Tianning Diao

B.S. in Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University

Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2019)

Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2019)

Organometallics-Editorial Advisory Board (2019)

ACS Organometallics Distinguished Author Award (2018)

Sloan Research Fellowship (2018)

NSF-CAREER Award (2016)

Charles and Martha Casey Excellence Award in Organic Chemistry Research (2012)

Hirschman-Rich Graduate Award (Organic) (2011)

Abbott Laboratories Organic Synthesis Award (2011)

Eastman Summer Research Award (2010)

Ju, L.; Lin, Q.; Libretto, N.; Wagner, C.; Hu, C.; Miller, J.*; Diao, T.*, Reactivity of (bi-Oxazoline)organonickel Complexes and the Revision of a Catalytic Mechanism. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14458-14463.

Lin, Q.; Dawson, G.; Diao, T.*, Experimental Electrochemical Potentials of Nickel Complexes. Synlett. 2021, 32, 1606-1620. (Invited review article)

Lin, Q.; Fu, Y.; Liu, P.*; Diao, T.*, Monovalent Nickel-Mediated Radical Formation: A Concerted Halogen-Atom Dissociation Pathway Determined by Electroanalytical Studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14196-14206.

Wei, Y.; Lam, J.; Diao, T.*, Synthesis of C-Acyl Furanosides via the Cross-Coupling of Glycosyl Esters with Carboxylic Acids. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 11414-11419.

Wagner, C.; Herrera, G.; Lin, Q.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.*, Redox-Activity of Pyridine-Oxazoline Ligands in the Stabilization of Monovalent Organometallic Nickel Complexes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5295-5300.

Wei, Y.; Ben-zvi, B.; Diao, T.*, Diastereoselective Synthesis of Aryl C-Glycosides from Glycosyl Esters via C-O Bond Homolysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9433-9438.

Qi, X.; Diao, T.*, Nickel-Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes. ACS Cat. 2020, 8542-8556. (Invited review article)

Diccianni, J. B.; Lin, Q.; Diao, T.*, Mechanisms of Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions and Applications in Alkene Functionalization. Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 906-919. (Invited review article)

Lin, Q.; Diao, T.* “Mechanism of Ni-Catalyzed Reductive 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17937-17948.

Diccianni, J. B.; Diao, T.* “Mechanisms of Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions” Trends in Chemistry, 2019, 1, 830-844.

Diccianni, J. B.; Hu, T. C.; Diao, T.* “(Xantphos)Ni(I)-Alkyl Mediated Insertion of CO₂” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13865-13868.

Diccianni, J. B.; Chin, M.; Diao, T.* “Synthesis of Lactate Derivatives via Reductive Radical Addition to α-Oxyacrylates” Tetrahedron 2019, 75, 4180-4185. (Invited contribution in honor of John Hartwig’s Tetrahedron Award)

Anthony, D.; Lin, Q.; Baudet, J.; Diao, T.* “Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Diarylation of Vinylarenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 3198-3201.

Diccianni, J. B.; Katigbak, J.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.* “Mechanistic Characterization of Ni(I)-Mediated Alkyl Bromide Activation: Oxidative Addition, Electron Transfer, or Halogen-Atom- Abstraction” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1788-1796.

Kuang, Y.; Wang, X.; Anthony, D.; Diao, T.* “Ni-Catalyzed Two-Component Reductive Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes via Radical Cyclization” Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 2558- 2561.

Xu, H.; Wang, X.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.* “Structural Characterization of b-Agostic Bonds in Pd-Catalyzed Polymerization” Organometallics 2017, 36, 4099-4102.

Kuang, Y.; Anthony, D.; Katigbak, J.; Marrucci, F.; Humagain, S.; Diao, T.* “Ni(I)-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization of 1,6-Dienes: Mechanism-Controlled trans-Selectivity” Chem 2017, In Press, CHEMJOURNAL-D-17-00110R2.

Diccianni, J. B.; Heitmann T.; Diao, T.* “Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cycloisomerization of Enynes with CO₂” J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 6895-6903.

Diccianni, J. B.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.* “Binuclear, High-Valent Nickel Complexes: Ni–Ni Bonds in Aryl–Halogen Bond Formation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3635-3639.

Xu, H.; White, P.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.* “Structure and Isotope Effects of b-H Agostic (a-Diimine)Ni Cation as the Polymerization Intermediate” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1535.

Diccianni, J. B.; Hu, C.; Diao, T.* “N–N Bond Forming Reductive Elimination via a Mixed-Valent Ni(II)-Ni(III) Intermediate” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7534-7538.

Xu, H.; Diccianni, J. B.; Katigbak, J.; Hu, C.; Zhang, Y.; Diao, T.* “Bimetallic C–C Bond Forming Reductive Elimination from Nickel” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4779-4786.

Book Chapter

Shannon S. Stahl; Diao, T. Oxidation Adjacent to C=X Bonds by Dehydrogenation. In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II; Knochel, P., Molander, G. A., Eds.; Elsevier Comp. Org. Synth. 2014, 7, 178-212.

Patents

Diao, T.; Chirik, P. J.; Roy, A. K.; Lewis, K.; Weller, K. J.; Delis, J. G. P.; Yu, R. “Cobalt Terpyridine Complexes as Catalysts for Hydrosilylation and Dehydrogenative Silylation of Alkenes” WO 2015077306 A1, 2015.Chirik, P. J.; Diao, T.; Yu, R. “Hydroboration and Borylation with Cobalt Catalysts” WO 2015077344 A1, 2015.

Diao, T.; Chirik, P. J.; Roy, A. K.; Lewis, K. M.; Delis, J. G. P.; Weller, K. J. “Dialkyl Cobalt Catalysts and Their Use for Hydrosilylation and Dehydrogenative Silylation” WO 2015171881 A1, 2015.

Diao, T.; Chirik, P. J.; Roy, A. K.; Lewis, K. M.; Weller, K. J.; Delis, J. G. P.; Yu, R. “Dehydrogenative Silylation, Hydrosilylation and Crosslinking Using Cobalt Catalysts” WO 2015077298 A1, 2015.

Diao, T.; Chirik, P. J.; Roy, A. K.; Lewis, K. M.; Nye, S. A.; Weller, K. J.; Delis, J. G. P. “Cobalt Catalysts and their Use for Hydrosilylation and Dehydrogenative Silylation” U.S. Patent US20150141647 A1, 2015.

Diao, T.; Chirik, P. J.; Roy, A. K.; Lewis, K. M.; Nye, S. A.; Weller, K. J.; Delis, J. G. P.; Yu, R. “Dehydrogenative Silylation, Hydrosilylation and Crosslinking Using Cobalt Catalysts” U.S. Patent US20150080536 A1, 2015.