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Qiang Zhu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio predominantly in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their scholarly contributions span a range of subfields including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, molecular biology, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as catalytic C-H functionalization methods, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, as well as cold atom physics and Bose-Einstein condensates.

Recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on palladium-catalyzed reactions and atropisomeric compound synthesis. Key papers include:

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective 7-exo-Trig Carbopalladation/Carbonylation: Cascade Reactions To Achieve Atropisomeric Dibenzo[b,d]azepin-6-ones, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Coupling-Cyclization of 2-Isocyanobenzamides to Construct Axially Chiral 2-Aryl- and 2,3-Diarylquinazolinones, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Four-Component Cascade Imidoyl-Carbamoylation of Unactivated Alkenes, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • A New Saddle-Shaped Aza Analog of Tetraphenylene: Atroposelective Synthesis and Application as a Chiral Acylating Reagent, 2021, CCS Chemistry
  • Advances in palladium-catalysed imidoylative cyclization of functionalized isocyanides for the construction of N-heterocycles, 2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Qiang Zhu frequently collaborates with researchers such as Shuang Luo, Guo-Hong Ning, Igor V. Sazanovich, James T. Pegg, and Zhongfu Pang, each contributing to multiple coauthored works.

Their research has been regularly published in venues including The Cambridge Structural Database, ACS Catalysis, Organic Letters, Chinese Physics B, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The Cambridge Structural Database is notable for housing 15 of their publications, while ACS Catalysis and Organic Letters contain seven and four publications respectively.

Best Publications

  • A Direct Intramolecular C−H Amination Reaction Cocatalyzed by Copper(II) and Iron(III) as Part of an Efficient Route for the Synthesis of Pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles from N-Aryl-2-aminopyridines

    Honggen Wang;Yong Wang;Changlan Peng;Jiancun Zhang

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Aminooxygenation: Direct Access to Formyl‐Substituted Aromatic N‐Heterocycles

    Honggen Wang;Yong Wang;Dongdong Liang;Lanying Liu

  • Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C(sp2)-H amidination by isonitrile insertion provides direct access to 4-aminoquinazolines from N-arylamidines.

    Yong Wang;Honggen Wang;Jiangling Peng;Qiang Zhu

  • Palladium-catalyzed C(sp2)-H cyanation using tertiary amine derived isocyanide as a cyano source.

    Jiangling Peng;Jiaji Zhao;Ziwei Hu;Dongdong Liang

  • Synthesis of phenanthridinones via palladium-catalyzed C(sp2)–H aminocarbonylation of unprotected o-arylanilines

    Dongdong Liang;Ziwei Hu;Jiangling Peng;Jinbo Huang

  • Synthesis of quinazolin-4(3H)-ones via Pd(II)-catalyzed intramolecular C(sp2)-H carboxamidation of N-arylamidines.

    Bin Ma;Yong Wang;Jiangling Peng;Qiang Zhu

  • Cu-catalyzed oxidative C(sp2)-H cycloetherification of o-arylphenols for the preparation of dibenzofurans.

    Jiaji Zhao;Yong Wang;Yimiao He;Lanying Liu

  • Arylative cyclization of 2-isocyanobiphenyls with anilines: one-pot synthesis of 6-arylphenanthridines via competitive reaction pathways.

    Zhonghua Xia;Jinbo Huang;Yimiao He;Jiaji Zhao

  • Recent progress in imidoyl radical-involved reactions.

    Jian Lei;Jinbo Huang;Qiang Zhu

  • Copper-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Amidation with Azides as Amino Sources

    Jiangling Peng;Zeqiang Xie;Ming Chen;Jian Wang

  • Asymmetric organocatalytic Michael addition of ketones to vinyl sulfone.

    Qiang Zhu;Lili Cheng;Yixin Lu

  • Direct carboxamidation of indoles by palladium-catalyzed C–H activation and isocyanide insertion

    Jiangling Peng;Lanying Liu;Ziwei Hu;Jinbo Huang

  • Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by PIDA‐Promoted Direct C(sp2) ? H Imidation of N‐Arylamidines

    Jinbo Huang;Yimiao He;Yong Wang;Qiang Zhu

  • C–H cycloamination of N-aryl-2-aminopyridines and N-arylamidines catalyzed by an in situ generated hypervalent iodine(III) reagent

    Yimiao He;Jinbo Huang;Dongdong Liang;Lanying Liu

  • Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Cycloamidination via C(sp2)H Activation and Isocyanide Insertion

    Yong Wang;Qiang Zhu

  • Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Pyridocarbonylation of N-Aryl-2-aminopyridines: Dual Function of the Pyridyl Moiety

    Dongdong Liang;Yimiao He;Qiang Zhu

  • Chiral primary amine mediated conjugate addition of branched aldehydes to vinyl sulfone: asymmetric generation of quaternary carbon centers

    Qiang Zhu;Yixin Lu

  • Organocatalytic Michael addition of aldehydes to vinyl sulfones: enantioselective alpha-alkylations of aldehydes and their derivatives.

    Qiang Zhu;Yixin Lu

  • Palladium-catalyzed cyclization of o-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides followed by isocyanide insertion: synthesis of 2-substituted 1H-indole-3-carboxamides

    Ziwei Hu;Dongdong Liang;Jiaji Zhao;Jinbo Huang

  • Primary amine/CSA ion pair: a powerful catalytic system for the asymmetric enamine catalysis.

    Chen Liu;Qiang Zhu;Kuo-Wei Huang;Yixin Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Weiming Hu
Weiming Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhen Yang
Zhen Yang Peking University
Ke Ding
Ke Ding Jinan University
Shibo Jiang
Shibo Jiang Fudan University
Guang Yang
Guang Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zubin Xie
Zubin Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shu-Li You
Shu-Li You Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhong-Yuan Lu
Zhong-Yuan Lu Jilin University
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Tsinghua University

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