RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Organometallic Chemistry, Chromium Catalysis.
Our interests mainly focus on studying the reactivity of group 6 metal chromium, and developing cost-effective synthetic strategies with this earth-abundant metal catalysis.
EDUCATION:
Sep/2007每Sep/2009 Joint Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside (UCR), USA, (Supervisor: Professor Guy Bertrand).
Sep/2004每Dec/2009 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, (Supervisor: Prof. Meiming Luo).
Sep/1998每Jul/2002 B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
Professional Experience:
May/2017每Present Professor, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China.
Jan/2012每Apr/2017 Professor, Center for Organic Chemistry (COC), Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi＊an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China.
Apr/2010每Dec/2011 JSPS Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan, (Supervisor: Professor Eiichi Nakamura).
Sep/2008每Sep/2009 Junior Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside (UCR), USA.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Exemplary Individual of Sichuan University (2023)
Academic and technical leaders of Sichuan Province (2022)
Distinguished Young Scholar of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2021)
※Excellent Class Teaching Quality Award§ in Sichuan University (2020)
※Excellent Instructor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Practice Education for College Students§ in Sichuan University (2020)
Young Leading Talent Cultivation Program of Science and Technology in Sichuan University (2020)
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2020)
ACP Lectureship Award to Japan & Singapore (2019)
Sichuan Provincial Distinguished Expert (2018)
Reserve candidates for academic and technological leaders in Sichuan Province (2018)
High Level Introduction of Talent Researcher in Sichuan University (2017)
The Youth Talent Support Program in Xi＊an Jiaotong University (2016)
3-Year Membership Award to the American Chemical Society (2015)
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2010每2012)
Research Fellowship of China Scholarship Council (CSC) (2007每2009)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
1.Chenxi Wang,? Linhong Long,? Hongxiang Li, Hui Chen,* Zhaowen Dong,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chemo-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselective Radical Cyclization of Enals to Access Cyclopentanols Bearing an 汐-Quaternary Carbon
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, DOI: 10.1002/anie.6111354.
2.Jiang Yu, Fei Fan, Rui Wei,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Direct Conversion of Ethers to Aryl-Substituted Alkenes
Org. Lett. 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01447.
3.Mingwen Yang, Lei Wang, Rui Wei, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Activation of C?OBpin Bond by Chromium Enables Catalytic Deoxyborylation of Benzylic Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones
Org. Lett. 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01521. [Link]
4.Xiaoyu Zhang?, Yan Zhang?, Linhong Long?, Hui Chen*, Eiichi Nakamura,* Xiaoming Zeng*
Selective deoxygenative bis- and monoborylation of carboxylic esters via boryloxy chromium每carbenes
Nat. Commun. 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72753-6. [Link]
5.Zhuchunguang Liu, Ru-De Lin, Baihan Ma, Bo Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiaoming Zeng,* Zhaowen Dong*
Catalytic C(sp3)每F Bond Activation at Low-Valent Germanium and Tin Redox Platforms
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 11176?11186. [Link]
6.Jiaran Yang, Hongxiang Li, Meiming Luo,* Xiaoming Zeng*
Cr-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of 汐-Trifluoromethyl Alkenes for Modular Synthesis of Polyfluorinated Compounds
Chem. Commun. 2026, 62, 7791?7795. [Link]
7.Zexin Qi, Huan Mu, Zhuchunguang Liu, Yihan Zhou, Bo Xiao, Jiliang Zhou, Xiaoming Zeng, Zhaowen Dong*
T-Shaped Stannyliumylidene Ion: Synthesis, Reactivity, andRedox Catalysis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 65, e7786614. [Link]
8.Jiwei Yi, Shuaiyong Zhao, Hongxiang Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhaowen Dong*, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cross-Electrophile Stannylation of Alkyl Triflates and Halides with Chlorostannanes Enabled by Cr(II)-Phenanthroline Catalysis
Org. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 2268每2278. [Link]
