Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., University of Liverpool, (2007.05-2011.07）

Associate Prof., Shaanxi Normal University, (2011.07-2016.12)

Prof. Shaanxi Normal University (From 2016 to now)

Research Interests：

Dehydrogenation and Hydrogen Transfer Reactions

Selective Transformation of Biomass

Awards and Honors:

Shaanxi Provincial Young and Middle-Aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talent, 2025

ACP Lectureship Award (Singapore), 2023

Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 2021

Shaanxi Provincial Youth Science and Technology Rising Star, 2016

National Outstanding Self-Financed International Student Scholarship, 2010

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China - General Program, Grant No. 22472089, “Design, Synthesis and Application of Chiral Cyclometalated Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysts with a Single Variable Coordination Site”, Jan 2025 - Dec 2028, RMB 500,000.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China - General Program, Grant No. 22172096, “Iron‑Catalyzed Functionalization of Allylic Alcohols via Asymmetric Hydrogen Borrowing Strategy”, Jan 2022 - Dec 2025, RMB 600,000.

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China - General Program, Grant No. 21773145, “Asymmetric Alkylation of Nitriles with Alcohols Catalyzed by Bimetallic Complexes”, Jan 2018 - Dec 2021, RMB 650,000.

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China - General Program, Grant No. 21473109, “Effect of Pore Environment on the Regio‑ and Stereoselectivity of Reductive Hydroamination of Alkynes”, Jan 2015 - Dec 2018, RMB 860,000.

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China - Young Scientists Fund, Grant No. 21103102, “Development of Selective Oxidant‑Free Dehydrogenation Catalysts”, Jan 2012 - Dec 2015, RMB 250,000.

6. Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Grant No. 2021JC‑30, “Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer Reactions”, Jan 2021 - Dec 2023, RMB 300,000.

Representative Publications:

(1) Activation of Molecular Oxygen and Selective Oxidation with Metal Complexes.

Chao Wang,* Jianliang Xiao.* Accounts of Chemical Research. 2025, 58, 714-731.

(2) Enantioconvergent Hydrobenzylation of Racemic Allylic Alcohols with Aryl Hydrazones via Bifunctional Ruthenium Catalysis.

Jian Zhang, Ka Key Cheung, Mingyang Song, Weijun Tang, Huaming Sun, Zhenyang Lin,* Jianliang Xiao, Chao Wang.* Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2025, 147, 27790-27801.

(3) β-Arylation of Racemic Secondary Benzylic Alcohols to Access Enantioenriched β-Arylated Alcohols.

Wang Miao, Jinyu Zhang, Yanyan Yang, Weijun Tang, Dong Xue, Jianliang Xiao, Huaming Sun, Chao Wang.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023, 62, e202306015.

(4) Chemoselective Asymmetric Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation of Racemic Allylic Alcohols for the Synthesis of Chiral Amino Acid Derivatives.

Xiaohui Zhang, Wei Ma, Jinyu Zhang, Weijun Tang, Dong Xue, Jianliang Xiao, Huaming Sun, Chao Wang.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022, 61, e202203244.

(5) Anti‐Markovnikov Hydroamination of Racemic Allylic Alcohols to Access Chiral γ‐Amino Alcohols.

Ruirui Xu, Kun Wang, Haoying Liu, Weijun Tang, Huaming Sun, Dong Xue, Jianliang Xiao, Chao Wang.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2020, 59, 21959-21964.

(6) Asymmetric Guerbet Reaction to Access Chiral Alcohols.

Kun Wang, Lin Zhang, Weijun Tang, Huaming Sun, Dong Xue, Ming Lei, Jianliang Xiao, Chao Wang.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2020, 59, 11408-11415.

(7) Iron-Catalyzed Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination and Hydroamidation of Allylic Alcohols.

Wei Ma, Xiaohui Zhang, Juan Fan, Yuxuan Liu, Weijun Tang, Dong Xue, Chaoqun Li, Jianliang Xiao*, Chao Wang.* Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 13506-13515.

(8) Transition-Metal-Free Hydrogen Autotransfer: Diastereoselective N-Alkylation of Amines with Racemic Alcohols.

Miao Xiao, Xin Yue, Ruirui Xu, Weijun Tang, Dong Xue, Chaoqun Li, Ming Lei*, Jianliang Xiao*, Chao Wang.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2019, 58, 10528-10536.

(9) A Versatile Catalyst for Reductive Amination by Transfer Hydrogenation.

Chao Wang, Alan Pettman, John, Bacsa, Jianliang Xiao.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 7548-7552.

(10) pH-Regulated Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinolines in Water.

Chao Wang, Chaoqun Li, Xiaofeng, Wu, Alan Pettman, Jianliang Xiao.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2009, 48, 6524-6528.