BAI Ruopeng

 

 

 

Ph. D.

Associate Professor

 

ORCID: 0000-0002-1097-8526

 

 

Work Experience:

2016.09-, Assistant Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University

 

Education:

2011.09-2016.06, Ph. D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Supervisor: Prof. Aiwen Lei

2007.09-2011.06, B.Sc., Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China

 

 

Publications:

 

Ø 2020

 

“Nucleophilicity versus Brønsted basicity controlled chemoselectivity: mechanistic insight into silver- or scandium-catalyzed diazo functionalization” Liu, Fenru; Zhu, Lei; Zhang, Tao; Zhong, Kangbao; Xiong, Qin; Shen, Boming; Liu, Shihan; Lan, Yu*; Bai, Ruopeng*, ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 1256–1263.

 

Layered Chirality Relay Model in Rh(I)-Mediated Enantioselective C–Si Bond Activation: A Theoretical Study.” Liu, Shihan; Zhang, Tao; Zhu, Lei; Liu, Fenru; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Letters, 2020, 22, 2124-2128.

 

Reaction scope and mechanistic insights of nickel-catalyzed migratory Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling.” Li, Yuqiang; Luo, Yixin; Peng, Long; Li, Yangyang; Zhao, Binzhi; Wang, Wang; Pang, Hailiang; Deng, Yi; Bai, Ruopeng; Lan, Yu*; Yin, Guoyin*, Nature Communications 2020, 11, 417.

 

“σ-Bond Migration Assisted Decarboxylative Activation of Vinylene Carbonate in Rh-Catalyzed 4 + 2 Annulation: A Theoretical Study.” Shen, Boming; Liu, Song; Zhu, Lei; Zhong, Kangbao; Liu, Fenru; Chen, Haohua; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organometallics.2020, 39, 2813-2819.

 

Enhanced Transformation of Emerging Contaminants by Permanganate in the Presence of Redox Mediators.” Shi, Zhenyu; Jin, Can; Bai, Ruopeng; Gao, Zhanqi; Zhang, Jing*; Zhu, Liang; Zhao, Zhiwei*; Strathmann, Timothy J., Environmental Science & Technology. 2020, 54, 1909-1919.

 

Ø 2019

 

 “Theoretical Study of the Addition of Cu–carbenes to Acetylenes to Form Chiral Allenes.” Zhong, Kangbao; Shan, Chunhui; Zhu, Lei; Liu, Song; Zhang, Tao; Liu, Fenru; Shen, Boming; Lan, Yu*; Bai, Ruopeng*, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 5772-5780.

 

 “Oxidative Addition Promoted C–C Bond Cleavage in Rh-Mediated Cyclopropenone Activation: A DFT Study.” Luo, Yixin; Shan, Chunhui; Liu, Song; Zhang, Tao; Zhu, Lei; Zhong, Kangbao; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, ACS Catalysis 2019, 10876-10886.

 

“Hydrogen-Bond-Induced Chiral Axis Construction: Theoretical Study of Cinchonine–Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Cycloaddition.” Shan, Chunhui; Zhang, Tao; Xiong, Qin; Yan, Hailong; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Chemistry – An Asian Journal 2019, 14, 2731-2736.

 

“On the Mechanism of Palladium-Catalyzed Unsaturated Bond Transformations: A Review of Theoretical Studies.” Xiong, Qin; Chen, Haohua; Zhang, Tao; Shan, Chunhui; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 8, 1194-1206.

 

“Mechanism of Brønsted-Base-Mediated Borylation of Propynols: A DFT Study.” Chen, Haohua; Zhang, Tao; Shan, Chunhui; Liu, Song; Song, Qiuling*; Lan, Yu*; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 4924-4928.

 

“Theoretical study of FMO adjusted C-H cleavage and oxidative addition in nickel catalysed C-H arylation.” Zhang, Tao; Liu, Song; Zhu, Lei; Liu, Fenru; Zhong, Kangbao; Zhang, Ying; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Communications Chemistry 2019, 2, 31.

 

“Investigating the Mechanism of Palladium Catalyzed Radical Oxidative C(sp3)-H Carbonylation: A DFT Study.” Xiong, Qin; Xu, Dongdong; Shan, Chunhui; Liu, Song; Luo, Yixin; Liu, Fenru; Liu, Shihan; Lan, Yu*; Bai, Ruopeng*, Chemistry – An Asian Journal 2019, 14, 655-661.

