Introduction:

Name:Tongxiang Cao

Title: Associate Professor

E-mail: caotx@scut.edu.cn

Personal homepage:https://www2.scut.edu.cn/ce/2022/0831/c2422a478265/page.htm

Supervisor: Master’s ＆ PhD Supervisor

Area: 

Organic synthesis methodologies， Transition metal catalysis， DFT calculation

Education:

2018.8-2021.8      Postdoctoral Fellow                  South China University of Technology

2015.9-2018.6      Ph.D. in organic chemistry       South China University of Technology

2012.9-2015.6      M.S. in organic chemistry         Nankai University

Research interests:

cascade reations， gold catalysis， catalyst design， mechnism calculation

Representative publications :

(1) Wang， J.; He， M.; Cao， T.; Zhu， S. Pyrone isomerization enabled divergent access to multisubstituted biaryl phenol via relay claisen rearrangement. Org. Lett. 2025， 27， 4865.

(2) He， J.; Cao， T.; Chen， K.; Zhu， S. Leveraging nonstrained c–c bonds for selective carboacylation of an unactivated alkyne via transient dearomatization. Org. Lett. 2024， 26， 2596. 

(3) Shi， Q.; Liao， Z.; Liu， Z.; Wen， J.; Li， C.; He， J.; Deng， J.; Cen， S.; Cao， T.; Zhou， J.; Zhu， S. Divergent synthesis of benzazepines and bridged polycycloalkanones via dearomative rearrangement. Nat. Commun. 2022， 13， 4402. 

(4) Zhang， L.; Cao， T.; Jiang， H.; Zhu， S. Deconstructive reorganization: De novo synthesis of hydroxylated benzofuran. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020， 59， 4670. 

(5) Cao， T.; Kong， Y.; Luo， K.; Chen， L.; Zhu， S. Cascade claisen rearrangement: Rapid synthesis of polysubstituted salicylaldehydes and total syntheses of hemigossypol and gossypol. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018， 57， 8702.