Publications

140. Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “Metalloradical Catalysis: General Approach for Controlling Reactivity and Selectivity of Homolytic Radical Reactions” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202320243. [Link]


139. Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Aziridination of Alkenes” Trends Chem. 2024, 6, 95–96. [Link][Text]


138. Xu, H.; Wang, D.-S.; Zhu, Z.-Y.; Deb, A.; Zhang, X. P. “New Mode of Asymmetric Induction for Enantioselective Radical N-Heterobicyclization via Kinetically Stable Chiral Radical Center” Chem 2024, 10, 283–298. [Link]


137. Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “Iron(III) Porphyrin Complexes as Metalloradical Catalysts” Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1499–1500. [Link]


136. Lee, W.-C. C.; Wang, D.-S.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Zhang, X. P. “Iron(III)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis for Asymmetric Cyclopropanation via a Stepwise Radical Mechanism” Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1569–1580. [Link] [Highlight]


135. Lee, W.-C. C.; Wang, J.-Y.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Bicyclization for Stereoselective Construction of Tricyclic Chromanones and Chromanes with Fused Cyclopropanes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11622–11632. [Link] [Cover] [Highlight]


134. Xu, P.; Xie, J.-J.; Wang, D.-S.; Zhang, X. P. “Metalloradical Approach for Concurrent Control in Intermolecular Radical Allylic C−H Amination” Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 498–507. [Link]


133. Wang, D.-S.; Zhang, X. P. “Oxidation: C─N Bond Formation by Oxidation (Aziridines)” In Comprehensive Chirality (Second Edition); Cossy, J. Ed.; Elsevier, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-32-390644-9.00024-X. [Link]


132. Novaes, L. F. T.; Wang, Y.; Liu, J.-J.; Riart-Ferrer, X.; Lee, W.-C. C.; Fu, N.-K.; Zhang, X. P.; Lin, S. “Electrochemical Diazidation of Alkenes Catalyzed by Manganese Porphyrin Complexes with Second-Sphere Hydrogen-Bond Donors” ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 14106–14112. [Link]


131. Lang, K.; Yang, H.; Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “Combined Radical and Ionic Approach for The Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Functionalized Amines from Alcohols” Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 548–557. [Link] [Text] [Highlight]


130.  Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes” Trends Chem. 2022, 4, 850–851. [Link]


129.  Ke, J.; Lee, W.-C. C.; Wang, X.-X.; Wang, Y.; Wen, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Metalloradical Activation of In Situ-Generated α -Alkynyldiazomethanes for Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2368–2378. [Link]


128.  Wang, X.-X.; Zhang, X. P. “Catalytic Radical Approach for Selective Carbene Transfers via Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” In Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbene Transformations 2022, 25-66. [Link]


127.  Wang, J.-Y.; Xie, J.-J.; Lee, W.-C. C.; Wang, D.-S.; Zhang, X. P. “Radical Differentiation of Two Ester Groups in Unsymmetrical Diazomalonates for Highly Asymmetric Olefin Cyclopropanation” Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 330–344. [Link] [Highlight] [Synform]


126.  Zhang, W.-J.; Nafady, A.; Shan, C.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Cheng, Q.-G.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S.-Q. “Functional Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Framework as a New Class of Heterogeneous Halogen Bond Donor Catalyst” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 24312–24317. [Link]


125.  Xie, J.-J.; Xu, P.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Wang, J.-Y.; Lee, W.-C. C.; Zhang, X. P. “New Catalytic Radical Process Involving 1,4-Hydrogen Atom Abstraction: Asymmetric Construction of Cyclobutanones” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11670-11678. [Link]


124.  Wang, X.-X.; Ke, J.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Deb, A.; Xu, Y.-J.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Process for General Synthesis of Chiral Heteroaryl Cyclopropanes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11121-11129. [Link]


123.  Zhang, C.-Z.; Wang, D.-S.; Lee, W.-C. C.; McKillop, A. M.; Zhang, X. P. “Controlling Enantioselectivity and Diastereoselectivity in Radical Cascade Cyclization for Construction of Bicyclic Structures” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11130-11140. [Link]


