Prof. Shengfa Ye
Group Leader,Professor
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
Tel:0411-88147155
E-mail:shengfa.ye@dicp.ac.cn
Research Areas
Education
1994.9-1998.7 Peking University, China Environmental Science B.S.
1998.9-2001.7 Peking University, China Environmental Science M.S.
2001.10-2005.9 University of Stuttgart, Germany Inorganic Chemistry Ph.D.
Experience
Work Experience
2005.10-2006.8 Max-Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Germany Research Associate
2006.8-2009.6 University of Bonn, Germany Research Associate
2009.1-2011.7 University of Bonn, Germany Group Leader
2011.8-2017.12 Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany Senior Staff Scientist
2018.1-2019.12 Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany Senior Staff Scientist
2019.12-present State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China Group Leader
Publications
Papers
1. Lin, Y.-H.; Kutin, Y.; van Gastel, M.; Bill, E.; Schnegg, A.*; Ye, S.*; Lee, W.-Z.* A Manganese(IV)-Hydroperoxo Intermediate Generated by Protonation of the Corresponding Manganese(III)-Superoxo Complex J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10255–10260
2.Chan, S.-C.; Ang, Z. Z.; Gupta, P.; Ganguly, R.; Li, Y.; Ye, S.*; England, J.* Carbodicarbene Ligand Redox Noninnocence in Highly Oxidized Chromium and Cobalt Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4118–4128.
3.Mondal, B.; Ye, S.* Hidden Ligand Noninnocence: A Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Perspective Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 405, 213115–213119.
4.Chang, H.-C.; Mondal, B.; Fang, H.; Neese, F.; Bill, E.*; Ye, S.* Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Signature of Tetragonal Low Spin Iron(V)-Nitrido and -Oxo Complexes Derived from the Electronic Structure Analysis of Heme and Non-Heme Archetypes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2421–2434.
5.Keilwerth, M.; Hohenberger, J.; Heinemann, F. W.; Sutter, J.; Scheurer, A.; Fang, H.; Bill, E.; Neese, F.; Ye, S.*; Meyer, K. * A Series of Iron Nitrosyl Complexes {Fe–NO}6–9 and a Fleeting {Fe–NO}10 Intermediate en Route to a Metalacyclic Iron Nitrosoalkane J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17217–17235.
6.Zhang, Y.; Wei, J.; Zhu, M.; Chi, Y.; Zhang, W.-X.; Ye, S.*; Xi, Z.* Tetralithio Metalla‐aromatics with Two Independent Perpendicular Dilithio Aromatic Rings Spiro‐fused by One Manganese Atom Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9625–9631.
7.Ghosh, M.; Cramer, H. H.; Dechert, S.; Demeshko, S.; John, M.; Hansmann, M. M.; Ye, S.*; Meyer, F.* A µ‐Phosphido Diiron Dumbbell in Multiple Oxidation States Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14349–14356.
8.Chang, H.-C.; Lin, Y.-H.; Werlé, C.; Neese, F.; Lee, W.-Z.;* Bill, E.*; Ye, S.* Conversion of a Fleeting Open-Shell Iron-Nitride to an Iron-Nitrosyl Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17589–17593.
9.Roy, L.; Al-Afyouni, M. H.; DeRosha, D. E.; Mondal, B.; DiMucci, I. M.; Lancaster, K. M.; Shearer, J.; Bill, E.; Brennessel, W. W.; Neese, F.; Ye, S.*; Holland, P. L.* Reduction of CO2 by a masked two-coordinate cobalt(I) complex and characterization of a proposed oxodicobalt(II) intermediate Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 918–929.
10.Moore, J. T.; Chatterjee, S.; Tarrago, M.; Clouston, L. J.; Sproules, S.; Bill, E.; Bernales, V.; Gagliardi, L.; Ye, S.*; Lancaster, K. M.*; Lu, C. C.* Enhanced Fe-Centered Redox Flexibility in Fe-Ti Heterobimetallic Complexes Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 6199–6214.