9.Lin Ji, Rui Wei,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Reductive C(sp3)-Si/Ge Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Dinitriles with Chlorosilanes and Chlorogermanes
Chem每An Asian J., 2026, 21, e70668 (Invited paper). [Link]
10.Zheng Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cyclic (monoamino)carbene ligand-promoted metal catalysis
Sci China Chem, 2026, 69, 119每134. [Link]
11.Changpeng Chen, Tenggang Jiao, Zhitao Zhang, Xiaoming Zeng*, Xuefeng Cong*
Reductive Cross-Coupling of Alcohol Derivatives with Chlorosilanes via Pyridines-Promoted Si岸Cl Activation
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202518431. [Link]
12.Zheng Luo,? Linhong Long,? Shuaiyong Zhao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yong Peng, Meiming Luo, Hui Chen,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Silylchromium-Catalyzed Selective Semihydrogenation of UndirectedAllenes by Sila-Metalation and 汕-Silyl Elimination
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424273. [Link]
13.Shuang Tu, Liang Ling, Rui Wei, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
A General Deoxygenative Hydrosilylation of Oxo Chemicals Catalyzed by a Bipyridine-Ligated Chromium Complex
Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 5709每5714. [Link]
14.Wen Xu, Meiming Luo* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cr-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Trifluoromethyl Alkenes
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 45, 10.6023/cjoc202505016. [Link]
15.Zaiyang Li, Meiming Luo* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium(II)-catalyzed defluorinative reductive cross-coupling of acetals with 汐-trifluoromethyl alkenes
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, 23, 5293每5297. [Link]
16.Yunqian Hou and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium(II)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Geminal Difluoroalkenes with Aliphatic Halides
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 28, e202500129. [Link]
17.Yong Peng,? Fei Fan,? Xiaoyu Zhang, Sha Wang, Zheng Luo, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Metal每carbene-guided twofold cross-coupling of ethers with chromium catalysis
Nat. Commun. 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50675-5. [Link]
18.Zheng Luo, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zaiyang Li, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Mild ketyl radical generation and coupling with alkynes enabled by Cr catalysis: stereoselective access to E-exocyclic allyl alcohols
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 11428每11434. [Link]
19.Xiaoyu Zhang, Shangru Yang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Ring Contraction by Rearrangement of Sterically Congested Cyclic (Amino)(aryl)carbenes
J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 7795每7803. [Link]
20.Xuelan Wang, Jiaoyue Zhong, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cr-Catalyzed Intramolecular Arylative Cross-Coupling of Unactivated C每H Bonds with C每Halide Bonds
Org. Lett. 2024, 19, 4093每4097. [Link]
21.Senlin Liu, Zheng Luo, Shuaiyong Zhao, Meiming Luo* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cr-catalyzed borylation of C(aryl)每F bonds using terpyridine ligand
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 5201每5204. [Link]
22.Jiaoyue Zhong, Xuelan Wang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Alkene Isomerization with Switchable Selectivity
Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 3124每3129. [Link]
23.Shangru Yang,? Haohao Zeng,? Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Reductive transamidation of tertiary amides with nitroarenes enabled by magnesium and chlorosilane
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 9337每9340. [Link]
24.Sha Wang,? Linhong Long,? Xiaoyu Zhang, Liang Ling, Hui Chen,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chemoselective Three-Component Geminal Cross Couplings of Dihaloalkanes with Cr Catalysis: Rapid Access to Tertiary and Quaternary Alkanes via a Metal每Carbene Intermediate
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62(44) e202312856. [Link]
25.Chao Li,? Shangru Yang,? and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cross-Electrophile Silylation of Aryl Carboxylic Esters with Hydrochlorosilanes by SiH-Directed and Cr-Catalyzed Couplings
ACS Catal. 2023, 13(18), 12062每12073. [Link]
26.Fei Fan,? Linhong Long,? Liang Ling, Chao Li, Meiming Luo,* Hui Chen,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chemoselective chromium catalysed cross-coupling enables three-component tertiary alkane synthesis
Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 1046每1058. [Link]
