He is mainly engaged in the research of synthetic chemistry, photochemistry, polymer and flame retardant materials. Teaching "Data and Information", "Physical chemistry" and other undergraduate courses. Participated in several projects of the French National Center for Scientific Research, and the relevant research results were published in Nat.Chem. And other international journals.
Undergraduate students, master's and doctoral students, and postdocs with a background in chemistry or materials science are welcome to join this research group. Interested candidates should send their resume to zhonghua.xia@bit.edu.cn

Organic Synthesis Chemistry, Photochemistry and Green Catalysis, Polymer Polymerization and New Organic Materials, Flame retardant Materials

2011-2014, Master of Medicinal Chemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Zhu Qiang
2015-2018, Doctor of Organic Chemistry, Sorbonne Universite, France, Tutor Professor Louis Fensterbank

2018-2019, The University of Tokyo, Japan, Special Researcher Project Researcher, Co-supervisor Prof. Sh(Kobayashi)
January 2020, Flame Retardant Center, School of Materials, Beijing Institute of Technology, Special Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor

1. Lizhu Zhang, Cunbo Wei, Jiawen Wu, Dan Liu, Yinchao Yao, Zhuo Chen, Jianxun Liu, Chang-Jiang Yao, Dinghua Li, Rongjie Yang, Zhonghua Xia*, Photoinduced inverse Sonogashira coupling reaction. Chemical Science, 2022,13, 7475-7481.
2. Cunbo Wei, Jiawen Wu, Lizhu Zhang, Zhonghua Xia*, Gold(I)-Catalyzed Selective Hydroarylation of Indoles with Haloalkynes, Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 4689–4693.
3. Zhonghua Xia, Vincent Corcé, Fen Zhao, Cédric Przybylski, Agathe Espagne, Ludovic Jullien, Thomas Le Saux, Yves Gimbert, Héloïse Dossmann, Virginie Mouriès-Mansuy*, Cyril Ollivier*, Louis Fensterbank* Photosensitized oxidative addition to gold(I) enables alkynylative cyclization of o-alkylnylphenols with iodoalkynes, Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 797-805.
4. Zhonghua Xia, Omar Khaled, Virginie Mouriès-Mansuy, Cyril Ollivier*, Louis Fensterbank* Dual Photoredox/Gold Catalysis Arylative Cyclization of ortho-alkynylphenols with Aryl Diazonium Salts: A Flexible Synthesis of Benzofurans, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 81, 7182-7190.
5. Zhonghua Xia, Jinbo Huang, Yimiao He, Jiaji Zhao, Jian Lei, Qiang Zhu* Arylative Cyclization of 2-Isocyanobiphenyls with Anilines: a One-Pot Synthesis of 6-Arylphenanthridines via Competitive Reaction Pathways, Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 2546-2549.
6. Zhonghua Xia, Qiang Zhu* A Transition-metal-free Synthesis of Arylcarboxyamides from Aryl Diazonium Salts and Isocyanides, Organic Letters, 2013, 15, 4110-4113.