47. Molecular Docking-Aided AIEgen Design: Concept, Synthesis and Applications (Link)
Jian-Qing Zhang#, Xiao-Yu Xu#, Fu-Sheng, Liu, Shu-Qiang Cao, Yu-Xin Gui, Yi-Wen Su, Xiao-Yu He, Ji-Yuan Liang, You-Quan Zou*
Sci. China Chem. 2023, ASAP.
(#These authors contributed equally).
46. Photochemical Reductive Deamination of Alpha-Amino Aryl Alkyl Ketones (Link)
Ji-Yuan Liang#, Yi-Wen Su#, You-Quan Zou*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 14685–14688. (Invited Themed Collection: 2023 Emerging Investigators）
(#These authors contributed equally).
45. Asymmetric Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Isothiocyanato Oxindoles: An Update（Link）
Fen Tan#, Xiao-Yu He#, Qing-Qing Yang*, You-Quan Zou*
Synlett 2023, 34, 301–313. (Invited Synpacts, Special Edition: Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardees 2022）
(#These authors contributed equally).
44. Structures and Applications of NIR-II AIEgens Containing Benzobisthiadiazole Derivatives（VIP, Link）
Jian-Qing Zhang#, Xiao-Yu Xu#, Shu-Qiang Cao, You-Quan Zou*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202201131. (Invited Review, Special Edition: #NextGenOrgChem）
(#These authors contributed equally).
43. Rapid Assembly of 1,3-Indanedione-based Spirocyclic Tetrahydroquinolines for Inducing Human Lung Cancer Cell Apoptosis（Link）
Fen Tan, Luo-Jia Chen, Yun-Cong Yuan, Xiao-Yu He, Yi-Wen Su, Shu-Qiang Cao, Cong-Hua Xie*, Mei-Jia Gu*, You-Quan Zou*
Green Synth. Catal. 2022, 3, 357–372.
42. Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Deracemization（Link）
Yi-Wen Su, You-Quan Zou*, Wen-Jing Xiao*
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 42, 3201–3212. （Invited Review, Special Issue: Asymmetric Catalysis）
41. Recent Advances in Chiral Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorogens (Link)
Rui Hu, Yun-Cong Yuan, Mei-Jia Gu*, You-Quan Zou*
Eng. Reg. 2022, 3, 323–338. （Invited Review）
40. Cages Meet Gels: Smart Materials with Dual Porosity (Link)
Ilma Jahovic#, You-Quan Zou#, Simone Adorinni, Jonathan R. Nitschke*, Silvia Marchesan*
Matter 2021, 4, 2123–2140.
(#These authors contributed equally).
39. Sterics and Hydrogen Bonding Control Stereochemistry and Self-Sorting in BINOL-Based Assemblies (Link)
You-Quan Zou#, Dawei Zhang#, Tanya K. Ronson, Andrew Tarzia, Zifei Lu, Kim E. Jelfs*, Jonathan R. Nitschke*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9009–9015.
(#These authors contributed equally).
38. Q.-Q. Zhou, Y.-Q. Zou, S. Kar, Y. Diskin-Posner, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
Manganese-Pincer-Catalyzed Nitrile Hydration, alpha-Deuteration, and alpha-Deuterated Amide Formation via Metal Ligand Cooperation
ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10239–10245.
37. Y.-Q. Zou#, N. Wolff#, M. Rauch, M. Feller, Q.-Q. Zhou, A. Anaby, Y. Diskin-Posner, L. J. W. Shimon, L. Avram, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
Homogeneous Reforming of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol to Glycolic Acid and Pure Hydrogen Catalyzed by Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes Capable of Metal-Ligand Cooperation
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4715–4722.
(#These authors contributed equally).
36. D. Zhang, T. Ronson, Y.-Q. Zou, J. R. Nitschke*
Metal–organic Cages for Molecular Separations
Nat. Rev. Chem. 2021, 5, 168–182.
35. F. Tan*, Y.-Q. Zou*
Multicomponent Cross Coupling via Synergistic Photoredox and Copper Catalysis
Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 1516–1518.
34. Q.-Q. Zhou#, Y.-Q. Zou#, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
A Reversible Liquid to Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15487–15490.
(#These authors contributed equally).