27.Changpeng Chen, Zhijun Wang, Sha Wang, Liang Xu,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Spirotetrahydroquinolines
Org. Lett. 2023, 25 (23), 4241每4246. [Link]
28.Sha Wang, Changpeng Chen, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Bipyridine Ligand-Promoted cis-Selective Hydroboration of Al- kynes with Chromium Catalysis
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 43(7), 2447每2453 (Invited paper). [Link]
29.Fangyan Yuan, Chao Li, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Carbony-Carbonyl Deoxygenative Couplings of Ketones to Tetrasubstituted Olefins
Acta Chim. Sinica 2023, 81(5), 456每460 (Invited paper). [Link]
30.Ya Xiong, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Three-Component Synthesis of Monofluoroalkenes from gem-Difluoroalkenes via C?O/C?H and C?F Bond Activation
Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 3120?3125. [Link]
31.Liang Ling, Chenyang Hu, Linhong Long, Xue Zhang, Lixing Zhao, Liu Leo Liu, Hui Chen*, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-catalyzed stereodivergent E- and Z-selective alkyne hydrogenation controlled by cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene ligands
Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 990. [Link]
32.Chao Li, Liang Ling, Zheng Luo, Sha Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Deoxygenative Cross-Coupling of C(aryl)每O and C(amide)=O Electrophiles Enabled by Chromium Catalysis Using Bipyridine Ligand
ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 3120每3130. [Link]
33.Lixing Zhao, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Transition metal-catalyzed reactions promoted by cyclic (alkyl or aryl)(amino)carbene ligands
Chem 2022, 8(8), 2082每2113. [Link]
34.Haohao Zeng, Shangru Yang, Chao Li, Fei Fan, Liang Ling, Meiming Luo* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-catalyzed couplings of C(aryl)每SMe bonds in accessing arylated and alkylated benzaldehyde derivatives
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58(50), 7094每7097. [Link]
35.Li Gong,? Chao Li,? Fangyan Yuan, Senlin Liu, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Selective Borylation of Vinyl Triflates and Unactivated Aryl Carboxylic Esters with Pinacolborane
Org. Lett. 2022, 24 (17), 3227每3231. [Link]
36.Jinghua Tang,? Liang Ling,? Shuqing Yuan, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Catalytic Cleavage of Unactivated C(aryl)?P Bonds by Chromium
Org. Lett. 2022, 24(8), 1581?1586. [Link]
37.Fei Fan,? Lixing Zhao,? Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Selective Cross-Electrophile Coupling between Unactivated C(aryl)每F and C(aryl)每O Bonds
Organometallics 2022, 41(5), 561?568. [Link]
38.Junyao Xie, Xiaoming Zeng, Meiming Luo*
Ni-Catalysed Regioselective 汐,汕-Diarylation of 汐,汕-Unsaturated Aldehydes
Acta Chim. Sinica 2021, 79(9), 1118每1122. [Link]
39.Aiping Fu,? Lixing Zhao,? Chao Li, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Borylative Coupling of Aliphatic Bromides with Pinacolborane by Hydrogen Evolution
Organometallics 2021, 40(14), 2204?2208. [Link]
40.Shuqing Yuan, Liang Ling, Jinghua Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Reductive Cleavage of Unactivated Aromatic and Benzylic C每O Bonds
Synthesis 2021, 53(18), 3343每3350. [Link] (Invited paper for a special topic: Bond Activation-in Honor of Prof. Shinji Murai)
41.Xuefeng Cong, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions by Selective Activation of Chemically Inert Aromatic C每O, C每N, and C每H Bonds
Synlett 2021, 32(13), 1343每1353. [Link] (Invited review for a cluster account: Perspectives on Organoheteroatom and Organometallic Chemistry)
42.Xuefeng Cong, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Mechanistic Diversity of Low-Valent Chromium Catalysis: Cross-Coupling and Hydrofunctionalization
Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54 (8), 2014每2026. [Link]
43.Changpeng Chen, Liang Ling, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Ligand-Free Amidation of Esters with Anilines
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94(3), 762每766. [Link] (Invited paper for celebration of 70th birthday of Professor Eiichi Nakamura)
44.Lixing Zhao,∫ Chenyang Hu,∫ Xuefeng Cong, Gongda Deng, Liu Leo Liu, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene Ligand-Promoted Nitro Deoxygenative Hydroboration with Chromium Catalysis: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143(3), 1618?1629. [Link] (∫These authors contributed equally)
45.Jinghua Tang,? Fei Fan,? Xuefeng Cong,? Lixing Zhao, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Reductive Cross-Coupling between Unactivated C(aryl)每N and C(aryl)每O Bonds by Chromium Catalysis Using a Bipyridyl Ligand
