Publications
2024
35. Ling-yun Yang, Ying Qin, Zhihan Zhao, and Dongbing Zhao*. Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Protocol To Access Silacyclobutanes with Unprecedented Functional Group Tolerance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202407773.
34. Yufeng Shi+, Ying Qin+, Zhong-Qiu Li, Yize Xu, Shuhan Chen, Jinyu Zhang, Yu-An Li, Yaxin Wu, Fei Meng, Yu-Wu Zhong, and Dongbing Zhao*. Divergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched Silicon-Stereogenic Benzyl−, Vinyl− and Borylsilanes via Asymmetric Aryl to Alkyl 1,5-Palladium Migration.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202405520.
33. Min Liu+, Nuo Yan+, Haowen Tian+, Bo Li*, Dongbing Zhao*. Ring Expansion toward Disila-carbocycles via Highly Selective C−Si/C−Si Bond Cross-Exchange. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319187.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319187
2023
32. Shiqing Li,‡* Shihai Lv,‡ Yanyan Yang, Peiyan Zhu, Dongbing Zhao* and Ming-Hua Zeng*, Mechanistic insights into an NH4OAc-promoted imine dance in Rh-catalysed multicomponent double C–H annulations through an N-retention/ exchange dual channel. Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 13446-13452. DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03861k.
31. Cheng-Wei Ju#, Xi-Chao Wang#, Bo Li#, Qiushi Ma, Yuhao Shi, Jinyu Zhang, Yuzhi Xu, Qian Peng*, Dongbing Zhao*, Evolution of Organic Phosphor through Precision Regulation of Non-Radiative Decay. PNAS. 2023, 120, e2310883120.
30. Shuang Zhao+, Linlin Ding+, Yingman Sun, Minyan Wang,*and Dongbing Zhao*, Synergistic Palladium/Lewis acid-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereo-divergent Bissilylation of Alkynoates: Scope, Mechanism, and Origin of Selectivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202309169.
29. Shuang Zhao[+], Yun Zhang[+], Rongkai Wu[+], Kailin Yin, Xin Hong* and Dongbing Zhao*, Intermolecular trans-bis-silylation of terminal alkynes. Nature Synth. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00325-3.
28. Jinyu Zhang[+], Deng Pan[+], Hao-Xiang Zhang, Nuo Yan, Xiao-Song Xue*, and Dongbing Zhao*, Reversing Site Selectivity in Formal Cross-Dimerization of Benzocyclobutenones and Silacyclobutanes. CCS Chem. 2023, Just Accepted. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202302938.
27. Ruirui Li[+], Xiaonan Shi[+], Dongbing Zhao*, Palladium-Catalyzed Skeletal Reorganisation of Cyclobutanones Invoving Successive C−C Bond/C−H Bond Cleavage, Chin. J. Chem. 2023, 41, 1679—1683.
26. Fei Meng[+], Ying Qin[+], Yiting Zheng, Zhihan Zhao, Yanna Sun, Yingguo Yang*, Ke Gao* and Dongbing Zhao*, Structural Fusion Yields Guest Acceptors that Enable Ternary Organic Solar Cells with 18.77% Efficiency. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2022171. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217173.
2022
25. Yufeng Shi, Xiaonan Shi, Jinyu Zhang, Ying Qin, Bo Li* and Dongbing Zhao*, Sila-spirocyclization involving unstrained C(sp3)−Si bond cleavage. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 6697.
24. Kai-Lin Yin, Shuang Zhao, Ying Qin, Shu-Han Chen, Bo Li,* and Dongbing Zhao*, Enantioselective Construction of Sila-bicyclo[3.2.1] Scaffolds Bearing Both Carbon- and Silicon-Stereocenters. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13999−14005.
23. Hua-Jie Chen, Ying Qin, Zhi-Gang Wang, Lei Wang, Dai-Wen Pang, Dongbing Zhao,* and Shu-Lin Liu*, An Activatable and Reversible Virus-Mimicking NIR-II Nanoprobe for Monitoring the Progression of Viral Encephalitis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202210285.
22. Lianghui Li,[+] Fei Meng,[+] Ming Zhang, Zhi-Guo Zhang,* and Dongbing Zhao*, Revisiting the Dithenophthalimide Building Block: Improved Synthetic Method Yielding New High-Performance Polymer Donors of Organic Solar Cells, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202206311. ([+] These authors contributely equal).
21. Xi-Chao Wang, Bo Li, Cheng-Wei Ju & Dongbing Zhao*, Nickel(0)-catalyzed divergent reactions of silacyclobutanes with internal alkynes. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3392.
20. Kang Ma,[+] Tiantong Zhang,[+] Ying Qin,[+] Zhixin Hu, Zhixiang Sun,* You Han,* Dongbing Zhao,* and Hong-Ying Gao*, Desilylative Coupling Involving C(sp2 )−Si Bond Cleavage on Metal Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8789–8796. ([+] These authors contributed equally)
2021
19. Jianpeng Ma, Hanfei Gao, Jiangang Feng, Shou-Feng Zhang, Lin Wang*, Dongbing Zhao*, Yuchen Wu*, Lei Jiang, Controlled Assembly of Conjugated Ladder Molecules with Different Bridging Structures toward Optoelectronic Application. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 50197–50205.
