1990年本科畢業(yè)于蘭州大學(xué)化學(xué)系，1993年考入蘭州大學(xué)化學(xué)系，1996年獲理學(xué)碩士學(xué)位，1996年底至2001年初在香港大學(xué)化學(xué)系攻讀并獲得博士學(xué)位。2001年至2003年在美國Stanford大學(xué)化學(xué)系做博士后，研究模擬酶。2003年任南開大學(xué)教授、2005年任博士生導(dǎo)師，2007年入選教育部新世紀(jì)優(yōu)秀人才支持計(jì)劃。

1990 ., Lanzhou University (蘭州大學(xué))。
1996 ., Lanzhou University (蘭州大學(xué))。
2001 Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong (香港大學(xué))。
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University (斯坦福大學(xué)) 。
2003年至今 Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University (南開大學(xué))。
2005年至今 博士生導(dǎo)師，南開大學(xué)。

有機(jī)合成化學(xué)，主要從事的研究領(lǐng)域：(1) 有機(jī)高價(jià)碘試劑（hypervalent iodine chemistry）新反應(yīng)性的研究，設(shè)計(jì)合成新的有機(jī)高價(jià)碘試劑并探索它們的新反應(yīng)性；(2) C-H 鍵的官能團(tuán)化；（3）天然產(chǎn)物的全合成。

. “Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent Iodosodilactone as an Efficient Coupling Reagent for Direct Esterification, Amidation, and Peptide Coupling” J. Tian, W.-C. Gao, D.-M. Zhou, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3020-3023.
2. “A Mild and Efficient Direct a-Amination of b-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Iodosobenzene and p-Toluenesulfonamide Catalyzed by Perchlorate Zinc Hexahydrate” J. Yu, S.-S. Liu, J. Cui, X.-S. Hou, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 832-835.
3. “A Dramatic Solvent Effect on One-Pot Synthesis of Substituted Ureas Directly from Primary Alcohols Using the Combined Reagent of Iodobenzene Dichloride and Sodium Azide in Ethyl Acetate” C. Zhang*, W.-K. Wang, T. He, Synthesis 2012, Accepted (invited).
4. “Enantioselective a-tosyloxylation of ketones catalyzed by spirobiindane scaffold-based chiral iodoarenes” J. Yu, J. Cui, X.-S. Hou, S.-S. Liu, W.-C. Gao, S. Jiang, J. Tian, C. Zhang*, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 2011, 22, 2039-2055.
5. “Design, Synthesis, Structure, and Dehydrogenation Reactivity of a Water-Soluble o-Iodoxybenzoic Acid Derivative Bearing a Trimethylammonium Group” L.-Q. Cui, Z.-L. Dong, K. Liu, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6488-6491.
6. “Effective oxidation of benzylic and alkane C-H bonds catalyzed by sodium o-iodobenzenesulfonate with Oxone as a terminal oxidant under phase-transfer conditions” L.-Q. Cui, K. Liu, C. Zhang*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 2258-2265.
7. “One-Pot Synthesis of Symmetrical 1,3-Diarylureas or Substituted Benzamides Directly from Benzylic Primary Alcohols and Effective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Using Phenyliodine Diacetate in Combination with Sodium Azide” X.-Q. Li, W.-K. Wang, Y.-X. Han, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 2588-2598.
8. “Various a-Oxygen Functionalizations of b-Dicarbonyl Compounds Mediated by the Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent p-Iodotoluene Difluoride with Different Oxygen-Containing Nucleophiles” J. Yu, J. Tian, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 531-546.
9. “One-Pot Synthesis of Carbamoyl Azides Directly from Primary Alcohols and Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Using Iodobenzene Dichloride in Combination with Sodium Azide” X.-Q. Li, W.-K. Wang, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 2342-2350.
10. “A Safe, Convenient and Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of -Chloroketone Acetals Directly from Ketones Using Iodobenzene Dichloride” J. Yu, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2009, 2324-2328.
11. “An Environmentally Benign TEMPO-Catalyzed Efficient Alcohol Oxidation System with a Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent and Its Facile Preparation” X.-Q. Li, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2009, 1163-1169.
12. “Iodobenzene dichloride in combination with sodium azide for the effective synthesis of carbamoyl azides from aldehydes” X.-Q. Li, X.-F. Zhao, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2008, 2589-2593.
13. “Iodobenzene dichloride as a stoichiometric oxidant For the conversion of alcohols into carbonyl compounds; Two facile methods for its preparation” X.-F. Zhao, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2007, 551-557.
14. “A Simple and Effective Synthesis of Benzolactones and Benzolactams Via Benzylic Oxidation of Cyclic Benzyl Ethers and N-protected Cyclic Benzyl Amines Using Sodium Chlorite as an Oxidant without a Catalyst” A.-R. Song, J. Yu, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2012, Accepted.
15. “A Simple and Effective Method for a-Hydroxylation of b-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Oxone as an Oxidant without a Catalyst” J. Yu, J. Cui, C. Zhang*, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 7020-7026.
16. “A Simple Method for Epoxidation of Olefins Using Sodium Chlorite as an Oxidant without a Catalyst” X.-L. Geng, Z. Wang, X.-Q. Li, C. Zhang*, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 9610-9613.