Personal Information
Birthdate: July, 1991 Birthplace: Nanchang, P. R. China Mobile phone: 0086-182-4206-9761 E-mail: xkzhou@uchicago.edu
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Educational Background
2018.8-Now, Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of Chicago. Supervisor: Prof. Guangbin Dong.
2014.8-2018.6, Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Supervisor: Prof. Xingwei Li.
2013.9-2014.6, Graduate Course, the University of Science and Technology of China.
2009.9-2013.6, B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Hefei University of Technology.
Awards
2018 Excellent student prize of president fellowships, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018 Outstanding graduates of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018 The first prize of YanChang Petroleum
2017 National Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2014 Merit Student of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2012 National motivational scholarship of Hefei University of Technology.
2012 The gold award of 5th "Challenge Cup" project of college students in Anhui Province.
2011 First-class scholarship of Hefei University of Technology.
2010 National motivational scholarship of Hefei University of Technology.
2010 Merit Student of Hefei University of Technology.
Research and Publications:
Research Topics
The study of transition metal-catalysed couplings between arenes and strained or reactive rings: combination of C–H activation and ring scission
A comparative investigation on the reactivity and regio/chemo-selectivity of the Group 9 Cp*Co/Rh/Ir(III) catalysts in the context of C-H Activation and hydroarylation/Diels-Alder/transfer hydrogenation reactions
Mechanistic studies of organometallic and organic elementary reactions
Publications
1. Xukai Zhou, Yupeng Pan, and Xingwei Li*. Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergent Alkyne Insertion in the Context of C-H Activation and Diels-Alder Reactions: Synthesis of Fused and Bridged Cycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8163-8167.
2. Xukai Zhou, Jintao Xia, Guangfan Zheng, Lingheng Kong, and Xingwei Li*. Divergent Couplings of Anilines and Enones via Integration of C-H Activation and Transfer Hydrogenation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6681-6685.
3. Xukai Zhou, Songjie Yu, Lingheng Kong, and Xingwei Li*. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Coupling of Arenes with Cyclopropanols via C−H Activation and Ring Opening. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 647−651.
4. Xukai Zhou, Yixin Luo, Lingheng Kong, Youwei Xu, Guangfan Zheng, Yu Lan,* and Xingwei Li*. Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed Branch-Selective Hydroarylation of Alkynes via C-H Activation: Efficient Access to α-gem-Vinylindoles. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 7296−7304.
5. Xukai Zhou, Zisong Qi, Songjie Yu, Lingheng Kong, Yang Li, Wan-Fa Tian, and Xingwei Li*. Synthesis of 2-Substituted Quinolines via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation of Imidamides and Coupling with Cyclopropanols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1620–1625 (selected as front cover picture)
6. Xukai Zhou,Cyclopropanols via C−H Activation and Ring Opening. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 4869−4875.
7. Xukai Zhou, Songjie Yu, Zisong Qi, Xingwei Li*. Rhodium(III)-catalyzed [3+2] annulative coupling between oximes and electron-deficient alkynes. Sci China Chem, 2015, 58, 1297-1301. (hot paper)
8. Xukai Zhou, Jiaqiong Sun, Xingwei Li*. Chemo-selective couplings of anilines and acroleins/enones under substrate control and condition control. Chin. J. Catal. 2018, 39, 1782-1791.