Research Interests

• The chemistry of allenes, carbondioxide and alkynes: synthesis, reactivities, and applications in target synthesis

Prizes and awards

• For the contribution as a graduate student with Prof Xiyan Lu

• 1992          First-Class Natural Science Awards of Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 1994          Research Accomplishments Award

• 1997          First-Class Natural Science Awards of Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 1999          Second-Class National Natural Science Awards, for the contribution as a PI

• 2004          Mr. and Mrs. Sun Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry

• 2004          First-Class Award for Progress in Science and Technology of Shanghai

• 2005          OMCOS Springer Award

• 2006          Second-Class National Natural Science Awards

• 2010          First-Class Natural Science Awards of Shanghai

Biography

• 1986   B.S.     Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou University

• 1988   M.S.      SIOC (Supervisor: Prof. Xiyan Lu)

• 1986   B.S.     Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou University

• 1988   M.S.      SIOC (Supervisor: Prof. Xiyan Lu)

• 1990   Ph.D.     SIOC (Supervisor: Prof. Xiyan Lu)

• 12. 1990-06. 1992     Research Associate, SIOC

• 06. 1992-09. 1992     Research Associate Professor of Chemistry, SIOC

• 09. 1992-09. 1993     Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH (Supervisor: Prof. Venanzi)

• 10. 1993-03. 1997     Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry,Purdue University (Supervisor: Prof. Negishi)

• 03. 1997-09. 1997     Research Associate Professor of Chemistry, SIOC

• 09. 1997-02. 2003     Research Professor of Chemistry at SIOC and Director of SKLOMC

• 02. 2003-09. 2007     Jointly appointed by SIOC and Zhejiang University;
                             Research Professor of Chemistry at SIOC;
                             Scholars Program Professor at Zhejiang University

• 10. 2007-8.2014       Professor at East China Normal University and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences;  Adjunct Professor at Zhejiang University and Chinese University of Hong Kong

• 09. 2014-now         Professor at Fudan University and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Adjunct  Professor at Zhejiang University and Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teaching

• Organometallic chemistry

Key Publications

1. Transition Metal-Catalyzed/Mediated Reaction of Allenes with A Nucleophilic Functionality Connected totheαCarbonAtomShengming Ma*Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 701-712.                 

2. Some Typical Advances in the Synthetic Applications of AllenesShengming Ma*Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 2829-2871.              

3. Electrophilic Addition and Cyclization Reactions of AllenesShengming Ma*Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1679-1688.              

4. Recent Adavances in the Chemistry of AllenesShengming Ma*Aldrichimica Acta 2007, 40, (4), 91-102.    

5. ARoomTemperatureCatalyticAsymmetricSynthesisofAlleneswithECNUPhosYuliWang,WanliZhang,andShengmingMa*J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 11517-11520              

6. Cadmium Iodide-mediated Allenylation of Terminal Alkynes with KetonesXinjun Tang, Can Zhu, Tao Cao, Jingqiang Kuang, Weilong Lin, Shengjun Ni, Jiasheng Zhang & Shengming Ma*    Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 2450/doi: 10.1038/ncomms 3450.               

7. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Amination of Allenyl Phosphates: Enantioselective Synthesis of Allenes withanAdditionalUnsaturated UnitQiankun Li,ChunlingFu,andShengmingMa*Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.,2014,53,6511-6514.

8. A C–H Bond Activation-Based Catalytic Approach to Tetrasubstituted Chiral AllenesShangze Wu, Xin Huang, Wangteng Wu, Pengbin Li, Chunling Fu and Shengming Ma* Nat. Commun. 2015, 6: 7946 doi: 10.1038/ncomms 8946.

9. A Practical Solution to Stereodefined Tetrasubstituted OlefinsJianxin Dai, Minyan Wang, Guobi Chai, Chunling Fu, and ShengmingMa* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2532-2535.              

10. Copper-CatalyzedBorylcuprationofAllenylsilanesWeimingYuan,LiuSong,andShengmingMa*Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.2016,55,3140-3143.