Organometallics, Catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Polymer Degradation, Organic Synthesis, Hydrogen Storage

2019/09-present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor;
2015/02-2019/09: Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, (Senior) postdoctor;
2010/9-2014/07: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, PhD;
2006/09-2009/06: Zhejiang University of Technology MS; 2001/09-2005/06: Zhejiang University BS

CAS President's Award for Excellence (2014);
CAS Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award (2015)

1) Min-Jie Zhou, Ke Xu, Yanwei Gu*, Yinjun Xie* Metal‐Free Divergent Hydroboration/Multiboration of Terminal Alkynes via Markovnikov Pathway. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506968. 

2) Yue Hu, Yanwei Gu, Yongjing Dong, Yiqing Wang, Juanfang Xu, Yingying Han, Chijian Zhang, Yinjun Xie* Selective and Efficient Upcycling of Polyesters from Waste Plastic Blends Enabled by a Rationally Designed Manganese Pincer Catalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202502923. 

3) Min-Jie Zhou+, Yulong Miao+, Yanwei Gu*，Yinjun Xie*，Recent Advances in Reversible Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Systems: From Hydrogen Carriers to Catalysts. Advanced Materials 2024, 2311355. 

4) Yue Hu, Shiyun Zhang, Juanfang Xu, Yuan Liu, Aiai Yu, Jun Qian, Yinjun Xie*,Highly Efficient Depolymerization of Waste Polyesters Enabled by Transesterification/Hydrogenation Relay Under Mild Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202312564. 

5) Yinjun Xie, Peng Hu, Yehoshoa Ben-David, David Milstein,* A Reversible Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Methanol-Ethylenediamine and Ethylene Urea, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5105–5109. 

6) Yinjun Xie, Yehoshoa Ben-David, Linda J. W. Shimon, David Milstein,* Highly Efficient Process for Production of Biofuel from Ethanol Catalyzed by Ruthenium Pincer Complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9077–9080. 

7) Yinjun Xie， Shengmei Guo, Longmin Wu, Chungu Xia, Hanmin Huang,* Metal Bridging for Directing and Accelerating Electron Transfer as Exemplified by Harnessing the Reactivity of AIBN, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015.54, 5900-5904. 

8) Yinjun Xie, Jianhua Hu, Pan Xie, Bo Qian, Hanmin Huang,* Palladium-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Enol Ethers to Amino Acetals with Aminals and Alcohols, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18327-18330. 

9) Yinjun Xie, Jianhua Hu, Yanyu Wang, Chungu Xia, Hanmin Huang,* Palladium-Catalyzed Vinylation of Aminals with Simple Alkenes: A New Strategy To Construct Allylamines, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20613-20616. 

10) Yinjun Xie, Yingwei Zhao, Bo Qian, Lei Yang, Chungu Xia, Hanmin Huang,* Enantioselective N–H Functionalization of Indoles with α,β-Unsaturated γ-Lactams Catalyzed by Chiral Brønsted Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5682-5686.