Chuanfa Ni
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Organic Chemistry
China
Biography
Education and Appointments： 2012/02—Now,Associate Research Professor, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); 2009/04—2012/02,Postdoctoral Research Associate, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California (USC), Supervisor: Professors George A. Olah and G. K. Surya Prakash; 2003/09—2009/02, D. Sc., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Supervisor: Professor Jinbo Hu; 1999/09—2003/07, B.Sc., College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University (SDNU).
Research Interest
Transition-metal-free selective fluorination and fluoroalkylation based on main group elements, such as S, Se, I, P; Transition-metal mediated fluorination and fluoroalkylation; Design and synthesis of fluorinated materials.
Publications
-
Prakash, G. K. Surya*; Wang, Fang; Rahm, Martin; Shen, Jingguo; Ni, Chuanfa; Haiges, Ralf; Olah, George A.*, “On the Nature of C-H...F-C Interactions in Hindered CF3-C(sp3) Bond Rotationsâ€, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11761–11764.
-
Zhang, Wei; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Selective Fluoroalkylation of Organic Compounds by Tackling the ‘Negative Fluorine Effect’ â€, Topics in Current Chemistry , 2012, 308, 25–44.
