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Publications at UCAS (Since 2020):


26. Carbocation-Coupled Electron Transfer: An α-Ferrocenylmethylium as a Masked Primary Alkyl Radical. 

Jiyong Li, Songyang Li, Cuijuan Zhang, Liankun Ai, and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04581 (invited for special issue "Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Coordination Chemistry")

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04581



25. Transition-Metal-Free Carbonyl Redox: A Ketene in Three Oxidation States.

Liankun Ai, Xinyue Meng, Songyang Li, Cuijuan Zhang, Dominik Munz,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202515888.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202515888



highlighted by Trends in Chemistry (will be online soon).


24. Room Temperature Ring Opening of Benzene by Four-electron Reduction and Carbonylation. 

Leiyang Zhang,‡ Ziang Jiang,‡ Cuijuan Zhang,‡ Kehang Cheng, Songyang Li, Yueze Gao, Xiaotai Wang,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 25017. (contribution equally)

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c08414



highlighted by C&EN: "Metal complexes rip open benzene"

https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/chemical-bonding/Metal-complexes-rip-open-benzene/103/web/2025/07

Selected as "molecules of the year 2025" by ACS：Molecules of the year 2025


23. Chlorido[5,10,15,20-tetrakis(quinoline-7-carboxamido)-porphinato]iron(III). 

Jun Yang, Cuijuan Zhang,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

IUCr Data 2024, 9, x240496.


22. (2,5-Dimethylimidazole){N,N’,N’’,N’’’-[porphyrin-5,10,15,20-tetrayltetra(2,1-phenylene)]tetrakis(pyridine-3-carboxamide)}manganese(II) chlorobenzene disolvate. 

Jun Yang, Cuijuan Zhang,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

IUCr Data 2024, 9, x240497.


21. Direct Synthesis of Alkyl Amines from Dinitrogen and Alkenes. 

Jinhui Wang, Yanwei Cao, Cuijuan Zhang, Lin He,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Green Carbon 2025, 3, 44 (commentary).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950155524000612


20. Reactivity of an Iron Carbonyl Dianion Dictated by a Lewis Basic Appendant. 

Xiaohu Zhang, Xueying Guo,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2024, e202300616 (Invited for the themed issue entitled EurJInorg Talents; selected as cover Feature; selected as Wiley china Excellent Author Program, January-March 2024).

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.202300616

Cover Feature: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2024, e202400216.

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.202400216


19. Elucidation of Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms by a China–Germany Team. 

Cuijuan Zhang, Fabian Dankert, Ziang Jiang, Baolu Wang, Dominik Munz,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314198 (team profile).

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202314198


18. Evidence for Carbene Intermediates in Isocyanide Homologation by Aluminium(I). 

Cuijuan Zhang, Fabian Dankert, Ziang Jiang, Baolu Wang, Dominik Munz,* and Jiaxiang Chu* 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202307352.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202307352


17.A Borane Lewis Acid in the Secondary Coordination Sphere of a Ni(II) Imido Imparts Distinct C-H Activation Selectivity. 

Baolu Wang,+ Chris S. G. Seo,+ Cuijuan Zhang, Jiaxiang Chu* and Nathaniel K. Szymczak* 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15793. (contribution equally) 

 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.2c06662


highlighted by C&EN: "Functional group not directly on metal changes its behavior"

https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs-meeting-news/Functional-group-directly-metal-changes/100/web/2022/08

highlighted by Trends in Chemistry: "Remixing the secondary coordination sphere"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2589597423001181


Prior to UCAS (2011-2019):


16. Redox-Controlled Reactivity at Boron: Parallels to Frustrated Lewis/Radical Pair Chemistry. 

Anthony Wong+, Jiaxiang Chu+, Guang Wu, Joshua Telser, Roman Dobrovetsky, and Gabriel Ménard* 

Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10343. (contribution equally)  

