General

               

Prof. Shengfa Ye 

Group LeaderProfessor

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China

Tel0411-88147155

E-mailshengfa.ye@dicp.ac.cn


Research Areas

Elucidation of electronic structures of transition metal complexes and rationalization of the reaction mechanisms thereof.


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

Bioinorganic Catalysis, Physical inorganic chemistry, Small molecule activation,  Reaction mechanism


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