Assist. Prof. SI Weili-南京工业大学先进材料研究院英文版

Assist. Prof. SI Weili

Contacts

E-mail: iamwlsi@njtech.edu.cn

Address: 5 Xin Mo Fan Road, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Research Interests

The development of new catalytic methodology for efficient functionalization of fullerenes and the application in medicinal chemistry, material sciences, and nanotechnology.

Biographical Information

2004-2008: Bachelor degree; Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, China.

2008-2011: Master degree; Dalian University of Technology, China.

2011-2012: Visiting scientist; WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Japan.

2012-2015: PhD degree; Tohoku University, Japan.

2015- : Assist. Prof.; Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University.

Academic Achievements

Assistant Professor SI Weili is interested in the development of new catalytic methodology for efficient functionalization of fullerenes and the application in medicinal chemistry, material sciences, and nanotechnology. She has published about 10 international papers in Chemical Communication, Organic Letter, Scientific report and so on

Publications:

1. Weili Si, Xuan Zhang, Shirong Lu, Takeshi Yasuda, Naoki Asao, Liyuan Han, Yoshinori Yamamoto, and Tienan Jin. Mn Powder-Promoted Highly Efficient and Selective Synthesis of Fullerene Mono- and biscycloadduct at Room Temperature. Sci.Rep. 2015, ASAP. (Nature Publishing Group)

2. Weili Si, Xuan Zhang, Shirong Lu, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, and Tienan Jin. Ni-Catalyzed Direct 1,4-Difunctionalization of [60]Fullerene with Benzyl Bromides. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6392-6394.

3. Weili Si, Shirong Lu, Ming Bao, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tienan Jin. Cu-catalysed C-H Amination of Hydrofullerenes Leading to 1,4-Difunctionalized Fullerenes. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 620–623.

4. Weili Si, Shirong Lu, Ming Bao, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, and Tienan Jin. NBS-Promoted Oxidation of Fullerene Monoradicals Leading to Regioselective 1,4-Difunctional Fullerenes. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 15730-15732.

5. Xuan Zhang, Weili Si, Ming Bao, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, and Tienan Jin. Rh(III)-Catalyzed Regioselective Functionalization of C-H Bonds of Naphthylcarbamates for Oxidative Annulation with Alkynes. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4830-4833.

6. Shirong Lu, Weili Si, Ming Bao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tienan Jin. Co-catalysed Radical Cycloaddition of [60]Fullerene with Active Dibromides: Selective Synthesis of Caroncycle-fused Mono-adduct. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4030- 4033.

7. Shirong Lu, Tienan Jin, Takeshi Yasuda, Weili Si, Kazuaki Oniwa, Khalid A. Alamry, Liyuan Han, Yoshinori Yamamoto. Deuterium Isotope Effect on Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells. Enhancement of Organic Photovoltaic Performances using Monobenzyl Substituted Deuteriofullerene Acceptors. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5674-5677.