122.  Lee, W.-C. C. “Metalloradical Catalysis: A Radically Different Approach for Molecular Construction” Chem 2021, 7, 1402-1404. [Link]


121.  Lee, W.-C. C.; Wang, D.-S.; Zhang, C.-Z.; Xie, J.-J.; Li, B.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Dehydroaminocarboxylates: Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopropyl α-Amino Acids” Chem 2021, 7, 1588-1601. [Link]


120.  Magnuson, Z. L.; Cheng, Q.-G.; Zhang, W.-J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Wojtas, L.; Nafady, A.; Al-Enizi, A. M.; Larsen, R. W.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S.-Q. “Two Manganese Metalloporphyrin Frameworks Constructed from a Custom-Designed Porphyrin Ligand Exhibiting Selective Uptake of CO2 over CH4 and Catalytic Activity for CO2 Fixation” Cryst. Growth Des. 2021, 21, 2786–2792. [Link]


119.  Riart-Ferrer, X.; Sang, P.; Tao, J.-R.; Xu, H.; Jin, L.-M.; Lu, H.-J.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Metalloradical Activation of Carbonyl Azides for Enantioselective Radical Aziridination” Chem 2021, 7, 1120–1134. [Link]


118.  Lang, K.; Li, C.-Q.; Kim, I.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioconvergent Amination of Racemic Tertiary C-H Bonds” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20902–20911. [Link]


117.  Jin, L.-M.; Xu, P.; Xie, J.-J.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioselective Intermolecular Radical C−H Amination” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20828–20836. [Link]


116.  Hu, Y.; Lang, K.; Li, C.-Q.; Gill, J. B.; Kim, I.; Lu, H.-J.; Fields, K. B.; Marshall, M. K.; Cheng, Q.-G.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioselective Radical Construction of 5-Membered Cyclic Sulfonamides by Metalloradical C−H Amination” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18160-18169. [Link]

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115.  Lang, K.; Torker, S.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Induction and Enantiodivergence in Catalytic Radical C–H Amination via Enantiodifferentiative H-Atom Abstraction and Stereoretentive Radical Substitution” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12388–12396. [Link]

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114.  Hu, Y.; Lang, K.; Tao, J.-R.; Marshall, M. K.; Cheng, Q.-G.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Next-Generation D2-Symmetric Chiral Porphyrins for Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Catalyst Engineering by Distal Bridging” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2670–2674. [Link]

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113.  Li, C.-Q.; Lang, K.; Lu, H,-J.; Hu, Y.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Catalytic Radical Process for Enantioselective Amination of C(sp3)-H Bonds” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16837–16841. [Link]

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112.  Wen, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioselective Radical Process for Synthesis of Chiral Indolines by Metalloradical Alkylation of Diverse C(sp3)-H Bonds” Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5082–5086. [Link]

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111.  Wang, Y.; Wen, X.; Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioselective Radical Cyclization for Construction of 5-Membered Ring Structures by Metalloradical C-H Alkylation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4792–4796. [Link]

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110.  Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “[Co(3,5-Di-t-Bu-QingPhyrin)]” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02204. [Link]

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109.  Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “[Co(3,5-Di-t-Bu-Xu(2′-Naph)Phyrin)]” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02203. [Link]

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108.  Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “[Co(3,5-Di-t-Bu-ChenPhyrin)]” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02202. [Link]

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107.  Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “[Co(3,5-Di-t-Bu-IbuPhyrin)]” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02201. [Link]

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106.  Wang, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “[Co(2,6-DiMeO-ZhuPhyrin)]” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2018; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02200. [Link]

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105.  Jiang, H.-L.; Lang, K.; Lu, H.-J.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Bicyclization of Allyl Azidoformates via Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9164–9167. [Link]

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104.  Xu, X.; Wang, Y.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Metalloradical Activation of α-Formyldiazoacetates for Catalytic Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes” Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4347–4351. [Link]

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103.  Wang, Y.; Wen, X.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with In Situ-Generated Donor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1049–1052. [Link]

