Dr. Ling Dai joined the Postdoctoral Program at the College of Chemistry and the Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter Creation, Nankai University, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in June 2025. She earned her Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry in June 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Jiuxi Chen at Wenzhou University. In June 2025, she completed her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou at the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, where her research focused on Cu-catalyzed intermolecular enantioselective C(sp³)–H amination via HAT processes. Subsequently, she joined Prof. MaoLin Li’s research group to pursue postdoctoral studies, dedicating her efforts to biocatalysis, particularly the development of novel photoenzyme-catalyzed reactions and their applications in synthetic chemistry.

Publications:

1.  Dai, L.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Wang, J.-J.; Chen, J.-J.; Zhou, Q.-L*. Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Enantioselective Amination of Allylic and Propargylic C–H Bonds. Chem. Sci. 2025, 10.1039/D5SC00872G.

2.   Dai, L.; Chen, Y.-Y.; Xiao, L.-J.; Zhou, Q.-L.* Intermolecular enantioselective benzylic C(sp3)−H amination by cationic copper catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202304427.

3.   Dai, L.; Yu, S.; Lv, N.;* Ye, X.; Shao, Y.; Chen, Z.; Chen, J.* Synthesis of imidazoles and oxazoles via a palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative addition/cyclization reaction sequence of aromatic carboxylic acids with functionalized aliphatic nitriles. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 5664–5668.

4.   Dai, L.; Yu, S.; Shao, Y.; Li, R.; Chen, Z.; Lv, N.;* Chen, J.* Palladium-catalyzed C–H activation of simple arenes and cascade reaction with nitriles: Access to 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 1376-1379.