Education 2005 – 2009, Bachelor of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (Supervisor: Prof. Qing-Xiang Guo) 2009 – 2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) (with Profs. Lei Liu, Yao Fu, Qing-Xiang Guo) 2012 – 2014, Joint-training Ph.D, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo (UT) (Supervisor: Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) Employment 2012.10–2014.04, Researcher (特任研究員), Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo (UT) (with Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) 2014.06–2014.09, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo (UT) (with Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) 2014.10–2016.09, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (JSPS外国人特別研究員), The University of Tokyo (Host: Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) 2016.10–2017.01, Researcher (特任研究員), Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo (UT) (with Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) 2017.02–2020.11, Lecturer (特任講師), School of Science, The University of Tokyo (UT) 2014.07–now, Adjunct Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2020.12–now, Associate Professor (特任准教授), School of Science, The University of Tokyo (UT) Reviewer for scientific journals Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Catalysis, Nature Communication, Chem, ACS Catalysis, Organic Letter, Science China Chemistry, ACS Omega, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry A European Journal, Chemistry An Asian Journal, Journal of Organic Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, ChemCatChem., Chemical Communications, Organic Biomolecular Chemistry (Outstanding Reviewer for Org. Biomol. Chem. in 2018), Dalton Transactions, RSC Advances, New Journal of Chemistry, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Tetrahedron Reviewer for national and international funding projects European Research Council (ERC); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, pi-Materials Sciences, Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Photovoltaics, Light Emitting Diodes

Synthesis of aromatic esters via Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of potassium oxalate monoesters with aryl bromides and chlorides Shang, R.; Fu, Y.*; Li, J. B.; Zhang, S. L.; Guo, Q. X.; Liu, L.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5738–5739. (highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J48-Y2009-1400) Copper‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross‐Coupling of Potassium Polyfluorobenzoates with Aryl Iodides and Bromides Shang, R.; Fu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Xu, Q.; Yu, H.-Z.; Liu, L.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9350–9354. Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative cross coupling of potassium polyfluorobenzoates with aryl bromides, chlorides, and triflates Shang, R.; Xu, Q.; Jiang, Y.-Y.; Wang, Y.; Liu, L.* Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1000–1003. Theoretical analysis of factors controlling Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of carboxylic acids with olefins Zhang, S.-L.; Fu, Y.*; Shang, R.; Guo, Q.-X.; Liu, L.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 638–646. Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative couplings of 2-(2-azaaryl) acetates with aryl halides and triflates Shang, R.; Yang, Z. W.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, S. -L.; Liu, L.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 14391–14393. Synthesis of α‐Aryl Nitriles through Palladium‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Cyanoacetate Salts with Aryl Halides and Triflates Shang, R.; Ji, D. S.; Chu, L.; Fu, Y.; Liu, L.* Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4470–4474. Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of potassium nitrophenyl acetates with aryl halides Shang, R.; Huang, Z.; Chu, L.; Fu, Y.; Liu, L.* Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4240–4243. Transition metal-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions Shang, R.; Liu, L.* Sci. China Chem. 2011, 54, 1670–1687. (Invited Review, In Honor of the 80th Birthday of Prof. Ronald Breslow) β‐Aryl Nitrile Construction via Palladium‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Benzylation of α‐Cyano Aliphatic Carboxylate Salts Shang, R.; Huang, Z.; Xiao, X.; Lu, X.; Fu, Y.*; Liu, L. Adv. Syn. Catal. 2012, 354, 2465–2472. β-Arylation of carboxamides via iron-catalyzed C (sp3)–H bond activation Shang, R.; Ilies, L.; Matsumoto, A.; Nakamura, E.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6030–6032.(Synfacts,2013,9(7),0771) Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Alkynyl Carboxylates with 1, 1-Dibromo-1-alkenes Huang, Z.; Shang, R.; Zhang, Z.-R.; Tan, X.-D.; Xiao, X.; Fu, Y.* J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 4551–4557. (highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J42-Y2013) Iron-catalyzed C (sp2)–H Bond Functionalization with Organoboron Compounds Shang, R.; Ilies, L.*; Sobi, A.; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14349–14352. (peer-reviewed by Nature) Conversion of Levulinate Ester and Formic Acid into γ-Valerolactone Using a Homogeneous Iron Catalyst Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.; Huang, Z.; Fu, Y.* Synlett.(Cluster) 2014, 25, 2748–2752. Iron-catalyzed Directed C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H Functionalization with Trimethylaluminium Shang, R.; Ilies, L.*; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7660–7663. (Synfacts 2015, 11(9), 0969, selected as “Synfact of the month” ) Boron-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Amine with Carboxylic Acids Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.*; Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9042–9046. Room-temperature Decarboxylative Couplings of -Oxocarboxylic acids with aryl halides by Merging Photoredox with Palladium Catalysis Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.*; Yu, H.-Z.; Fu, Y.* Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21,13191–13195. Decarboxylative 1,4-Addition of -Oxocarboxylic Acids with Michael Acceptors Enabled by Photoredox Catalysis Wang, G.-Z.; Shang, R.*; Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4830–4833. (highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J54-Y2015) Synthesis of unnatural amino acids through palladium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H functionalization Lu, X.; Xiao. B.; Shang, R.; Liu, L.* Chinese Chem. Lett. 2016, 27, 305–311. Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrocarboxylation of Alkyne using Formic Acid through Catalytic CO Recycling Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.*; Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2501–2505. Iron-catalyzed ortho C–H Methylation of Aromatics Bearing a Simple Carbonyl Group with Methylaluminum and Tridentate Phosphine Ligand Shang, R.; Ilies, L.*; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10132–10135. Iron/Zinc-Cocatalyzed Directed Arylation and Alkenylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds with Organoborates Ilies, L.*; Itabashi, Y.; Shang, R.; Nakamura, E.* ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 89–92. (Synfacts 2017, 13(2), 0188) Iron-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation Shang, R.; Ilies, L.*; Nakamura, E.* Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 9086–9139. Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkylation of N-Heteroarenes with N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.*; Fu, M.-C.; Fu, Y.* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 2537–2541. (top 20 most downloaded paper in 24 months, 2017 and 2018) Photoredox/Bronsted Acid Co-Catalysis Enabling Decarboxylative Couplings of Amino Acid and Peptide Redox Active Esters with N-Heteroarenes Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 907–911. An Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Carboxylation of Allylic Alcohols with Formic Acid Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.*; Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 8818–8822. Theoretical Investigation on the Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation of Alkynes Employing Formic Acid Jiang, J.-L.; Fu, M.-C.; Li, C.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Organometallics, 2017, 36, 2818–2825. Citric Acid Modulated Growth of Oriented Lead Perovskite Crystals for Efficient Solar Cells Guo, Y.*; Sato, W.; Shoyama, K.; Halim, H.; Itabashi, Y.; Shang, R.; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9598–9604. Isonicotinate Ester-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Borylation of (Hetero)Arene and Alkene Carboxylic Acids through N-Hydroxyphthalimide Ester Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.*; Zhao, B.; Xing, W.; Fu, Y.* Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4291–4294. Irradiation-Induced Heck Reaction of Unactivated Alkyl Halides at Room Temperature Wang, G.-Z.; Shang, R.* (Lead Contact); Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18307–18312. (JACS journal cover selected, peer-reviewed by Science, highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J48-Y2017) Disodium Benzodipyrrole Sulfonate as Neutral Hole Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells Shang, R.*; Zhou, Z.-M.; Nishioka, H.; Halim, H.; Furukawa, S.; Takei, I.; Ninomiya, N.; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5018–5022. Irradiation-Induced Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Heck Reaction of Aliphatic N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides at Room Temperature Wang, G.-Z.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 888–891. (highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J54-Y2018) Decarboxylative Couplings of Glyoxylic Acid with Aryl Halides by Merging Organophotoredox with Palladium Catalysis Zhao, B.; Shang, R.*; Cheng, W.-M.; Fu, Y.* Org. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 1782–1786. Cis-Selective Decarboxylative Alkenylation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids with Vinyl Arenes Enabled by Ir-Photoredox/Palladium/Uphill Triple Catalysis Zheng, C.#; Cheng, W.-M.#; Li, H.-L.; Na, R.-S.*; Shang, R.* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 2559–2563. (highlighted by Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto in Synfacts 2018, 14(11), 1148) Irradiation-Induced Palladium-Catalyzed Direct C-H Alkylation of Heteroarenes with Tertiary and Secondary Alkyl Bromides Wang, G.-Z.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Synthesis 2018, 50, 2908–2914. (Invited contribution to Special Issue: Modern Radical Methods and their Strategic Applications in Synthesis; Highlighted in SynForm News) Iron-Catalyzed Directed Alkylation of Carboxamides with Olefins via a Carbometalation Pathway Ilies, L.*; Zhou, Y.; Yang, H.; Matsubara, T.; Shang, R.; Nakamura, E.* ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 11478–11482. Irradiation-Induced Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Desaturation Enabled by a Dual Ligand System Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.* (Lead Contact); Fu, Y.* Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 5215. Homocoupling-free Iron-catalyzed Twofold C–H Activation/cross-couplings of Aromatics via Transient Connection of Reactants Doba, T.; Matsubara, T.; Ilies, L.; Shang, R.*; Nakamura, E.* Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 400–406. Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Alkylations Mediated by Triphenylphosphine and Sodium Iodide Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.* (Lead Contact); Zhao, B.; Wang, B.; Fu, Y.* Science 2019, 363, 1429–1434.(Highlighted by Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal in SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, 2019, 62, 1083; Highlighted by Prof. Benjamin List in Synfacts 2019, 15(07), 0791) Organic/inorganic Hybrid p-Type Semiconductor Doping Enables Hole-Transporting-Layer-Free Thin-film Perovskite Solar Cells with High Stability Zhou, Z.-M.; Qiang, Z.-Y.; Sakamaki, T.; Takei, I.; Shang, R.*; Nakamura, E.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2019, 11, 22603–22611. Catalyst-free Decarboxylation and Decarboxylative Giese Additions of Alkyl Carboxylates through Photoactivation of Electron Donor-acceptor Complex Zheng, C.; Wang, G.-Z.; Shang, R.* Adv. Syn. Catal. 2019, 361, 4500–4505. (Top 10% Downloaded Paper 2018-2019) Palladium-Catalyzed Dual Ligand-Enabled Alkylation of Silyl Enol Ether and Enamide under Irradiation: Scope, Mechanism, and Theoretical Elucidation of Hybrid Alkyl Pd(I) Intermediate Zhao, B.; Shang, R.*; Wang, G.-Z.; Wang, S.; Chen, H.*; Fu, Y.* ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 1334–1343. Visible Light-Induced Palladium-Catalyzed Ring Opening β-H Elimination and Addition of Cyclobutanone Oxime Esters Xing, W.-L.; Shang, R.*; Wang, G.-Z.; Fu, Y.* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14291–14294. Oxalic Acid Monothioester as a Synthetic Equivalent for Palladium-catalyzed Thiocarbonylation and Hydrothiocarbonylation Zhao, B.; Fu, Y.; Shang, R.*; Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9521–9526. (highlighted by organic chemistry portal ID: J54-Y2019) Chromium(III)-catalyzed C(sp2)-H Alkynylation and Allylation of Secondary Amides with Trimethylaluminum as Base Chen, M.; Doba, T.; Sato, T.; Ilies, L.; Shang, R.*; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4883–4891. Axially Chiral Spiro-conjugated Carbon-bridged p-Phenylenevinylene Congeners: Synthetic Design, and Materials Properties Hamada, H.; Itabashi, Y.; Shang, R.*; Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2059–2067. (highlighted by Prof. Timothy M. Swager in Synfacts 2020, 16(04), 0401: Spin Me Right Round: Spirocyclic Organic Electronic Materials) A cyclic phosphate-based battery electrolyte for high-voltage and safe operation Zheng, Q.; Yamada, Y.; Shang, R.; Ko, S.; Lee, Y.; Kim, K.; Nakamura, E.*; and Yamada, A.*, Nat. Energy, 2020, 5, 291–298. Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Alkenylation of -Amino and -Hydroxy Acid-derived Redox Active Esters by NaI/PPh3 Catalysis Wang, Y.-T.; Fu, M.-C.; Zhao, B.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 2495–2498. Nickel-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Aryl Iodides with Lithium Formate through Catalytic CO Recycling Wu, Y.-N.; Fu, M.-C.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 4067–4069. Cobalt-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Methylation and Ethylation of Aliphatic N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides with Organoaluminum Reagents Wang, Z.-Z.; Wang, G.-Z.; Zhang, B.; Shang, R.*; Fu, Y.* Synlett, 2020, 31, 1221–1225. (Highlighted in SynForm News) Spiro-conjugated Carbon/Heteroatom-bridged p-Phenylenevinylenes: Synthesis, Properties, and Microcrystal Electron Crystallographic Analysis of Racemic Solid Solutions Hamada, H.; Nakamuro, T.; Yamashita, K.; Yanagisawa, H.; Nureki, O.; Kikkawa, M.; Harano, K.; Shang, R.*; Nakamura, E.* Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2020, 93, 776–782. (BCSJ Award Article, Article for Frontiers of Molecular Science) Transition-metal Catalyzed Organic Reactions under Visible Light: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives Cheng, W.-M.; Shang, R.* ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 9170–9196. (Most Read Article of the month in ACS Catalysis; Most Read Article of the year in ACS Catalysis) A Spiro-driven Diradical/Tetraradical Medina Rivero, S.; Shang, R.; Hamada, H.; Nakabayashi, K.; Sandoval-Salinas, M. E.; Ohkoshi, S.-i.; Casanova, D.*; Nakamura, E.*; Casado, J.* 2020, submitted. Triphenylphosphine-catalyzed Alkylative Decarboxylative Iodination with Lithium Iodide under Visible Light Fu, M.-C.; Wang, J.-X.; Shang, R.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8572–8577. (Most Read Article of the month in Org. Lett.) Non-flammable electrolyte to form inorganic–polymeric interphase on silicon-based anodes Zheng, Q.*; Yamada, Y.; Yang, S.; Takenaka, N.; Li, Z.; Zhou, H.; Chen, W.; Du, M.; Hong, X.; Shang, R.; Nakamura, E.; Cai, Y.; and Yamada, A.*, submitted Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Alkylations of C(sp3)-H and C(sp2)-H Bonds Enabled by Ammonium Iodide in Amide Solvent Wang, G.-Z.; Fu, M.-C.; Zhao, B.; Shang, R.* Sci. China Chem. 2021, accepted. B/N-Doped p‐Arylenevinylene Chromophores: Synthesis, Properties, and Microcrystal Electron Crystallographic Study Lu, H.; Nakamuro, T.; Yamashita, K.; Yanagisawa, H.; Nureki, O.; Kikkawa, M.; Gao, H.; Tian, J.; Shang, R.*; and Nakamura, E.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18990¬–18996. (Highlighted in JACS Spotlights, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18733−18734)