Publication
Book chapters 专业从书章节
Shenghan Teng, Jianrong Steve Zhou, “Olefin difunctionnalization with two different atoms; 1,2-carboetherification (alcoxylation) of olefins” in Comprehensive Chirality II. Editor in Chief: Janine Cossy. Session editor: Emmanuelle Schulz, Olivier Riant. Elsevier. 2 Mar 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-32-390644-9.00052-4
Shenghan Teng, Jianrong Steve Zhou, “C-C bond formation through Heck-like reactions” in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV; Editors in Chief: Karsten Meyer, Dermot O’Hare and Gerard Parkin; Session editor: Ian Tonks; Elsevier, 25 Jan 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128202067001566
Jianrong Steve Zhou, “Phosphorus Ligands” in Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III; Editors in Chief: Edwin Constable, Gerard Parkin, Lawrence Que, Session editor: Joshua Figueroa; Vol. 1, Elsevier, 20 July 2021; pp 32-59. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081026885000957?via%3Dihub
Publications 研究论文
84. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Amination of Benzylic Ketones in Alcohols. Xiuhua Wang and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Sci. Chin. Chem. 2024, accepted. Manuscript ID SCC-2024-0195.R1
83. Hydrogen Bond Enhanced Enantioselectivity in the Nickel-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of α-Substituted Acrylic Acid with Formic acid. Yaxin Sun, Chao Wang, Peng Yang*, Jie-Yu Yue, Chang Xu, Jianrong Steve Zhou*, and Bo Tang* ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 14213–14220. Doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c04187. Publication Date: October 21, 2023
82. Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Electrophile Couplings: Stereoselective Syntheses of 5-7 Membered Azacycles. Zhaoming Ma, Wenqiang Xu, Yun-Dong Wu, and Jianrong Steve Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16464–16473 doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c02829 Published on July 21, 2023 Highlighted by Synfacts 2023, 19, 1006.
81. Regioselective and Geometrically Controlled Heck 1,1-Diarylation of Unactivated Aliphatic Alkenes. Yao Zhao, Shuangqiang Wang, Huihui Shao, Xuyong Tan, Rizhi Chen, Teck-Peng Loh, Jianrong Steve Zhou, and Xiaojin Wu* Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 4258-4263 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01214 Published on June 5, 2023
80. Catalytic Enantioselective Domino Alkenylation-Alkynylation of Alkenes: Stereoselective Syntheses of 5-7 Membered Azacycles and Carbocycles. Zhaoming Ma, Lantian Sun and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Sci. China. Chem. 2023, 66, 1701-1706. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1552-0 Published on Apr 10, 2023 . Highlighted by x-mol in April 2023
79. Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Umpolung Dideuteration of Enamides for Stereoselective Synthesis of a,b-Dideuterated a-Amino Acids. Aibo Li, Xinjian Song, Qiao Ren, Peiwang Bao, Xinyu Long, Fuli Huang, Lvjiang Yuan, Jianrong Steve Zhou* and Xurong Qin* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, e202301091. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301091 First Published on Mar 17, 2023. Highlighted by x-mol in Dec 2022
78. Enantioselective Domino Alkenylation-Heteroarylation of Olefins: Stereoselective Syntheses of 5-7 Membered Azacycles and Oxacycles. Zhaoming Ma, Lantian Sun and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 3010-3017. DOI: 10.1039/d2sc07117g First published on Feb 17, 2023
77. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Arylation and Heteroarylation of Aldimines via an Elementary 1,4-Addition. Luoqiang Zhang, Xiuhua Wang, Maoping Pu, Peng Yang, Yun-Dong Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi and Jianrong Steve Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145(15), 8498–8509. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00548 First published on April 6, 2023. Highlighted by x-mol in April 2023
76. Pursuing High Efficiency in Photocatalytic Oxidative Couplings of Heteroarenes and Aliphatic C-H bonds. Luoqiang Zhang, Daoyong Zhu, Jingyao Hu, Minjun Feng, Tze Chien Sum, Haoran Sun, Hajime Hirao, Yonggui Robin Chi and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 1651-1659. DOI: 10.1039/D2QO01558G First published on Feb 21, 2023
