Zhifang Guo
- zhifang.guo@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4078-1775- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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2
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59
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Biography
My research focuses on the development of new synthetic routes for highly reactive rare earth metal-organic complexes, and new frontiers in the synthesis and structures of Rare-Earth metal-organic complexes.
Research
Projects
Rare Earths-Critical Metals for Future Applications
01 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Rare earth corrosion inhibitors in hydrogen production and storage systems
01 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Activities
Employment
Research Fellow, Monash University
2019 - 2020
Ph.D candidate, Monash University
2015 - 2019
Output
Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'When is a reported air-stable PrIV complex not a PrIV complex? Answer: when it is PrIII'. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 78 (1-3):25-30. [DOI]
Yaseen, Madyan A.; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C.; Oelgemöller, Michael (2025) '[2+2]-Photocycloadditions of 2-Acetoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and Structure Determination of the Main Photoadducts'. Photochem, 5 (4). [DOI]
Halim, Md Abdul; Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Syntheses of Pyrazolato- and Formamidinato-lanthanoid(III) Diiodides from in Situ Generated lanthanoid(III) Pseudo-Grignard Reagents'. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 28 (4). [DOI]
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Shephard, Angus C.G.; Bouammali, Amal; Delon, Aymeric; Guo, Zhifang; Chevreux, Sylviane; Niebel, Claude; Dautel, Olivier; Simler, Thomas; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C.; Jaroschik, Florian (2025) 'Ansa-effects in alkaline earth metal octaphenylmetallocenophanes and a derived ansa-ferrocene'. Dalton Transactions, 54 (37):13918-13928. [DOI]
Salpadoru Thuppahige, Naveena Y.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Synthesis, structural characterization, and corrosion inhibition properties of rare earth 2-hydroxyphenylacetate coordination polymers'. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 587 . [DOI]
Eradiparampath, Ameen Jowhar; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Naina, Vanitha R.; Feye, Julia; Roesky, Peter W.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Facile synthesis of Copper(I) formamidinates and their photoluminescence properties'. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1033 . [DOI]
Vithana, Vidushi P.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Contrasting Reactions of Carbodiimides with Divalent Lanthanoid Species'. Chemistry A European Journal, 31 (28). [DOI]
Werner, Daniel; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Synthesis and Structures of Oxide -Centred Alkali Metal (K, Li)/Lanthanoid (Ln3 or 4) 3,5-Dimethylpyrazolate Cages - Herbert Schumann Revisited'. Chemistry: an Asian journal, 20 (1). [DOI]
Salpadoru Thuppahige, Naveena Yasaswin; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Somers, Anthony E.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Rare-Earth 4-Hydroxyphenylacetate Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Corrosion Inhibition Properties'. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 651 (1). [DOI]
Evans, David J.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Dichlorido(crown ether)lanthanoid(III) tetrachloroaluminate complexes'. Polyhedron, 265 . [DOI]
Werner, Daniel; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Rare Earth Ion Size Effects in Structures of Rare Earth N,N′-bis(2-trifluoromethylphenyl)formamidinates'. Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie, 652 (1). [DOI]
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Sanati, Soheila; Abazari, Reza; Shariati, Jafar; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C.; Kirillov, Alexander M.; Qian, Jinjie (2025) 'Energy-Saving Hydrogen Production from Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Urea in Seawater over Mixed-Linker Mn1–xCoxMetal–Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites'. Inorganic Chemistry, 64 (40):20507-20516. [DOI]
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Neill, Jacob M.; Salpadoru Thuppahige, Naveena Y.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'Synthesis, Structures and Corrosion Inhibition Properties of 4-Nitrophenylacetato-Rare-Earth(III) 1D Coordination Polymers'. Molecules, 30 (19). [DOI]
Werner, Daniel; Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2025) 'New examples of –C–F–Ae (Ae = alkaline earth) and –C–F–K bonding†'. New Journal of Chemistry, 49 :18725-18734. [DOI]
