Shaoguang Zhang

Preprint alert! A family of dicationic Ge/Sn/Pb tetrylenes as “electronic modulater”🔧tunes Pt(0) π-acid cycloisomerization rates across ~1,000 times! Oh and don't forget the second LA on tetryl! Pull! Pull!! Pulll!!! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26… #homogeneouscatalysis

Second TOMS lecture (Tsinghua OrganoMetallic Symposium) in 2026! Beautiful clusters and amazing N2 reduction catalysis from Prof. Yasuhiro Ohki (Kyoto University). Drop me a line if you’d like to be invited for our next TOMS lecture!

New insights into primary and secondary coordination sphere effects in Rh(I) dimers with NIR emission - published in @angew_chem Huge thanks to @WengerOliver for exceptional mentorship and @GiacomoMorsell2 for great collaboration doi.org/10.1002/anie.6…

@ChemJChu Thanks Jiaxiang!!

@zsgTHU Beautiful coordination chemistry!

A fun detour from main-group and TM chemistry! It unexpectedly led us into supramolecular coordination assembly. By changing only the metal ion, tritopic phosphine forms Cu3/Ni3 cages or macrocycle-containing Zn4 1D chain. Controllable topology:-) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Incredibly proud to share our group's latest publication, now out in JACS! Thanks to MSc student Luise and collaborator Robert for making this happen. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

The previous ChemRxiv preprint has now been published on @Orgmet_ACS ! How do you stabilize a highly electron-deficient pyrazine unit inside a conjugated framework? Trap it with phosphines! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… #MainGroupChemistry #MaterialsChemistry

Direct N–N Coupling between a Transient Iron(V)-Nitrido Complex and Nitrosobenzene Affording an Iron(III)-Phenyldiazene-N-Oxide | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@BroereDaniel @StasChem @ChemRxiv Nice work! Now I would like to drink some TEA

Check out our latest work, lead by @StasChem, on @ChemRxiv. No strong base needed for: Metal-Ligand Cooperative Nitrile Activation Triggered by a Catalytic Amount of Weak Base chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

What a carbone-like Sb(I) compound can do? 🧲Quantified σ-donating property 🤝Binds two Pd(II) via 5p/5s donation ✂️Teams up with B(C₆F₅)₃ to activate C–F/C–O bonds 🌈Catalytic olefin iodoperfluoroalkylation via photolytic Sb–C homolysis @CCSChemistry chinesechemsoc.org/doi/10.31635/c…

@bhkenlo @InorgChem Thanks for the post!

Zwitterionic Phosphorus(I) Compounds Supported by a Bis(carbene)borate: Synthesis, Protonation, and Thermodynamics of P–H Bonds | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Zhang and co-workers @InorgChem #phosphorus_I #zwitterionic #biscarbene_borate #carbone #PH_bonds

Can a neutral P(I) behave like a carbone analogue? Bis(carbene)borate-P(I) compounds say yes! — but with much weaker basicity than carbones, measurable P–H BDFEs, and useful P(I)/P(III) catalytic reactivity. #InorganicChemistry #MainGroup #Phosphorus pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

First TOMS lecture (Tsinghua OrganoMetallic Symposium) in 2026! Great talk from Prof. Martin Oestreich ! I tried my best to chase proton, carbocation, and silylium ion in a catalytic cycle. Drop me a line if you’d like to be invited for our next TOMS lecture!

@Boron_Chemistry @PhosChemSpain @InorgChem Thanks for the repost!

Zwitterionic Phosphorus(I) Compounds Supported by a Bis(carbene)borate: Synthesis, Protonation, and Thermodynamics of P–H Bonds (@InorgChem): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac….

Only a couple of days left to submit abstracts for oral presentations at the ICCC 2026 (iccc2026.com)! I will be hosting a special symposium on P-block chemistry covering strained geometries and unusual electronic structures. See you there =)

We warmly invite researchers and students to submit their work. Oral abstract deadline: March 10, 2026 iccc2026.com

A Mixed-Valent and High-Spin Vanadium Phosphide | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Many thanks to RSE for granting us! Looking forward to a fruitful collaboration! RSE awards provide over £856K boost to Scotland’s research sector rse.org.uk/rse-awards-pro…

Another preprint! Pyrazine strikes again! 🧲⚡ We “trapped” a "2e oxidized pyrazine" intramolecularly by two phosphines, forming a fully planar, ladder-type N,P-fused indenofluorene dication. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

Echoing what my postdoc advisor Morris Bullock said to me: "I am still a transition-metal guy at heart."

Preprint Alert! Pyrazine: “I’m a σ-donor.” Iron: “Try π-binding.” 🧲⚙️ ✅ Bent pyrazine in η⁴ hapticity ✅ dearomatization + site-selective reduction ✅ η²-triazine cousin ✅ dehydrogenative borylation precatalyst chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…