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01464



15. Neutral and Anionic Monomeric Zirconium Imides Prepared via Selective C=N Bond Cleavage of a Multidentate and Sterically Demanding   b-Diketiminato Ligand.   
    14. Probing hydrogen atom transfer at a phosphorus(V) oxide bond using a “bulky hydrogen atom” surrogate: analogies to PCET.   
    Jiaxiang Chu, Timothy G. Carroll, Guang Wu, Joshua Telser, Roman Dobrovetsky,* and Gabriel Ménard*   
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15375.                                 
           https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b09063
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         13. Scandium Terminal Imido Chemistry.   
          Erli Lu, Jiaxiang Chu, Yaofeng Chen.*   
          Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 557.    
         https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00605
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        12. Reactivity of scandium terminal imido complex towards boranes: C(sp3)-H bond borylation and B–O bond cleavage.   
         Jiaxiang Chu, Chen Wang, Li Xiang, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen.*   
        Organometallics 2017, 36, 4620. (Invited for the themed issue entitled “Organometallic Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry”)    
          
           
        11. NHC-CAAC heterodimers with three stable oxidation states.   
        Dominik Munz+, Jiaxiang Chu+, Mohand Melaimi, and Guy Bertrand.*   
         Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12886. (contribution equally)   
           
      
    10. Synthesis of hemilabile cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) and applications in organometallic chemistry.   
    Jiaxiang Chu, Dominik Munz, Rodolphe Jazzar, Mohand Melaimi, Guy Bertrand.*   
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7884.     
        
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    9. Air-stable cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene copper complexes as catalysts for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of BH3NH3: isolation of a CuBH4 complex supported by a single ligand.   
    Xingbang Hu; Michèle Soleihavoup; Mohand Melaimi; Jiaxiang Chu; Guy Bertrand.*     
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6008.    

     


         8. Scandium terminal imido complex induced intramolecular C–N bond cleavage and transformation.     
        Jiaxiang Chu; Qinghai Zhou; Yuxue Li;* Xuebing Leng; Yaofeng Chen.*     
        Sci. China. Chem. 2014, 57, 1098.     
          
        7. Lewis acid triggered reactivity of a lewis base stabilized scandium terminal imido complex: C−H bond activation, cycloaddition, and dehydrofluorination.”   
        Jiaxiang Chu; Xianghao Han; Christos E. Kefalidis; Jiliang Zhou; Laurent Maron;* Xuebing Leng; Yaofeng Chen.*   
        J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10894.    
           
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        6. Chameleon behavior of a newly synthesized scandium nitrilimine derivative.   
        Jiaxiang Chu; Christos E. Kefalidis; Laurent Maron;* Xuebing Leng; Yaofeng Chen.*   
        J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8165.  
          
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        5. An yttrium hydride-silane complex as a structural model for a σ-bond metathesis transition state.   
        Jiliang Zhou; Jiaxiang Chu; Yanyan Zhang; Guang Yang; Xuebing Leng; Yaofeng Chen.*   
        Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4243.    
               
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    4. Reversible addition of Si-H bond of phenylsilane to Sc=N bond of scandium terminal imido complex.  
    Jiaxiang Chu; Erli Lu; Yaofeng Chen;* Xuebing Leng.   
    Organometallics 2013, 32, 1137. (Invited for the themed issue entitled “Recent Advances in Organo-f-Element Chemistry”).   
     
    3. Reactivity of a scandium terminal imido complex towards inorganic and organometallic halides.   
        Erli Lu; Qinghai Zhou; Yuxue Li; Jiaxiang Chu; Yaofeng Chen;* Xuebing Leng; Jie Sun.   
        Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3403.    
           
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    2. Scandium terminal imido complex induced C-H bond selenation and formation of an Sc-Se bond.  
    Erli Lu; Jiaxiang Chu; Yaofeng Chen;* Maxim V. Borzov; Guangyu Li.   
    Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 743.    
        
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    •  1. Reactivity of a scandium terminal imido complex towards unsaturated substrates.   
        Jiaxiang Chu; Erli Lu; Zhixiao Liu; Yaofeng Chen;* Xuebing Leng; Haibin Song.   
        Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7677.      
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201102267