Title: Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions and Total Synthesis of Natural Products

  Lecturer: Professor Shao Zhihui(Yunnan University)

  Time: March 20,2025(Thursday)14:30-16:00

  Venue: Room 0304, Building 33

  Invited by: Professor Zhang Wei

  Organizer: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

  Abstract:

  The ability to achieve asymmetric synthesis and the development of strategies for the synthesis of complex molecules are among the frontiers of organic synthesis. On the other hand, the total synthesis of natural products has always been a hot topic among natural product chemists. In this lecture, we will summarize the progress in asymmetric catalytic reactions and the total synthesis of natural products.

  Lecturer's Profile:

  Professor Shao Zhihui, Ph.D., is a doctoral supervisor, a national high-level talent, and the dean of the Graduate School of Yunnan University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Lanzhou University in 2004, and from 2004 to 2006, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Montreal in Canada. From 2006 to 2007, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. From 2014 to 2015, he was a senior researcher at Stanford University in the United States. In September 2007, he joined Yunnan University as an independent researcher. His main research interests include asymmetric synthesis and the total synthesis of natural products. In 2022, he received the First Prize of Yunnan Provincial Natural Science, and the Baogang Outstanding Teacher Award in the same year. In 2016, he received the First Prize of Yunnan Provincial Outstanding Contribution to Professional and Technical Talents, and the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award in Germany. In 2010, he was selected for the New Century Talent Support Program by the Ministry of Education.