PUBLICATIONS

4. Photoinduced Ground-State Charge-Transfer Complex. Zhu, Q.* Chem 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.08.008.

3. Electrochemical Cyanation of Alcohols Enabled by an Iodide-Mediated Phosphine P(V/III) Redox Couple. Guo, X.; Price, N. G.; Zhu, Q.* Org. Lett. 2024, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02550.

2. Threonine Aldolase-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Amino Acids through Unconventional Photoinduced Radical Initiation. Wang, T.-C.; Zhang, Z.; Rao, G.; Li, J.; Shirah, J.; Britt, R. D.; Zhu, Q.*; Yang, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22476–22484.

1. Disulfide radical anion as a super-reductant in biology and photoredox chemistry. Zhu, Q.*; Costentin, C.; Stubbe, J.; Nocera, D. G.* Chem. Sci.  2023, 14, 6876–6881.

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14.     Catalytic C(b)–O Bond Cleavage of Lignin Enabled by a Spin-Center Shift. Zhu, Q.; Nocera, D. G. ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 14181–14187.

13.     Taming the Chlorine Radical: Enforcing Steric Control over Chlorine Radical-Mediated C–H Activation. Gonzalez, M. I.; Gygi, D.; Qin, Y.; Zhu, Q.; Johnson, E. J.; Chen, Y.-S.; Nocera, D. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1464–1472.

12.     Mechanistic Investigation and Optimization of Photoredox Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination. Qin, Y.; Zhu, Q.; Sun, R.; Ganley, J. M.; Knowles, R. R.; Nocera, D. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10232–10242.

11.     Photocatalytic Hydromethylation and Hydroalkylation of Olefins Enabled by Titanium Dioxide Mediated Decarboxylation. Zhu, Q.; Nocera, D. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17913–17918.

10.     C−H Alkylation via Multisite Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer of an Aliphatic C−H Bond. Morton, C. M.; Zhu, Q.; Ripberger, H.; Troian-Gautier, L.; Toa, Z. D.; Knowles, R. R.; Alexanian, E. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13253–13260.

9.     PCET-Enabled Olefin Hydroamidation Reactions with N-Alkyl Amides. Nguyen, S. T.; Zhu, Q.; Knowles, R. R. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 4502−4507.

8.     Intermolecular Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Sulfonamides Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Zhu, Q.; Graff, D. E.; Knowles. R. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 741−747.

7.     Catalytic Alkylation of Remote C−H Bonds Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Choi, G.; Zhu, Q.; Miller, D. C.; Gu, C. J.; Knowles, R. R. Nature, 2016, 539, 268−271.

6.     Catalytic Carbocation Generation Enabled by the Mesolytic Cleavage of Alkoxyamine Radical Cations. Zhu, Q.; Gentry, E. C.; Knowles, R. R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9969−9973.

5.   Direct Lactonization of 2-Arylacetic Acids through Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Activation/C−O Formation. Yang, M.-Y.; Jiang, X.-Y.; Shi, W.-J.; Zhu, Q.; Shi, Z.-J. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 690−693.

4.   Controllable Mono-/Di-alkenylation of Benzyl Thioethers via Rh-catalyzed Aryl C−H Activation. Zhang, X.-S.; Zhu, Q.; Zhang, Y.-F.; Shi, Z.-J. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 51, 11898−11903.

3.   Aromatic C−H Addition to Ketones: The Effect of Directing Groups. Zhang, X.-S.; Zhu, Q.; Luo, F.-X.; Chen, G.-H.; Wang, X.; Shi, Z.-J. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 6530−6534.

2.   Rhodium/Copper-Catalyzed Annulation of Benzimides with Internal Alkynes: Indenone Synthesis through Sequential C−H and C−N Cleavage. Li, B.-J.; Wang, H.-Y.; Zhu, Q.; Shi, Z.-J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3948−3952.

1.   Olefinic C−H Bond Addition to Aryl Aldehyde and Its N-Sulfonylimine via Rh Catalysis. Li, Y.; Zhang, X.-S.; Zhu, Q.; Shi, Z.-J. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4498−4501.