Jian‐Hua Xie

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 57, Issue 22 p. 6381-6381 Author ProfileFree Access Jian-Hua Xie First published: 27 December 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201712466AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “I can never resist the temptation of spicy food. The best advice I have ever been given is love what you do, and do your best ...” This and more about Jian-Hua Xie can be found on page 6381. Jian-Hua Xie The author presented on this page has published more than 10 articles in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years, most recently: “Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Styrenes and 1,3-Dienes with Organoborons”: Q.-L. Zhou, L.-J. Xiao, L. Cheng, W.-M. Feng, M.-L. Li, J.-H. Xie, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 461; Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 470. The work of J.-H. Xie has been featured on the back cover of Angewandte Chemie: “An Additional Coordination Group Leads to Extremely Efficient Chiral Iridium Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones”: J.-H. Xie, X.-Y. Liu, J.-B. Xie, L.-X. Wang, Q.-L. Zhou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7329; Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 7467. Date of birth: July 21, 1968 Position: Professor of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin E-mail: jhxie@nankai.edu.cn Homepage: http://zhou.nankai.edu.cn/index.php/staffs/prof-jian-hua-xie ORCID: 0000-0003-3907-2530 Education: 1992 BSc, Sichuan Normal College, Nanchong 1997 MSc with Prof. Tian-Lin Liu, Nankai University 2003 PhD with Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou, Nankai University 2007–2008 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Michael P. Doyle, University of Maryland Awards: 2013 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Fundation of China (NSFC) Research: Asymmetric catalysis, synthetic methodology, synthesis of biologically active natural products Hobbies: Reading, walking, drinking tea, cooking I can never resist the temptation of spicy food. The best advice I have ever been given is love what you do, and do your best. My favorite food is twice-cooked pork (Hui Guo Rou), one of the most famous Sichuan dishes. My favorite piece of music is The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (Liang Shang Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai in Chinese). My favorite motto is “no pain, no gain”. The most significant scientific advance of the last 100 years has been the discovery of antibiotics. The biggest problem that scientists face is to understand everything in nature at the molecular level. When I'm frustrated, I take a walk or do something else for a while. The most important thing I learned from my parents is to be sincere, polite, and patient. My favorite place on earth is my hometown Luzhou, a city in Sichuan Province. If I were not a scientist, I would be a high-school teacher. My biggest motivation is to discover more useful reactions and molecules with important biological activities. Guaranteed to make me laugh is watching episodes of Tom and Jerry. My 5 top papers: 1“Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α,α′-Disubstituted Cycloketones through Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: An Efficient Construction of Chiral Diols with Three Contiguous Stereocenters”: C. Liu, J.-H. Xie, Y.-L. Li, J.-Q. Chen, Q.-L. Zhou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 593; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 621. (A useful method for the synthesis of cyclic alcohols with multiple chiral centers.) 2“Remote Ester Group Leads to Efficient Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Aliphatic Alcohols via Asymmetric Hydrogenation”: X.-H. Yang, K. Wang, S.-F. Zhu, J.-H. Xie, Q.-L. Zhou, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17426. (A highly efficient approach to optically active δ-alkyl-δ-hydroxy esters and δ-alkyl-1,5-diols in high yield and high enantioselectivity.) 3“Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of racemic α-substituted lactones to chiral diols”: X.-H. Yang, H.-T. Yue, N. Yu, Y.-P. Li, J.-H. Xie, Q.-L. Zhou, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1181. (An efficient dynamic kinetic resolution that gives chiral diols with high enantioselectivity.) 4“Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Gracilamine and Determination of Its Absolute Configuration”: X.-D. Zuo, S.-M. Guo, R. Yang, J.-H. Xie, Q.-L. Zhou, Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5240. (This biomimetic asymmetric synthesis also provides experimental support for the biogenetic hypothesis of gracilamine.) 5“Bioinspired enantioselective synthesis of crinine-type alkaloids via iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of enones”: X.-D. Zuo, S.-M. Guo, R. Yang, J.-H. Xie, Q.-L. Zhou, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6202. (This stereodivergent resolution method provides a rapid and collective synthesis of the crinine-type alkaloid family.) Volume57, Issue22May 28, 2018Pages 6381-6381 ReferencesRelatedInformation