Research Interests

• Synthetic organic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis with organocatalyst and metal catalyst

• Green Chemistry

• Combinatorial Chemistry

Prizes and awards

• Thieme  Chemistry  Award (2012)

Biography

• Since 2011      Professor of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry), Fudan University

• 2006-2011      Associate Professor of Chemistry (Organic Chemistry), Fudan University

• 2003-2006      Post-doc, Purdue University

• 2003               PhD Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 1998               BS Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, China

Teaching

• Organic Chemistry

• Spectrometric Indentification of Organic Compounds

• Organic Named Reaction

Key Publications

1. Zhaomeng Han, Liang Zhang, Zhiming Li,* and Renhua Fan,* Direct Assembly of 3,4-Difunctionalized Benzofurans and Polycyclic Benzofurans by Phenol Dearomatization and Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014, 53, 6805-6809.

2. Chen Zheng, Jin Jin Chen,* and Renhua Fan,* Dearomatization Strategy and Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Reaction: Construction of Azepino[5,4,3-cd]- indoles from 2-Alkynylanilines, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 816-819.

3. Ming Yang, Jie Tang*, Renhua Fan,* Dearomatization Strategy of β-Enamino Ester: Construction of Indenoazepines via Tandem Michael Addition/Polycyclization, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 3464-3467.

4. Li Zhang, Zhiming Li*, Renhua Fan,* Metal-Controlled Cycloaddition of 2-Alkynyl-1,4-benzoquinones and Styrenyl Systems: Lewis Acid versus π Acid, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2482-2485.

5. Li Zhang, Weibin Wang*, Renhua Fan,* One-Pot Synthesis of Diarylamines from Two Aromatic Amines via Oxidative DearomatizationImino ExchangeReductive Aromatization, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2018-2021.

6. Linfei Wang and Renhua Fan,* Divergent Construction of Nitrogen-Containing Polycyclic Compounds with a Dearomatization Strategy, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3596-2805.

7. Yang Ye, Li Zhang, and Renhua Fan,* Application of Dearomatization Strategy on the Synthesis of Furoquinolinone and Angelicin Derivatives, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2114-2117.

8. Li Zhang, Zhiming Li*, and Renhua Fan,* 1,2- and 1,4-Additions of 2-Alkynylcyclohexadienimines with Aromatic Amines To Access 4-Amino-N-arylindoles and azepinoindoles, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6076-6079.

9. Min Yang, Jie Tang* and Renhua Fan,* Accessing N-heteroarylated indoles and benzimidazoles from 2-alkynyl cyclohexadienimines and cyclohexadienones through metal-catalyzed tandem reactions, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11775-11777.

10. Chen Zheng, Renhua Fan,* Hypervalent iodine-mediated regioselective cyclization of acetylenic malonates: facile synthesis of 1-diiodomethylene indane and cyclopentane derivatives, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12221-12223.