研究领域
[1] CO2合成化学
[2] 通过催化剂的设计与合成，探索具有新型结构和性能的聚碳酸酯合成方法。
[3] 高性能全合成基础润滑油合成
[4] 从食用油出发，制备多元醇羧酸酯类合成基础油；
[5] 通过催化剂的设计与合成，合成低聚α-烯烃，制备PAO型合成基础油。
[6] α-烯烃活性聚合
[7] 通过催化剂的设计与合成，研究α-烯烃的活性聚合，合成超高分子量聚合物。
代表性研究成果
[1] 承担一项国家自然科学基金 “天然产物 RP-66453 的仿生合成研究” ；项目批准号21202204；2013年1月至2015年12月。
[2] Zhihui Wang *, Xiao Wang. Synthesis of azaindoles. Prog. Chem. 2012, 24, 1974-1982.
[3] Zhihui Wang, Michele Bois-Choussy, YanxingJia and Jieping Zhu* Total synthesis of Complestatin (Chloropeptin II), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2018-2022.
[4] Zhihui Wang, Hongyun Fang, and Zhenfeng Xi* Reaction of 4-methyl, 4-phenyl, and 4-hydrogen substituted 1-lithio-1,3-butadienes with aldehydes: preparation of multiply substituted cyclopentadienes, Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 6967-6972.
[5] Zhihui Wang, and Zhenfeng Xi* Dearomatizing Anionic Cyclization of 1-Lithio-4-naphthyl-1,3-butadienes Leading to the Formation of Spiro Cyclopentadiene Derivatives, Synlett 2006, 8, 1275-1277.
[6] Zhihui Wang, Chao Wang and Zhenfeng Xi* Partially Fluorinated Naphthalene Derivatives from 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes and C6F6, Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 4157-4160.
[7] Zhihui Wang, Hongyun Fang, and Zhenfeng Xi* Cleavage of C-Si bond by intramolecular nucleophilicattack: lithiation-promoted formation of siloles from 1-bromo-4-trisubstituted silyl-1,3-butadiene derivatives, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 499-501.
[8] Congyang Wang, Zhihui Wang, Lantao Liu, Chao Wang, Guangzhen Liu, and Zhenfeng Xi* Cycloaddition Reactions of 1-Lithio-1,3-dienes with Aromatic Nitriles Affording Multiply Substituted Pyridines, Pyrroles and Linear Butadienylimines, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8565-8571.
[9] Lantao Liu, Zhihui Wang, Fei Zhao, and Zhenfeng Xi* Dearomatizing Anionic Cyclization and Novel SkeletalRearrangement: High Yield Formation of Multiply Substituted Bicyclic or polycyclic Spirocyclopentadienes and Phenanthrene Derivatives from 4-Aryl 1-lithio-1,3-butadienes, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 3484-3491.
[10] Hongyun Fang, Qiuling Song, Zhihui Wang, and Zhenfeng Xi* Concise synthesis of stereodefineddienols and cyclopentadienes via direct addition of 1-bromomagnesiobutadienes and 1-lithiobutadienes to carbonyl compounds, Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 5159-5162.