Mr. Cheng Xiaokai is born in 1990. He received his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2013 and his Doctor of Science degree from Zhejiang University in 2022.He specializes in organic synthetic chemistry, metal-organic chemistry, and mainly in the development of catalytic systems for transition metal polyolefin elastomers. In recent years, he has published 5 SCI papers in Nat. Commun., ACS Catal. and other high-level chemical journals at home and abroad, and compiled 1 book chapter.

Research direction

Design of olefin polymerization catalyst, development of new polymerization reaction

representative article

1. Xiaokai Cheng, Tongtong Li, Yuting Liu, Zhan Lu*, Stereo- and Enantioselective Benzylic C−H Alkenylation via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis. ACS. Catal. 2021, 11, 11059-11065.

2. Xiaokai Cheng, Huangzhe Lu, Zhan Lu*, Enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation via photoredox and nickel dual catalysis. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 3549.

3. Xiaokai Cheng, Bo Yang, Xingen Hu, Qing Xu, Zhan Lu*, Visible-Light-Promoted Metal-Free Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Amines to Acids and Lactones. Chem. -Eur. J. 2016, 22, 17566-17570.

4.Tongtong Li+, Xiaokai Cheng+, Jianmin Lu+, Huifeng Wang, Qun Fang*, Zhan Lu*, Enantioselective Reductive Cross-Coupling of Aryl/Alkenyl Bromides with Benzylic Chlorides via Photoredox/Biimidazoline Nickel Dual Catalysis. Chin. J. Chem. 2022, 40, 1033-1038.

Books

1. Xiaokai Cheng, Zhan Lu, Enantioselective functionalization of inert C(sp3)-H bonds by photochemistry. In Handbook of CH-Functionalization. D. Maiti, Ed.