Dr. Huamin Wang

Dr. Huamin Wang
© Dr. Huamin Wang
Dr. Huamin Wang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Room 413, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Muenster
T: +49 251 8335318
F: +49 251 8339772
huwang@uni-muenster.de
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  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 09/2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    09/2014 - 06/2020 PhD in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Aiwen Lei, Wuhan University, China
    09/2010 - 06/2014 Bachelor of Science in Material Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Aiwen Lei and Prof. Chuluo Yang, Wuhan University, China

  • Awards and Honors

    2019 Academic Innovation Award for postgraduate, First Prize, Wuhan University
    2017 National Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Students, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University
    2017 Excellent postgraduate model Awards, Wuhan University
    2016 National Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Students, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University
    2016 Excellent postgraduate Awards, Wuhan University

  • Publications

    S. Dutta, Y.-L. Lu,§ J. E. Erchinger,§ H. Shao, E. Studer, F. Schäfer, H. Wang, D. Rana, C. G. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
    Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5232-5241.
    § These authors contributed equally.

    H. Wang,§ J. E. Erchinger,§ M. Lenz,§ S. Dutta, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,
    syn-Selective Difunctionalization of Bicyclobutanes Enabled by Photoredox-Mediated C–S σ-Bond Scission,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 23771-23780.
    § These authors contributed equally

    H. Wang, H. Shao,§ A. Das,§ S. Dutta, H. T. Chan, C. Daniliuc, K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*
    Dearomative ring expansion of thiophenes by bicyclobutane insertion,
    Science 2023, 381, 75-81.
    § These authors contributed equally
    Free-access electronic reprint

    H. Wang, Z. Liu, A. Das, P. Bellotti, S. Megow, F. Temps,* X. Qi,* F. Glorius,*
    Radical thioesterification via nickel-catalyzed sensitized electron transfer,
    Nature Synth. 2023, 2, 1116-1126.

    H. Wang, P. Bellotti, X. Zhang, T. O. Paulisch, F. Glorius,
    A base-controlled switch of SO2 reincorporation in photocatalyzed radical difunctionalization of alkenes,
    Chem 2021, 7, 3412-3424.

    H. Wang, W. Shi, Y. Li, M. Yu, Y. Gao, A. Lei,*
    Photo-Induced Radical Relay Way towards α-CF3 Ketones with Low-Cost Trifluoromethylation Reagents,
    CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 1710-1717.

    H. Wang§, K. Liang§, W. Xiong, S. Samanta, W. Li, A. Lei,*
    Electrochemical Oxidation- Induced Etherification via C(sp3)-H/O-H Cross-Coupling,
    Sci. Adv. 2020, 6, eaaz0590.
    § Both authors contributed equally

    H. Wang, X. Gao, Z. Lv, T. Abdelilah, A. Lei,*
    Recent Advances in Oxidative R1‑H/R2‑H Cross-Coupling with Hydrogen Evolution via Photo-/Electrochemistry,
    Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 6769-6787.

    H. Wang, Y. Li, Q. Lu, M. Yu, X, Bai, S, Wang, H. Cong, H, Zhang, A. Lei,*
    Oxidation-Induced β‑Selective C−H Bond Functionalization: Thiolation and Selenation of N‑Heterocycles,
    ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 1888-1894.

    Z. Lv§, H. Wang§, Z. Quan, Y. Gao, A. Lei,*
    Dioxygen-Triggered Oxidative Cleavage of C-S Bond towards C-N Bond Formation,
    Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 12332-12335.
    § Both authors contributed equally

    Z. Guan§, H. Wang§, Y. Huang, Y. Wang, S. Wang, A. Lei,*
    Electrochemical Oxidative Aryl(alkyl)trifluoromethylation of Allyl Alcohols via 1,2-Migration,
    Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4619−4622.
    § Both authors contributed equally

    H. Wang§, Y. Li§, Z. Tang, S. Wang, H. Zhang, H. Cong, A. Lei,*
    Z‑Selective Addition of Diaryl Phosphine Oxides to Alkynes via Photoredox Catalysis,
    ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 10599−10605.
    § Both authors contributed equally

    H. Wang, Q. Lu, C. Chiang, Y. Luo, J. Zhou, G. Wang, A. Lei,*
    Markovnikov-Selective Radical Addition of S-Nucleophiles to Terminal Alkynes through a Photoredox Process,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 595-599.

    H. Wang§, Q. Lu§, C. Qian, C. Liu, W. Liu, K. Chen, A. Lei,*
    Solvent-Enabled Radical Selectivities: Controlled Syntheses of Sulfoxides and Sulfides,
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1094 –1097.
    § Both authors contributed equally

    H. Wang, G. Wang, Q. Lu, C. Chiang, P. Peng, J. Zhou, A. Lei,.*
    Catalyst-Free Difunctionalization of Activated Alkenes in Water: Efficient Synthesis of β-Keto Sulfides and Sulfones,
    Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14489-14493 (Hot paper).

  • Poster and Oral Presentations

    Oral Presentations

    • The 16th national homogeneous catalysis conference of the Chinese chemical society, Wuhan, China, Sep 2019.
    • International Synthetic Photochemistry Forum, Wuhan, China, Sep 2018.
    • The 12th national physical organic chemistry conference of Chinese chemical society, Wuhan, China, Oct 2017.
    • The 1th sino-german conference on sustainable catalysis, Wuhan, China, Oct 2015.

    Poster

    • H. Wang, A. Lei,*
      Markovnikov-Selective Radical Addition of S-Nucleophiles to Terminal Alkynes through a Photoredox Process,
      The 12th national physical organic chemistry conference of Chinese chemical society, Wuhan, China, 2017.

  • Research Interests and Skills

    Research Areas

    •  Electrochemical oxidative C-H functionalization
    •  Radical chemistry
    •  Activation of dioxygen towards addition reactions
    •  Photo-catalyzed organic synthesis
    •  Metal and metal-free catalyzed coupling reactions

    Skills

    •  Strong background in organic synthesis, radical reactions, activation of dioxygen, electrochemistry, photochemistry, kinetic investigations,
    •  Equipment operation in laboratory (e.g. Operando IR, HPLC, UV-vis, GC-MS, ESI-MS, etc.),
    •  1D/2D NMR expert (completed the Bruker Avance 1D/2D NMR Training Course, Beijing),
    •  Frequent user of professional software for chemistry (e.g. ChemBioDraw, Origin, TopSpin, MestreNova etc.),
    •  Chinese: mother tongue; English: fluent.