Prof. Dr. Guangying Tan | Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award

Sichuan University, China

Author Profiles

🎓 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 C–H activation. He then completed a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship (2019–2022) with Prof. Frank Glorius at the University of Münster, Germany, focusing on energy-transfer-enabled alkene/heteroarene difunctionalization, a frontier area in photoredox catalysis.

💼 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.

🔬 Research Interests

His research centers on organic synthesis, with particular expertise in C–H 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.

🧪 Technical Expertise

Dr. Tan’s 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 Publications📚

**📚Persistent 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

📚Construction of acenaphthylenes via C−H 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

📚Discovery of Organic Optoelectronic Materials Powered by Oxidative Ar–H/Ar–H Coupling

Authors: Yudong Yang, Yimin Wu, Zhengyang Bin, Cheng Zhang, Guangying Tan, Jingsong You

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Year: 2024

📚Iron-Catalyzed para-Selective C–H Allylation of Aniline Derivatives

Authors: Qiulin You, Xin Xiao, Yang Shi, Yimin Wu, Guangying Tan

Journal: Organic Letters

Year: 2023

📚Energy 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

📚Highly Selective Radical Relay 1,4-Oxyimination of Two Electronically Differentiated Olefins

Authors: Guangying Tan, Fritz Paulus, Ángel Rentería-Gómez, Remy F. Lalisse, Constantin G. Daniluc, Osvaldo Gutierrez, Frank Glorius