Yifan Li

Group leader

Institute: School of Physical Science and Technology Research Area: Radical Polymerization based on Monomer Design  Contact Info: liyf3@shanghaitech.edu.cn

Biography

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Research Interest

Our group is interested in creating novel monomers for radical polymerization with the goal of affording polymers with sequence control or efficiently increasing the complexity of polymer chains.

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Select Publications

Independent work：

(8) Zhihao Li, Meiling Li, Bang An, Chaowei Yue, Jian-Biao Liu^*, Yifan Li^* Radical Cascade Polymerization Involving Dual Cyano Group Migration to Synthesize Periodic Polymers. Macromolecules Accepted

(7) Yaxin Zheng, Meiling Li, Yujing Jiao, Ji Zhang, Jian-Biao Liu, and Yifan Li* 1,4-Cyano Group Migration Involved Radical Cascade Polymerization. Macromolecules, 2025,58, 14, 7406-7413.   https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01559

(6) Bang An, Lixing Sun,  Tingting Sun,  Yifan Li* Radical Homopolymerization of Arylsulfonylated α-Olefins to Synthesize Polysulfones – a “SO₂-free” Approach.     Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202421906. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421906 

(5) Feiyang Ye, Chaowei Yue,  Yifan Li* Radical Copolymerization of 2-Thiocyanatoethyl Substituted Acrylate to Introduce Thiol-Acrylate-Based Dynamic Bonds as Degradable Linker.  J. Polym. Sci. 2025, 63, 1, 263-269. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pol.20240545

(4) Bang An,#  Chaowei Yue, # Shuai Liu,  Lixing Sun,  Tingting Sun,  Jian-Biao Liu,*  Yifan Li* Radical Isomerization Homopolymerization of Linear α-Olefins to Access C5, C6 or C7 Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202408487. （# Equal contribution）https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202408487

(3) Yuyu Chen,# Chaowei Yue,# Bang An, Shuai Liu, Litao Zhou, Chong-Lei Ji,* and Yifan Li* Six Atom Elongated Radical Polymerization Enabled by 1,5-Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 10, 4918–4925  （# Equal contribution）https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00250

(2) Bang An,# Litao Zhou,# Shuai Liu,# Yaxin Zheng, Changhu Li, Feichen Cui, Chaowei Yue, Hua Liu, Yang Sui, Chonglei Ji,* Jiajun Yan,* Yifan Li,* Radical Homopolymerization of Linear α-Olefins Enabled by 1,4-Cyano Group Migration. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202402511. （# Equal contribution） https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202402511 (Selected as ''VIP'' paper)

(1) Qingdan Shi,# Bang An,# Yifan Li*, Azodicarboxylate as a comonomer for radical polymerization to incorporate nitrogen-nitrogen single bonds into the polymer chain.  J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62, 6, 1028-1033. （# Equal contribution）https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230672

Representative Supervised Work：

(1) Autonomous Responsive Membranes for Chemical Warfare Protection 

Y. Li,† C. Chen,† E. R. Meshot, S. F. Buchsbaum, M. Herbert, R. Zhu, O. Kulikov, B. McDonald, N. Bui, M. Jue, S. Park, C. Valdez, S. Hok, C. J. Donna, K. Wu, T. M. Swager, F. Fornasiero. Adv. Funct. Mater.. 2020, 20002258 († Equal contribution).

（2）Thiophene Fused Polyaromatics: synthesis, columnar liquid crystal, fluorescence and  electrochemical properties

Y. Li, A. Concellon, C. Lin, N. A. Romero, S. Lin, T. M. Swager, Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 4695  

(3) Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Atom-Transfer Reactions: Beyond Trifloromethylation

Y. Li, D. P. Hari, M. V. Vita, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4436. 

(4) Platinum-catalyzed Domino Reaction with Benziodoxole Reagents for Accessing Benzene Alkynylated Indoles

Y. Li, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5438. 

(5) Gold-catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of 2- and 3-Alkynyl Furans

Y. Li, J. Brand, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6743-6747. 

(6) Zinc–gold Cooperative Catalysis for the Direct Alkynylation of Benzofurans

 Y. Li,  J. Waser, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1763-1767. (Invited Article) 

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