(1)  Organometallic Chemistry

(2)  Transition Metal Cluster Chemistry

(3) Biomimetic Chemistry of Hydrogenases

HONORS AND AWARDS

2005   Prize for the Natural Science awarded by Municiple Government of Tianjin

2004   Huang Yao-Zeng Prize for Organometallic Chemistry Awarded by Chinese Chemical Society

1998   Prize for the Advancement of Science and Technology Awarded by The Education Ministryf China

1993   Prize for the Advancement of Science and Technology Awarded by The Education Ministry of China

1993   National Prize for Excellent Teaching Achievements

1992   National Prize for Excellent Books

1989   Prize for the Advancement of Science and Technology Awarded by The Education Ministry of China

EDITORAL BOARDS

1993-           Member of Editorial Board and Editorial Advisory Board of Acta Chimica Sinica

1992-1997   Member of Edtorial Advisory Board of Organometallics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Li-Cheng Song,* Yong-Xiang Wang, Xu-Kang Xing, Shu-Da Ding, Long-Duo Zhang, Xu-Yong Wang, Hong-Tao Zhang, Hydrophilic Quaternary Ammonium-Group-Containing [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Models: Synthesis, Structures, and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 1–12. 

2. Li-Cheng Song,* Kai-Kai Xu, Xiao-Feng Han, Ji-Wei Zhang, Synthetic and Structural Studies on 2-Acylmethyl-6-R-difunctionalized Pyridine Ligand-Containing Iron Complexes Related to [Fe]-Hydrogenase, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 1258-1269.

3. Li-Cheng Song,* Fei-Xian Luo, Bei-Bei Liu, Zhen-Chao Gu, Hao Tan, Novel Ruthenium Phthalocyanine-Containing Model Complex for the Active Site of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic H2 Evolution, Organometallics 2016, 35, 1399-1408.

4. Li-Cheng Song,* Zhen-Chao Gu, Wei-Wei Zhang, Qian-Li Li, Yong-Xiang Wang, Hong-Fa Wang, Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalysis of Butterfly [Fe2SP] Cluster Complexes Relevant to [FeFe]-Hydrogenases, Organometallics 2015, 34, 4147-4157.

5. Li-Cheng Song,* Hao Tan, An-Guo Zhu, Yuan-Yuan Hu, Hao Chen, Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions of [Et3NH]+ Salts of the [(μ-RS)(μ-CO)Fe2(CO)6]- Anions with Iodo-Aromatic Compounds to Give the Corresponding Butterfly μ-Acyl Fe/S Cluster Complexes, Organometallics 2015, 34, 1730-1741.

6.  Li-Cheng Song,* Hao Tan, Fei-Xian Luo, Yong-Xiang Wang，Zhen Ma, Zheng Niu, Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic H2 Production of Ferrocenyl (Fc) Group-Containing Complexes [Ni(PFc2NAr2)2](BF4)2 (Ar = Ph or p-BrC6H4), Organometallics 2014, 33, 5246-5253.

7. Li-Cheng Song,* Fu-Qiang Hu, Gao-Yu Zhao, Ji-Wei Zhang, Wei-Wei Zhang, Several New [Fe]Hydrogenase Model Complexes with a Single Fe Center Ligated to an Acylmethyl(hydroxymethyl)pyridine or Acylmethyl(hydroxy)pyridine Ligand, Organometallics 2014, 33, 6614-6622.

8.  Li-Cheng Song,* Jia-Peng Li, Zhao-Jun Xie, Hai-Bin Song, Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Dinuclear Ni/Mn Model Complexes for the Active Site of [NiFe]-Hydrogenases, Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 11618-11626.

9. Li-Cheng Song,* Gao-Yu Zhao, Zhao-Jun Xie, Ji-Wei Zhang, A Novel Acylmethylpyridinol Ligand-Containing  Dinuclear Iron Complex  Closely Related to [Fe]-hydrogenase, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 2509-2512.

10. Li-Cheng Song,* Bin Gai, Zhan-Heng Feng, Zong-Qiang Du, Zhao-Jun Xie, Xiao-Jing Sun, Hai-Bin Song, Synthesis, Structures, and Some Properties of Diiron Oxadiselenolate (ODSe) and Thiodiselenolate (TDSe) Complexes as Models for the Active Site of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 3673-3684.

11.  Li-Cheng Song,* Zhao–Jun Xie, Miao–Miao Wang, Gao–Yu Zhao, Hai–Bin Song, Biomimetic Models for the Active Site of [Fe]–Hydrogenase Featuring an Acylmethyl(hydroxymethyl)pyridine, Ligand, Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 7466-7465.

12.  Li-Cheng Song,* Wei Gao, Xiang Luo, Zhi-Xuan Wang, Xiao-Jing Sun, Hai-Bin Song, Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Benzyloxy-Functionalized Diiron 1,3-Propanedithiolate (PDT) Complexes Relevant to the Active Site of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 3324-3332.