On the morning of September 10, 2008, Yao Jiannian, the deputy director of National Natural Science Foundation of China, visited Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry to carry out field evaluation for innovation research group of “chemical bond activation and controllability recombination research”. Director Jiang Biao, Secretary Zhang Jianxin, Deputy secretary Ding Kuiling, Academician Lu Xiyan, Academician Dai Lixin, Academician Lin Guoqiang, Academician Ma Shengming, Researcher Zhu Shizheng, Researcher Ma Dawei, Researcher Yu Biao, etc, attended the meeting. Deputy Director Chen Yongjun, the deputy director of Department of Chemistry of the Foundation, Director Du Canping, Office member Zhang Zhiwen and Member of General Affairs Division Huang Baosheng, etc also attended this innovation group evaluation.

The meeting was presided over by Liang Wenping, the deputy director of Department of Chemistry of the Foundation and group academic leader, made a report. This group consists of eight young backbones at the State Key Laboratory of Metal Organic Chemistry, four of whom acquired the National Found for Distinguished Young Scholars of China and four were selected into “100 Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The group will, according to the international development trend and national major demand in the field of organic chemistry and relevant frontier fields, utilize the selective effect of metal complexes to chemical bond in organic molecules, combine the existing research base and speciality, give play to the group advantages of the team, carry out research aiming at the selectivity activation and controllability recombination of C-H, C-C and other inert chemical bonds and C=X(X is C, O，N, etc) double bonds, which are the basic science problems in comprehensive utilization of CO2 and petrochemical products, in the academic atmosphere of collaboration and free discussion. The group will use modern physical and chemical method, explore the activation mechanism of metal complexes to chemical bonds in organic molecules, realize the essence and rules of reaction selectivity control, provide scientific basis for the development of organic chemistry subject and solve the important organic chemistry problems in national significant demand and strive to become one of the international influential teams on the research of selectivity control in organic synthetic reaction in the future several years.

The leaders of the Foundation and group academic header, group members and relevant personnel in Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry had an informal discussion, visited the State Key Laboratory of Metal Organic Chemistry, Analysis and Testing Center and investigated working environment and technical support situation, etc.

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