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X. Peter Zhang

X. Peter Zhang

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
12808
World Ranking
6380
National Ranking
1934

Overview

X. Peter Zhang is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with substantial work published in Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry subfields. Related subfields of study also include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their scientific contributions address several key topics within chemistry, including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

Notable recent publications by X. Peter Zhang include:

  • "Enantioselective Intermolecular Radical C-H Amination," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Iron(III)-based metalloradical catalysis for asymmetric cyclopropanation via a stepwise radical mechanism," 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • "Enantioconvergent Amination of Racemic Tertiary C-H Bonds," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Metalloradical approach for concurrent control in intermolecular radical allylic C−H amination," 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • "Asymmetric radical cyclopropanation of dehydroaminocarboxylates: Stereoselective synthesis of cyclopropyl α-amino acids," 2021, Chem

X. Peter Zhang frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

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

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Wan-Chen Cindy Lee
  • Duo-Sheng Wang
  • Yiling Zhu
  • Kai Lang
  • Jingjing Xie

Best Publications

  • Catalytic C–H functionalization by metalloporphyrins: recent developments and future directions

    Hongjian Lu;X. Peter Zhang

  • Carbon nanotubes with covalently linked porphyrin antennae: photoinduced electron transfer.

    Durairaj Baskaran;Jimmy W Mays;X. Peter Zhang;Matthew S Bratcher

  • 'Carbene radicals' in Co-II(por)-catalyzed olefin cyclopropanation

    Wojciech I. Dzik;Xue Xu;X. Peter Zhang;Joost N. H. Reek

  • Mechanism of Cobalt(II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed C–H Amination with Organic Azides: Radical Nature and H-Atom Abstraction Ability of the Key Cobalt(III)–Nitrene Intermediates

    Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy;Alma I. Olivos Suarez;Hongjian Lu;Huiling Jiang

  • Experimental Evidence for Cobalt(III)-Carbene Radicals: Key Intermediates in Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Cyclopropanation

    Hongjian Lu;Wojciech I. Dzik;Xue Xu;Lukasz Wojtas

  • Cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation of electron-deficient olefins

    X. Peter Zhang

  • Selective Intramolecular C ? H Amination through the Metalloradical Activation of Azides: Synthesis of 1,3‐Diamines under Neutral and Nonoxidative Conditions

    Hongjian Lu;Huiling Jiang;Lukasz Wojtas;X. Peter Zhang

  • Bromoporphyrins as versatile synthons for modular construction of chiral porphyrins: Cobalt-catalyzed highly enantioselective and diastereoselective cyclopropanation

    Ying Chen;Kimberly B. Fields;X. Peter Zhang

  • Highly Asymmetric Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Acceptor-Substituted Diazoacetates by Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Iterative Approach for Development of New-Generation Catalysts

    Xue Xu;Hongjian Lu;Joshua V. Ruppel;Xin Cui

  • Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene Radical’ Species Relevant in Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Reactions

    Monalisa Goswami;Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy;Sérgio R. Domingos;Wybren Jan Buma

  • A General and Efficient Cobalt(II)-Based Catalytic System for Highly Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with α-Cyanodiazoacetates

    Shifa Zhu;Xue Xu;Jason A. Perman;X. Peter Zhang

  • Acceptor/acceptor-substituted diazo reagents for carbene transfers: cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric Z-cyclopropanation of alkenes with alpha-nitrodiazoacetates.

    Shifa Zhu;Jason A. Perman;X. Peter Zhang

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclopropanation with Diazosulfones: Rigidification and Polarization of Ligand Chiral Environment via Hydrogen Bonding and Cyclization

    Shifa Zhu;Joshua V. Ruppel;Hongjian Lu;Lukasz Wojtas

  • Homogenous Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Rates Correlate with Reaction Overpotential in Acidic Organic Solutions.

    Michael L. Pegis;Bradley A. McKeown;Neeraj Kumar;Kai Lang

  • Redox Noninnocence of Carbene Ligands: Carbene Radicals in (Catalytic) C−C Bond Formation

    Wojciech I. Dzik;X. Peter Zhang;Bas de Bruin

  • Cobalt-catalyzed intramolecular C-H amination with arylsulfonyl azides.

    Joshua V. Ruppel;and Rajesh M. Kamble;X. Peter Zhang

  • Chemoselective Amination of Propargylic C(sp3)H Bonds by Cobalt(II)‐Based Metalloradical Catalysis

    Hongjian Lu;Chaoqun Li;Huiling Jiang;Christopher L. Lizardi

  • Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Benzylic C−H Amination with 2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl Azide (TrocN3)

    Hongjian Lu;Velusamy Subbarayan;Jingran Tao;X. Peter Zhang

  • Regioselective Synthesis of Multisubstituted Furans via Metalloradical Cyclization of Alkynes with α-Diazocarbonyls: Construction of Functionalized α-Oligofurans

    Xin Cui;Xue Xu;Lukasz Wojtas;Martin M. Kim

  • Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with In Situ-Generated Donor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis

    Yong Wang;Xin Wen;Xin Cui;Lukasz Wojtas

  • A Highly Effective Cobalt Catalyst for Olefin Aziridination with Azides: Hydrogen Bonding Guided Catalyst Design

    Joshua V. Ruppel;Jess E. Jones;Chelsea A. Huff;Rajesh M. Kamble

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukasz Wojtas
Lukasz Wojtas University of South Florida
Xin Cui
Xin Cui Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bas de Bruin
Bas de Bruin University of Amsterdam
Shengqian Ma
Shengqian Ma University of North Texas
Yong Tang
Yong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu-Sheng Chen
Yu-Sheng Chen Nankai University
Brian Space
Brian Space University of South Florida
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi
Abdullah M. Al-Enizi King Saud University
Ayman Nafady
Ayman Nafady King Saud University
Jimmy W. Mays
Jimmy W. Mays University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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