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Overview

Guoyong Song is affiliated with Beijing Forestry University in China and has a research focus primarily in the general field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, mechanical engineering, biotechnology, and water science and technology.

The scientist's research topics are centered around lignin and wood chemistry, catalysis for biomass conversion, biofuel production and bioconversion, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, biochemical and biochemical processes, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, and polymer composites and self-healing. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach that connects chemical engineering with biological and environmental applications.

Guoyong Song has contributed extensively to academia, with recurring publications in several notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Industrial Crops and Products
  • Nature Communications
  • ChemSusChem

Some of the recent papers authored by or coauthored with Guoyong Song are:

  • Advanced and versatile lignin-derived biodegradable composite film materials toward a sustainable world, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Selective hydrogenolysis of catechyl lignin into propenylcatechol over an atomically dispersed ruthenium catalyst, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Rational highly dispersed ruthenium for reductive catalytic fractionation of lignocellulose, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A review of hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil: model compounds, catalysts, and equipment, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Catechyl Lignin Extracted from Castor Seed Coats Using Deep Eutectic Solvents: Characterization and Depolymerization, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including Shuizhong Wang, Helong Li, Shihao Su, and Run-Cang Sun. These collaborations suggest active participation in interdisciplinary teamwork across related domains in chemical and biochemical engineering.

Best Publications

  • C–C, C–O and C–N bond formation via rhodium(III)-catalyzed oxidative C–H activation

    Guoyong Song;Fen Wang;Xingwei Li

  • Substrate activation strategies in rhodium(III)-catalyzed selective functionalization of arenes.

    Guoyong Song;Xingwei Li

  • Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling between primary and secondary benzamides and alkynes: synthesis of polycyclic amides.

    Guoyong Song;Dan Chen;Cheng-Ling Pan;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Rh(III)-catalyzed tandem oxidative olefination-Michael reactions between aryl carboxamides and alkenes.

    Fen Wang;Guoyong Song;Xingwei Li

  • Enantioselective C-H bond addition of pyridines to alkenes catalyzed by chiral half-sandwich rare-earth complexes.

    Guoyong Song;Wylie W. N. O;Zhaomin Hou

  • Advanced and versatile lignin-derived biodegradable composite film materials toward a sustainable world

    Han-Min Wang;Tong-Qi Yuan;Guo-Yong Song;Run-Cang Sun

  • Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Lignins into Phenolic Compounds over Carbon Nanotube Supported Molybdenum Oxide

    Ling-Ping Xiao;Shuizhong Wang;Helong Li;Zhaowei Li

  • Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling of N-aryl-2-aminopyridine with alkynes and alkenes.

    Jinlei Chen;Guoyong Song;Cheng-Ling Pan;Xingwei Li

  • From lignin subunits to aggregates: insights into lignin solubilization

    Wenwen Zhao;Ling-Ping Xiao;Ling-Ping Xiao;Guoyong Song;Run-Cang Sun

  • Palladium-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling between pyridine N-oxides and indoles.

    Xue Gong;Guoyong Song;Hong Zhang;Xingwei Li

  • Synthesis of 2-pyridones and iminoesters via Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling between acrylamides and alkynes.

    Yan Su;Miao Zhao;Keli Han;Guoyong Song

  • Selective hydrogenolysis of catechyl lignin into propenylcatechol over an atomically dispersed ruthenium catalyst.

    Shuizhong Wang;Kaili Zhang;Helong Li;Ling-Ping Xiao

  • Ru-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Lignin: Base-Dependent Tunability of Monomeric Phenols and Mechanistic Study

    Helong Li;Guoyong Song

  • Synthesis of Quinolines via Rh(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of Pyridines

    Guoyong Song;Xue Gong;Xingwei Li

  • Rhodium and Iridium Complexes of Abnormal N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Derived from Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine

    Guoyong Song;Yao Zhang;Xingwei Li

  • Fe3+-montmorillonite as a cost-effective and recyclable solid acidic catalyst for the synthesis of xanthenediones

    Guoyong Song;Bo Wang;Haitang Luo;Liming Yang

  • Heteroatom-assisted olefin polymerization by rare-earth metal catalysts

    Chunxiang Wang;Gen Luo;Masayoshi Nishiura;Guoyong Song

  • A review of hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil: model compounds, catalysts, and equipment

    Lu Qu;Xia Jiang;Zihao Zhang;Xiang-gang Zhang

  • Oxidative coupling of NH isoquinolones with olefins catalyzed by Rh(III).

    Fen Wang;Fen Wang;Guoyong Song;Zhengyin Du;Xingwei Li

  • Enantioselective C–H Annulation of Indoles with Diazo Compounds through a Chiral Rh(III) Catalyst

    Xiaohong Chen;Shujing Yang;Helong Li;Bo Wang

  • Pd(0)-catalyzed diarylation of sp3 C-H bond in (2-azaaryl)methanes.

    Guoyong Song;Yan Su;Xue Gong;Keli Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Xingwei Li
Xingwei Li Shaanxi Normal University
Run-Cang Sun
Run-Cang Sun Dalian Polytechnic University
Ke-Li Han
Ke-Li Han Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Tong-Qi Yuan
Tong-Qi Yuan Beijing Forestry University
Shuangfei Wang
Shuangfei Wang Guangxi University
Yongxin Li
Yongxin Li Nanyang Technological University
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Seema Singh
Seema Singh Sandia National Laboratories
Hongjie Zhang
Hongjie Zhang Tsinghua University

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