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JIA Zhenhua
Organic Chemistry
PI
zhenhua_jia@fudan.edu.cn
Fudan University-DSM Joint Laboratory A212
Research Interests
Green synthesis and catalysis
Ion pair catalysis
Antibody drug conjugate
Polymer degradation and recycling
Prizes and awards
2023, Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2020, Nanjing Outstanding Science and Technology Innovation Research Fellowship
2015, Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship
2011, Guangzhou “Elite” Program
Biography
2000.9-2004.6 BSc, School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University
2007.9-2011.10 Ph.D., Sun Yat-sen University, Advisor: Prof. Albert S. C. Chan
2011.11-2013.2 Joint Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, McGill University, Advisor: Prof. Chao-Jun Li
2013.9-2024.03 Marquette University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Alberta, Nanyang Technological University, Henan University of Technology，as postdoctoral fellow, research associate, senior research fellow and professor & executive dean, with Prof. Chae S. Yi, Prof. Henry N.C. Wong, Prof. Fred. G. West, and Prof. Teck-Peng Loh
2018.3-2024.3 Nanjing Tech University, Professor
Since 2024.4 Fudan University，Research fellow
Academic Appointments
Editorial board member of Chinese Chemical Letters
Editorial board member of Green Synthesis and Catalysis
Key Publications
Z. Zhang, L. Li, H. Xu, C.-L. K. Lee, Z. Jia,* and T.-P. Loh* Silicon-Containing Thiol-Specific Bioconjugating Reagent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 3, 1776-1782
Z. Zhang, Y.Lv, L. Ji, P. Chen, S. Han, Y. Zhu, L. Li, Z. Jia* and T.-P. Loh* Triaryl Carbenium Ion Pair Mediated Electrocatalytic Benzylic C-H Oxygenation in Air. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, e202406588
Z. Zhang, Y. Lv, W. Q. R. Ong, X. Zhao,* Z. Jia,*and T.-P. Loh* Robust Catalytic SEAr H/D Exchange of Arenes with D2O: Metal-Free Deuteration of Natural Complexes and Drugs Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202408509
Z. Jia, F. Zhou, M. Liu, X. Li, A. S. C. Chan, C.-J. Li* Silver-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aldehydes in Water. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11871-11874.
Z. Jia, Q. Liu, X.-S. Peng, H. N. C. Wong* Iron-catalysed cross-coupling of organolithium compounds with organic halides. Nat. commun. 2016, 7, 10614-10620.
L.-Q. Huo, X.-H. Wang, Z. Zhang, Z. Jia*, X.-S. Peng* and H. N. C. Wong* Sustainable and Practical Formation of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Employing Organo-alkali Metal Reagents. Chem. Sci. 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2SC05475B
Z. Zhang, J. Gu, L. Ji, X. Liu, T. Zhang, Y. Lv, F. Liu*, Z. Jia*, T.-P. Loh* Triaryl Carbonium Ion-Pair-Mediated Cooperative Aerobic Dehydrogenation of N‑Heterocycles. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 14123-14129.
Z. Zhang, X. Liu, L. Ji, T. Zhang, Z. Jia*, T.-P. Loh* Metal-free Access to (Spirocyclic)Tetrahydro-β-Carbolines In Water Using an Ion-pair as a Superacidic Precatalyst. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2052-2057.
Z. Zhang, J. Gu, Y. LV, L. Ji, X. Liu, B. Wu, F. Liu*, Z. Jia*, T.-P. Loh* Metal-Free Access to β-carbolines via Single-Electron Transfer Process Catalyzed by a Triaryl Carbenium Ion-Pair. Cell Rep. Phy. Sci., 2023. 4, 101246.
X. Fan, S. Liu, Z. Jia, J. J. Koh, J. C. C. Yeo, C.-G. Wang, N. E. Surat'man, J. L. Bideau*, C. He,* Z. Li*, T.-P. Loh* Ionogels: Recent Advances in Design, Material Properties and Emerging Biomedical Applications. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 2497-2527.
