Ren-Zhong FU, Ph. D.

School of Materials Engineering

Email: renzhongfujs@126.com

Diplomas

July 1999: B. S. Jilin University, China

July 2003: Ph. D. Jilin University, China

Research Activities

2008-2009: Postdoctoral fellow, Colorado State University, USA, (Prof. Yi-An Shi)

2010-2010: Lecturer, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

2010-2011: Lecturer, Changshu Institute of Technology, China

2012-2018: Associate Professor, Changshu Institute of Technology, China

2018- : Professor, Changshu Institute of Technology, China

Research Interests

Organic Synthesis

Pharmaceutical Synthesis

Green Chemistry

Selected recent publications

1. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang*, Xudong Ma, Yu Sun, Jin Li, Hang Gao, Huaxing Hu, Xiaojun Zeng, Jun Yi*. “An Efficient, Eco-friendly and Sustainable One-Pot Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones Directly from Alcohols Catalyzed by Heteropolyanion-Based Ionic Liquids” Molecules 2017, 22, 1531-1542.

2. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang*, Wei Feng, Qiuxia Ge, Yan Feng, Xiaojun Zeng, Wen Chai, Jun Yi, Rongxin Yuan. “An efficient, eco-friendly and sustainable tandem oxidative amidation of alcohols with amines catalyzed by heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids via a bifunctional catalysis process” Tetrahedron 2016, 72, 8319-8326. (Highlight in Synfacts, 2017, 13(02), 0223.)

3. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang,* Weihua Jin, Hui Gu, Xiaojun Zeng, Wen Chai, Yunsheng Ma, Quan Wang, Jun Yi, Rongxin Yuan. “Microwave-assisted heteropolyanion-based ionic liquid promoted sustainable protocol to N-heteroaryl amides via N-directing dual catalyzed oxidative amidation of aldehydes” RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 107699–107707.

4. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang,* Jin Zhang, Jintao Shao, Xuming Xia, Yunsheng Ma and Rongxin Yuan. “Directly oxidative amidation of aldehydes with amines catalyzed by heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids under solvent-free conditions via a dual-catalysis process” Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14, 1784-1793. (Highlight in Synfacts, 2016, 12(5), 0540.)

5. Ji Xu, Qidong Zhuo, Renzhong Fu, Hongjian Cheng, Xiaoyan Tang, Yunsheng Ma,* Jimin Xie, Rongxin Yuan. “A 2D metal–organic framework for selective adsorptions on organic dyes” Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2016, 446, 198–202.

6. Xiaojun Zeng,* Jiarui Xu, Renzhong Fu, Quan Wang, Liang Wang. “Synthesis and Properties of New Tricephalic Tetrasiloxane Surfactants Containing Carbohydrate and Hydrocarbon Chain” Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 2016, 37, 846–852.

7. Jinbao Xiang, Zhuoqi Zhang, Renzhong Fu, Robert J. Ternansky, Patricia L. Gladstone, Amy L. Allan, Fernando Donate, Graham Parry, Jose Juarez, Andrew P. Mazar, Xu Bai* “The discovery of kinase inhibitors by a combination of diversity-oriented synthesis and selective screening” Med. Chem. Commun., 2016, 7, 1946–1951.

8. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang, Yunsheng Ma, Fei Yang, Jingjing Li, Wen Chai, Quan Wang,* Rongxin Yuan. “Microwave-promoted direct amidation of unactivated esters catalyzed by heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids under solvent-free conditions” Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56, 4527–4531.

9. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang, Wenchen Lai, Yongfeng Ma, Zhikai Chen, Jian Zhou, Wen Chai, Quan Wang,* Rongxin Yuan. “Efficient and Green Microwave-Assisted Multicomponent Biginelli Reaction for the Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidinones Catalyzed by Heteropolyanion-Based Ionic Liquids under Solvent-Free Conditions” Synthetic Communications 2015, 45, 477-487.

10. Yang Yang, Renzhong Fu,* Jianjun Yuan, Shiyuan Wu, Jialiang Zhang, Haiying Wang. “Highly sensitive hydrogen peroxide sensor based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with platinum nanoparticles on carbon nanofiber heterostructures” Microchimica Acta 2015, 182, 2241–2249.

11. Xiaojun Zeng,* Renzhong Fu, Yan Zhu, Peng Ji, Huiqin Chen, Chen Chen, Yang Xu. “Sn-Co-C composite anode material for lithium-ion batteries prepared by hydrothermal and in-situ carbothermal reduction” Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment 2015, 36(10), 1-7.

12. Renzhong Fu, Yang Yang, Zhikai Chen, Wenchen Lai, Yongfeng Ma, Quan Wang,* Rongxin Yuan. “Microwave-assisted heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids catalyzed transamidation of non-activated carboxamides with amines under solvent-free conditions” Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 9492-9499.

13. Zhikai Chen, Renzhong Fu,* Wen Chai, Hao Zheng, Lin Sun, Qiang Lu, Rongxin Yuan. “An eco-benign and highly efficient procedure for N-acylation catalyzed by heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids using carboxylic acid under solvent-free conditions.” Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 2237-2245.

14. Quan Wang, Jun Feng, Wen Chai, Haoran Geng, Min Xu, Kun Wang, Chao Xu, Renzhong Fu,* Rongxin Yuan. “Bu₄NI-catalyzed construction of C-O bonds by oxidative coupling of alcohols with ethers.” Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 4785–4789.

15. Quan Wang, Hao Zheng, Wen Chai, Dianyu Chen, Xiaojun Zeng, Renzhong Fu,* Rongxin Yuan. “Copper catalyzed C-O bond formation via oxidative cross-coupling reaction of aldehydes and ethers.” Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12, 6549-6553.

16. Quan Wang, Haoran Geng, Wen Chai, Xiaojun Zeng, Min Xu, Cheng Zhu, Renzhong Fu,* Rongxin Yuan. “Copper-Catalyzed Formation of C–O Bonds by Oxidative Coupling of Benzylic Alcohols with Ethers” European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014, 6850–6853.