General Information

Name: Xurong Qin

Date of birth: 9th Jan. 1986

Nationality: Chongqing, China

Postal Address: College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest

University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China

Email: xurqin@swu.edu.cn

Phone: (+86) 17302311092

Academic History

Jul.2019 ‐ Present Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest

University, Chongqing (China).

Apr.2016 ‐ Jul.2019 Postdoc, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang

Technological University,Singapore (Singapore).

Major: Medicinal Chemistry

Feb.2015 ‐ Apr.2016 Postdoc, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine,

University of Washington, Seattle (United States).

Major: Medicinal Chemistry

Jul.2014 ‐ Feb.2015 Lecture, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University,

Chongqing (China).

Sep.2009 ‐ Jul.2014 Ph.D, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of

Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University,

Chengdu (China).

Major: Organic Chemistry

Sep.2005 ‐ Jul.2009 B.Sc, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shaanxi

Normal University, Xi’an (China).

Major: Chemistry

Research Funds (main PI)

1. National NSF of China (NSF21502157). Title: Construction of Coumarin DNA

Topoisomerase IIA Inhibitor Based on C‐H Bond Direct Functionalization. 2016/01‐

2018/12.

2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DJK2015C051). Title:

Design and synthesis of coumarin antimicrobial lead compounds. 2015/01‐2016/12.

3. Fundamental ResearchFunds for the Central Universities (SWU114057). Design

and Synthesis of Coumarin Antimicrobial Lead Compounds. 2015/01‐2016/12.

Honors and Awards

The Tang Aoqing Chemistry Scholarship, 2013

The Secend Prize in Longsheng Scholarship, 2013

The Guanghua Scholarship, 2013

Outstanding Students Awards, Sichuan University, 2012

Outstanding Volunteers Awards, the 28th CCS Congress, 2012

Outstanding graduates in Shaanxi Province, 2009

Publication List

1. C. Wu # , X. Qin # , A. M. P. Moeljadi, H. Hirao, J. Zhou*, “Copper‐Catalyzed

Asymmetric Arylation of N‐Heteroaryl Aldimines: Elementary Step of a 1,4‐

Insertion”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 2731‐2735. ( # co‐first author)

2. X. Qin, M. W. Y. Lee, and J. Zhou*,”Nickel‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Heck

Cyclization of Aryl Halides to Access Indolines”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56,

12723. (IF = 11.708, highlight by synfacts)

3. X. Qin, X. Li, Q. Huang, H. Liu, D. Wu, Q. Guo, J. Lan,* R. Wang, and J. You*,

“Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed ortho C–H Heteroarylation of (Hetero)aromatic Carboxylic

Acids: A Rapid and Concise Access to π‐Conjugated Poly‐heterocycles”, Angew.

Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7167. (IF = 11.708)

4. X. Qin, H. Liu, D. Qin, Q. Wu, J. You,* D. Zhao, Q. Guo, X. Huang, and J. Lan*,

“Chelation‐Assisted Rh(III)‐Catalyzed C2‐Selective Oxidative C–H/C–H Cross‐

Coupling of Indoles/Pyrroles with Heteroarenes”, Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1964. (IF =

9.211, published as cover article, highlight by synfacts, most accessed articles in

02/2013, Top 2)

5. X. Qin, M. W. Y. Lee, J. Zhou*, “Asymmetric Hydroarylation of Enones via Nickel-

Catalyzed 5-Endo-Trig Cyclization”, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5990‐5994. (IF = 6.142)

6. X. Qin, D. Sun, Q. You, Y. Cheng, J. Lan*, and J. You*, “Rh(III)‐Catalyzed

Decarboxylative ortho‐Heteroarylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Using the

Carboxylic Acid as a Traceless Directing Group”, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1762. (IF =

6.142)

