Oliver Xi CHEN (陈樨)
Date of Birth: 31 Oct. 2002
Hometown: Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China
Tel.: +86 15240233997
E-mail: xichenchem@njfu.edu.cn, xichen.njfu@gmail.com
Office1: Room 207, Huaxing Building.
School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University,
1 Wenyuan Rd., Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P. R. China
江苏省 南京市 栖霞区 文苑路1号 南京师范大学 化学与材料科学学院 化行楼207室
Office2: Room A423, 9th Building.
College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University,
159 Longpan Rd., Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
江苏省 南京市 玄武区 龙蟠路159号 南京林业大学 理学院 九号楼A423室
Education
- 2017-2020: Nanjing Jiangning Senior High School
- 2018-2019: Study for 33rd Chinese Chemistry Olympiad (CChO)
- Advisor: Dr. Jiawei Xu and Dr. Yihan Tang
- 2020-2024: BEng. in Materials Chemistry
- College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University
- Advisor: Prof. Mengtao Ma
- Since 2024: MSc. in Chemistry by Research
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
- Advisor: Dr. Dwaipayan Chakrabarti and Prof. Jon Preece
Employment
- Since 2023: Research Assistant
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
- Advisor: Prof. Haiyan Wei
Research Interests
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Photochemistry
- Multiscale Models for Complex Chemical Systems (QM/MM)
Publications
10. Xuguang Zhang; Kai Lu; Xi Chen; Guanxin Su; Xiaofei Rong; Mengtao Ma*, Hydroboration and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by the Unsymmetrical Magnesium Methyl Complex. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2024, 22, 5353-5360.
9. Kai Lu; Hui Qiu; Xi Chen; Taoyue Yuan; Fei Xue*; Mengtao Ma*, Synthesis of Asymmetrical β-Diketiminate Magnesium Methyl Complexes and their Catalytic Application in Cyanosilylation of Ketones. Journal of Molecular Structure 2024, 1295, 136796.
8. Ke Zhang; Xi Chen (co-first); Zhoujie Zhang; Caijie Bu; Yong Wu*; Jiawei Xu*, Exploring α Electron-Deficiency Induced [1,2]-Fluorine Migration. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2023, 21, 8675-8689.
7. Kai Lu; Haoqi Qu; Xi Chen; Hui Qiu; Jing Zheng*; Mengtao Ma*, Catalyst-free and Solvent-free Hydroboration of Alkynes and Alkenes with Catecholborane. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023, 43(6): 2197-2205.
6. Kang Lv, Zixi Xie, Xi Chen, Weiwei Yao*, and Mengtao Ma*, Catalyst-Free Green Synthesis of Phthalazinones at Room Temperature. Heterocycles 2023, 106(1),135-149. (Note: This article cannot be found since Heterocycles was suspended as December 2023.)
5. Xingxuan Xia; Xi Chen; Binlin Zhao*; Yu Yuan*, Iron-catalyzed Intermolecular C-C Bond Vinylation of Cycloketoximes Promoted by Diboron. Tetrahedron 2023, 130, 133179.
4. Jialiang Chen; Chichao Li; Xi Chen; Xuming Zhang; Hongbing Jia; Zhenyang Luo; Yanlong Luo*, Insights into the Preparation and Performance of SiO2@graphene Oxide/epoxidized Solution-polymerized Styrene Butadiene Rubber Composites through Experiments and Molecular Simulations. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2022, 139 (26), e52432.
3. Man Luo; Jinyi Shi; Xi Chen; Zhenghan Guo; Haoqi Qu; Weiwei Yao*; Junling Song*; Mengtao Ma*, Calcium-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Alkenes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2022, 10 (15), 5015–5023.
2. Rongji Zhu; Xi Chen (co-first); Na Shu; Yunlong Shang; Yichen Wang; Pu Yang; Yihan Tang; Fei Wang*; Jiawei Xu*, Computational Study of Photochemical Relaxation Pathways of Platinum(II) Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2021, 125 (47), 10144-10154.
1. Man Luo; Yi Qin; Xi Chen; Qian Xiao; Binlin Zhao; Weiwei Yao*; Mengtao Ma*, ZnBr2-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Borylation of Terminal Alkynes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 86 (23), 16666–16674.
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