精细化工

1）均相催化（homogeneous catalysis），导向有机合成的金属有机化学（OMCOS）；2）有机催化（organocatalysis）；3）生物活性天然产物的合成

(1) Guoshuai Li, Yifei Yan, Pengfei Zhang, Xiaohua Xu*, and Zhong Jin*, Pd-Catalyzed meta-Selective C-H Functionalization by Noncovalent H-Bonding Interaction, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10460-10466.
(2) Yunyao Kang, Zhili Pang, Niuniu Xu, Fangjie Chen, Zhong Jin*, and Xiaohua Xu*, Strigolactone analogues derived from dihydroflavonoids as potent seed germinators for the broomrapes, J. Agri. Food. Chem. 2020, 68, 11077-11087.
(3) Shuguang Xie, Sen Li, Wenqian Ma, Xiaohua Xu* and Zhong Jin*, Chelation-directed remote meta-C-H functionalization of aromatic aldehydes and ketons. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 12408-12411.
(4) Jingjing Chen#, Jiancong Xu#, Yu Zhou, Shuguang Xie, Feng Gao, Xiufang Xu, Xiaohua Xu*, and Zhong Jin*, Sequential ortho-C-H and ipso-C-O functionalizaiton using a bifunctional directing group. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7928-7932.
(5) Bo Wang, Yu Zhou, Niuniu Xu, Xiufang Xu*, Xiaohua Xu* and Zhong Jin*, Palladium(II)-catalyzed remote meta-C-H functionalization of aromatic tertiary amines. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1885-1889.
(6) Jiancong Xu#, Jingjing Chen#, Feng Gao, Shuguang Xie, Xiaohua Xu*, Zhong Jin* and Jin-Quan Yu*, Sequential functionalization of meta-C-H and ipso-C-O bonds of phenols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1903-1907.
(7) Jiancong Xu, Yang Liu, Jinling Zhang, Xiaohua*, and Zhong Jin*, Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C(sp2)-H arylation of ferrocenyl ketones enabled by a chiral transient directing group. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 689-692.
(8) Yang Liu#, Jiancong Xu#, Jinling Zhang, Xiaohua Xu*, and Zhong Jin*, Intramolecular direct C-H arylation via a metallocenic radical pathway: Stereospecific approach to planar-chiral ferrocenes. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5709-5712.
(9) Jiancong Xu#, Yang Liu#, Ying Wang, Yajuan Li, Xiaohua Xu* and Zhong Jin*, Pd-catalyzed direct ortho-C-H arylation of aromatic ketones enabled by a transient directing group. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 1562-1565.
(10) Lanlan Zhang#, Chaoyue Zhao#, Yang Liu, Jiancong Xu, Xiufang Xu*, and Zhong Jin*, Activation of remote meta-C-H bonds in arenes with tethered alcohols: A salicylonitrile template. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12245-12249.