D.Eng.    Kyushu University, Japan

Postdoc. University of Colorado at Boulder, USA 

2003-            Associate Professor; Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China   

1987-1995    Research Assistant; Research Associate, Dalian Insitute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China  

Precision chemistry: the exploration of an ideal chemical process involving the precise creation and transformation of substances, i.e. HELLO Process.

HELLO process: High yield, Effecient pathway, Low loading, Low complexity, and Only target product

Functionalization of inert C-H bonds by atom-economy reactions

• Insertion 

• Dehydrogenation

Invited book:

"Oxidation of C-H Bonds" by Wenjun Lu, Lihong Zhou  ISBN: 978-1-119-09250-6, 528 pages, Wiley (Feb 2017) 

Invited article:

5. The Cross-Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Simple Aryl C-H Bonds (Wenjun Lu*) 

Synlett, 2025, DOI 10.1055/a-2456-9263 (Editor-in-Chief: Debabrata Maiti)

4. Alkanes Functionalization via C-H Activation (Mengdi Zhao, Wenjun Lu*)

Acta. Physico. - Chimica. Sinica. 2019, 35(9): 977-988 (Guest Editor: Chaojun Li, Special Issue: C–H Activation)

3. Visible-Light-Driven Oxidation of N-Alkylamides to Imides Using Oxone/H₂O and Catalytic KBr (Chong Mei, Yixin Hu, Wenjun Lu*)

Synthesis, 2018, 50(15): 2999-3005 (Editor: Erick M. Carreira, Special Issue: Modern Radical Methods and their Strategic Applications in Synthesis )

2. Selective functionalization of normal alkyl C-H bonds using amides as directing groups (Lihong Zhou, Wenjun Lu*) 

Acta. Chimica. Sinica., 2015, 73(12): 1250-1274 (Editors: Jin-Quan Yu and Kuiling Ding, Special Issue: C–H Bond Functionalization---the Holy Grail of Chemistry)

1. Hydroarylation of Alkynes via Aryl C-H Bond Cleavage (Xulun Wang, Lihong Zhou, Wenjun Lu*) 

Curr. Org. Chem., 2010, 14(3): 289-307 (Editor-in-Chief: Atta-ur-Rahman)

Published atricle: 

ResearcherID (A-9960-2008)

ORCID (0000-0001-8077-7060)

Recent article:

2. High conversion of methane to methyl ester at 298 K (Lai Xu, Chong Mei, Mengdi Zhao, Wenjun Lu*) 

ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-hhfx1-v2

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 2244.

1. Visible-light-driven oxidative chlorination of alkyl sp³C-H bonds with HCl/air at room temperature (Lai Xu, Chong Mei, Wenjun Lu*)

Synthesis, 2024, 56, 1793.

Organic Chemistry (I & II) for undergraduate students

ZL201810266510.1

ZL202210162179.5, WO2023159959, US20230391709

No open positions for graduate students.