Prof. Dr. Guanyu Yang
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Guanyu Yang
Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University
75 Daxue Road, Zhengzhou 450052, P R China
Tel & Fax: 86(371)67763927
Education
B.S., Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 1981
M.S., Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 1988
Ph.D., Dalian Institute of Physical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
Research Interests
The interest of my group centers around the development of new synthetic methodologies, and the more environmentally benigh processes for the synthesis of high added value chemicals. For this aim, my research is directed towards the fundamental and applicable investigations of various catalytic techniques, involving organo-, biomimetic, heterogenous, and homogenous catalysis, as well as the interdisciplinary approach. Much of our work is devoted to the development of novel methods for the catalytic oxidation of organic substrates with molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant.
Representative Publications
1.Jinyun Yuan, Xincheng Liao, Hongming Wang, Guanyu Yang* and Mingsheng Tang. Selective Decomposition of Alkyl Hydroperoxides on H-Type Zeolite via a Concerted Approach. J. Phys. Chem. B. 2009, 113(5), 1418-1422
2.Guanyu Yang*, Weimin Zhu, Panke Zhang, Huazhen Xue, Wei Wang, Junshan Tian, Maoping Song. Recyclable Carbon Supported Copper-Manganese Oxide for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols in Combination with 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidyl-1-oxyl under Neutral Condition. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350(4), 542-546
3.Guanyu Yang*, Liwen Zheng, Guanghui Wu, Xuesong Lin, Maoping Song. Manganese Dioxide and N-Hydroxyphthalimide. An Effective Catalytic System for Oxidation of Nitrotoluenes with Molecular Oxygen. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349(16), 2445-2448
4.Guanyu Yang,* Yanchun Guo, Guanghui Wu, Liwen Zheng, Maoping Song*. Nitroxyl Radical TEMPO. An Organocatalyst for Highly Efficient and Selective Oxidation of Alcohol. Prog. Chem., 2007, 19(11), 1727-1735
5.Yanchun Guo, Junfeng Zhao, Jinxia Xu, Wei Wang, Fengshou Tian, Guanyu Yang*, Maoping Song. Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol Catalyzed by Cu-Mn Mixed Oxides and 2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-piperidyl-1-oxyl.J. Nat. Gas Chem., 2007, 16(2), 210-212
6.Guanyu Yang*, Jun-feng Zhao, Qiao-hong Zhang, Hong Ma, Jie Xu. Organocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Ethylbenzene Using 3,4,5,6-Tetrachloro-N-hydroxyhthalimide and 1,4-Diamino-2,3-dichloro-anthraquinone. J. Mol. Catal. (China), 2007, 21(2), 97-98.
7.Lipeng Zhou, GuanyuYang, Wei Zhang, Zhiqiang Sun, Jin Gao, Hong Miao,J ie Xu, et al. Advances and Perspectives in Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Liquid Phase. Prog. Nat. Sci., 2007, 17(9), 1003-1011.
8.Xinli Tong, Jie Xu, Hong Miao, Guanyu Yang, Hong Ma and Qiaohong Zhang, Highly Efficient and Metal-free Oxidation of Olefins by Molecular Oxygen under Mild Conditions. Tetrahedron, 2007, 63 (32), 7634–7639
9.Guanyu Yang*, Jiping Ma, Wei Wang, Junfeng Zhao, Xuesong Lin, Lipeng Zhou, Xinqin Gao. Heterogeneous Cu-Mn Oxides mediate efficiently TEMPO-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Catal. Lett., 2006, 112(1-2), 83-87
10.Guanyu Yang, Qiaohong Zhang, Hong Miao, Xinli Tong, Jie Xu. Selective Organocatalytic Oxygenation of Hydrocarbons by Dioxygen Using Anthraquinones and N-Hydroxyphthalimide. Org. Lett., 2005, 7(2), 263-266.
11.Guanyu Yang, Yinfa Ma, Jie Xu. Biomimetic Catalytic System Driven by Electron Transfer for Selective Oxygenation of Hydrocarbon. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126(34), 10542-10543.
12.Feng Wang, Guanyu Yang, Wei Zhang, Wenhai Wu, Jie Xu. Oxidation of p-Cresol to p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde with Molecular Oxygen in the Presence of CuMn-Oxide Heterogeneous Catalyst. Adv. Synth. Catal., 2004, 346(6), 633-638
13.Feng Wang, Guanyu Yang, Wei Zhang, Wenhai Wu, Jie Xu. Copper and Manganese: Two Concordant Partners in the Catalytic Oxidation of p-Cresol to p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde. Chem.Commun., 2003, 1172-1173
Patents:
1.A Catalytic System and its Application in Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes or ketones. CN Appl. 200810140748.6
2.Catalytic Oxidation Process of 2,4-Dimethyl-nitrobenzene by Molecular Oxygen for Producing 4-Nitro-3-methylbenzoic Acid. CN. ZL 200610107316.6
3.A Nonmetal Catalytic System for Aerobic Oxidation of Hydrocarbon to Oxygen-containing Compounds. CN. ZL 200410039696.5
4.A Process of p-Cyano-acetophenone Preparation via One-step Catalytic Selective Oxidation. CN. ZL 03 1 33522.5