Shi-Chao Ren PhD

Professor of Pesticide Chemistry

Doctoral Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides 

Contact details

SKLGP-D 202, East Campus, Guizhou University

Email scren@gzu.edu.cn

Phone +86 18326692093

Qualifications

MSc – University of Science and Technology of China, China 2015

PhD – University of Science and Technology of China, China 2018

Positions held

2018-2019 Senior Organic Synthetic Chemist – Pharmaron, China

2019-2023 Postdoc – Nanyang Technology University, Singapore

2024 – present Professor – Guizhou University, China

Profile

Professor Shi-Chao Ren completed his PhD at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Yi-Feng Wang, where he focused on development of new reactivities of boryl radicals for synthesis of organoboron compounds. In 2019, he joined Professor Robin Chi’s group at the Nanyang Technological University for postdoctoral studies into NHC catalysis. He started his independent career at Guizhou University in 2022. His works have been published in journals such as Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Agric. Food Chem., and ACS Catal. His current research interests include development of novel catalytic synthetic methodologies, design of bioactive molecules, and investigation of their agricultural bioactivities.

Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)

1. G. Nie, T. Tu, T. Liao, D. Liu, W. Ye, S.-C. Ren,* (2024) N-heterocyclic carbene and photocatalyst-catalyzed rapid access to indole ketones via radical C(sp³)–H acylation, Green Chem. 26, 5397-5408.

2. X. Peng, Y. Huang, W. Wang, S. Li, G.-F. Hao, S.-C. Ren,* Y. R. Chi,* (2024) N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Remote Enantioselective C−C Bond Formation via 1,6-Additionwith Formyl Enynes, ACS. Catal. 14, 2127-2133.

3. X.-Y. Ye, G. Wang, Z. Jin, S.-C. Ren,* Y. R. Chi,* (2024) Direct Forging Amide-Linked C-Glycosyl Amino Acids and Peptides via Ni-Catalyzed Photoredox Cross-Coupling Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 5502-5510.

4. H. Cai, X. Zhang, D. Ling, M. Zhang, C. Pang, Z. Chen, Z. Jin, S.-C. Ren,* Y. R. Chi,*  (2024) Discovery of pyridyl-benzothiazol hybrids as novel protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors via scaffold hopping, J. Agric. Food Chem. 72, 8963-8972.

5. Z. Chen, H. Cai, X. Zhang, M. Zhang, G.-F. Hao, Z. Jin, S.-C. Ren,*Y. R. Chi,* Design, Synthesis, and Herbicidal Activity of Substituted 3‑(Pyridin-2-yl)Phenylamino Derivatives, J. Agric. Food Chem. 72, 2501-2511.

6. S.-C. Ren, X. Yang, B. Mondal, C. Mou, W. Tian,* Z. Jin, Y. R. Chi,* (2022) Carbene and photocatalyst-catalyzed decarboxylative radical coupling of carboxylic acids and acyl imidazoles to form ketones, Nat. Commun. 13, 2846.

7. S.-C. Ren, W.-X. Lv, X. Yang, J.-L. Yan, J. Xu, F-X. Wang, L. Hao, H. Chai,* Z. Jin, Y. R. Chi,* (2021) Carbene-Catalyzed Alkylation of Carboxylic Esters via Direct Photoexcitation of Acyl Azolium Intermediates, ACS. Catal. 11, 2925-2934.

8. S.-C. Ren, F.-L. Zhang, A.-Q. Xu, Y. Yang, M. Zheng, X. Zhou,* Y. Fu,* Y.-F. Wang, * (2019) Regioselective radical α-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds for direct synthesis of α-borylcarbonyl molecules, Nat. Commun. 10, 1934.

9. S.-C. Ren,  F.-L. Zhang, J. Qi, Y.-S. Huang, A.-Q. Xu, H.-Y. Yan, Y.-F. Wang,* (2017) Radical Borylation/Cyclization Cascade of 1,6-Enynes for the Synthesis of Boron-Handled Hetero- and Carbocycles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 6050-6053.

10. Z. Bao, J. Zou, C. Mou, Z. Jin, S.-C. Ren,* Y. R. Chi,* (2022) Direct Reaction of Nitroarenes and Thiols via Photodriven Oxygen Atom Transfer for Access to Sulfonamides, Org. Lett. 24, 8907.

11. H. Ji, C. Mou, J. Zou, Y. Liu, S.-C. Ren* Y. R. Chi*, (2023) NHC-catalyzed [12 + 2] reaction of polycyclic arylaldehydes for access to indole derivatives, Chem. Commun. 59, 6351-6354