1. Education Background

Ø 2002.09-2007.07: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ø 1998.09-2002.07: B.A. Sciences (Chemistry), East China Normal University

2. Professional Experience

Ø 2010.12-Present: Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University

Ø 2017.01-2017.12: Visiting Scholar, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, SPMS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Ø 2009.08-2010.12: Lecturer, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University

Ø 2007.08-2009.08: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden

3. Research Interests

Current research interests focus on the synthesis of heterocyclic molecules, oligosaccharides and glycopeptides with potential biological activity.

4. Representative Publications

Ø Xingchun Sun, Zhiyuan Chen, Rui Yang, Mei Wang, Xiufang Wang, Qi Zhang*, Guozhi Xiao*, Modular and Stereoselective One-Pot Total Synthesis of Icosasaccharide Motif from Cordyceps sinensis EPS-1A Glycan, Organic Letters, 2023, 25(40): 7364-7368.

Ø Aiyun Liu, Tiantian Guo, Shuangshuang Zhang, Han Yang, Qi Zhang*, Yonghai Chai*, Shengyong Zhang*, Structurally Diverse Synthesis of Five-, Six-, and Seven-Membered Benzosultams through Electrochemical Cyclization, Organic Letters, 2021, 23(16): 6326-6231.

Ø Chenglin Cai, Xingchun Sun, Yingle Feng, Qi Zhang*, Yonghai Chai*, Insights into the Activation of Alkyne-Installed Glycosyl Donors with Dual Acidic Metal Catalysts: Reaction Pathway, Influencing Factors, and Enlightenment for Glycosylation, Organic Letters, 2022, 24(34): 6266-6271

Ø Yujia Zu, Chenglin Cai, Jingyuan Sheng, Lili Chen, Yinle Feng, Shengyong Zhang, Qi Zhang*, Yonghai Chai*, n-Pentenyl-Type Glycosides for Catalytic Glycosylation and Their Application in Single-Catalyst One-Pot Oligosaccharide Assemblies, Organic Letters, 2019, 21(20): 8270-8274

Jincai Wang, Chuqiao Deng, Qi Zhang*, Yonghai Chai*, Tuning the Chemoselectivity of Silyl Protected Rhamnals by Temperature and Bronsted Acidity: Kinetically Controlled 1,2-Addition vs Thermodynamically Controlled Ferrier Rearrangement, Organic Letters, 2019, 21(4): 1103-1107