Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Advisor: Jinbo Hu

Zhiqiang was born and raised in Huaiyuan, a small county in Anhui Province, China. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in 2016. Then he moved to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences in pursuit of his Ph.D. degree in organofluorine chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Jinbo Hu. His Ph.D. research was mainly focused on cross-coupling reaction involving fluoroalkyl sulfones. After he got his Ph.D. degree in June 2021, he continued the postdoctoral research in the same group, which was focused on the synthesis and application of perfluoro-tert-butylated compounds. In Oct 2023, he joined the Lin group at Cornell University as a postdoctoral associate.

Publications:
1. Zhiqiang Wei, Guangxing Gu, Yanchuan Zhao, Jinbo Hu. (Perfluoro-tert-butyl)propiolic Acid: Efficient Construction of Structurally Diverse PFtB-Substituted Alkynes. Under submit.
2. Zhiqiang Wei, Weiqin Zheng, Xiaolong Wan, Jinbo Hu. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Difluoromethylation-Alkynylation of Olefins by Solving the Dilemma between Acidities and Reduction Potentials of Difluoromethylating Agents. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308816.
3. Zhiqiang Wei, Lixian Wen, Kaidi Zhu, Qian Wang, Yanchuan Zhao, Jinbo Hu. Regioselective Aromatic Perfluoro-tert-butylation Using Perfluoro-tert-butyl Phenyl Sulfone and Arynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 22281.
4. Zhiqiang Wei, Zhengzhao Lou, Chuanfa Ni, Wei Zhang, Jinbo Hu. Visible-light-promoted S-trifluoromethylation of Thiophenols with Trifluoromethyl Phenyl Sulfone. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10024.
5. Zhiqiang Wei, Wenjun Miao, Chuanfa Ni, Jinbo Hu. Iron-Catalyzed Fluoroalkylation of Arylborates with Sulfone Reagents: Beyond the Limitation of Reduction Potential. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 13597.

Contact:
Zhiqiang Wei