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102.  Pegis, M. L.; McKeown, B. A.; Kumar, N.; Lang, K.; Wasylenko, D. J.; Zhang, X. P.; Raugei, S.; Mayer, J. M. “Homogenous Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Rates Correlate with Reaction Overpotential in Acidic Organic Solutions” ACS Cent. Sci. 2016, 2, 850–856. [Link]

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101.  Jiang, H.-L.; Lang, K.; Lu, H.-J.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Intramolecular Radical Aziridination of Allylic Sulfamoyl Azides via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Effective Construction of Strained heterobicyclic Structures” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11604–11608. [Link]

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100.  Lu, H.-J.; Lang, K.; Jiang, H.-L.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Intramolecular 1,5-C(sp3)–H Radical Amination via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis for Five-Membered Cyclic Sulfamides” Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 6934–6939. [Link]

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99.  Liu, Q.-J.; Wang, L.-J.; Kang, Q.-K.; Zhang, X. P.; Tang, Y. “Cy-SaBOX/Copper(II)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Bicyclic N,O Acetals” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9220–9223. [Link]

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98.  Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “C–C Bond Formation Using Carbenes” In Science of Synthesis: Catalytic Transformations via C–H Activation series; eds. Yu, J. -Q.; Thieme, 2016, Vol. 2, pp. 63–94. [Link]


97.  Liu, Q.-J.; Yan, W.-G.; Wang, L.-J.; Zhang, X. P.; Tang, Y. “One-Pot Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Tetrahydrocarbazoles” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4014–4017. [Link]

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96.  Goswami, M.; Lyaskovskyy, V.; Domingos, S. R.; Buma, W. J.; Woutersen, S.; Troeppner, O.; Ivanovic-Burmazovic, I.; Lu, H.-J.; Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P.; Reijerse, E. J.; DeBeer S.; van Schooneveld, M. M.; Pfaff, F.; Ray, K.; de Bruin, B. “Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene Radical’ Species Relevant in Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5468–5479. [Link]

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95.  Subbarayan, V.; Jin, L.-M., Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Room Temperature Activation of Aryloxysulfonyl Azides by [Co(II)(TPP)] for Selective Radical Aziridination of Alkenes via Metalloradical Catalysis” Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3431–3434. [Link]

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94.  Cui, X.; Xu, X.; Jin, L.-M.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Stereoselective Radical C–H Alkylation with Acceptor/Acceptor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Chem. Sci. 2015. 6, 1219–1224. [Link]

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93.  Jin, C.-Y., Decker, A. M.; Huang, X.-P.; Gilmour, B. P.; Blough, B. E.; Roth, B. L.; Hu, Y.; Gill, J. B.; Zhang, X. P. “Synthesis, Pharmacological Characterization, and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Small Molecular Agonists for the Orphan GPR88” ACS Chem. Neurosci. 2014, 5, 576–587. [Link]

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92.  Lu, H.-J.; Li, C.-Q.; Jiang, H.-L.; Lizardi, C. L.; Zhang, X. P. “Chemoselective Amination of Propargylic C(sp3)−H Bonds via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7028–7032. [Link]


91.  Tao, J.-R.; Jin, L.-M.; Zhang, X. P. “Synthesis of Chiral N-Phosphoryl Aziridines through Enantioselective Aziridination of Alkenes With Phosphoryl Azide via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1282–1289. [Link]

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90.  Ruppel, J. V.; Cui, X.; Xu, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Stereoselective Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of alpha-Diazoacetates via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 515–520. [Link]

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89.  Jin, L.-M.; Lu, H.-J.; Cui, Y.; Lizardi, C. L.; Arzua, T. N.; Wojtas, L.; Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Selective Radical Amination of Aldehydic C(sp2)‒H Bonds with Fluoroaryl Azides via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Synthesis of N-Fluoroaryl Amides from Aldehydes under Neutral and Nonoxidative Conditions” Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2422–2427. [Link]

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88.  Paul, N. D.; Mandal, S.; Otte, M.; Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P.; de Bruin, B. “A Metalloradical Approach to 2H-Chromenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1090–1096. [Link]