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Evans, David J.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2024) 'Synthesis of cationic lanthanoid tetraphenylborate crown ether complexes'. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1013 . [DOI]
Vithana, Vidushi P.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2024) 'Rare Earth 2-Methyl-3-furoate Complexes: Effect of Steric Hindrance on Corrosion Inhibitor Properties'. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 27 . [DOI]
Shephard, Angus C.G.; Delon, Aymeric; Chevreux, Sylviane; Martinez, Agathe; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Lemercier, Gilles; McClenaghan, Nathan; Jonusauskas, Gediminas; Junk, Peter C.; Jaroschik, Florian (2024) 'Divalent ansa-Octaphenyllanthanocenes: Synthesis, Structures, and EuII Luminescence'. Inorganic Chemistry, 63 (21):9395-9405. [DOI]
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Peedika Paramban, Ramees; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2024) 'Reactivity of [Sm(DippForm)2(thf)2] with Substrates Containing Azo Linkages'. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 27 (1). [DOI]
Yaseen, Madyan A.; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C.; Oelgemöller, Michael (2024) '[2+2]-Photocycloadditions of 1,4-Naphthoquinone Under Batch and Continuous-Flow Conditions'. Molecules, 29 (24). [DOI]
Halim, Md Abdul; Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2024) 'Lanthanoid pseudo-Grignard reagents: A review'. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1010 . [DOI]
Rangarajan, Shalini; Beaumont, Owen A.; Guo, Zhifang; Balakrishna, Maravanji S.; Deacon, Glen B.; Blair, Victoria L. (2023) 'Synthesis and Structural Studies of Complexes of Bis(pentafluorophenyl)mercury with Di(phosphane oxide) Ligands'. Crystals, 13 (3). [DOI]
Hajiashrafi, Taraneh; Sheikholeslami, Mohaddeseh; Arjanaki, Maryam Ahmadi; Tarighi, Sara; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Synthesis, structure analysis and catalytic activity of two Ln-coordination polymers containing benzophenone-4,4'-dicarboxylate linker'. New Journal of Chemistry, 47 (5):2230-2239. [DOI]
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Deka, Rajesh; Dey, Sourav; Guo, Zhifang; Butcher, Ray J.; Junk, Peter C.; Turner, David R.; Singh, Harkesh B.; Deacon, Glen B. (2023) 'Pushing the Boundary of Covalency in Lanthanoid-Tellurium Bonds: Insights from the Synthesis, Molecular and Electronic Structures of Low-Coordinate, Monomeric Europium(II) and Ytterbium(II) Tellurolates'. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29 . [DOI]
Halim, Md Abdul; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Bromobenzene Transforms Lanthanoid Pseudo-Grignard Chemistry'. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29 (36). [DOI]
Guo, Zhifang; Halim, Md Abdul; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Direct Reaction – One Step Route to Synthesize Lanthanoid-iodide Formamidinates**'. Chemistry: an Asian journal, 18 (14). [DOI]
Moon, Josh; Guo, Zhifang; Beaumont, Owen A.; Hamilton, Sophie; Bousrez, Guillaume; Mottram, Eleanor; Wang, Jun; Somers, Anthony E.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) '4-Hydroxybenzoato-rare earth(iii) complexes - syntheses, a structural goldmine from coordination diversity and improved corrosion inhibition behaviour'. New Journal of Chemistry, 47 (36):1666843-16854. [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Never a dull moment with praseodymium metal'. Dalton Transactions, 52 (20):6619-6623. [DOI]
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Formation of a cyclooctatetraenylsamarium(iii) inverse sandwich that ring-opens tetrahydrofuran
2023
Peedika Paramban, Ramees; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Formation of a cyclooctatetraenylsamarium(iii) inverse sandwich that ring-opens tetrahydrofuran'. Dalton Transactions, 52 (12):3563-3566. [DOI]
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Chen, Jia Qian; Esrafili, Leili; Parsa, Fatemeh; Sun, An Na; Hu, Mao Lin; Morsali, Ali; Retailleau, Pascal; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Multi-functionalized MOFs with large-pore apertures as luminescent probes for efficient sensing of quinones'. New Journal of Chemistry, 47 (10):4920-4930. [DOI]
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Vithana, Vidushi P.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2023) 'Syntheses, Structures, and Corrosion Inhibition of Various Alkali Metal Carboxylate Complexes'. Molecules, 28 (14). [DOI]