75. Reductive-Delay Heck 1,1-Diarylation of Terminal Alkenes. Shao, Huihui; Zhao, Yao; Wang, Shuangqiang; Chen, Rizhi; Zhou, Jianrong Steve; Wu, Xiaojin* Org. Lett. 2022, 24(36), 6520–6524. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02416 Published on September 1, 2022
74. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Conjugate Arylation and Heteroarylation via an Elementary Mechanism of 1,4-Addition. Luoqiang Zhang, Mengxin Zhao, Maoping Pu, Zhaoming Ma, Jingsong Zhou, Caiyou Chen, Yun-Dong Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi, Jianrong Steve Zhou*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144(44), 20249–20257. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05678 published on Oct 31, 2022. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by x-mol in Dec 2022. Highlighted by Jiao, Tengchao, Yao, Tuanli, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2022 (highlights) 2022, 42 (12): 4362-4363. DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202200076
73. Nickel-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regioselective Arylcyanation of β,γ-Unsaturated Amides. Jinghui Hu, Qiang Du, Yao Zhao, Fei Zhang, Rizhi Chen, Jianrong Steve Zhou, Wu, Xiaojin* Org. Lett. 2022, 24(24), 4328–4332. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01360 published on June 10, 2022
72. Metal-catalyzed asymmetric heteroarylation of alkenes: diverse activation mechanisms. Shenghan Teng, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 1592-1607. DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00426C published on 15 Feb 2022
71. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Carboxylic Acids from Alkynes and Formic Acid by Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade. Reactions: Facile Synthesis of Profens. Peng Yang, Yaxin Sun, Kaiyue Fu, Li Zhang, Guang Yang, Jieyu Yue, Yu Ma,* Jianrong Steve Zhou,* Bo Tang* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2022, 61(1), e202111778. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111778. Published on Jan 3, 2022. Top-10 most downloaded papers of Angew Chem in the month. Highlighted by Synfacts, 2022; 18(01): 0051
70. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Umpolung Hydrogenation for Stereoselective Synthesis of b-Amido Esters. Jianrong Steve Zhou,* Siyu Guo, Xiaohu Zhao and Yonggui Robin Chi. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 11501-11504. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05257H. Published on Oct 6, 2021
69. Asymmetric Domino Heck Arylation and Alkylation of Nonconjugated Dienes: Double C–F···Sodium Attractive Noncovalent Interaction. Daoyong Zhu, Wenqiang Xu, Maoping Pu, Yun-Dong Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2021, 23(18), 7064–7068. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02457 Published on Sept 1, 2021. Highlighted by ChemBeanGo in September 2021
68. Nickel-Catalyzed Heck Reaction of Cycloalkenes using Aryl Sulfonates and Pivalates. Jianrong Steve Zhou,* Xiaolei Huang, Shenghan Teng and Yonggui Robin Chi. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 3933-3936. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC00634G Published on March 12, 2021
67. Enantioselective Three-Component Coupling of Heteroarenes, Cycloalkenes and Propargylic Acetates. Shenghan Teng, Yonggui Robin Chi and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2021, 60(9), 4491-1195. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014781 First published on 1 Dec 2020. Published on Feb 23, 2021. Highlighted by
66. Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck and Reductive Heck Reactions of Aryl Triflates, Mesylates and Tosylates Catalyzed by Nickel. Xiaolei Huang, Shenghan Teng, Yonggui Robin Chi, Wenqiang Xu, Maoping Pu, Yun-Dong Wu and Jianrong Steve Zhou* (WX, MP and TDW contributed DFT calculation) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60(6), 2828-2832. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011036 Published on 2 Nov 2020. Highlighted by
65. Nickel-catalyzed C-alkylation of thioamide, amides and esters by primary alcohols through a hydrogen autotransfer strategy. Peng Yang,* Xiuhua Wang, Yu Ma, Li Zhang, Yaxin Sun, Jieyu Yue, Kaiyue Fu, Jianrong Steve Zhou* and Bo Tang* Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14083-14086 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06468H. First published on 15 Oct 2020
