成果及论文 - 南京大学朱成建课题组

183.Junheng Liu, Suqi Yang, Shunruo Yao, Chengjian Zhu*, Yong Liu*, Weipeng Li*, Jin Xie*, Relay C(sp3)-H Bond Trifluoromethylthiolation and Amidation by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis. Sci. China Chem. 2024, ASAP

182.Yantao Li, Haonan Bai, Qi Gao, Kai Liu, Jie Han, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu* and Jin Xie*. Stereoselective benzylic C(sp3)-H alkenylation enabled by metallaphotoredox catalysis. Chem. Sci. 2024, Accepted

181.Qing-Yun Fang, Chengyihan Gu, Yinghan Chen, Wencheng Yan, Yong Liang, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu, Jie Han*& Jin Xie*. Trinuclear Gold-Catalyzed Site-Selective Alkylation of Peptides. Sci. China Chem. 2024, ASAP

180.Lili Zhang,Xiaoyu Yu, Shenmao Ouyang, Chengjian Zhu, Weipeng Li,* and Jin Xie*, Synthesis of β-Trifluoromethylated Ketonesby Photocatalyzed Deoxygenative Coupling of Aromatic Acids with α-CF3 Substituted Styrenes. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, ASAP.

179.Bo Ling, Shunruo Yao, Shengmao Ouyang, Haonan Bai, Xinyi Zhai, Chengjian Zhu*, Weipeng Li* and Jin Xie*, Nickel-Catalyzed Highly Selective Radical C-C Coupling from Carboxylic Acids with Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202405866.

178.Meiling Ding, Sitian Zhou, Shunruo Yao, Chengjian Zhu, Weipeng Li,* and Jin Xie*^,, Decarboxylative amination with nitroarenes via synergistic catalysis. Chin. J. Chem. 2024, 42, 351-355[cjoc.202300493.pdf].

177.Siyu Xia, Weipeng Li, Hongliang Chen, Chengjian Zhu, Jie Han, Jin Xie*, Gold-Manganese Bimetallic Redox Coupling with Light. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 26756–26764 [jacs.3c08796.pdf]

176.Tao Zhong, Chengyihan Gu, Yuhang Li, Jun Huang, Jian Han, Chengjian Zhu, Jie Han, Jin Xie*, Manganese/Cobalt Bimetallic Relay Catalysis for Divergent Dehydrogenative Difluoroalkylation of Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310762. [e202310762.pdf]

175.Cheng-Long Ji, Xinyi Zhai, Qing-Yun Fang, Chengjian Zhu, Jie Han and Jin Xie*, Photoinduced Activation of Alkyl Chlorides. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 6120-6138. [d3cs00110e.pdf]

174.Yubo Pang,† Shuai Chen,† Jie Han,† Chengjian Zhu, Chuan-Gang Zhao and Jin Xie*, Dimeric Manganese-Catalyzed Hydroalkenylation of Alkynes with a Versatile Silicon-Based Directing Group.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306922. [anie.202306922.pdf]

173. Weipeng Li,‡ Yu Chen,‡ Yinghan Chen,‡ Siyu Xia, Wenju Chang, Chengjian Zhu, K. N. Houk,* Yong Liang* and Jin Xie*, Site-selective arylation of carboxamides from unprotected peptides.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14865–14873. [jacs.3c03840.pdf]

172.Qing-Yun Fang,† Jie Han,† Mingzhe Qin, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu, and Jin Xie*, Trinuclear Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalization of Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305121.

171.Lili Zhang, Yuhang Li, Zhenyu Guo, Yantao Li, Nian Li, Weipeng Li*, Chengjian Zhu*, Jin Xie*, Photoredox Deoxygenative Allylation of Carboxylic Acids via Selective 1,6-Addition of Acyl Radicals to Electron-Deficient 1,3-Dienes.Chin. J. Catal. Accepted.

170.Wenliang Wang, Meiling Ding, Chuan-Gang Zhao, Shuai Chen, Chengjian Zhu, Jie Han, Weipeng Li and Jin Xie*, Unlocking Migratory Insertion in Gold Redox Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304019.

169.Shangwen Fang, Jie Han, Chengjian Zhu, Weipeng Li and Jin Xie*, Gold-Catalyzed Four-Component Multifunctionalization of Alkynes. Nat. Commun. Accepted.

168.Cheng-Long Ji,† Jie Han,† Tingrui Li, Chuan-Gang Zhao, Chengjian Zhu and Jin Xie*, Photoinduced Gold-Catalyzed Divergent Dechloroalkylation of gem-Dichloroalkanes.Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 1098-1109

167.Siyu Xia and Jin Xie*, Energy transfer in gold photocatalysis.Gold Bulletin 2022, 55, 123-127.

166.Nian Li, Yantao Li, Xiaopeng Wu, Chengjian Zhu and Jin Xie*, Radical deuteration. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 6291-6306.

165.Jian Han,† Jie Han,† Shuai Chen, Tao Zhong, Yijie He, Xianli Yang, Guoqiang Wang, Chengjian Zhu and Jin Xie*, Photoinduced manganese-catalyzed hydrofluorocarbofunctionalization of alkenes. Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 475-486.

164.Nian Li, Jinhang Li, Mingzhe Qin, Jiajun Li, Jie Han, Chengjian Zhu* Weipeng Li,* and Jin Xie*, Highly Selective Single and Multiple Deuteration of Unactivated C(sp3)-H Bonds. Nat. Commun.2022, 13, 4424.

163.Shuaishuai Wang, Tingrui Li, Chengyihan Gu, Jie Han, Chuan-Gang Zhao, Chengjian Zhu*, Hairen Tan and Jin Xie*, Decarboxylative Tandem C-N Coupling with Nitroarenes via SH2 Mechanism, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 2432

162.Xiaopeng Wu, Jinhang Li, Siyu Xia, Chengjian Zhu* and Jin Xie*, Nickel-Catalyzed Thioester Transfer Reaction with sp2-Hybridized Electrophiles. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 10003-10017.

