On December 20th, Prof. Luo Sanzhong, the director of the Center of Basic Molecular Science of Tsinghua University, gave a Boling Lecture of College of Chemistry titled “Bionic Small Molecule Catalysis: Data-Driven Catalysis Design and Evolution”. All students from Boling class and other teachers students of College of Chemistry participated in this lecture. Catalytic chemistry plays an important role in the development and progress of society. More than 80% of chemical processes are related

On November 22, 2019, Zhou Qilin and Zhu Shoufeis team, Nankai University published an article entitled Highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines online in Science, which reported highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines using two catalysts in tandem. This research not only solves the long-term challenges of enantioselective carbene insertion reactions, but also provides a potential general strategy for transition metal-cata

On November 2, 2019, the 2019 Xplorer Prize Award Ceremony was held in Beijing, and two alumni of College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Wang Xiaochen and You Shuli, were awarded the Xplorer Prize in Chemistry and New Materials. The Xplorer Prize was shared by 50 award-winning young scientists from nine fields, inspiring them to build on their energy and continue to climb the scientific Mount Everest. Wang Xiaochen, who studied at College of Chemistry, Nankai University in 2003, is currently

On the afternoon of October 17, 2019, Prof. Shen Hanxi, analytical chemist and educator, Professor Zhu Zhiang, candidate of the 2019 Nankai University Lifetime Achievement Award, Zhang Quanxing, 1960th alumni of College of Chemistry, environmental engineer, Cheng Jinpei, 1981st alumni of College of Chemistry, organic chemistry Academician participate in the Nankai University Centennial Grand Forum. In the lecture hall of the Tiannan Joint Research Building of the Balitai Campus, they shared th

On Sep. 19th 2019, first Sub-forum of the Interdisciplinary Forum for Nankai University Centennial Ceremony, “Conversion and Storage of Novel Energy”, was held at the reporting hall of United Researching Building of NKU TJU. Xuetao Cao, president of Nankai University, attended the opening ceremony and presented commemorative certificates to the reporters. The opening ceremony was chaired by Prof. Jun Chen, vice-president of Nankai University. President Cao expressed welcome to the researcher

On August 30th, Academician Jiang Hualiang, director of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited Centurial Nankai Grand Forum, brought a wonderful report for Nankai teachers and students with the title of Scientific Research Culture and Scientific Research Life, in Shi Xianlou, Balitai Campus. Cao Xuetao, the principal of Nankai University, attended the report. Vice Principal Chen Jun presided over the meeting. Before the report meeting, Principal Cao pre

On May 26th, Prof. Dr. He Tian (East China University of Science and Technology), Academician of CAS TWAS and chief scientist of the National 973 Program, visited and had an academic report on Nankai University Centennial Grand Forum, titled “Dynamic Accurate Assembly and Precision Chemistry”. The report was hosted by Academician Chen Jun, Dean of College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Before the report, Prof. Jing Li (Vice President of Nankai University), introduced the background and acade

2019 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Nankai University. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Nankai University, the journal China Science: Chemistry invited Prof. Chen Jun and Prof. Liang Guangxin as special editors, organizing the young academic leaders of the College of Chemistry of Nankai University, compiling and publishing a special issue in Chinese and English. The Chinese special issue contains 13 articles, and the English special issue consists of 15 articles, focusing on

Elastic materials with large reversible deformation functions have a wide range of demands in a variety of engineering applications. However, when the temperature decreases significantly, the ductility or elasticity of the material is usually impaired. There is no material that can achieve high elasticity at deep cryogenic temperatures such as outer space so far. Recently, Chen Yongsheng group, Nankai University reported a three-dimensionally cross-linked graphene material with almost unchanged

Allostery is the condition of a protein in which the structure and activity are triggered by external stimuli, to perform the corresponding function. In order to mimic nature’s complex allosteric processes, the design and synthesis of well-crafted artificial macrocycles have long been a worthwhile goal in supramolecular chemistry. However, photo-isomerized small molecules may reduce or lose their configurational interconversion properties under actions of ring tension or internal stress. There

March 8, Professor Douglas Stephen of the University of Toronto, Canada, academician of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society, visited the Centurial Nankai forum, delivered the speech with the theme of The expansion of the reactive mode of the FLP system in Balitai campus, Nankai University, bringing a wonderful academic report to teachers and students. The seminar was presided over by Professor Cui Chunming, laboratory director of the State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organi

As an important unit of structural scaffolds, tetrahydroquinoline is prevalent in natural products and pharmaceutical molecules, and asymmetric hydrogenation of quinolines is the most convenient method for the preparation of chiral tetrahydroquinoline. Methods that use transition metal catalysts with ruthenium and osmium as active centers have been extensively investigated, and some of them exhibit high enantioselectivity. However, the high cost and low turnover numbers (TON) limit their applic

On the morning of January 17th, President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Tianjin. During his stay at Nankai University, he visited The Theme Exhibition for the Centennial History of Nankai University and communicated with representatives of academicians, experts, faculty members and students. Afterwards, he also learnt in detail the universitys situations on historical evolution, disciplinary construction, talent cultivation and scientific innovation. etc. at the College of Chemistry and State Key

From December 11th to 12th, University of Birmingham (UoB) School of Chemical Engineering held a parallel workshop on collaborative research involving College of Chemistry, Nankai University Tianjin University (TJU) School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, at University of Birmingham, UK. Vice-president of the University of Birmingham Jon Frampton and president of Nankai University Cao Xuetao attended the sessions and respectively made a welcome speech and a closing speech. Wang Lei, de

Chiral control model for high-valence iodine catalyzed olefin bifunctionalization with C2 axis symmetry Nankai News Network (Reporter Ma Chao) Recently, Academician Cheng Jinpei and Associate Professor Xue Xiaosong from Nankai University collaborated with Prof. Hawke of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Professor Eric Jacobson of Harvard University to catalyze olefin asymmetry in high-valence iodine achieved significant breakthrough in illuminating the mechanism of chiral geminal di