64. Asymmetric Reductive and Alkynylative Heck Bicyclization of Enynes to Access Conformationally Restricted Aza[3.1.0]bicycles. Xiaolei Huang, Minh Hieu Nguyen, Maoping Pu, Luoqiang Zhang, Yonggui Robin Chi, Yun-Dong Wu and Jianrong Steve Zhou* (MP and TDW contributed DFT calculation) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59(27), 10814-10818. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000859 First published on Mar 26, 2020. Highlighted in Synfacts 2020, 16(09), 1078 and Organic Chemistry Portal in Dec 2020 "Metal-Mediated C-C Ring Construction"
63. Asymmetric Three-Component Heck Arylation/Amination of Nonconjugated Cyclodienes. Daoyong Zhu, Zhiwei Jiao, Yonggui Robin Chi, Théo P. Gonçalves, Kuo-Wei Huang and Jianrong Steve Zhou* (TG and KWH contributed DFT calculation) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59(13), 5341-5345. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915864 published on Mar 23, 2020 Highlighted by x-mol.com in 2020.
62. Asymmetric Umpolung Hydrogenation and Deuteration of Alkenes by Nickel Catalysts. Siyu Guo, Xiuhua Wang and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2020, 22(3), 1204-1207. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00112 published on 15 Jan 2020
61. Asymmetric Wacker-Type oxyallenylation and Azaallenylation of Cyclic Alkenes. Shenghan Teng, Zhiwei Jiao, Yonggui Robin Chi and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59(6), 2246-2250. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201911961 published on Feb 3, 2020
60. Asymmetric Hydroarylation of Enones via Nickel-Catalyzed 5-endo-trig Cyclization. Xurong Qin, Marcus Wen Yao Lee and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 990-994. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02130. Published on July 24, 2019. Highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 15(10), 1146.
59. Arylation of Aldehydes to Directly Form Ketones via Tandem Nickel Catalysis. Chuanhu Lei, Daoyong Zhu, Vicente III Tiu Tangcueco and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5817-5822. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01782. Published on July 16, 2019. One of the most read articles of the journal in the month.
58. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of N-Heteroaryl Aldimines: Elementary Step of a 1,4-Insertion. Chunlin Wu, Xurong Qin, Adhitya Mangala Putra Moeljadi, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong Steve Zhou* (HH contributed calculation). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2705-2709. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812646. Published on 15 Jan 2019
57. Asymmetric Stepwise Reductive Amination of Sulfonamides, Sulfamates and a Phosphinamide via Nickel Catalysis. Xiaohu Zhao, Haiyan Xu, Xiaolei Huang and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 592-596. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809930. Published on 30 October 2018. Highlighted by Mark Lautens et al. in Synfacts 2019, 15(03), 0258.
56. Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Heck-Type Reaction of Epoxides. Shenghan Teng, Malcolm Eugene Tessensohn, Richard D. Webster and Jianrong Steve Zhou* ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 7439–7444. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02029 Published on July 3, 2018. One of the most read articles of the journal in the month. Highlighted by x-mol.com in 2018.
55. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Racemic Ketones to Form Bridged Bicycles via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Xiaolei Huang, William Ray Jun Jie Oh and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7673-7677. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201804318. Published on 30 April 2018
54. Palladium-Catalyzed para-Selective Alkylation of Electron-Deficient Arenes. Zhiwei Jiao, Li Hui Lim, Hajime Hirao and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6294-6298. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801967 Published on 12 April 2018
53. Nickel-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of both Acylhydrazines and Arylamines with Alcohols and Enantioselective Examples. Peng Yang, Caili Zhang, Yu Ma, Caiyun Zhang, Aijie Li, Bo Tang* and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14702-14706. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708949. Published on 29 Sept 2017. Highlighted by Yamamoto et al. Synfacts 2018, 14(2), 164. Featured in huaxuejia.com in 2017.
