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Overview

Zhiyong Wang is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and engineering, with a specific focus on organic chemistry and materials chemistry within those domains.

Their scholarly output includes over one hundred publications, emphasizing topics such as catalytic C-H functionalization methods, radical photochemical reactions, and asymmetric synthesis and catalysis. Other areas of interest include sulfur-based synthesis techniques, synthetic organic chemistry methods, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wang include:

  • Zhenggen Zha
  • Kuiliang Li
  • Qi Sun
  • Jindong Li
  • Kangfei Hu

Wang's work has appeared in various scientific journals, with notable recurrent publication venues being:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Organic Letters
  • Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Selected recent papers by Wang include:

  • "Iodine-Mediated Electrochemical C(sp2)-H Amination: Switchable Synthesis of Indolines and Indoles" (2020), published in Organic Letters
  • "Recent Advances in C−H Functionalization with Electrochemistry and Various Iodine-Containing Reagents" (2020), published in ChemElectroChem
  • "Electrochemical synthesis of 3-azido-indolines from amino-azidation of alkenes" (2020), published in Chinese Chemical Letters
  • "Electrochemical synthesis of α,α-dihaloacetophenones from terminal alkyne derivatives" (2020), published in Chinese Chemical Letters
  • "Iodine-mediated electrochemical C(sp3)-H cyclization: the synthesis of quinazolinone-fused N-heterocycles" (2021), published in Chemical Communications

The research topics covered by Wang demonstrate a strong emphasis on the development of synthetic methods and catalytic processes, including electrochemical and iodine-mediated reaction mechanisms. This focus aligns consistently with their publication output and main fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • Supramolecular Engineering of Chiral and Acentric 2D Networks. Synthesis, Structures, and Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Bis(nicotinato)zinc and Bis{3-[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzoato}cadmium

    Wenbin Lin;Owen R. Evans;Ren-Gen Xiong;Zhiyong Wang

  • Crystal Engineering of Acentric Diamondoid Metal–Organic Coordination Networks

    Owen R. Evans;Ren-Gen Xiong;Zhiyong Wang;George K. Wong

  • A Novel Octupolar Metal−Organic NLO Material Based on a Chiral 2D Coordination Network

    Wenbin Lin;Zhiyong Wang;Ling Ma

  • A Simple and Efficient Approach to the Synthesis of 2-Phenylquinazolines via sp3 C−H Functionalization

    Jintang Zhang;Dapeng Zhu;Chenmin Yu;Changfeng Wan

  • Selective Iodine-Catalyzed Intermolecular Oxidative Amination of C(sp3)H Bonds with ortho-Carbonyl-Substituted Anilines to Give Quinazolines†

    Yizhe Yan;Yonghui Zhang;Chengtao Feng;Zhenggen Zha

  • Highly efficient amide synthesis from alcohols and amines by virtue of a water-soluble gold/DNA catalyst.

    Ye Wang;Dapeng Zhu;Lin Tang;Sujing Wang

  • Diatomite-supported Pd nanoparticles: an efficient catalyst for Heck and Suzuki reactions.

    Zuhui Zhang;Zhiyong Wang

  • Genetically Encoded Cyclopropene Directs Rapid, Photoclick- Chemistry-Mediated Protein Labeling in Mammalian Cells**

    Zhipeng Yu;Yanchao Pan;Zhiyong Wang;Jiangyun Wang

  • Facile Synthesis of Polysubstituted Oxazoles via A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Oxidative Cyclization

    Changfeng Wan;Jintang Zhang;Sujing Wang;Jinmin Fan

  • Selective Small Molecules Blocking HIV-1 Tat and Coactivator PCAF Association

    Lei Zeng;Jiaming Li;Michaela Muller;Sherry Yan

  • Metal-free intramolecular oxidative decarboxylative amination of primary α-amino acids with product selectivity.

    Yizhe Yan;Zhiyong Wang

  • Direct amidation of alcohols with N-substituted formamides under transition-metal-free conditions.

    Kun Xu;Yanbin Hu;Sheng Zhang;Zhenggen Zha

  • Simple and Efficient Preparation of 2,5-Disubstituted Oxazoles via a Metal-Free-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization

    Changfeng Wan;Linfeng Gao;Qiang Wang;Jintang Zhang

  • A novel approach for the one-pot preparation of α-ketoamides by anodic oxidation.

    Zhenlei Zhang;Jihu Su;Zhenggen Zha;Zhiyong Wang

  • Catalyst-free thiolation of indoles with sulfonyl hydrazides for the synthesis of 3-sulfenylindoles in water

    Yu Yang;Sheng Zhang;Lin Tang;Yanbin Hu

  • A metal-free catalytic system for the oxidation of benzylic methylenes and primary amines under solvent-free conditions

    Jintang Zhang;Zhentao Wang;Ye Wang;Changfeng Wan

  • A novel and efficient methodology for the construction of quinazolines based on supported copper oxide nanoparticles.

    Jintang Zhang;Chenmin Yu;Sujing Wang;Changfeng Wan

  • Catalysis and regioselectivity of the aqueous Heck reaction by Pd(0) nanoparticles under ultrasonic irradiation.

    Zuhui Zhang;Zhenggen Zha;Changsheng Gan;Chongfeng Pan

  • Nano‐CuO‐Catalyzed Ullmann Coupling of Phenols with Aryl Halides under Ligand‐Free Conditions

    Jintang Zhang;Zuhui Zhang;Ye Wang;Xiaoqi Zheng

  • Nanoporous, Interpenetrated Metal-Organic Diamondoid Networks.

    Owen R. Evans;Zhiyong Wang;Ren-Gen Xiong;Bruce M. Foxman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kun Xu
Kun Xu Beijing University of Technology
Wenbin Lin
Wenbin Lin Westlake University
Ming-Ming Zhou
Ming-Ming Zhou Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Qian Miao
Qian Miao Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yingfu Li
Yingfu Li McMaster University
Xuebiao Yao
Xuebiao Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Bruce M. Foxman
Bruce M. Foxman Brandeis University
Jiangfeng Du
Jiangfeng Du University of Science and Technology of China
Jing Li
Jing Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Daoben Zhu
Daoben Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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