2026

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Photochemistry, Popular Science

  1. Light Begets All Things: The Legacy and Evolution of Photochemistry

    Zhihan Zhang, Jia-Rong Chen, Liang-Qiu Lu, Wen-Jing Xiao*

    Chemisry, 2026, 89, 2, 229-233.

    光生万物：光化学的前世今生

    张之涵，陈加荣，陆良秋，肖文精

    化学通报，2026，89（2）：229-233.

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Copper Catalysis, Radical Transformations, Silyl Radical

  1. Copper-Catalyzed Regio- and Diastereoselective Dearomative Carbosilylation of Unactivated Arenes by Intercepting the Dienyl Radical

    Jialian Zheng**,$^\dagger$** Kuili Liang**,$^\dagger$** Zi-Qing Li,$^\dagger$ Zunsheng Chen, Jianzhong Lu, He Zhang, Beibei Yi, Quanzhe Li, Qiuling Yang, Jinrong Li, Zhihan Zhang,* Guozhu Zhang,* Rui Guo* ($^\dagger$co-first authors)

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e23719

2025

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Cobalt Catalysis, Spin Effect, Hyroalkylation

  1. Cobalt-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Reductive Coupling of Cyclobutenes and Aldimines

    Yu Wang, Zhao Sun, Zhihan Zhang*, Yinlong Guo*, Qinglei Chong*, Fanke Meng*

    Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2025, e70235

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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, 27, 11979–11985

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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