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Zuowei Xie is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on Materials Science and Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work is concentrated in subfields including Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Boron Compounds in Chemistry
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

In terms of publication venues, Zuowei Xie frequently contributes to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemical Science
  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent notable papers by Zuowei Xie include:

  • "A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B-H Functionalization of o-Carboranes" (2021), published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Selective B-H Functionalization of o-Carboranes" (2020), published in Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Copper-Catalyzed Electrochemical Selective B-H Oxygenation of o-Carboranes at Room Temperature" (2020), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Functionalization of o-carboranes via carboryne intermediates" (2022), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Ir-catalyzed enantioselective B−H alkenylation for asymmetric synthesis of chiral-at-cage o-carboranes" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Zuowei Xie often collaborates with a number of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zaozao Qiu
  • Zhenpin Lu
  • Jie Zhang
  • Ruofei Cheng
  • Yixiu Ge

Best Publications

  • Copper-catalyzed highly enantioselective cyclopentannulation of indoles with donor-acceptor cyclopropanes.

    Hu Xiong;Hao Xu;Saihu Liao;Zuowei Xie;Zuowei Xie

  • Cyclopentadienyl-carboranyl hybrid compounds: a new class of versatile ligands for organometallic chemistry.

    Zuowei Xie

  • Controlled functionalization of o-carborane via transition metal catalyzed B–H activation

    Yangjian Quan;Zuowei Xie

  • Closely Approaching the Silylium Ion (R3Si

    Christopher A. Reed;Zuowei Xie;Robert Bau;Alan Benesi

  • Transition metal-carboryne complexes: synthesis, bonding, and reactivity.

    Zaozao Qiu;Shikuo Ren;Zuowei Xie

  • Advances in the chemistry of metallacarboranes of f-block elements

    Zuowei Xie

  • Approaching the Silylium (R3Si+) Ion: Trends with Hexahalo (Cl, Br, I) Carboranes as Counterions

    Zuowei Xie;Janet Manning;Robert W. Reed;Rajeev Mathur

  • Iridium catalyzed regioselective cage boron alkenylation of o-carboranes via direct cage B-H activation.

    Yangjian Quan;Zuowei Xie

  • New Weakly Coordinating Anions. III. Useful Silver and Trityl Salt Reagents of Carborane Anions

    Zuowei Xie;Tomas Jelinek;Robert Bau;Christopher A. Reed

  • Group 4 metallocenes incorporating constrained-geometry carboranyl ligands

    Zuowei Xie

  • Iridium-catalysed regioselective borylation of carboranes via direct B-H activation.

    Ruofei Cheng;Zaozao Qiu;Zuowei Xie;Zuowei Xie

  • [O−NSR]TiCl3-Catalyzed Copolymerization of Ethylene with Functionalized Olefins

    Xiao-Hong Yang;Chun-Rong Liu;Cong Wang;Xiu-Li Sun

  • A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B-H Functionalization of o-Carboranes.

    Zaozao Qiu;Zuowei Xie;Zuowei Xie

  • Role of C,C‘-Linkage in the Formation and Stabilization of Supercarboranes. Synthesis and Structure of Carbon-Atoms-Apart 13-Vertex Carborane and 14-Vertex Metallacarborane

    Jian Zhang;Liang Deng;Hoi-Shan Chan;Zuowei Xie

  • Advances in the chemistry of carboranes and metallacarboranes with more than 12 vertices

    Liang Deng;Zuowei Xie

  • Transition Metal Catalyzed Direct Amination of the Cage B(4)-H Bond in o-Carboranes: Synthesis of Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary o-Carboranyl Amines.

    Hairong Lyu;Yangjian Quan;Zuowei Xie

  • Asymmetric Nazarov Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Tris(oxazoline)/Copper(II)

    Peng Cao;Chao Deng;You-Yun Zhou;Xiu-Li Sun

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Direct Dialkenylation of Cage BH Bonds in o‐Carboranes through Cross‐Coupling Reactions

    Hairong Lyu;Yangjian Quan;Zuowei Xie

  • Atom-Economical Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via Cascade Inter-/Intramolecular C−N Bond-Forming Reactions Catalyzed by Ti Amides

    Hao Shen;Zuowei Xie

  • Micellar formation of poly(caprolactone-block-ethylene oxide-block-caprolactone) and its enzymatic biodegradation in aqueous dispersion

    Ting Nie;Yue Zhao;Zuowei Xie;Chi Wu

  • Highly Chlorinated, Brominated, and Iodinated Icosahedral Carborane Anions: 1-H-CB(11)X(11)(-), 1-CH(3)-CB(11)X(11)(-) (X = Cl, Br, I); 1-Br-CB(11)Br(11)(-).

    Zuowei Xie;Chi-Wing Tsang;Eric Tung-Po Sze;Qingchuan Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Tang
Yong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xiu-Li Sun
Xiu-Li Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher A. Reed
Christopher A. Reed University of California, Riverside
Zhenyang Lin
Zhenyang Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hung-Wing Li
Hung-Wing Li Hong Kong Baptist University
Robert Bau
Robert Bau University of Southern California
Chi Wu
Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Guofu Zi
Guofu Zi Beijing Normal University
Pierre H. Dixneuf
Pierre H. Dixneuf University of Rennes

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