Prof. Dr. Bao-Hua Xu obtained her Ph.D in 2008 from State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Nanjing University. From then to 2012, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Münster University, Germany, funded by International Research Training Group (IRTG). She has been a full professor of chemical engineering at Institute of Process Engineering, CAS since 2013. She is mainly engaged in organometallic catalysts and green catalytic processes. She is the author of above 20 SCI papers including the top class J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. -Eur. J., etc., and filed for 2 patents.
Bao-Hua Xu / Call 86-10-82544800 / bhxu@ipe.ac.cn / Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beiertiao Zhongguancun, Beijing, China
Education
2008/06, Nanjing University, State Key Laboratory of coordination chemistry, Doctor (Organic Chemistry)
2005/06, Donghua University, School of chemistry and chemical engineering, Master (Applied Chemistry)
2002/06, Anhui Polytechnic University, School of chemistry and chemical engineering, Bachelor (Applied Chemistry)
Experience
2014/06-present: Institute of Process Engineering, Professor (4.0)
2012/11-2014/05: Institute of Process Engineering, Professor (4.5)
2008/09-2012/10: Münster University (Germany), Institute of Organic Chemistry, Postdoc.
Publications
[1] Xu, B.-H.; Wu, D.-H.; Li, Y.-Z.; Yan, H. Reactivity of CpCo 16e Half-Sandwich Complexes Containing a Chelating 1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dichalcogenolate Ligand toward Phenylacetylene. Organometallics 2007 26, 4344.
[2] Xu, B.-H.；Peng, X.-Q.; Li Y.-Z.; Yan, H. Reactions of 16e CpCo Half-Sandwich Complexes Containing a Chelating 1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dichalcogenolate Ligand with Ethynylferrocene and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 9347.
[3] Xu, B.-H.; Peng, X.-Q.; Xu, Z.-W.; Li, Y.-Z.; Yan, H. Cobalt(III)-Mediated Competitive Disulfuration and Hydrosulfuration of Terminal Alkynes. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 7928.
[4] Xu, B.-H.; Tao, J.-C.; Li, Y.-Z.; Li, S.-H.; Yan, H. Metal-Induced B-H Activation: Addition of Methyl Acetylene Monocarboxylate to CpCo Half-Sandwich Complexes Containing a Chelating 1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecarbarane-1,2-dichalcogenolate Ligand. Organometallics 2008, 27, 334.
[5] Xu, B.-H.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Wibbeling, B.; Schirmer, B.; Grimme, S.; Erker, G. Reaction of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Conjugated Ynones-Selective Metal-Free Catalytic Hydrogenation of the Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 51, 7183.
[6] Xu, B.-H.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Grimme, S.; Erker, G. Reaction of Aminodihydropentalenes with HB(C6F5)2 - The Crucial Role of Dihydrogen Elimination. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 3480.
[7] Xu, B.-H.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Nauha, E.; Erker, G. Zirconocene Complexes Bearing Novel 3-Dimethylamino-1,2-dihydropentalene Derived Ligand Systems. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 9973.
[8] Xu, B.-H.; Mömming, C. M.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Erker, G. Reaction of 6-Dimethylaminopentafulvene with the Mes2P-CH2CH2-B(C6F5)2 Frustrated Lewis Pair. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 1826.
[9] Xu, B.-H.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Erker, G. Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage by Strongly Electrophilic Boranes. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 12538.
[10] Xu, B.-H.; Yanez, R. A. A.; Nakatsuka, H.; Kitamura, M.; Fröhlich, R.; Kehr, G.; Erker, G. Reaction of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Ketones and Esters. Chem. Asian. J. 2012, 7, 1347.
[11] Xu, B.-H.; Busmann, K.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Brandenburg, G.; Grimme, S.; Erker, G. An Enamin/HB(C6F5)2 Adduct as a Dominant State in Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry. Organometallics, 2013, 32, 6745.
[12] Xu, B.-H.; Kehr, G.; Fröhlich, R.; Erker, G. 6-Dimethylaminopentafulvene as Lewis Base Component in Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Carbon-Carbon Coupling in FLP Chemistry. Organometallics 2011, 30, 5080.
[13] Wu, D.-H., Xu, B.-H.; Li, Y.-Z.; Yan, H. Dinuclear Half-Sandwich Complexes Containing Bridging E-E (E = S, Se) Unit and Two Chelating 1,2-Dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-1,2-dithiolate Ligands and Their Reactivity with Alkynes. Organometallics 2007, 26, 6300.
[14] Wu, C.-H.; Xu, B.-H.; Zhao, J.; Jiang, Q.-B.; Wei, F.-D.; Jiang, Hui; Wang, X.-M.; Yan, H. Ferrocene-Substituted Dithio-o-Carborane Isomers: Influence on the Native Conformation of Myoglobin Protein. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8914.
[15] Ye, H.-D.; Xu, B.-H.; Xie, M.-S.; Li, Y.-Z.; Yan, H. Disulfuration and hydrosulfuration of an alkyne at a 1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane-thiolate ligand. Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 6541.
[16] Reddy, J. S.; Xu, B.-H.; Mahdi, T.; Fröhlich, R.; Kehr, G.; Stephan, D. W.; Erker, G. Alkenylborane-derived frustrated Lewis pairs: metal-free catalytic hydrogenation reactions of electron-deficient alkenes. Organometallics 2012, 31, 5638.
[17] Chen, S.-M.; Zhang, S. J.; Lu, X.-M.; Wang, J.-Q.; Wang, J.-J.; Dong, K.; Sun, J.; Xu, B.-H. Ionic liquid clusters: structure, formation mechanism, and effort on the behavior of ionic liquids. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 5893.
[18] Xu, B.-H., Wang, J.-Q.; Sun, J.; Huang, Y.; Zhang, J.-P.; Zhang, X.-P.; Zhang, S.-J. Fixation of CO2 into cyclic cabonates catalyzed by ionic liquids: a multi-scale approach. Green Chem., 2015, 17, 108-122.
[19] Ya-Fei Guo, Xu, B.-H.,* Ting Li, Lei Wang and Suo-Jiang Zhang.* Cobalt(Ⅱ)-Catalyzed Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes: A Cooperative Effect between Cobalt and Iodine ion. Org. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 47-52.
[20] Ya-Fei Guo, Tian-Lu Ren, Xu, B.-H.,* Yao-Feng Wang and Suo-Jiang Zhang. Cobalt-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alcohols/Aldehydes and Amines: an Important Role of Hydration of Imines. Asian J. Org. Chem., 2016, DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201500514
Research Interests
- Homogeneous Catalysis: Catalyst and Green process
- Activation and transformation of inert bonds or small molecules: Synthesis, Structure and Mechanism