Faculty
Educational background:
2013.09 - 2018.06: Wuhan University, Organic Chemistry, Doctor of Science (Supervisor: Prof. Xumu Zhang)
2009.09 - 2013.06: Wuhan University, Chemistry Base Class, Bachelor of Science (Supervisor: Prof. Xumu Zhang )
Work experience:
2023.06 – now: Southern University of Science and Technology, Research Assistant Professor
2021.11 – 2023.06: Weizmann Institute of Science, Postdoctoral Fellow
2018.07 ? 2019.08: Southern University of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar
Research Area：
Asymmetric catalysis: asymmetric hydrogenation; asymmetric hydroformylation; asymmetric hydroformylation tandem reaction etc.
Publications：
14. Dequan Zhang, Jianqiang Zheng, Cai You, Liuting Li, Lung Wa Chung, Qifan zhou, Shuailong Li, Tianxiang Ren, Yuhong Yang,* Xumu Zhang* and Xiuxiu Li*, Catalytic Regio- and Enantioselective Hydroformylation of Trisubstituted Alkenes to Construct α-Quaternary Lactams. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 7886?78961.
13. Ruiyu Hu, Fan Pan, Cai You, Xiaobing Ding,* Xiuxiu Li,* Xumu Zhang*，Asymmetric Hydrogenation of β?Azaaryl α,β-Unsaturated Nitriles: An Access to Ruxolitinib. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 5260?5263.
12. Bowen Liu, Chun Zhang,* Xiuxiu Li,* Xumu Zhang. Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of tetrahydro-γ-carboline: a versatile approach to chiral cis-hexahydro-γ-carboline derivatives compatible with C6-substituted carbolines. Org. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 2714–2719.
11. Arpita Paikar,a Xiuxiu Li,a Liat Avram, Barbara S. Smith,d Istvan Süto, Dezso Horvath, Elisabeth Rennert, Yuqing Qiu, Agota Toth, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathanh, Sergey N. Semenov.Chemical waves in reaction-diffusion networks of small organic molecules. Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 659–669. (a: contributed equally to this work)
10. Ruiyu Hu, Fangyuan Wang, Fan Pan, Virginie Ratovelomanana-Vidal, Gen-Qiang Chen,* Xiuxiu Li,* Xumu Zhang*. Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β?Cyano α?Ketoesters via Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 7457.
9. Shuailong Li,a Dequan Zhang,a Aiswarya Purushothaman, Hui Lv, Shilpa Shilpa, Raghavan B. Sunoj,* Xiuxiu Li* and Xumu Zhang*, Chemo-, Regio- and Enantioselective Hydroformylation of Trisubstituted Cyclopropenes: Access to Chiral Quaternary Cyclopropanes. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6377. (a: contributed equally to this work)
8. Xiuxiu Li, Polina Fomitskaya, Viktoryia A. Smaliak, Barbara S. Smith, Ekaterina V. Skorb and Sergey N. Semenov*, Selenium Catalysis Enables Negative Feedback Organic Oscillators. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 3316.
7. Xiuxiu Li,a Cai You,a Jiaxin Yang, Shuailong Li, Dequan Zhang, Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Asymmetric Hydrocyanation of Alkenes without HCN. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10928-10931. (Cover Story, Hot Paper, Highlighted by ChemViews, Highlighted by Synfacts, 2019, 15, 1023) (a: contributed equally to this work)
6. Cai You,a Xiuxiu Li,a Quan Gong, Jialin Wen* and Xumu Zhang*, Nickel-Catalyzed Desymmetric Hydrogenation of Cyclohexadienones: An E?cient Approach to All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14560-14564. (a: contributed equally to this work)
5. Cai You,a Xiuxiu Li,a Yuhong, Yang, Yusheng Yang, Xuefeng Tan, Shuailong Li, Biao Wei, Lung Wa Chung,* Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Silicon-Oriented Regio- and Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2045. (a: contributed equally to this work)
4. Xiuxiu Li,a Cai You,a Yusheng Yang, Yuhong Yang, Pan Li, Guoxian Gu, Lung-Wa Chung, Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of β-Cyanocinnamic Esters with the Assistance of a Single Hydrogen Bond in a Precise Position. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 1919-1924. (a: contributed equally to this work)
3. Xiuxiu Li, Cai You, Shuailong Li, Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of β?(Acylamino)acrylates: Synthesis of Chiral β?Amino Acid Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5130-5133.
2. Xiuxiu Li, a Cai You, a Yusheng Yang, Fangyuan Wang, Shuailong Li, Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Rhodium-catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of α-Amino Acrylonitriles: An Efficient Approach to Synthesizing Chiral α-Amino Nitriles. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 1313-1316. (a: contributed equally to this work)
1. Xiuxiu Li,a Cai You,a Hailong Yang, Jinteng Che, Pengyu Chen, Yusheng Yang, Hui Lv* and Xumu Zhang*, Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Tetrasubstituted Cyclic Enamides: Efficient Access to Chiral Cycloalkylamine Derivatives. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 597-602. (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2017, 13, 0292) (a: contributed equally to this work)