Name

Zhang Chi

Gender

Male
Academic Background
Doctor degree
Graduate School
The University of Hong Kong
Professional Title
professor
Administrative Post

Department/Institute
Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
Special Talent
Address
Telephone

Email
zhangchi@nankai.edu.cn
Research Group Website
http://skleoc.nankai.edu.cn/professors/zhangc/zhangchi.htm
Research Interest
http://skleoc.nankai.edu.cn/professors/zhangc/zhangchi.htm           
History
1990 B.S., Lanzhou University
1996 M.Sc., Lanzhou University
2001 Ph.D., The University of Hong Kong 
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 
2003-now Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University          
Honors and Award

               
Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications
1. “Practical Peptide Synthesis Mediated by a Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine Reagent and Tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine” C. Zhang*, S.-S. Liu, B. Sun, J. Tian, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4106-4109.
2. “Recyclable Hypervalent-Iodine-Mediated Dehydrogenative α,β′-Bifunctionalization of β-Keto Esters Under Metal-Free Conditions” Y.-N. Duan, L.-Q. Cui, L.-H. Zuo, C. Zhang*, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13052-13057.
3. “Iodosodilactone as a Recyclable Oxidant for Efficient Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds” A. Song, C. Zhang*, Acta Chim. Sinica 2015, DOI: 10.6023/A15050355.
4. “Synthesis of Oxazolidin-2-ones and Imidazolidin-2-ones Directly from 1,3-Diols or 3-Amino Alcohols using Iodobenzene Dichloride and Sodium Azide” T. He, W.-C. Gao, W.-K. Wang, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1113-1118.
5. “Boron Trifluoride Etherate Functioning as a Fluorine Source in an Iodosobenzene-Mediated Intramolecular Amino?uorination of Homoallylic Amines” J. Cui, Q. Jia, R.-Z. Feng, S.-S. Liu, T. He, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1442-1445.
6. “Iodine-Mediated Intramolecular Amination of Ketones: the Synthesis of 2-Acylindoles and 2-Acylindolines by
Tuning N-Protecting Groups” W.-C. Gao, S. Jiang, R.-L. Wang, C. Zhang*, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4890-4892.
7. “Practical Oxazole Synthesis Mediated by Iodine from α-Bromoketones and Benzylamine Derivatives” W.-C. Gao, R.-L. Wang, C. Zhang*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 7123-7128.
8. “Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent Iodosodilactone as an Efficient Coupling Reagent for Direct Esterification, Amidation, and Peptide Coupling” J. Tian, W.-C. Gao, D.-M. Zhou, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3020-3023.
9. “A Mild and Efficient Direct ?-Amination of ?-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Iodosobenzene and p-Toluenesulfonamide Catalyzed by Perchlorate Zinc Hexahydrate” J. Yu, S.-S. Liu, J. Cui, X.-S. Hou, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 832-835.
10. “A Dramatic Solvent Effect on One-Pot Synthesis of Substituted Ureas Directly from Primary Alcohols Using the Combined Reagent of Iodobenzene Dichloride and Sodium Azide in Ethyl Acetate” C. Zhang*, W.-K. Wang, T. He, Synthesis 2012, 44, 3006-3014 (invited).
11. “Enantioselective ?-tosyloxylation of ketones catalyzed by spirobiindane scaffold-based chiral iodoarenes” J. Yu, J. Cui, X.-S. Hou, S.-S. Liu, W.-C. Gao, S. Jiang, J. Tian, C. Zhang*, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry. 2011, 22, 2039-2055.
12. “Design, Synthesis, Structure, and Dehydrogenation Reactivity of a Water-Soluble o-Iodoxybenzoic Acid Derivative Bearing a Trimethylammonium Group” L.-Q. Cui, Z.-L. Dong, K. Liu, C. Zhang*, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6488-6491.
13. “Effective oxidation of benzylic and alkane C–H bonds catalyzed by sodium o-iodobenzenesulfonate with Oxone as a terminal oxidant under phase-transfer conditions” L.-Q. Cui, K. Liu, C. Zhang*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 2258-2265.
14. “One-Pot Synthesis of Symmetrical 1,3-Diarylureas or Substituted Benzamides Directly from Benzylic Primary Alcohols and Effective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Using Phenyliodine Diacetate in Combination with Sodium Azide” X.-Q. Li, W.-K. Wang, Y.-X. Han, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 2588-2598.
15. “Various ?-Oxygen Functionalizations of ?-Dicarbonyl Compounds Mediated by the Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent p-Iodotoluene Difluoride with Different Oxygen-Containing Nucleophiles” J. Yu, J. Tian, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 531-546.
16. “One-Pot Synthesis of Carbamoyl Azides Directly from Primary Alcohols and Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols to Ketones Using Iodobenzene Dichloride in Combination with Sodium Azide” X.-Q. Li, W.-K. Wang, C. Zhang*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 2342-2350.
17. “A Safe, Convenient and Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of ?-Chloroketone Acetals Directly from Ketones Using Iodobenzene Dichloride” J. Yu, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2009, 2324-2328.
18. “An Environmentally Benign TEMPO-Catalyzed Efficient Alcohol Oxidation System with a Recyclable Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent and Its Facile Preparation” X.-Q. Li, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2009, 1163-1169.
19. “Iodobenzene dichloride in combination with sodium azide for the effective synthesis of carbamoyl azides from aldehydes” X.-Q. Li, X.-F. Zhao, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2008, 2589-2593.
20. “Iodobenzene dichloride as a stoichiometric oxidant For the conversion of alcohols into carbonyl compounds; Two facile methods for its preparation” X.-F. Zhao, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2007, 551-557.
21. “A Simple and Effective Synthesis of Benzolactones and Benzolactams by Noncatalytic Benzylic Oxidation of Cyclic Benzylic Ethers and N-Protected Cyclic Benzylic Amines with Sodium Chlorite as an Oxidant” A.-R. Song, J. Yu, C. Zhang*, Synthesis 2012, 44, 2903-2909.
22. “A Simple and Effective Method for ?-Hydroxylation of ?-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using Oxone as an Oxidant without a Catalyst” J. Yu, J. Cui, C. Zhang*, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 7020-7026.
23. “A Simple Method for Epoxidation of Olefins Using Sodium Chlorite as an Oxidant without a Catalyst” X.-L. Geng, Z. Wang, X.-Q. Li, C. Zhang*, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 9610-9613.                
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