7. X. Qin, B. Feng, J. Dong, X. Li, Y. Xue, J. Lan,* and J. You*, “Copper(II)‐Catalyzed

Dehydrogenative Cross‐Coupling Between Two Azoles”, J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77,

7677. (IF = 4.638, published as hot paper)

8. X. Qin, X. Cong, D. Zhao, J. You, and J. Lan*, “One‐Pot Synthesis of Benzofused

Heteroaryl Azoles via Tandem C‐Heteroatom Coupling/C–H Activation of Azoles”,

Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5611. (IF = 6.738)

9. X. Qin, J. Lan, Z. Wang, and J. You*，“Recent Developments of Transition Metal‐

Catalyzed Oxidative C–H/C–H Cross‐Coupling of Two (Hetero)arenes”，China

Sciencepaper, 2014, 9, 305.

10. Q. Huang, X. Qin, B. Li, J. Lan,* Q. Guo, and J. You*, “Cu‐Catalysed Oxidative C–

H/C–H Coupling Polymerisation of Benzodiimidazoles: An Efficient Approach to

Regioregular Polybenzodiimidazoles for Blue‐Emitting Materials”, Chem. Commun.

2014, 50, 13739 (IF = 6.738)

11. B. Li, X. Qin, J. You*, X. Cong, and J. Lan*, “Direct Arylation of Phenanthroline

Derivatives via Oxidative C–H/C–H Cross‐Coupling: Synthesis and Discovery of

Excellent Ligands”, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 1290. (IF = 3.487)

12. B. Liu, X. Qin, K. Li, X. Li, Q. Guo, J. Lan, and J. You*, “Palladium/Copper Bimetallic

Catalytic System: Dramatical Improvement for Suzuki–Miyaura–Type Direct C‐H

Arylation of Azoles with Arylboronic Acids”, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 11836. (IF =

5.696)

13. C. Wang, X. Qin, B. Huang, F. He, and C. Zeng*, “Hemolysis of Human Erythrocytes

Induced by Melamine–Cyanurate Complex”, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.

2010, 402, 773. (IF = 2.281)

14. D. Qin, J. Wang, X. Qin, C. Wang, G. Gao*, J. You*, “Rh(III)‐catalyzed oxime ether‐

directed heteroarylation of arene through oxidative C–H/C–H cross‐coupling”,

Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6190 (IF = 6.738)

15. J. Dong, Y. Huang, X. Qin, Y. Cheng, J. Hao, D. Wan, W. Li, X. Liu, and J. You*,

“Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Oxidative C‐H/C‐H Cross‐Coupling Between Two

Structurally Similar Azoles”, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 6158. (IF = 5.696)

16. Q. Wu, D. Zhao, X. Qin, J. Lan, and J. You*, “Synthesis of Di(hetero)aryl Sulfides by

Directly using Arylsulfonyl Chlorides as a Sulfur Source”, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47,

9188. (IF = 6.738)

17. D. Zhao, G. Li, D. Wu, X. Qin, P. Neuhaus, Y. Cheng, S. Yang, Z. Lu, X. Pu, C. Long, and

J. You*, “Developments and Applications of Coupling Reactions in Dye Discovery:

Regiospecific N‐Heteroarylation of Amidines to Full‐Color‐Tunable Boron Difluoride

Dyes with Mechanochromic Luminescence”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13676.

(IF = 11.336)

18. D. Zhao, J. Hu, N. Wu, X. Huang, X. Qin, J. Lan, and J. You*, “Regiospecific Synthesis

of 1,2‐Disubstituted (Hetero)aryl Fused Imidazoles with Tunable Fluorescent

Emission”, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6516. (IF = 6.142)

Academic Symposium Participated

1) The 16th National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Wenzhou, China, 2010.

2) The 28th CCS Congress, Chengdu, China, 2012.

3) The 30th CCS Congress, Dalian, China, 2016

4) The 14th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists, Singapore, 2016

5) 3rd International Conference on Molecular & Functional Catalysis, Singapore, 2017