According to a recent paper published in JACS, Nankai University, SIOC at UCAS, and Beijing Normal University collaboratively developed a solid difluorocarbene precursor, difluoromethane bis(sulfonium ylide), with a symmetrical structure of E-CF2-E. This article reports that a new mechanism of organic photochemical reactions was discovered by this team, in which difluorocarbene is generated by spin-forbidden excitation under visible light irradiation.The project was led by Prof. Liu Tianfei of t

Prof. Qilin Zhou has developed a new type of chiral ligands with spirobiindane skeleton. The chiral spiro ligands are highly efficient for the catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations, carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, and carbene insertion reactions. Chiral spiro ligands have been commercialized and widely used in the syntheses of chiral compounds and the productions of chiral drugs. Website: http://zhou.nankai.edu.cn

Prof. Zheng-Ming Li has devoted to basic research of green pesticide chemistry. He with his colleagues established National Pesticide Engineering Research Center in Nankai University in 1995. He led his team to invent a novel eco-friendly herbicide Monosulfuron,with independent intellectual properties,has obtained State certificates to apply in millet fields in China. Monosulfuronhas resolved the particular weed problem hitherto unsolved in millet planting. It was recorded as the first commerc

Prof. Jun Chen focuses on energy chemistry with inorganic and organic nanostructures/nanomaterials to probe and understand the reaction mechanism, charge tranProf. Jun Chen focuses on energy chemistry with inorganic and organic nanostructures/nanomaterials to probe and understand the reaction mechanism, charge transfer, and mass transport. He has rationally designed and synthesized a variety of functional materials for the application of efficient energy storage conversion such as batteries,

Prof. Jin-Pei Cheng has developed various efficient methods for measuring bond energies. On the basis of systematic determinations of many series of chemical bonds in conventional molecular solvents or in ionic liquids, Cheng was able to disclose a number of unknown phenomena and rules of theoretical or practical importance in chemistry and life sciences. Recently, he with team built the internet Bond-energy Databank (iBonD) for free access (see: http://ibond.nankai.edu.cn or http://ibond.chem