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142(29), 12834-12840. [Link] (?These authors contributed equally)
46.Jinghua Tang,? Liu Leo Liu,? Shangru Yang,? Xuefeng Cong, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chemoselective Cross-Coupling between Two Different and Unactivated C(aryl)每O Bonds Enabled by Chromium Catalysis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (17), 7715每7720. [Link] (?These authors contributed equally)
47.Xiaoming Zeng*
Recent Advances in Chromium-Catalyzed Organic Transformations
Synlett 2020, 31 (3), 205每210. [Link]
48.Xue Zhang, Liang Ling, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Accessing Equatorially Difluoromethylated and Trifluoromethylated cis-Cycloalkanes and Saturated Heterocycles by Preferential Hydrogen-Addition to the Substitution Sites for Dearomatization
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (47), 16785每16789. [Link]
49.Zhi Rong, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Modular Arene Difunctionalization by Sequential Cleavage of Unactivated C每O and C每H Bonds in One Pot with Chromium Catalysis
Org. Lett. 2019, 21(17), 6869每6873. [Link]
50.Hong Meng, Sen Gao, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Iron and Phenol Co坼Catalysis for Rapid Synthesis of Nitriles under Mild Conditions
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2019 (28) 4617?4623. [Link]
51.Bo Han, Pengchen Ma, Xuefeng Cong, Hui Chen,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium- and Cobalt-Catalyzed, Regiocontrolled Hydrogenation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (22), 9018?9026. [Link]
52.Liang Ling, Yuan He, Xue Zhang, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Hydrogenation of (Hetero)aryl Boronate Esters with a Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene-Rhodium Complex: Direct Access to cis-Substituted Borylated Cycloalkanes and Saturated Heterocycles
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (20), 6554每6558. [Link]
53.Liang Ling, Changpeng Chen, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Activation of Acyl C每O Bonds with Magnesium for Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Org. Lett. 2019, 21 (6), 1912每1916. [Link]
54.Jinghua Tang, Xuejiao J. Gao, Huarong Tang,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Dioxygen activation with stable N-heterocyclic carbenes
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55(11), 1584每1587. [Link]
55.Pei Liu, Changpeng Chen, Xuefeng Cong, Jinghua Tang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-catalyzed para-selective formation of quaternary carbon centers by alkylation of benzamide derivatives
Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 4637. [Link]
56.Jinghua Tang, Pei Liu, and Xiaoming Zeng*
N-Heterocyclic carbene每chromium-catalyzed alkylative cross-coupling of benzamide derivatives with aliphatic bromides
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54(67), 9325每9328. [Link]
57.Fei Fan, Jinghua Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Regioselective Kumada Arylative Cross-Coupling of C(aryl)每O Bonds with a Traceless Activation Strategy
J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83(21), 13549每13559. [Link]
58.Changpeng Chen, Pei Liu, Meiming Luo, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Kumada Arylation of Secondary Amides Enabled by Chromium Catalysis for Unsymmetric Ketone Synthesis under Mild Conditions
ACS Catal. 2018, 8(7), 5864每5868. [Link]
59.Yuan He, Jinghua Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Regioselective and Chemoselective Reduction of Naphthols Using Hydrosilane in Methanol: Synthesis of the 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydronaphthol Core
Org. Lett. 2018, 20(14), 4159每4163. [Link]
60.Lei Jia, Qiang Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Direct ortho-Selective Amination of 2-Naphthol and Its Analogues with Hydrazines
J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83(9), 5082每5091. [Link]
61.Xuefeng Cong, Fei Fan, Pengchen Ma, Meiming Luo, Hui Chen,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Low-Valent, High-Spin Chromium-Catalyzed Cleavage of Aromatic Carbon每Nitrogen Bonds at Room Temperature: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139(42), 15182?15190. [Link]
62.Lei Jia, Qiang Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
One-Step Synthesis of Unsymmetric 1,1＊-Biaryl-2,2'-diamines by the Reaction of 2-Naphthols with Aryl Hydrazines
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 38, 443每450. [Link]?
