1. Carter, S.; Tao, W.; Majumder, R.; Sokolov, A. Y.*; Zhang, S.* Two-State Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity of Unsymmetric [Cu2(O)(NO)]2+ Complexes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17779–17785. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04510.
2. Yang, R.; Xu, G.*; Tao, W.; Wang, Q.*; Tang, Y. Recycled polymer: Green roads for polyester plastics. Green Carbon 2024, 2, 1-11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950155524000107.
3. Wu, Y.; Abbasi, I.; Sang, C.; Shen, D.; Liu, R.*; Tao, W.* Branched Polyethylene Synthesized by Salicylaldiminato Nickel Complexes with an Ethereal Donor Group Organometallics 2025, 44, 1113–1118. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00018.
4. Zhu, G.#; Wang, L.#; Tao, W.*; Hou, H.; Xu, G.; Wang, B.; Wang, Q.* The side-arm-effect controlled stereodivergent polymerization of 1-butene. Polym. Chem. 2025,16, 3675-3682. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5PY00583C.
before joining QIBEBT:
Publications:
2. Tao, W.-J.; Yerbulekova, A.; Moore, C. E.; Shafaat, H.S.*; Zhang, S.* Controlling the Direction of S-Nitrosation versus Denitrosation: Reversible Cleavage and Formation of an S–N Bond within a Dicopper Center. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2867-2872.
3. Tao, W.-J.; Moore, C. E.; Zhang, S.* Redox-neutral S-nitrosation Mediated by a Dicopper Center. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15980-15987.
4. Tao, W.-J.; Bower, J. K.; Moore, C. E.; Zhang, S.* Dicopper µ-Oxo, µ-Nitrosyl Complex from the Activation of NO or Nitrite at a Dicopper Center. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10159-10164.
5. Tao, W.-J.#; Nakano, R.#; Ito, S.; Nozaki, K.* Copolymerization of ethylene and polar monomers by using Ni/IzQO catalysts.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2835. (# equal contribution)
6. Konishi, Y.#; Tao, W.-J.#; Yasuda, H.; Ito, S.; Oishi, Y.; Ohtaki, H.; Tanna, A.; Tayano, T.*; Nozaki, K.* Nickel-Catalyzed Propylene/Polar Monomer Copolymerization. ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 213–217. (# equal contribution)
7. Tao, W.-J.; Akita, S.; Nakano, R.; Ito, S.; Hoshimoto, Y.; Ogoshi, S.; Nozaki, K.* Copolymerisation of ethylene with polar monomers by using palladium catalysts bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene–phosphine oxide bidentate ligand. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 2630-2633.
8. Tao, W.-J.; Li, J.-F.; Peng, A.-Q.; Sun, X.-L.*; Yang, X.-H.; Tang, Y.* Water as an Activator for Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Olefin Polymerization. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 13956-13961.
9. Tao, W.-J.; Wang, X.-M.; Ito, S.; Nozaki, K.* Palladium complexes bearing an N‐heterocyclic carbene–sulfonamide ligand for cooligomerization of ethylene and polar monomers. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 474-477.
10. Wang, P.; Tao, W.-J.; Sun, X.-L; Liao, S.*; Tang, Y.* A highly efficient and enantioselective intramolecular Cannizzaro reaction under TOX/Cu (II) catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16849-16852.
11. Cai, Z.-Z.; Tao, W.-J.; Moore, C. E.; Zhang, S.; Wade, C.R.* Direct NO reduction by a Biomimetic Iron(II) Pyrazolate MOF.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 21221-21225.
12. Chen, Z.; Li, J.-F.; Tao, W.-J.; Sun, X.-L.; Yang, X.-H.; Tang, Y.* Copolymerization of ethylene with functionalized olefins by [ONX]titanium complexes. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 2870.
13. Ji, G.; Chen, Z.; Wang, X.-Y.; Ning, X.-S.; Xu, C.-J.; Zhang, X.-M.; Tao, W.-J.; Li, J.-F.; Gao, Y. S.; Shen, Q.; Sun, X.-L.*; Wang, H.-Y.; Zhao, J.-B.; Zhang, B.; Guo, Y.-L.; Zhao, Y.; Sun, J.; Luo, Y.*; Tang, Y.* Direct copolymerization of ethylene with protic comonomers enabled by multinuclear Ni catalysts. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 6283.
Patents:
1. WO2012155764A1 (Granted in China, US, Japan, Europe, Spain) Catalytic system for preparing highly branched alkane from olefin.
Tang, Y.; Tao, W.-J.; Sun, X.; Li, J.; Wang, Z.
2. WO2016058559A1 (Granted in China, US and Japan) New Polyolefin catalyst and use thereof. Tang, Y.; Liu, J.; Tao, W.-J.; Sun, X.; Li, J.
3. WO2018021446A1 Metal complex and production method therefor, catalyst component for olefin polymerization and catalyst for olefin polymerization containing metal complex, and method for producing polymer and copolymer of α-olefin using catalyst for olefin polymerization. Nozaki, K.; Ito, S.; Tao, W.-J.; Konishi, Y.; Ohtaki, H.; Ohishi, Y.; Tanna, A.; Tayano, T.
4. CN105646756 Application of nickel diimine catalyst in preparation of functionalized polyolefin oil.
Tang, Y.; Tao, W.-J.; Sun, X.-L.; Zhu, J.
5. JP 6581912B2 Novel carbene precursor compounds, olefin polymerization catalyst, and method for producing olefin copolymer.
Nozaki, K.; Ito, S.; Nakano, R.; Tao, W.-J.; Tayano, T.; Konish, Y.
