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Best Publications

  • Visible light-assisted heterogeneous Fenton with ZnFe2O4 for the degradation of Orange II in water

    Chun Cai;Chun Cai;Zhuoyue Zhang;Jin Liu;Ni Shan

  • Direct Trifluoromethylthiolation and Perfluoroalkylthiolation of C(sp(2))-H Bonds with CF3SO2Na and RfSO2Na.

    Lvqi Jiang;Jinlong Qian;Wenbin Yi;Guoping Lu

  • An Odorless, One‐Pot Synthesis of Thioesters from Organic Halides, Thiourea and Benzoyl Chlorides in Water

    Unknown

  • Visible light enhanced heterogeneous photo-degradation of Orange II by zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) catalyst with the assistance of persulfate

    Chun Cai;Jin Liu;Zhuoyue Zhang;Yanyan Zheng

  • Cerium-based UiO-66 metal-organic framework for synergistic dye adsorption and photodegradation: A discussion of the mechanism

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  • Hafnium (IV) bis(perfluorooctanesulfonyl)imide complex catalyzed synthesis of polyhydroquinoline derivatives via unsymmetrical Hantzsch reaction in fluorous medium

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  • Synthesis of N‐Heterocycles via Oxidant‐Free Dehydrocyclization of Alcohols Using Heterogeneous Catalysts

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  • Iodine catalyzed one-pot multicomponent synthesis of a library of compounds containing tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine core.

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  • PQS-enabled visible-light iridium photoredox catalysis in water at room temperature

    Mei-jie Bu;Mei-jie Bu;Chun Cai;Fabrice Gallou;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Odorless, One-Pot Regio- and Stereoselective Iodothiolation of Alkynes with Sodium Arenesulfinates under Metal-Free Conditions in Water

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  • New chemical and biological applications of fluorous technologies

    Wei Zhang;Chun Cai

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Regioselective Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Inactive C(sp3)–H Bonds with Indole Derivatives

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  • Fluorous silica gel-supported perfluoro-tagged palladium nanoparticles: an efficient and reusable catalyst for direct C-2 arylation of indoles

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  • Stille couplings in water at room temperature

    Guo-ping Lu;Guo-ping Lu;Chun Cai;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Facile and selective hydrogenolysis of β-O-4 linkages in lignin catalyzed by Pd–Ni bimetallic nanoparticles supported on ZrO<sub>2</sub>

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  • Self-hydrogen transfer hydrogenolysis of β-O-4 linkages in lignin catalyzed by MIL-100(Fe) supported Pd–Ni BMNPs

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  • Polymer-supported macrocyclic Schiff base palladium complex: An efficient and reusable catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction under ambient condition

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  • Convenient and efficient method for synthesis of substituted 2-amino-2-chromenes using catalytic amount of iodine and K2CO3 in aqueous medium

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  • Ligand Effects on the Stereochemical Outcome of Suzuki–Miyaura Couplings

    Guo-Ping Lu;Guo-Ping Lu;Karl R. Voigtritter;Chun Cai;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Recent advances in synthesis of organosilicons via radical strategies

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Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang University of Massachusetts Boston
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Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh
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wei zhang Wake Forest University

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