Academic History

May.2017-May.2018  Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Supervisor: Prof. Fuk Yee Kwong

Oct.2015-Apr.2017  Postdoctoral Fellow, State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences and Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Supervisor: Prof. Fuk Yee Kwong

Sep.2009-Jun.2015  Ph.D., Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu (P.R. China).

Supervisor: Prof. Jingsong You

Major: Organic Chemistry

Sep.2005-Jul.2009   B.S, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu (P.R. China).

Major: Chemistry

Honors and Awards

Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Level C, 2018)

The Second Prize Scholarship, Sichuan University

Individual Scholarship, Sichuan University

“Zhenxin” Stipend of Sichuan University

Special Skills

• Familiar with some analytical instruments, such as NMR, fluorescence spectrophotometer, UV spectrophotometer.
• Experience in multi-step synthesis, isolation and characterization of organic compounds. Familiar with transition metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization.
• Working knowledge of computers and related softwares.

Publication List

1. Mingliang Li, Jun Wang*, “Cobalt-Catalyzed Direct C−H Thiolation of Aromatic Amides with Disulfides: Application to the Synthesis of Quetiapine”, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 6490. (Nature Index, IF: 6.579)
2. Mingliang Li, Jun Wang*, “Oxidant-Controlled Selective Coupling of 2-Oxo-2-phenylethyl picolinates with Indoles”, Org. Lett 2018, Submitted. (Nature Index, IF: 6.579)
3. Mingliang Li, Fuk Yee Kwong*, “Cobalt-Catalyzed Tandem C–H Activation/C–C Cleavage/C–H Cyclization of Aromatic Amides with Alkylidenecyclopropanes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 6512. (front cover, Nature Index, IF: 11.994)
4. Mingliang Li, Yudong Yang, Danni Zhou, Danyang Wan, Jingsong You*, “Nickel-catalyzed addition-type alkenylation of unactivated, aliphatic C−H bonds with alkynes: A concise route to polysubstituted γ-butyrolactones”, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2546-2549. (Nature Index, IF: 6.579)
5. Mingliang Li, Jiaxing Dong, Xiaolei Huang, Kaizhi Li, Qian Wu, Feijie Song，Jingsong You*, “Nickel-catalyzed chelation-assisted direct arylation of unactivated C(sp³)–H bonds with aryl halides”, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3944–3946. (Nature Index, IF: 6.319)
6. Danni Zhou, Chunxia Wang, Mingliang Li, Zheng Long, Jingbo Lan*,“Palladium-catalyzed 2-pyridylmethyl-directed β-C(sp³)–H activation and cyclization of aliphatic amides with gem-dibromoolefins: A rapid access to γ-lactams”, Chinese Chemical Letters., 2018, 29, 191-193.