RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Low valent and low coordinate main group elements;
Potential application of novel main group complexes in catalysis and materials science.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Academic Qualifications
2014 Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China
2010 M.Sc., Sichuan University (SCU), China
2007 B.Sc., Sichuan University (SCU), China
Work Experience:
Nov 2021-Present: Professor, Sichuan University (SCU), China
Dec 2019- Oct 2021: Research Fellow, University of Würzburg.
Jul 2014- Sep 2019: Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2019 SNIC Prof Lee Soo Ying Early Career Research Award (Gold), Singapore.
2017 SICS-3 Singapore, Best poster rewards.
2017 ICMFC-3 Singapore, Best poster rewards.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. An Unsymmetrical, Cyclic Diborene Based on a Chelating CAAC Ligand and its Small-Molecule Activation and Rearrangement Chemistry
Lu, W.; Jayaraman, A.; Fantuzzi, F.; Dewhurst, R. D.; Härterich, M.; Dietz, M.; Hagspiel, S.; Krummenacher, I.; Hammond, K.; Cui, J.; Braunschweig, H.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202113947. (Selected as a hot paper)
2. A flat carborane with multiple aromaticity beyond Wade–Mingos’ rules
Lu, W.; Dinh Cao Huan Do.; Kinjo, R.*
Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 3370. (Highlighted as Editor's Focus in Nature Communications); (Featured in Nature Research Chemistry Community)
3. Crystalline Tetraatomic Boron(0) Species
Lu, W.; Li, Y.; Kinjo, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5164–5168. (Highlighted in chemistryviews) (selected by JACS for JACS Young Investigators Virtual Issue 2020)
4. Facile Activation of Homoatomic σ Bonds in White Phosphorus and Diborane by a Diboraallene
Lu, W.; Xu, K.; Li, Y.; Hirao, H.; Kinjo, R.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 130, 15691-15695.
5. Boron Analogue of Vinylidene Dication Supported by Phosphines
Lu, W.; Li, Y.; Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1255–1258. (selected by JACS for JACS Young Investigators Virtual Issue 2019)
6. Coordination of Asymmetric Diborenes towards Cationic Coinage Metals (Au, Ag, Cu)
Lu, W.; Kinjo, R.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 15656–15662.
7. Complexation of Asymmetric Diborenes with Magnesium Bromide
Lu, W.; Kinjo, R.*
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8842–8844.
8. Crystalline Neutral Allenic Diborene
Lu, W.; Li, Y.; Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9829–9832. (Selected as a hot paper)
9. Alkene–Carbene Isomerization induced by Borane: Access to an Asymmetrical Diborene
Lu, W.; Li, Y.; Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5047–5050.
10. Isolation of 1,2,4,3-Triazaborol-3-yl-metal (Li, Mg, Al, Au, Zn, Sb, Bi) Derivatives and Reactivity toward CO and Isonitriles
Lu, W.; Hu, H.; Li, Y.; Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6650–6661.
11. Regioselective Alkyl Transfer from Phosphonium Ylides to Functionalized Polyfluoroarenes
Lu, W.; Gao, J.; Yang, J.;* Liu, L.; Zhao, Y.; Wu, H.*
Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 1934-1939.
12. Formation of Boron-Main Group Element Bonds by Reactions with a Tricoordinate Organoboron L2PhB: (L = oxazol-2-ylidene)
Kong, L.; Lu, W.; Li, Y.;Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 5586-5593.
13. Azaborabutadienes: Synthesis by Metal-free Carboboration of Nitriles and Utility as Building Blocks for B,N-heterocycles
Kong, L.; Lu, W.; Li, Y.;Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14718-14722.
14. Isolation of a Diborane(6) Dication: Formation and Cleavage of an Electron-Precise B(sp3)-B(sp3) Bond
Kong, L.; Lu, W.; Li, Y.;Ganguly, R.; Kinjo, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8623–8629.
