Educational background:
2018.09—2021.06          PhD., Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS
2014.09—2018.06          B.S., Chemistry, Zhengzhou University

Work experience:

2021.06—present         Assosiate Professor, SUSTech
2018.07—2021.05         Assistant Professor, SUSTech

Honors and awards：
2021  First prize of Shenzhen Natural Science
2021 Shenzhen high-level talent introduction reserve level talent

Research Area：

Organic synthesis, Chiral ligands, Asymmetric catalysis, Asymmetric hydrogenation and so on. He mainly works on the design and synthesis of new chiral ligands and their application in asymmetric catalysis.

Publications：

[1] Zong, Y.; Zhang, R.; Ma, B.-D.; Peng, J.; Wu, C.; Zou, X.; Qian, Y.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, Robust, scalable, and highly selective spirocyclic catalysts for industrial hydroformylation and isomerization-hydroformylation. Sci. Adv. 2024, 10, eado9607.

[2] Xu, L.; Yang, T.; Sun, H.; Zeng, J.; Mu, S.; Zhang, X.; Chen, G.-Q.*, Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of 1,3-Dipolar Nitrones. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319662.

[3] Du, X.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, T.*; Xiao, Y.; He, J.; Chung, L. W.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, A versatile cobalt catalyst for highly enantioselective hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds. Chem Catal. 2024, 4, 100999.

[4] Wang, F.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, Y.; Ratovelomanana-Vidal, V.; Yu, P.*; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, Stereodivergent Synthesis of Chiral Succinimides via Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 7794.

[5] Wang, F.; Chen, Y.; Yu, P.8; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X., Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Oximes Synergistically Assisted by Lewis and Bronsted Acids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 17763-17768.

[6] Lin, B.; Yang, T.; Zhang, D.; Zhou, Y.; Wu, L.; Qiu, J.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Che, C.-M.*; Zhang, X.*, Gold-Catalyzed Desymmetric Lactonization of Alkynylmalonic Acids Enabled by Chiral Bifunctional P,N ligands. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201739.

[7] Zhang, F.; Zeng, J.; Gao, M.; Wang, L.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Lu, Y.; Zhang, X.*, Concise, scalable and enantioselective total synthesis of prostaglandins. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 692-697.

[8] Wang, F.; Yang, T.; Wu, T.; Zheng, L.-S.; Yin, C.; Shi, Y.; Ye, X.-Y.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α-Substituted-β-Keto Carbonitriles via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2477-2483.

[9] Du, X.; Xiao, Y.; Yang, Y.; Duan, Y.-N.; Li, F.; Hu, Q.; Chung, L. W.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, Enantioselective Hydrogenation of tetra-Substituted alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids Enabled by Cobalt(II) Catalysis: Scope and Mechanistic Insights. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 11384-11390.

[10] Du, X.; Xiao, Y.; Huang, J.-M.; Zhang, Y.; Duan, Y.-N.; Wang, H.; Shi, C.; Chen, G.-Q.*; Zhang, X.*, Cobalt-catalyzed highly enantioselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 3239.

[11] Chen, G.-Q.*; Huang, J.-M.; Lin, B.-J.; Shi, C.; Zhao, L.-Y.; Ma, B.-D.; Ding, X.-B.; Yin, Q.; Zhang, X.*, Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of tetra- and tri-Substituted Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids with oxa-Spiro Diphosphine Ligands. CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 468-477.

[12] Chen, G.-Q.; Lin, B.-J.; Huang, J.-M.; Zhao, L.-Y.; Chen, Q.-S.; Jia, S.-P.; Yin, Q.; Zhang, X., Design and Synthesis of Chiral oxa-Spirocyclic Ligands for Ir-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Reduction of Bringmann's Lactones with Molecular H2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 8064-8068.

[13] Chen, G.-Q.; Zhang, X.-N.; Wei, Y.; Tang, X.-Y.; Shi, M., Catalyst-dependent divergent synthesis of pyrroles from 3-alkynyl imine derivatives: A noncarbonylative and carbonylative approach. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8492-8497.