122. Kunbing Ouyang, Wei Hao, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cleavage of C–N Single Bonds,
Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 12045-12090. (Invited Review)
http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00386
121. Ling Xu, Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Insertion/Rearrangement Reactivity of a Lutetacyclopentadiene towards N,N'-Diphenylcarbodiimide: Cooperative Effect of the Metal Center, Concentration of LiCl, and Solvent,
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15860-15866.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201502135
120. Baosheng Wei, Heng Li, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity of a Fluorene-Based Calcium Oxycyclopentadienide Complex,
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1339-1344.
http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00059
119. Yue Chi, Ling Xu, Shanshan Du, Haihan Yan, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Synthesis and Mechanistic Study of Cyclic Oxoguanidines via Zn(OTf)2-Catalyzed Guanylation/Amidation from Readily Available Amino Acid Esters and Carbodiimides,
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 10369-10378. (Cover Paper)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201500573
118. Wangyang Ma, Ling Xu, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Half-sandwich Rare-earth Metal Tris(alkyl) Ate Complexes Catalyzed Phosphaguanylation Reaction of Phosphines with Carbodiimides: An Efficient Synthesis of Phosphaguanidines,
New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 7649-7655. (Invited Paper for a Themed Issue on "Organo-f-Element Chemistry")
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nj01136a
117. Shan-Shan Liu, Ling Xu, Shang-Da Jiang, Yi-Quan Zhang, Yin-Shan Meng, Zitao Wang, Bing-Wu Wang*, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, Zhenfeng Xi, and Song Gao*, Half-Sandwich Complexes of DyIII: A Janus-Motif with Facile Tunability of Magnetism,
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 5162-5168.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ic502734z
116. Ling Xu, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Mechanistic Considerations on the Catalytic Guanylation Reaction of Amines with Carbodiimides for Guanidine Synthesis,
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1787-1801. (Review)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00251
115. Ling Xu, Yu-Chen Wang, Junnian Wei, Yang Wang, Zitao Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, The First Lutetacyclopentadienes: Synthesis, Structure, and Diversified Insertion/C−H Activation Reactivity,
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 6686-6689. (Hot Paper and Highlighted by ChemistryViews)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201500387
114. Wen-Xiong Zhang*, Ling Xu, and Zhenfeng Xi, Recent Development of Synthetic Preparation Methods for Guanidines via Transition Metal Catalysis,
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 254–265. (Invited Feature Article)
https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc05291a
113. Shaoguang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Semibullvalene and Diazasemibullvalene: Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Reaction Chemistry, and Synthetic Applications,
Acc. Chem. Res 2015, 48, 1823–1831.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00190
112. Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Dianions as Formal Oxidants: Synthesis and Characterization of Aromatic Dilithionickeloles from 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-butadienes and [Ni(cod)2],
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5999–6002.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201411009
111. Junnian Wei, Yongliang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, 1,3-Butadienyl Dianions as Non-Innocent Ligands: Synthesis and Characterization of Aromatic Dilithio Rhodacycles,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9986–9990.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504521
110. Yongliang Zhang, Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Lithium Aluminate Complexes and Alumoles from 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-Butadienes and AlEt2Cl,
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 10695–10700.
http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01551
109. Wei Hao, Han Wang, Qingyu Ye, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Cyclopentadiene-Phosphine/Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indolizines from Pyrrole and 1,4-Dibromo-1,3-butadienes,
Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5674–5677.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02959
108. Liang Liu, Weizhi Geng, Qi Yang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Well-Defined Butadienyl Organocopper(I) Aggregates from Zirconacyclopentadienes and CuCl: Synthesis and Structural Characterization,
Organometallics 2015, 34, 4198-4201.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00598
107. Baosheng Wei, Heng Li, Jianhao Yin, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Reaction of Dilithio Reagents with PhSiH3: Formation of Siloles and 3-Silacyclopentenes,
J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 8758–8762.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b01595
