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CAI Zhongjian

Name：CAI Zhongjian
 Title：Associate Professor
 

Email: zjcai@suda.edu.cn

 

 

 

 

 

 


Professor (Organic Chemistry)

 

B.Sc. Nanchang University (2011)

Ph.D. Soochow University (2016)

Postdoc, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy ofSciences (2016-2018)

Postdoc, Purdue University (2018-2019)

 

Research Interests:asymmetric C-H functionalizations; free-radical cascade reactions; synthesis of biologically active heterocycles; late-stage modification of nature products and biologically active molecules.

Representative Publications

  1. Z.-J. Cai, C.-X. Liu, Q. Wang, Q. Gu, and S.-L. You*Thioketone-Directed Rhodium(I) Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Bond Arylation of Ferrocenes. Nature Communications2019, 10,4168.

  2. Z.-J. Cai, C.-X. Liu, Q. Gu*, C. Zheng, and S.-L. You*Pd(II)-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Oxidative C-H/C-H Cross-Coupling Reaction between Ferrocenes and Azoles. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2019, 58, 2149-2153.

  3. Z.-J. Cai, C.-X. Liu, Q. Gu, and S.-L. You*Thioketone Directed Palladium(II)-Catalyzed C-H Arylation of Ferrocenes. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2018, 57, 1296-1299.

  4. Z.-J. Cai, F.-H. Li, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji*Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Arene/Alkyne Annulation: Synthesis of Fluorene-Benzoxazine Derivatives. Organic Letters, 2016, 18, 4810-4813.

  5. Z.-J. Cai, C. Yang, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* Palladium-catalyzed highly regioselective 6-exo-dig cyclization and alkenylation of ortho-ethynylanilides: the synthesis of polyene-substituted benzo[d][1,3]oxazines. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 14267-14270.

  6. Z.-J. Cai, C. Yang, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective C-H Acylation of Biaryl-2-amines The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 80, 7928 -7936.

  7. Z.-J. Cai, X.-M. Lu, Y. Zi, C. Yang, L.-J. Shen, J. Li, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* I2/TBPB Mediated Oxidative Reaction of N‑Tosylhydrazones with Anilines: Practical Construction of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles under Metal-Free and Azide-Free Conditions Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 5108-5111.

  8. Z.-J. Cai, X.-M. Lu, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* Copper-Catalyzed Cyclization of Oxime Acetates with 2-Benzylidenemalononitriles for Synthesis of 2‑Aminonicotinonitriles Acta Chimica Sinica,2014, 72, 914-919.

  9. Z.-J. Cai, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* I2/TBHP-Catalyzed Chemoselective Amination of IndolesOrganic Letters, 2013, 15, 5226-52291.

  10. Z.-J. Cai, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji*Copper(I)iodide/ Boron Trifluoride Etherate Cocatalyzed Aerobic Dehydrogenative Reactions Applied in the Synthesis of Substituted Heteroaromatic Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinesAdvanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2013, 355, 2686-2692.

  11. Z.-J. Cai, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* CuI/BF3•Et2O Co-Catalyzed Aerobic Dehydrogenative Reactions of Ketones with Benzylamines: Facile Synthesis of Substituted Imidazoles Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 6068-6071.

  12. Y. Zi, Z.-J. Cai, S.-Y. Wang*, and S.-J. Ji* Synthesis of Isatins by I2/TBHP Mediated Oxidation of Indoles. Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 3094-3097. (Y.Z. and Z.-J.C. contributed equally).

  13. Q. Wang, Z.-J. Cai, C.-X. Liu, Q. Gu, and S.-L. You* Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective C–H Arylation: Efficient Synthesis of Axially Chiral Heterobiaryls. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 9504-9510.