RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1. Synthesis, isolation, and mechanistic investigation of reactive low-valent chromium intermediates
2. Fundamental organometallic transformations involving low-valent transition metals
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Mar. 2023 – Mar. 2025, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CNRS / Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, France, Supervisor: Prof. Didier Bourissou
Sep. 2020 – Mar. 2023, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China, Supervisor: Prof. Liu Leo Liu
Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2020, Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Supervisor: Prof. Yu Gong
Sep. 2011 – Jun. 2015, B.Sc. in Nuclear Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China,
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Rui Wei, Nina Albouy, Sonia Mallet-Ladeira, Karinne Miqueu, Didier Bourissou,* Insertion of Nitriles into a Gold(III)/Carbene Bond: A Direct and Powerful Entry to Imino-Substituted Carbenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 62, e202504162.
2. Xin-Feng Wang,+ Rui Wei,+ Qiuming Liang,+ Chaopeng Hu and Liu Leo Liu,* Stable Crystalline Keteniminyl Anions, Chem 2025, 11, 102444.
3. Rui. Wei;+ Fengbo. Huang;+ Xiaofang. Lan;+ Q. Liang* and L. L. Liu,* Click Chemistry: Reactions of a Diazomethyl Anion with Unsaturated Bonds, Chin. J. Chem. 2025, 43, 1547-1552.
4. Mian He,+ Chaopeng Hu,+ Rui Wei,+ Xin-Feng Wang,+ Liu Leo Liu,* Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Isolable Carbene Analogues with Group 13-15 Elements, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2024, 53, 3896-3951.
5. Rui Wei, Xin-Feng Wang, Chaopeng Hu, Liu Leo Liu,* (Phosphino)(stannyl)carbene. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 9793-9796.
6. Rui Wei, Liyao Ma, Sonia Mallet-Ladeira, Didier Bourissou,* Diazo Decomposition and Carbene Transfer Mediated by a Pincer Gold(III) Complex, Organometallics 2024, 43, 1775-1779.
7. Rui Wei, Xin-Feng Wang, Chaopeng Hu, Liu Leo Liu,* Metal Carbyne Anion Complexes. Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 357-363. (Highlighted by Didier Bourissou in Nat. Synth. entitled “Carbyne anions get to work” Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 317-318.)
8. Rui Wei, Xin-Feng Wang, Liu Leo Liu,* Stable Ketenyl Anions via Ligand Exchange at an Anionic Carbon as Powerful Synthons. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202219211.
9. Rui Wei, Shaoying Ju, Liu Leo Liu,* Free Metallophosphines: Extremely Electron-Rich Phosphorus Superbases That Are Electronically and Sterically Tunable. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022056.
10. Rui Wei, Jingwen, Hu, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Oxo-sulfido molybdenum and tungsten fluorides with M–O and M–S multiple bonds. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 35, 19760-19765.
11. Rui Wei, Jingwen, Hu, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Vanadium, niobium and tantalum complexes with terminal sulfur radical ligands. Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 11300-11306.
12. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Sulfur-Substituted Uranyl Stabilized by Fluoride Ligands: Matrix Preparation of U(O)(S)F2 via Oxidation of U(0) by SOF2. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 6782-6785.
13. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Sulfur Dioxide Complexes of Main-Group Elements: from SO20 to SO2- and SO22- upon Coordination to Aluminum and Silicon Difluorides. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4703-4710.
14. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Side-On OMoF2(η2-SO) and OWF2(η2-SO) Complexes Featuring Peroxo-Like Sulfur Monoxide Ligand. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 15652-15658.
15. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* End-On Oxygen-Bound Sulfur Monoxide Complex of Titanium Oxyfluoride. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11801-11806.
16. Rui Wei, Zongtang Fang, Monica Vasiliu, David A. Dixon,* Lester Andrews and Yu Gong,* Infrared Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of the 3d Transition Metal Oxyfluoride Molecules. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 9796-9810.
17. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Bidentate Sulfur Dioxide Complexes of Scandium, Yttrium, and Lanthanum Difluorides. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 5281-5288.
18. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Side-On Sulfur Monoxide Complexes of Tantalum, Niobium, and Vanadium Oxyfluorides. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 3807-3814.
19. Rui Wei, Xin-Feng Wang, Liu Leo Liu,* Cleavage of the Au−P Bond in Au-Substituted Phosphines. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2023, 649, e202300005.
20. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Bidentate SO2 Complexes of Zirconium and Hafnium Difluorides with Highly Activated S-O Bonds. J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 9567-9572.
21. Rui Wei, Xiuting Chen, Yu Gong,* Infrared Spectra of the SO2F2- Anion in Solid Argon and Neon. J. Phys. Chem. A 2018, 122, 7723-7729.
22. Rui Wei, Qingnuan Li, Yu Gong,* Lester Andrews, Zongtang Fang, K. Sahan Thanthiriwatte, Monica Vasiliu, David A. Dixon,* Infrared Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies on the OMF2 and OMF (M = Cr, Mo, W) Molecules in Solid Argon. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017, 121, 7603-7612.
23. Xin-Feng Wang, Chaopeng Hu, Jiancheng Li, Rui Wei, Xin, Zhang, Liu Leo Liu,* A Crystalline Stannyne, Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1673–1679.
24. Jiong. Zhang; Rui. Wei; Liu. Leo. Liu* and Lipeng. Wu,* Si–B Functional Group Exchange Reaction Enabled by a Catalytic Amount of BH3: Scope, Mechanism, and Application. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15619-15629.
25. Yanbo Mei; Xiaodan Chen; Rui Wei; Xiao-Yong Chang; Lizhi Tao; Liu. Leo. Liu,* An Isolable Radical Anion Featuring a 2-Center-3-Electron π-Bond without a Clearly Defined σ-Bond, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202315555.
26. Yu Wang; Xin Zhang; Jixiang Han, Qianli. Li; Rui. Wei; David. A. Ruiz; Liu. Leo. Liu;* Chen-Ho. Tung and Lingbing. Kong,* Crystalline Neutral Diboron Analogues of Cyclopropanes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202117053.
27. Chenyang Hu, Xin-Feng Wang, Rui Wei, Chaopeng Hu, David A. Ruiz, Xiao-Yong Chang, Liu Leo Liu,* Crystalline monometal-substituted free carbenes. Chem, 2022, 8, 1-12.
28. Rui. Guo; Tong. Li; Rui. Wei; Xin. Zhang; Qianli. Li; Liu. Leo. Liu;* Chen-Ho. Tung and Lingbing. Kong,* Boraiminolithium: An Iminoborane-Transfer Reagent, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 13483–13488.
29. Xin Yang; Rui Wei; Yaping Shi; Liu Leo Liu; Yile Wu,* Yufen Zhao and Douglas W. Stephan,* Oxyphosphoranes as Precursors to Bridging Phosphate-Catecholate Ligands, Chem. Comm. 2021, 57, 1194-1197.
30. Chenyang Wang, Xiuting Chen, Rui Wei, Yu Gong,* Raman Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of Scandium Fluoride and Oxyfluoride Anions in Molten FLiNaK. J. Phys. Chem. B 2020, 124, 6671-6678.
