Faculty | Chemistry
Gang Li
Inorganic Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ML 359
DialPhone: 435-797-0604
SendEmail: gang.li@usu.edu
Educational Background
PhD, Chemistry, Columbia University, 2015 Dissertation
Transition-Metal Complexes Catalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Kinetic Study and Applications to Radical Cyclizations
Biography
Dr. Gang Li received his B.S. in chemistry from Wuhan University in 2010 and his PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 2015. After doing postdoctoral research at Princeton University and Bristol-Myers Squibb, he joined Utah State University as an assistant professor in August 2019. His research focuses on bioinspired sustainable catalysis by transition metal complexes and their applications in medicinal chemistry
Teaching Interests
Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Organometallics, Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms
Research Interests
• Biomimetic catalysis and metalloenzymes<br>• Mechanistic study of transition-metal catalyzed reactions<br>• Small molecule activation by transition metal complexes<br>• Synthetic methods
Awards
Bristol-Myers Squibb Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015
Bristol-Myers SquibbReaxys PhD Prize Finalist, 2015
Elsevier, Inc.George Pegram Awards for Meritorious Achievement in Chemical Research, 2015
Columbia UniversityJack Miller Teaching Award, 2012
Columbia UniversityFaculty Fellowship, 2010
Columbia UniversityDistinguished Graduate Award, 2010
Wuhan UniversityPublications - Abstracts
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Publications - Journal Articles
- Wang, Y., Zhu, L., Shao, Z., Li, G., Lan, Y., Liu, Q., (2019). Unmasking the Ligand Effect in Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenations: Mechanistic Insight and Catalytic Application. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141:43, 17337-17349.
- Li, G., Kates, P.A, Dilger, A.K, Cheng, P.T, Ewing, W.R, Groves, J.T, (2019). Manganese-Catalyzed Desaturation of N-Acyl Amines and Ethers. ACS Catalysis, 9, 9513-9517.
- Li, G., Dilger, A.K, Cheng, P.T, Ewing, W.R, Groves, J.T, (2018). Selective C−H Halogenation with a Highly Fluorinated Manganese Porphyrin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57:5, 1251-1255.
- Li, G., Kuo, J.L, Han, A., Abuyuan, J.M, Young, L.C, Norton, J.R, Palmer, J.H, (2016). Radical Isomerization and Cycloisomerization Initiated by H• Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138:24, 7698-7704.
- Li, G., Estes, D.P, Norton, J.R, Ruccolo, S., Sattler, A., Sattler, W., (2014). Dihydrogen Activation by Cobaloximes with Various Axial Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 53:19, 10743-10747.
- Han, A., Spataru, T., Hartung, J., Li, G., Norton, J.R, (2014). Effect of Double-Bond Substituents on the Rate of Cyclization of alpha-Carbomethoxyhex-5-enyl Radicals. The Journal of organic chemistry, 79:5, 1938-1946.
- Norton, J.R, Spataru, T., Camaioni, D.M, Lee, S., Li, G., Choi, J., Franz, J.A, (2014). Kinetics and Mechanism of the Hydrogenation of the CpCr(CO)3•/[CpCr(CO)3]2 Equilibrium to CpCr(CO)3H. Organometallics, 33:10, 2496-2502.
- Li, G., Han, A., Pulling, M.E, Estes, D.P, Norton, J.R, (2012). Evidence for Formation of a Co-H Bond from (H2O)2Co(dmgBF2)2 under H2: Application to Radical Cyclizations. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134:36, 14662-14665.
- Liu, Q., Li, G., Yi, H., Wu, P., Liu, J., Lei, A., (2011). Pd-Catalyzed Direct and Selective C-H Functionalization: C3-Acetoxylation of Indoles. Chemistry-A European Journal, 17:8, 2353-2357.
- Liu, Q., Li, G., He, J., Liu, J., Li, P., Lei, A., (2010). Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Carbonylation of Arylboronate Esters under Mild Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49:19, 3371-3374.
- Liu, Q., Lan, Y., Liu, J., Li, G., Wu, Y., Lei, A., (2009). Revealing a Second Transmetalation Step in the Negishi Coupling and Its Competition with Reductive Elimination: Improvement in the Interpretation of the Mechanism of Biaryl Syntheses. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131:29, 10201-10210.
- Liu, Q., Duan, H., Luo, X., Tang, Y., Li, G., Huang, R., Lei, A., (2008). An Electron-Deficient Diene as Ligand for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: An Efficient Alkylation of Aryl Iodides by Primary and Secondary Alkylzinc Reagents. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 350:9, 1349-1354.
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