1998年至2002年本科就读于西北轻工业学院（现陕西科技大学），2002年至2007年在大连理工大学师从何仁教授从事烯烃复分解反应催化剂研究，获得博士学位。2007年末至今在大连理工大学精细化工国家重点实验室小分子活化及催化转化团队（学术带头人吕小兵教授）从事二氧化碳资源化利用、精细化工清洁制备及绿色化学化工相关研究，其中2013年至2014年在美国科罗拉多州立大学Tomislav Rovis教授课题组作为国家公派访问学者从事合作研究。

代表性论文：

(46) Li Tao, Xiao-Fei Liu, Bai-Hao Ren, He Wang, Hui-Qin Sun, Ke Zhang, Yong-Qiang Teng, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu, and Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Electroreductive Ring-Opening Carboxylation of 1,3-Oxazolidin-2-ones with CO₂ for Accessing β‑Amino Acids. Organic Letters, 2024, 26(2), 542–546. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c04007.

(45) Xiao-Fei Liu, He Wang, Li Tao, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu, Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Electrocarboxylation of Benzylic Phosphates and Phosphinates with Carbon Dioxide (Invited Paper to Special Issue Carbon Dioxide Valorization). Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica (物理化学学报), 2024, 40(9), 2307008. DOI: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202307008.

(44) Ke Zhang, Xiao-Fei Liu, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu, and Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Eletrocarboxylation Reactions Using CO₂ Both as Promoter and Carboxylative Reagent (Invited Concept Paper). Chemistry – A European Journal, 2023, 29(32), e202204073. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202204073.

(43) Lin-Lin Wang, Xiao-Fei Liu, He Wang, Li Tao, Jian Huang, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu, Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Nickel-Catalyzed Electrochemical Cyclizative Carboxylation of Alkene-Tethered Carbamoyl Chlorides with Carbon Dioxide (Invited Paper to Special Issue Electrochemical Organic Synthesis). Synthesis, 2023; 55(18), 2951−2958. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1738439.

(42) Jian Huang, Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Electroreductive Dicarboxylation of Unactivated Skipped Dienes with CO₂ to Synthesize Cyclic Dicarboxylic Acid (Invited Highlight of Prof. Da-Gang Yu’s Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301892 paper). Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 43(7), 2580−2581. DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202300038.

(41) Xiao-Fei Liu, Ke Zhang, Lin-Lin Wang, He Wang, Jian Huang, Xun-Ting Zhang, Xiao-Bing Lu, and Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Electroreductive Ring-Opening Carboxylation of Cycloketone Oxime Esters with Carbon Dioxide. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 88(8), 5212−5219. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01816.

(40) Ke Zhang, Bai-Hao Ren, Xiao-Fei Liu, Lin-Lin Wang, Min Zhang, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu, and Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Direct and Selective Electrocarboxylation of Styrene Oxides with CO₂ for Accessing β-Hydroxy Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202207660. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207660.

(39) Ke Zhang, Xiao-Fei Liu, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Wei-Min Ren, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Electrocarboxylation of N‑Acylimines with Carbon Dioxide: Access to Substituted α‑Amino Acids. Organic Letters, 2022, 24(19), 3565−3569. DOI: 10.1021/ acs.orglett.2c01267.

(38) Xiao-Fei Liu, Ke Zhang, Li Tao, Xiao-Bing Lu, Wen-Zhen Zhang*. Recent advances in electrochemical carboxylation reactions using carbon dioxide. Green Chemical Engineering, 2022, 3(2),125-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.gce.2021.12.001.

(37) Yan-Kai Huang, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ke Zhang, Wen-Le Wang and Xiao-Bing Lu. Carbon dioxide-promoted palladium-catalyzed dehydration of primary allylic alcohols: access to substituted 1,3-dienes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 8(5), 941-946. DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01465f.

(36) Ke Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Xue-Yan Tao, Min Zhang, Wei-Min Ren, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Carboxylative Cyclization of 2-Butenoates with Carbon Dioxide: Access to Glutaconic Anhydrides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85(17), 11579-11588. DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.0c01717.

(35) Hui Zhou, Hui Zhang, Sen Mu, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Wei-Min Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu. Highly regio- and stereoselective synthesis of cyclic carbonates from biomass-derived polyols via organocatalytic cascade reaction. Green Chemistry, 2019, 21(23), 6335-6341. DOI: 10.1039/c9gc03013a.

(34) Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Yu-Qian Sun, Min Zhang, Hui Zhou, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Silver-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of alkynic hydrazones with carbon dioxide. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 40(8), 1153-1159. DOI: S1872-2067(19)63352-8.

(33) Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Hong-Lin Li, Yang Zeng, Xue-Yan Tao, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Palladium-catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of o-Haloanilines, CO₂ and Isocyanides: Access to Quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 36(2), 112-118. DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201700581.

(32) Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Ning Zhang, Yu-Qian Sun, Yu-Wei Ding, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of o‑Iodoanilines, CO₂, and CO: Access to Isatoic Anhydrides. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(12), 8072-8076. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03000.

(31) Chun-Xiao Guo, Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Ning Zhang and Xiao-Bing Lu. 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Imine with Carbon Dioxide: Access to 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-2(3H)-ones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 82(14), 7637-7642. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00963.

(30) 张文珍^* 张 宁 郭春晓 吕小兵. 二氧化碳参与的环化反应最新研究进展. 有机化学, 2017, 37(6), 1309-1321. DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201701031.

Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Ning Zhang, Chun-Xiao Guo, and Xiao-Bing Lu. Recent Progress in the Cyclization Reactions Using Carbon Dioxide. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 37(6), 1309-1321. DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201701031.

(29) Chun-Xiao Guo, Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Hui Zhou, Ning Zhang and Xiao-Bing Lu. Access to α-Arylglycines via Umpolung Carboxylation of Aromatic Imines with Carbon Dioxide. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, 22(48), 17156-17159. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604623.

(28) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ming-Wang Yang and Xiao-Bing Lu. Carboxylative cyclization of substituted propenyl ketones using CO₂: transition-metal-free synthesis of α-pyrones. Green Chemistry, 2016, 18(15), 4181-4184. DOI: 10.1039/c6gc01346e.

(27) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Chun-Xiao Guo and Xiao-Bing Lu. Ni-catalyzed direct carboxylation of unactivated alkyl electrophiles with carbon dioxide. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 37(2), 215-217. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(15)61037-3.

(26) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ming-Wang Yang, Xu-Tong Yang, Ling-Long Shi, Hui-Bo Wang and Xiao-Bing Lu. Double carboxylation of o-alkynyl acetophenone with carbon dioxide. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016, 3(2), 217-221. DOI: 10.1039/c5qo00374a.

(25) Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Silver-Catalyzed Carboxylation Reaction Using Carbon Dioxide as Carboxylative Reagent. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 2016, 53, 73-100. (Chapter in Carbon Dioxide and Organometallics. Edited by Xiao-Bing Lu. Springer International Publishing). DOI: 10.1007/3418_2015_96.

(24) Hui Zhou*, Guo-Xu Wang, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Bing Lu*. CO₂ Adducts of Phosphorus Ylides: Highly Active Organocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Transformation. ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5(11), 6773-6779. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01409.

(23) Yan-Bo Wang, Dong-Sheng Sun, Hui Zhou, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Bing Lu. CO₂, COS and CS₂ adducts of N-heterocyclic olefins and their application as organocatalysts for carbon dioxide fixation. Green Chemistry, 2015, 17(7), 4009-4015. DOI: 10.1039/c5gc00948k.

(22) Wen-Zhen Zhang*, Si Liu and Xiao-Bing Lu. DBU-promoted carboxylative cyclization of o-hydroxy and o-acetamidoacetophenone. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 11, 906-912. DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.11.102.

(21) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Xiang Ren, and Xiao-Bing Lu. DBU-Mediated Carboxylative Coupling of Primary Amines, Carbon Dioxide and Propargyl Chlorides. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 33(5), 610-613. DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201500011.

(20) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Tian Xia, Xu-Tong Yang and Xiao-Bing Lu. Synthesis of oxazolidine-2,4-diones by a tandem phosphorus-mediated carboxylative condensation-cyclization reaction using atmospheric carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(28), 6175-6178. DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01530h.

(19) Wen-Zhen Zhang, John C. K. Chu, Kevin M. Oberg, and Tomislav Rovis*. Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Isomerization of 4-Iminocrotonates: Asymmetric Synthesis of a Unique Chiral Synthon. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137 (2), 553–555. DOI: 10.1021/ja510348p. Highlight by Synfacts 2015, 11(4), 0399.

(18) Yan-Bo Wang, Dong-Sheng Sun, Hui Zhou, Wen-Zhen Zhang and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Alkoxide-functionalized imidazolium betaines for CO₂ activation and catalytic transformation. Green Chemistry, 2014, 16(4), 2266-2272. DOI: 10.1039/c3gc42346h.

(17) Chuang Liu, Yi Luo,* Wenzheng Zhang,* Jingping Qu, and Xiaobing Lu. DFT Studies on the Silver-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with CO₂: An Insight into the Catalytically Active Species. Organometallics, 2014, 33 (12), 2984–2989. DOI: 10.1021/om500086u.

