巴黎第十一大学获得博士学位，随后在美国德州农工大学Derek Barton（1969年诺贝尔化学家）教授课题组进行博士后的研究。1992年，他加入法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）天然物质化学研究所（ICSN）开展独立研究工作。2006年起，担任研究主任。2010年9月加入瑞士洛桑联邦理工大学任正教授。他还获得了许多荣誉和奖励，包括2003年获得基金委杰出青年B类，2009年法国国家科学研究院（CNRS）银奖，2016年英国皇家化学会会士，2016年英国皇家化学会天然产物化学奖等。他的研究兴趣集中在复杂天然产物全合成、不对称催化与合成以及多组分串联反应领域。

Jieping Zhu received his BSc in 1984 from Hangzhou Normal University, MSc in 1987 from Lanzhou University under the guidance of Professor Li Yulin, Ph.D. degree in 1991 from University Paris XI, France under the supervision of Professor H.-P. Husson and Pr. J. C. Quirion. After a post-doctoral stay with Professor Sir D. H. R. Barton at Texas A & M University in USA, he joined the “Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles”, CNRS, France as Chargé de Recherche and was promoted to Director of Research 2^nd class in 2000 and then 1^st class in 2006. He moved to Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), Switzerland in September 2010 as a full professor. His group is involved in the development of novel synthetic methods, their application in natural product synthesis, the design of novel multicomponent reactions and development of catalytic enantioselective transformations.

Awards and Honors

2017, KAIST-BK21 School of Molecular Sciece Lectureship Award, South Korea

2016, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Natural Product Chemistry Award, UK

2016, Fellow, Royal Society of Chemsitry, UK

2010, French Chemical Society-Division of Organic Chemistry SCF-DCO award, France.

2009, Silver Medal of CNRS, France

2008, Novartis Chemistry Lectureship, Switzerland

2004, Liebig Lectureship of German Chemical Society, Germany

2003, Prix “Emile Jungfleisch” of French Academy of Science, France

2003, Outstanding Young Oversea Scientist Award (NSFC), P. R. China

2002, AstraZeneca Awards in Organic Chemistry, UK

2002, JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Research Fellow, Japan

1999, French Chemical Society-Division of Organic Chemistry, SFC-ACROS award, France

1996, Bronze Medal of CNRS, France

Kuai’s paper entitled “Ni-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Diarylation of Activated Alkenes by Domino Cyclization/Cross-Coupling” was highlighted in Synfacts (Synfacts, 2018, 14, 1255). Congratulations!

September 20, 2018: The paper entitled “Ni-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Diarylation of Activated Alkenes by Domino Cyclization/Cross-Coupling” was accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations Kuai, Zhengtian and Zhijun!!!

June 28, 2018: The paper entitled “Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters by Palladiud-Catalyzed Carbopalladation‐Initiated Cascade Reactions” was accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Yuanyuan and Yuxiu!!!

January 23, 2018 : The paper entitled:“Nickel-Catalyzed Domino Heck Cyclization/Suzuki Coupling for the Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles” was accepted in Org. Lett. Congratulations Yuxiu, Kuai, Yuanyuan and Yifan!!!