17. Qian, Wei-Feng#, Fan Li#, Jichao Huang#, Dong-Jie Li#, Yan-Yan Ouyang, Ze-Zhao Huang, Zhihan Zhang*, and Cuiju Zhu*. Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Electroreductive Coupling for Chiral 4-Chromanols. Org. Lett. 2025, doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03449. (# contributed equally)
16. Fan, Zhi-Yong#, Ying Zhu#, Lijun Tang, Jin-Yu He*, and Cuiju Zhu*. Recent Advances in Electrochemical Transformations of P-Substituted Phenols. Green Synth. Catal. 2025, doi.org/10.1016/j.gresc.2025.06.014.
15. He, Jin-Yu#, Yan-Zhao Wang#, Wen-Xi Duan, Jia-Rong Li, Hao Xu*, and Cuiju Zhu*. Highly Selective Hydrolysis of Amides Via Electroreduction. Green Chem. 2024, 26, 8204-8210.
14. Xiang, H.; He, J.; Qian, W.; Qiu, M.*; Xu, H.; Duan, W.; Ouyang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, C*. Electroreductively Induced Radicals for Organic Synthesis. Molecules 2023, 28, 857.
Publications collaboration
13. Qian, W.-F.; Ouyang, Y.-Y.; Liu, T.; Fang, T.; Fan, Z.-Y.; Zhang, J.-L.; Zhu, C*.; Xu, H*. Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical asymmetric diarylmethylation for construction of quaternary carbon stereocenters. Sci. China Chem. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-025-2919-y.
12. Yao, C..#; Feng, K..#; Lu, Y.; Yin, T.; Zhu, C*.; Xu, H*. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective ε-Site Yne-Allylic Amination. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 9078-9082.
11. He, J.-Y..#; Wang, N.-N..#; Zhao, R.; Kong, L.-X.; Zhu, C.*; Mei, T.-S.*; Xu, H*. Organocatalyzed Electrochemical Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Aldehydes with 9,10-Dihydroacridines. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 27, e202400817.
10. He, J.-Y.#; Zhu, C.#; Duan, W.-X.; Kong, L.-X.; Wang, N.-N.; Wang, Y.-Z.; Fan, Z.-Y.; Qiao, X.-Y.; Xu, H. Bifunctional Chiral Electrocatalysts Enable Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Aldehydes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, e202401355.
9. He, J.-Y..#; Qian, W.-F..#; Wang, Y.-Z.; Yao, C.; Wang, N.; Liu, H.; Zhong, B.; Zhu, C.*; Xu, H*. Sustainable electrochemical dehydrogenative C(sp3)–H mono/di-alkylations. Green Chem. 2022, 24, 2483-2491.
8. Kong, H.-H.#; Zhu, C.#; Deng, S.; Xu, G.; Zhao, R.; Yao, C.; Xiang, H.-M.; Zhao, C.; Qi, X.*; Xu, H*. Remote Enantioselective [4 + 1] Annulation with Copper-Vinylvinylidene Intermediates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 21347-21355.
7. Li, Z.-H.; Peng, H.*; Zhang, P.; Hu, Y.-A.; Pi, C.*; Zhu, C*.; Xu, H. Nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of monofluoroalkyl triflates with aryl halides for monofluoroalkylated arenes. Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 5010-5015.
Publications prior to CCNU:
6. Zhu, C., Rositha Kuniyil, and Lutz Ackermann*, Manganese(I)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Diels-Alder/retro-Diels-Alder Domino Alkyne Annulation by Transformable Pyridines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5388-5342. (highlighted in Synfacts, 2019, 15 (06): 0621).
5. Zhu, C., R. Kuniyil, B. B. Jei and Lutz Ackermann*, Domino C–H Activation/Directing Group Migration/Alkyne Annulation: Unique Selectivity by d6-Cobalt(III) Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 4444-4450.
4. Zhu, C.,' N. W. J. Ang,' T. H. Meyer, Y. Qiu, Lutz Ackermann*, Organic Electrochemistry: Molecular Syntheses with Potential, ACS Cent. Sci. 2021,7, 415-431. (Both authors contributed equally).
3. Youai Qiu,' Zhu, C.,' Lutz Ackermann*, Rhodaelectro-Catalyzed C–H and C–C Activation, CCS Chem. 2020. 2, 1529-1552. (Both authors contributed equally)
2. Zhu, C., J. C. A. Oliveira, Z. Shen, H. Huang, L. Ackermann*, Manganese(II/III/I)-Catalyzed C–H Arylations in Continuous Flow, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4402-4407.
1. Zhu, C., M. Stangier, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Massignan and Lutz Ackermann*, Iron-Electro-Catalyzed C–H Arylations: Mechanistic Insights In to Oxidation-Induced Reductive Elimination through Spectroscopy, CV, and Computation for Ferraelectrocatalysis, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 16382-16389. (highlighted in Synfacts 03032020, 16(03), 0293).