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87.  Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Asymmetric C–H Functionalization by Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions” In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II (Second Edition) Eds. Knochel, P.; Molander, G.; Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014, Vol. 7, pp. 86–120. [Link]


86.  Maza, W. A.; Vetromile, G. M.; Kim, C.-S.; Xu, X.; Zhang, X. P.; Larsen, R. W. “Spectroscopic Investigation of the Noncovalent Association of the Nerve Agent Simulant Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate (DIMP) with Zinc(II)porphyrins” J. Phys. Chem. A. 2013, 117, 11308–11315. [Link]

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85.  Xu, X.; Zhu, S.-F.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Olefin Cyclopropanation with a-Ketodiazoacetates” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11857–11861. [Link] [Highlighted in Synfacts]

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84.  Paul, N. D.; Lu, H.-J.; Zhang, X. P.; de Bruin, B. “Carbene Radicals in Cobalt(II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed Carbene Carbonylation Reactions: A Catalytic Approach to Ketenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12953–12958. [Link]

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83.  Liu, L.; Xie, H.; Bostic, H. E.; Jin, L.-M.; Best, D. B.; Zhang, X. P.; Zhan, W. “Effects of Oriented Surface Dipole on Photoconversion Efficiency in an Alkane/Lipid-Hybrid-Bilayer-Based Photovoltaic Model System” ChemPhysChem 2013, 14, 2777–2785. [Link]


82.  Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Cobalt-Mediated Carbene Transfer Reactions” In Contemporary Carbene Chemistry; eds. Moss, R. A.; Doyle, M. P.; John Wiley & Sons, 2013, Chapter 15, 491–525. [Link]


81.  Jin, L.-M.; Xu, X.; Lu, H.; Cui, X.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Effective Synthesis of Chiral N-Fluoroaryl Aziridines via Enantioselective Aziridination of Alkenes with Fluoroaryl Azides” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5309–5313. [Link] [Highlighted in Synfacts] [Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal]

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80.  Cui, X.; Xu, X.; Wojtas, L.; Kim, M. M.; Zhang, X. P. “Regioselective Synthesis of Multisubstituted Furans via Metalloradical Cyclization of Alkynes with alpha-Diazocarbonyls: Construction of Functionalized alpha-Oligofurans” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19981–19984. [Link] [Highlighted in SynForm] [Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal]

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79.  Lu, H.-J.; Jiang, H.-L.; Hu, Y.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Stereoselective Radical Amination of Electron-Deficient C(sp3)–H Bonds by Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Synthesis of alpha-Amino Acid Derivatives via alpha-C–H Amination of Esters and Amides” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5158–5161. [Link]

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78.  Meng, L.; Cheng, Q.; Kim, C.-S.; Gao, W.-Y.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zaworotko, M. J.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S.-Q. “Crystal Engineering of a Microporous, Catalytically Active fcu Topology MOF Using a Custom-Designed Metalloporphyrin Linker” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10082–10085. [Link] [Selected as Hot Paper]

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77.  Jiang, H.-L.; Zhang, X. P. “Oxidation: C─N Bond Formation by Oxidation (Aziridines)” In Comprehensive Chirality; eds. Carreira, E. M.; Yamamoto, H.; Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012, Vol. 5, pp. 168–182. [Link


76.  Wang, X.-S.; Chrzanowski, M.; Gao, W.-Y.; Kim, C.-S.; Wojtas, L.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S.-Q. “Quest for Highly Porous Metal-Metalloporphyrin Framework Based upon A Custom-Designed Octatopic Porphyrin Ligand” Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7173–7175. [Link]

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75.  Hu, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Selective Olefination of Carbonyl Compounds via Metal-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer from Diazo Reagents” Top. Curr. Res. 2012, 327, 147–162. [Link]


74.  Zhu, S.-F.; Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Ligand Effect on Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclopropanation with Diazosulfones: Approaching High Stereoselectivity through Modular Design of D2-Symmetric Chiral Porphyrins” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 430–434. [Link]