161.Yijie He, Chaoyu Du, Jian Han, Jie Han, Chengjian Zhu and Jin Xie*, Manganese-Catalyzed Anti-Markovnikov Hydroarylation of Enamides: Modular Synthesis of Arylethylamines, Chin. J. Chem.2022, 13, 1546-1552.

160.Yantao Li, Qianzhen Shao, Hengchi He, Chengjian Zhu* Xiao-Song Xue* and Jin Xie*, Highly Selective Synthesis of All-Carbon Tetrasubstituted Alkenes by Deoxygenative Alkenylation of Carboxylic Acids, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 10.

159.Xiaopeng Wu†, Jie Han†, Siyu Xia, Weipeng Li*, Chengjian Zhu* and Jin Xie*, Decarboxylative Acylation of Carboxylic Acids: Reaction Investigation and Mechanistic Study, CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 2581-2593.

158.Lili Zhang, Shuai Chen, Hengchi He, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu* and Jin Xie*, Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroacylation of Ethylene with Aromatic Acids. Chem. Commun.2021, 57, 9064-9067.

157.Yunyun Ning, Shuaishuai Wang, Muzi Li, Jie Han, Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*, Site-Specific Umpolung Amidation of Carboxylic Acids via Triplet Synergistic Catalysis, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 4637.

156.Kai Liu, Tingrui Li, Duan-Yang Liu, Weipeng Li, Jian Han, Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*, Dinuclear Gold-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization of Cyclopropenes, Sci. China Chem. 2021, 64, 1958–1963.

155. Nian Li, Yunyun Ning, Xiaopeng Wu, Jin Xie,* Weipeng Li* and Chengjian Zhu*, A Highly Selective Decarboxylative Deuteration of Carboxylic Acids, Chem. Sci. 2021, DOI:10.1039/D1SC00528F

154.Jie Dong,†Xiang-Ai Yuan,†Zhongfei Yan,†Liying Mu,†Junyang Ma, Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*, Manganese-Catalyzed Divergent Silylation of Alkenes, Nature Chem. 2021, 13, 182-190.

153. Congjun Zhu, Shan Gao, Weipeng Li*, Chengjian Zhu*, Photoredox radical borylation of electron-deficient alkenes with NHC-boranes, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 15647--15650

152. Rehanguli Ruzi,† Kai Liu,† Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*, Upgrading Ketone Synthesis Direct from Carboxylic Acids and Organohalides, Nature Commun. 2020, 11, 3312.

151.Congjun Zhu, Jie Dong, Xueting Liu, Liuzhou Gao, Yue Zhao, Jin Xie*, Shuhua Li*, and Chengjia Zhu*, Photoredox Controlled b-Regioselective Radical Hydroboration of Activated Alkenes with NHC-Boranes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12817-12821

150.Kai Liu, Nian Li, Yunyun Ning, Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*, Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Biaryl Cross-Coupling of Organometallics, Chem 2019, 5, 2718-2730

149. Yiyun Chen*, Liang-Qiu Lu*, Da-Gang Yu*, Cheng-Jian Zhu* , Wen-Jing Xiao*, Visible light-driven organic photochemical synthesis in China, Sci China Chem, 2019, 62: 24–57

148. Wei-peng Li, Yu-cheng Zhu, Yan-jun Zhou, Hong-wei Yang, Cheng-jian Zhu*, Visible light induced C-H monofluoroalkylation to synthesize 1,4-unsaturated compound, Tetrahedron2019, 75, 1647-1651.

147. Rehanguli Ruzi†, Junyang Ma†, Xiang-Ai Yuan†, Wenliang Wang, Shanshan Wang, Muliang Zhang, Jie Dai, Jin Xie* and Chengjian Zhu*, Deoxygenative Arylation of Carboxylic Acids via Aryl Migration, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12724- 12729

146. Wentao Xu, Wenliang Wang, Tao Liu, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*, Late-Stage Trifluoromethylthiolation of Benzylic C-H Bonds, Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 4867

145. Weipeng Li, Dandan Yuan, Guoqiang Wang, Yue Zhao, Jin Xie,*Shuhua Li,*and Chengjian Zhu*,"Cooperative Au/Ag Dual-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Biaryl Coupling: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Insight", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3187.

2018

144. Zhongfei Yan, Chengjian Zhu, Jin Xie*,"Manganese(I)-Catalyzed Selective Functionalization of Alkynes", Synlett , 2018, 29, 124.

143. Zhongfei Yan, Xiang-Ai Yuan, Yue Zhao, Chengjian Zhu and Jin Xie*, "A Dimeric Mn-Catalyzed Completely Selective Hydroarylation of 1,3-Diynes for the Modular Synthesis of (Z)-Enynes Library", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018,57, 12906.

142. Muliang Zhang, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*, "A General Deoxygenation Approach for Synthesis of Ketones from Aromatic Carboxylic Acids and Alkenes", Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 3517.

141. Wentao Xu, Junyang Ma, Xiang-Ai Yuan, Jie Dai, JinXie*, Chengjian Zhu*,"Synergistic Catalysis for the Umpolung Trifluoromethylthiolation of Tertiary Ethers", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10357.

140.Nengneng Zhou, Xiang-Ai Yuan, Yue Zhao, Jin Xie* and Chengjian Zhu*, "Synergistic Photoredox Catalysis and Organocatalysis for Inverse Hydroboration of Imines", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3990.

139. Pan Xu,Weipeng Li,JinXie*,Chengjian Zhu*,''Exploration of C-H Transformation of Aldehyde Hydrazones: Radical Strategy and Beyond'', Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 484.

138. Weipeng Li, Wentao Xu, Jin Xie, * Shouyun Yu *, Chengjian Zhu *, ''Distal radical migration strategy: an emerging
synthetic means'', Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 654.

137.Jian Cheng, Jin Xie,* Chengjian Zhu*, ''Relay Photocatalytic Cascade Reaction: Synthesis of Indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline Derivatives via Double C(sp3)-H Bonds Functionalization'', Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 1655.