33. A. Kumar, N. v. Wolff, M. Rauch, Y.-Q. Zou, G. Shmul, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
Hydrogenative Depolymerization of Nylons
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14267–14275.
32. Y.-Q. Zou#, Q.-Q. Zhou#, Y. Diskin-Posner, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
Synthesis of Oxalamides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Ethylene Glycol and Amines and the Reverse Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Ruthenium
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7188–7193
(#These authors contributed equally).
31. F. Tan*, P. Zheng, Y.-Q. Zou*
Highly Selective Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Oximes to Hydroxylamine Derivatives
Chem 2020, 6, 1517–1519.
30. Y.-Q. Zou, I. Jahović, J. R. Nitschke*
Hydrolysis of Twisted Amides inside a Self-Assembled Coordination Cage
Chem 2020, 6, 1217–1218.
29. F. Pecho#, Y.-Q. Zou#, J. Gramuller, T. Mori, S. M. Huber, A. Bauer, R. M. Gschwind, T. Bach*
A Thioxanthone Sensitizer with a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Binding Site: Properties and Applications in Visible Light-Mediated Cycloadditions
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 5190–5194.
(#These authors contributed equally).
28. D. Milstein, Y.-Q. Zou, A. Anaby
Reversible Liquid Organic System for Loading and Discharging Hydrogen based on Ethylene Glycol
WO2020141520A1, 2020.
27. T. Hua, Q.-Q. Yang*, Y.-Q. Zou
Recent Advances in Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions of Stabilized Diazo Compounds
Molecules 2019, 24, 3191.
26. Y.-Q. Zou, N. von Wolff, A. Anaby, Y. Xie, D. Milstein*
Ethylene Glycol as an Efficient and Reversible Liquid-Organic Hydrogen Carrier
Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 415–422.
25. Q.-Q. Zhou#, Y.-Q. Zou#, L.-Q. Lu*; W.-J. Xiao*
Visible-Light-Induced Organic Photochemical Reactions via Energy Transfer Pathways
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1586–1604
(#These authors contributed equally).
24. Y.-Q. Zou, S. Chakraborty, A. Nerush, D. Oren, Y. Diskin-Posner, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein*
Highly Selective, Efficient Deoxygenative Hydrogenation of Amides Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex via Metal–Ligand Cooperation
ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 8014–8019.
23. Y.-Q. Zou*, F. M. Hormann, T. Bach*
Iminium and Enamine Catalysis in Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 278–290.
22. Y.-Q. Zou, W.-J. Xiao*
Visible Light Mediated α-Amino C-H Functionalization Reaction
Wiley-VCH, 2018.
21. S. Poplata, A. Tröster, Y.-Q. Zou, T. Bach*
Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Cyclobutanes by Olefin [2+2] Photocycloaddition Reactions
Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 9748–9815.
20. X.-D. Xia, Y.-L. Ren, J.-R. Chen, X.-Y. Yu, L.-Q. Lu, Y.-Q. Zou, J. Wan*, W.-J. Xiao*
Phototandem Catalysis: Efficient Synthesis of 3-Ester-3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles by a Visible Light-Induced Cyclization of Diazoamides through an Aerobic Oxidation Sequence
Chem. Asian. J. 2015, 10, 124–128.
19. Q.-H. Deng, Y.-Q. Zou, L.-Q. Lu, Z.-L. Tang, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
De Novo Synthesis of Imidazoles by Visible-light-induced Photocatalytic Aerobic Oxidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition/Aromatization Cascade
Chem. Asian. J. 2014, 9, 2432–2435.
18. Y.-Q. Zou, W. Guo, F.-L. Liu, L.-Q. Lu, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Formyloxylation Reactions of 3-Bromooxindoles with Water And DMF: Scope and Mechanism
Green. Chem. 2014, 16, 3787–3795.
17. F.-L. Liu, J.-R. Chen*, Y.-Q. Zou, Q. Wei, W.-J. Xiao*
Three-Component Coupling Reaction Triggered by Insertion of Arynes into the S=O Bond of DMSO
Org. Lett. 2014, 14, 3768–3771.
16. X.-Q. Hu, J.-R. Chen, Q. Wei, F.-L. Liu, Q.-H. Deng, Y.-Q. Zou, W.-J. Xiao*
Efficient Synthesis of Dihydropyrazoles by Halocyclization of beta, gamma-Unsaturated Hydrazones
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 3082–308.
