Reaction mechanism in Photochemistry
Reaction mechanism in homogeneous catalysis
Reaction mechanism in heterogeneous catalysis
The main research areas:
Photo-dissociation of methanol and water on TiO2 surface.
Catalytic hydrogenation reaction in homogeneous system.
Structure, reactivity and reaction mechanism of transition metal compounds and clusters.
Pyrolysis; Stability and reactivity of organic radicals.
1. Li FL, Wang BL, Chen X, Fan HJ,* Yang XM, Guo Q,* Low-Temperature Aldol Condensation of Aldehydes on R?TiO2(100)-(1 × 1): Exceptional Selectivity for α,β-Unsaturated Enal Production, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12, 1708?1717.
2. Zheng HJ, Kong XT, Wang C, Wang TT, Yang D, Li G, Xie H, Zhao Z,* Shi RL, Han HY, Fan HJ,* Yang XM, and Jiang L*, Spectroscopic Identification of Transition-Metal M[η2?(O,O)C] Species for Highly-Efficient CO2 Activation, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2021, 12, 472?477.
3. Wang HD, Fan HJ,* Silylium ion mediated 2+2 cycloaddition leads to 4+2 Diels-Alder reaction products, COMM. CHEM., 2020, 3,126.
4. Guo W, Li L, Ding Q, Lin XF, Liu XH, Wang K, Liu Y,* Fan HJ,* and Li C,* Synthesis of Chiral Trispirocyclic Oxindoles via Organic-Base/Au(I)-Catalyzed Sequential Reactions, ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 10180?10189
5. Wang RM, Fan HJ,* The Mechanism of H2 and H2O Desorption from Bridging Hydroxyls of TiO2(110) surface, Cat. Sci. & Tech., 2017, 7, 251-264.
6. Guo, Q, Zhou, CY, Ma, ZB, Ren, ZF,* Fan, HJ,*; Yang, XM,* Elementary photocatalytic chemistry on TiO2 surfaces, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 3701-3730.
7. Bian GL, Yang, SW, Huang HY, Zong H, Song L,* Fan HJ,* Sun XQ,* Chirality sensing of tertiary alcohols by a novel strong hydrogen-bonding donor – selenourea, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 932-938.
8. Guo XG, Fang GZ, Li G, Ma H, Fan HJ, Yu L, Ma C, Wu X, Deng DH, Wei MM, Tan DL, Si R, Zhang S, Li JQ, Sun LT, Tang ZC, Pan XL, Bao XH*,Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen, Science, 2014, 344, 616.
9. Duan Y, Li L, Chen MW, Yu CB, Fan HJ,* and Zhou YG,* Homogenous Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unprotected Indoles: Scope and Mechanistic Studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 7688–7700.
10. Guo Q, Xu CB, Ren ZF, Yang WS, Ma ZB, Dai DX, Fan HJ*, Minton TK*, Yang XM*, Stepwise Photocatalytic Dissociation of Methanol and Water on TiO2(110), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 13366-13373.
11. Wang DS, Ye ZS, Chen QA, Zhou YG,* Yu CB, Fan HJ,* and Duan Y, Highly Enantioselective Partial Hydrogenation of Simple Pyrroles: A Facile Access to Chiral 1-Pyrrolines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 8866-8869.
12. Chen QA, Wang DS, Zhou YG,* Duan Y, Fan HJ,* Yang Y, and Zhang Z, Convergent Asymmetric Disproportionation Reactions: Metal/Bronsted Acid Relay Catalysis for Enantioselective Reduction of Quinoxalines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 6126-6129.