Xiaojuan Yang
Professor
E-mail: yangxj@lzb.ac.cn
Curriculum VitaeSince
2005 “Bairen Jihua” Scholar of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral fellow, the University of Georgia, USA.
2002 – 2003 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
1999 –2002 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany.
1998 Ph. D., Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, China.
1995 M. S., Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China.
1992 B. S., Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China.
Research Interests
Organometallic chemistry:
– Construction of (multiple) metal-metal bonds
– Low-valence organometallic compounds
– Reactivity and small molecule activation
– Structural and computational studies
Supramolecular chemistry:
– Metal-metal bond induced supramolecular organometallic compounds
– Weak interactions and supramolecular structures
Funding
– “Bairen Jihua” project
– NSFC (2008-2010)
– NSFC (2010-2012)
Selected Publications
1. Stepwise reduction of LGaCl2 by alkali metals to afford Ga-(III), (II), (II/I), and (I) compounds with an a-diimine ligand: Elimination or addition of NaCl. Y. Liu, S. Li, B. Xu, P. Yang, X.-J. Yang,* Q.-S. Li, Y. Xie, H. F. Schaefer, B. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., in revision.
2. Magnesium-Magnesium Bond Stabilized by a Doubly Reduced a-Diimine: Synthesis and Structure of[K(THF)3]2[LMg-MgL] (L = [(2,6-iPr2C6H3)NC(Me)]22-). Y. Liu, S. Li, X.-J. Yang, P. Yang, B. Wu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 4210-4211.
3. Synthesis and structure of a zinc-zinc-bonded compound with a monoanionic a-diimine ligand, [LZn-ZnL] (L = [(2,6-iPr2C6H3)NC(Me)]2-). Y. Liu, S. Li, X.-J. Yang,* P. Yang, J. Gao, Y. Xia, B. Wu*, Organometallics 2009, 28, 5270-5272.
4. Zinc compounds with or without Zn−Zn bond: Alkali metal reduction of LZnCl2 (L = a-diimine ligands). P. Yang, X.-J. Yang,* J. Yu, Y. Liu, C. Zhang, Y.-H. Deng, B. Wu, Dalton Trans., 2009, 5773-5779.
5. Sodium and Magnesium Complexes with Dianionic a-Diimine Ligands. Y. Liu, P. Yang, X.-J. Yang,* D. J. Zhang, Z. Chen, H. F. Schaefer, B. Wu, Organometallics 2008, 27, 5830–5835.
6. Dinuclear versus Mononuclear Zinc Compounds from Reduction of LZnCl2 (L = a-Diimine Ligands): Effects of the Ligand Substituent, Reducing Agent, and Solvent. J. Yu, X.-J. Yang,* Y. Liu, Z. Pu, Q.-S. Li, Y. Xie, H. F. Schaefer, B. Wu, Organometallics 2008, 27, 5800–5805.
7. A new zinc–zinc-bonded compound with a dianionic a-diimine ligand: synthesis and structure of [Na(THF)2]2[LZn–ZnL] (L = [(2,6-iPr2C6H3)N(Me)C]22-). X.-J. Yang,* J. Yu, Y. Liu, Y. Xie, H. F. Schaefer, Y. Liang and B. Wu. Chem. Commun., 2007, 2363–2365 (featured as the inside cover and highlighted in Nature China).