136. Muliang Zhang, Rehanguli Ruzi, Nan Li, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*, ''Photoredox and Cobalt Co-catalyzed C(sp2)-H Functionalization/C-O Bond Formation for Synthesis of Lactones Under Oxidant- and Acceptor-Free Conditions'', Org. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 749.

135.Jing Liu, Weipeng li, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Photoredox 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes via Tandem Radical Difluoroalkylation and Alknyl Migration", Org. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 797.

2017

134. Jian Cheng, Yixiang Cheng, Jin Xie,* Chengjian Zhu*, ''Photoredox Divergent 1,2-Difunctionalization of Alkenes with Gem-dibromides'', Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 6452.

133.Rehanguli Ruzi, Muliang Zhang , Keyume Ablajan*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Photoredox-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Intramolecular Acylation of Biarylcarboxylic Acids: Access to Fluore-nones", J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 12834.

132. Zhongfei Yan, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Copper-Catalyzed Radical Silylarylation of Ynones with Silanes: En Route to Silyl-Functionalized Indenones", Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359, 4153.

131. Nengneng Zhou,Yixiang Cheng, Jin Xie*, Chengjian Zhu*,"Harnessing sunlight without a photosensitizer for highly efficient consecutive [3+2]/[4+2] annulation to synthesize fused benzobicyclic skeletons", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10707.

130. Jing Liu, Jin Xie,* Chengjian Zhu*,"Photoredox organocatalytic α-amino C(sp3)-H Functionalization for the synthesis of 5-membered heterocyclic γ-amino acid derivatives", Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 2433.

129. Muliang Zhang,Nan Li, Xingyu Tao, Rehanguli Ruzi, Shouyun Yu*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Selective Reduction of Carboxylic Acids to Aldehydes with Hydrosilane via Photoredox Catalysis", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10228.

128. Muliang Zhang, Junwei Xi, Rehanguli Ruzi, Nan Li, Zhongkai Wu, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu*, "Domino-fluorination-protodefluorination enables decarboxyla-tive cross-coupling of α-oxocarboxylic acids with styrene via photoredox catalysis", J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 9305.

127. Muliang Zhang, Rehanguli ▪ Ruzi, Junwei Xi, Nan Li, Zhongkai Wu, Weipeng Li, ShouyunYu*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Photoredox-Catalyzed Hydroacylation of OlefinsEmploying Carboxylic Acids and Hydrosilanes", Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 3430. ( Top 3 most read in June )

126. Honglin Zhang, Chengjian Zhu*,"Iron-Catalyzed Cascade Cyanoalkylation/Radical Dearomatization of N-phenylcinnamamides: Access to Cyanoalkylated 1-Azaspiro[4.5]decanes", Org. Chem. Front., 2017, 4, 1272 .

125.Chuanhua Qu, Zhongkai Wu, Weipeng Li, Hongbin Du*, Chengjian Zhu*, "Electron Catalytic Photochemical Cascade Carbodifluoroalkylation /Radical Cyclization of Methylene-2-oxazolines", Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359, 1672. (VIP)

124. Nengneng Zhou, Jing Liu, Zhongfei Yan, Zhongkai Wu, Honglin Zhang, Weipeng Li , Chengjian Zhu*, "Synthesis of cyclohexylidenehydrazines-fused polycyclics via photocatalytic radical cascade reaction of 2-ethynylaldehyde hydrazones", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 2036.

123. Honglin Zhang, Weipeng Li, Chengjian Zhu*, "Copper-catalyzed cascade phosphorylation initiated radical cy-clization: access to 2-phosphorylated-pyrrolo[1,2-a]indole", J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2199.

122. Yingqian Duan⁺, Muliang Zhang⁺, Rehanguli Ruzi, Zhongkai Wu, Chengjian Zhu*, "The Direct Decarboxylative Allylation of N-arylglycine Derivates by Photoredox Catalysis", Org. Chem. Front., 2017, 525. ( Y. Duan and M. Zhang contributed equally to this work).

121. Zhongkai Wu, Pan Xu, Nengneng Zhou, Yingqian Duan, Muliang Zhang, Chengjian Zhu*,"[3+2] Cycloaddition of azide with aldehyde hydrazone through an aminyl radical-polar crossover strategy", Chem. Commun., 2017, 53,1045.

120. Jian Cheng, Weipeng Li, Yingqian Duan, Yixiang Cheng, Shouyun Yu* , Chengjian Zhu*, "Relay Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis: Synthesis of Pyrazole Derivatives via Formal [4+1] Annulation and Aromatization", Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 214.

119. Pan Xu, Guoqiang Wang, Zhongkai Wu, Shuhua li* and Chengjian Zhu*, " Rh(III)-catalyzed double C-H activation of aldehyde hydrazones: en route to functionalized 1H-Indazole synthesis",Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1303.

118. Zhou Nengneng, Xu Pan, Li Weipeng, Cheng Yixiang, Zhu Chengjian*, "Visible light promoted carbodifluoroalkylation of homopropargylic alcohols via concomitant 1,4-aryl migration", Acta Chim. Sinica. 2017, 75, 60.

2016

117. Nengneng Zhou, Zhongfei Yan, Honglin Zhang, Zhongkai Wu and Chengjian Zhu*, " Metal-free radical Oxidative Cyclization of o-Azidoaryl Acetylenic Ketones with Sulfinic acids to Access Sulfone-Containing 4-Quinolones", J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 12181.

116. Chuanhua Qu, Songlin Zhang, Hongbin Du* and Chengjian Zhu*, "Cascade photoredox/gold catalysis: access to multisubstituted indoles via aminoarylation of alkynes", Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 14400.

115. Yingqian Duan, Weipeng Li, Pan Xu, Muliang Zhang, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "Visible-light-induced three-component 1,2-difluoroalkylarylation of styrenes with α-carbonyl difluoroalkyl bromides and indoles", Org. Chem. Front., 2016, 3,1443.

114.Muliang Zhang, Yingqian Duan, Weipeng Li, Pan Xu, Jian Cheng, Shouyun Yu*, and Chengjian Zhu*, "A Single Electron Transfer (SET) Approach to C–H Amidation of Hydrazones via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis", Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5356.

