Bencan Tang
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
2014-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China ï‚· 2011-2013: Academic Visitor in Computational Chemistry, The University of Oxford, UK ï‚· 2009-2011: Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, The University of Southampton, UK ï‚· 2004-2008: PhD, Department of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, UK
Research Interest
Dr Bencan Tang's expertise lies in the construction of complex molecules, both computationally and experimentally. She worked on different types of secondary metabolites, including alkaloids, pepitides and terpenes; and accomplished the syntheses of three marine diterpenes: deoxypukalide, bipinnatin J and intricarene. She is interested in understanding fundamental chemistry problems using computational methods, including investigations of reaction mechanisms, predictions and designs of new reactions, reagents and catalysts. By working with colleagues at UNNC, she is also willing to contribute in the field of renewable energy, biodegradable material and marine natural products using synthetic and computational chemistry as tools.
Publications
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Lan Xia, Bencan Tang (co-first), Linbin Yao, Kai Wang, Anastasia Cheris, Yueyang Pan, Saixi Lee, Yonggao Xia, George Chen, Zhaoping Liu, “Oxidation Decomposition Mechanism of Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Electrolytes for High-Voltage Lithium Ion Batteries: A DFT Calculation and Experimental Studyâ€, Chemistry Select, 2017, 2, 7343-7361.
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Abubakar Yusuf, Colin Snape, Jun He, Honghui Xu, Chaojie Liu, Ming Zhao, George Chen, Bencan Tang, Chengjun Wang, Jiawei Wang, Sailesh N. Behera, “Advances on transition metal oxides catalysts for formaldehyde oxidation: A reviewâ€, Catalysis Reviews, 2017, 1-45.
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Min Liu, Chunxia Zhang, Mingruo Ding, Bencan Tang* and Fengzhi Zhang* “Metal-free base-mediated oxidative annulation cascades to 3-substituted-3-hydroxyoxindole and its 3-spirocyclic derivative.†Green Chemistry, 2017, Accepted 21st August 20
