Jicheng Wu

2006 – 2010   B.S. (Chemistry), Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China

Advisor: Professor Jin-Heng Li

2010 – 2013   M.S. (Organic Chemistry), Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China

Advisor: Professor Jin-Heng Li

2014 – 2017   Ph.D. (Biology), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Advisor: Professor Jian Wang

2017 – 2020   Postdoc., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States

Advisor: Professor Weiping Tang

2021 – present   Professor, Chongqing University, China

Organic Synthesis

Medicinal Chemistry

2018   14^th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Best Poster Award

2016   National Scholarship for Outstanding Ph.D. Students

2015   Tsinghua "12.9" Scholarship for Distinguished Ph.D. Candidates

1.  Wu, J.^#; Li, X.^#; Qi, X.; Duan, X.; Cracraft, W. L.; Guzei, I. A.; Liu, P.^*; Tang, W.^* Site- and Stereoselective O-Alkylation of Glycosides by Rh(II)-Catalyzed Carbenoid Insertion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19902-19910.

2.  Wu, J.; Lang, M.; Wang, J.^* Photoredox-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Enamides for the Assembly of β-Difluoroimine Synthons. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5653-5656.

3.  Wu, J.; Zhao, C.; Wang, J.^* Enantioselective Intermolecular Enamide-Aldehyde Cross-Coupling Catalyzed by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4706-4709.

4.  Wu, J.^#; Xu, W.^#; Yu, Z.-X.^*; Wang, J.^* Ruthenium-Catalyzed Formal Dehydrative [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Enamides and Alkynes for the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyridines: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9489-9496.

5.  Wu, J.; Gong, L.; Xia, Y.; Song, R.; Xie, Y.; Li, J.^* Nickel-Catalyzed Kumada Reaction of Tosylalkanes with Grignard Reagents to Produce Alkenes and Modified Arylketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 9909-9913.

6.  Wu, J.^#; Song, R.^#; Wang, Z.; Huang, X.; Xie, Y.; Li, J.^* Copper-Catalyzed C-H Oxidation/Cross-Coupling of α-Amino Carbonyl Compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 3453-3457.