2024

(14) Radical cascade silylation/cyclization of 1,7-dienes to access silyl-substituted benzo[b]azepin-2-ones,

 Zhen Zhang,* Lichao Lu, Guiling Li, Xiaoyu Sheng, Yijia Zhang, Lin Yang, Jiaqi Zhao, Lei Xie, Jiazhu Li* and Kai Sun*

Chem. Commun. 2024, 60(31), 4206-4209

(13) Oxidative Cascade Iodocyclization of 1,n-Dienes: Synthesis of Iodinated Benzo[b]azepine and Benzo[b]azocine Derivatives, Pengpeng Tan, Shilong Wang, Guiling Li, Huichao Wang, Ziheng Zhao, Haochen Jiang, Lei Xie, Liru Yang, Jinchun Chen*, and Zhen Zhang*

 J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89(9), 6405–6415.

2023

(12) Cascade Radical Trifluoromethylthiolation/Cyclization of Dienes to Access SCF₃-Containing Medium-Sized Heterocycles

Zhen Zhang*, Xiangshan Fang, Ayimnisa Aili, Shilong Wang, Junhong Tang, Wanjun Lin, Lei Xie, Jinchun Chen* and Kai Sun*

Org. Lett. 2023, 25(24), 4598–4602

                   

(11) Visible-Light-Promoted Selective Sulfonylation and Selenylation of Dienes to Access Sulfonyl-/Seleno-benzazepine Derivatives

Zhen Zhang*, Pengpeng Tan, Shilong Wang, Huichao Wang, Lei Xie, Yue Chen, Liangliang Han, Shubin Yang, Kai Sun*

Org. Lett. 2023,  25,  4208–4213

                                 

(10) Photo- or Electrochemical Cyclization of Dienes with Diselenides to Access Seleno-Benzo[b]azepines

Pengpeng Tan , Liwang Lu , Shilong Wang, Junxin Wang, Jiayang Chen , Yijia Zhang , Lei Xie , Shubin Yang, Jinchun Chen*, Zhen Zhang*

J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 7245–7255

                                        

2022

(9) Radical annulation of a designed diene system: access to nitro-benzo[b]azepines

Kai Sun,* Yan Zhang, Miao Tian, Zhichuan Wang, Dongyang Zhao, Shilong Wang, Shi Tang, Zhen Zhang*

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 9658-9661

                          

(8) K₂S₂O₈/I₂-Promoted Electrophilic Selenylative Cyclization To Access Seleno-Benzo[b]azepines

Zhen Zhang*, Shilong Wang, Pengpeng Tan, Xiaowen Gu, Wenjie Sun, Chang Liu, Jinchun Chen, Jiazhu Li, and Kai Sun*

Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 2288–2293

                   

(7) One-Pot Synthesis of 8-Azaguanines by Transition Metal-Free Cascade Cyclization of Carbodiimides with Ethyl Diazoacetate

Shilong Wang, Xingchen Zhao, Jixin Liu, Ziling Zhao, Haoran Yu, Jiaxun Li, Jiazhu Li, Jinchun Chen*, Zhang, Zhen*

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 2022(12), e202101559

                                       

2021

(6) Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Sequential Reactions of Azides with Isocyanides

Zhen Zhang,* Pengpeng Tan, Wenxu Chang, and Zhenhua Zhang*

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 5344-5359

                            

(5) Total synthesis of MS-444: A myosin light chain kinase and HuR inhibitor from Micromonospora sp. KY7123

Yan Huang, Jian Wang, Jiazhu Li, Zhen Zhang*, Jin-Chun Chen*

Tetrahedron Letters 2021, 80, 153328

                         

(4) Transition-metal-free synthesis of 5-amino-1,2,3-triazoles via nucleophilic addition/cyclization of carbodiimides with diazo compounds

Shilong Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Guixin Liu, Hui Xu, Lijuan Song, Jinchun Chen, Jiazhu Li and Zhen Zhang*

Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 599-604

                                 

(3) Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) enabled concerted nitration/ureation of carbodiimides to synthesize o-nitroaryl ureas

Shilong Wang, Xiangqi Xie, Xingchen Zhao, Jixin Liu, Ziling Zhao, Jinchun Chen, Jiazhu Li, Kai Sun and Zhen Zhang*

Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 5771-5776

                               

(2) Progress in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cyclization of Carbodiimides

Zhang, Zhen*, Chang, Wenxu

Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 41, 1835-1850

                             

2020

(1) Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cyclization of Isatoic Anhydrides with Carbodiimides: Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones

Zhen Zhang, * Ziqiang Qin, Wenxu Chang, Jiazhu Li, * Ruoqian Fan, Xing Wu, Rongrong Guo, Xiangqi Xie and Lanxin Zhou

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 2864-2869

                              

Before YTU

(4) Pd(0)-Catalyzed Four-Component Reaction of Aryl Halide, CO, N-Tosylhydrazone, and Amine (Very Important Paper)

Yiyang Liu,⁺ Zhen Zhang(共一),⁺ Songnan Zhang, Yan Zhang，Jianbo Wang,* and Zhenhua Zhang*

Chem. Asian J. 2018, 13, 3658–3663 

                            

(3) Tandem Coupling of Azide with Isonitrile and Boronic Acid: Facile Access to Functionalized Amidines

Zhen Zhang, Baoliang Huang, Guanyu Qiao, Liu Zhu, Fan Xiao, Feng Chen, Bin Fu, Zhenhua Zhang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4320–4323

                          

(2) Cyclization of Alkyne-Azide with Isonitrile / CO via Self-Relay Rhodium Catalysis

Zhen Zhang, Fan Xiao, Baoliang Huang, Jincheng Hu, Bin Fu, Zhenhua Zhang*

Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 908−911

                 

(1) Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of Azides with Isocyanides (封面文章)

Zhen Zhang, Zongyang Li, Bin Fu and Zhenhua Zhang*

Chem. Commun.,2015, 51, 16312-16315