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Overview

Chen Zhu is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has a significant body of work primarily in the field of Chemistry, with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, and Hematology.

The scientist's main topics of study cover a variety of specialized areas within chemistry and related biomedical sciences: Radical Photochemical Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions, and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes.

Chen Zhu has published extensively in numerous scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemical Science
  • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry

Notable recent papers authored by Chen Zhu or coauthored by them are:

  • "Effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy in severe COVID-19 patients" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Radical-Mediated Remote Functional Group Migration" (2020), Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Radical-mediated rearrangements: past, present, and future" (2021), Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Hiplot: a comprehensive and easy-to-use web service for boosting publication-ready biomedical data visualization" (2022), Briefings in Bioinformatics
  • "Four-year follow-up of LCAR-B38M in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: a phase 1, single-arm, open-label, multicenter study in China (LEGEND-2)" (2022), Journal of Hematology & Oncology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Xinxin Wu
  • Sai-Juan Chen
  • Zhu Cao
  • Yasu Chen
  • Jige Liu

Best Publications

  • Visible Light-Promoted Metal-Free C–H Activation: Diarylketone-Catalyzed Selective Benzylic Mono- and Difluorination

    Ji Bao Xia;Chen Zhu;Chuo Chen

  • Silver-catalyzed ring-opening strategy for the synthesis of β- and γ-fluorinated ketones.

    Huijun Zhao;Xuefeng Fan;Jiajia Yu;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • Radical-Mediated Remote Functional Group Migration.

    Xinxin Wu;Chen Zhu

  • Amide-directed tandem C-C/C-N bond formation through C-H activation.

    Chen Zhu;Rui Wang;John R. Falck

  • Chemo- and Regioselective Distal Heteroaryl ipso-Migration: A General Protocol for Heteroarylation of Unactivated Alkenes

    Zhen Wu;Dongping Wang;Yuan Liu;Leitao Huan

  • Radical-mediated rearrangements: past, present, and future.

    Xinxin Wu;Zhigang Ma;Tingting Feng;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • Combination of a Cyano Migration Strategy and Alkene Difunctionalization: The Elusive Selective Azidocyanation of Unactivated Olefins

    Zhen Wu;Rongguo Ren;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • A RAF-SnRK2 kinase cascade mediates early osmotic stress signaling in higher plants

    Zhen Lin;Yuan Li;Yuan Li;Zhengjing Zhang;Xiaolei Liu

  • Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of Cyclobutanols: Regiospecific Synthesis of Alkyl Azides by CC Bond Cleavage

    Rongguo Ren;Huijun Zhao;Leitao Huan;Chen Zhu

  • Tertiary-Alcohol-Directed Functionalization of Remote C(sp3 )-H Bonds by Sequential Hydrogen Atom and Heteroaryl Migrations.

    Xinxin Wu;Mingyang Wang;Leitao Huan;Dongping Wang

  • C-C Bond-Forming Strategy by Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Ring-Opening Cyanation and Ethynylation of Cyclobutanol Derivatives

    Rongguo Ren;Zhen Wu;Yan Xu;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • Merging Distal Alkynyl Migration and Photoredox Catalysis for Radical Trifluoromethylative Alkynylation of Unactivated Olefins

    Yan Xu;Zhen Wu;Jingxing Jiang;Zhuofeng Ke

  • Mild and Rapid Hydroxylation of Aryl/Heteroaryl Boronic Acids and Boronate Esters with N-Oxides

    Chen Zhu;Rui Wang;J. R. Falck

  • Metal-free alcohol-directed regioselective heteroarylation of remote unactivated C(sp 3 )-H bonds

    Xinxin Wu;Hong Zhang;Nana Tang;Zhen Wu

  • Recent advances in alkoxy radical-promoted C–C and C–H bond functionalization starting from free alcohols

    Xinxin Wu;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • Benzothiazoline: Highly Efficient Reducing Agent for the Enantioselective Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketimines

    Chen Zhu;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulation of N-Benzoylsulfonamide with Isocyanide through C ? H Activation

    Chen Zhu;Weiqing Xie;John R. Falck

  • Radical-mediated difunctionalization of unactivated alkenes through distal migration of functional groups

    Xinxin Wu;Shuo Wu;Chen Zhu;Chen Zhu

  • N-Acylsulfonamide Assisted Tandem C−H Olefination/Annulation: Synthesis of Isoindolinones

    Chen Zhu;J. R. Falck

  • Benzothiazoline: Versatile Hydrogen Donor for Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation

    Chen Zhu;Kodai Saito;Masahiro Yamanaka;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Rhodium catalyzed C–H olefination of N-benzoylsulfonamides with internal alkenes

    Chen Zhu;John R. Falck

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Falck
John R. Falck The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Takahiko Akiyama
Takahiko Akiyama Gakushuin University
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Yingming Yao
Yingming Yao Soochow University
Daniel H. Ess
Daniel H. Ess Brigham Young University
Noelle S. Williams
Noelle S. Williams The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Vanessa Sperandio
Vanessa Sperandio University of Wisconsin–Madison
David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Brendan F. Abrahams
Brendan F. Abrahams University of Melbourne

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