(1) CO2 Conversion and Utilization

(2) Novel Catalyst design and Preparation for Sustainable and Green Chemistry

(3) Selective Catalysis based on Organometallics Complexes

1997.09-2001.07 B.S. Anhui Normal University

2001.09-2006.07 Ph.D Xiamen University

2013.02-2016.03 Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences,Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR),Singapore, Scientist II

2010.05-2013.01 Penn State University, USA, Postdoc

2009.04-2010.03 Institute of Molecular Sciences, Japan, Postdoc

2007.10-2009.03 Tokyo University, Japan, Postdoc 

2006.08-2007.09 Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, China, Engineer 

1)    Yong Yang,* Charles W. Johannes, Edward G. Robins, Yee Hwee Lim, Decarboxylative/Sonogashira-type Cross-Coupling using PdCl2(Cy*Phine)2, RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 72810-72814.

2)    Adrian M. Mak,* Yee Hwee Lim,* Howard Jong, Yong  Yang, Charles W. Johannes, Edward G. Robins, Michael B. Sullivan, Mechanistic Insights and Implications of Dearomative Rearrangement in Copper-Free Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Catalysed by Pd-Cy*Phine, Organometallics, 2016, 35(7), 1036-1045.

3)    Yong Yang,* Joyce Fenyan Lim, Xinying Chew, Edward G. Robins, Yee Hwee Lim, Charles W. Johannes, Howard Jong, Preformed Palladium Catalyst Containing meta-Terarylphosphine Ligands for Expedient Copper-free Sonogashira Cross-coupling of (Hetero-)Aryl Chlorides andTerminal Alkynes. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2015, 5, 3501-3506.

4)    Yong Yang, Xinying Chew, Charles W. Johannes, Edward G. Robins, Howard Jong, Yee Hwee Lim,* A Versatile and Efficient Palladium–Triarylphosphine Catalyst for Copper-Free Sonogashira Coupling of Aryl Chlorides. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 7184-7192.

5)    Michael A. Smith,* Alexander Zoelle, Yong Yang, Robert M. Rioux, Neil G. Hamilton, Kazuhiro Arnakawa, Pia K. Nielsen, Annette Trunschke, Surface Roughness Effects in the Catalytic Behavior of Vanadia Supported on SBA-15. J. Catal. 2014, 312, 170-178.

6)    Yong Yang,* Robert M. Rioux, Highly Steroselective Anti-Markovnikov Hydrothiolation of Alkynes and Electron-Deficient Alkenes by a Supported Cu-NHC Complex. Green Chem. 2014, 16, 3916-3925. 

7)    Yong Yang,* Weibing Dong, Yisong Guo, Robert M. Rioux, Cu(I)-Catalyzed Aerobic Cross- Dehydrogenative Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Thiols for the Construction of Alkynyl Sulfides. Green Chem. 2013, 15, 3170-3175.

8)    Yong Yang, Eric G. Moschetta, Robert M. Rioux,* Addition of Sulfonic Acids to Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Rhodium Complex: Ligand Concentration-Controlled Reaction Selectivity. ChemCatChem 2013, 10, 3005-3013.

9)    Yong Yang, Satoshi Muratsugu, Zhihuan Weng, Mizuki Tada,* Preparation and Catalytic Performance of a Molecularly Imprinted Ru-Complex Catalyst with an NH2 Binding Site on a SiO2 Surface. Chem. Eur. J. 2012,18,1142-1153.

10)              Yong Yang, Robert M. Rioux,* Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrothiolation of Acetylenes with Thiols Catalyzed by a Well-defined Supported Rh Complex. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6557-6559.

11)              Long Chen^,# Yong Yang, ^# Zhaoqi Guo, Donglin Jiang,* Highly Efficient Activation of Molecular Oxygen with Nanoporous Metalloporphyrin Frameworks in Heterogeneous Systems. Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3149-3154. (^#equal contibution).

12)              Long Chen, ^# Yong Yang, ^# Donglin Jiang,* CMPs as Scaffolds for Constructing Porous Catalytic Frameworks: A Built-in Heterogeneous Catalyst with High Activity and Selectivity Based on Nanoporous Metalloporphyrin Polymers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9138-9143. (^#equal contribution).

已指导学生

任鹏  硕士研究生  081701-化学工程  

马智明  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

现指导学生

赵玲玲  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

李庆林  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

杨梓豪  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工  

王晓雪  博士研究生  081701-化学工程