Name: Zhanwei Bu

Department: Chemistry

Title: Professor

Tel: +86 13663781396

E-mail: buzhanwei@henu.edu.cn

Education

1980.09-1984.06   BS, Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University.

2000.09-2004.06   MS, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University. Mentor: Prof. Jin Zhao

2004.09-2007.06   Ph.D., College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University. Mentor: Prof. Shaokui Cao

2008.09-2012.03   Post Doctor, Henan Tianguan Group Co., Ltd.

Work Experience

1984.6-2000.7   Assistant, Lecture, Associate Professor, Kaifeng teachers college

2000.08-present  Associate Professor, Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University

Research Interest

1. Acid- or base-catalyzed cascade cyclizations

2. Construction of bridged- or spiroheterocycles

3. Utilization of CO2

Publications

1. Wen-Bo Wang, Xu-Guan Bai, Shao-Jing Jin, Jiao-Mei Guo, Yang Zhao, Hong-Jie Miao, Yan-Shuo Zhu, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. An unexpected FeCl3-catalyzed cascade reaction of indoles and o-hydroxychalcones for the assembly of chromane-bridged polycyclic indoles. Org. Lett., 2018, doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01107.

2. Jiao-Mei Guo,# Wen-Bo Wang,# Jiao Guo, Yan-Shuo Zhu, Xu-Guan Bai, Shao-Jing Jin, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. Diastereoselective construction of 4-indole substituted chromans bearing a ketal motif through a three-component Friedel-Crafts alkylation/ketalization sequence, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 15641-15651.

3. Jiao-Mei Guo, Xu-Guan Bai, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. Diastereoselective Construction of Indole-Bridged Chroman Spirooxindoles through a TfOH-Catalyzed Michael Addition-Inspired Cascade Reaction. J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83, 3679-3687.

4. Yan-Shuo Zhu, Jia Guo, Shao-Jing Jin, Jiao-Mei Guo, Xu-Guan Bai, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. Construction of bridged cyclic N,O-ketal spirooxindoles through a Michael addition/N,O-ketalization sequence. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 1751-1759.

5. Shao-Jing Jin, Jiao-Mei Guo, Yan-Shuo Zhu, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Reaction for the Construction of Coumarin Fused 9H-Pyrrolo[1,2-a]indoles, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 8729-8737.

6. Yan-Shuo Zhu, Jing Zhou, Shao-Jing Jin, Hua-Hui Dong, Jiao-Mei Guo, Xu-Guan Bai, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. Metal-Free Diastereoselective Construction of Bridged Ketal Spirooxindoles via Michael Addition-Inspired Sequence, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 11201-11204.

7. Yan-Shuo Zhu, Bei-Bei Yuan, Jiao-Mei Guo, Shao-Jing Jin, Hua-Hui Dong, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. A Copper-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation/cyclization sequence: an approach to functionalized pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole spirooxindoles and 9H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]indoles, J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 5669-5677.

8. Yan-Shuo Zhu, Wen-Bo Wang, Bei-Bei Yuan, Ya-Ning Li, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. A DBU-catalyzed Michael-Pinner-isomerization cascade reaction of 3-hydroxyoxindoles with isatylidene malononitriles: access to highly functionalized bispirooxindoles containing a fully substituted dihydrofuran motif, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 984-990.

9. Wen-Bo Wang, Yan-Shuo Zhu, Sheng-Qiang Guo, Qi-Lin Wang* and Zhan-Wei Bu*. A FeCl3-catalyzed highly regioselective 1,2-addition/substitution sequence for the construction of coumarin-substituted bis(indolyl)methanes, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 4420-4425.

10. Zhiqiang Wang, Zhanwei Bu*, Tingting Cao, Tiegang Ren, Lirong Yang and Weijie Li. A novel and recyclable catalytic system for propylene carbonate synthesis from propylene oxide and CO2, Polyhedron, 2012, 32, 86-89.

11. Zhanwei Bu*, Zhiqiang Wang, Lirong Yang and Shaokui Cao. Synthesis of propylene carbonate from carbon dioxide using trans-dichlorotetrapyridineruthenium(II) as catalyst, Appl. Organometal. Chem., 2010, 24, 813-816.