Zhenfeng Xi, Professor
Research Interest: Organometallic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry
Phone: 010-6275-9728 Fax: 010-6275-9728
E-mail: zfxi@pku.edu.cn
2001 ~ present Chang Jiang Professor, Peking University
1999 ~ 2001 Professor, Peking University
1998 ~ 1999 Associate professor, Peking University
1997 ~ 1998 Assistant professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
1996 ~ 1997 Postdoctoral fellow, Hokkaido University, Japan
1993 ~ 1996 Ph. D., Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan
1987 ~ 1989 M. S., Nanjing University & Zhengzhou University & Henan Institute of Chemistry
1979 ~ 1983 B. S., Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University
Research: Development of synthetic methodologies based on selective cleavage of C–H, C–C and C–X bonds mediated by organometallic compounds; Development of organometallic reagents; Study on mechanisms of reactions involving reactive organometallic intermediates; and Synthesis of functional structures.
Services & Duties
2009 ~ Member of the advisory board of the Thieme journals Synlett and Synthesis；
2008 ~ Member of Academic Committee of Environment-friendly Chemistry and Application Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education（Xiangtan University）
2008 ~ Associate Editor of Applied Organometallic Chemistry (Wiley)
2008 ~ Member of the Consulting Board of Editors of Tetrahedron/Tetrahedron Letters;
2008 ~ Executive vice editor-in-chief of Chinese Science Bulletin
Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Acta Chimica Sinica, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, in both Chinese and English Version
2007 ~ Guest Professor of University of Rennes 1, France
2006 ~ Member of Advisory Committee of National Natural Science Foundation of Chemistry
2006 ~ Guest Professor of Hokkaido University, Japan (2006. 8 – 2007. 2)
2006 ~ Member of Academic Committee of Green Chemistry and Application Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education（Sichuan University）
2005 ~ Co-Chairs of Pacifichem 2005 in Organometallic Chemistry of Early Transition Metals and Lanthanides, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005 ~ present Co-director of Beijing National Lab for Molecular Sciences
2005 ~ present Director of the Academic Committee of State Key Lab of Organometallic Chemistry, SIOC, CAS
2005 ~ present Member of the Academic Committee of State Key Lab of Elemento-organic Chemistry (Tianjin)
2005 ~ present Member of the Academic Committee of Key Lab of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Beijing), Ministry of Education
2004 ~ present Guest Professor of Henan Normal University, Henan University and Zhengzhou University
2004 ~ present Vice Director of the Academic Committee of Oganic Chemistry Committee, CCS
2004 Chairman of 13th National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
2002 ~ present Associate Editor of Huaxue Tongbao (Chemistry)
2002.4 ~ 2006.5 Dean of College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2001 ~ Guest researcher of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000 ~ Co-Chairs of Pacifichem 2000 in Organometallic Chemistry of Early Transition Metals and Lanthanides, Honolulu, Hawaii
1999 ~ present Guest Professor of Huaqiao University
1999 ~ present Member of the Academic Committee of State Key Lab of Fine Chemicals (Dalian)
1999 ~ present Member of the Academic Committee of State Key Lab of Applied Organic Chemistry (Lanzhou)
Honors & Awards
2007 the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2007 Wuxi PharmaTech (Yao-Ming-Kang-De) Life Science and Chemistry Award (1st class)
2006 Special Government Allowances
2006 PKU Zheng-Da Teaching Award (1st class)
2005 Eli Lilly Research Excellence Award in China
2005 Award of Teaching Achievements, Ministry of Education, (2nd class) （Award to：Zhenfeng Xi, Lianyun Duan、Xinxiang Zhang、Shuming Jiao and Zichen Li）
2005 Award of Teaching Achievements, Beijing, (1st class) （Award to：Zhenfeng Xi, Lianyun Duan、Xinxiang Zhang、Shuming Jiao and Zichen Li）
2004 BASF Award of Chinese Chemical Society
2004 Yaozeng Huang Organometallic Chemistry Award
2004 Creative Award of Organic Synthesis from Organic Chemistry Academic Committee of CCS – Synica
2004 Outstanding Talents Innovation Fund of Henan Province.
2004 Second Prize of CAIA
2004 Second Prize of CAIA
2003 CCS-BASF Innovation Prize
2001 Changjiang Professorship, PKU
2000 Candidate for the First and Second Bai-Qian-Wan Talents Program, Ministryof Education of China
2000 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation of HK
1999 PKU Kiriyama Teaching Award (1st class)
1999 Guest Professor of Huaqiao University
1998 National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars
Inviting Paper & Reviews:
1．Tetrahedron Letters 50th anniversary special issue, 2009, submitted;
2．Wen-Xiong Zhang* and Zhenfeng Xi*
Synthetic Methods for Multiply Substituted Butadiene-containing Building Blocks, Synlett (account), 2008,
2557-2570.
3．Chao Wang and Zhenfeng Xi*
Metal mediated synthesis of substituted cyclooctatetraenes
Chem. Commun. 2007, 5119-5133. (Feature Article)
4．Qiaoshu Hu,Jiang Lu, Congyang Wang,Chao Wang, and Zhenfeng Xi,*
Lewis Acid-Controlled Reactions of Zirconacyclopentadienes with Isocyanates and Isothiocyanates.
One-Pot Three- or Four-Component Synthesis of Multiply Substituted Iminocyclopentadienes and
Butadiene-bridged 1,6-Bisamides and Electrophilic Cyclization,
Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 6614-6624. (inviting paper for 50th Anniversary of Tetrahedron)
5．Congyang Wang and Zhenfeng Xi,*
Co-operative effect of Lewis acids with transition metals for organic synthesis
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2007, 36, 1395-1406.（Based on “Co-operative Effect”）
6．Zhenfeng Xi*
1-Lithio-1,3-dienes: Useful Building Blocks for Cyclic Compounds
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2007, 80, 1021-1036. (inviting review for 80th Anniversary of Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.)