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Shou-Fei Zhu

Shou-Fei Zhu

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
15536
World Ranking
6264
National Ranking
1117

Overview

Shou-Fei Zhu is affiliated with Nankai University in China and specializes in the field of Chemistry, with particular focus on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their research contributions span multiple subfields but place the greatest emphasis on organic chemistry.

The primary topics of Zhu's scientific work include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

Zhu has published extensively in several high-profile academic journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • CCS Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Zhu are:

  • "Iron-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Alkyne Hydrosilylation," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Recent Advances in Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni-Catalyzed Organic Reactions," 2023, CCS Chemistry
  • "Highly Enantioselective O-H Bond Insertion Reaction of α-Alkyl- and α-Alkenyl-α-diazoacetates with Water," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Recent Progress of Asymmetric Catalysis from a Chinese Perspective," 2023, CCS Chemistry
  • "Enantioselective Diarylcarbene Insertion into Si-H Bonds Induced by Electronic Properties of the Carbenes," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Zhu's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ming-Yao Huang
  • Mengyang Hu
  • Qi-Lin Zhou
  • Yutao Zhao
  • Yu-Xuan Su

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Enamines and Imines

    Jian-Hua Xie;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective heteroatom-hydrogen bond insertion reactions.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Donor Engineering for NIR-II Molecular Fluorophores with Enhanced Fluorescent Performance.

    Qinglai Yang;Zhubin Hu;Shoujun Zhu;Rui Ma

  • Asymmetric NH Insertion Reaction Cooperatively Catalyzed by Rhodium and Chiral Spiro Phosphoric Acids

    Bin Xu;Shou-Fei Zhu;Xiu-Lan Xie;Jun-Jie Shen

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Reaction of Indoles and α-Aryl Enamides: Construction of Quaternary Carbon Atoms†

    Yi-Xia Jia;Jun Zhong;Shou-Fei Zhu;Can-Ming Zhang

  • Enantioselective iron-catalysed O–H bond insertions

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Yan Cai;Hong-Xiang Mao;Jian-Hua Xie

  • Well-defined chiral spiro iridium/phosphine-oxazoline cationic complexes for highly enantioselective hydrogenation of imines at ambient pressure.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Jian-Bo Xie;Yong-Zhen Zhang;Shen Li

  • Highly enantioselective carbene insertion into N–H bonds of aliphatic amines

    Mao-Lin Li;Jin-Han Yu;Yi-Hao Li;Shou-Fei Zhu

  • Highly Enantioselective Insertion of Carbenoids into N−H Bonds Catalyzed by Copper Complexes of Chiral Spiro Bisoxazolines

    Bin Liu;Shou-Fei Zhu;Wei Zhang;Chao Chen

  • Highly enantioselective insertion of carbenoids into O-H bonds of phenols: an efficient approach to chiral alpha-aryloxycarboxylic esters.

    Chao Chen;Shou-Fei Zhu;Bin Liu;Li-Xin Wang

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Chiral proton-transfer shuttle catalysts for carbene insertion reactions

    Yuan-Yuan Ren;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of unprotected enamines

    Jian-Hua Xie;Shou-Fei Zhu;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Ligands with 1,10-phenanthroline scaffold for highly regioselective iron-catalyzed alkene hydrosilylation

    Meng-Yang Hu;Qiao He;Song-Jie Fan;Zi-Chen Wang

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Arylation of α-Aryl-α-diazoacetates with Aniline Derivatives.

    Bin Xu;Mao-Lin Li;Xiao-Dong Zuo;Shou-Fei Zhu

  • Copper-catalyzed B-H bond insertion reaction: a highly efficient and enantioselective C-B bond-forming reaction with amine-borane and phosphine-borane adducts.

    Qing Qing Cheng;Shou Fei Zhu;Yong Zhen Zhang;Xiu Lan Xie

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Reaction with Water: Enantioselective Synthesis of α‐Hydroxyesters by a Copper–Carbenoid OH Insertion Reaction

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Chao Chen;Yan Cai;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Iron-catalyzed transformations of diazo compounds

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  • Asymmetric reductive coupling of dienes and aldehydes catalyzed by nickel complexes of spiro phosphoramidites: highly enantioselective synthesis of chiral bishomoallylic alcohols.

    Yun Yang;Shou-Fei Zhu;Hai-Feng Duan;Chang-Yue Zhou

  • Iron‐Catalyzed CH Fuctionalization of Indoles

    Yan Cai;Shou-Fei Zhu;Guo-Peng Wang;Qi-Lin Zhou

  • Highly enantioselective S–H bond insertion cooperatively catalyzed by dirhodium complexes and chiral spiro phosphoric acids

    Bin Xu;Shou-Fei Zhu;Zhi-Chao Zhang;Zhi-Xiang Yu

  • Synthesis and application of chiral spiro phospholane ligand in Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of aldehydes with allylic alcohols.

    Shou-Fei Zhu;Yun Yang;Li-Xin Wang;Bin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Qi-Lin Zhou
Qi-Lin Zhou Nankai University
Jian-Hua Xie
Jian-Hua Xie Nankai University
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Qing-Hua Fan
Qing-Hua Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long-Wu Ye
Long-Wu Ye Xiamen University
Jie Lian
Jie Lian Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Baomin Xu
Baomin Xu Southern University of Science and Technology
Aidong Li
Aidong Li Nanjing University
Xiu-Li Sun
Xiu-Li Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yin Wei
Yin Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences

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