113. Jian Cheng, Pan Xu, Weipeng Li, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "The Functionalization of a Cascade of C(sp2)-H/C(sp3)-H Bonds: Synthesis of Fused Dihydropyrazoles via Visible-light Photoredox Catalysis", Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 11901.

112.Muliang Zhang, Weipeng Li,Yingqian Duan, Pan Xu, Songlin Zhang, Chengjian Zhu*,'' Cascade Photoredox/Iodide Catalysis: Access to Difluoro-γ-lactams via Aminodifluoroalkylation of Alkenes", Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 3266.

111. Weipeng Li, Yingqian Duan, Muliang Zhang, Jian Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Photoredox Catalyzed Radical-Radical Coupling Reaction: Facile Access to Multi-Substitued Nitrogen Heterocycles", Chem. Comm. 2016, 52, 7596.

110. Guoqiang Wang, Honglin Zhang, Jiyang Zhao,Wei Li, Jia Cao, Chengjian Zhu*, and Shuhua Li,* " Homolytic Cleavage of a B−B Bond by the Cooperative Catalysis of Two Lewis Bases: Computational Design and Experimental Verification ", Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5985.

109. Muliang Zhang, Yingqian Duan, Weipeng Li, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Visible-Light-Induced Aerobic Dearomative Reaction of Indole Derivatives: Access to Heterocycle Fused or Spirocyclo Indolones'', Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 4761.

108.Pan Xu, Zhongkai Wu, Nengneng Zhou, Chengjian Zhu*, ''Oxidative C(sp²)–H Phosphonation of Aldehyde Hydrazones''. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1143.

107. Jin Xie and Chengjian Zhu, Sustainable C(sp³)-H Bond Functionalization, Springer, 2016 ( Invited Book, ISBN:978-3-662-49494-3).

106. Honglin Zhang, Zhangxi Gu, Zhenyi Li, Changduo Pan, Weipeng Li, Hongwen Hu, and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Silver-Catalyzed Cascade Radical Cyclization: A Direct Approach to 3,4-Disubstituted Dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-ones through Activation of the P–H Bond and Functionalization of the C(sp²)–H Bond '', J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 2122.

105. Pan Xu, Guoqiang Wang, Yuchen Zhu, Weipeng Li, Yixiang Cheng, Shuhua Li* and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed CH Difluoroalkylation of Hydrazones through an Aminyl Radical/Polar Mechanism'', Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2939.（web of science 热点论文）

104. Honglin Zhang, Zhangxi Gu, Pan Xu, Hongwen Hu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Metal-free tandem oxidative C(sp3)–H bond functionalization of alkanes and dearomatization of N-phenyl-cinnamamides: access to alkylated 1-azaspiro[4.5]decanes'' Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 477.

2015

103. Zhangxi Gu, Honglin Zhang, Pan Xu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Visible-Light-Induced Radical Tandem Aryldifluoroacetylation of Cinnamamides : Access to Difluoroacetylated Quinolone-2-ones And 1-Azaspiro[4.5]decanes '',Adv. Synth. Catal., 2015,357, 3057-3063.(VIP)

102. Chuanhua Qu, Pan Xu, Wujiang Ma, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*,'' A novel visible light mediated radical cyclization of enol lactones: a concise method for fluorinated polycyclic lactone scaffolds '', Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13508-13510.

101. Weipeng Li,Yunhuang Zhu, Yingqian Duan, Muliang Zhang and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Monofluoromethylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines by visible light induced direct C(sp³) C-H bond activation '', Adv. Synth. Catal., 2015, 357, 1277-1282.

100. Pan Xu, Kaidong Hu, Zhangxi Gu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Visible light promoted carbodifluoroalkylation of allylic alcohols via concomitant 1,2-aryl migration '', Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 7222-7225.

99. Ning Jin, Changduo Pan, Honglin Zhang, Pan Xu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Rhodium-Catalyzed Direct C7 Alkynylation of Indolines '', Adv. Synth. Catal., 2015, 357, 1149-1153.

98. Hongming Jin, Zhengbo Zhu, Ning Jin, Jin Xie, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu, “ CO-Enabled Rhenium Hydride Catalyst for Directed C(sp2)-H bond Alkylation with Olefins”, Org.Chem.Front, 2015, 2, 378-382.

97. Changduo Pan, Honglin Zhang, Jie Han, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Metal-free radical oxidative decarboxylation/cyclization of acyl peroxides and 2-isocyanobiphenyls'', Chem. Commun, 2015, 51, 3786-3788.

96. Honglin Zhang, Changduo Pan, Ning Jin, Zhangxi Gu, Hongwen Hu and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Metal-free cascade construction of C-C bond by activation of inert C(sp3)-H bond '', Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1320-1322.

95.Changduo Pan, Honglin Zhang and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Fe-promoted radical cyanomethylation/arylation of arylacrylamides to access oxindoles via cleavage of the sp3 C–H of acetonitrile and the sp2 C–H of phenyl group '', Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 361-364.

2014

94. Changduo Pan, Ning Jin, Honglin Zhang, Jie Han and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Iridium-Catalyzed Phosphoramidation of Arene C−H Bonds with Phosphoryl Azide'', J. Org. Chem. 2014, 9427-9432.

93. Jie Han, Changduo Pan, Xuefeng Jia* and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Rhodium-Catalyzed ortho-Cyanation of Symmetrical Azobenzenes with N-Cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide.'' Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 8603-8606.

92.Changduo Pan,Jin Xie, Jie Han and Chengjian Zhu,* Sci. China Chem. 2014, 57, 1172.

91. Zhongkai Tang, Yan Shi, Haibin Mao, Xuebin Zhu, Weipeng Li, Cheng Yixiang Wen-hua Zheng and Chengjian Zhu^*, '' Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Bisoxindoles with Two Vicinal Quarternary Stereocenters via Lewis Base Mediated Addition of Oxindoles to Isatin-Derived Ketimines ''. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12, 6085-6088.

