Research Interests

• Organometallic chemistry of s-block metals complexes

• Synthesis and catalytic application of new complexes

• N₂ activation

Prizes and awards

• 2019, CSJ Lectureship Award

• 2019, Thieme Chemistry Journals Award　

• 2009, 1st “Eli Lilly Asia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award”, Eli Lilly

• 2009, “Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge” Award, Dow Chemistry

Biography

• 2019.11 – now      Professor, Fudan University

• 2012.09 – 2019.11  Professor, Nankai University

• 2009.09 – 2012.09  Contract Researcher, RIKEN (with Prof. Zhaomin Hou)

• 2008.08 – 2009.05  IPA, RIKEN (with Prof. Zhaomin Hou)

• 2004.09 – 2009.07  Ph.D., Chemistry: Peking University (with Prof. Zhang-Jie Shi)

• 1999.09 – 2003.07  B. S., Chemistry: Zhengzhou University

Key Publications

1. Alkyl lithium-catalyzed benzylic C–H bond addition of alkyl pyridines to α-alkenes. Luo, Y.; Liu, Y.; Guan, B.* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 6622-6626.

2. Combined KH/alkaline-earth metal amide catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes. Zhang, X.; Du, H.; Zhai, D.; Guan, B.* Org. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 1991-1996.

3. Potassium Yttrium Ate Complexes: Synergistic Effect Enabled Reversible H2 Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenation. Zhai, D.; Du, H; Zhang, X.; Liu, Y; Guan, B.* ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 8766-8771.

4. Dimeric Potassium Amide-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Benzyl Sulfides and 1,3-Dithianes. Liu, Y.; Zheng, L.; Zhai, D.; Zhang, X.; Guan, B.* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5351-5356.

5. A Dialkyl Calcium Carbene Adduct: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Cross‐Dehydrocoupling of Silanes with Amines. Li, N. and Guan, B.* Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 2231-2235.

6. Lithium Diisopropylamide Catalyzed Allylic C–H Bond Alkylation with Styrenes. Zhang, X.; Zheng, L.; Guan, B.* Org. Lett. 2018. 20, 7177-7181.

7. Potassium-Zincate-Catalyzed Benzylic C-H Bond Addition of Diarylmethanes to Styrenes. Liu, Y.; Zhai, D.; Zhang, X.; Guan, B.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 8245-8249.

8. Potassium Amide-Catalyzed Benzylic C-H Bond Addition of Alkylpyridines to Styrenes. Zhai, D.; Zhang, X.; Liu, Y.; Zheng, L.; Guan, B.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1650-1653.

9. Yttrium–Benzyl Complexes Bearing Chiral Iminophosphonamide Ligands: Synthesis and Application in Catalytic Asymmetric Amine‐Silane Dehydrocoupling Reactions. Li, N.; Guan, B.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 3526.