11.Cheng, J.; Liu, J.; Leng, X.; Lohmiller, T.; Schnegg, A.; Bill, E.; Ye, S.*; Deng, L.* A Two-Coordinate Iron(II) Imido Complex with NHC Ligation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Its Diversified Reactivity of Nitrene Transfer and C–H Bond Activation Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 7634–7644.
12.Lin, Y.-H.; Cramer, H. H.; van Gastel, M.; Tsai, Y.-H.; Chu, C.-Y.; Kuo, T.-S.; Lee, I.-R.*; Ye, S.*; Bill, E.*; Lee, W.-Z.* Mononuclear Manganese(III) Superoxo Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 9756–9765.
13.Cheng, J.; Chen, Q.; Leng, X; Ye, S.*; Deng, L.* Three-Coordinate Iron(0) Complexes with N‑Heterocyclic Carbene and Vinyltrimethylsilane Ligation: Synthesis, Characterization, and 3 Ligand Substitution Reactions Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 13129–13141.
14.Mondal, B.; Neese, F.; Ye, S.* Computational Insights into Chemical Reactivity and Road to Catalyst Design: The Paradigm of CO2 Hydrogenation in Non-Noble Metal Catalysis: Molecular Approaches and Reactions edited by R. J. M. Klein Gebbink and M.-E. Moret, Wiley-VCH, 2019, 33–48.
15.Mondal, B.; Neese, F.; Bill, E.; Ye, S.* Electronic Structure Contributions of Non-Heme Oxo-Iron(V) Complexes to the Reactivity J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9531–9544.
16.Cheng, J.; Chen, Q.; Leng, X.; Ouyang, Z.; Wang, Z.*; Ye, S.*; Deng, L.* The Stabilization of Three-Coordinate Formal Mn(0) Complex with NHC and Alkene Ligation Chem, 2018, 4, 2844–2860.
17.Chan, S.-C.; Gupta, P.; Engelmann, X.; Ang, Z. Z.; Ganguly, R.; Bill, E.; Ray, K.; Ye, S.*; England, J.* Observation
of Carbodicarbene Ligand Redox Noninnocence in Highly Oxidized Iron Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15717–15722.
Research Interests
Conferences
ICAME 2019 The International Conference on the Application of the Mössbauer Effect, September 01 – 06, 2019, Dalian, China
Applied-field Mössbauer Investigation of Paramagnetic Iron Compounds
QBIC-V Quantum Bioinorganic Chemistry Conference, Marseille, July 8 – 10, 2019
Electronic Structures and Reactivity of Iron(V)-Oxo and -Nitrido Complexes
ICCC2018: 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, July 30 – August 4, 2018, Sendai, Japan
Characterization of Novel Intermediates Derived from Dioxygen Activation
International Symposium on Recent Advances in Bioinspired Molecular Catalysis (ICCC2018 Post Conference in Tsukuba) August 4–5, 2018, Tsukuba, Japan
Collaboration
Prof. Martin Bollinger, Jr. Pennsylvania State University
Prof. Miquel Costas Universitat de Girona
Prof. Liang Deng Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Xuefeng Fu Peking University
Prof. Klein Gebbink Utrecht University
Prof. Zeev Gross Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
Prof. Patrick Holland Yale University
Prof. Hua-Fen Hsu National Cheng Kung University
Prof. Carsten Krebs Pennsylvania State University
Prof. Way-Zen Lee National Taiwan Normal University
Prof. Wen-Feng Liaw National Tsing Hua University
Prof. Connie Lu University of Minnesota
Prof. Franc Meyer Georg-August-University of Göttingen
Prof. Karsten Meyer Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Prof. Marc-Etienne Moret Utrecht University
Prof. Jingping Qu Dalian University of Technology
Prof. Lawrence Que, Jr. University of Minnesota
Prof. Jana Roithová Charles University in Prague
Prof. Sason Shaik Hebrew University
Prof. Joshua Telser Roosevelt University
Prof. Zhenfeng Xi Peking University
Dr. Carole Duboc University of Grenoble Alpes
Dr. Jurek Krzystek National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida