Zhang Feng

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Feng received his B.A. in Chemistry from Southwest University in Chongqing, China, where he was mentored by Prof. Qixiang Guo. After moving to Shanghai, he completed his Ph.D. at the shanghai Institute of organic chemistry (SIOC) with Prof. Xingang Zhang. His doctoral research involves the development of transition-metal-catalyzed difluoroalkylations. He then moved to New Jersey and began his postdoctoral studies with Prof. MacMillan at Princeton University. In 2017, he started his independent research career at Chongqing University in the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Organometallic chemistry; Organofluorine chemistry

1.  Minghui Sun,^# Maoling Tao,^# Liang Zhao, Weipiao Li, Zhengli Liu, Chun-Yang He,* and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed C-F Bond Silylation and Borylation of Fluoroarenes. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, doi.org/10.1039/D1QO00839K.

2.  Shangsheng Zhou,^# Yu Pu,^# Zhengli Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Jiang Zhu,* and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Diborylation of Unactivated Aliphatic gem-Dihalogenoalkenes: Synthesis of 1,2-Bis(boryl)alkanes. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 5565-5570.

3.  Huan Zhang,^# Enhui Wang,^# Shasha Geng,^# Zhengli Liu, Yun He, Qian Peng* and Zhang Feng*. Experimental and Computational Studies on the Iron-Catalyzed Selective and Controllable Defluorosilylation of Unactivated Aliphatic gem-Difluoroalkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 10211-10218.

4.  Juan Zhang, Siyu Wang, Yun Zhang, and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions for the Construction of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds. Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9, 1519-1531.

5.  Shiyu Wang,^# Minghui Sun,^# Huan Zhang, Juan Zhang, Yun He, and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Borylation and Silylation of Unactivated Tertiary, Secondary and Primary Alkyl Chlorides. CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 2164-2173.

6.  Shasha Geng,^# Juan Zhang,^# Shuo Chen,^# Yun He, and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Construction of Csp²-B Bonds via C-O Bond Activation. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5582.

7.  Xiaoqin Zeng, Yuxuan Zhang, Zhengli Liu, Shasha Geng, Yun He, Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Borylation of Aryl Ethers via Cleavage of C−O Bonds. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2950.

8.  Jia Jia, ^# Xiaoqin Zeng, ^# Zhengli Liu, Liang Zhao, Chun-Yang He,* Xiao-Fei Li,* and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Silylation of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides with Et₃SiBpin. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2816.

9.  Juan Zhang, Yun Zhang, Shasha Geng, Shuo Chen, Zhengli Liu, Xiaoqin Zeng, Yun He, and Zhang Feng*. C−O Bond Silylation Catalyzed by Iron: A General Method for the Construction of Csp2−Si Bonds. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2669.

10.  Shasha Geng,^# Baojian Xiong,^# Yun Zhang, ^# Juan Zhang, ^# Yun He*, and Zhang Feng*. Iron-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Benzylic Sp³ C-H Bonds by Molecular Oxygen Using Thiyl Radical as Additive. Chem Commun, 2019, 20, 4521.

11.  Baojian Xiong, Xiaoqin Zeng, Shasha Geng, Shuo Chen, Yun He* and Zhang Feng*. Thiyl radical promoted chemo- and regioselective oxidation of C=C bonds using molecular oxygen via iron catalysis. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 4521.

12.  Zhang Feng, Yu-Lan Xiao and Xingang Zhang* Transition-metal (Cu, Pd, Ni)-catalyzed difluoroalkylation via cross-coupling with difluoroalkyl halides. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 2264.

13.  Zhang Feng,^# Qiao-Qiao Min^# Xia-ping Fu,^# and Xingang Zhang*. Chlorodifluoromethane Triggered Formation of Difluoromethylated (Hetero)Arenes Catalyzed by Palladium. Nat Chem. 2017, 9, 918, (#Co-first author); (This work was highlighted by C&EN, 2017, 95, 7.) (This work was highlighted by Molecule of the Week, C&EN, 2017, 06, 19.)

14.  Zhang Feng, Qiao-Qiao Min, Hai-Yang Zhao, Ji-Wei Gu, and Xingang Zhang*. A General Synthesis of Fluoroalkylated Alkenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reaction of Fluoroalkyl Bromides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1270.

15.  Zhang Feng, Qiao-Qiao Min, Yu-Lan Xiao, Bo Zhang, Xingang Zhang* Palladium -Catalyzed Difluoroalkylation of Aryl Boronic Acids: A New Method for the Synthesis of Aryldifluoromethylated Phosphonates and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1669 (This work was highlighted by C&EN, 2014, 92, 25 “Cross-Coupling Fluorinations Ramp Up”.)

16.  Zhang Feng, Qiao-Qiao Min, and Xingang Zhang* Facile Access to Difluoromethylated Arenes by Pd-Catalyzed Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Bromodifluoroacetate. Org. Lett. 2016, 18 , 44.

17.  Zhang Feng, Fei Chen, and Xingang Zhang* Copper Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Iodobenzoates with Bromozinc-difluorophosphonate. Org. Lett,2012, 14, 1938. (This work was highlighted by Synfacts, 2012, 7, 0775)

18.  Zhang Feng, Yu-lan Xiao, Xingang Zhang* Copper Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Of Bromozinc-difluorophosphonate withIodo/Bromo-Aryl Triazenes. Org.Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 113. (Top-20 most-cited Organic Chemistry Frontiers articles in 2014. Org.Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 9.).

19.  Zhang Feng, Yu-Lan Xiao, and Xingang Zhang* Palladium-catalyzed phosphonyldifluoromethylation of alkenes with bromodifluoromethylphosphonate. Org.Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 466.