Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
SUN Ying
Title: Professor
Subject: Organic Chemistry
Phone: 0411-84379167
Email: youngsun@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
1. Catalytic reaction of selective oxidation of dimethylbenzene

2. Catalytic selective dehydration of biomass-based polyols

3. Green synthesis of vitamin C

4. Conversion of glucose to sorbitol and mannitol

Biography
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, 2021/0- present
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor, 2012/12 - 2021/05
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor, 2009/0- 2012/11 
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Industrial Catalysis, 2003/09 - 2009/07

Dalian Jiaotong University, B.S., 1996/09 - 2000/07

Honors and Awards
 
Publications
1. Ying Sun, Hua Wang, JiangHan Shen, HongChao Liu, ZhongMin Liu*. Highly effective synthesis of methyl glycolate with heteropolyacids as catalysts. Catal. Commun. 10, 678-681(2009).
2. Ying Sun, Yangyang Zhang, Yue Qi, Hua Wang, JiangHan Shen, HongChao Liu, ZhongMin Liu*. Preparation of Sulphonated Zirconium Phosphate-Phenylphosphonates and Their Catalytic Properties in Carbonylation of Formaldehyde. Chinese J. Catal. 30(8):786-790(2009).
3. Ying Sun, Min Yang, Herui Dou, Yu He, Wei Wang*, Chenglin Sun*. CuZnAl mixed oxide catalyst prepared from hydrotalcite-like precursor for caralytic wet oxidation of phenol. Chinese J.Catal. 24(8): Communications: 563-564(2003).
 
Invention patents:
1. Ying Sun, Hua Wang, Zhongmin Liu, Martin Philip Atkins. Process for production of glycolic acid. US8501987B2
2. Ying Sun, Hua Wang, Zhongmin Liu. Process for production of glycolic acid. US 8299297B2