Prof. Dr. Guangying Tan | Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award
Sichuan University, China
Author Profiles
đ Education Background
Dr. Tan earned his B.S. in Chemistry (2014), followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. (2019) at Sichuan University, under the supervision of Prof. Jingsong You, specializing in CâH activation. He then completed a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship (2019â2022) with Prof. Frank Glorius at the University of MĂŒnster, Germany, focusing on energy-transfer-enabled alkene/heteroarene difunctionalization, a frontier area in photoredox catalysis.
đŒ Research and Academic Experience
Dr. Tan currently serves as Professor at Sichuan University, where he leads a research group exploring next-generation organic transformations. His postdoctoral research in Germany significantly advanced the use of light-driven and radical-based methodologies in complex molecule construction. His lab focuses on sustainable catalysis, with special attention to green synthetic approaches that avoid heavy metals and harsh conditions.
đŹ Research Interests
His research centers on organic synthesis, with particular expertise in CâH activation, visible-light photocatalysis, and electrochemical transformations. He has developed transition-metal-catalyzed oxidative couplings of (hetero)arenes to synthesize fluorescent materials for light-emitting applications. Furthermore, his design of oxime-ester-based bifunctional reagents has enabled metal-free processes such as 1,2-diamination, amino-carboxylation, and 1,4-oxyamination/carboamination of alkenes. These methods have opened eco-friendly routes to amino acids, amino alcohols, and diamines.
đ§Ș Technical Expertise
Dr. Tanâs technical skills include transition-metal catalysis, radical chemistry, photoredox catalysis, electrosynthesis, and the design of novel activation strategies. His approaches are known for their high selectivity, broad substrate scope, and green chemistry principles, making them valuable for both academic and industrial applications.
Notable Publicationsđ
đPersistent acyclic Cp*Ir(III) complexes and their reactivities in cross-coupling reactions
Authors: Yimin Wu, Yayin Deng, Guangying Tan, Jingsong You
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2025
đConstruction of acenaphthylenes via CâH activation-based tandem penta- and hexaannulation reactions
Authors: Jian Li, Tao Liu, Junjie Liu, Cheng Zhang, Yudong Yang, Guangying Tan, Jingsong You
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2024
đDiscovery of Organic Optoelectronic Materials Powered by Oxidative ArâH/ArâH Coupling
Authors: Yudong Yang, Yimin Wu, Zhengyang Bin, Cheng Zhang, Guangying Tan, Jingsong You
Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year: 2024
đIron-Catalyzed para-Selective CâH Allylation of Aniline Derivatives
Authors: Qiulin You, Xin Xiao, Yang Shi, Yimin Wu, Guangying Tan
Journal: Organic Letters
Year: 2023
đEnergy transfer-enabled unsymmetrical diamination using bifunctional nitrogen-radical precursors
Authors: Guangying Tan, Mowpriya Das, Roman Kleinmans, Felix Katzenburg, Constantin Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
Journal: Nature Catalysis
Year: 2022
đHighly Selective Radical Relay 1,4-Oxyimination of Two Electronically Differentiated Olefins
Authors: Guangying Tan, Fritz Paulus, Ăngel RenterĂa-GĂłmez, Remy F. Lalisse, Constantin G. Daniluc, Osvaldo Gutierrez, Frank Glorius
Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Year: 2022