Guangxi University

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. (Germany)

Université de Rennes 1 (France)

École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes (France)

Ph.D. in Chemistry (Joint Training)

1. Organic Chemistry 
2. Modern Organic Synthesis

Green Catalysis and Synthetic Chemistry

1. Green organic synthesis and catalysis

2. Heterogeneous catalysis

3. Construction of functional polymer materials via synthetic strategy 

Representative Publications

(To date, he has published more than 40 research papers, 1 chapter of Wiley's monograph)

1. Zhuan Zhang, Thierry Roisnel, Pierre H. Dixneuf, and Jean-François Soulé* RhI‐Catalyzed PIII Directed C−H Bond Alkylation: Design of Multifunctional Phosphines for Carboxylation of Aryl Bromides with Carbon Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 14248–14252. 
2. Yaokun Zhao, Xingchi Li, Pengfei Zhou, Xing Han, Chenjie Zhang, Taoyuan Liang, Shuangliang Zhao,* Zhuan Zhang,* Rh-Catalyzed C−H Alkynylation of Indole Derivatives with Silver(I)-Controlled Regiodivergence. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 7285–7290.
3. Fengqi Yang, Pengfei Zhou, Zeng Huang, Junqiu Liao, Guan Huang, Taoyuan Liang, and Zhuan Zhang* Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Remote C–H Sulfonylation of 2-Pyridones. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 5779–5783.
4. Yuting Gui, Yaokun Zhao, Xingchi Li, Taoyuan Liang, Shuangliang Zhao,* Zhuan Zhang.* Catalyst‐Controlled Divergent C3/C5 Site‐Selective C−H Arylation of 2‐Pyridylthiophenes. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366, 1−8.
5. Zeng Huang,‡ Chenjie Zhang,‡ Pengfei Zhou, Cheng Wang, Taoyuan Liang, Shuangliang Zhao,* Zhuan Zhang,* Regiodivergent Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of 2-Arylthiazoles with Terminal Alkynes under Air Conditions. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 1115−1125.

International Conferences

1. 20th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS) | July 21-25 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany (Poster)
2. 17th European Workshop on Phosphorus Chemistry (EWPC 17) | February 26-28 2020 in Rennes, France (Oral presentation)
3. ACS Fall 2024 Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis Global Virtual Symposium | August 18-22 2024 in Denver, US (Oral presentation)

The China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship (2017)

1. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (2025.01-2028.12) 
2. The Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2025.01-2027.12) 
3. The Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2022.04-2025.03)