52. Asymmetric Intermolecular Heck reaction of Propargylic Acetates and Cycloalkenes to Access Fused Cyclobutenes. Zhiwei Jiao, Qi Shi, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14567-14571. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708435. Published on 29 Sept 2017. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2018, 14(1), 48 and cited by www.chemistryviews.org.
51. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Heck Cyclization of Aryl Halides to Access Indolines. Xurong Qin, Marcus Wen Yao Lee, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12723-12726. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707134. Published on 30 Aug 2017. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(10), 1040.
50. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Aryl Olefins from Ketones and Organoboron Reagents under Neutral Conditions. Chuanhu Lei, Yong Jie Yip, Jianrong Steve Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6086. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02742. Published on 12 Apr 2017. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal in 2018.
49. Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation of Ketones and Acetonitrile with ortho-Alkylation of Aryl Rings: de novo Synthesis of Tetralines and Benzocycloheptenes. Chuanhu Lei, Jiajia Cao, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 6120. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03130. Published on 22 Nov 2016
48. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric α-Arylation of Alkylnitriles. Zhiwei Jiao, Kwok Wei Chee, Jianrong Steve Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 16240. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11610. Published on 7 Dec 2016. One of most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Yamamoto et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(3), 274 and x-mol.com
47. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Arylation of α-Fluoroketones. Zhiwei Jiao, Jason Beiger, Yushu Jin, Shaozhong Ge, Jianrong Steve Zhou,* John F. Hartwig* (Two groups contributed different procedures with complementary scopes) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15980. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09580. Published on 6 Nov 2016. One of most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(2), 155.
46. N,N-Dimethylformamide as Hydride Source in Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of a,b-Unsaturated Esters. Siyu Guo, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5344. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02662. Published on 6 Oct 2016. One of the most read Org Lett articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2016, 12, 1270 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2017
45. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Amination of Ketones with Both Arylamines and Benzhydrazide. Peng Yang, Li Hui Lim, Pratanphorn Chuanprasit, Hajime Hirao,* Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* (HH contributed calculation) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12083. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606821 Published on 30 Aug 2016. Highlighted by x-mol.com in 2016.
44. Palladium-Catalyzed Alkynylation and Concomitant ortho-Alkylation of Aryl Iodides. Chuanhu Lei, Xiaojia Jin, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 1635. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00169. Published on 3 Feb 2016
43. Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboron Reagents to Common Enones Using Copper Catalysts. Chunlin Wu, Guizhou Yue, Christian Duc-Trieu Nielson, Kai Xu, Hajime Hirao,* Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* (HH contributed DFT calculation) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 742. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11441. Published on 15 Jan 2016. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2016, 12(4), 394 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2016.
42. Palladium-Catalyzed Heteroarylation and Concomitant ortho-Alkylation of Aryl Iodides. Chuanhu Lei, Xiaojia Jin, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13397. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507128 Published on Sept 11, 2015
41. Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Cyclopropylation of Heterocycles. Xiaojin Wu, Chuanhu Lei, Guizhou Yue, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9601. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504735 Published on July 14, 2015. Highlighted in Synform 2015, 12, A175.
40. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Conjugated Olefins. Siyu Guo, Peng Yang, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12115. DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01632K. Published on Jun 12, 2015
39. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Heck Reaction of Aryl Halides. Guizhou Yue, Kaining Lei, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6531. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501712. Published on April 13, 2015. One of the most accessed Angew Chem papers of the month.
38. A Challenging Heck reaction of Maleimides. Li Hui Lim, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 775. DOI: 10.1039/C5QO00015G Published on Apr 15, 2015
37. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Hydrazones and Other Ketimines. Haiyan Xu, Peng Yang, Pratanphorn Chuanprasit, Hajime Hirao,* Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* (HH contributed calculation) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5112. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501018. Published on March 3, 2015
36. A General Palladium-Catalyzed Method for Alkylation of Heteroarenes Using Secondary and Tertiary Alkyl Halides. Xiaojin Wu, Jessica Wei Ting See, Kai Xu, Hajime Hirao, Julien Roger, Jean-Cyrille Hierso, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13573. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408355. One of the most accessed Angew Chem papers of the month.
35. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Olefins for the Synthesis of a- and b-Amino Acids. Peng Yang, Haiyan Xu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 12210. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407744
34. Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular Heck reaction of alkyl halides. Yinjun Zou, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2014, 49, 9425.
33. General Suzuki coupling of heteroaryl bromides by using tri-tert-butylphosphine as a supporting ligand. Yinjun Zou, Guizhou Yue, Jianwei Xu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou. * Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 5901.
32. Asymmetric Intermolecular Heck Reaction of Aryl Halides. Chunlin Wu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 650. DOI: 10.1021/ja412277z. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2014, 10(4), 401 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2015.
31. A General Method for Asymmetric Arylation and Vinylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals. Junfeng Yang, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 365.
30. Arene CH-O hydrogen bonding: a stereocontrolling tool in palladium-catalyzed arylation and vinylation of ketones. Zhiyan Huang, Li Hui Lim, Zuliang Chen, Yongxin Li, Feng Zhou, Haibin Su, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4906. Hot paper. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal in 2013 on the topic “Metal-Mediated Ring Construction”
29. Weak arene C-H···O hydrogen bonding in palladium-catalyzed arylation and vinylation of lactones. Zhiyan Huang, Zuliang Chen, Li Hui Lim, Gia Chuong Phan Quang, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5807.
28. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intermolecular Cyclization. Jian Hu, Hajime Hirao, Yongxin Li, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8676.
27. Highly active catalysts of bisphosphine oxides for asymmetric Heck reaction. Jian Hu, Yunpeng Lu, Yongxin Li, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 9425. Highlighted in “Breaking News on the Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck Reaction” Oestreich et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2282.
26. An efficient method for the Heck-Catellani reaction of aryl halides. Xiaojin Wu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11035.
25. Selective Arylation at the Vinylic Site of Cyclic Olefins. Xiaojin Wu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4794.
24. Regioselective Heck reaction of aliphatic olefins and aryl halides. Liena Qin, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 10236. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal in 2014 on the topic “Alkene Reactions”
23. Desymmetrization of Cyclic Olefins via Asymmetric Heck Reaction and Hydroarylation. Sijia Liu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11758. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal in 2014 on the topic “Metal-mediated C-C Ring Construction”.
22. Achieving Vinylic Selectivity in Mizoroki-Heck Reaction of Cyclic Olefins. Xiaojin Wu, Yunpeng Lu, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 6014.
21. Selective Arylation and Vinylation at the a-Position of Vinylarenes. Yinjun Zou, Liena Qin, Xinfeng Ren, Yunpeng Lu, Yongxin Li, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 3504.
20. Asymmetric Intermolecular Mizoroki-Heck Reaction of Benzylic Electrophiles. Zhigang Yang, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11833. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Synfacts 2012 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2013 on the topic of “Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkylated Centers”
19. Intermolecular Mizoroki–Heck Reaction of Aliphatic Olefins with High Selectivity for Substitution at the Internal Position. Liena Qin, Xinfeng Ren, Yongxin Li, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5915. Hot paper. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal in 2012.
18. Room-Temperature Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling of Heteroaryl Chlorides and Tosylates. Junfeng Yang, Sijia Liu, Jian-Feng Zheng, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 31, 6248. 4th most accessed articles including reviews since 2004
17. Recent Developments in Asymmetric Coupling of Enolates. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Synlett 2012, 1
16. An Enantioselective Intermolecular a-Arylation of Ester Enolates to Form Tertiary Stereocenters. Zhiyan Huang, Zheng Liu, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15882. DOI: 10.1021/ja2066829. Published on Sept 13, 2011. One of most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Synfacts 2011 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2012.
