Ph.D

ADDRESS：No.136, Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

PHONE：0371-86608696

FAX：0371-86608696

E-mail：fenxu_zzuli@163.com

Websites：www.zzuli.edu.cn

Research Interests:

[1]Heterogeneous Catalysis;

[2]Catalytic Heterocycle Synthesis;

[3]C-H Activation

My research embraces topics in the synthesis and application of highly reactive heterogeneous catalysts, catalytic synthesis of heterocyclic compoundsviacycloaddition and cascade C-H activations.

Education Background:

[1]Sep 2007-Jan 2014, Master and Ph.D. of Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian;

[2]Sep 2003-July 2007, Department of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an

Teaching:

[1]“Organic Chemistry B1” (UG level, Annually, since 2014);

[2]“Organic Chemistry B2”, (UG level, Annually, since 2015);

[3]“Organic Chemistry A”, (UG level, Annually, since 2016);

[4]“Organic Chemistry C”, (UG level, annually, since 2018).

[5]“Organic Chemistry”, (UG level, annually, since 2020).

Publications:

[1] Xu Fen*, Zhang Shi-Yu, Li Ya-Peng, Huo Jia-Qi, Zeng Fan-Wang,Chem. Commun.2025, 61, 1729-1747.

[2] X u Fen*, Wang Zi-Han, Sun Meng-Yu, Luciano Barboni, Feng Yuan, Zhao Huan-Huan, Yang Yang, Zeng Fan-Wang, Eur. J. Org. Chem.2025.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500651.

[3]Xu Fen*, Zeng Fan-Wang, Luo Wen-Jie, Zhang Shi-Yu, Huo Jia-Qi, Li Ya-Peng,Eur. J. Org. Chem.2024, 27, e202301292.

[4]Xu Fen,* Zhu Wen-Jing, Wang Pei-Wen, Feng Jia, Chen Xin-Ru, Han Xiao-Hong, and Yan Hao-Tian; Metal-Controlled Switchable Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Imidazoles and PyrrolesviaRing Opening/Cyclocondensation with 2H-Azirines,J. Org. Chem.2023, 88, 9811−9822.

[5] Xu Fen*; Song Yuan-Yuan; Zhu Wen-Jing; Liu Chun-Sen; Lu Ya-zhou; Du Miao; Rhodium-Catalyzed Multiple C−H Activation/Highly meta-Selective C-H Amination between Amidines and Alkynes,Chemical. Communications,2020, 56(76),11227-11230.

[6] Xu, Fen*; Zhu, Wen-Jing; Wang, Juan; Ma, Qi; Shen, Li-Jing; Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Isoquinolones via a Selective Decarbonylation/Alkyne Insertion Cascade of Phthalimides,Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry,2020, 18(40), 8219-8223.

[7] Xu Fen*; Si Xiao-Ju; Song Yuan-Yuan; Wang Xing-Dong; Liu Chun-Sen; Geng Peng-Fei; Du Miao; Palladium-Catalyzed C-N Bond Cleavage of 2H-Azirines for the Synthesis of Functionalized α-Amidoketones,The Journal of Organic Chemistry,2019, 84, 2200-2208.

[8] Xu Fen*; Kang Wei Fen; Wang Yang; Liu Chun Sen; Tian Jia Yue; Zhao Rui Rui; Du Miao; Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Cascade [5+1] Annulation/5-exo-Cyclization Initiated by C-H Activation: 1,6-Diynes as One-Carbon Reaction Partners,Organic Letters,2018, 20(11), 3245-3249.

Research Projects:

[1]National Natural Science Foundation of China (21701148), 2018,01-2020,12;

[2]Science and Technology Project of Henan Province (no.232102230021). 2023.01-2024.12;

[3]Key Projects of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (17A150053), 2016,01-2018,12;

[4]Key Projects of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (no. 22A150026), 2022.01-2023.12;

[5]The Startup Fund for PhDs of Natural Scientific Research of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (to X. F.), 2015,12-2018.12.