Research Interests

• Synthesis, structure and reactivity of novel rare-earth organometallic complexes

• Rare-earth metal complexes mediated or catalyzed organic function transformation reactions

• Novel Carbon materials bonding with rare-earth organometallic units based on carbon clusters

Prizes and awards

• 2002 Xie Xide Award from Fudan University

• 2005 the Shanghai Advance in Science and Technology Third Award (The third gainer)

Biography

• 1994.9-1998.6     East China University of Science and Technology, Bachelor

• 1999. 9-2004.6    Fudan University, Doctor

• 2004. 7-2008.10  Fudan University, lecturer

• 2008. 11-             Fudan University, associate professor

Teaching

• Rare Earth Chemistry

• Carbon Cluster Chemistry

Key Publications

1. Qing You, Jiamin Cai, Jie Zhang* and Xigeng Zhou,* Tuning the reactivity of an yttrium complex bearing a functionalized silylamido ligand using solvated KCl. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, d4qi01882f

2. Xiaoqing Lin, Jie Zhang* and Xigeng Zhou,* Tuning rare-earth hydride reactivity with a reductive diazabutadienyl ligand beyond insertion. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 3799

3. Fangjun Zhang, Iker del Rosal, Keyu Han, Jie Zhang,* Laurent Maron* and Xigeng Zhou,* Straightforward construction of a rare-earth diphosphanato complex from white phosphorus: synthesis and reactivity. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 1742

4. Fangjun Zhang, Keyu Han, Jiamin Cai, Zihao Ye, Jie Zhang,* Xigeng Zhou* and Zhiming Li,* A rare-earth-mediated conversion of white phosphorus into PBn3 and highly functionalized norbornane-P7. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 478

5. Qing You, Jie Zhang,* Fangjun Zhang, Jiamin Cai, and Xigeng Zhou,* Cooperative Rare-Earth/Lithium-Mediated Conversion of White Phosphorus. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203679.