Publications

† equal contribution; * corresponding author; # computational author; § undergraduate

Submitted:
  1. Liu, Y.-G.;* Zhong, Z.; Tang, Y.; Wang, H.; Vummaleti, S. V. C.;# Peng, P.; Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* 2024, submitted.
  2. Tan, J.;§ Zhang, X.* 2024, submitted.
  3. Luo, Z.; Liao, M.; Li, W.; Zhao, S.; Tang, K.; Zheng, P.; Chi, Y. R.; Zhang, X.;*# Wu, X.* 2024, submitted.
  4. Zheng, J.;† Feng, H.;† Zhang, X.; # Zheng, J.;# Ng, J. K. W.; Wang, S.;* Hadjichristidis, N.;* Li, Z.* 2024, submitted.
  5. Tan, T-D.; Tee, K. Z.; Luo, X.; Qian, P-C.; Zhang, X.;*# Koh, M. J.* 2024, submitted.
  6. Bairagi, Y.; Porey, S.; Vummaleti, S. V. C.;# Zhang, X.;*# Lahiri, G. K.;* Maiti, D.* 2024, submitted.
  7. Liu, D.; Tu, T.; Zhang, T.; Nie, G.; Liao, T.; Ren, S-C;* Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* 2024, submitted.


Refereed Papers:

    IHPC, A*STAR (Oct 2020 – present)  

  1. Congested C(sp3)-rich Architectures by Iron-catalyzed Conjunctive Alkylation
    Tan. T.-D.; Serviano, J.; Luo, X.; Qian, P.-C.; Holland P.;* Zhang, X.;*# Koh, M. J.* Nat. Catal. , 2024, 7, 321.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [IRC movies (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  3. Non-crystalline Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Tethered with Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for CO2 Conversion into Cyclic Carbonates
    Wang, J.;* Li, X.; Yi, G.; Teong S. P.; Chan S. P.; Zhang, X.;*# Zhang, Y.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , 2024, 16, 8, 10277–10284.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  5. Nondirected C–H/C–F Coupling for the Synthesis of α-Fluoro Olefinated Arenes
    Porey, S.; Bairagi, Y.; Guin, S.; Zhang, X.;*# Maiti, D.* ACS Catal. , 2023, 13, 21, 14000–14011.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  7. Directing Group Assisted para-Selective C-H Alkynylation of Unbiased Arenes Enabled by Rhodium Catalysis
    Dutta, U.;† Prakash, G.;† Devi, K.; Borah, K; Zhang, X.;*# Maiti, D.* Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 11381–11388. [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Article] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  9. Access to Unsaturated Bicyclic Lactones by Overriding Conventional C(sp3)−H Site Selectivity
    Das, J.; Ali, W.; Ghosh, A.; Pal, T.; Mandal1, A.; Chitrala, T.; Dutta, S.; Pothikumar, R.; Ge, H.;* Zhang, X.;*# Maiti, D.* Nat. Chem., 2023, 15, 1626–1635.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [ChemRxiv version] [Article] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  11. Accelerating Explicit Solvent Models of Heterogeneous Catalysts with Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials
    Chen, B. W. J.;* Zhang, X.;* Zhang, J. Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8338–8354.
    [Article] [Supporting Information]
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  13. Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrolysis of Biaryl Oxazepines for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl Amino Phenol Derivatives
    Wei, L.; Li, J.; Zhao, Y.; Zhou, Q.; Wei, Z.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X.;*# Yang, X.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306864; Angew. Chem. 2023, 135, e202306864.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  15. Atroposelective Access to 1,3-Oxazepine-Containing Bridged Biaryls via Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Imines
    Yang, X.;* Wei, L.; Wu, Y.; Zhou, L.; Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202211977; Angew. Chem. 2023, 135, e202211977.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  17. Dual Ligand Enabled Non-Directed C−H Chalcogenation of Arenes and Heteroarenes
    Sinha, S. K.,† Panja, S.;† Grover, J.;† Hazra, P. S.; Pandit, S.; Bairagi, Y.; Zhang, X.;*# Maiti, D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 27, 12032-12042.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  19. Programmable Selective Acylation of Saccharides Mediated by Carbene and Boronic Acid
    Lv, W-X.; Chen, H.; Zhang, X.;# Ho, C. C.; Liu, Y.; Wu, S.; Wang, H.; Jin, Z.; Chi, Y. R.* Chem 2022, 8, 1518-1534.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Article] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

    • Highlighted by X-MOL (in Chinese)
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  21. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Sulfonylation of Enone Aryl Aldehydes: A New Mode of Breslow Intermediate Oxidation
    Deng, R.;† Wu, S.;† Mou, C.;† Liu, J.; Zheng, P.;* Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12, 5441-5449.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  23. Catalytic atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral benzonitriles via chirality control during bond dissociation and CN group formation
    Lv, Y.;† Luo, G.;† Liu, Q.; Jin, Z.;* Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 36.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Article] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  25. Synthesis of C-glycosides by Ti-catalyzed stereoselective glycosyl radical functionalization
    Jiang, Y.; Wang, Q.*; Zhang, X.;*# Koh, M. J.* Chem 2021, 7, 12, 3377-3392.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Article] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  27. Enantioselective Modification of Sulfonamides and Sulfonamide-Containing Drugs via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organic catalysis
    Song, R;† Liu, Y;† Majhi, P. K.; Ng, P. L.; Hao, L.; Xu, J.; Tian, W.;* Zhang, L.; Liu, H.; Zhang, X.;*# Chi, Y. R.* Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2413-2419.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

