Peng Qian,Doctor degree,Researcher,Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry,graduated from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Special Talent：National “Four Young Talents” Project Recipient, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow (European Union), Tianjin Distinguished Youth Awardee
Address：315 Middle Building of Chemistry, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin
Telephone：（+86） 022 23502080
Email：qpeng@nankai.edu.cn
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Research Interest：
Molecular conformation and electronic spin mechanisms, focusing on the fields of rare-earth/Fe chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, and AI chemistry.
2000-2004 Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, CHINA.
B.Sc. in chemistry. June. 2004
2004-2009 Shanghai Institute of Organic chemistry, CAS, Shanghai, CHINA.
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. June. 2009 (with Prof. Yun-dong Wu).
2009-2010 Research Associate in Shanghai Institute of Organic chemistry
Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, CHINA.
2010-2011 Postdoc. in Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry
University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (with Prof. Olaf Wiest).
2011-2013 Postdoc. in Department of Chemistry and BioChemistry
University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (with Prof. W. Robert Scheidt).
2013-2014 Senior Research Associate in Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University, TX, USA (coworker: Prof. Michael B. Hall)
2014-2016 Marie Curie Fellow in Department of Chemistry
University of Oxford, UK (coworker: Prof. Rob. Paton).
2017- Professor (tenure-track), State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.
2022-2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
2020 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2019 Tianjin Distinguished Youth Science Fund
2019 Grant Recipient, Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
2017 National and Tianjin “High-Level Talent Introduction” Program Recipient
2016 Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust Fund Award
2016 “Nature Chemistry” Oral presentation Award
2014 Marie Curie Fellowship, FP7-PEOPLE-IIF (EU)
2014 The 2nd Natural Science Award of China
2013 The 1st Natural Science Award of ShanghaiTo date, more than 80 papers have been published in internationally famous journals, including Acc. of Chem. Res., Chem, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Commun., and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Selected Publications:
1. Y. Liu, Y. Ma, P.-Z. Liu, C. Shen, S. Cen, Y.-Y. Zhu, Q. Peng, Z. Zhang,* Switchable Phenanthroline-Cu Catalysts for Enantioselective Alkynylation and Amination of Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, ASAP.
2. H.-X. Sun, G. Li, Z.-L. Wang, S.-X. Tang, Z. Yuan,* Q. Peng,* F. Wang,* Iron-Catalyzed Ligand-Enabled Modular Aminative Difunctionalization of Alkenes, ACS Catal.2025, 15, 17844–17855.
3. Q. Wen, R. Li, X. Liu*, Q. Peng*, Y. Chen*, Europium(II) Ynolate Complex: Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 36862-36869.
4. K. Chen#, H. Zhu#, S. Jiang, K. Ding*, Q. Peng*, X. Wang*, Alkyne dimerization-hydroarylation to form pentasubstituted 1,3-dienes via binuclear nickel catalysis, Nature Comm., 2025, 16: 3077.
5. B. Guo#, X. Yan#, Z. Wang#, C. Shen, W. Chen, S. Cen*, Q. Peng*, Z. Zhang*, Enhanced Pyridine-Oxazoline Ligand-Enabled Pd(II)-Catalyzed Aminoacetoxylation of Alkenes for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Biaryl-Bridged 7‑Membered N‑Heterocycles and Atropisomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12614-12626.
6. Y. Li#, Y. Su#, H. Wang, Y. Xie, X. Wang, L. Chang, Y. Jing, J. Zhang, J.-A. Ma, H. Jin, X. Lou*, Q. Peng*, and T. Liu*, Computation-Guided Discovery of Diazole Monosubstituted Tetrazines as Optimal Bioorthogonal Tools, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 26884-26896.
7. K. Chen#, H.-D. Zhu#, S. Liu, J.-H. Bai, Y.-L. Guo, K.-L. Ding*, Q. Peng*, and X.-M. Wang*. Switch in Selectivities by Dinuclear Nickel Catalysis: 1,4-Hydroarylation of 1,3-Dienes to Z‑Olefins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24877-24888.
8. Y. Zhang#, P. Du#, Y.-R. Ji, S.-Y. Wang, Y.-Q. Zhu, Z.-L. Liu, Y. He, Q. Peng*, and Z. Feng*. Catalytic cross-electrophile coupling of aryl chlorides with unactivated alkyl chlorides: The synergy of iron and Li. Chem.2023, 9, 3623-3636.
9. M.-X. Zhao#, M. Chen#, T. Wang, Q. Peng*, P.-P. Tang*, Palladium/Phosphine Synergistic Redox Catalysis of Fluorocarbonylation, Nat. Commun.2023, 14: 4583.
10. S.-J. Zheng, H. Zhang, Q. Peng*, Overriding the inherent alkalinity to dual phosphinito bimetallic catalyst for C(sp2)-C(sp3) formation: A combined computational and experimental study, Chin. Chem. Lett.2023, 34, 108067.
