HU Chuanjiang
Name:HU Chuanjiang
Title:Professor

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Tel: 86-512-65882041 (Lab)
Fax:86-512-65880903 (o)
Email: cjhu@suda.edu.cn

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Professor (Chemistry)
B.Sc. Nanjing University (1995)
Ph.D. Nanjing University (2000)
Postdoc, University of Florence (2001)
Postdoc, San Jose State University (2001-2003)
Postdoc, University of Notre Dame (2003-2006)
Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame (2006-2008)
Professor, Soochow University (2008-current)
Research Interests:Biomimetic models of metalloenzymes and heme proteins; chiral recognition of biological molecules, such as amino acids, glucose etc.; porphyrin-based electronic, photonic and magnetic materials. We are currently focusing on the studies of the weak interactions involving porphyrins, such as hydrogen bonding .
Representative Publications
1. Just a Proton: Distinguishing the Two Electronic States of Five-Coordinate High-Spin Iron(II) Porphyrinates with Imidazole/ate Coordination.C. J. Hu, C. D. Sulok, F. Paulat, N. Lehnert, A. I. Twigg, M. P. Hendrich, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.J. Am Chem. Soc.2010, 132, 3737.
2. Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on the Electronic Configuration of Five-Coordinate High-Spin Iron(II) Porphyrinates.C. J. Hu,B. C. Noll, P. M. B. Piccoli, A. J. Schultz, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.J. Am Chem. Soc.2008 130 3127.
3. Proton-Mediated Electron Configuration Change in High-Spin Iron(II) Porphyrinates. C. J. Hu , B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt,J. Am Chem. Soc.2005, 127, 15018.
4. Electronic Configuration Assignment and the Importance of Low-Lying Excited States in High-Spin Imidazole-Ligated Iron(II) Porphyrinates.C. J. Hu, A. Roth, M. K. Ellison, J. An, C. E. Schulz, W. R. Scheidt.J. Am Chem. Soc.2005, 127, 5675.
5. Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectra of Five-Coordinate Imidazole-ligated Iron(II) Porphyrinates.C. J. Hu*, A. Barabanschikov, M. K. Ellison, J. Zhao, E. E. Alp, W. Sturhahn, M. Z. Zgierski, J. T. Sage, and W. R. Scheidt,Inorg. Chem.In press.
6. Electronic Configuration of Five-Coordinate High-Spin Pyrazole-Ligated Iron(II) Porphyrinates.C. J. Hu*, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2010,49, 10984.
7. Hydrogen Bonding Influence of 1,10-phenathroline on the Electronic Configuration of Five-Coordinate High-Spin Iron(II) Porphyrinates.C. J. Hu, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2008 47, 8884.
8. Sulfoxide as a Ligand in Iron(II) Porphyrinates: S– or O–Bound?C. J. Hu, B. C. Noll and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2007, 46, 8258.
9. Four-Coordinate Iron(II) Porphyrinates: Electronic Configuration Change by Intermolecular Interaction.C. J. Hu, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2007, 46, 619.
10. Electronic Configuration of High-Spin Imidazole-Ligated Iron(II) Octaethylporphyrinates.C. J. Hu, J. An, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2006, 45, 4177.
11. Low-spin Bis(2-methylimidazole)(octaethylporphyrinato) -iron(III) Chloride (Fe(OEP)(2-MeHIm)2]Cl). A Consequence of Hydrogen Bonding?C. J. Hu, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2006, 45, 9721.
12. Electronic Configuration of High-Spin Imidazole-Ligated Iron(II) Octaethylporphyrinates.C. J. Hu, J. An, B. C. Noll, C. E. Schulz, and W. R. Scheidt.Inorg. Chem.2006, 45, 4177.