90. Haibin Mao, Zhongkai Tang, Hongwen Hu, Cheng Yixiang , Wen-hua Zheng and Chengjian Zhu^*, '' Lewis Base Mediated Halo genation/Semipinacol Rearrangement of Diazo Compounds: A New Access to α-Halo-Quaternary Ketones ''. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9773-9775.

89. Weipeng Li, Xuebin Zhu, Haibin Mao and Zhongkai Tang Chengjian Zhu^*, '' Visible-light-induced direct C(sp3)-H difluromethylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with the in-situ generated difluoroenolates ''. Chem. Commun., 2014,50.7521-7523.

88. Ablimit Abdukader, Hongming Jin,Yixiang Cheng,Chengjian Zhu^*, '' Rhenium-Catalyzed Amination of Alcohols by Hydrogen Transfer Process ''. Tetrahedron Letters. 2014, 55, 4172-4174.

87. Changduo Pan, Jie Han, Honglin Zhang, Chengjian Zhu^{*, ''} Radical Arylalkoxycarbonylation of 2-Isocyanobiphenyl with Carbazates: Dual C-C Bond Formation towards Phenanthridine-6-carboxylates ''. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 5374-5378.

86.Jin Xie, Changduo Pan, Ablimit Abdukader and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Gold-catalyzed C(sp³)-H bond functionalization''. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2014, Accepted.

85. Jin Xie, Xiangai Yuan, Ablimit Abdukader, Chengjian Zhu* and Jing Ma, '' Visible-Light-Promoted Radical C−H Trifluoromethylation of Free Anilines '', Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1768-1771.

84. Haibin Mao, Aijun Lin, Zhongkai Tang, Hongwen Hu, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Organocatalytic One-pot Synthesis of Highly Substituted Pyridazines from Morita¿Baylis¿Hillman Carbonates and Diazo Compounds '', Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 2454-2458.

83. Pan Xu, Ablimit Abdukader, Kaidong Hu, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Room Temperature Decarboxylative Trifluoromethy -lation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids by Photoredox Catalysis '', Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 2308-2310.

82. Changduo Pan, Ablimit Abdukader, Jie Han, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu,* '' Ruthenium-Catalyzed C7-Amidation of Indoline C-H Bond with Sulfonyl Azides '', Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 3606-3609.

81. Ling Fang, Aijun Lin, Yan Shi, Yixiang Cheng , Chengjian Zhu*, '' Enantioselective sulfenylation of a-nitroesters catalyzed by diarylprolinols '', Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 387-389.

80. Jin Xie, Hongming Jin, Pan Xu and Chengjian Zhu*, '' When C-H bond functionalization meets visible-light photoredox catalysis '', Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 36-48. (Invited Review).

2013

79. Xuebin Zhu, Yan Shi, Haibin Mao, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, ''Tetraethylammonium Bromide-Catalyzed Oxidative Thioesterification of Aldehydes and Alcohols '', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2013, 355, 3558-3562.

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78. Zhijie Mao , Aijun Lin , Yan Shi , Haibin Mao ,Weipeng Li , Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu, '' Chiral Tertiary Amine-thiourea Catalyzed Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reaction of Chromone Heterodienes Using 3-Vinylindoles as Dienophiles.'' J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 10233-10239

77.Huamin Li, Changduo Pan, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, ''Copper-catalyzed oxidative coupling of carboxylic acids with formamides for the synthesis of α,β -unsaturated amides. '' Tetrahdron Lett. 2013, 54, 6679-6681.

76. Ablimit Abdukadera, Qicai Xue, Aijun Lin, Ming Zhang, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Gold-catalyzed cascade C−C and C−N bond formation: synthesis of polysubstituted indolequinones and pyrroles'' Tetrahdron Lett. 2013, 54, 5898-5900.

75. Aijun Lin, Hao Peng, Ablimit Abdukader, Chengjian Zhu*, '' Rhenium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyanation of Tertiary Amines with TMSCN '' Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 7286-7290.

74. Changduo Pan, Hongming Jin, Pan Xu, Xu Liu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu *,'' Copper-Mediated Direct C2-Cyanation of Indoles Using Acetonitrile as the Cyanide Source.'' J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 9494-9498.

73. Pan Xu, Jin Xie, Qicai Xue, Changduo Pan,Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Visible-Light-Induced Trifluoromethylation of Arylacryamide: A Convenient and Effective Method to Synthesize CF₃-Containing Quaternary Oxindoles. '' Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 14039-14042 (most frequently cited ones among those published in 2012 or 2013)

72. Hongming Jin, Jin Xie, Changduo Pan, Zhengbo Zhu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*,'' Rhenium-Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling via Dual Activation of Alcohols and Carbonyl compounds.'' ACS Catal., 2013, 3, 2195–2198

71. Aijun Lin, Junying Wang, Haibin Mao, Yan Shi, Zhijie Mao,Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Organocatalytic Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates with Phosphorus Ylides¿F Synthesis of Chiral 3-Substituted 2,4-Functionalized 1,4-Pentadienes.'' Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 6241-6245.

70. Haibin Mao, Aijun Lin, Yang Tang, Yan Shi, Hongwen Hu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu *, '' Organocatalytic oxa/aza-Michael–Michael Cascade Strategy for the Construction of Spiro [Chroman/Tetrahydroquinoline-3,3′-oxindole] Scaffolds.'' Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 4062–4065.

69. Zhijie Mao, Weipeng Li, Yan Shi, Haibin Mao, Aijun, Lin, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, ''Enantioselective Construction of Dihydropyran-fused Indoles through Chiral Calcium Phosphate Catalyzed Oxo-hetero Diels-Alder Reactions using 2-Oxoindolin-3-ylidenes as Heterodienes.'' Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 9754-9759.

68. Zhijie Mao, Xi Zhu, Aijun Lin, Weipeng Li,Yan Shi, Haibin Mao, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*,'' In Situ Formed Bifunctional Primary Amine-Imine Catalyst: Application to the Construction of Chiral Tertiary Alcohols Through Asymmetric Aldol-type Reaction.'' Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2013, 355, 2029–2036.

