About Us
Our group focuses on mechanism-driven synthetic methodology within the broad landscape of organic chemistry and its allied fields. Through the design and development of novel reagents, architectures, strategies, and catalytic systems, as well as the integration of cutting-edge approaches including photochemistry, transition-metal catalysis, radical chemistry, and biocatalysis, we aim to identify non-obvious entry points to address long-standing synthetic challenges across various contexts. Our overarching goal is to deliver creative and practical solutions to the real needs of modern synthesis, and we are currently focused on: 1) Undirected inert bond activation and molecular editing; 2) New strategies in photo- and transition metal catalysis; 3) Practical cross-coupling chemistry and polymer upcycling.
关于我们：
我们课题组的核心方向是机制创新驱动的反应方法开发，并涉及有机化学的关联领域。通过从头设计新结构、新策略、新催化并融合光、金属、自由基、生物等多样前沿手段，我们希望为合成化学在不同场景下的痛难点问题找到“非显然”的切入点，从而创造性地解决合成化学中的“真需求”。课题组目前的核心方向包括：1）无导向惰性键活化与分子编辑（Undirected Inert Bond Activation and Molecular Editing）；2）光致与金属催化中的新机制发现（New Strategies and Mechansims in Photo- and Transition Metal Catalysis）；3) 实用偶联化学与大分子高值转化（Practical Cross-Coupling Chemistry and Polymer Upcycling）
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Check out our latest research on one-to-many ring transmutation!
2026-04-15
Our work on divergent carbonyl swapping is online! Check it out at Nature. Congratulations to Zisheng Xue (undergraduate, class of 2025), Dr. Zhengzhao Lou (postdoc), Xiang Lou (undergraduate, 4th year), and Peimiao He (undergraduate, class of 2025)!
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Yan is one of the Young Investigators of the Year!
2026-04-11
Yan received the Chinese Chemical Society Young Investigator Award (2025) at the 35th CCS National Meeting (2026) in Chongqing....
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The group mourns the loss of Professor Jianbo Wang
2026-04-05
Our group mourns the passing of Professor Jianbo Wang. Before he moved to Inner Mongolia University, we held regular joint group meetings with his team, from which we received invaluable guidance and advice. He will be deeply missed and forever remembered.
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Check out our latest work on 1,2-translocation of masked alcohol
2026-03-25
Our work on 1,2-translocation of masked alcohol via reversible C‑H sampling has been posted on ChemRxiv. Great job by Yinyan Su (Ph.D. student, 2nd year), Duoqing Wang (undergraduate, 4th year), and Ken Chen (Ph.D. student, 5th year)!
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Check out our latest work on direct boryl translocation
2026-03-19
Our work on direct boryl/H 1,2-translocation is online! Check it out at Chem. Congratulations to Longhuan Xie (Ph.D. student, 4th year), Peijie Luo (Ph.D. student, 2nd year), and Tao Lu (undergraduate, 3rd year)!
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Yinyan, Peijie, and Tianxing are now PhD candidates!
2026-02-28
Yinyan Su, Peijie Luo, and Tianxing Jiang successfully passed their qualification exams and have become PhD candidates. Congratulations to all three!
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Peijie receives the Peking University Presidential Scholarship!
2025-10-10
Peijie Luo has been awarded the 2025–2026 Peking University Presidential Scholarship — a highly prestigious honor. Congratulations, Peijie!
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Congratulations to Longhuan, Yisong, Qingrui, Zepeng, and Yueming!
2025-10-10
Longhuan Xie and Yueming Qu have each received the Zhang Qinjia Scholarship. Yisong Wang and Zepeng Zhang have each been awarded the Wang‑Shiyi Scholarship. Qingrui Zeng has received the Southwest Associated University Zeng Rongsen Scholarship. Well done to all five!
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Yan receives awards in Physical Organic Chemistry
2025-09-20
Yan was awarded the Chinese Chemical Society New Investigator Award in Physical Organic Chemistry (2025) at the 16th National Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry in Zhengzhou.
The award recognizes his "grounding in the fundamental principles of physical organic chemistry,...
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2025-07-04
Zisheng Xue received Peking University's Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award — and made Yan an Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, in one pot. Congratulations!