Education:
BS (2006), Xiamen University
PhD (2010), Washington University in St Louis
Selected Recent Publications:
1. Xiong, P. & Xu, H.-C. Chemistry with Electrochemically Generated N-Centered Radicals. Acc. Chem. Res.52, 3339-3350 (2019).
2. Yan, H., Hou, Z.-W. & Xu, H.-C. Photoelectrochemical C-H Alkylation of Heteroarenes with Organotrifluoroborates.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.58, 4592-4595 (2019).
3. Xu, F., Long, H., Song, J. & Xu, H.-C. De Novo Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Benzimidazolones and Benzoxazolones through an Electrochemical Dehydrogenative Cyclization Cascade. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.58, 9017-9021 (2019).
4. Huang, C., Qian, X.-Y. & Xu, H.-C. Continuous-Flow Electrosynthesis of Benzofused S-Heterocycles by Dehydrogenative C?S Cross-Coupling. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.58, 6650-6653 (2019).
5. Cai, C.-Y., Shu, X.-M. & Xu, H.-C. Practical and stereoselective electrocatalytic 1,2-diamination of alkenes. Nat. Commun.10, 4953 (2019).
6. Wu, Z. J.; Su, F.; Lin, W.; Song, J.; Wen, T. B.; Zhang, H. J.; Xu, H. C.Scalable Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Aryl C-H Phosphorylation Enabled by Anodic Oxidation Induced Reductive Elimination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.58, 16770-16774 (2019).
7. Zhao, H.-B., Xu, P., Song, J. & Xu, H.-C. Cathode Material Determines Product Selectivity for Electrochemical C?H Functionalization of Biaryl Ketoximes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.57, 15153-15156 (2018).
8. Xiong, P., Xu, H.-H., Song, J. & Xu, H.-C. Electrochemical Difluoromethylarylation of Alkynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc.140, 2460-2464 (2018).
9. Xiong, P.; Long, H.; Song, J.; Wang, Y.; Li, J.-F.; Xu, H.-C.Electrochemically Enabled Carbohydroxylation of Alkenes with H2O and Organotrifluoroborates. J. Am. Chem. Soc.140, 16387?16391 (2018).
10. Wu, Z.-J., Li, S.-R. & Xu, H.-C. Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via Dehydrogenative Annulation of N-Allyl Amides with 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.57, 14070-14074 (2018).
11. Hou, Z.-W., Mao, Z.-Y., Melcamu, Y.Y., Lu, X. & Xu, H.-C. Electrochemical Synthesis of Imidazo-Fused N-Heteroaromatic Compounds through a C?N Bond-Forming Radical Cascade. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.57, 1636-1639 (2018).
12. Cai, C.-Y. & Xu, H.-C. Dehydrogenative reagent-free annulation of alkenes with diols for the synthesis of saturated O-heterocycles. Nat. Commun.9, 3551 (2018).
