Educational Background

  • B. Sc., Lanzhou University
  • M. Sc., Lanzhou University
  • Ph.D., The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Current Research Interests

  • DFT Calculations, Metal catalysis; New Reagents; Synthetic Methods; Chemistry of (Hetero)aryne and Carboryne.

Selected Publications

  1. Chan, T. L.; Zhang, J.*; Xie, Z.* Synthesis and Structure of Diphosphene-Bridged Dicarborane Dianions with [2n+3] Skeletal Electrons. Inorg. Chem., accepted, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c04262.
  2. Mao, X.; Zhang, J.*; Xie, Z.* Regioselective C(sp3)–H borylation via a diarylboryl anion surrogate in sp2–sp3 diboranes(5). Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 22314–22321.
  3. Chan, T. L.; Zhang, J.*; Xie, Z.* Carboranyl Diphosphenes: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 10946-10955.
  4. Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* Synthesis, reactivity and nucleophilicity of carboranyl-B-Mg compound. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8945.
  5. Guo, C.; Zhang, J.; Ge, Y.; Qiu, Z.*; Xie, Z.* Asymmetric Palladium Migration for Synthesis of Chiral-at-Cage o-Carboranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 64, e202416987.
  6. Au, Y.; Ma, Q.; Zhang, J.*; Xie, Z.* Ir-Catalyzed B(3)-Amination of o-Carboranes with Amines via Acceptorless Dehydrogenative BH/NH Cross-Coupling. Chem. Asian J., 2023, 18, e202300611.
  7. Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* N-Ligand-Enabled Aromatic Nucleophilic Amination of 1,2-Diaryl-o-Carboranes with (R2N)2Mg for Selective Synthesis of 4-R2N-o-Carboranes and 2-R2N-m-Carboranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202202675.
  8. Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* Ene Reaction of o-Carboryne with Alkynes and Alkenes at Room Temperature: Synthesis of o-Carboranyl Allenes and Alkenes. Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 2971–2975.
  9. Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* Tandem [4 + 2]/[2 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Carboryne with Enynes: Facile Construction of Carborane-fused Tricyclics. Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 5616–5620.
  10. Zhang, J.; Tang, C.; Xie, Z.* Magnesium-mediated sp3 C–H activation in cascade cyclization of 1-arylethynyl-2-alkyl-o-carboranes: efficient synthesis of carborane-fused cyclopentanes. Chem. Sci., 2020, 11(36), 9925–9929.
  11. Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* [2 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Carboryne with Vinyl Ethers: Synthesis of Carborane-Fused Cyclobutanes. Organometallics, 2020, 39, 4214–4220.
  12. Zhang, J.; Xie, Z.* Broad Scope Extra-Annular [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Carboryne with Styrenes: Efficient Route to Carborane-Fused Polycyclics. Chin. J. Chem., 2018, 36, 1041–1046.