67. Yan Shi, Xuebin Zhu, Haibin Mao, Hongwen Hu, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu*,''Synthesis of Functionalized Isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones via Copper-Catalyzed -Arylation of Ketones with 2-Halobenzamides.'' Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 11553-11557.

66. Honglai Jiang, Hongming Jin, Ablimit Abdukader, Aijun Lin, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, '' Catalyst-controlled switchable phosphination of α-diazoesters.'' Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 3612-3615.

65. Qicai Xue , Jin Xie , Pan Xu , Kaidong Hu , Yixiang Cheng , and Chengjian Zhu*, "Metal-free, n-Bu4NI-catalyzed regioselective difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes." ACS Catalysis. 2013,6, 1365–1368.

64. Jin Xie, Pan Xu, Huamin Li, Qicai Xue, Hongming Jin, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "Room temperature decarboxylation/C-H functionalization cascade by visible-light photoredox catalysis." Chem. Commun. 2013,49, 5672-5674.

63. Haibin Mao, Aijun Lin, Yan Shi, Zhijie Mao, Xuebin Zhu, Weipeng Li, Hongwen Hu, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu* , "Construction of Enantiomerically Enriched Diazo Compounds using Diazo Esters as Nucleophiles based on Chiral Lewis Base Catalysis." Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6288-6292.

62. Qicai Xue, Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C‒H bonds." Chem. Commun, 2013, 49, 3700-3702. (Top 25 most read in ChemComm 2013)

61. Changduo Pan, Hongming Jin, Xu Liu, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C2-Acylation of Indoles with α-Oxocarboxylic Acids." Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2933-2935.

60. Qicai Xue, Jin Xie, Hongming Jin, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "Highly efficient visible-light-induced aerobic oxidative C‒C, C‒P coupling from C‒H bonds catalyzed by gold(III)-complex." Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 1606-1609.

59. Jin Xie, Qicai Xue, Hongming Jin, Huamin Li, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*, "A visible-light-promoted aerobic C-H/C-N cleavage cascade to isoxazolidine skeletons." Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1281-1286. (Top 10 most-accessed articles in Chemical Science between January and March 2013)

58. Yan Shi, Aijun Lin, Haibin Mao, Zhijie Mao, Weipeng Li, Hongwen Hu, Chengjian Zhu*and Yixiang Cheng. "Enantioselective Construction of Spirooxindole Derivatives through [3+2] Annulation Catalyzed by a Bisthiourea as a Multiple-Hydrogen-Bond Donor." Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 1914-1918.

57. Honglai Jiang, Aijun Lin, Chengjian Zhu*and Yixiang Cheng. "Copper-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation through C-H/N-H Activation: A Novel Approach for the Synthesis of Multisubstituted Ureas." Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 819-821

2012

56. Honglai Jiang, Jin Xie, Aijun Lin, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*. "The Au(III)-catalyzed coupling reactions between alcohols and N-heterocycles via C–H bond activation." RSC Advances, 2012, 2 , 10496–10498.

55. Yan Zhang, Chengjian Zhu, "Gold complex-catalyzed C\P bond formation by Kabachnik–Fields reactions". Catalysis Communications, 2012, 28, 134–137.

54. Ming Zhang, Ablimit Abdukader, Yong Fu and Chengjian Zhu, "Efficient Synthesis of β-Enaminones and β-Enaminoesters Catalyzed by Gold (I)/Silver (I) under Solvent-Free Conditions". Molecules, 2012, 17, 2812-2822.

53. Huamin Li, Jin Xie, Qicai Xue, Yixiang Cheng, and Chengjian Zhu*. "Metal-free n-Bu₄NI catalyzed direct synthesis of amides from alcohols and N, N-disubstituted formamides." Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 6479-6482.

52. Yan Shi,^[a] Zhijie Mao,^[a] Qicai Xue,^[a] Chengjian Zhu,*^[a,b] Hongwen Hu,^[a] and Yixiang Cheng^[a]. "Crystal Structures of Chiral Mono- and Dinuclear Salan-Cu(II) Complexes and the Application to Catalytic Asymmetric Henry Reaction." Inorganic chemistry communications, 2012, 20, 259-262.

51. Kang Shen^a, Xia Yang^a, Yixiang Cheng^a * and Chengjian Zhu^a,b *. "A Highly selective ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ion based on a polyimine macrocycle." Tetrahedron. 2012, 68, 5719-5723.

50. Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Qicai Xue, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*. "A Scalable, Efficient Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Phosphonation of sp3 C-H Bonds Using Air as Sustainable Oxidant ." Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2012, 354, 1646-1650.

49. Zhitao Xing, Yong Fu, Jiecong Zhou, Chengjian Zhu* and Yixiang Cheng. “Coumarin-based chiral fluorescence sensor incorporating a thiourea unit for highly enantioselective recognition of N-Boc-protected proline.” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 4024-4028.

48. Qicai Xue, Zhijie Mao, Yan Shi, Haibin Mao, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu*.“Metal-free, one-pot highly selective synthesis of (E)-vinyl sulfones and sulfoxides via addition-oxidation of thiols with alkynes.” Tetrahedron Letters. 2012, 53, 1851–1854 ..

47. Zhitao Xing, Huichen Wang, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu,* Tony D. James,* Jianzhang Zhao. “Selective Saccharide Recognition Using Modular Diboronic Acid Fluorescent Sensors.” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 6, 1223-1229.

46. Yong Fu, Zhitao Xing, Chengcheng Zhu, Hongwei Yang, Weijiang He, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng. “A novel calixsalen macrocycle: metal sensing behavior for Zn²⁺ and intracellular imaging application.” Tetrahedron Letters. 2012, 53, 804-807.

45. Jin Xie, Honglai Jiang, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*. “Metal-free, Organocatalytic Cascade Formation of C-N and C-O Bonds through Dual sp³ C-H Activation: Oxidative Synthesis of Oxazole Derivatives.” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 979-981.

44. Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Jiecong Zhou, Yixiang Cheng and Chengjian Zhu*. “A Highly Efficient Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Coupling from C-H Bonds Using Air as Oxidant.” Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1252-1255. (Selected as "Hot Paper" by the editor; most accessed in 12/2011)

43. Hao Peng,Aijun Lin,Yan Zhang, Honglai Jiang, Jiecong Zhou, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu,*and Hongwen Hu. “Facile Oxidation and Amination of Benzylic sp³ C-H bond Catalyzed by Rhenium(V) Complexes.” ACS Catalysis. 2012, 2, 163-167.

2011

42. Aijun Lin, Haibin Mao, Xi Zhu, Huiming Ge, Renxiang Tan, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “Organocatalytic Asymmetric C-S bond Formation: Synthesis of α-Methylene β-Mercapto Esters with Simple Alkyl Thiols”. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 3301-3306.

41. Aijun Lin, Haibin Mao, Xi Zhu, Huiming Ge, Renxiang Tan, Chengjian Zhu,*Yixiang Cheng*. “Organocatalytic Enantioselective Amination of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates with Masked Ammonia: A Facile Method for the Synthesis of Unprotected α-Methylene-β-Amino Esters.” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13676-13679

40. Zhitao Xing, Huichen Wang, Yixiang Cheng*, Tony D. James*, Chengjian Zhu*. “A Ditopic Fluorescence Sensor for Saccharides and Mercury Based on a Boronic-Acid Receptor and Desulfurisation Reaction.” Chemistry--An Asian Journal. 2011, 6, 3054-3058.

39. Xi Zhu, Aijun Lin, Ling Fang, Wei Li, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “In Situ Formed Bifunctional Primary Amine–Imine Catalyst for Asymmetric Aldol Reactions of a-Keto Esters.” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 8281-8284.

38. Xi Zhu, Aijun Lin, Yan Shi, Jingyu Guo, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “Enantioselective Synthesis of Polycyclic Coumarin Derivatives Catalyzed by an in Situ Formed Primary Amine-Imine Catalyst”. Org. Lett. 2011, 13 ,4382-4385.

37. Aijun Lin, Junying Wang, Haibin Mao, Huiming Ge, Renxiang Tan, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “Organocatalytic Asymmetric Michael-Type/Wittig Reaction of Phosphorus Ylides: Synthesis of Chiral α-Methylene-δ-Ketoesters”. Org. Lett. 2011, 13 ,4176-4179.

36. Aijun Lin, Ling Fang, Xi Zhu, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “Organocatalytic Enantioselective Sulfenylation of β-Keto Phosphonates: A Convenient Approach to Construct Hetero-Quaternary Stereocenters”. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 545-549.

35. Xia Yang, Xuechao Liu, Kang Shen, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “A Chiral Perazamacrocyclic Fluorescent Sensor for Cascade Recognition of Cu(II) and the Unmodified α-Amino Acids in Protic Solutions”. Org. Lett. 2011, 13 ,3510-3513.

34. Honglai Jiang, Aijun Lin, Hao Peng, Yuhua Zhu, Yi Pan, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “Me₃Ga-Mediated Addition of Acetylenes to a-Keto Esters: A New Method for the Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Esters”. Synlett, 2011, 14, 2039-2042.

33. Xia Yang, Xuechao Liu, Kang Shen, Yong Fu, Ming Zhang, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “Enantioselective fluorescent recognition of mandelic acid by unsymmetrical salalen and salan sensors”. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 6011-6021.

32. Xuefeng Jia, Aijun Lin, Zhijie Mao, Chengjian Zhu,* Yixiang Cheng*. “Catalytic Enantioselective Aryl Transfer to Aldehydes Using Chiral 2,2’-Bispyrrolidine-Based Salan Ligands”. Molecules 2011, 16, 2971-2981.

31. Xia Yang, Kang Shen, Xuechao Liu, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “Highly enantioselective fluorescent recognition of amino acid derivatives by unsymmetrical salan sensors”. Tetrahedron Letters. 2011, 52, 4611-4614.

30. Ming Zhang, Hongwei Yang, Yan Zhang, Chengjian Zhu,* Wei Li, Yixiang Cheng*, Hongwen Hu. “Direct reductive amination of aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by gold(I) complex under transfer hydrogenation conditions”. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6605-6607.

29. Xuechao Liu, Xia Yang, Yong Fu, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “Novel fluorescent sensor for Ag⁺ and Hg²⁺ based on the BINOL-pyrene derivative via click reaction”. Tetrahedron. 2011, 67, 3181-3186.

28. Xuechao Liu, Xia Yang, Hao Peng, Chengjian Zhu*, Yixiang Cheng*. “A fluorescent sensor for Hg²⁺ and Ag⁺ functions as a molecular switch based on click-generated triazole moiety”. Tetrahedron Letters. 2011, 52, 2295-2298.

27.Yan Zhang, Hao Peng, Ming Zhang, Yixiang Cheng, Chengjian Zhu*. “Gold-complexes catalyzed oxidative α-cyanation of tertiary amines”. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 2354-2356.

2010

26. Ling Fang, Yan Shi, Chengjian Zhu*. “Organocatalytic asymmetric α-functionalization of β-keto esters.” Huaxue Jinzhan 2010, 22, 1679-1686.

25. Xiong Ding, Wenming Tang, Chengjian* Zhu, Yixiang Cheng. “Imidazolium Ion-Tagged Proline Organocatalyst for α-Aminoxylation of Aldehydes and Ketones in Ionic Liquids.” Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2010, 352, 108-112.

2009

24. Ming Zhang, Hongwei Yang, Yixiang Cheng, Yuhua Zhu, Chengjian Zhu*. “Direct substitution of propargylic alcohol with oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon nucleophiles catalyzed by molybdenum(VI).” Tetrahedron Letters. 2010, 51, 1176-1179.

23. Jiangtao Sun, Zhenya Dai, Changsi Li, Xu Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Enantioselective pinacol coupling reaction of aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by chiral vanadium complexes.” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2009, 694, 3219-3221.

