Research Interest:
Organic Synthesis in Pharmaceuticals, Main Group Element Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry
Education History:
2007.09-2011.06,College of Chemistry, Sichuan University,Bachelor of Chemistry
2011.09-2016.06,College of Chemistry, Sichuan University,Doctor of Organic Chemistry (with Prof. Jingsong You)
Honors and Awards
2020, JSPS Fellowship, Japan
2017, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
2016, Excellent Graduate Awards of Sichuan University, China
2015, The MORESCO Scholarship
2013, Poster Award of the 8th National Organic Chemistry Conference, China
Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications
1. Qian Wu†, Avijit Roy†, Guoqiang Wang, Elisabeth Irran, Hendrik F. T. Klare, Martin Oestreich*, “Synthesis of a Counteranion-Stabilized Bis(silylium) Ion”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 10523. (Highlighted as a "Very Important Paper (VIP)")
2. Qian Wu, Elisabeth Irran, Robert Müller, Martin Kaupp, Hendrik F. T. Klare*, Martin Oestreich*, “Characterization of hydrogen-substituted silylium ions in the condensed phase”, Science, 2019, 365, 168.
3. Qian Wu, Avijit Roy, Elisabeth Irran, Zheng-Wang Qu,* Stefan Grimme, Hendrik F. T. Klare, Martin Oestreich*, “Catalytic Difunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes with Unreactive Hexamethyldisilane through Regeneration of Silylium Ions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 17307. (Highlighted as a "Very Important Paper (VIP)")
4. Qian Wu, Zheng-Wang Qu*, Lukas Omann, Elisabeth Irran, Hendrik F. T. Klare, and Martin Oestreich*, “Cleavage of Unactivated Si–C(sp3) Bonds with Reed’s Carborane Acids: Formation of Known and Unknown Silylium Ions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 9176.
5. Qian Wu, Yi Luo, Aiwen Lei*, Jingsong You*, “Aerobic Copper(II)-Promoted Radical-Type Cleavage of Coordinated Cyanide Anion: Nitrogen Transfer to Aldehydes to Form Nitriles”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 2885.