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Guofu Zi is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in their work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, radioactive element chemistry and processing, coordination chemistry and organometallics, and the synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Guofu Zi has published extensively in several venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Organometallics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Zi's research contributions:

  • "Experimental and Computational Studies on a Base-Free Terminal Uranium Phosphinidene Metallocene", 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Uranium versus Thorium: Synthesis and Reactivity of [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U[η2-C2Ph2]", 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of γ-Keto Acids, Esters, and Amides to Chiral γ-Lactones and γ-Hydroxy Acid Derivatives", 2022, Organic Letters
  • "Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Uranium Bipyridyl Complex [{η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2}2U(bipy)]", 2022, Organometallics
  • "Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Substituted 2,4-Diketoimidazolidines and 2,5-Diketopiperazines via Asymmetric Hydrogenation", 2021, Organic Letters

Frequent co-authors of Guofu Zi include:

  • Guohua Hou
  • Marc D. Walter
  • Yi Heng
  • Tongyu Li
  • Dongwei Wang

Best Publications

  • Preparation and Reactions of Base-Free Bis(1,2,4-tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)uranium Oxide, Cp‘2UO

    Guofu Zi;Evan L. Werkema;Marc D. Walter;Jochen P. Gottfriedsen

  • Thorium Oxo and Sulfido Metallocenes: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity, and Computational Studies

    Wenshan Ren;Guofu Zi;De-Cai Fang;Marc D. Walter

  • Asymmetric hydroamination/cyclization catalyzed by organolanthanide complexes with chiral biaryl-based ligands.

    Guofu Zi

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of a Thorium Metallocene Containing a 2,2′-Bipyridyl Ligand

    Wenshan Ren;Guofu Zi;Marc D. Walter

  • N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes of group 4 transition metals

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  • Single but Stronger UO, Double but Weaker UNMe Bonds: The Tale Told by Cp2UO and Cp2UNR

    Noémi Barros;Daniel Maynau;Laurent Maron;Odile Eisenstein

  • Influence of the 5f Orbitals on the Bonding and Reactivity in Organoactinides: Experimental and Computational Studies on a Uranium Metallacyclopropene

    Lei Zhang;Guohua Hou;Guofu Zi;Wanjian Ding

  • A base-free thorium-terminal-imido metallocene: synthesis, structure, and reactivity.

    Wenshan Ren;Guofu Zi;De‐Cai Fang;Marc D. Walter

  • Enantioselective Hydroamination/Cyclization Catalyzed by Organolanthanide Amides Derived from a New Chiral Ligand, (S)-2-(Pyrrol-2-ylmethyleneamino)-2′-(dimethylamino)-1,1′-binaphthyl

    Guofu Zi;Li Xiang;Haibin Song

  • Highly enantioselective hydroaminoalkylation of secondary amines catalyzed by group 5 metal amides with chiral biarylamidate ligands.

    Guofu Zi;Furen Zhang;Haibin Song

  • Synthesis and characterization of group 4 metal amides with new C2-symmetric binaphthyldiamine-based ligands and their use as catalysts for asymmetric hydroamination/cyclization.

    Guofu Zi;Furen Zhang;Li Xiang;Yue Chen

  • Synthesis of Amidolanthanides with New Chiral Biaryl-Based NNO Ligands and Their Use as Catalysts for Enantioselective Hydroamination/Cyclization

    Qiuwen Wang;Li Xiang;Haibin Song;Guofu Zi

  • The ThC double bond: an experimental and computational study of thorium poly-carbene complexes

    Wenshan Ren;Xuebin Deng;Guofu Zi;De-Cai Fang

  • A Facile Two-Step Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzofurans Based on the Selective Cross McMurry Couplings

    Xin-Fang Duan;Jing Zeng;Zhan-Bin Zhang;Guo-Fu Zi

  • Synthesis and catalytic activity of group 5 metal amides with chiral biaryldiamine-based ligands

    Furen Zhang;Haibin Song;Guofu Zi

  • An actinide metallacyclopropene complex: synthesis, structure, reactivity, and computational studies.

    Bo Fang;Wenshan Ren;Guohua Hou;Guofu Zi

  • Preparation and Reactions of Base-Free Bis(1,2,4-tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl)-uranium Methylimide, Cp'~2U=NMe, and Related Compounds

    Guofu Zi;Laura L. Blosch;Li Jia;Richard A. Andersen

  • Lanthanide and group 4 metal complexes with new chiral biaryl-based NNO-donor ligands

    Guofu Zi;Qiuwen Wang;Li Xiang;Haibin Song

  • Experimental and computational studies on the reactivity of a terminal thorium imidometallocene towards organic azides and diazoalkanes.

    Wenshan Ren;Enwei Zhou;Bo Fang;Guohua Hou

  • Synthesis of Group 4 Metal Amides with New Chiral Biaryldiamine-Based Ligands and Their Use as Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydroamination/Cyclization

    Guofu Zi;Xue Liu;Li Xiang;Haibin Song

  • Asymmetric hydroamination/cyclization catalyzed by group 4 metal complexes with chiral biaryl-based ligands

    Guofu Zi

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc D. Walter
Marc D. Walter Technische Universität Braunschweig
Haibin Song
Haibin Song Nankai University
Zuowei Xie
Zuowei Xie Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hung-Wing Li
Hung-Wing Li Hong Kong Baptist University
Laurent Maron
Laurent Maron Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Peter G. Jones
Peter G. Jones Technische Universität Braunschweig
Wayne W. Lukens
Wayne W. Lukens Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yue Chen
Yue Chen University of Minnesota
Richard A. Andersen
Richard A. Andersen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chi Wu
Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong

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