EDUCATION

ACADEMIC CAREER 

RESEARCH AREAS

1)     New catalysts and reagents design for selective hydrogen atom transfer

2)     Main group and transition metal catalysis

3)     Organic materials synthesis for energy conversion

HONORS and AWARDS

2016   Excellent Prize of the President Scholarship for Postgraduate Student

2016   Excellent Graduate Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017   Excellent Doctoral Thesis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017   Reaxys PhD Prize (Finalist)

2019   First prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award (2/5)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Zhang, Z.^#; Wang, F.^#; Mu, X.; Chen, P.; Liu G.* Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Fluorination of Allylic Halides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7549.(# Contribute equally to this work)

2. Wang, F.; Gerken, J. B.; Bates, D. M.; Kim, Y. J.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical Strategy for Hydrazine Synthesis: Development and Overpotential Analysis of Methods for Oxidative N–N Coupling of an Ammonia Surrogate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12349.

3. Wang, F.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical Oxidation of Organic Molecules at Lower Overpotential: Accessing Broader Functional Group Compatibility with Electron−Proton Transfer Mediators. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 561.

4. Wang, F.; Stahl, S. S.* Merging Photochemistry with Electrochemistry: Functional Group Tolerant Electrochemical Amination of C(sp3)–H Bonds. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6385.

5. Wang, F.; Rafiee, M.; Stahl, S. S.* Electrochemical Functional-Group-Tolerant Shono-Type Oxidation of Cyclic Carbamates Enabled by Aminoxyl Mediators. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6686.

6. Wang, F.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay for Asymmetric Radical Transformations. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2036.

7. Wang, F.^#; Wang, D.^#; Zhou, Y.; Liang L.; Lu, R.; Chen, P.; Lin, Z.; Liu, G.* Divergent Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Allenyl Nitriles by Ligand-Controlled Radical 1,2- and 1,4-Addition of 1,3-Enynes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7140. (# Contribute equally to this work)

8. Zhang, W.^#; Wang, F.^#; McCann, S. D.; Wang, D.; Chen, P.; Stahl, S.*; Liu, G.* Enantioselective Cyanation of Benzylic C–H Bonds via Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay. Science, 2016, 353, 1014. (# Contribute equally to this work)

9. Wang, F.; Wang, D.; Wan, X.; Wu, L.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyanotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes via Radical Process. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15547.

10. Wang, F.; Zhu, N.; Chen, P.; Ye, J.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethyl-azidation of Alkynes: Efficient Access to CF₃-Substituted Azirines and Aziridines. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9356.

11. Wang, F.; Wang, D.; Mu, X.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Trifluoromethylarylation of Alkenes: Mutual Activation of Arylboronic Acid and CF₃⁺ Reagent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10202.

12. Wang, F.; Qi, X.; Liang, Z.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Trifluoromethylazidation of Alkenes: Convenient Access to CF₃-Containing Alkyl Azides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1881.