Choh-Ming Li Professor of Chemistry
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Room 363 Science Centre
(852) 3943 6269
(852) 2603 5057
Education
| 1983 | B.Sc. | Hangzhou University |
| 1986 | M.Sc. | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 1990 | Ph.D. | Technische Universität Berlin / Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Position
| 2018-2020 | Interim Dean of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Since 2013 | Choh-Ming Li Professor of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2006-2013 | Professor of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2002-2006 | Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1998-2002 | Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1995-1998 | Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1991-1995 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California |
| 1990-1991 | Research Associate, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry |
Research Interests
Chemistry of boron, boron clusters, carboranes and metallacarboranes, homogenous catalysis, small molecule activation and organometallics.
Honours and Awards
| 2020 | RGC Senior Research Fellow 香港研資局高級研究學者 |
| 2019 | Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards in Natural Sciences 高等學校科學研究優秀成果獎自然科學獎 |
| 2010 | Chinese Chemical Society Yao-Zeng Huang Award in Organometallic Chemistry |
| 2008 | State Natural Science Prize |
| 2007 | Research Excellent Award |
| 2003 | The Croucher Award |
| 2003 | The Young Researcher Award |
| 2002 | K. C. Wong Education Foundation Lectureship |
| 2002 | Outstanding Young Investigator Prize (oversea) |
| 1997 | State Natural Science Award (shared) |
| 1995 | Natural Science Award (shared) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 | Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemist |
Professional Activities
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Selective Publications
| 1. | Shimeng Li, and Zuowei Xie, “Visible-Light-Promoted Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Iodocarboranes with (Hetero)Arenes via Boron-Centered Carboranyl Radicals,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7960–7965. |
| 2. | Ruofei Cheng, Jie Zhang, Huifang Zhang, Zaozao Qiu, and Zuowei Xie, “Ir-Catalyzed Enantioselective B−H Alkenylation for Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral-at-Cage o-Carboranes,”Nat Commun. 2021, 12, 7146. |
| 3. | Zaozao Qiu and Zuowei Xie, “A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes,” Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 4065-4079. |
| 4. | Fangrui Zheng, Tsz Hin Yui, Jiji Zhang and Zuowei Xie, “Synthesis and X-ray Characterization of 15- and 16-vertex closo-Carboranes,” Nat Commun. 2020, 11, 5943. |
| 5. | Hangcheng Ni, Zhenpin Lu, and Zuowei Xie, “Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling Reaction of Iodocarboranes with Terminal Alkynes Enabled by UV Light: Synthesis of 1-Alkynyl-o-Carboranes and Carborane-Fused Cyclics,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18661-18667. |
Major Research Grants
| 1. | “Transition Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective Cage B−H Functionalization for Synthesis of Chiral-at-Cage Carboranes”, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund, HK$666,512 (01/09/2020 – 31/08/2023) |
| 2. | “Base Metal Catalyzed Selective B-H Functionalization of Carboranes: Controlled Synthesis of Functionalized Carboranes and Their Applications in Catalysis”, Research Grants Council, Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2020/21, HK$7,798,380 (01/01/2021 -31/12/2025) |
| 3. | “Synthesis of New Carborane-Based Ligands and Their Applications in Rare-Earth Metal Chemistry”, Research Grants Council, NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, HK$1,076,374 (01/01/2019 – 31/12/2022) |
| 4. | “Light-Promoted Cage Carbon Functionalization of Carboranes”, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund, HK$837,408 (31/08/2019 – 31/08/2022) |
| 5. | “Selective Cage B-H Functionalization of Carboranes via Direct Nucleophilic Substitution”, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund, HK$757,947 (01/08/2018 – 31/01/2022) |