Special Talent：
Address：Weijin Road 94, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Telephone：13188836258
Email：zhenbo.mo@nankai.edu.cn
Research Group Website：https://mogroup.nankai.edu.cn
Research Interest：
Main Group Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and Small Molecule Activation
2009-2014
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC)
Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Shanghai, China (with Prof. Liang Deng).
2005-2009 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
ACADEMIC CAREER
2021- Professor(tenure-track),State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry,Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.
2020-2021 Professor(tenure-track),Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.
2018-2019 Postdoctoral associate, RIKEN, Wako, Japan (With Prof. Zhaomin Hou, JSPS Fellow).
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Technische Universitaet Berlin Berlin, German (with Prof. Matthias Driess, Humboldt Fellow).
2014-2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford,UK (with Prof. Simon Aldridge).
2018 JSPS Felloship, Japan.
2016 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany.
Selected Publications:
1. Xuyang Wang, Chuangchuang Xu, Fanshu Cao, Yilin Sun, Chunming Cui, Zhenbo Mo. Isolation and Reactivity of a BN-Embedded Heterocumulene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 29653−29658.
2. Jinghuang Lv, Xiao Fang, Fanshu Cao, Zhenbo Mo. Cooperative Activation of CO and Pyridine by an Aluminum(I) Complex Ligated with a Silylene–Borane Ligand. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202512084.
3. Shaozhi Du, Fanshu Cao, Xuyang Wang, Binglin Lei, Zhenbo Mo. A silylene-stabilized heterodiatomic SiGe molecule. Chem. 2025, 11, 102653.
4. Chuangchuang Xu, Fanshu Cao, Xingge Chen, Ming Chen, Zhenbo Mo. X. Crystalline Silylene-Stabilized Diboryne and Siladiborirene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 1207−1213.
5. Xi Chen, Dezhi Yang, Fanshu Cao, Zhenbo Mo. Multielectron Reduction of Nitrosoarene via Aluminylene-Silylene Cooperation. J. Am. Chem.Soc. 2024, 146, 29278-29284.
6. Binglin Lei, Fanshu Cao, Ming Chen, Xuyang Wang, Zhenbo Mo. Bisgermylene-Stabilized Stannylone: Catalytic Reduction of Nitrous Oxide and Nitro Compounds via Element-Ligand Cooperativity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024 ,146, 17817-17826.
7. Zihao Qiao, Xueyan Li, Ming Chen, Fanshu Cao, Zhenbo Mo. Double 1,2-Carbon Migration at Mixed Heavier Sn=Ge Vinylidenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401570.
8. Xi Chen, Yin Yang, Hao Wang, Zhenbo Mo. Cooperative Bond Activation and Catalytic CO2 Functionalization with a Geometrically Constrained Bis(silylene)-Stabilized Borylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7011-7020.
9. Ming Chen, Zhaoyin Zhang, Jun Liu, Gongyu Li, Lili Zhao, Zhenbo Mo. Isolation and Reactivity of Homoleptic Diphosphene Lead Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312837.
10. Ming Chen, Zhaoyin Zhang, Zihao Qiao, Lili Zhao, Zhenbo Mo. An Isolable Bis(Germylene)-Stabilized Plumbylone. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215146.
11. Shaozhi Du, Fanshu Cao, Xi Chen, Hua Rong, Haibin Song, Zhenbo Mo. A silylene-stabilized ditin(0) complex and its conversion to methylditin cation and distannavinylidene. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 7474-7483.
12. Xuyang Wang, Binglin Lei, Zhaoyin Zhang, Ming Chen, Hua Rong, Haibin Song, Lili Zhao, Zhenbo Mo. Isolation and characterization of bis(silylene)-stabilized antimony(I) and bismuth(I) cations. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14,2968-2978.
13. Xi Chen, Hao Wang, Shaozhi Du, Matthias Driess, Zhenbo Mo. Deoxygenation of Nitrous Oxide and Nitro Compounds Using Bis(N-Heterocyclic Silylene)Amido Iron Complexes as Catalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114598.
14. Ming Chen, Binglin Lei, Xuyang Wang, Hua Rong, Haibin Song, Zhenbo Mo. A Silylene-Stabilized Germanium Analogue of Alkynylaluminum. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022,61, e202204495.
15. Shaozhi Du, Hongwei Jia, Hua Rong, Haibin Song, Chunming Cui, Zhenbo Mo. Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Silylene Stabilized Disilicon(0) Complexes. Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202115570.
