2020
(245) Mono- and Bis-Titanium Complexes Bridged by 2-Butene Tetraanion: Synthesis and Structural Characterization
Chao Yu, Wang Ma, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Organometallics 2020, 39, 793–796.
(246) Inverse-Sandwich Cyclobutadiene Dinickel Complexes: Synthesis and Structural Characterization
Chao Yu, Botao Wu, Zhenqiang Yang, Hui Chen, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 1314–1318.
(247) Butadienyl Diiron Complexes: Nonplanar Metalla-Aromatics Involving σ-Type Orbital Overlap
Chao Yu, Mingdong Zhong, Yongliang Zhang, Junnian Wei, Wangyang Ma, Wen-Xiong Zhang, Shengfa Ye*,and Zhenfeng Xi*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19048–19053.
(248) Dinickelaferrocene: A Ferrocene Analogue with Two Aromatic Nickeloles Realized by Electron Back-Donation from Iron
Zhe Huang, Yu Zheng, Wen-Xiong Zhang, Shengfa Ye*, Liang Deng*, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14394–14398.
(249) Direct Transformation of Dinitrogen: Synthesis of N-Containing Organic Compounds via N−C Bond Formation
Ze-Jie Lv, Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang, Ping Chen, Dehui Deng, Zhang-Jie Shi, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Natl. Sci. Rev. 2020, 7, 1564–1583.
(250) Cyclic Bis-alkylidene Complexes of Titanium and Zirconium: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction
Yongliang Zhang, Botao Wu, Mingdong Zhong, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 16472–16479.
(251) Carbodiimide-Based Synthesis of N-Heterocycles: Moving from Two Classical Reactive Sites to Chemical Bond Breaking/Forming Reaction
Yang Wang*, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 5810–5849. (Invited Review Article)
(252) Trishomoaromatic (B3N3Ph6) Dianion: Characterization and Two-Electron Reduction
Nan Li#, Botao Wu#, Chao Yu, Tianyu Li, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8868–8872. ( #Authors contributed equally.)
(253) 2-Butene Tetraanion Bridged Dinuclear Samarium(III) Complexes via Sm(II)-Mediated Reduction of Electron-Rich Olefins
Yu Zheng#, Chang-Su Cao#, Wangyang Ma#, Tianyang Chen, Botao Wu, Chao Yu, Zhe Huang, Jianhao Yin, Han-Shi Hu*, Jun Li, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10705–10714. ( #Authors contributed equally.)
(254) Rare-earth Metal Boroxide with Formal Triple Metal-Oxygen Orbital Interaction: Synthesis from B(C6F5)3·H2O and Radical-anion Ligated Rare-earth Metal Amides
Haihan Yan#, Botao Wu#, Xiao-Kun Zhao, Chao Yu, Junnian Wei, Han-Shi Hu, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi
CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 2772–2781. ( #Authors contributed equally.)