 

“Theoretical Study of Ni-Catalyzed C–N Radical–Radical Cross-Coupling.” Liu, Song; Qi, Xiaotian; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 84, 3321-3327.

 

“Probing enantioselectivity in rhodium-catalyzed Si–C bond cleavage to construct silicon-stereocenters: a theoretical study.” Yu, Zhaoyuan; Zhang, Tao; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2019, 9, 646-651.

 

“Theoretical prediction on the reactivity of the Co-mediated intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction for constructing bicyclo-skeletons in natural products.” Zhu, Lei; Wang, Zheyuan; Liu, Song; Zhang, Tao; Yang, Zhen; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2019, 30, 889-894.

 

“Role of Alkaline-Earth Metal-Catalyst: A Theoretical Study of Pyridines Hydroboration.” Li, Yuanyuan; Wu, Meijun; Chen, Haohua; Xu, Dongdong; Qu, Lingbo; Zhang, Jing; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Frontiers in Chemistry 2019, 7, 149.

 

Ø 2018

 

“Retro-metal-ene versus retro-Aldol: mechanistic insight into Rh-catalysed formal [3+2] cycloaddition.” Liu, Song; Zhang, Tao; Zhu, Lei; Zhong, Kangbao; Gong, Jianxian; Yang, Zhen; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Chemical communications 2018, 54, 13551-13554.

 

“Long distance unconjugated agostic-assisted 1,5-H shift in a Ru-mediated Alder-ene type reaction: mechanism and stereoselectivity.” Shan, Chunhui; Zhong, Kangbao; Qi, Xiaotian; Xu, Dongdong; Qu, Ling-Bo; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2018, 5, 3178-3185.

 

“Mechanistic view of Ru-catalyzed C-H bond activation and functionalization: computational advances.” Shan, Chunhui; Zhu, Lei; Qu, Ling-Bo; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Chemical Society Reviews 2018, 47, 7552-7576.

 

“Toward a Predictive Understanding of Phosphine-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of Allenoates with Acrylate or Imine.” Yu, Zhaoyuan; Jin, Zhichao; Duan, Meng; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lu, Yixin*; Lan, Yu*, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 83, 9729-9740.

 

“Recent Advances in Alkaline-Earth-Metal-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization Reactions.” Li, Yuanyuan; Cheng, Yuhua; Shan, Chunhui; Zhang, Jing; Xu, Dongdong; Bai, Ruopeng*; Qu, Ling-Bo; Lan, Yu*, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 38, 1885-1896.

 

“Theoretical insight into phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of indolizines to alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones.” Chen, Haohua; Zhu, Lei; Zhong, Kangbao; Yue, Xiaoyu; Qu, Ling-Bo; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Chinese Chemical Letters 2018, 29, 1237-1241.

 

 

“Counterion Effect and Directing Group Effect in Rh-Mediated C-H Bond Activation Processes: A Theoretical Study.” Luo, Yixin; Liu, Song; Xu, Dongdong; Qu, Ling-Bo; Luo, Xiaoling*; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2018, 864, 148-153.

 

“Ni(I)–Ni(III) vs Ni(II)–Ni(IV): Mechanistic Study of Ni-catalyzed Alkylation of Benzamides with Alkyl Halides.” Li, Yingzi; Yu, Da-Gang*; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2018, 5, 615-622.

 

“On the Mechanism of Copper-Catalyzed Oxytrifluoromethylation of Allylamines with CO2: A Computational Study.” Zhu, Lei; Ye, Jian-Heng; Duan, Meng; Qi, Xiaotian; Zou, Lufeng; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2018, 5, 633-639.

 

“Ni-Catalyzed C–F Bond Functionalization of Unactivated Aryl Fluorides and Corresponding Coupling with Oxazoles.” Yin, Youzhi; Yue, Xiaoyu; Zhong, Qi; Jiang, Hanmin; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*; Zhang Hua*, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2018, 360, 1639-1643.

