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Overview

Wen-Hua Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The core topics in Wen-Hua Sun's research include:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wen-Hua Sun include:

  • Yanping Ma (123 publications)
  • Tongling Liang (103 publications)
  • Gregory A. Solan (72 publications)
  • Qiuyue Zhang (42 publications)
  • Qaiser Mahmood (39 publications)

Wen-Hua Sun's work has been published notably in these venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (56 publications)
  • Applied Organometallic Chemistry (16 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (14 publications)
  • Catalysts (14 publications)
  • RSC Advances (11 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Wen-Hua Sun demonstrate a focus on molecular catalysts and polymerization techniques:

  • Recent advancements in N-ligated group 4 molecular catalysts for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Recent developments in vanadium-catalyzed olefin coordination polymerization, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Structural evolution of iminopyridine support for nickel/palladium catalysts in ethylene (oligo)polymerization, 2022, Dalton Transactions
  • Multinuclear late transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization, 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Manganese(I)-catalyzed asymmetric (transfer) hydrogenation of ketones: An insight into the effect of chiral PNN and NN ligands, 2023, Journal of Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in Ni-mediated ethylene chain growth: N imine -donor ligand effects on catalytic activity, thermal stability and oligo-/polymer structure

    Zheng Wang;Zheng Wang;Qingbin Liu;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Wen-Hua Sun

  • 2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-phenyliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-methylbenzenamine Nickel Dibromides: Synthesis, Characterization, and Ethylene Polymerization

    Hao Liu;Weizhen Zhao;Xiang Hao;Carl Redshaw

  • Iron complexes bearing 2-imino-1,10-phenanthrolinyl ligands as highly active catalysts for ethylene oligomerization

    Wen-Hua Sun;Suyun Jie;Shu Zhang;Wen Zhang

  • Carbocyclic-fused N,N,N-pincer ligands as ring-strain adjustable supports for iron and cobalt catalysts in ethylene oligo-/polymerization

    Zheng Wang;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Wenjuan Zhang;Wenjuan Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Progression of Diiminopyridines: From Single Application to Catalytic Versatility

    Zygmunt Flisak;Zygmunt Flisak;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Iron(II) and Cobalt(II) 2-(Benzimidazolyl)-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl Complexes as Catalysts for Ethylene Oligomerization and Polymerization

    Wen-Hua Sun;Peng Hao;Shu Zhang;Qisong Shi

  • Recent progress on nickel-based systems for ethylene oligo-/polymerization catalysis

    Shaoli Wang;Wen-Hua Sun;Carl Redshaw

  • Tailoring iron complexes for ethylene oligomerization and/or polymerization.

    Wenjuan Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun;Carl Redshaw

  • Machine Learning in Catalysis, From Proposal to Practicing.

    Wenhong Yang;Timothy Tizhe Fidelis;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Nickel complex pre-catalysts in ethylene polymerization: new approaches to elastomeric materials

    Rong Gao;Rong Gao;Wen-Hua Sun;Carl Redshaw

  • From model compounds to protein binding: syntheses, characterizations and fluorescence studies of [RuII(bipy)(terpy)L]2+ complexes (bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine; terpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine; L = imidazole, pyrazole and derivatives, cytochrome c).

    Xiao-Juan Yang;Friedrich Drepper;Biao Wu;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Access to highly active and thermally stable iron procatalysts using bulky 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridine ligands

    Jiangang Yu;Hao Liu;Wenjuan Zhang;Xiang Hao

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Ethylene Oligomerization and Polymerization of Ferrous and Cobaltous 2-(Ethylcarboxylato)-6-iminopyridyl Complexes

    Wen-Hua Sun;Xiubo Tang;Tielong Gao;Biao Wu

  • Vinyl Polymerization of Norbornene with Neutral Salicylaldiminato Nickel(II) Complexes

    Wen-Hua Sun;Haijian Yang;Zilong Li;Yan Li

  • Nickel (II) complexes bearing 2-ethylcarboxylate-6-iminopyridyl ligands: synthesis, structures and their catalytic behavior for ethylene oligomerization and polymerization

    Xiubo Tang;Wen-Hua Sun;Tielong Gao;Junxian Hou

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Ethylene Oligomerization and Polymerization of [2,6-Bis(2-benzimidazolyl)pyridyl]chromium Chlorides

    Wenjuan Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun, ,†;Shu Zhang;Junxian Hou

  • Bridged bis-pyridinylimino dinickel(II) complexes: Syntheses, characterization, ethylene oligomerization and polymerization

    Suyun Jie;Dongheng Zhang;Tianzhu Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Ethylene polymerization by 2-iminopyridylnickel halide complexes: synthesis, characterization and catalytic influence of the benzhydryl group

    Wen-Hua Sun;Shengju Song;Baixiang Li;Carl Redshaw

  • 2-(1H-2-Benzimidazolyl)-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl Iron(II) and Cobalt(II) Dichlorides: Syntheses, Characterizations, and Catalytic Behaviors toward Ethylene Reactivity

    Liwei Xiao;Rong Gao;Min Zhang;Yan Li

  • Conjugated Ligands Modulated Sandwich Structures and Luminescence Properties of Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks

    Tian-Fu Liu;Wenjuan Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun;Rong Cao

  • 2-Arylimino-9-phenyl-1,10-phenanthrolinyl-iron, -cobalt and -nickel Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Ethylene Oligomerization Behavior

    Suyun Jie;Shu Zhang;Wen‐Hua Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory A. Solan
Gregory A. Solan University of Leicester
Xiang Hao
Xiang Hao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Carl Redshaw
Carl Redshaw Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tamotsu Takahashi
Tamotsu Takahashi Hokkaido University
Lin Wang
Lin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Leyong Wang
Leyong Wang Nanjing University
Konstantin P. Bryliakov
Konstantin P. Bryliakov Novosibirsk State University
Kotohiro Nomura
Kotohiro Nomura Tokyo Metropolitan University
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Evgenii P. Talsi
Evgenii P. Talsi Novosibirsk State University

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