63.Jinghua Tang, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed, Regioselective Cross-Coupling of C每O Bonds Using Organic Bromides as Reactants
Synlett 2017, 28(19), 2577每2580. (Invited for cluster of ※C每O bond activation§) [Link]
64.Sen Gao, Liming Gao, Hong Meng, Meiming Luo,* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzoxazoles by Oxidative Coupling/Cyclization of Phenol Derivatives with Benzoyl Aldehyde Oximes
Chem. Commun. 2017, 53(71), 9886每9889. [Link]
65.Changpeng Chen, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkynylation of Benzoic Acids Mediated by a Weakly-Coordination Directing Auxiliary
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 2017(32), 4749每4752. [Link]
66.Changpeng Chen, Pei Liu, Jinghua Tang, Gongda Deng, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Iridium-Catalyzed, Weakly Coordination-Assisted Ortho-Alkynylation of (Hetero)aromatic Carboxylic Acids without Cyclization
Org. Lett. 2017, 19(10), 2474每2477. [Link]
67.Pei Liu, Jinghua Tang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Site-Selective Silylation of Aliphatic C每H Bonds Mediated by [1,5]-Hydrogen Transfer: Synthesis of 汐-Sila Benzamides
Org. Lett. 2016, 18(21), 5536每5539. [Link]
68.Bin Rao, Jinghua Tang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Synthesis of 2-Benzylphenyl Ketones by Aryne Insertion into Unactivated C每C Bonds
Org. Lett. 2016, 18(7), 1678每1681. [Link]
69.Xuefeng Cong, Shengxian Zhai, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Low-Valent Cobalt-Catalyzed C每H Allylation
Org. Chem. Front. 2016, 3(6), 673每677. (Invited as ※2015 Emerging Investigator by OCF§) [Link]
70.Yuexuan Li, Gongda Deng, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Chromium-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydropyridination of Styrenes
Organometallics 2016, 35(5), 747每750. [Link]
71.Bin Rao, Jinghua Tang, Yu Wei, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Ring Expansion via Cleavage of Benzylic C每C Bonds Enabling Direct Synthesis of Medium Ring-fused Benzocarbocycles
Chem.每Asian J. 2016, 11(7), 991每995. [Link]
72. Xuefeng Cong, Huarong Tang, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Regio- and Chemoselective Kumada每Tamao每Corriu Reaction of Aryl Alkyl Ethers Catalyzed by Chromium Under Mild Conditions
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137(45), 14367每14372. [Link] (Highlights by Synfacts, 2016, 12, 0192; ChemInform, 2016, 47, 21-126)
73.Yu Wei, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Catalytic Strategies toward Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones and Phenols: Facile Synthesis of Cyclohexyl Ketones
Synlett 2016, 27(5), 650每655. (Invited Synpacts article) [Link]
74.Bin Rao, Huarong Tang, Xiaoming Zeng*, Liu Liu, Mohand Melaimi and Guy Bertrand*
Cyclic (Amino)(aryl)carbenes (CAArCs) as Strong 考-Donating and 羽-Accepting Ligands for Transition Metals
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54(49), 14915每14919. [Link]
75.Yu Wei, Bin Rao, Xuefeng Cong, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones and Phenols Enabled by Cyclic (Amino)(alkyl)carbene Rhodium Complexes
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137(29), 9250每9253. [Link]
(Highlights by Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 35, 2019; ChemInform, 2016, 47, 03-038)
76.Xiaoming Zeng* and Xuefeng Cong
Chromium-Catalyzed Transformations Using Grignard Reagents: New Opportunities for Cross-Coupling Reactions
Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2(1), 69每72. [Link]
77.Xuefeng Cong, Yuexuan Li, Yu Wei, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Nickel-Catalyzed C每H Coupling with Allyl Phosphates: A Site-Selective Synthetic Route to Linear Allylarenes
Org. Lett. 2014, 16(15), 3926每3929. [Link] (Highlight by ChemInform, 2015, 46, 05-054)
78.Xuefeng Cong and Xiaoming Zeng*
Iron-Catalyzed, Chelation-Induced Remote C每H Allylation of Quinolines via 8-Amido Assistance
Org. Lett. 2014, 16(14), 3716每3719. [Link] (Highlight by ChemInform, 2015, 46, 02-047)
79.Yu Wei, Huarong Tang, Xuefeng Cong, Bin Rao, Chao Wu* and Xiaoming Zeng*
Pd(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Arylation of Unactivated C(sp3)每H Bonds with Aryl Bromides Enabled by 8-Aminoquinoline Auxiliary
Org. Lett. 2014, 16(8), 2248每2251. [Link] (Highlight by ChemInform, 2014, 45, 41-085)
80.Bin Rao and Xiaoming Zeng*
Aminocyanation by the Addition of N每CN Bonds to Arynes: Chemoselective Synthesis of 1,2-Bifunctional Aminobenzonitriles
Org. Lett., 2014, 16(1), 314每317. [Link] (Highlights by ChemInform, 2014, 45, 23-095; Org. Chem. Highlights 2014, October 13)
