Dr. Xiaolei Zhang

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordstransition metal, catalysis, borylation, C−C bond activation

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityWuxi
InstitutionJiangnan University
InstituteSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Todd Benjamin MarderInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2019

Program(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2022Xiaolei Zhang,* Alexandra Friedrich, and Todd B. Marder*: Copper-Catalyzed Borylation of Acyl Chlorides with an Alkoxy Diboron Reagent: A Facile Route to Acylboron Compounds. In: Chem. Eur. J., 28, 2022, e202201329
2022Xiaolei Zhang,* Florian Rauch, Jan Niedens, Ramon B. da Silva, Alexandra Friedrich, Agnieszka Nowak-Król,* Simon J. Garden,* and Todd B. Marder*: Electrophilic C−H Borylation of Aza[5]helicenes Leading to Bowl-Shaped Quasi-[7]Circulenes with Switchable Dynamics. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022,