Name: Cai Hu

Gender: Male

Job title: Professor

Email Address: caihu@ncu.edu.cn

Education:

September, 1996 – June, 1999; Nanjing University, China, Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, “Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Micro-porous Silver(I) Coordination Polymers”.

September, 1993 – June, 1996; Nanjing University, China, M.S. in Organic Chemistry, “Photo-induced Electron Transfer Reactions of Phthalimide Derivatives with Organic Amines”.

September, 1986 – June, 1990; Lanzhou University, China, B.S. in Organic Chemistry.

Work Experience：

June, 2007 – present; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, China; Dean, Ganjiang Professor, Xiangzhang Distinguished Professor;

April, 2004 – May, 2007; Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, United States; Postdoctoral research associate;

November, 2002 – March 2004; Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University; United States; Research associate;

June, 1999 – October, 2002; Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States; Postdoctoral research associate:

June, 1990 – August, 1993; Jiangxi Xinyu Iron & Steel Company, China; Assistant engineer;

Teaching：Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Modern Organic Synthesis;

Research fields:

Organic synthesis, organic-inorganic hybrid functional molecules.

Research projects：

1. Design, synthesis and performance study of a novel stator rotor type metal free molecular ferroelectric material. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Under research, 2021-2024.

2. Coordination polymers constructed from organic nitrogen hydroxyl compounds and their functional properties. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Conclusion, 2016-2019.

3. Study on Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydrogen Ammonia Alkylation Reaction. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Under research, 2019-2022.

4. Study on the Synthesis and Reaction of High Valence VB Group Transition Metal Nitrogen Heterocyclic Carbene Compounds. Conclusion, 2012-2015.

5. Basic research on the sub topic of "Scientific Foundation for Efficient Utilization and Green Separation of Rare Earth Resources" - "Recovery of Extremely Low Content Rare Earth Solutions from Southern Ionic Mines". Conclusion, 2012-2016.

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

1. Rational design of ceramic-like molecular ferroelectric by quasi- spherical theory. Wei, Zhen-Hong; Jiang, Zhen-Tao; Zhang, Xiu-Xiu; Li, Ming- Li; Tang, Yuan-Yuan; Chen, Xiao-Gang; Cai, Hu*; Xiong, Ren-Gen*. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142(4), 1995-2000.

2. Transition metal-free electrocatalytic halodeborylation of arylboronic acids with metal halides MX (X = I, Br) to synthesize aryl halides. Fu, Zhengjiang; Hao, Guangguo; Fu, Yaping; He, Dongdong; Tuo, Xun; Guo, Shengmei; Cai, Hu*. Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2020, 7(3), 590-595.

3. Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Ortho-Halogenation of Aryl Carboxylic Acids with Sodium Halide NaX Using Carboxyl as a Traceless Directing Group. Fu, Zhengjiang; Jiang, Yongqing; Wang, Shuiliang; Song, Yuanyuan; Guo, Shengmei; Cai, Hu*. Organic Letters, 2019, 21(9), 3003-3007.

4. Nucleophile-controlled mono- and bis-phosphonation of amino-2- en-1-ones via catalyst-free C(sp3)-N bond cleavage. Huang, Ling; Zhang, Zhebin; Jie, Kun; Wang, Yufeng; Fu, Zhengjiang; Guo, Shengmei; Cai, Hu*. Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2018,5(24),3548-3552.

5. Narrowest Band Gap Ever Observed in Molecular Ferroelectrics: Hexane -1,6-diammonium Pentaiodobismuth(III). Zhang, Han-Yue; Wei, Zhenhong; Li, Peng-Fei ; Tang, Yuan-Yuan; Liao, Wei-Qiang; Ye, Heng-Yun; Cai, Hu*; Xiong, Ren-Gen*; Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2018 , 57(2), 526-530.

6. Metal-free phosphonation of benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles under oxidative conditions. Gong, Jiuhan; Huang, Ling; Deng, Qidu; Jie, Kun; Wang, Yufeng; Guo, Shengmei*; Cai, Hu*; Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 4(9), 1781-1784.

7. Selective phosphoramidation and phosphonation of benzoxazoles via sequence control. Huang, Ling; Gong, Jiuhan; Zhu, Zheng; Wang, Yufeng; Guo, Shengmei*; Cai, Hu*; Organic Letters, 2017, 19(9), 2242-2245.

8. Halogenation and Cyanation of Electron-Deficient Aryl Carboxylic Acids via Cu Mediator as Well as Electron-Rich Ones through Pd Catalyst under Aerobic Conditions, Fu, Zhengjiang; Li, Zhaojie; Song, Yuanyuan; Yang, Ruchun; Liu, Yanzhu; Cai, Hu*; Journal of Organic Chemistry; 2016, 81(7), 2794-2803.

9. Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Methylthiolation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Using DMSO as the Sulfurizing Reagent. Fu, Zhengjiang; Li, Zhaojie; Xiong, Qiheng; Cai, Hu*. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 2014(35), 7798-7802.

10. C-H Bond Activation during and after the Reactions of a Metallacyclic Amide with Silanes : Formation of a μ-Alkylidene Hydride Complex , Its H -D Exchange , and B-H Abstraction by a Hydride Ligand. Wang, Li; Hunter, Seth C; Song, Zhimin; Steren, Carlos A; Chen, Tianniu; Wei, Zhenhong; Cai, Hu*; Xue, Zi-Ling*. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2014, 20(20), 6033-6039.