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 Prof. Zhenfeng Xi
Tel: +86-10-6275-9728
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E-mail: zfxi@pku.edu.cn
EDUCATION
| 1996-1997 | 
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Catalysis Research Center (CRC),  Hokkaido University, Japan, (with Prof. Tamotsu TAKAHASHI)  | 
   
| 1993-1996 | 
    Ph.D. Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan (with Prof.Tamotsu TAKAHASHI)  | 
   
| 1987-1989 | 
    M.Sc. Nanjing University, Zhengzhou University, and the  Henan Institute of Chemistry, (with Prof. Douman JIN)  | 
   
| 1979-1983 | 
    B.Sc. Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, China | 
   
ACADEMIC CAREER
| 1999-Date | 
     Professor, College of Chemistry, Peking University, China | 
    
| 1983-1992  | 
     Research Associate, Henan Institute of Chemistry, China | 
    
| 1997-1998 | 
     Assistant Professor, CRC, Hokkaido University, Japan | 
    
| 1998-1999 | 
     Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Peking University, China | 
    
(1) Development of Organo-di-metallic Reagents
(2) Reactive Organometallic Intermediate-based Organic Synthesis
(3) Cooperative Activation & Transformation of Dinitrogen Molecule
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015             Academician, CAS
2014             CCS-Akzo Nobel Chemical Sciences Award
EDITORAL BOARDS
2008-2012        Associate Editor, Applied Organometallic Chemistry (Wiley)
2013- now        Associate Editor, Organic Letters (ACS)
     Member of the advisory board or the Consulting Board of Accounts of Chemical Research, Synlett/Synthesis, Tetrahedron/Tetrahedron Letters, Chem. Lett., Asian J. Org. Chem., Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. He also serves for several Chinese journals as editors or advisory board members, including Associate Editor of Chinese Science Bulletin, and Chemistry.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Junnian Wei, Yongliang Zhang, Yue Chi, Liang Liu, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*. Aromatic Dicupra[10]annulenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 60-63.
Shaoguang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Semibullvalene and Diazasemibullvalene: Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Reaction Chemistry, and Synthetic Applications, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 1823-183.
Junnian Wei, Yongliang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, 1,3-Butadienyl Dianions as Non-innocent Ligands: Synthesis and Characterization of Aromatic Dilithio Rhodacycles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9986-9990
Wen-Xiong Zhang, Shaoguang Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Zirconocene and Si-Tethered Diynes: A Happy Match Directed toward Organometallic Chemistry and Organic Synthesis, Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 541-551.
Zhenfeng Xi, 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes: Reaction and Synthetic Applications, Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43, 1342-1451.