SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Guangdong, China
Scientific Vita
2015 – Present: Southern University of Science and Technology - Department Chair, Professor of Chemistry
2005 – 2015: Wuhan University - Professor of Chemistry
2007 – 2015: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Distiguished Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
1994 – 2006: The Pennsylvania State University:
Professor of Chemistry (2003 - 2006)
Associate Professor of Chemistry (1999 - 2003)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1994 - 1999)
Research Field
Development of practical, selective and green catalytic reactions (such as asymmetric hydrogenation, asymmetric hydroformylation, linear hydroformylation)
Recent Publications
1. C. Chen, Z. Zhang, S. Jin, X. Fan, M. Geng, Y. Zhou, S. Wen, X. Wang, L. Chung, X. Dong, X. Zhang; Enzyme-Inspired Chiral Secondary-Phosphine-Oxide Ligand with Dual Noncovalent Interactions for Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 6808.
2. C. Chen, S. Jin, Z. Zhang, B. Wei, H. Wang, K. Zhang, H. Lv, X. Dong, X. Zhang; Rhodium/Yanphos-Catalyzed Asymmetric Interrupted Intramolecular Hydroamino- methylation of trans-1,2-Disubstituted Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 9017.
3. C. You, B. Wei, X. Li, Y. Yang, Y. Liu, H. Lv, X. Zhang; Rhodium-Catalyzed Desymmetrization by Hydroformylation of Cyclopentenes: Synthesis of Chiral Carbocyclic Nucleosides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6511.
4. X. Deng, S. Ni, Z. Han, Y. Guan, H. Lv, L. Dang, X. Zhang; Enantioselective Rhodium-catalyzed Cycloisomerization of (E)-1,6-Enynes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6295.
5. H. Huang, X. Liu, L. Zhou, M. Chang, X. Zhang; Direct Asymmetric Reductive Amination for the Synthesis of Chiral β-Arylamines. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5309.