(16) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ling-Long Shi, Chuang Liu, Xu-Tong Yang, Yan-Bo Wang, Yi Luo and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Sequential carboxylation/intramolecular cyclization reaction of o-alkynyl acetophenone with CO₂. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2014, 1(3), 275-283. DOI: 10.1039/c3qo00047h.

(15) Chun-Xiao Guo, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Si Liu and Xiao-Bing Lu. Cu(I)-catalyzed Chemical Fixation of CO₂ with 2-Alkynylaniline into 4-Hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-one. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 4(6), 1570-1577. DOI: 10.1039/c3cy00858d.

(14) Yan-Bo Wang, Yi-Ming Wang, Wen-Zhen Zhang, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Fast CO₂ Sequestration, Activation, and Catalytic Transformation Using N-Heterocyclic Olefins. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135(32), 11996-12003. DOI: 10.1021/ja405114e.

(13) Lin-Lin Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ling-Long Shi, Xiang Ren, Xiao-Bing Lu*. Sequential Ag-catalyzed carboxylative coupling/Ru-catalyzed cross-metathesis reactions for the synthesis of functionalized 2-alkynoates. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2013, 34(6), 1179-1186. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60527-0.

(12) Lin-Lin Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang, * Xiang Ren, Xin-Yan Tan, Xiao-Bing Lu*. Synthesis of oxacyclic dienes via ring-closing enyne metathesis: difference in construction of eight-membered rings. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53(26), 3389-3392. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.04.107.

(11) Guang-Peng Wu, Wei-Min Ren, Yi Luo, Bo Li, Wen-Zhen Zhang, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Enhanced Asymmetric Induction for the Copolymerization of CO₂ and Cyclohexene Oxide with Unsymmetric Enantiopure SalenCo(III) Complexes: Synthesis of Crystalline CO₂-Based Polycarbonate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(12), 5682-5688. DOI: 10.1021/ja300667y.

(10) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* and Xiao-Bing Lu. Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Using CO₂ as Carboxylative Reagent. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2012, 33(5), 745-756. DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60390-2.

(9) Xiao Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ling-Long Shi, Chuang Zhu, Jiao-Lai Jiang and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Ligand-free Ag(I)-catalyzed Carboxylative Coupling of Terminal Alkynes, Chloride Compounds, and CO₂. Tetrahedron, 2012, 68(44), 9085-9089. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.08.053.

(8) Xiao Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Ling-Long Shi, Chun-Xiao Guo, Ling-Ling Zhang and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Silver(I)-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Arylboronic Esters with CO₂. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48(50), 6292-6294. DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32045b.

(7) Wen-Zhen Zhang, Xiao-Bing Lu. Chiral Salen Complexes. (Chapter 7, p257-293) in Privileged Chiral Ligands and Catalysts. Edited by Qi-Lin Zhou. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2011.

(6) Hui Zhou, Yi-Ming Wang, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Jing-Ping Qu and Xiao-Bing Lu*. N-Heterocyclic carbene functionalized MCM-41 as an efficient catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon dioxide. Green Chemistry, 2011, 13(3), 644-650. DOI: 10.1039/c0gc00541j.

(5) Xiao Zhang, Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Xiang Ren, Lin-Lin Zhang, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Ligand-Free Ag(I)-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with CO₂. Organic Letters, 2011, 13(9), 2402-2405. DOI: 10.1021/ol200638z.

(4) Wen-Zhen Zhang,* Wen-Jie Li, Xiao Zhang, Hui Zhou, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. Cu(I)-Catalyzed Carboxylative Coupling of Terminal Alkynes, Allylic Chlorides, and CO₂. 2010, Organic Letters, 12(21), 4748-4751. DOI: 10.1021/ol102172v.

(3) Ren WeiMin, Zhang WenZhen, and Lu XiaoBing*. Highly Regio- and Stereo-selective Copolymerization of CO₂ with Racemic Propylene Oxide Catalyzed by Unsymmetrical (S,S,S)-SalenCo(III) Complexes. Science China Chemistry, 2010, 53(8), 1646-1652. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-010-4049-1.

(2) Hui Zhou, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Yi-Ming Wang, Jing-Ping Qu, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Functionalized Polymer for Reversible Fixation-Release of CO₂. Macromolecules, 2009, 42(15), 5419-5421. DOI: 10.1021/ma901109j.

(1) Hui Zhou, Wen-Zhen Zhang, Cui-Hua Liu, Jing-Ping Qu, and Xiao-Bing Lu*. CO₂ Adducts of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Thermal Stability and Catalytic Activity toward the Coupling of CO₂ with Epoxides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73(20), 8039-8044. DOI: 10.1021/jo801457r.

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