Introduction:
Name: Yaofeng Chen
Title: Professor
E-mail: yaofchen@scut.edu.cn
Personal homepage: https://www2.scut.edu.cn/omsc_en/main.htm
Supervisor: PhD Supervisor
Area:
Organometallic Chemistry; Coordination Chemistry
Education:
2022.03– Professor， Spin-X Institute， South China University of Technology
2006.02–2022.02 Research Professor， Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry， Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003.08–2005.10 Postdoctoral Fellow， University of California， Santa Barbara， Supervisor: Prof. Guillermo. C. Bazan
2002.10–2003.07 Postdoctoral Fellow， University of Montreal， Supervisor: Prof. Davit Zargarian
1999.11–2002.8 Postdoctoral Fellow， Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry， Chinese Academy of Sciences， Supervisor: Prof. Changtao Qian
1996.09–1999.10 PhD in Polymer Chemistry， Zhejiang University， Supervisor: Prof. Zhiquan Shen
1993.09–1996.07 Master of Inorganic Chemistry， Hangzhou University， Supervisor: Prof. Yuqiu Gong
1989.09–1993.07 Bachelor of Chemistry， Hangzhou Normal University
Research interests:
The interdisciplinary research of organic and inorganic chemistry， with special attention to the synthesis， structure and properties (including physical properties， small molecule activation， and catalysts for organic reactions) of rare-earth organometallic complexes.
Representative publications :
(1) Wen， Q. Q.; Feng， B.; Chen， Y. F.* Rare-Earth Metal Phosphinidene Complexes: A Trip from Bridging One to Terminal One. Acc. Chem. Res. 2023， 56， 3343. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00429
(2) Lu， E. L.; Chu， J. X.; Chen， Y. F.* Scandium Terminal Imido Chemistry. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018， 51， 557. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00605
(3) Feng， B.; Ye， L.， Wang， N.; Hu， H.; Li J.;* Tamm， M.; Chen， Y. F.* Endeavoring Cerium(IV)-Alkyl， -Aryl and -Alkynyl Complexes by an Energy-Level Match Strategy. CCS Chem. 2025， 7， 1403. https://www.chinesechemsoc.org/doi/10.31635/ccschem.024.202404131
(4) Wen， Q. Q.; Li， R. Y.; Liu， X. J.;* Peng， Q.;* Chen， Y. F.* Europium(II) Ynolate Complex: Synthesis， Bonding， and Reactivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025， 147， 36862. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c13427
(5) Feng， B.; Xiang， L.; Carpentier， A.; Maron， L.;* Leng， X. B.; Chen， Y. F.* Scandium Terminal Boronylphosphinidene Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021， 143， 2705. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c00148