Wang Fei
Ph.D., Researcher
Fei Wang, Doctor, Professor (tenure-track), Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Graduated from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.
Special Talent：Excellent Youth (National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Address：Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China.
Telephone：
Email：fwang235@nankai.edu.cn
Research Group Website：https://wangfeichem.nankai.edu.cn/
Research Interest：Organic Synthesis; Radical Chemistry; Homogeneous Catalysis; Asymmetric Synthesis
History：
2011 B.Sc, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
2016 Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (Supervisor: Prof. Guosheng Liu)
2017-2020，University of Wisconsin-Madison, (Supervisor: Prof. Shannon S. Stahl)
2021.1-present，Nankai University, Professor (tenure-track)
Honors and Awards
2025 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2019 The First Prize in Shanghai Natural Science Award (2/5)
2017 Reaxys PhD prize (Finalist)
Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications
2. Jia, S.-M.; Ma, C.-R.; Xin, S.-Y.; Cheng, J.-K.; Ren, M.-M.; Wang, F.* Aza Analogs of Arene Oxygenase Metabolization via Iron Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 46653–46664.
3. Wang, Z.-L.; Cheng, J.-K.; Wang, F.* Iron-catalyzed C-7 selective NH2 amination of indoles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202412103.
4. Fan, W.; Zhao, X.; Deng, Y.; Chen, P.; Wang, F.*; Liu, G.* Electrophotocatalytic Decoupled Radical Relay Enables Highly Efficient and Enantioselective Benzylic C−H Functionalization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 21674–21682.
5. Jia, S.-M.; Huang, Y.-H.; Wang, Z.-L.; Fan, F.-X.; Fan, B.-H.; Sun, H.-X.; Wang, H.*; Wang, F.* Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Aliphatic Azides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16316–16324.
6. Tang, S.-X.; Huang, G.-W.; Cheng, J.-K.; Wang, F.* Meta-Selective C−H Amination of Aryl Amines via Protonation-Enabled Polarity Inversion in Homolytic Aromatic Substitution. CCS Chem. 2025, 7, 3606–3615.
7. Wang, Q.; Cheng, J.-K.; Tang, S.-X.; Houk, K. N.*; Wang, F.* Stereoselective synthesis of tetra-and tri-substituted alkenyl nitriles via aminative ring-opening of cyclopropenes with iron-aminyl radical. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 3168.
8. Fan, F.-X.; Xu, H.; Tang, S.-X.; Dang, Y.*; Wang, F.* Iron-catalysed stereoselective NH transfer enables dynamic kinetic resolution of sulfoxides. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 1471.
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