Independent Publications:
2025
11. Tiancen Bian, Zuxiao Zhang* Alkylazolation of Alkenes via Photocatalytic Radical Polar Crossover.
2024
10. †Yingqi Lan, †Tiancen Bian, Fangfang Zhang, Yan Liang, Liejin Zhou, Zuxiao Zhang* Pd-Catalyzed Selective Defluoroalkylation of Trifluoromethylarenes
Invited paper for Special Issue ‘Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardees 2024’
9. †Wang, J.; †Zhou, Q.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, Z.* Pd-Catalyzed Difluoroalkylation of Alkenes Using Chlorodifluoroalkanes.
Highlighted by Synfacts
8. †Zhou, Q.; †Wang,J.; Bian, T.; Liang, Y.; Yan, W.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, Z.* Pd-Catalyzed 1,4-Difluoromethylative Functionalization of 1,3-Dienes Using Freon-22
FIrst disclosed at ChemRxiv
7. †Zhang, F.; †Zhang, G.; Zhou, Q.; Bian, T.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, Z.* Hybrid Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carboamination of Conjugated Dienes: Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrrolidines via Selective Trifluoromethylarene Defluorination
6. †Liang, Y.; †Bian, T.; Yadav, K.; Zhou, Q.; Zhou, L.; Sun, R.; Zhang, Z.* Selective 1,4-syn-Carboamination of Cyclic 1,3-Dienes via Hybrid Palladium Catalysis
First disclosed at ChemRxiv
2023
5.You, M.; Bian,T.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, Z.* Accessing Aryldifluoromethyl Derivatives through Alkene Insertion into Benzylic C–F Bonds. Synlett, 2023, 34, 1747-1751.
4. Wang, J.; Wang, Y.; Liang, Y.; Zhou, L.; Liu, L.; Zhang, Z.* Late-Stage Modification of Drugs via Alkene Insertion into Benzylic C-F Bond. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, e202215062.
3. Wei, S.; Zhang. G.; Wang, Y.; You, M.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, L.;* Zhang, Z.* Modular Synthesis of Unsaturated Aza-heterocycles via Copper Catalyzed Multicomponent Cascade Reaction. Iscience, 2023, 26, 106137.
2022
2. Zhang, Z.;* Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-catalyzed radical relay in C(sp3)–H functionalization. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 1640-1658.
2021
Zhou, L.; Wei, S.; Lei, Z.; Zhu, G.* and Zhang, Z.* Practical Transition-Metal-Free α C(sp3)-H Cyanation of Sulfonamides. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27,7103– 7107.
Supervised Publications:
12. Zhang, Z.; Ngo, D. T.; Nagib, D. A.* Regioselective Radical Amino-Functionalizations of Allyl Alcohols via Dual Catalytic Cross-Coupling. ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 3473−3477.
11. †Nakafuku, K. M.; †Zhang, Z.; †Wappes, E. A.; Stateman, L. M.; Chen, A. D.; Nagib, D. A.* b Amino alcohols via enantioselective, radical C-H amination. Nat. Chem., 2020, 12, 697.
10. Zhang, Z.; Zhang, X.; Nagib, D. A.* Chiral Piperidines from Acyclic Amines via Enantioselective, Radical-Mediated δ C-H Cyanation. Chem, 2019, 5, 3127.
9. Zhang, Z.; Stateman, L. M.; Nagib, D. A.* d C-H (Hetero)Arylation via Cu-Catalyzed Radical Relay. Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 1207.
8. Zhang, Z.; Henry Martinez, H.; Dolbier, W. R., Jr.* Photoredox Catalyzed Intramolecular Fluoroalkylarylation of Unactivated Alkenes. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2589.
7. Zhang, Z.; Tang, X. J.; Dolbier, W. R., Jr.* Photoredox-Catalyzed Intramolecular Difluoromethylation of N-Benzylacrylamides Coupled with a Dearomatizing Spirocyclization: Access to CF2H-Containing 2-Azaspiro [4.5] deca-6, 9-diene-3, 8-diones. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1048.
6. Tang, X. J.; Zhang, Z.; Dolbier, W. R., Jr.* Direct Photoredox-Catalyzed Reductive Difluoromethylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 18961.
5. Zhang, Z.; Tang, X. J.; Dolbier, W. R., Jr.* Photoredox-Catalyzed Tandem Insertion/Cyclization Reactions of Difluoromethyl and 1, 1-Difluoroalkyl Radicals with Biphenyl Isocyanides. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4401.
4. Zhang, Z.; Tang, X. J.; Thomoson, C. S.; Dolbier, W. R., Jr.* Photoredox-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminodifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3528.
3. Zhang, Z.; Difluoromethanesulfonyl Chloride (2018), Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online], John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/047084289X.rn02187.
2. Zhang, Z., Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-mediated intramolecular aminofluorination of 1,3-dienes by using nucleophilic fluorine reagent. Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8709.
1. †Zhang, Z.; †Wang, F.; Mu, X.; Chen, P.; Liu, G.* Copper-catalyzed Regioselective Fluorination of Allylic Halides. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7549.