15. Nickel-Thiolate Complex Catalyst Assembled in One Step in Water for Solar H2 Production. Wei Zhang, Jindui Hong, Jianwei Zheng, Zhiyan Huang, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, Rong Xu* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20680
14. An efficient, overall [4+1] cycloaddition of 1,3-dienes and nitrene precursors. Qiong Wu, Jian Hu, Xinfeng Ren, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11553. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101630.
Publication of Steve Zhou as student or postdoc
13. Iridium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Indoles. Christo S. Sevov, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, John F. Hartwig* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3200. One of the most read JACS papers of the month.
12. Iridium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Aliphatic Alkenes with Amides and Sulfonamides. Christo S. Sevov, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, John F. Hartwig* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11960. Highlighted by Synfacts 2012.
11. N-H Activation of Hydrazines by Iridium(I). Double N-H Activation to Form Iridium Aminonitrene Complexes. Zheng Huang, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, John F. Hartwig* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11458.
10. Iridium-Catalyzed H/D Exchange at Vinyl Groups without Olefin Isomerization. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, John F. Hartwig* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5783.
9. Intermolecular Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroamination of Bicyclic Alkenes and Dienes in High Yield and Enantioselectivity. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, John F. Hartwig* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12220.
8. Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Halides. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, Gregory C. Fu* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 1340. One of the most read JACS articles in 2003.
7. Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Halides: Room-Temperature Nickel-Catalyzed Negishi Reactions of Alkyl Bromides and Iodides. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, Gregory C. Fu* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14726. One of the most read JACS articles in 2003.
6. Palladium-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides, Bromides, Chlorides, and Tosylates. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou, Gregory C. Fu* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 12527. One of the most read JACS articles in 2003.
5. A catalytic enantioselective allylation reaction of aldehydes in an aqueous medium. Teck-Peng Loh, * Jianrong Zhou. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 5261.
4. A novel reductive aminocyclization for the syntheses of chiral pyrrolidines: stereoselective syntheses of (S)-nornicotine and 2-(2-pyrrolidyl)-pyridines. Teck-Peng Loh,* Jianrong Zhou, Xuruan Li, Keng Yeow Sim. Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 7847.
3. A Highly Enantioselective Indium-Mediated Allylation Reaction of Aldehydes. Teck-Peng Loh,* Jianrong Zhou, Zheng Ying Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 1855
2. An Enantioselective Allylation Reaction of Aldehydes in an Aqueous Medium. Teck-Peng Loh,* Jianrong Zhou. Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 9115
1. An enantioselective indium-mediated allylation reaction of aldehydes ketones in dichloromethane. Teck-Peng Loh,* Jianrong Zhou, Xuruan Li. Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 9333
Patents
Spiro-1,1'-biindane-7,7-bisphosphine oxides as highly active supporting ligands for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric Heck reaction. Inventors: Zhou, Jianrong Steve; Hu, Jian; Wu, Chunlin. PCT Int. Appl. WO 2014196930 A1 filed on 2014/12/11. PCT Singapore Appl. PCT/SG2014/000260 filed on 2014/6/5. US Patent Appl. 14/896,289 filed on 2015/12/4. European Patent Appl. 14 807 914.8 filed on 05/06/2014. European Patent EP 3 004 120 B1 awarded 29/08/2018. China Patent Appl. 201480044411.9 filed on 2016/2/4
Chiral Phosphines for Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric alpha-Arylation of Ester Enolates to Produce Tertiary Stereocenters in High Enantioselectivty. Inventors: Jianrong (Steve) Zhou and Zhiyan Huang. US Patent Appl. 61/525,388 filed on 2011/08/19. US Patent US 9,512,155 B2 awarded on 2016/12/06. PCT Int. Appl. WO 2013028132 A1 filed on 2012/08/17. Singapore Patent Appl. 11201400085W filed on 17 August 2012 and Singapore patent awarded on 5 August 2016.
Commercialization of catalysts
1. Xyl-SDP(O) catalyst for asymmetric Heck reaction was licensed to Sigma-Aldrich, USA in 2014 (Catalog 798711)
2. DNPF catalyst for regioselective Heck reaction was commercialized by Sigma-Aldrich, USA in 2013 (Catalog L511501)