81.Xuefeng Cong, Huarong Tang, Chao Wu*, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Role of Mono-N-Protected Amino Acid Ligands in Pd(II)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Heck Reactions of Electron-Deficient (Hetero)Arenes: Experimental and Computational Studies
Organometallics, 2013, 32(21), 6565每6575. [Link]
82.Yu Wei, Jinghua Tang, Xuefeng Cong, and Xiaoming Zeng*
Practical Metal-Free Synthesis of Chalcone Derivatives via a Tandem Cross-Dehydrogenative-Coupling/Elimination Reaction
Green Chem. 2013, 15(11), 3165每3169. [Link] (Highlight by ChemInform, 2014, 45, 12-079)
83.Xiaoming Zeng*
Recent Advances in Catalytic Sequential Reactions Involving Hydroelement Addition to Carbon每Carbon Multiple Bonds
Chem. Rev. 2013, 113(8), 6864每6900. [Link] (ESI highly cited paper)
84.Pei Guo, Xiaoming Zeng, Si Chen, and Meiming Luo*
Au(I)每N-heterocyclic carbene complex-catalyzed synthesis of 1-substituted benzo[b][1,4]diazepines from N-substituted o-phenylenediamines and terminal alkynes
J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 751, 438每442. [Link]
85.Xiaoming Zeng, Laurean Ilies, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Iron-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Chloro-sulfonylation of Terminal Alkynes with Aromatic Sulfonyl Chlorides
Org. Lett. 2012, 14(3), 954每956. [Link] (Highlight by ChemInform, 2012, 43, 23-088)
86.Xiaoming Zeng, Laurean Ilies, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Synthesis of Functionalized 1H-Indenes via Copper-Catalyzed Arylative Cyclization of Arylalkynes with Aromatic Sulfonyl Chlorides
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(44), 17638每17640. [Link]
87.Laurean Ilies, Quan Chen, Xiaoming Zeng, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective Insertion of Alkene into the ortho-C每H Bond of Benzamide
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133(14), 5221每5223. [Link]
88.Xiaoming Zeng, Rei Kinjo, Bruno Donnadieu, and Guy Bertrand*
Serendipitous Discovery of the Catalytic Hydroammoniumation and Methylamination of Alkynes
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49(5), 942每945. [Link]
89.Xiaoming Zeng, Guido D. Frey, Rei Kinjo, Bruno Donnadieu, and Guy Bertrand*
Synthesis of a Simplified Version of Stable Bulky and Rigid Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes, and Catalytic Activity of the Ensuing Gold(I) Complex in the Three-Component Preparation of 1,2-Dihydroquinoline Derivatives
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131(24), 8690每8696. [Link]
90.Xiaoming Zeng, Guido D. Frey, Shazia Kousar, and Guy Bertrand*
A Cationic Gold(I) Complex as a General Catalyst for the Intermolecular Hydroamination of Alkynes: Application to the One-Pot Synthesis of Allenes from Two Alkynes and a Sacrificial Amine
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15(13), 3056每3060. [Link]
91.Xiaoming Zeng, Michele Soleilhavoup, and Guy Bertrand*
Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Markovnikov Hydroamination of Allenes with Secondary Amines
Org. Lett. 2009, 11(15), 3166每3169. [Link]
92.Xiaoming Zeng, Tongxin Zhang, Yuancheng Qin, Zhijun Wei, and Meiming Luo*
Synthesis of a Carbene Transfer Organometallic Polymer and Application to Forming a Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Suzuki Reactions of Arylchlorides
Dalton Trans. 2009, 2009 (39), 8341每8348. [Link]
93.Sujuan Zhang, Xiaoming Zeng, Zhijun Wei, Dongbing Zhao, Tairan Kang, Weifeng Zhang, Mei Yan, and Meiming Luo*
Desulfitative Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Arylsulfonyl Chlorides and Boronic Acids Catalyzed by a Recyclable Polymer-Supported N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Palladium Complex Catalyst
Synlett 2006, 18(12), 1891每1894. [Link]
94.Chun Yan, Xiaoming Zeng, Weifeng Zhang, and Meiming Luo*
Polymer-Supported N-Heterocyclic Carbene每Rhodium Complex Catalyst for the Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Aldehydes
J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691(15), 3391每3396. [Link]
Book Chapters:
1.Zeng, X.; Cong, X. Cr Complexes in Formal Oxidation States 1+ and 0 Values. In Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III; Constable, E. C., Parkin, G., Que Jr, L., Eds., Vol. 4, Elsevier, 2021; pp 552每566.
2.Zeng, X.; Chromium-Catalyzed Cross Coupling and C每H Functionalization. In Science of Synthesis Base-Metal Catalysis; Yoshikai, N. Ed., Thieme Group, in press.
3.Yunqian Hou, Wen Xu, and Xiaoming Zeng, C每C Cross Couplings with Chromium Catalysis. In C-C Cross Couplings with 3d Base Metal Catalysts; X.-F. Wu, Ed. Top Organomet Chem (2023) 71: 1每16.