22. Ling Fang, Aijun Lin, Xuefeng Jia, Jie Meng, Yangnian Wang, Chengjian Zhu*. “Enantioselective conjugate addition of N-heterocycles to α,β-enones mediated by diarylprolinols.” Letters in Organic Chemistry. 2009, 6, 397-399.

21. Jiangtao Sun, Weijin Gu, Yijun Huang, Xu Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Salan-vanadium-catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides with aromatic thiols.” Letters in Organic Chemistry. 2009, 6, 329-331.

20. Ling Fang, Aijun Lin, Hongwen Hu, Chengjian Zhu*. “Highly Enantioselective Sulfenylation of β-Ketoesters: H-Bond Acceptor Catalysis.” Chemistry--A European Journal. 2009, 15, 7039-7043.

19. Jiangtao Sun, Minghua Yang, Fang Yuan, Xuefeng Jia, Xia Yang, Yi Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Catalytic asymmetric ring-opening reaction of meso-epoxides with aryl selenols and thiols catalyzed by a heterobimetallic gallium-titanium-salen complex.” Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2009, 351, 920-930.

18. Xuefeng Jia, Ling Fang, Aijun Lin, Yi Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Highly efficient and facile aryl transfer to aldehydes using ArB(OH)₂-GaMe₃.” Synlett. 2009, 3, 495-499.

17. Hongwei Yang, Ling Fang, Ming Zhang, Chengjian Zhu*. “An efficient molybdenum(VI)-catalyzed direct substitution of allylic alcohols with nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon nucleophiles.” European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2009, 5, 666-672.

16. Jiangtao Sun, Fang Yuan, Minghua Yang, Yi Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Enantioselective ring-opening reaction of meso-epoxides with ArSH catalyzed by heterobimetallic Ti-Ga-Salen system.” Tetrahedron Letters 2009, 50, 548-551.

2008

15. Jiangtao Sun, Xu Pan, Zhenya Dai, Chengjian Zhu*. “Synthesis of new Schiff base-camphorsulfonyl amide ligands and in situ screening in the asymmetric additions of organozinc reagents to aldehydes.” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2008, 19, 2451-2457.

14. Jiangtao Sun, Minghua Yang, Zhenya Dai, Chengjian Zhu*, Hongwen Hu. “Synthesis of optically active 2,5-dialkylcyclohexane-1,4-diols and their application in the asymmetric oxidation of sulfides.” Synthesis. 2008, 16, 2513-2518.

13. Jiangtao Sun, Zhenya Dai, Minghua Yang, Xu Pan, Chengjian Zhu*. “Vanadium-salan catalyzed enantioselective ring opening of meso-epoxides with aromatic amines.” Synthesis. 2008, 13, 2100-2104.

12. Xuefeng Jia, Hongwei Yang, Ling Fang, Chengjian Zhu*. “Me₃Ga-mediated alkynylation of aldehydes.” Tetrahedron Letters. 2008, 49, 1370-1372.

2007

11. Hongwei Yang, Hongsong Wang, Chengjian Zhu*. “Enantioselective Pinacol Coupling of Aryl Aldehydes Catalyzed by Chiral Salan-Mo(IV) Complexes.” Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2007, 72, 10029-10034.

2006

10. Chengjian Zhu*, Yijun Huang. “Asymmetric synthesis of chiral organoselenium compounds.” Current Organic Chemistry. 2006, 10, 1905-1920.

9. Chengjian Zhu*, Chaoying Yuan, Yang Lv. “Synthesis of chiral calixarene-like salen ligand and application in catalytic asymmetric friedel-crafts reaction of aromatic amines with glyoxylate.” Synlett: 2006, 8, 1221-1224.

2005

8. Yijun Huang, Fengyue Yang, and Chengjian Zhu*. “Highly Enantioseletive Biginelli Reaction Using a New Chiral Ytterbium Catalyst: Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 16386-16387

7. Zhenya Dai, Mingran Shao, Xianshan Hou, Chengjian Zhu*, Yuhua Zhu, Yi Pan. “Utilization of organogallium and organoindium compounds as alkylation reagents in organic synthesis: The addition of trialkylgallium and trialkylindium to aldehydes catalyzed by Lewis acids.” Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 2005, 19, 898-902.

6. Minghua Yang, Chengjian Zhu*, Fang Yuan, Yijun Huang, Yi Pan. “Enantioselective ring-opening reaction of meso-epoxides with ArSeH catalyzed by heterometallic Ti-Ga-Salen system.” Organic Letters. 2005, 7, 1927-1930.

5. Zhenya Dai, Chengjian Zhu*, Minghua Yang, Yunfa Zheng, Yi Pan. “The first asymmetric addition of organogallium to aldehydes catalyzed by chiral titanium catalysts.” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 2005, 16, 605-608.

2004

4. Jiangtao Sun, Chengjian Zhu*, Zhenya Dai, Minghua Yang, Yi Pan, Hongwen Hu. “Efficient Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides and Kinetic Resolution of Sulfoxides Catalyzed by a Vanadium-Salan System.” Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2004, 69, 8500-8503.

3. Chengjian Zhu*, Minghua Yang, Jiangtao Sun, Yuhua Zhu, Yi Pan. “The synthesis of new C₂-symmetric chiral 1,4-diamino motif and application in catalytic asymmetric alkynylation of meso-epoxides.” Synlett. 2004, 3, 465-468.

2003

2. Fang Yuan, Chengjian Zhu*, Jiangtao Sun, Yongjiang Liu, Yi Pan. “Synthesis and asymmetric catalytic activities of chiral organogallium and indium complexes with ephedrine derivatives as ligands. The crystal structure of [(1R,2S)-(Me₂Ga-m-OCH(C₆H₅)CH(CH₃)-m-NHCH₃)]₂.” Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2003, 682, 102-107.

1. Chengjian Zhu*, Fang Yuan, Weijin Gu, Yi Pan. “The first example of enantioselective isocyanosilylation of meso epoxides with TMSCN catalyzed by novel chiral organogallium and -indium complexes.” Chemical Communications 2003, 6, 692-693.