Education   

2012-2016    Postdoc. Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, USA, (with Prof. F. Dean Toste)  

2006-2011    Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (with Prof. Dawei Ma).

2002-2006    B.S., Lanzhou University (with Prof. Hao-Li Zhang).  

(1)     Asymmetric Synthesis   （不对称合成）

(2)     Transition-Metal Catalysis   （过渡金属催化）

(3)     Reaction Mechanism and DFT Calculation   （反应机理与DFT计算）

Honors & Awards 
2020    Thieme Chemistry Journal Award

2011    Dean Excellence Award of CAS Award（中科院院长优秀奖）

Selected Publications

1. Hongfa Wang, Ruiyuan Zhang, Qinglong Zhang, and Weiwei Zi*, Synergistic Pd/Amine-Catalyzed Stereodivergent Hydroalkylation of 1,3-Dienes with Aldehydes: Reaction Development, Mechanism, and Stereochemical Origins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10948-10962.

2. Weiwei Chai, Qingyang Zhou, Wenna Ai, Yin Zheng, Tianzhu Qin, Xiufang Xu,* and Weiwei Zi*, Lewis Acid-Promoted Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Cycloaddition of Pd-Oxyallyl with 1,3-Dienes: Reaction Development and Origins of Selectivities. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3595−3603.

3. Minghui Zhu, Qinglong Zhang, and Weiwei Zi*, Diastereodivergent Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols through Dual-Metal-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkoxyallenes with Aldimine Esters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6545-6552.

4. Yin Zheng, Tianzhu Qin, Weiwei Zi*, Enantioselective Inverse-Electron-Demand (3+2) Cycloaddition of Palladium-Oxyallyl Enabled by a Hydrogen-Bond-Donating Ligand. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1038-1045.

5. Qinglong Zhang, Dongfang Dong, Weiwei Zi*, Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Hydrosulfonylation of 1,3-Dienes with Sulfinic Acids: Scope, Mechanism, and Origin of Selectivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15860-15869.

6. Qinglong Zhang, Huimin Yu, Lulu Shen, Tianhua Tang, Dongfang Dong, Weiwei Chai, Weiwei Zi*, Stereodivergent Coupling of 1,3-Dienes with Aldimine Esters Enabled by Synergistic Pd and Cu Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14554-14559.