Zhenfeng Xi
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Who is Zhenfeng Xi?
Zhenfeng Xi is a Chinese organic chemist.
He was born in April 2, 1963, in Henan Province, China, and was raised up there. He received his B.S. degree from Xiamen University in 1983, and his M.S. degree from Nanjing University, Zhengzhou University and the Henan Institute of Chemistry in 1989. He joined Professor Tamotsu Takahashi’s group at the Institute for Molecular Sciences, Japan, as a Ph.D. course student in 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. degree in 1996.
He took an Assistant Professor position at Hokkaido University, Japan, in 1997, after he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow with Professor Takahashi at CRC, Hokkaido University. In 1998, he joined the College of Chemistry, Peking University, China, as an associate professor and was promoted to professor in 1999. He is now a Chang-Jiang-Scholar Distinguished Professor of the College of Chemistry, Peking University.
His research interests are focused on organometallic chemistry and organic synthesis, including development of synthetic methodologies based on selective cleavage of C–H, C–C and C–X bonds mediated by organometallic compounds, development of organometallic reagents, study on mechanisms of reactions involving reactive organometallic intermediates, and synthesis of functional structures.
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