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Xiu-Li Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a specialization in organic chemistry. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics that bridge synthetic methods, catalysis, and polymer science.

The main fields of study for Xiu-Li Sun include:

  • Chemistry

Within this broad domain, they have focused on several subfields, notably:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Mechanics of Materials

Their primary research topics include:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Lubricants and Their Additives
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms

Xiu-Li Sun has published multiple papers across several respected journals. Recent papers highlight advancements in catalysis and polymer synthesis. Selected recent publications are:

  • Direct copolymerization of ethylene with protic comonomers enabled by multinuclear Ni catalysts, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Circular olefin copolymers made de novo from ethylene and α-olefins, 2024, Nature Communications
  • A Versatile Enantioselective Catalytic Cyclopropanation-Rearrangement Approach to the Divergent Construction of Chiral Spiroaminals and Fused Bicyclic Acetals, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Asymmetric Catalytic [3+2] Annulation of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropane with Cyclic Ketones: Facile Access to Enantioenriched 1-Oxaspiro[4.5]decanes†, 2020, Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Winning Strategy for Iron-Based ATRP Using In Situ Generated Iodine as a Regulator, 2020, ACS Catalysis

The venues where Xiu-Li Sun frequently publishes include:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Lubricants
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Yong Tang
  • Yanshan Gao
  • Xiaoyan Wang
  • Yanan Zhao
  • Xiao-Shan Ning

Best Publications

  • Ylide-initiated michael addition-cyclization reactions beyond cyclopropanes.

    Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • Pyrrolidine-thiourea as a bifunctional organocatalyst: highly enantioselective Michael addition of cyclohexanone to nitroolefins.

    Chun-Li Cao;Meng-Chun Ye;Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • Highly enantioselective and diastereoselective cycloaddition of cyclopropanes with nitrones and its application in the kinetic resolution of 2-substituted cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylates.

    Yan-Biao Kang;Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • Side arm strategy for catalyst design: modifying bisoxazolines for remote control of enantioselection and related.

    Saihu Liao;Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • Enantioselective synthesis of vinylcyclopropanes and vinylepoxides mediated by camphor-derived sulfur ylides: rationale of enantioselectivity, scope, and limitation.

    Xian-Ming Deng;Ping Cai;Song Ye;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Highly Enantioselective [3+3] Cycloaddition of Aromatic Azomethine Imines with Cyclopropanes Directed by π–π Stacking Interactions

    You-Yun Zhou;Jun Li;Lin Ling;Sai-Hu Liao

  • Phosphine-catalyzed intramolecular formal [3+2] cycloaddition for highly diastereoselective synthesis of bicyclo[n.3.0] compounds.

    Long-Wu Ye;Xiu-Li Sun;Qing-Gang Wang;Yong Tang

  • Side-arm-promoted highly enantioselective ring-opening reactions and kinetic resolution of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with amines.

    You-Yun Zhou;Li-Jia Wang;Jun Li;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Enantioselective formal [3+3] annulation for the direct construction of bicyclic skeletons with four stereogenic centers.

    Chun-Li Cao;Xiu-Li Sun;and Yan-Biao Kang;Yong Tang

  • Synthesis and characterization of titanium(IV) complexes bearing monoanionic [O-NX] (X = O, S, Se) tridentate ligands and their behaviors in ethylene homo- and copolymerizaton with 1-hexene

    Cong Wang;Zhi Ma;Xiu-Li Sun;Yuan Gao

  • Iron Porphyrin-Catalyzed Olefination of Ketenes with Diazoacetate for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Allenes

    Chuan-Ying Li;Xiao-Bing Wang;Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • [O−NSR]TiCl3-Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene with Functionalized Olefins

    Xiao-Hong Yang;Chun-Rong Liu;Cong Wang;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Scandium triflate catalyzed cycloaddition of imines with 1,1-cyclopropanediesters: efficient and diastereoselective synthesis of multisubstituted pyrrolidines

    Yan-Biao Kang;Yong Tang;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Unexpected tandem ylide annulation reaction for controllable synthesis of 2H-chromenes and 4H-chromenes.

    Long-Wu Ye;Xiu-Li Sun;and Chun-Yin Zhu;Yong Tang

  • Asymmetric Nazarov Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Tris(oxazoline)/Copper(II)

    Peng Cao;Chao Deng;You-Yun Zhou;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Tandem Michael addition/ylide epoxidation for the synthesis of highly functionalized cyclohexadiene epoxide derivatives.

    Qing-Gang Wang;Xian-Ming Deng;Ben-Hu Zhu;Long-Wu Ye

  • An Organocatalytic Asymmetric Tandem Reaction for the Construction of Bicyclic Skeletons

    Chun-Li Cao;You-Yun Zhou;Jian Zhou;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Highly diastereoselective and enantioselective formal [4 + 1] ylide annulation for the synthesis of optically active dihydrofurans.

    Jun-Cheng Zheng;Chun-Yin Zhu;Xiu-Li Sun;Yong Tang

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Tridentate [NOP] Titanium Complexes and Their Application to Copolymerization and Polymerization of Ethylene

    Wei-Qiu Hu;Xiu-Li Sun;Cong Wang;Yuan Gao

  • Heterodimerization of Olefins. 1. Hydrovinylation Reactions of Olefins That Are Amenable to Asymmetric Catalysis

    T. V. Rajanbabu;Nobuyoshi Nomura;Jian Jin;Malay Nandi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Tang
Yong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long-Wu Ye
Long-Wu Ye Xiamen University
Zuowei Xie
Zuowei Xie Chinese University of Hong Kong
Li-Xin Dai
Li-Xin Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoyan Wang
Xiaoyan Wang BeiGene (China)
Yong-Gui Zhou
Yong-Gui Zhou Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Yong Liang
Yong Liang Jianghan University
Zhi-Xiang Yu
Zhi-Xiang Yu Peking University
Qi-Lin Zhou
Qi-Lin Zhou Nankai University
Shou-Fei Zhu
Shou-Fei Zhu Nankai University

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