1974年10月出生于浙江余姚；
1995年毕业于华东理工大学精细化工系；
1998年于中国科学院上海有机化学研究所获硕士学位；
2003年于美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学获博士学位；
2003-2005 年在美国Scripps研究所从事博士后研究；
2005-2009年在美国Boehringer Ingelheim药物工艺部门任Senior Scientist, 2009-2011年任Principal Scientist；
2011年7月起任中科院上海有机化学研究所研究员、课题组长。
发展新型高效的不对称催化反应; 对具有重要生理活性的复杂天然产物的全合成;发展高效,经济,绿色的药物新工艺.
2017年获国家杰出青年基金资助
2015年获第三届全国均相催化青年奖
2013年入选上海“浦江人才”计划
2012年获Thieme Journal Award
2009年获美国Boehringer Ingelheim 药业公司President’s Award for Individual Excellence
2001-2003获美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学Dalalian Major Fellowship
1. “Efficient Synthesis of (-)-Corynoline by Enantioselective Palladium Catalyzed α-Arylation with Sterically Hindered Substrates” Xiaofeng Rao,§ Naikai, Li,§ Heng Bai,§ Chaodi Dai, Zheng Wang, Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12328-12332.
2. “Stereospecific Nucleophilic Substitution with Arylboronic Acids as Nucleophiles in the Presence of a CONH Group” Duanshuai Tian,§ Chengxi Li,§ Guoxian Gu, Henian Peng, Xumu Zhang,* Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7176-7180.
3. “Practical and Asymmetric Reductive Coupling of Isoquinolines Templated by Chiral Diborons” Dongping Chen, Guangqing Xu, Qinghai Zhou, Lung Wa Chung, Wenjun Tang* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139,9767-9770.
4. “Efficient Enantioselective Syntheses of (+)-Dalesconol A & B” Guoqing Zhao, § Guangqing Xu, § Chao Qian, Wenjun Tang* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139，3360-3363.
5. Transition-Metal-Free Stereospecific Cross-Coupling with Alkenylboronic Acids as Nucleophiles” Chengxi Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qi Sun, Tongnian Gu, Henian Peng, Wenjun Tang* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10774-10777.
6. “Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboroxines to Simple Ketones: Efficient Synthesis of Escitalopram” Linwei Huang, Jinbin Zhu, Guangjun Jiao, Zheng Wang, Xinxin Yu, Wei-Ping Deng,* Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4527.
7. “Synthesis of Chiral 1,4-Benzodioxanes and Chromans by Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Alkene Aryloxyarylation” Naifu Hu, Ke Li, Zheng Wang, Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5044.
8. “Synthesis of Chiral α-Amino Tertiary Boronic Esters by Enantioselective Hydroboration of α-Arylenamides” Naifu Hu,§ Guoqing Zhao,§ Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiangqian Liu, Guangyu Li, Wenjun Tang* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 6746-6749.
9. “Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative Cyclization for Efficient Synthesis of Terpenes and Steroids” Kang Du, Pan Guo, Yuan Chen, Zheng Cao, Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 3033.
10.“Efficient Syntheses of Sterically Hindered Acyclic Secondary Alkyl Arenes by Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplings” Chengxi Li, Tianyu Chen, Guolan, Xiao, Bowen Li, Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 3792.
11.“Highly Enantioselective Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Reductive Cyclization of Alkynone” Wenzhen Fu, Ming Nie, Aizhen Wang, Wenjun Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2520.
