RESEARCH INTERESTS: Natural product synthesis; Organic synthesis methodology
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Since 2007.09 Professor, College of Chemstry, Sichuan University
2003.01—2007.08 Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow) in Organic Chemistry, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, France
1999.09---2002.06 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
1996.09---1999.06 MA.Sc in Organic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
1992.09---1996.06 B.S., College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
SELECTITED PUBLICATIONS:
1. He Gu, Yue Hu, Yuanliang Jia, Qin Zhou, Guiyin Luo, Xiaochuan Chen*, Total Synthesis of (−)-Lepadin F based on a Stereoselective Diels–Alder Reaction Controlled by a Ketolactone-type Dienophile, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27(12), 4141–4149.
2. Feng Shui, Junhao Jia, Xing Yang, Qin Zhou, Yimin Jiang, Xiaochuan Chen*, Synthesis of (+)-Epoxydon, (-)-Phyllostine, (-)-RKTS 33, and (-)-Parasitenone Featuring Selective Sulfonylation and Oxirane Ring Closure of Aldol Cyclization Products, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 2021(26), 3981–3988.
3. Yi Wang, Zaixiang Fang, Xiaochuan Chen, Yuanhua Wang*, Dirhodium(II)‐Catalyzed C(sp2)−H Azidation of Benzaldehydes, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 6805–6811.
4. Junhao Jia, Ruijiao Chen, Yuanliang Jia, He Gu, Qin Zhou, Xiaochuan Chen*，Convergent Formal Synthesis of Ecteinascidin 743, J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 13696–13706.
5. Xing Yang, Po Yuan, Feng Shui, Yuqin Zhou, Xiaochuan Chen*, A divergent strategy to synthesize gabosines featuring a switchable two-way aldol cyclization, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 4061–4072.
6. Yi Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Hong Jin*, Yuanhua Wang*, Mild and Practical Dirhodium(II)/NHPI-Mediated Allylic and Benzylic Oxidations with Air as the Oxidant, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 14273–14277.
7. Xiaojing Liu, Junhao Jia, Yuanliang Jia, He Gu, Jingwen Luo, Xiaochuan Chen*, A flexible and divergent strategy to flavonoids with chiral A ring featuring intramolecular Michael addition. Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-cryptocaryone, (+)-cryptogione F, (+)-cryptocaryanones A and B, (+)-cryptochinones A and C, Org. Lett. 2018, 20(7), 1945–1948.
8. Yi Wang, Zaixiang Fang, Xiaochuan Chen*, Yuanhua Wang*, Mild Dirhodium(II)-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regioselective Azidation of Arenes, Org. Lett. 2018, 20(18), 5732–5736.
9. Xiong Li, Lingling Hu, Junhao Jia, He Gu, Yuanliang Jia, Xiaochuan Chen*, A Stereoselective Approach toward (-)-Lepadins A–C, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(19), 5372–5375.
10. Po Yuan, Xiaojing Liu, Xing Yang, Yanli Zhang, Xiaochuan Chen*, Total Syntheses of (+)-Gabosine P, (+)-Gabosine Q, (+)-Gabosine E, (–)-Gabosine G, (–)-Gabosine I, (–)-Gabosine K, (+)-Streptol and (–)-Uvamalol A by a Diversity-Oriented Approach Featuring Tunable Deprotection Manipulation, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82(7), 3692–3701.
11. Lizhen Jiang, Xiaojing Liu, Po Yuan, Yanli Zhang, Xiaochuan Chen*, Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)-Annuionone A and (-)-Annuionone B, J. Nat. Prod. 2017, 80(4), 805–812.
12. Junhao Jia, Ruijiao Chen, Hao Liu, Xiong Li, Yuanliang Jia, Xiaochuan Chen*, Asymmetric Synthesis of (–)-Renieramycin T, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 7334–7344.
13. Xiaojing Liu, Lingling Hu, Lizhen Jiang, Junhao Jia, Di Zhang, Xiaochuan Chen*, Asymmetric Synthesis of Concentricolide, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 10, 2291–2296.
14. Xiubing Liu, Lingling Hu, Xiaojing Liu, Junhao Jia, Lizhen Jiang, Jiangfeng Lin, Xiaochuan Chen*, A New Approach to Asymmetric Synthesis of Infectocaryone, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 7603–7611.
15. Hao Liu, Ruijiao Chen, Xiaochuan Chen*, A Rapid and Efficient Access to Renieramycin-Type Alkaloids Featuring a Temperature-Dependent Stereoselective Cyclization, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 1633–1640.
16. Liang Xia, Sheng Li, Ruijiao Chen, Kai Liu, Xiaochuan Chen*, Catalytic Ugi-Type Condensation of α -Isocyanoacetamide and Chiral Cyclic Imine: Access to Asymmetric Construction of Several Heterocycles, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78(7), 3120–3131.
17. Ruijiao Chen, Hao Liu, Xiaochuan Chen*, Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Jorunnamycins A and C and (-)-Jorumycin from L-Tyrosine, J. Nat. Prod. 2013, 76(9), 1789–1795.
18. Deguang Zhu, Liang Xia, Li Pan, Sheng Li, Ruijiao Chen, Yongren Mou, Xiaochuan Chen*, An Asymmetric Ugi Three-Component Reaction Induced by Chiral Cyclic Imines: Synthesis of Morpholin- or Piperazine-Keto-carboxamide Derivatives, J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 1386-1395.
19. Ruijiao Chen, Deguang Zhu, Zuoqiang Hu, Zhiming Zheng, Xiaochuan Chen*, A new approach to synthesis of L-3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methyl-phenylalanine derivatives from L-tyrosine, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2010, 21(1), 39-42.
21. Xiaochuan Chen, Jieping Zhu*, Total Synthesis of the Marine Natural Product (-)-Cribrostatin 4 (Renieramycin H), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3962-3965.
22. Jinchun Chen, Xiaochuan Chen, Michele Bois-Choussy, Jieping Zhu*, Total Synthesis of Ecteinascidin 743, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128(1), 87-89.
23. Jinchun Chen, Xiaochuan Chen, Matthieu Willot, Jieping Zhu*, Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Ecteinascidin 597 and Ecteinascidin 583, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 8028-8032.
24. Xiaochuan Chen, Jinchun Chen, De Paolis Michael, Jieping Zhu*, Synthetic Studies toward Ecteinascidin 743, J. Org. Chem. 2005,70(11), 4397-4408.