73.  Burda, W. N.; Fields, K. B.; Gill, J. B.; Burt, R.; Shepherd, M.; Zhang, X. P.; Shaw, L. N. “Neutral Metallated and Meso-Substituted Porphyrins as Antimicrobial Agents Against Gram-Positive Pathogens” Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2012, 31, 327–335. [Link]


72.  Cui, X.; Zhang, X. P. “Iron(III) meso-Tetraphenylporphine Chloride” e-EROS, John Wiley & Sons, 2012; DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01388. [Link]

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71.  Wang, X.-S.; Meng, L.; Cheng, Q.-G.; Kim, C.-S.; Wojtas, L.; Chrzanowski, M.; Chen, Y.-S.; Zhang, X. P.; Ma, S.-Q. “A Three-Dimensional Porous Metal-Metalloporphyrin Framework Consisting of Nanoscopic Polyhedral Cages with a High Density of Open Metal Sites” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 16322–16325. [Link]

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70.  Lu, H.-J.; Jiang, H.-L.; Hu, Y.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Chemoselective Intramolecular Allylic C–H Amination over C=C Aziridination through Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 2361–2366. [Link] [Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal]

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69.  Xu, X.; Lu, H.-J.; Ruppel, J. V.; Cui, X.; de Mesa, S. L.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Highly Asymmetric Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Acceptor-Substituted Diazoacetates by Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Iterative Approach for Development of New Generation Catalysts” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15292–15295. [Link] [Highlighted in Synfacts]

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68.  Lyaskovskyy, V.; Suarez, A. I. O.; Lu, H.-J.; Jiang, H.-L.; Zhang, X. P.; de Bruin, B. “Mechanism of Cobalt(II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed C–H Amination with Organic Azides: Radical Nature and H-Atom Abstraction Ability of Cobalt(III)-Nitrene Key Intermediates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12264–12273. [Link]

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67.  Lu, H.-J.; Dzik, W. I.; Xu, X.; Wojtas, L.; de Bruin, B.; Zhang, X. P. “Experimental Evidence for Cobalt(III)-Carbene Radicals: Key Intermediates in Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Cyclopropanation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8518–8521. [Link]

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66.  Belof, J. L.; Cioce, C. R.; Xu, X.; Zhang, X. P.; Space, B.; Woodcock, H. L. “Characterization of Tunable Radical Metal-Carbenes: Key Intermediates in Catalytic Cyclopropanation”, Organometallics 2011, 30, 2739–2746. [Link]

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65.  Dzik, W. I.; Zhang, X. P.; de Bruin, B. “The Redox Non-Innocence of Carbene Ligands: Carbene Radicals in (Catalytic) C-C Bond Formation” Inorg. Chem.  2011, 50, 9896–9903. [Link]

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64.  Uygun, A.; Myjavcova, R.; Yavuz, A. G.; Ruppel. J. V.; Fields, K. B.; Frankhauser, A.; Zhang, X. P.; Bhethanbotla, V. R.; Bednar, P. “Electrochemical Polymerization and Investigation of Properties of Poly(5-(4’-aminophenylamino)-10,20-diphenylporphyrin)” Electroanalysis 2011, 23, 1158–1167. [Link]


63.  Suarez, A. I. O.; Jiang, H.-L.; Zhang, X. P.; de Bruin, B. “The Radical Mechanism of Cobalt(II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed Olefin Aziridination and the Importance of Cooperative H-Bonding” Dalton Trans.  2011, 40, 5697–5705. [Link]

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62.  Cui, X.; Xu, X.; Lu, H.-J.; Zhu, S.-F.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Enantioselective Cyclopropenation of Alkynes with Acceptor/Acceptor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3304–3307. [Link] [Highlighted in Synfacts]

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61.  Lu, H.-J.; Zhang, X. P. “Catalytic C–H Functionalization by Metalloporphyrins: Recent Development and Future Directions” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1899–1909. [Link]

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60.  Fields, K. B.; Engle, J. T.; Sripothongnak, S.; Kim, C.-S.; Zhang, X. P.; Ziegler, C. J. “Cobalt Carbaporphyrin-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 749. [Link]  

