Zhang, Xue----State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai

Zhang, Xue　 Associate Professor

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry,

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS

345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032

Phone: +86 21 54925154

Fax: +86 21 64166128

Email:xzhang@sioc.ac.cn

Education:

09/2002 - 07/2007　Ph.D. (Advisor: Prof. Kuiling Ding), State Key Laboratory of OrganometallicChemistry, SIOC

09/1998 - 07/2002　B.S. (Chemistry),Nankai University, Chemistry Department

Research Experience:

03/2011 - Present Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of OrganometallicChemistry, SIOC

01/2009 - 02/2011 Postdoctoral fellow, University of North Texas (Advisor: Prof. Weston Borden)

07/2007 - 12/2008 Assistant Professor, State Key Laboratory of OrganometallicChemistry, SIOC

Research Interest:

using electronic structure calculations to understand and predict the reactions and the properties of organic and organometallic compounds.

Selected Publications:

1. Xue Zhang, Ayan Datta, David A. Hrovat, and Weston Thatcher Borden*, “Calculations Predict Large Inverse Kinetic Isotope Effects on Tunneling by Carbon in the Ring Opening of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical at Cryogenic Temperatures”,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2009,131, 16002-16003.

2. Xue Zhang, David A. Hrovat, and Weston Thatcher Borden*, “Calculations Predict That Carbon Tunneling Allows the Degenerate Cope Rearrangement of Semibullvalene to Occur Rapidly at Cryogenic Temperatures”,Org. Lett.2010,12, 2798-2801.

3. Xue Zhang, Srikanth Kandala, Li Yang, William H. Watson, Xiaoping Wang, David A. Hrovat, Weston Thatcher Borden,* and Michael G. Richmond*, “Experimental and Computational Studies of the Isomerization Reactions of Bidentate Phospine Ligands in Triosmium Clusters: Kinetics of the Rearrangements from Bridged to Chelated Isomers and X-ray Structures of the Clusters Os₃(CO)₁₀(dppbz), 1,1-Os₃(CO)₁₀(dppbzF₄), HOs₃(CO)₉[μ-1,2-PhP (C₆H₄-η1)C₆H₄PPh₂], and HOs₃(CO)₉[μ-1,2-PhP(C₆H₄-η1)C₆F₄PPh₂]”,Organometallics2011,30, 1253–1268.

4. Xue Zhang, David A. Hrovat, Ayan Datta and Weston Thatcher Borden*, “Effects of Geminal Methyl Groups on the Tunnelling Rates in the Ring Opening of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical at Cryogenic Temperature”,Org. Bio. Chem.2011,9, 3142-3145.

5. Xue Zhang, Haifeng Du, Zheng Wang, Yun-Dong Wu,* and Kuiling Ding*, “Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Hydrogen-Bond-Promoted EnantioselectiveHetero-Diels-Alder Reactionof Danishefsky’s Diene with Benzaldehyde”,J. Org. Chem.2006,71, 2862-2869.

6.Ollie M. Gonzalez-James,Xue Zhang, Ayan Datta, David A. Hrovat, Weston Thatcher Borden*, and Daniel A. Singleton*, “Experimental Evidence for Heavy-Atom Tunneling in the Ring-Opening of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical from Intramolecular 12C/13C Kinetic Isotope Effects”,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 12548-12549.

7.Liu, Y.; Sandoval, C. A.; Yamaguchi, Y.;Zhang, X.; Wang, Z.; Kato, K.; Ding, K*., “Hydrogen Bonding Makes a Difference in the Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation Using Monodentate Phosphoramidites”,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2006,128, 14212-14213.

8.Qing Jing,Xue Zhang, Jie Sun, Kuiling Ding*, “Bulky Achiral Triarylphosphines Mimic BINAP in Ru(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones”,Adv. Synth. Catal.2005,347, 1193–1197.

9.Haifeng Du,Xue Zhang, Zheng Wang, and Kuiling Ding*, “One catalyst for two distinct reactions: sequential asymmetric hetero Diels-Alder reaction and diethylzinc”,Tetrahedron,2005,40, 9465-9477.

10. Wen, YQ; Song, YL; Zhao, DB; Ding, KL; Bian, J;Zhang, X; Wang, JX; Liu, Y; Jiang, L; Zhu, DB, “Highly regio- and enantioselective thermal [2+2] cycloaddition of coumarin in a crystalline inclusion complex under high vacuum”,Chem. Commun.2005,21, 2732-2734.

11.Yu Yuan,Xue Zhang, and Kuiling Ding*, “Quasi solvent-free enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction with extremely low catalyst loading”,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2003,42, 5478 –5480.