Name: HUANG Cheng 

Gender: Male

Job title: Associate Professor

Email Address: huangcheng@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience：

2025.12 -- present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang，University, Associate Professor

2021.07 – 2025.12: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Associate Professor

2017.09~2020.07: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctoral Degree

2013.09~2017.07: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master's Degree

2009.09~2013.07: Jiang Xi Normal University, Bachelor's Degree

Teaching：

Undertake College Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. Host of Scientific research training project of Nanchang University, and Innovation and entrepreneurship education teaching reform research project of Nanchang University. I also guided undergraduates to participate in the fourth National College Students’ Chemistry Experiment Innovation Design Competition in 2023 and won the first prize in the finals and the first prize in the Central China region.

Research fields:

My research interests focus on organic photochemical synthesis and continuous flow chemistry, exploring inert bond activation reactions involving free radicals and novel coupling reactions. Currently, I published 14 SCI papers in international journals (Chem，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.，CCS Chemistry, Org. Lett.，Green. Chem.; Chem. Commun., J. Org. Chem., Chem. Eur. J.) and obtained 5 authorized Chinese patents.

Research projects：

National Natural Science Foundation of China (22201121, 22561032), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (20252BAC220065) and Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (20224BAB213006, 20232BAB203002)

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

Papers

(14) Cheng Huang,* Chen-Lu Wang, Hao-Ran Liu, Chen Kang, Sheng Tang, Chang-Ming You, Jia Qiao, Zhenhong Wei, and Hu Cai*, Minisci-Type C−H Methylation and Silylation of Heteroarenes with Visible Light and N‑Fluorobenzenesulfonimide, Organic Letters 2026, doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04922.

(13) Cheng Huang,* Sheng Tang, Ying Wang, Chen-Lu Wang, Ming-Zhi Du, Jia Qiao, Zhenhong Wei, and Hu Cai*, Solvent-Dependent Photocatalytic Acceptorless Dehydrogenation/Dehydrogenation-Coupling-Aromatization of N-Heterocycles, Organic Letters 2025,27, 8370-8375.

(12) Cheng Huang,* Sheng Tang, Chen-Lu Wang, Chen Kang, Ying Wang, Yaru Jing, Zhong-Ming Ye, Zhenhong Wei, and Hu Cai*, Tandem Azolation/Aromatization of Tetrahydronaphthalenes with Hydrogen Evolution via Organophotoredox/Cobalt Dual Catalysis, Organic Letters 2025, 27, 3284-3290.

(11) Cheng Huang,* Zhong-Ming Ye, Yu-Shu Qin, Gui-Ping You, Zhenhong Wei, and Hu Cai*, Radical a-C–H Alkylation and Heteroarylation of Benzyl Anilines Enabled by Organic Photoredox Catalysis, Organic Letters 2025, 27, 275-281.

(10) Cheng Huang*, Chang-Ming You, Yu-Shu Qin, Rui-Nan Ci, Peng Xiao1, Sheng Tang, Bin Liu, Zhenhong Wei, Li-Zhu Wu* & Hu Cai*, Metal-Free, Site-Selective C–H Fluorination of Heteroarenes Under Visible Light, CCS Chemistry 2024, 6, 1681-1688.

(9) Cheng Huang,* Yu-Shu Qin, Chen-Lu Wang, Peng Xiao, Sheng Tang, Hong-Jun Liu, Zhenhong Wei and Hu Cai*, Visible light-induced C(sp³)–H azolation of ethers via radical-polar crossover, Chemical Communications 2024, 60, 2669-2672.

(8) Cheng Huang,* Peng Xiao, Zhong-Ming Ye, Chen-Lu Wang, Chen Kang, Sheng Tang, Zhenhong Wei, and Hu Cai*, Direct C(sp³)–H Arylation of Unprotected Benzyl Anilines and Alkylarenes by Organocatalysis under Visible Light, Organic Letters 2024, 26, 304-309.

(7) Cheng Huang,* Chen Kang, Hong-Jun Liu, Chen-Lu Wang, Sheng Tang, Yu-Shu Qin, Zhenhong Wei and Hu Cai*, N-Sulfonylation of azoles with sulfonyl hydrazides enabled by electrocatalysis, Green Chemistry 2024, 26, 8706-8710.

(6) Chang-Ming You, Cheng Huang, Sheng Tang, Peng Xiao, Shengchun Wang, Zhenhong Wei, Aiwen Lei,* and Hu Cai*, N-Allylation of Azoles with Hydrogen Evolution Enabled by Visible-Light Photocatalysis, Organic Letters 2023, 25, 1722-1726.

(5) Cheng Huang, Jia Qiao, Rui-Nan Ci, Xu-Zhe Wang, Yang Wang, Jing-Hao Wang, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, and Li-Zhu Wu*, Quantum dots enable direct alkylation and arylation of allylic C(sp³)–H bonds with hydrogen evolution by solar energy. Chem 2021, 7, 1244-1257.

(4) Cheng Huang⁺, Rui-Nan Ci⁺, Jia Qiao, Xu-Zhe Wang, Ke Feng, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, and Li-Zhu Wu*, Direct Allylic C(sp³)−H and Vinylic C(sp²)−H Thiolation with Hydrogen Evolution by Quantum Dots and Visible Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021, 60, 11779-11783.

(3) Rui-Nan Ci⁺, Cheng Huang⁺, Lei-Min Zhao, Jia Qiao, Bin Chen, Ke Feng, Chen-Ho Tung & Li-Zhu Wu*, General and Efficient C–P Bond Formation by Quantum Dots and Visible Light. CCS Chemistry 2022, 4, 2946-2952.

(2) Cheng Huang, Jing-Hao Wang, Jia Qiao, Xiu-Wei Fan, Bin Chen, Chen-Ho Tung, and Li-Zhu Wu*, Direct Arylation of Unactivated Alkanes with Heteroarenes by Visible-Light Catalysis. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 12904-12912.

(1) Cheng Huang, Xu-Bing Li, Chen-Ho Tung, and Li-ZhuWu*, Photocatalysis with Quantum Dots and Visible Light for Effective Organic Synthesis. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 11530-11534.

Patents

(5) Cheng Huang; Hu Cai; Yu-Shu Qin; Chen-Lu Wang, Photochemical green preparation of (aryl)pyrazoles, Chinese patent，ZL 2024 1 0977658.1.

(4) Cheng Huang; Hu Cai; Chang-Ming You; Peng Xiao, Green preparation of fluorinated azaarene compounds through C-H bond functionalization, Chinese patent，ZL 2022 1 1036790.X.

(13) Hu Cai; Cheng Huang; Chang-Ming You; Peng Xiao, Method for cross-coupling of hydrosilane compound and nitrogen heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound using formic acid, Chinese patent，ZL 2022 1 1036820.7.

(2) Li-ZhuWu; Cheng Huang; Lei-Min Zhao; Xiang-Bin Fan; Yu-Ji Gao; Tao Lei; Chen-Ho Tung, Method for activating C-H bond in compound, Chinese patent，ZL 2017 1 0326976.1.

(1) Li-ZhuWu; Cheng Huang; Chen-Ho Tung, Method for directly synthesizing allyl sulfide by carbon-hydrogen bond, Chinese patent，ZL 2018 1 0223387.5.