The “Nankai-Scripps” Organic Chemistry Seminar was held on September 21, 2017. Proessor Yu Jinquan and Professor Phil S. Baran (from the Scripps Research Institute), Dr. Martin D. Eastgate (from Bristol-Myers Squibb), Professor Liang Guangxin and Professor Zhu Shoufei (from Nankai University) gave reports on scientific progress in their respective fields. Approximately 200 teachers and students attended the seminar. Professor Chen Gong presided over the opening ceremony and Professor Chen Jun,

Recently, Tianjin Education Commission published the result of the award of the Outstanding Teachers in Higher Education of Tianjin. Professor Ruan Wenjuan in the College of Chemistry received the award. The award of the Outstanding Teachers in Higher Education is aimed at further reforming the undergraduate education, improving the quality of teaching and cultivating students. The award was set up for teachers who teach undergraduate courses for a long time and have made great contributions,

6th Total Synthesis of Natural Products—Academic Conference for Youth (Chinese Chemical Society) was held at Nankai University from August 19th to 20th. The purposes of this conference are developing excellent academic traditions of scientists of the older generations and highlighting the important role of the synthesis of natural products in organic chemistry as well as building a favorable academic platform for communication for young scholars. The conference commissioned by Chinese Chemical

The first Peking University- Nankai University Inorganic Chemical Materials Symposium was held at Shixian Building of Nankai University from June 9th to 10th. Vice president of Peking University-academician Song Gao, vice president of Nankai University-academician Chunhua Yan, academician Qilin Zhou from Nankai University attended the opening ceremony of the symposium. Approximately 150 teachers and students from inorganic chemistry and related disciplines of Peking University and Nankai Unive

In these years, the developments in the synthesis and self-assembly of patchy nanoparticles have aroused increasing attention. Co-assembly of polymeric nanoparticles and protein molecules combines the advantages of polymeric materials and biomolecules, and will produce new functional materials. In this research, patchy micelles with quaternized poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) cores and poly (oligo (ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether methacrylate) (POEGMA) coronae were prepa

Recently, Professor Liangnian He published a paper on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, reporting a breakthrough on Carbon Dioxide Fixation. He’s group reported Betaine as an excellent and sustainable organocatalyst for reductive functionalization of CO2 with various amines and diphenylsilane. This is the first report of selective two-, four-, and six-electron reduction of CO2 coupled with C-N bond formation. Betaine catalysis afforded products with diversified energy content i.e. formamide, aminal and met

Gene therapy has shown broad application prospects in tackling some of the diseases that threaten human health, like cancer and Parkinson’s disease. However, some challenges remain, especially because LMW cationic polymers perform far less efficiently than their high-molecular-weight counterparts, mainly due to weaker nucleic acid encapsulation. Prof. Guo Tianying of Nankai University’s College of Chemistry and his group recently reported the design and synthesis of a dipicolylamine-based dis

In the past few days, the 2nd experimental skills contest of the College of Chemistry final defense was held. Xiaohang Qiu, the faculty head of the chemistry, Yijun Li ,the director of Chemical Experimental Teaching Center of Nankai University, Langxing Chen ,the deputy director of Research Center for Analytical Science, Yan Song ,the secretary of Youth League Committee and other related teachers served as judges. The contest lasted one and a half months and over ten groups attended the conte

Recently, Professor Jianbin Huang from Peking University was invited to deliver a lecture, about organized assemblies and applications of amphiphiles in aqueous solution, to undergraduates of College of Chemistry. Professor Dongsheng Guo presided at the lecture. The lecture was one of the Boling Lectures as well as a lecture on frontiers of physical chemistry class Professor Huang started with a beautiful love story; then introduced the concept of the surface tension. He discussed the concept

On 28th April, the 2017 “International Youth Chemists Forum” of “International Talent Forum “at Nankai University was held at the report hall on the second floor of Shixian Building, Balitai campus. Xu Jingjun, vice president of the campus attended the opening ceremony and extended his hope of gathering wide talents to construct first-class university. Chen Jun, dean of the College of Chemistry, and Zhou Qilin, associate director of the Academic Committee of Nankai University, members of the A

Recently, Xi Zhen and Zhou Chuangzheng reported a new type of thiol-specific and tracelessly removable bioconjugation tools on JACS. They solved a long-term problem concerning site-specific chemical modification. Site-specific chemical modification is an invaluable approach for producing conjugated peptides and proteins, which are widely used as therapeutics and as tools for biochemical and biophysical studies. Among the 20 natural amino acids, cysteine is especially attractive for site-specif

On the evening of 31st, March, Prof. Chi Lifeng, a well-known physical chemist from Suzhou University, presented a Boling lecture entitled “From on-surface molecular assembly to on-surface chemistry” for students from the Boling classes at the academic report hall of the Shixian Building. Chen Jun, dean of the college of Chemistry, hosted the lecture. Prof. Chi first shared her life experience, introduced the transfer of her research from physics to chemistry. She then gave systematic and det

Recently, Prof. Wang Guichang’s group has published the research entitled “Energy Transfer Dynamics of Formate Decomposition on Cu (110)” on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (DOI:10.1002/ange.201611342), which is a jointly-completed work with Prof. Junji Nakamura from University of Tsukuba. Energy transfer and bond recombination are fundamental processes in a chemical reaction. Currently, crossed molecular beam techniques has been successfully applied to energy transfer processes in gas-phase bimolecula

Fluorinated organic compounds are becoming increasingly important in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials science. The introduction of trifluoromethoxy groups into new drugs and agrochemicals has attracted much attention due to their strongly electron-withdrawing nature and high lipophilicity. However, synthesis of trifluoromethoxylated organic molecules is challenging because of the decomposition of trifluoromethoxide anion and β-fluoride elimination from transitionmetal–trifluorometh

Recently, the bond-energy databank (iBonD 2.0) established by Academician Cheng Jinpei’s group has received high value from Prof. Herbert Mayr from University of Munich, a well-known physical organic chemist and member of the German Academy of Sciences. He specifically published a paper entitled “The Most Efficient Way to Find pKa Values” on ChemistryViews. Mayr points out in the work that iBonD 2.0 is organic chemist’s best friends given the fact that it currently covers more than 32,000 pKa