 

“C–H bond cleavage occurring on a Rh(V) intermediate: a theoretical study of Rh-catalyzed arene azidation.” Liu, Song; Qi, Xiaotian; Qu, Ling-Bo; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Catalysis Science & Technology 2018, 8, 1645-1651.

 

“Insights into disilylation and distannation: sequence influence and ligand/steric effects on Pd-catalyzed difunctionalization of carbenes.” Yue, Xiaoyu; Shan, Chunhui; Qi, Xiaotian; Luo, Xiaoling; Zhu, Lei; Zhang, Tao; Li, Yuanyuan; Li, Yingzi; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Dalton Transactions 2018, 47, 1819-1826.

 

Mechanism investigation for anoin-assisted nickel catalyzed C–F bond functionalization reaction: a DFT study.” Zeng, Zhen; Zhang, Tao; Yue, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Hua*; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Dalton Transactions 2018, 47, 1819-1826.

 

Ø 2017

 

“Mechanism of Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Advances in Theoretical Investigation.” Qi, Xiaotian; Li, Yingzi; Bai, Ruopeng; Lan, Yu*, Accounts of Chemical Research 201750, 2799–2808.

 

“From Mechanistic Study to Chiral Catalyst Optimization: Theoretical Insight into Binaphthophosphepine-catalyzed Asymmetric Intramolecular [3+2] Cycloaddition.” Duan, Meng; Zhu, Lei; Qi, Xiaotian; Yu, Zhaoyuan; Li, Yingzi; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 7619.

 

“Stabilization of Two Radicals with One Metal: A Stepwise Coupling Model for Copper-Catalyzed Radical-Radical Cross-Coupling.” Qi, Xiaotian; Zhu, Lei; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 43579.

 

“Computational Investigation of the Role Played by Rh(V) in the Rh(III)-Catalyzed Ortho Bromination of Arenes.” Zhang, Tao; Qi, Xiaotian; Liu, Song; Bai, Ruopeng*; Liu, Chao*; Lan, Yu*, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 11, 2690-2699.

 

“Mononuclear or Dinuclear? Mechanistic Study of the Zinc-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes and Acetylenes.” Yue, Xiaoyu, Qi, Xiaotian; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lei, Aiwen*; Lan, Yu*, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 11, 6419-6425.

 

“Ir(III)/Ir(V) or Ir(I)/Ir(III) Catalytic Cycle? Steric-Effect-Controlled Mechanism for the para-C–H Borylation of Arenes.” Zhu, Lei; Qi, Xiaotian; Li, Yingzi; Duan, Meng; Zou, Lufeng; Bai, Ruopeng*; Liu, Chao*; Lan, Yu*, Organometallics, 2017, 11, 2107-2115.

 

“Bond Dissociation Energy Controlled s-Bond Metathesis in Alkaline-Earth-Metal Hydride Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Amines and Boranes: A Theoretical Study.” Xu, Dongdong; Qi, Xiaotian; Duan, Meng; Yu, Zhaoyuan; Zhu, Lei; Shan, Chunhui; Yue, Xiaoyu; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2017, 4, 1813-1820.

 

“Thiolate-Palladium(IV) or Sulfonium-Palladate(0)? A Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of Palladium-Catalyzed C-S Bond Formation Reactions.” Xu, Dongdong; Qi, Xiaotian; Duan, Meng; Yu, Zhaoyuan; Zhu, Lei; Shan, Chunhui; Yue, Xiaoyu; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*, Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2017, 4, 943-950.

 

“The Mechanism of Alkaline Earth Metal Catalyzed Hydroboration of Carbodiimides: A Theoretical Study.” Xu, Dongdong; Shan, Chunhui; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*; Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017, 37, 1231-1236.

 

“Mechanistic Insights into Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Boronic Acids: A Theoretical Study.” He, Xiaoqian; Shan, Chunhui; Bai, Ruopeng*; Lan, Yu*; Scientia Sinica Chimica 2017, 47, 859-864.

 

“C(sp(2))-C(sp(2)) Reductive Elimination from Well-Defined Diarylgold(lll) Complexes.” Kang, Kai; Liu, Shuanshuan; Xu, Ting; Wang, Decai; Leng, Xuebing; Bai, Ruopeng; Lan, Yu*; Shen, Qilong*; Organometallics 2017, 36, 4727-4740.