Dr Guochuan Yin
Professor of Chemistry
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074,
China
Phone: (86)-15997442682
E-mail: gyin@hust.edu.cn
Education
1986-1990 Bsc in Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China.
1992-1995 MS in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1995-1998 PhD in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (supervisor: Prof. Xi, Zuwei).
Employment
2008- Professor of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
2001-2007 Postdoc in Professor Daryle H Busch’s group, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, USA.
1999-2001 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) fellow in Professor Yuzo Fujiwara’s group, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kyushu University, Japan.
1998-1999 Faculty in Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, China.
1990-1992 Assistant engineer in Department of R & D, Sichuan Maoxiao Co. Ltd.
Membership
Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), American Chemical Society (ACS).
ResearchInterests
Catalytic oxidation and related mechanisms, typically include understanding the oxidative relationships of the active metal intermediates in oxidation and the role of the redox inactive metal ions as additives in redox catalysts, also exploring new catalysts for biomass valorization, environmental medication, and industrial applications.
Professional societies and activities:
Member of the academic committee of homogeneous catalysis of China, Member of Hubei Provincial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Society, grant reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), and the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT)-Chile).
Invited lectures on international conferences
1. The International Conference on Hydrogen Atom Transfer, Rome, Italy, 2014.6. 22-26;
2. The 2015 Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conferences, Ventura, California, USA, 2015.1. 25-30;
3. The 48th General Assembly Meeting of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC-2015), August, 2015, Busan, Korea;
4. ChemCommSymposia on Molecular Design and Analysis, August, 2015, Korea;
5. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PacifiChem-2015), December, 2015, Hawaii, USA;
6. The 9th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-9), July, 2016, Nanjing;
7. The 4th International Symposium for Young Chemists on Stimuli-Responsive Chemical Species for the Creation of Functional Molecules, 12-13 Dec., 2016, Osaka, Japan;
8. 2017 Korea-China Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, October, 2017, Jeju, Korea;
9. 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, July, 2018, Sendai, Japan.
Funds
1. the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “The stereo-selectivity differences of the high oxidation state transition metal oxo and hydroxo moieties in oxidation process”, (No. 20973069) 2010-2012, 0.34M;
2. the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “Synthesis of ruthenium complex having rigid cross-bridged macrocyclic ligand and its application in catalytic oxidations”, (No. 21273086) 2013-2016, 0.82M;
3. the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “Catalyst design based on Lewis acid promoted C-H bond activation by transition metal ions with its applications”, No. 21573082）2016-2019, 0.7M (Direct);
4. the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)：“Transforming biomass-based furfural and its derivatives to the sub-chemicals of HMF through catalytic carbonylation”,（No. 21872059）2019-2022, 0.65M (Direct);
5. the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “The intermediate identifications in Pd(II)/LA catalyzed aromatic C-H activation with related studies on challenging functionalization reactions” , (No. 22172056) 2022-2025, 0.6M (Direct).
Selected publications
1. Kaiwen Li, Hongwu Jiang, Miao Zeng, Chen Tan, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, Observing the agostic hydrogen in Pd(II)-catalyzed aromatic C–H activation, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 16592–16603.
2. Hongwu Jiang, Kaiwen Li, Miao Zeng, Chen Tan, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, Pd(II)/Lewis acid catalyzed intramolecular annulation of indolecarboxamides with dioxygen through dual C–H activation, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 13919–13934.
3. Jinlian Zhu, Guochuan Yin*, Catalytic transformation of the furfural platform into bifunctionalized monomers for polymer synthesis, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10058–10083.
4. Yu Lei, Sicheng Zhang, Guanfei Shen, Jinlian Zhu, Jing-Wen Xue, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, Feasible synthesis of the bifuran based monomer for polymer synthesis from hemicellulose derived platform, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 19876–19883.
5. Sicheng Zhang, Guanfei Shen, Yuyan Deng, Yu Lei, Jing-Wen Xue, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, Efficient synthesis of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from furfural based platform through aqueous-phase carbonylation, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6(10), 13192–13198.
6. Shuhao Qin, Lei Dong, Zhuqi Chen, Sicheng Zhang and Guochuan Yin*, Non-redox metal ions can promote Wacker-type oxidations even better than copper(II) : A new opportunity in catalyst design, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 17508–17515.
7. Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, The reactivity of the active metal oxo and hydroxo intermediates and its implications in oxidations, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015, 44 (5), 1083–1100.
8. Guochuan Yin*, Understanding the oxidative relationships of the metal oxo, hydroxo and hydroperoxide intermediates with manganese(IV) complex having bridged cyclam: Correlation of the physicochemical properties with reactivity, Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 483–492.
9. Li Zhou, Wei Song, Zhuqi Chen, Guochuan Yin*, Degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater by bicarbonate-activated hydrogen peroxide with a supported cobalt catalyst, Environ. Sci. & Technol. 2013, 47, 3833–3839.
10. Huajun Guo, Guochuan Yin*, Catalytic aerobic oxidation of renewable furfural with phosphomolybdic acid catalyst: an alternative route to maleic acid, J. Phys. Chem., C, 2011, 115, 17516–17522.
11. Song Shi, Yujuan Wang, Aihua Xu, Huajun Wang, Dajian Zhu, Suparna Baksi Roy, Timothy A. Jackson, Daryle H Busch, Guochuan Yin*, Distinct reactivity differences of metal oxo and its corresponding hydroxo moieties in oxidations: Implications from a manganese(IV) complex having dihydroxide ligand, Angew, Chem. Intl. Ed. 2011, 50, 7321–7324.
12. Guochuan Yin, Andrew M. Danby, David Kitko, John D. Carter, William M. Scheper and Daryle H. Busch*, Oxidative reactivity difference between the metal oxo and metal hydroxo moieties: pH dependent hydrogen abstraction by a manganese(IV) complex having two hydroxide ligands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16245–16253.
13. Guochuan Yin, Andrew M. Danby, David Kitko, John Carter, William M. Scheper and Daryle H. Busch*, Understanding the selectivity of a moderate oxidation Catalyst: hydrogen abstraction by a fully characterized, activated catalyst, the robust dihydroxo manganese (IV) complex of a bridged cyclam, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1512–1513.
14. Guochuan Yin, Maria Buchalova, Andrew M Danby, Chris M Perkins, David Kitko, John D Carter, William M Scheper, Daryle H Busch*, Olefin oxygenation by the hydroperoxide adduct of a nonheme manganese(IV) complex: Epoxidations by a metallo-peracid produces gentle selective oxidations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17170–17171.
