Educational background: 

Sept. 2013 — Jun. 2018        Ph. D.      Soochow University    

Sept. 2008 — Jun. 2012        B. S.         Soochow University    

Work experience: 

Jan. 2026 — Now               Research Associate Professor             Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, SUSTech

May. 2023 — Dec. 2025     Research Assistant Professor             Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, SUSTech   

Jul. 2022 — Apr. 2023        Research Assistant Professor             Chemistry Department, SUSTech    

Oct. 2020 — Jun. 2022       Senior Research Scholar                    Department of Chemistry, SUSTech    

Sept. 2018 — Sept. 2020    Postdoc                                             Department of Chemistry, SUSTech    

Research Area：

Radical Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis    

Publications：

17. Nan Li, Sheng-Yu He, Peng-Fei Wang, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Ji-Jun Chen,* Xin Yuan Liu.* Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent N-Alkylation of Hydrazines with Racemic α-Haloamides to Access Enantioenriched Hydrazines. Nat Commun. 2026, 17, 2070.

16. Fu-Li Wang,* Ji-Jun Chen,*  Xin-Yuan Liu.* Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides Enabled by Anionic N,N,N-Ligands. Synlett. 2026, DOI: 10.1055/a-2848-2132.

15. Jia-Yong Zhang,† Ji-Jun Chen,† Boming Shen,† Jia-Heng Fang, Xuan-Yi Du, Ning-Yuan Yang, Chang-Jiang Yang, Wei-Long Liu, Fu Liu, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhe Dong, Peiyuan Yu,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* Copper-catalysed enantioconvergent O-alkylation of alcohols with racemic α-tertiary haloamides to access enantioenriched hindered dialkyl ethers. Nat. Catal. 2025, 8, 919–930.

14. Fu-Li Wang,* Qian Xie, Xiao-Yu Chen, Xue-Man Ye, Ning-Yuan Yang, Jia-Le Deng, Shou-Hao Zhong, Yu-Xuan Zhang, Ji-Jun Chen,*  Xin-Yuan Liu.* A General Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 35520−35530.

13. Jia-Heng Fang, Run-YanTian, Ji-Jun Chen,* Xin-Yuan Liu.* Research Progress in the Synthesis of α-Tertiary Amines via Radical Strategies. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 45, 22−41.

12. Xuan-Yi Du,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Ji-Jun Chen,† Boming Shen,† Wei-Long Liu, Jia-Yong Zhang, Xue-Man Ye, Ning-Yuan Yang, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li,* Peiyuan Yu,* Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical N-Alkylation of Diverse (Hetero)aromatic Amines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9444–9454.

11. Jia-Heng Fang,† Ji-Jun Chen,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Zhe Dong,† Run-Yan Tian, Chang-Jiang Yang, Fu-Li Wang, Cheng Luan, Zhong-Liang Li, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Three-Component Radical 1,2-Carboamination of Acrylamides with Arylamines: Access to Chiral α-Tertiary N-Arylamines. CCS Chem., 2024, 6, 2652–2661.

10. Ji-Jun Chen,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Jia-Yong Zhang, Jun-Qian Bian, Fu-Li Wang, Cheng Luan, Wei-Long Liu, Ji-Ren Liu, Xiao-Yang Dong, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhe Dong, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Enantioconvergent Cu-catalyzed N-alkylation of aliphatic amines. Nature 2023, 618, 294–300.

9. Ji-Jun Chen,† Jia-Yong Zhang,† Jia-Heng Fang,† Xuan-Yi Du,† Hai-Dong Xia,† Bin Cheng,† Nan Li, Zhang-Long Yu, Jun-Qian Bian, Fu-Li Wang, Jing-Jing Zheng, Wei-Long Liu, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical C(sp3)–N Cross-Coupling of Activated Racemic Alkyl Halides with (Hetero)aromatic Amines under Ambient Conditions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14686−14696.

8. Jing-Jing Zheng,† Wei-Long Liu,† Qiang-Shuai Gu, Zhong-Liang Li, Ji-Jun Chen*, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical C(sp3)–N Cross-Coupling to Access Chiral α-Amino-β-lactams. Precis. Chem. 2023, 1, 576–582.

7. Xiao-Long Su,† Liu Ye,† Ji-Jun Chen,† Xiao-Dong Liu,† Sheng-Peng Jiang, Fu-Li Wang, Lin Liu, Chang-Jiang Yang, Xiao-Yong Chang, Zhong-Liang Li, Qiang-Shuai Gu, Xin-Yuan Liu*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Cross-Coupling of Racemic Alkyl Bromides with Azole C(sp2)–H Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 380–384.

6. Rongxiang Chen,† Jijun Chen,† Jie Zhang, Xiaobing Wan*. Combination of Tetrabutylammonium Iodide (TBAI) with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide (TBHP): An Efficient Transition-Metal-Free System to Construct Various Chemical Bonds. Chem. Rec. 2018, 18, 1292–1305.

5. Jijun Chen, Wenhao Long, Yanwei. Zhao, Haiyan. Li, Yonggao. Zheng, Pengcheng. Lian, Xiaobing. Wan. In Situ Generation of Oxazole Ylide and Interception with Sulfonamide: Construction of Amidines Using Two Diazo Molecules. Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 857–865.

4. Jijun Chen, Wenhao Long, Yonggang Yang*, Xiaobing Wan*. Interception of Secondary Amide Ylide with Sulfonamides: Catalyst-Controlled Synthesis of N‑Sulfonylamidine Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 2663–2666.

3. Jijun Chen, Wenhao Long, Shangwen Fang, Yonggang Yang*, Xiaobing Wan*. Interception of amide ylides with sulfonamides: synthesis of (E)-N-sulfonyl amidines catalyzed by Zn(OTf)2. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 13256–13259.

2. Jijun Chen, Ying. Shao, Liang. Ma, Meihua. Ma, Xiaobing. Wan, In situ generation of nitrilium from nitrile ylide and the subsequent Mumm rearrangement: copper-catalyzed synthesis of unsymmetrical diacylglycine esters. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 10723–10732.

1. Jijun Chen, Ying Shao,* Hao Zheng, Jiang Cheng, Xiaobing Wan*. Metal-Free Coupling of 2‑Vinylphenols and Carboxylic Acids: An Access to 3‑Acyloxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 10734−10741.