Fax: 86-512-65880305 (O.)

Email:zhaobei@suda.edu.cn

M.Sc. Suzhou University (1995)

Ph.D. Suzhou University (2006)

Research Interests:synthesis, structures and catalytic properties of organolanthanide compounds, organometallic chemistry directed towards organic synthesis (OMCOS), asymmetric synthesis

Representative Publications:

1. Intermolecular addition of alcohols to carbodiimides catalyzed by rare-earth metal amides

L. J. Hu,C. R. Lu,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao

Org. Chem. Front.,2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7QO00991G

2. An amidato divalent ytterbium cluster: synthesis and molecular structure, its reactivity to carbodiimides and application in the guanylation reaction

C. Gong, H. Ding, C. R. Lu,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao

Dalton Trans.,2017,46, 6031-6038.

3.Efficient asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of unsaturated amides catalyzed by rare-earth metal amides [(Me₃Si)₂N]₃RE(m-Cl)Li(THF)₃with phenoxy-functionalized chiral prolinols

Z. H. Fei, C. Zeng, C. R. Lu,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao

RSC Adv.2017,7, 19306-19311.

4.Synthesis and characterization of bridged bis(amidato) rare earth metal amides and their applications in C–N bond formation reactions

B. Zhao,* Y. Xiao, D. Yuan, C. R. Lu, Y. M. Yao

Dalton Trans.2016,45, 3880-3887.

5. Asymmetric michael addition of malonates to unsaturated ketones catalyzed by rare earth metal complexes bearing phenoxy functionalized chiral diphenylprolinolate ligands

Q. Q. Qian, W. G. Zhu, C. R. Lu,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao

Tetrahedron: Asy.2016,27, 911-917.

6.Synthesis and characterization of amidato divalent lanthanide complexes and their use in forming 2,4-quinazolidinones from CO₂and 2-aminobenzonitriles

Q. Y.Wang,C. R.Lu,B.Zhao*,Y. M.Yao

Eur. J. Org. Chem.,2016, 2555-2559.

7. Carboxylation of terminal alkynes with CO₂catalyzed by bis(amidate) rare-earth metal amides

H. Cheng,B. Zhao,* Y. M. Yao, C. R. Lu

Green Chem.,2015,17, 1675-1682.

8.Highly enantioselective epoxidation ofα,β-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by rare-earth amides [(Me₃Si)₂N]₃RE(μ-Cl)Li(THF)₃with phenoxy-functionalized chiral prolinols

C. Zeng, D. Yuan,B. Zhao,* Y. M. Yao

Org. Lett.,2015,17, 2242-2245.

9. Synthesis and characterization of bis(amidate) rare-earth metal amides and their application in catalytic addition of amines to carbodiimides

H. Cheng, Y. Xiao, C. R. Lu,B. Zhao,* Y. R. Wang, Y. M. Yao

New J. Chem.,2015,39, 7667-7671.

10. Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth metal complexes supported by a new pentadentate Schiff base and their application in heteroselective polymerization of rac-lactide

Y. Cui, W. K. Gu, Y. R. Wang,*B. Zhao,* Y. M. Yao, Q. Shen

Catal. Sci. Technol.,2015,5, 3302-3312.

11.Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth metal guanidinates stabilized by amine-bridged bis(phenolate) ligands and their application in the controlled polymerization ofrac-lactide andrac-b-butyrolactone

T. H. Zeng, Q. Q. Qian,B. Zhao,* D. Yuan, Y. M. Yao*, Q. Shen

RSC Adv.2015,5, 53161-53171.

12.C-N bond formation reaction catalyzed by Organo-rare-earth metal amides (Invited Review)

Y. Xiao, Q. Y. Wang,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao*

Chin. J. Org. Chem.2015,35, 1598-1614.

13.Asymmetric epoxidation of unsaturated ketones catalyzed by heterobimetallic rare-earth-lithium complexes bearing phenoxy functionalized chiral diphenylprolinolate ligand

Q. Q. Qian, Y. F. Tan,B. Zhao,* T. Feng, Q. Shen, Y. M. Yao*

Org. Lett.,2014,16,4516-4519.

14.Synthesis and characterization of amidate rare-earth metal amides and their catalyticactivities towardhydrophosphonylation of aldehydes and unactivated ketones

L. Zhao, H. Ding,B. Zhao,* C. R. Lu, Y. M. Yao

Polyhedron,2014,83, 50-59.

15. Asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of Danishefsky’s dienes witha-carbonyl esters catalyzed by an indium(III)-PyBox complex

B. Zhao, T. P. Loh

Org. Lett.,2013,15, 2914-2917.

16.Unexpected C−H bond activation promoted by bimetallic lanthanide amido complexes bearing a META-phenylene bridged bis(β-diketiminate) ligand

S. Sun, Q. Sun,B. Zhao*, Y. Zhang, Q. Shen, Y. M. Yao*

Organometallics,2013,32, 1876-1881.

17.Bimetallic lanthanide amido complexes as highly active initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of lactides

S.Sun, K. Nie, Y. F. Tan,B. Zhao*, Y. Zhang, Q. Shen, Y. M. Yao*

Dalton Trans.,2013,42, 2870-2878.

18.Synthesis and structural diversity of lanthanide amidate complexes and their catalytic activities for the ring-opening polymerization ofrac-lactide

X.L. Hu, C. R. Lu, B. Wu, H. Ding,B. Zhao*, Y. M. Yao*, Q. Shen

J. Organomet. Chem.,2013,732, 92-101.

19.Addition of terminal alkynes to aromatic nitriles catalyzed by divalent lnathanide amides supported by amidates: synthesis of ynones

H. Ding, C. R. Lu, X. L. Hu,B. Zhao*, B. Wu, Y. M. Yao*

Synlett,2013,24, 1269-1274.

20.Ring-opening polymerization of trimethylenecarbonate by the bridged diphenoxo ytterbium (II) complex

B. Zhao, X. L. Hu, C. R. Lu

J. Appl. Polym. Sci.,2011,120, 2693.

21.One-pot synthesis of salicylanilides by direct amide bond formation from salicyclic acid under microwave irradiation

C. R. Lu,B. Zhao*, Y. P. Jiang, H. Ding, S. Yang

Syn. Commun.,2011,41, 1257.

22.Ring-opening polymerization of trimethylenecarbonate and its copolymerization withe-caprolactone by lanthanide (II) aryloxide complexes

B. Zhao, C. R. Lu, Q. Shen

J. Appl. Polym. Sci.,2007,106, 1383.

23. Metallomacrocycle complexes of lanthanides with bridged amide ligands: syntheses and molecular structures of [{μ₂-p-(Me₃SiN) ₂ C ₆H₄}YbCl(THF)₂]₂and [{μ₂-p-(Me₃SiN) ₂ C ₆H₄}Nd(μ₂-Cl)(THF)]₄•2PhMe

B. Zhao, H. H. Li, Q. Shen, Y. Zhang, Y. M. Yao, C. R. Lu

Organometallics,2006,25, 1824.

24.Polymerization of N-phenyl maleimide by lanthanide complexes

B. Zhao, Y. R. Wang, C. R. Lu, Q. Shen, M. Y. Deng

J.Polym. Sci. Polym. Chem.,2005,43, 3966.