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Chengjian Zhu

Chengjian Zhu

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Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
18710
World Ranking
3336
National Ranking
609

Overview

Chengjian Zhu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China, focusing primarily on the field of Chemistry with a significant emphasis on Organic Chemistry. Their research encompasses various subfields including Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Catalytic Alkyne Reactions, Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions, and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions.

Chengjian Zhu has contributed publications in several prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science China Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their recent papers reflect a broad and contemporary scope of research topics with works such as:

  • A review of enantioselective dual transition metal/photoredox catalysis (2020, Science China Chemistry)
  • Manganese-catalysed divergent silylation of alkenes (2020, Nature Chemistry)
  • Radical deuteration (2022, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Highly selective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes by deoxygenative alkenylation of carboxylic acids (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Upgrading ketone synthesis direct from carboxylic acids and organohalides (2020, Nature Communications)

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jin Xie
  • Weipeng Li
  • Jie Han
  • Siyu Xia
  • Chuan-Gang Zhao

Best Publications

  • Visible light-driven organic photochemical synthesis in China

    Yiyun Chen;Liang-Qiu Lu;Da-Gang Yu;Cheng-Jian Zhu

  • Visible-Light-Induced Trifluoromethylation of N-Aryl Acrylamides: A Convenient and Effective Method To Synthesize CF3-Containing Oxindoles Bearing a Quaternary Carbon Center

    Pan Xu;Jin Xie;Qicai Xue;Changduo Pan

  • Distal radical migration strategy: an emerging synthetic means

    Weipeng Li;Wentao Xu;Jin Xie;Shouyun Yu

  • Gold-catalyzed C(sp3)–H bond functionalization

    Jin Xie;Changduo Pan;Ablimit Abdukader;Chengjian Zhu

  • A general deoxygenation approach for synthesis of ketones from aromatic carboxylic acids and alkenes.

    Muliang Zhang;Jin Xie;Chengjian Zhu

  • Highly Enantioseletive Biginelli Reaction Using a New Chiral Ytterbium Catalyst: Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines

    Yijun Huang;Fengyue Yang;Chengjian Zhu

  • A room temperature decarboxylation/C–H functionalization cascade by visible-light photoredox catalysis

    Jin Xie;Pan Xu;Huamin Li;Qicai Xue

  • Deoxygenative Deuteration of Carboxylic Acids with D2O

    Muliang Zhang;Xiang-Ai Yuan;Chengjian Zhu;Jin Xie

  • Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed C−H Difluoroalkylation of Hydrazones through an Aminyl Radical/Polar Mechanism

    Pan Xu;Guoqiang Wang;Yuchen Zhu;Weipeng Li

  • A Highly Efficient Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative C ? C Coupling from C ? H Bonds Using Air as Oxidant

    Jin Xie;Huamin Li;Jiecong Zhou;Yixiang Cheng

  • When C-H bond functionalization meets visible-light photoredox catalysis

    Jin Xie;Hongming Jin;Pan Xu;Chengjian Zhu

  • Homolytic Cleavage of a B−B Bond by the Cooperative Catalysis of Two Lewis Bases: Computational Design and Experimental Verification

    Guoqiang Wang;Honglin Zhang;Jiyang Zhao;Wei Li

  • Efficient Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides and Kinetic Resolution of Sulfoxides Catalyzed by a Vanadium−Salan System

    Jiangtao Sun;Chengjian Zhu;Zhenya Dai;Minghua Yang

  • A Highly Selective Fluorescence‐Based Polymer Sensor Incorporating an (R,R)‐Salen Moiety for Zn2+ Detection

    Ying Xu;Jie Meng;Lingxing Meng;Yu Dong

  • Metal-free, organocatalytic cascade formation of C-N and C-O bonds through dual sp3 C-H activation: oxidative synthesis of oxazole derivatives

    Jin Xie;Honglai Jiang;Yixiang Cheng;Chengjian Zhu;Chengjian Zhu

  • Synergistic Photoredox Catalysis and Organocatalysis for Inverse Hydroboration of Imines

    Nengneng Zhou;Xiang-Ai Yuan;Yue Zhao;Jin Xie

  • A review of enantioselective dual transition metal/photoredox catalysis

    Hong-Hao Zhang;Hui Chen;Chengjian Zhu;Shouyun Yu

  • Circularly polarized luminescence of AIE-active chiral O-BODIPYs induced via intramolecular energy transfer

    Shuwei Zhang;Yuxiang Wang;Fandian Meng;Chunhui Dai

  • A highly selective and sensitive polymer-based OFF-ON fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ detection incorporating salen and perylenyl moieties

    Junfeng Li;Yuanzhao Wu;Fengyan Song;Guo Wei

  • Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds

    Qicai Xue;Jin Xie;Huamin Li;Yixiang Cheng

  • Highly Enantioselective Biginelli Reaction Using a New Chiral Ytterbium Catalyst: Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydropyrimidines.

    Yijun Huang;Fengyue Yang;Chengjian Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yixiang Cheng
Yixiang Cheng Nanjing University
Jin Xie
Jin Xie Nanjing University
Yi Pan
Yi Pan Nanjing University
Shining Zhu
Shining Zhu Nanjing University
Renxiang Tan
Renxiang Tan Nanjing University
Shouyun Yu
Shouyun Yu Nanjing University
Shuhua Li
Shuhua Li Nanjing University
Wentao Xu
Wentao Xu Nankai University
Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Nanjing University
Yuanjin Zheng
Yuanjin Zheng Nanyang Technological University

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