Dr. Honggen Wang

Organisch-Chemisches Institut
Corrensstraße 40
D-48149 Münster

Lab III 201
phone +49 251 8333282
mail  honggen.wang@uni-muenster.de

CV
since 09/2011	Post-doctoral research in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, Muenster university, Germany.
09/2006 - 06/2011	Ph.D. students in Organic Chemistry, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, CAS, Guangzhou, China. Supervisor: Prof. Qiang Zhu and Prof. Jiancun Zhang Dissertation title: Synthesis of Several Privileged Heterocycles Mediated by Copper Catalyst.
07/2005 - 08/2005	Exchange Student, Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Advisor: Dr. Jian-yong Wu, Research: Application of power ultrasound for efficient extraction and controlled degradation of high-molecular weight polysaccharides from Cordyceps (Dong-Chong Xia-Cao in Chinese).
09/2002 - 06/2006	B.S. in two majors: one in Pharmaceutical Science, another in Computer Science, College of Pharmaceutical Science and College of Computer Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.

Selected Honors & Awards

• Dean’s Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011.
• Outstanding Graduate of Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, CAS, 2011.
• Excellent Student Scholarship of Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, CAS, for the years of 2010, 2011.
• Excellent Student of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008.
• Excellent Student Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University for the years of 2003, 2005.
• Excellent Freshman Scholarship, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2002.

Publications

(14) J. Wencel-Delord^§, C. Nimphius^§, H. Wang, F. Glorius,
Rhodium(III) and Hexabromobenzene – A Catalyst System for the Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Simple Arenes and Heterocycles with Arenes Bearing Directing Groups,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 13001–13005; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 13175-13180. DOI
^§ These authors contributed equally.

(13) H. Wang, C. Grohmann, C. Nimphius, F. Glorius,
Mild Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation and Annulation with Alkyne MIDA Boronates: Short and Efficient Synthesis of Heterocyclic Boronic Acid Derivatives,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19592–19595. DOI
Highlighted in Synfacts 2013, 9, 0261.

(12) H. Wang,* F. Glorius*,
Lending Handedness to the Cyclopentadienyl Ligand,
Science 2012, 338, 479-480. DOI

(11) H. Wang, F. Glorius,
Mild Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation of Aromatic Amide Derivatives and Intermolecular Annulation with Allenes: Efficient Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7318-7322; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 7430-7434. DOI
Selected as hot paper by Angewandte Chemie.

(10) C. Grohmann, H. Wang, F. Glorius,
Rh[III]-Catalyzed Direct C–H Amination Using N-Chloroamines at Room Temperature,
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 656-659. DOI

(9) Wang, H.; Y, Wang, Liang, D.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, Q. “Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Aminooxygenation: Direct Access to Formyl-Substituted Aromatic N-Heterocycles”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5678-5681. (Selected as a “Hot Paper” by Editors)

(8) Wang, H.; Wang, Y.; Peng, C.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, Q. “A Direct Intramolecular C-H Amination Reaction Cocatalyzed by Copper(II) and Iron(III) as Part of an Efficient Route for the Synthesis of Pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles from N-Aryl-2-aminopyridines”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13217-13219.

(7) Wang, H.; Liu, L.; Wang, Y.; Peng, C.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, Q. “An efficient synthesis of 4-alkyl -2(1H)-quinazolinones and 4-alkyl-2-chloroquinazolines from 1-(2-alkynylphenyl)ureas”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 6841-6843.

(6) Wang, H.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, Q. “Brønsted Acid-Promoted Sequential Hydroarylation-Hydroamidation of Arene Tethered 1-(2-Alkynylphenyl)ureas: Direct Access to 4,4-spiro-3,4-dihydro-2-(1H)-quinazolinones”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, in press.

(5) Wang, H.; Zhu, Q. Highlights of Total Synthesis of Natural Products-Terpenes, Chapter 14,  Science Press: Beijing, 2010.

(4) Wang, Y.; Wang, H.; Peng, J.; Zhu, Q. “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular C(sp²)-H Amidination by Isonitrile Insertion: Direct Access to 4-Aminoquinazolines from N-Arylamidines”, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4604-4607.

(3) Peng, L.; Wang, H.; Peng, C.; Ding, K.; Zhu, Q. “Sequential Hydration-Condensation-Double Cycloaddition of Pyridine-Substituted 2-Alkynylanilines: an Efficient Approach to Quinoline-Based Heterocycles”, Synthesis 2011, 1723-1732.

(2) Liu, L.; Wang, Y.; Wang, H.; Peng, C.; Zhao, J.; Zhu, Q. “Tetrabutylammonium chloride-triggered 6-endo cyclization of o-alkynylisocyanobenzenes: an efficient synthesis of 2-chloro-3-substituted quinolines”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 6715-6719.

(1) Peng, C.; Wang, Y.; Liu, L.; Wang, H.; Zhao, J.; Zhu, Q. “p-Toluenesulfonic Acid Promoted Annulation of 2-Alkynylanilines with Activated Ketones: Efficient Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-2,3-Disubstituted Quinolines”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 818-822.