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Xi-Sheng Wang is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China and has a research focus primarily in the field of Chemistry with additional contributions in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

The scholar has a significant publication record in various leading scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Communications
  • Chemical Communications

The research topics covered by Xi-Sheng Wang highlight areas such as:

  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xi-Sheng Wang include:

  • Ruo-Xing Jin
  • Kang-Jie Bian
  • Bingbing Wu
  • Yan Li
  • Duo-Duo Hu

Recent published papers by Xi-Sheng Wang demonstrate their ongoing contributions to chemistry and related fields:

  • Tailoring d-band center of high-valent metal-oxo species for pollutant removal via complete polymerization, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Diverse Synthesis of Chiral Trifluoromethylated Alkanes via Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling Fluoroalkylation, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Facile synthesis of axially chiral styrene-type carboxylic acids via palladium-catalyzed asymmetric C-H activation, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Secondary β-Trifluoromethyl Alcohols via Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Trifluoroalkylation and Diastereoselective Reduction, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Modular Difunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes through Bio-Inspired Radical Ligand Transfer Catalysis, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of arenes using TFA as a promoter.

    Xisheng Wang;Larry Truesdale;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Versatile Pd(OTf)2·2H2O-Catalyzed ortho-Fluorination Using NMP as a Promoter

    Xisheng Wang;Tian-Sheng Mei;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-Catalyzed Amination of C−H Bonds Using Single-Electron or Two-electron Oxidants

    Tian-Sheng Mei;Xisheng Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Activation/C–O Bond Formation: Synthesis of Chiral Benzofuranones

    Xiu-Fen Cheng;Yan Li;Yi-Ming Su;Feng Yin

  • Surface Facet of Palladium Nanocrystals: A Key Parameter to the Activation of Molecular Oxygen for Organic Catalysis and Cancer Treatment

    Ran Long;Keke Mao;Xiaodong Ye;Wensheng Yan

  • Bystanding F+ oxidants enable selective reductive elimination from high-valent metal centers in catalysis.

    Keary M. Engle;Tian-Sheng Mei;Xisheng Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed hydroxyl-directed C-H activation/C-O cyclization: expedient construction of dihydrobenzofurans.

    Xisheng Wang;Yi Lu;Hui-Xiong Dai;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed para-selective C-H arylation of monosubstituted arenes.

    Xisheng Wang;Dasheng Leow;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Silver-Mediated Radical Aryltrifluoromethylthiolaton of Activated Alkenes

    Feng Yin;Xi-Sheng Wang

  • Visible light-mediated C-H difluoromethylation of electron-rich heteroarenes.

    Yi-Ming Su;Yu Hou;Feng Yin;Yue-Ming Xu

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed selective monofluorination of benzoic acids using a practical auxiliary: a weak-coordination approach.

    Kelvin S. L. Chan;Masayuki Wasa;Xisheng Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Binaphthyl-modified quaternary phosphonium salts as chiral phase-transfer catalysts: asymmetric amination of beta-keto esters.

    Rongjun He;Xisheng Wang;Takuya Hashimoto;Keiji Maruoka

  • Hydroxyl-directed C–H carbonylation enabled by mono-N-protected amino acid ligands: An expedient route to 1-isochromanones

    Yi Lu;Dasheng Leow;Xisheng Wang;Keary M. Engle

  • Binaphthyl‐Modified Quaternary Phosphonium Salts as Chiral Phase‐Transfer Catalysts: Asymmetric Amination of β‐Keto Esters

    Rongjun He;Xisheng Wang;Takuya Hashimoto;Keiji Maruoka

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Difluoroalkylation of α,β‐Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids

    Gang Li;Tao Wang;Fan Fei;Yi-Ming Su

  • Pd-catalyzed C-H lactonization for expedient synthesis of biaryl lactones and total synthesis of cannabinol.

    Yan Li;Yan-Jun Ding;Jian-Yong Wang;Yi-Ming Su

  • New, chiral phase transfer catalysts for effecting asymmetric conjugate additions of alpha-alkyl-alpha-cyanoacetates to acetylenic esters.

    Xisheng Wang;Masanori Kitamura;Keiji Maruoka

  • Self-supported chiral catalysts for heterogeneous enantioselective reactions.

    Kuiling Ding;Zheng Wang;Xingwang Wang;Yuxue Liang

  • Pd(0)-Catalyzed radical aryldifluoromethylation of activated alkenes

    Jian-Yong Wang;Yi-Ming Su;Feng Yin;Yan Bao

  • Self-supported heterogeneous titanium catalysts for enantioselective carbonyl-ene and sulfoxidation reactions.

    Xisheng Wang;Xingwang Wang;Hongchao Guo;Zheng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan Li
Yan Li Sun Yat-sen University
Jin-Quan Yu
Jin-Quan Yu Scripps Research Institute
Keiji Maruoka
Keiji Maruoka Kyoto University
Tian-Sheng Mei
Tian-Sheng Mei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rui Wang
Rui Wang Tianjin University of Science and Technology
Keary M. Engle
Keary M. Engle Scripps Research Institute
Seiji Shirakawa
Seiji Shirakawa Nagasaki University
Kuiling Ding
Kuiling Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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