Name: Xiaojun Zeng

Gender: Male

Job title: Professor.

Email Address: xjzeng@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience ：

2020.07 -- present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Professor, Director of …….

2019.04~2020.06: Miami University, Postdoctoral Researcher

2001.09~2003.07: University of Louisville, Postdoctoral degree

2015.09~2018.07: Donghua University, doctoral Doctoral degree

2010.09~2013.07: Zhejiang Normal University, Master degree

2006.09~2010.07: Jinggangshan University, Bachelor degree

Teaching：

Organic Chemistry, University Chemistry.

Research fields:

Our research group primarily concentrates on catalytic chemistry, with a particular emphasis on exploring straightforward and efficient synthesis strategies. We employ free radicals as carriers to precisely achieve the rapid assembly of fluorine-containing compounds.

Group website: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/zeng_xiaojun?lang=en

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b5Q3nVgAAAAJ&hl=en

Research projects：

2021.01-2023.12  Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi province 100000 RMB

2022.01-2024.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China 300000 RMB

2023.01-2023.12  Jiangxi Province Overseas Shortage Talent Project 100000 RMB

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

1. Du, Z.;# Liu, S.;# Li, Y.; Peng, J.; Sun, Y.; Song, Y.; Liu, Y.; Zeng, X*. Fluoroamide-Directed Regiodivergent C-Alkylation of Nitroalkanes. Org. Lett. 2023,25, 4632–4637

2. Y. Liu, Z. Zhang, Z. Wei, Z. Zhong, S. Liu*, Y. Yang*, X. Zeng*. Catalyst-free Photochemical Reactions of Alkyl Dihydropyridines via Modulation of Chromophores and Light Wavelength. New J. Chem. 2023.47,7369-7374.

3. Zeng, X#.; Wang, C#.; Yan, W#.; Rong, J#.; Song, Y#.; Xiao, Z.; Cai, A.; Liang, S. H*.; Liu, W*. Aryl Radical Enabled, Copper-Catalyzed Sonogashira-Type Cross-Coupling of Alkynes with Alkyl Iodides. ACS Catal. 2023, 2761-2770.

4. Man, Y.; Liu, S.; Xu, B*.; Zeng, X*., N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Catalyzed C–H Acylation via Radical Relay. Org. Lett. 2022,24,944-948.

5. Zeng, X.; Liu,S.; Hao,Y.; Yi,Y.; Hammond, G. B*.; Xu, B*, “Widely Applicable Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihaloalkenes Using in situ Generated ICl, IBr, BrCl, I2, and Br2” Chem, 2020,6,1018-1031.

6. Zeng, X.+; Yan, W+.; Paeth, M.; Zacate, S. B.; Cai.A, Wang Y.; Yang, D.; Yang, K.; Liu, W*., “Copper-Catalyzed Deaminative Difluoromethylation”. ”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 16398-16403.

7. Zeng, X.; Yan, W.; Paeth, M.; Zacate, S. B.; Hong, P.-H.; Wang, Y.; Yang, D.; Yang, K.; Yan, T.; Song, C.; Cao, Z*.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, W*., Copper-Catalyzed, Chloroamide-Directed Benzylic C−H Difluoromethylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19941-19949.

8. Zeng, X.; Yan, W.; Zacate, S. B.; Chao, T.-H.; Sun, X.; Cao, Z*.; Bradford, K. G. E.; Paeth, M.; Tyndall, S. B.; Yang, K.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, W*., "Copper Catalyzed Decarboxylative Difluoromethylation". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11398-11403

9. Zeng, X.; li,J.; Hammond, G. B*.; Xu, B*, “Nucleophilic (Radio)Fluoro-Click Reaction Enabled by Hydrogen Bonding Clusters” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2924-2928.

10. Zeng, X.; Liu, S.; Shi, Z.; Liu, G.; Xu, B*. “Synthesis of α-Fluoroketones by Insertion of HF into a Gold Carbene” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10032-10036.