Professor SHI Feng from Henan University visited Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), on October 10.

During his visit, he delivered a report entitled Recent Advances in Aryne Chemistry & Alkynylation-based Catalysis and Cascades. In the first part of the report, Professor SHI introduced the properties of aryne, its research background and work his group has done in aryne chemistry in recent years. His group has developed some methods to synthesize nitrogen containing privileged structures. In the second part of his report, he introduced his group’s work on catalytic alkynylation and related cascades.

Introduction to Professor SHI Feng:

Professor SHI Feng received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, in 2001 and doctor’s degree from Michigan State University, USA, in 2007 where he’s working under the direction of Professor Robert E. Maleczka, Jr.. He then did post-doctoral research at Iowa State University, America, where he’s working under the direction of Professor Richard C. Larock, an famous organic chemist. He joined the Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immune Engineering of Henan Province, Henan University, in 2009. Professor SHI Feng’s main research interests include benzyne chemistry and metal catalyzed reactions. He has published more than 20 papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Org. Lett., J. Org. Chem., most of which were included in Cheminform and Synfacts. He has also published several works in Top. Curr. Chem., Org. Synth.. He is a member of the American Chemical Society.

Professor SHI Feng is delivering a report