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Xingwei Li is a researcher affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University in China, with a focus on chemistry and materials science. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and pharmacology. The volume of their publications reflects a specialization heavily weighted towards organic chemistry.

Their research topics cover an array of specific areas within these fields. The primary themes include catalytic C-H functionalization methods, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, synthesis and catalytic reactions, and asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis.

Among their frequent coauthors are Ruijie Mi, Bingxian Liu, Fen Wang, Lingheng Kong, and Songjie Yu, demonstrating consistent collaboration across multiple projects.

Xingwei Li has contributed numerous papers to several well-known scientific journals, with publication venues often featuring their work multiple times. Noteworthy venues include The Cambridge Structural Database, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and ACS Catalysis.

Selected recent papers highlight key areas of activity within Li's research portfolio:

  • "Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed olefinic C-H functionalization" (2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers)
  • "Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Construction of Indoles via C−H Bond Activation" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of Biaryls by C−H Activation and Intermolecular Coupling with Sterically Hindered Alkynes" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Access to Axially Chiral Olefins via C−H Bond Activation and Directing Group Migration" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Iodonium Ylides as Carbene Precursors in Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation" (2020, Organic Letters)

Best Publications

  • C–C, C–O and C–N bond formation via rhodium(III)-catalyzed oxidative C–H activation

    Guoyong Song;Fen Wang;Xingwei Li

  • Substrate activation strategies in rhodium(III)-catalyzed selective functionalization of arenes.

    Guoyong Song;Xingwei Li

  • Rhodium and Iridium Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes via Transmetalation: Structure and Dynamics

    Anthony R. Chianese;Xingwei Li;Michael C. Janzen;and J. W. Faller

  • Rh(III)- and Ir(III)-Catalyzed C-H Alkynylation of Arenes under Chelation Assistance

    Fang Xie;Zisong Qi;Songjie Yu;Xingwei Li

  • Gold α-Oxo Carbenoids in Catalysis: Catalytic Oxygen-Atom Transfer to Alkynes

    Jian Xiao;Xingwei Li

  • Rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation of phenacyl ammonium salts assisted by an oxidizing C-N bond: a combination of experimental and theoretical studies.

    Songjie Yu;Song Liu;Yu Lan;Boshun Wan

  • Transition metal-catalysed couplings between arenes and strained or reactive rings: combination of C-H activation and ring scission.

    Fen Wang;Songjie Yu;Xingwei Li

  • Synthesis of Isoquinolines via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Dehydrative C-C and C-N Coupling between Oximines and Alkynes

    Xingping Zhang;Xingping Zhang;Dan Chen;Dan Chen;Miao Zhao;Jing Zhao

  • Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling between primary and secondary benzamides and alkynes: synthesis of polycyclic amides.

    Guoyong Song;Dan Chen;Cheng-Ling Pan;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Amidation of Unactivated C(sp(3) )-H Bonds.

    He Wang;Guodong Tang;Xingwei Li

  • Rh(III)-catalyzed tandem oxidative olefination-Michael reactions between aryl carboxamides and alkenes.

    Fen Wang;Guoyong Song;Xingwei Li

  • Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-C and C-O coupling of quinoline N-oxides with alkynes: combination of C-H activation with O-atom transfer.

    Xueyun Zhang;Zisong Qi;Xingwei Li

  • Intramolecular alkyne hydroalkoxylation and hydroamination catalyzed by iridium hydrides.

    Xingwei Li;Anthony R. Chianese;Tiffany Vogel;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Rhodium(iii)-catalyzed chemodivergent annulations between N-methoxybenzamides and sulfoxonium ylides via C-H activation.

    Youwei Xu;Youwei Xu;Guangfan Zheng;Xifa Yang;Xifa Yang;Xingwei Li

  • Synthesis of 1-Aminoisoquinolines via Rh(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling

    Xiaohong Wei;Miao Zhao;Zhengyin Du;Xingwei Li

  • Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Rhodium-Catalyzed Coupling of Benzamides with 2,2-Difluorovinyl Tosylate: Diverse Synthesis of Fluorinated Heterocycles

    Jia-Qiang Wu;Shang-Shi Zhang;Hui Gao;Zisong Qi

  • Rh(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biindolyls by Merging C–H Activation and Nucleophilic Cyclization

    Miaomiao Tian;Dachang Bai;Guangfan Zheng;Junbiao Chang

  • Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed Azidation and Nitration of Arenes by CH Activation

    Fang Xie;Zisong Qi;Xingwei Li

  • Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling of N-aryl-2-aminopyridine with alkynes and alkenes.

    Jinlei Chen;Guoyong Song;Cheng-Ling Pan;Xingwei Li

  • Anthranil: An Aminating Reagent Leading to Bifunctionality for Both C(sp(3) )-H and C(sp(2) )-H under Rhodium(III) Catalysis

    Songjie Yu;Guodong Tang;Yingzi Li;Xukai Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoyong Song
Guoyong Song Beijing Forestry University
Ke-Li Han
Ke-Li Han Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Jing Zhao
Jing Zhao Nanjing University
Junbiao Chang
Junbiao Chang Zhengzhou University
Yongxin Li
Yongxin Li Nanyang Technological University
Jay A. Labinger
Jay A. Labinger California Institute of Technology
Hongjie Zhang
Hongjie Zhang Tsinghua University
Wei-Qiao Deng
Wei-Qiao Deng Shandong University

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