    • 2021 Organic Chemistry Frontiers HOT Articles Collection
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  29. Carbene-Catalyzed Activation of Remote Nitrogen Atoms of (benz)imidazole-derived aldimines for Enantioselective Synthesis of Heterocycles
    Yang, X.;† Xie Y.;† Xu, J.; Ren, S.; Mondal, B.; Zhou, L.; Tian, W.;* Zhang, X.;*# Hao, L.; Jin, Z.; Chi, Y. R.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 7906-7912.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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    Postdoc work (Oct 2019 – Sept 2020)  

  31. Solution-Phase Conformational/Vibrational Anharmonicity in Co-Monomer Incorporation Polyolefin Catalysis
    Lawniczak, J. J.;# Zhang, X.;# Christianson, M.; Bailey, B.; Bremer, S.; Barcia, S.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Klosin, J.; Miller, T. F.;*# J. Phys. Chem. A. 2022, 126, 39, 6858–6869.
    [DFT structures and QM/MM files (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information]
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  33. Phosphine-Phenoxide Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene/Acrylate Copolymerization: Olefin Coordination and Complex Isomerisation Studies Relevant to the Mechanism of Catalysis
    Shoshani, M. M.;† Xiong, X.;† Lawniczak, J. J.;# Zhang, X.;# Miller, T. F.;*# Agapie, T.* Organometallics. 2022, 41, 15, 2119–2131.
    [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]
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  35. Electronic Structure of Super-Oxidized Radical Cationic Dodecaborate-Based Clusters
    Li. B.;§# Zhang, X.;# Stauber, J.; Miller, T. F.;*# Spokoyny, A.* J. Phys. Chem. A. 2021, 125, 28, 6141-6150.
    [Supporting Information]
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  37. Efficient Copolymerization of Acrylate and Ethylene with Neutral P, O-Chelated Nickel Catalysts: Mechanistic Investigations of Monomer Insertion and Chelate Formation
    Xiong, X.;† Shoshani, M. M.;† Zhang, X.;†# Spinney, H; Nett, A.; Henderson, B.; Miller, T. F.;*# Agapie, T.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17, 6516-6527.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]
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  39. A Super-Oxidized Radical Cationic Icosahedral Boron Cluster
    Stauber, J. M.; Schwan, J.; Zhang, X.;# Axtell, J. C.; Jung, D.; McNicholas, B. J.; Oyala, P. H.; Martinolich, A. J.; Winkler, J. R.; See, K. A.; Miller, T. F.;*# Gray, H. B.;* Spokoyny, A.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 30, 12948–12953.
    [ChemRxiv version] [Supporting Information (DFT)]
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    PhD work (Oct 2016 – Sept 2019)  

  41. Stereoretention in Styrene Heterodimerisation Promoted by One-Electron Oxidants
    Zhang, X.; Paton, R. S.* Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 9309-9324.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [ChemRxiv version] [Article] [Supporting Information]
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  43. An Alkyne Linchpin Strategy for Drug:Pharmacophore Conjugation: Experimental and Computational Realization of a meta-Selective Inverse Sonogashira Coupling
    Porey, S.;† Zhang, X.;†# Bhowmick, S.; Singh V. K.; Guin, S.; Paton, R. S;*# Maiti, D.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8, 3762-3774. [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [ChemRxiv version] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

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  45. Palladium-Catalyzed Directed meta-Selective C−H Allylation of Arenes: Unactivated Internal Olefins as Allyl Surrogates
    Achar, T. K.;† Zhang, X.;†# Mondal, R.; Shanavas M. S.; Maiti, S.; Maity, S.; Pal, N.; Paton, R. S;*# Maiti, D.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10353-10360.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]
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  47. Iterative Arylation of Amino Acids and Aliphatic Amines via δ-C(sp3)−H Activation: Experimental and Computational Exploration
    Guin, S.;† Dolui, P.;† Zhang, X.;# Paul, S.; Singh, V. S.; Pradhan, S.; Chandrashekar, H. B.; Anjana, S. S., Paton, R. S.;*# Maiti, D.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5633-5638.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]

    • Angewandte Chemie Top Downloaded Paper, Wiley, 2018-2019
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  49. Post-Translational Site-selective Protein Backbone α-Deuteration
    Galan, S. R. G.; Wickens, J. R.; Dadova, J.; Ng, W.-L.; Zhang, X.;# Simion, R. A.;# Quinlan, R.; Pires, E.; Paton, R. S.;# Caddick, S.; Chudasama, V.;* Davis, B. G.* Nat. Chem. Biol. 2018, 14, 955-963.
    [DFT structures (on Zenodo)] [DFT structures (.zip folder)] [Supporting Information (DFT)]
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    MSc work (Sept 2015 – Sept 2016)  

  51. Multiscale Analysis of Enantioselectivity in Enzyme-catalysed 'Lethal Synthesis' using Projector-based Embedding
    Zhang, X.; Bennie, S. J.;* van der Kamp, M. W.;* Glowacki, D. R.;* Manby, F. R.; Mulholland, A. J. R. Soc. open sci. 2018, 5: 171390.
    [Article] [Supporting Information]
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Book Chapters:
  1. Mechanistic Insights on Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp2)-H functionalization from Theoretical Perspective (Invited Book Chapter)
    Zhang, X.;* Maiti, D.* In Handbook of C–H Functionalization. Maiti, D. Eds.; Wiley, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/9783527834242.chf0155
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Theses:
  1. Computational insights into organic and organometallic catalysis
    Zhang, X. PhD Thesis, University of Oxford. 2019.
    [Examiners' report/evaluation of thesis (signatures redacted)]
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  3. A Computational Investigation on the Oxyfunctionalization of Isobutane Using Methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane
    Zhang, X. MSc Project Report, University of Oxford. 2016.
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  5. Projector-Based Embedding Calculations on Deprotonation of Fluoroacetyl-CoA by Citrate Synthase
    Zhang, X. MSc Project Report, University of Bristol. 2016.
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