2025

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Cobalt Catalysis, Spin Effect, Hyroalkylation

  1. Dynamic radical recombination enabling stereodivergent construction of spirocycles with nonadjacent stereocenters

    Zheng Sun**,$^\dagger$** Jichao Huang,$^\dagger$ Jiangtao Ren**,$^\dagger$** Kaixin Zhao, Xixiang Chen, Jing Liang, Yifan Li, Fangzhi Peng, Yi Jin*, Yingqing Ou*, Jianrong Xu*, Zhihan Zhang* & Zhihui Shao*($^\dagger$co-first authors)

    Nat Commun 2025, 16, 9449

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Cobalt Catalysis, Oxidative Cyclization

  1. Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Electroreductive Coupling for Chiral 4-Chromanols

    Wei-Feng Qian,$^\dagger$ Fan Li,$^\dagger$ Jichao Huang,$^\dagger$ Dong-Jie Li,$^\dagger$ Yan-Yan Ouyang, Ze-Zhao Huang, Zhihan Zhang,* and Cuiju Zhu* ($^\dagger$co-first authors)

    Org. Lett. 2025, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX

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Cobalt Catalysis, Grignard Addition

  1. Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Isatin Derivatives with Arylboronic Acids

    Xiang Xu, Wenxin Lu,* Zhihan Zhang,* Xing-Wang Wang,* Qinglei Chong,* and Fanke Meng*

    J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 14907–14918

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Radical Transformation, PCET

  1. Bioinspired transfer methylation enabled by a photoactive reagent

    Ding Zhang,$^\dagger$ Weiqiu Liang,$^\dagger$ *Zhihan Zhang,$^\dagger$Lida Tan, Zehao Yuan, Zhennan Hu, Zhibo Liu, Chao-Jun Li & Jianbin Li *

    Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 8305

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Cobalt Catalysis, Grignard Addition

  1. Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of S-Stereogenic Sulfinamides Enabled by P-Stereogenic Phosphines with Aryl and Alkenyl Boronic Acids

    Chuiyi Lin, Jiwu Zhang, Zhihan Zhang,* Qinglei Chong* and  Fanke Meng*

    ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 15857–15866

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Cobalt Catalysis, Oxidative Cyclizations

  1. Cobalt-catalyzed diastereo- and enantioselective reductive coupling of cyclobutenes and aldehydes through umpolung reactivity

    Chuiyi Lin, Jiwu Zhang, Zhihan Zhang,* Qinglei Chong* and  Fanke Meng*

    Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 16250-16258

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Palladium Catalysis, Tsuji-Trost Reactions

  1. Pd-catalyzed asymmetric (6+2) dipolar cyclization for medium-sized spirooxindoles

    Yu-Qing Xiao, Zi-Qing Li, Fang Hu, Tian-Yu Li, Zheng-Xin Zhou, Zhihan Zhang, Ying Tan, Wen-Jing Xiao, Konstantin Nikolaevich Gavrilov* and Liang-Qiu Lu*

    Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 12030-12033

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Cobalt Catalysis, Oxidative Cyclizations, Spin Effects

  1. Pathway-divergent coupling of alkynes and cyclobutenes through enantioselective cobalt catalysis

    Jiwu Zhang, Meng Wu, Zhihan Zhang*, Qinglei Chong*, Fanke Meng*

    Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 5995

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