Research Interests:Design, synthesis and catalysis of late-transition metal or lanthanoid-based N-heterocyclic carbene-containing complexes / Metal-containing imidazolium salts-based ionic liquids / Cross-coupling reactions / Biodegradable polyesters

Representative Publications

1. Controlled synthesis of nickel(II) dihalides bearing two different or identical N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and the influence of carbene ligands on their structures and catalysis, Z. H. Liu, Y. C. Xu, L. Z. Xie,H. M. Sun *, Q. Shen, Y. Zhang, Dalton Trans. ,2011, 40, 4697.

2. Synthesis of anionic iron(II) complex bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and its catalysis for aryl Grignard cross-coupling of alkyl halides, H. H. Gao, C. H. Yan, X. P. Tao, Y. Xia, H. M. Sun *, Q. Shen, Y. Zhang, Organometallics ,2010, 4189.

3. Synthesis of cationic N-heterocyclic carbene lanthanide bromide and the influence of N-heterocyclic carbene and lanthanide metals, H. S. Yao, J. G. Zhang,. Y. Zhang.H. M. Sun,Q. Shen*Organometallics,2010,29, 5841 .

4. Anionic lanthanide complexes bearing a bis(phenoxy)- functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligand: synthesis and molecular structures, H. S. Yao,.Y. Zhang,H. M. Sun,Q. Shen*,Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2009,13, 1920.

5. Synthesis and catalytic activity of neutral salicylaldiminato nickel(II) complexes bearing a single N -heterocyclic carbene ligand, W. F. LI, H. M. Sun * , M. Z. Chen, Q. Shen*,Y. Zhang.J. Organomet. Chem.,2008,693, 2047.

6. Synthesis of indenyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene complex of Ni(II) and its catalytic activity for styrene polymerization,H. M. Sun * ; D. M. Hu, Y. S. Wang, Q. Shen*, Y. Zhang,J. Organomet. Chem.,2007,692, 903.

7. Synthesis, tructure of functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of Fe(II) and their catalytic activity for ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone, M. Z.Chen,H. M. Sun , W. F. Li, Z. G. Wang, Q. Shen*, Y. Zhang,J. Organomet. Chem.,2006,691, 2489.

8. Indenylnickel(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: synthesisviaindene elimination and catalytic activity for ethylene dimerization,H. M. Sun , Q. Shao, W. F. Li, D. M. Hu, Q. Shen*, Y. Zhang,Organometallics,2005,24, 331.