15. W. Ding, J.-R. Chen, Y.-Q. Zou, S.-W. Duan, L.-Q. Lu, W.-J. Xiao*
Aerobic Oxidative C–B Bond Cleavage of Arylboronic Acids Mediated by Methylhydrazines
Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 151–154.
14. Z.-J. Feng, J. Xuan, X.-D. Xia, W. Ding, W. Guo, J.-R. Chen, Y.-Q. Zou, W.-J. Xiao*
Direct sp3 C-H Acroleination of N-Aryl-Tetrahydroisoquinolines by Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Nucleophilic Catalysis
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 2037–2040.
13. Y.-Q. Zou, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Homogeneous Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11701–11703.
12. J. An#, Y.-Q. Zou#, Q.-Q. Yang, Q. Wang, W.-J. Xiao*
Visible Light-Induced Aerobic Oxyamidation of Indoles: A Photocatalytic Strategy for the Preparation of Tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolinols
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1483–1489.
(#These authors contributed equally).
11. F. Tan, H-G. Cheng, B. Feng, Y.-Q. Zou, S-W. Duan, J-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Addition/Cyclization Cascade Reaction of Ylideneoxindoles with Isothiocyanato Oxindoles
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2071–2075.
10. C. Li, F.-L. Liu, Y.-Q. Zou, L.-Q. Lu, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Chromans by a Zinc(II)-Catalyzed Tandem Friedel-Crafts Alkylation/Michael Addition Reaction
Synlett 2013, 45, 601–608.
9. Y.-Q. Zou, S.-W. Duan, X.-G. Meng, X.-Q. Hu, S. Gao, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Visible Light Induced Intermolecular [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Ylideneoxindoles
Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 6914–6919.
8. S.-W. Duan, Y. Li, Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-Q. Zou, D.-Q. Shi. W.-J. Xiao*
An Organocatalytic Michael-aldol Cascade: Formal [3+2] Annulation to Construct Enantioenriched Spirocyclic Oxindole Derivatives
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5160–5162.
7. Y.-Q. Zou, J.-R. Chen, X.-P. Liu, L.-Q. Lu, R. L. Davis, K. A. Jørgensen*, W.-J. Xiao*
Highly Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids: Photoredox Catalysis using Visible Light
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 784–788.
6. Y.-Q. Zou, C. Li, J. Rong, H. Yan, J.-R. Chen*, W.-J. Xiao*
Phosphine-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloadditions of 2-Phenyl-4-Arylidene-5(4H)-Oxazolones with Allenoate: A Concise Synthesis of Aspartic Acid Analogues
Synlett 2011, 1000–1004.
5. J.-R. Chen*, L. Fu, Y.-Q. Zou, N.-J. Chang, J. Rong, W.-J. Xiao*
Pyrrolidinyl-sulfamide Derivatives as a New Class of Bifunctional Organocatalysts for Direct Asymmetric Michael Addition of Cyclohexanone to Nitroalkenes
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 5280–5287.
4. Y.-Q. Zou, L.-Q. Lu, L. Fu, N.-J. Chang, J. Rong, J.-R. Chen, W.-J. Xiao*
Visible-Light-Induced Oxidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition/Oxidative Aromatization Sequence: A Photocatalytic Strategy To Construct Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7171–7175.
3. J.-R. Chen*, Y.-Q. Zou, L.;Fu, F. Ren, F. Tan, W.-J. Xiao*
Highly Enantioselective Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Nitroolefins Catalyzed by Primary Amine Thiourea Organocatalysts
Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 5367–5372.
2. J.-R. Chen, Y.-J. Cao, Y.-Q. Zou, F. Tan, L. Fu, X.-Y. Zhu, W.-J. Xiao*
Novel Thiourea-Amine Bifunctional Catalysts for Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Ketones/Aldehydes to Nitroalkenes: Rational Structural Combination for High Catalytic Efficiency
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 1275–1279.
1. X.-L. An, C.-F. Li, F.-G. Zhang, Y.-Q. Zou, Y.-C. Guo, J.-R. Chen*, W.-J. Xiao*
Highly Efficient Route to Functionalized Tetrahydrocarbazoles Using a Tandem Cross-Metathesis/Intramolecular-Hydroarylation Sequence
Chem. Asian. J. 2010, 5, 2258–2265.