18. Ying Qin, Lianghui Li, Jin-Yuan Liang, Kailong Li, Dongbing Zhao*; Silacyclization through palladium-catalyzed intermolecular silicon-based C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling; Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 14224⎯14229.
17. Jinyu Zhang, Nuo Yan, Cheng-Wei Ju, Dongbing Zhao*; Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Expansion Toward Enantioenriched Silicon-Stereogenic Benzosiloles; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25723–25728.
16. Hongpeng Zhang, Dongbing Zhao*; Synthesis of Silicon-Stereogenic Silanols Involving Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Silylation Leading to a New Ligand Scaffold; ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10748–10753.
15. Ruirui Li, Bo Li, Hongpeng Zhang, Cheng-Wei Ju, Ying Qin, Xiao-Song Xue, Dongbing Zhao*; A ring expansion strategy towards diverse azaheterocycles; Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 1006–1016.
14. Xi-Chao Wang+, Hao-Ran Wang+, Xiufang Xu*, Dongbing Zhao*; Ring Expansion to 8-Membered Silacycles through Formal Cross-Dimerization of 5-Membered Palladacycles with Silacyclobutanes; Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 2021, 3039⎯3042.
13. Cheng-Wei Ju, Bo Li, Lianghui Li, Weiguang Yan, Chunming Cui, Xiaonan Ma*, Dongbing Zhao*; Modular Synthesis of Pentagonal and Hexagonal Ring-Fused NBN-Phenalenes Leading to an Excited-State Aromatization-Induced Structural Planarization Molecular Library; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5903−5916.
12. Yun Zhang, Xi-Chao Wang, Cheng-Wei Ju, Dongbing Zhao*, Bis-silylation of internal alkynes enabled by Ni(0) catalysis; Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 68.
2020
11. Ying Qin+, Hui Chen+, Jia Yao, Yue Zhou, Yongjoon Cho, Yulin Zhu, Beibei Qiu, Cheng-Wei Ju, Zhi-Guo Zhang*, Feng He*, Changduk Yang, Yongfang Li, Dongbing Zhao*; Silicon and oxygen synergistic effects for the discovery of new high-performance nonfullerene acceptors; Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5814.
10. Ying Qin, Jie-Lian Han, Cheng-Wei Ju, Dongbing Zhao*; Ring Expansion to 6-, 7-, and 8-Membered Benzosilacycles through Strain-Release Silicon-Based Cross-Coupling; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8481–8485.
9. Jie-Lian Han, Ying Qin, Cheng-Wei Ju, Dongbing Zhao*; Divergent Synthesis of Vinyl-, Benzyl-, and Borylsilanes: Aryl to Alkyl 1,5-Palladium Migration/Coupling Sequences; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6555–6560.
2019
8. Honggui Lv, Huiying Kang, Biying Zhou, Xiaosong Xue*, Keary M Engle*, Dongbing Zhao*; Nickel-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative Heck arylation driven by transfer hydrogenation; Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 5025.
7. Yun Zhang, Gong Chen*, Dongbing Zhao*; Three-component vicinal-diarylation of alkenes via direct transmetalation of arylboronic acids; Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 7952–7957.
6. Jie-Lian Han, Ying Qin, Dongbing Zhao*; C(sp3)–H Bond Arylation and Amidation of Si-Bound Methyl Group via Directing Group Strategy; ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 6020−6026.
5. Ruirui Li, Cheng-Wei Ju, Dongbing Zhao*; Rhodium(iii) vs. cobalt(iii): a mechanistically distinct three-component C–H bond addition cascade using a Cp*RhIII catalyst; Chem.Commun., 2019, 55, 695⎯698.
2018
4. Wen-Tao Zhao, Fang Gao, Dongbing Zhao*; Recent Progress in σ-Bond Cross-Exchange Reactions to Access Diverse Silacycles; Synlett 2018, 29, 2595–2600.
3. Wen-Tao Zhao+, Zhuo-Qun Lu+, Hanliang Zheng, Xiao-Song Xue, Dongbing Zhao*; Rhodium-Catalyzed 2-Arylphenol-Derived Six-Membered Silacyclization: Straightforward Access toward Dibenzooxasilines and Silicon-Containing Planar Chiral Metallocenes; ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7997−8005.
2. Honggui Lv, Li-Jun Xiao, Dongbing Zhao*, Qi-Lin Zhou; Nickel(0)-catalyzed linear-selective hydroarylation of unactivated alkenes and styrenes with aryl boronic acids; Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 6839–6843.
1. Wen-Tao Zhao, Fang Gao, Dongbing Zhao*; Intermolecular σ-Bond Cross-Exchange Reaction between Cyclopropenones and (Benzo)silacyclobutanes: Straightforward Access towards Sila(benzo)cycloheptenones; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6329–6332.
