Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 55, Issue 51 p. 15704-15704 Author ProfileFree Access Xingang Zhang First published: 12 July 2016 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201605777AboutSectionsPDF 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 “If I could be described as an animal it would be an eagle. My favorite saying is ‘keep calm and love life’ ...” This and more about Xingang Zhang can be found on page 15704. Xingang Zhang The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years: “Nickel-Catalyzed Difluoroalkylation of (Hetero)Arylborons with Unactivated 1-Bromo-1,1-difluoroalkanes”: Y.-L. Xiao, Q.-Q. Min, C. Xu, R.-W. Wang, X. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5837; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 5931. The work of X. Zhang has been featured on the inside back cover of Angewandte Chemie: “Facile Access to Fluoromethylated Arenes by Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling between Arylboronic Acids and Fluoromethyl Bromide”: L. An, Y.-L. Xiao, Q.-Q. Min, X. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9079; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 9207. Date of birth: September 2, 1975 Position: Research Professor of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) E-mail: xgzhang@sioc.ac.cn Homepage: http://xgzhang.sioc-f.cn/ Education: 1998 Bachelor's degree, Sichuan University, Chengdu 2003 PhD with Feng-Ling Qing, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS 2003–2007 Postdoctoral work with Wilfred A. van der Donk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Awards: 2014 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; 2015 Fifth Chinese Chemical Society–Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Award for Outstanding Young Chemist; 2015 RSC Fluorine Chemistry Prize Current research interests: Transition-metal-catalyzed fluoroalkylation and fluoroarylation reactions; C−F bond formation; C−F bond activation; peptide chemistry; synthetic biology Hobbies: Reading and traveling If I could be described as an animal it would be an eagle. My favorite saying is “keep calm and love life”. The biggest challenge facing scientists is obtaining funding. Science is fun because it is always full of surprises. If I were a car I would be a Ferrari supercar. In a spare hour, I play with my son. If I could be any age I would be 7 years old, when I can use a child's mind to reimagine the world. My biggest inspiration is discussing chemistry with my students. My favorite time of day is nighttime. I advise my students to be active, creative, and innovative. If I had one year of paid leave I would travel all over the world with my family. If I could be a piece of lab equipment, I would be a magnetic stir bar. What I appreciate most about my friends is that they help me to get through my “dark days”. My maxim is be curious and to do something new and useful. My 5 top papers: References 1“Pd(OAc)2 Catalyzed Olefination of Highly Electron-deficient Perfluoroarenes”: X. Zhang, S. Fan, C.-Y. He, X. Wan, Q.-Q. Min, J. Yang, Z.-X. Jiang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 4506. (A straightforward strategy for the direct functionalization of polyfluoroarenes.) 2“Palladium-Catalyzed Difluoroalkylation of Aryl Boronic Acids: A New Method for the Synthesis of Aryldifluoromethylated Phosphonates and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives”: Z. Feng, Q.-Q. Min, Y.-L. Xiao, B. Zhang, X. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1669; Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 1695. (A strategy for the efficient transformation of widely available difluoroalkyl halides.) 3“Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Functionalized Difluoromethyl Bromides and Chlorides with Aryl Boronic Acids: A General Method for Difluoroalkylated Arenes”: Y.-L. Xiao, W.-H. Guo, G.-Z. He, Q. Pan, X. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9909; Angew. Chem. 2014, 126, 10067. (A nickel-based catalytic system for fluoroalkylation reactions.) 4“Rhodium-Catalyzed ortho-Selective C−F Bond Borylation of Polyfluoroarenes with Bpin–Bpin”: W.-H. Guo, Q.-Q. Min, J.-W. Gu, X. Zhang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9075; Angew. Chem. 2015, 127, 9203. (A catalytic system using a RhIII/RhV catalytic cycle.) 5“Access to Difluoromethylated Arenes by Pd-Catalyzed Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Bromodifluoroacetate”: Z. Feng, Q.-Q. Min, X. Zhang, Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 44. (A catalytic system using a PdII-involved difluorocarbene pathway.) Volume55, Issue51December 19, 2016Pages 15704-15704 ReferencesRelatedInformation