Publication

80. Cationic Complexes of Rare Earth Metals

Nan Yu, Zhaomin Hou, Zhenfeng Xi

化学进展(Progress in Chemistry), 2008, 10, 1515

79  Ruthenium Complexes Bearing Bulky Pentasubstituted Cyclopentadienyl Ligands and Evaluation of [Ru(⁵-C₅Me₄R)(MeCN)₃][PF₆] Precatalysts in Nucleophilic Allylic Substitution Reactions. 

Hui-jun Zhang, Bernard Demerseman, Zhenfeng Xi, Christian Bruneau.

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 3212–3217 

78 [Ru(ɳ⁵-C₅Me₄R)(2-quinolinecarboxylato)(ɳ³-allyl)][PF₆] Ruthenium Complexes as Performing Catalysts for Regioselective Nucleophilic Allylic Substitution.

Hui-jun Zhang, Bernard Demerseman, Christian Bruneau* and Zhenfeng Xi*.

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 10, 1601

77．Synthesis of stereo-defined 1,1,4,4-tetrahalo- and 1,1,4,4-mixed-tetrahalo-1,3-butadienes.

Hui-jun Zhang, Zhiyi Song, Chao Wang, Christian Bruneau* and Zhenfeng Xi*.

Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 624.

76."Selective Synthesis of Multiply Substituted 7-Norbornenone Derivatives or Diels-Alder Cycloadducts from 1,2,3,4-Tetra-substituted 1,3-butadienes and Maleic Anhydride with or without Lewis Acids". 

 Dongzhen Li, An Shi, Wen-Xiong Zhang,  Guangzhen Liu, and Zhenfeng Xi*_^.

Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 9895-9900.

75. "Pyranylidene Carbene Complexes from 1-Lithio-1,3-Dienes and M(CO)₆ (M = Cr, Mo, W): Novel Synthesis and De-metallation Reaction" .

Qifeng Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*. 

Organometallics 2008, 27, 3627-3629.

74. "Synthetic Methods for Multiply Substituted Butadiene-containing Building Block" .

Zhenfeng Xi*, and Wen-Xiong Zhang*. 

Synlett 2008,  2557-2570.

73. "Diversified Reaction Chemistry of 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes with Nitriles: Facile Access to Tricyclic D¹-Bipyrrolines, Multi-Substituted Pyridines, Siloles and (Z, Z)-Dienylsilanes by  Tuning of Substituents on the Butadienyl Skeleton". 

Nan Yu, Congyang Wang, Fei Zhao, Lantao Liu, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*.

Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 5670-5679.

72 "CuCl-Mediated Tandem CO Insertion and Annulation of 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes: Formation of Multiply Substituted Cyclopentadienones and/or Their Head-to-head Dimers".

Qian Luo, Chao Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*.

Chem. Commun. 2008, 1593-1595.

71   Wang, Qifeng; Fan, Hongtao; Xi, Zhenfeng.   1-Zircona-2-cyclohexenes: Novel Synthesis and Preliminary Reactions.    Organometallics  (2007),  26(4),  775-777.  CODEN: ORGND7  ISSN:0276-7333.  CAN 146:296018  AN 2007:41983    CAPLUS

70   Wang, Chao; Luo, Qian; Sun, Hui; Guo, Xiangyu; Xi, Zhenfeng.   Lithio Siloles: Facile Synthesis and Applications.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2007),  129(11),  3094-3095.  CODEN: JACSAT  ISSN:0002-7863.  CAN 146:441845  AN 2007:199804    CAPLUS

69   Liu, Junhui; Sun, Xiaohua; Miyazaki, Mikihiro; Liu, Lantao; Wang, Congyang; Xi, Zhenfeng.   Synthesis of Multiply Substituted Alkylidene Silacyclohexadiene Derivatives via Palladium-Catalyzed Insertion of Alkynes into Alkylidene Silacyclobutenes.    Journal of Organic Chemistry  (2007),  72(8),  3137-3140.  CODEN: JOCEAH  ISSN:0022-3263.  CAN 146:521858  AN 2007:304625    CAPLUS

68   Liu, Lantao; Wang, Zhihui; Zhao, Fei; Xi, Zhenfeng.   Dearomatizing Anionic Cyclization and Novel Skeletal Rearrangement: High Yield Formation of Multiply Substituted Bicyclic or Polycyclic Spirocyclopentadienes and Phenanthrene Derivatives from 4-Aryl-1-Lithio-1,3-butadienes.    Journal of Organic Chemistry  (2007),  72(9),  3484-3491.  CODEN: JOCEAH  ISSN:0022-3263.  CAN 146:461708  AN 2007:349609    CAPLUS

67   Lewis acid-controlled reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with isocyanates and isothiocyanates. One-pot three- or four-component synthesis of multiply substituted iminocyclopentadienes and butadiene-tethered 1,6-bisamides and electrophilic cyclization.

Hu, Qiaoshu; Lu, Jiang; Wang, Congyang; Wang, Chao; Xi, Zhenfeng.

Tetrahedron  (2007),  63(28),  6614-6624.

66   Formation of stable enols from 1,4-dilithio-1,3-dienes and acid chlorides by a de-aromatization/Michael addition/re-aromatization domino process.

Hu, Qiaoshu; Wang, Chao; Li, Dongzhen; Xi, Zhenfeng.

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry  (2007),  5(13),  2114-2118.

65   1-Lithio-1,3-dienes: Useful Building Blocks for Cyclic Compounds

Zhenfeng Xi*

Bull Chem Soc Jpn 2007, 80, 1021-1032.

64  Co-operative Effect of Lewis Acids with Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis

Congyang Wang, Zhenfeng Xi*.

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2007, 36, 1395-1406. 

63   A Novel Reaction of Titanacyclopentenes and Aldehydes with or without Lewis Acids

Qiaoshu Hu, Dongzhen Li, Huijun Zhang, Zhenfeng Xi*

Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 6167-6170.

62    Highly Efficient Synthesis of Stereodefined Multisubstituted 1,4-Dicyano- and 1-Cyano-1,3-butadienes and Their Reactions with Organolithium Reagents

Congyang Wang, Chao Wang, Qifeng Wang, Zhihui Wang, Hui Sun, Xiangyu Guo, Zhenfeng Xi*

Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 6484-6494,

61  Alkenylzirconocene-Mediated Preparation of Alkenylphosphines

Taichi Miyaji, Zhenfeng Xi, Masamichi Ogasawara, Kiyohiko Nakajima, Tamotsu Takahashi*

J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 8737-8740.