Professor, East China Normal University, China
👩🔬 Lijia Wang is a distinguished professor of organic chemistry at East China Normal University. She has made significant contributions to the field of asymmetric catalysis and the total synthesis of natural products. Her innovative approaches and research excellence have earned her a reputable position in the scientific community.
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Education
🎓 Lijia Wang obtained her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Sichuan University in 2009, under the guidance of Prof. Xiaoming Feng. Prior to that, she completed her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Sichuan University in 2004, with Dr. Meng Yang as her advisor.
Experience
💼 Lijia Wang is currently a professor at East China Normal University, a position she has held since February 2019. Before this, she was an associate professor at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from August 2011 to February 2019. Her postdoctoral fellowship at Kyoto University, working with Prof. Keiji Maruoka, further solidified her expertise in organic chemistry from September 2009 to July 2011.
Research Interests
🔬 Lijia Wang specializes in asymmetric catalysis and the total synthesis of natural products. Her research focuses on the development of novel methods for transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective tandem cyclization reactions and strategies for stereoselective divergent synthesis of polycyclic spiroindolines. Her work has led to the efficient synthesis of biologically active complex molecules and the synthesis of several natural products, including strychnine and akumicine.
Awards
🏆 Lijia Wang has been recognized for her innovative contributions to chemistry with several awards, including election to the Youth Innovation Promotion Association by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017 and the JSPA Lectureship Award in Japan in 2024.
Publications Top Notes
📚 Selected Publications by Lijia Wang:
Copper Catalyzed [3 + 2] Annulation Reaction of Exocyclic Sulfonyl Enamides for the Synthesis of N,O-Spiroketal and Spiroketal – Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401062. [Cited by: 3 articles]
Insights into Stereoselectivity Switch in a Michael Addition-Initiated Tandem Mannich Cyclizations and Their Extension from Enamines to Vinyl Ethers – J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15553–15564. [Cited by: 12 articles]
Catalytic [2+2+2] Tandem Cyclization with Alkyl Substituted Methylene Malonate Enabling Concise Total Synthesis of Four Malagasy Alkaloids – CCS Chem., 2023, 5, 124-132. [Cited by: 8 articles]
Allenamide-Initiated Cascade [2+2+2] Annulation Enabling the Divergent Total Synthesis of (-)-Deoxoapodine, (-)-Kopsifoline D and (±)-Melotenine A – Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207360. [Cited by: 15 articles]
Rapid Construction of Enantioenriched Benzofurochromanes by SaBOX/Copper(II) Catalyzed Enantioselective [3 + 2] Annulation of γ-Chromenes with Quinones – Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 5525-5529. [Cited by: 10 articles]