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Wanbin Zhang is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and specializes primarily in the field of Chemistry. Their research spans various subfields with a notable focus on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Biology. Zhang's body of work encompasses 346 publications within these areas.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

Among recent significant publications by Zhang are:

  • Asymmetric synthesis of allylic compounds via hydrofunctionalisation and difunctionalisation of dienes, allenes, and alkynes, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Stereodivergent Pd/Cu Catalysis for the Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic Unsymmetrical 1,3-Disubstituted Allyl Acetates, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Construction of 1,3-Nonadjacent Stereocenters Bearing Axial and Central Chirality through Synergistic Pd/Cu Catalysis, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Bimetallic Catalysis in Stereodivergent Synthesis, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Synthesis of Spirocycles through Dual-Metal-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation of 2-Vinyloxiranes with Nucleophilic Dipoles, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators with Zhang include:

  • Xiaohong Huo
  • Yicong Luo
  • Zhenfeng Zhang
  • Qianjia Yuan
  • Jianzhong Chen

Key publication venues for Zhang's work are:

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

Best Publications

  • Copper-catalyzed C-H functionalization reactions: efficient synthesis of heterocycles.

    Xun-Xiang Guo;Da-Wei Gu;Zhengxing Wu;Wanbin Zhang

  • Transition metal-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions with unactivated allylic substrates

    Nicholas A. Butt;Wanbin Zhang

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Nonaromatic Cyclic Substrates

    Zhenfeng Zhang;Nicholas A. Butt;Wanbin Zhang

  • Asymmetric synthesis of allylic compounds via hydrofunctionalisation and difunctionalisation of dienes, allenes, and alkynes.

    Guanlin Li;Xiaohong Huo;Xieyang Jiang;Wanbin Zhang

  • An Ir/Zn Dual Catalysis for Enantio- and Diastereodivergent α-Allylation of α-Hydroxyketones.

    Xiaohong Huo;Rui He;Xiao Zhang;Wanbin Zhang

  • Ir/Cu Dual Catalysis: Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Access to α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids Bearing Vicinal Stereocenters

    Xiaohong Huo;Jiacheng Zhang;Jingke Fu;Rui He

  • Renaissance of pyridine-oxazolines as chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis

    Guoqiang Yang;Wanbin Zhang

  • C–N Bond Cleavage of Allylic Amines via Hydrogen Bond Activation with Alcohol Solvents in Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Carbonyl Compounds

    Xiaohu Zhao;Delong Liu;Hui Guo;Yangang Liu

  • Stereoselective and Site-Specific Allylic Alkylation of Amino Acids and Small Peptides via a Pd/Cu Dual Catalysis

    Xiaohong Huo;Rui He;Jingke Fu;Jiacheng Zhang

  • Cooperative bimetallic catalysis in asymmetric allylic substitution

    Jingke Fu;Xiaohong Huo;Bowen Li;Wanbin Zhang

  • A Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Cyclic Ketimines

    Guoqiang Yang;Wanbin Zhang

  • Stereodivergent Pd/Cu Catalysis for the Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic Unsymmetrical 1,3-Disubstituted Allyl Acetates

    Rui He;Xiaohong Huo;Ling Zhao;Ling Zhao;Feijun Wang

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Simple Ketones with Allylic Alcohols and Its Mechanistic Study

    Xiaohong Huo;Guoqiang Yang;Delong Liu;Yangang Liu

  • An Asymmetric Aerobic Aza‐Wacker‐Type Cyclization: Synthesis of Isoindolinones Bearing Tetrasubstituted Carbon Stereocenters

    Guoqiang Yang;Chaoren Shen;Wanbin Zhang

  • Asymmetric Transfer and Pressure Hydrogenation with Earth‐Abundant Transition Metal Catalysts

    Zhenfeng Zhang;Nicholas Andrew Butt;Muxing Zhou;Delong Liu

  • Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Pincer-Pd Complexes Using Alcohol as a Hydrogen Source

    Boqiang Ding;Zhenfeng Zhang;Yangang Liu;Masashi Sugiya

  • Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Construction of 1,3-Nonadjacent Stereocenters Bearing Axial and Central Chirality through Synergistic Pd/Cu Catalysis.

    Jiacheng Zhang;Xiaohong Huo;Junzhe Xiao;Ling Zhao

  • Bimetallic Catalysis in Stereodivergent Synthesis

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  • Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Sulfonyl Imines.

    Bowen Li;Jianzhong Chen;Zhenfeng Zhang;Ilya D. Gridnev

  • Chiral Bicycle Imidazole Nucleophilic Catalysts: Rational Design, Facile Synthesis, and Successful Application in Asymmetric Steglich Rearrangement

    Zhenfeng Zhang;Fang Xie;Jia Jia;Wanbin Zhang

  • Interesting and effective P,N-chelation of tetrasubstituted ferrocene ligands for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution

    Wanbin Zhang;Toshikazu Hirao;Isao Ikeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Isao Ikeda
Isao Ikeda Osaka University
Ilya D. Gridnev
Ilya D. Gridnev Tohoku University
Tsuneo Imamoto
Tsuneo Imamoto Chiba University
Deyue Yan
Deyue Yan Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shengming Ma
Shengming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yoshihisa Inoue
Yoshihisa Inoue Osaka University
Jean-François Carpentier
Jean-François Carpentier University of Rennes
Osamu Terasaki
Osamu Terasaki Stockholm University
Mitsuru Akashi
Mitsuru Akashi Osaka University
Shunai Che
Shunai Che Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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