Pooyan, Mahsa; Shariatinia, Zahra; Mohammadpanah, Fahimeh; Gholivand, Khodayar; Junk, Peter C.; Guo, Zhifang; Satari, Mohammad; Charandabi, Vahid Noroozi (2023) 'Spectral studies, crystal structures, DNA binding, and anticancer potentials of Pd(II) complexes with iminophosphine ligands: Experimental and computational methods'. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 547 . [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Europium is different: solvent and ligand effects on oxidation state outcomes and C-F activation in reactions between europium metal and Pentafluorophenylsilver'. Chemistry: a European journal, 28 (3). [DOI]
Salehisaki, Mehdi; Eslami Rad, Nazli E.; Deacon, Glen B.; Wang, Jun; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Synthesis and reactivity of rare-earth-N,N'-(diphenyl)formamidinate and rare-earth-N,N'-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)formamidinate complexes'. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 539 . [DOI]
Wiecko, Michal; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Reinvestigation of Reactions of HgPh2 with Eu and Yb Metal and the Synthesis of a Europium(II) Bis(tetraphenylborate) †'. Molecules, 27 (21). [DOI]
RE<sup>(III)</sup> 3-Furoate Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Corrosion Inhibiting Properties
2022
Vithana, Vidushi P.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Somers, Anthony E.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'RE(III) 3-Furoate Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Corrosion Inhibiting Properties'. Molecules, 27 (24). [DOI]
Guo, Zhifang; Wang, Nicole; Blair, Victoria L.; Izgorodina, Ekaterina I.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Facile synthesis and structures of silver formamidinates and pyrazolates'. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75 (8 & 9):558-565. [DOI]
Shephard, Angus C.G.; Delon, Aymeric; Kelly, Rory P.; Guo, Zhifang; Chevreux, Sylviane; Lemercier, Gilles; Deacon, Glen B.; Dushenko, Galina A.; Jaroschik, Florian; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'A new divalent organoeuropium(II) fluoride and serendipitous discovery of an alkoxide complex from pentaphenylcyclopentadiene precursors'. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75 (8 & 9):746-753. [DOI]
Ali, Safaa H.; Shephard, Angus C.G.; Wang, Jun; Guo, Zhifang; Davies, Murray S.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Lanthanoid Biphenolates as a Rich Source of Lanthanoid-Main Group Heterobimetallic Complexes'. Chemistry: an Asian journal, 17 (5). [DOI]
Guo, Zhifang; Wang, Jun; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Selective Oxidation of a Single Metal Site of Divalent Calix[4]pyrrolide Compounds [Ln2(N4Et8)(thf)4] (Ln = Sm or Eu), Giving Mixed Valent Lanthanoid(II/III) Complexes'. Inorganic Chemistry, 61 (46):18678-18689. [DOI]
Gharib, Maniya; Esrafili, Leili; Morsali, Ali; Vande Velde, Christophe M.L.; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Effective Dual-Functional Metal-Organic Framework (DF-MOF) as a Catalyst for the Solvent-Free Cycloaddition Reaction'. Inorganic Chemistry, 61 (18):6725-6732. [DOI]
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Hossain, Md. Elius; Guo, Zhifang; Wang, Jun; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Synthesis and characterisation of η6-arene (halogenidoaluminato)-lanthanoid(II) and alkaline earth(II) complexes'. Polyhedron, 217 . [DOI]
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Aldabbagh, Areej K.; Takjoo, Reza; Najafi, Atefeh; Guo, Zhifang; Hossain, Md Elius; Rad, Nazli E; Wang, Jun; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Syntheses and structural characterisation of some heteroleptic aluminium(III) formamidinates'. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75 (4):265-275. [DOI]
Shephard, Angus C.G.; Daniels, Daisy P.; Deacon, Glen B.; Guo, Zhifang; Jaroschik, Florian; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Selective carbon-phosphorus bond cleavage: expanding the toolbox for accessing bulky divalent lanthanoid sandwich complexes'. Chemical Communications, 58 :4344-4347. [DOI]
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Daniels, Daisy P.; Guo, Zhifang; Shephard, Angus C.G.; Deacon, Glen B.; Jaroschik, Florian; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Synthesis and characterisation of divalent di(1,3-bis(diphenylphosphano)cyclopentadienyl)lanthanoid and alkaline earth complexes as potential platforms for heterometallic complexes'. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 648 (23). [DOI]
Hossain, Md Elius; Guo, Zhifang; Wang, Jun; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C.; Diether, Dominic; Anwander, Reiner (2022) 'η6-Arene(halogenidoaluminato)lanthanoid(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity for Isoprene Polymerization'. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 (7). [DOI]
Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of REIII 3-thiophenecarboxylate complexes
2022
Vithana, Vidushi P.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Somers, Anthony E.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Synthesis, structure, and corrosion inhibiting properties of REIII 3-thiophenecarboxylate complexes'. New Journal of Chemistry, 46 (40):19104-19111. [DOI]
Werner, Daniel; Rad, Nazli E.; Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'New Interventions by silicone grease in synthesis'. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 648 (23). [DOI]
Guo, Zhifang; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2022) 'Unexpected C-F activation during redox transmetallation with silver N,N '-bis(2,6-difluorophenyl)formamidinate'. Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 648 (19). [DOI]
Guo, Zhifang; Huo, Ryan; Tan, Yu Qing; Flosbach, Niko T.; Wang, Nicole; Leonhardt, Céline; Urbatsch, Aron; Deacon, Glen; Junk, Peter C.; Izgorodina, Ekaterina; Blair, Victoria L. (2021) 'A new twist on an old molecule: a rotameric isomer of bis(pentafluorophenyl)mercury'. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 74 (17-20):2947-2958. [DOI]
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Tripathi, Abhishek; Daolio, Andrea; Pizzi, Andrea; Guo, Zhifang; Turner, David R.; Baggioli, Alberto; Famulari, Antonino; Deacon, Glen B.; Resnati, Giuseppe; Singh, Harkesh B. (2021) 'Chalcogen bonds in selenocysteine seleninic acid, a functional GPx constituent, and in other seleninic or sulfinic acid derivatives'. Chemistry: an Asian journal, 16 (16):2351-2360. [DOI]
Shephard, Angus C.G.; Ali, Safaa H.; Wang, Jun; Guo, Zhifang; Davies, Murray S.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2021) 'New lanthanoid biphenolate complexes, their further reactivity with trimethylaluminium and catalytic activity for the polymerisation of rac-lactide'. Dalton Transactions, 50 (41):14653-14661. [DOI]
Al-Dabbagh, Areej; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter; Wang, Jun (2021) 'Synthesis and characterization of a range of antimony(I/III) N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)formamidinate complexes'. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry, 77 :577-585. [DOI]
Hu, Mao-Lin; Joharian, Monika; Razavi, Sayed Ali Akbar; Morsali, Ali; Wu, Deng Ze; Azhdari Tehrani, Alireza; Wang, Jun; Junk, Peter C.; Guo, Zhi-Fang (2021) 'Phenolic nitroaromatics detection by fluorinated metal-organic frameworks: barrier elimination for selective sensing of specific group of nitroaromatics'. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 406 . [DOI]
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A simple one-pot route to stable formamidinatoiodidolanthanoid(iii) complexes from lanthanoid metals
2021
Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2021) 'A simple one-pot route to stable formamidinatoiodidolanthanoid(iii) complexes from lanthanoid metals'. Chemical Communications, 57 :11513-11516. [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Huo, Ryan; Tan, Yu Qing; Blair, Victoria; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2020) 'Syntheses of reactive rare earth complexes by redox transmetallation/protolysis reactions-A simple and convenient method'. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 415 . [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria L.; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2020) 'Widely contrasting outcomes from the use of tris(pentafluorophenyl)bismuth or pentafluorophenylsilver as oxidants in the reactions of lanthanoid metals with N,N '-diarylformamidines'. Dalton Transactions, 49 :13588-13600. [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Luu, Jenny; Blair, Victoria; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2019) 'Replacing mercury: syntheses of lanthanoid pyrazolates from free lanthanoid metals, pentafluorophenylsilver, and pyrazoles, aided by a facile synthesis of polyfluoroarylsilver compounds'. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 (7):1018-1029. [DOI]
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Guo, Zhifang; Blair, Victoria; Deacon, Glen B.; Junk, Peter C. (2018) 'Can bismuth replace mercury in redox transmetallation/protolysis syntheses from free lanthanoid metals?'. Chemistry: a European journal, 24 (66):17464-17474. [DOI]
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Deacon, Glen B.; Guo, Zhifang; Junk, Peter c.; Wang, Jun (2017) 'Reductive trapping of [(OC₅W-W(CO)₅]²⁻ in a mixed-valent Smᴵᴵ/ᴵᴵᴵ calix[4]pyrrolide sandwich'. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56 (29):8486-8489. [DOI]
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