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Postdoc position Opening

 


Xiaodong Michael Shi

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV 26506

Phone: (304)-293-3435 (ext. 6438)

Email: Xiaodong.Shi@mail.wvu.edu

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:    June 2002—March 2005    Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of California, Berkeley

Mentors: Dr. Paul Bartlett, Dr. Dean Toste

Aug. 1998—May 2002         Ph.D. Department of Chemistry

University of Maryland, College Park

Mentor: Dr. Jeffery T. Davis

Sept. 1994—July 1997        MS, Department of Chemistry

Nankai University, China

Sept. 1990—July 1994        BS, Department of Chemistry

Nankai University, China

 

Selected Publications:

  • Peng, H.; Xi, Y.; Ronaghi, N.; Dong, B.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Shi, X.* “Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Termina Alkynes: Selective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1,3-Diynes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13174-13177.

  • Xi, Y.; Su, Y.; Yu, Z.; Dong, B.; McClain, E. J.; Lan, Y.*; Shi, X.* “Chemoselective Carbophilic Addition of α-Diazoesters through Ligand-Controlled Gold Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9817-9821.
  • Wang, Q.; Motika, S. E.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X.* “Synthesis of Cyclic Amine Borane Through Triazole-Gold(I) Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroboration” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5418-5422.

  • Xi, Y.; Dong, B.; McClain, E. J.; Wang, Q.; Gregg, T. L.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X.* "Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular C-S Bond Formation: Efficient Synthesis of a-Substituted Vinyl Sulfones" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4657-4661.
  • Ye, X.; He, Z.; Ahmed, T.; Weise, K.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X.* "1,2,3-Triazoles as versatile directing group for selective sp2 and sp3 C–H activation: cyclization vs substitution" Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3712-3716.
  • Wang, D.; Rong, C.; Sharma, S.; Jirak, J.; Thummanapelli, S. K.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Zhang, H.; Liu, X.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X.* "‘Silver Effect’ in Gold(I) Catalysis: An overlooked Important Factor” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,134, 9012-9019.
  • Duan, H.; Sengupta, S.; Petersen, J. L.; Akhmedov, N.; Shi, X. " Triazole-Au(I) Complexes: A New Class of Catalysts with Improved Thermal Stability and Reactivity for Intermolecular Alkyne Hydroamination" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12100-12102.

  • Zhong, C.; Chen, Y.; Petersen, J. L.; Akhmedov, N.; Shi, X. "Enantioselective Intermolecular Crossed-Conjugate Additions between Nitroalkenes and a,b-Enals through a Dual Activation Strategy" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2009, 48, 1279-1282.

Last Update

12/08/2009