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59.  Lu, H.-J.; Jiang, H.-L.; Wojtas, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Selective Intramolecular C–H Amination via Metalloradical Activation of Azides: Synthesis of 1,3-Diamines under Neutral and Nonoxidative Conditions” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 10192–10196. [Link] [Selected as Hot Paper][Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal]

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58.  Zhan, W.; Jiang, K.; Smith, M. D.; Bostic, H. E.; Best, M. D.; Auad, M. L.; Ruppel, J. V.; Kim, C.-S.; Zhang, X. P. “Photocurrent Generation from Porphyrin/Fullerene Complexes Assembled in a Tethered Lipid Bilayer” Langmuir 2010, 26, 15671–15679. [Link]

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57.  Hilker, B.; Fields, K. B.; Stern, A.; Space, B.; Zhang, X. P.; Harmon, J. P. “Dielectric Analysis of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Zinc(II) Mono-pinacolborane Diphenylporphyrin Composites” Polymer 2010, 51, 4790–4805. [Link]

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56.  Zhu, S.-F.; Xu, X.; Perman, J. A.; Zhang, X. P. “A General and Efficient Cobalt(II)-Based Catalytic System for Highly Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with a-Cyano-Diazoacetates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12796–12799. [Link] [Highlighted in Synfacts] [Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal]

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55.  Dzik, W. I.; Xu, X.; Zhang, X. P.; Reek, J. N. H.; de Bruin, B. “Carbene Radicals’ in CoII(por)-Catalyzed Olefin Cyclopropanation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 10891–10902. [Link]

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53.  Lu, H.-J.; Subbarayan, V.; Tao, J.; Zhang, X. P. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular Benzylic C–H Amination with 2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl Azide (TrocN3)” Organometallics 2010, 29, 389–393. [Link]

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41.  Harden, J. D.; Ruppel, J. V.; Gao, G.-Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular C–H Amination with Bromamine-T as Nitrene Source” Chem. Comm. 2007, 4644–4646. [Link]

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32.  Gao, G.-Y.; Colvin, A. J.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Synthesis of meso-Arylsulfanyl- and Alkylsulfanyl-Substituted Porphyrins via Palladium-Mediated C–S Bond Formation” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 8886–8892. [Link]

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29.  Gao, G.-Y.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “General Synthesis of meso-Amidoporphyrins via Palladium-Catalyzed Amidation” Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1837–1840. [Link]

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28.  Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Vitamin B12 Derivatives as Natural Asymmetric Catalysts: Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 2431–2435. [Link]

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27.  Lee, M.-Y.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “General and Selective Olefination of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by a Cobalt(II) Porphyrin Complex” Organometallics 2003, 22, 4905–4909. [Link]

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26.  Huang, L.; Chen, Y.; Gao, G.-Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes Catalyzed by Cobalt Porphyrins” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 8179–8184. [Link]

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25.  Gao, G.-Y.; Colvin, A. J.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “Versatile Synthesis of meso-Aryloxy- and Alkoxy-Substituted Porphyrins via Palladium-Catalyzed C–O Cross-Coupling Reactions” Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 3261–3264. [Link]

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24.  Gao, G.-Y.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. P. “General and Efficient Synthesis of Arylamino- and Alkylamino-Substituted Diphenylporphyrins and Tetraphenylporphyrins via Palladium-Catalyzed Multiple Amination Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 6215–6221. [Link]

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22.  Chen, Y.; Huang, L.; Zhang, X. P. “Efficient and Stereoselective Synthesis of beta-Trifluoromethyl-alpha, beta-Unsaturated Esters via Iron(III) Porphyrin-Catalyzed Olefination of Ketones” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5925–5929. [Link]

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20.  Chen, Y.; Huang, L.; Ranade, M. A.; Zhang, X. P. “Iron(III) and Ruthenium(II) Porphyrin Complexes-Catalyzed Selective Olefination of Aldehydes with Ethyl Diazoacetate” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 3714–3717. [Link]

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