89. Ling Xu, Yu-Chen Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Half-sandwich Bis(propiolamidinate) Rare-earth Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Dissociation of the Cyclopentadienyl Ligand via Competition with an Amidinate,
Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 16466-16469.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT52179F
88. Yang Wang, Fei Zhao, Yi Zhou, Yue Chi, Zitao Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Mechanistic Study on the Cleavage and Reorganization of C(sp3)-H and C=N Bonds in Carbodiimides: Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydrothiopyrimidines and 2,3-Dihydropyrimidinthiones through Four-Component Coupling,
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 10643-10654.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201301633
87. Yang Wang, Yue Chi, Fei Zhao, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi, Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of N-Acyl Chloroformamidines: Useful Building Blocks for the Construction of N-Acyl-Substituted 1,1-Diaminoethylenes, Amidines, Ureas, and Thioureas,
Synthesis 2013, 45, 347-354.
86. Shaoguang Zhang, Ming Zhan, Wen-Xiong Zhang*, and Zhenfeng Xi*, 3-D Brick-Wall Polymeric Structure of TMEDA-Supported 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-Butadiene,
Organometallics 2013, 32, 4020-4023.
https://doi.org/10.1021/om400531h
85. Shaoguang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Lewis Acid Catalyzed Site-Selective Cycloadditions of 2,6-Diazasemibullvalenes with Isocyanides, Azides, and Diazo Compounds for the Synthesis of Diaza- and Triazabrexadiene Derivatives,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3485-3489.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201210126
84. Heng, Li, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng*, Alkaline Earth Metallocenes Coordinated with Ester Pendants: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Application in Metathesis Reactions,
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12859-12866.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201301618
83. Heng Li, Baosheng Wei, Ling Xu, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng*, Barium Dibenzopentalenide as a Main-Group Metal η8 Complex: Facile Synthesis from 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-butadienes and Ba[N(SiMe3)2]2, Structural Characterization, and Reaction Chemistry,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10822-10825. (Cover Paper)
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201305254
82. Ming Zhan, Shaoguang Zhang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng*, Diazo Compounds as Electrophiles to React with 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes: Efficient Synthesis of 1-Imino-Pyrrole Derivatives,
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4182-4185.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ol401878q
81. Junnian Wei, Zitao Wang, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Construction of Octaalkyl- Substituted and Decasubstituted all-cis-Octatetraenes via Linear Dimerization of 1,4-Dicopper-1,3-butadienes and Subsequent Cross-coupling with Halides,
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1222-1225. (Highlighted by SYNFACTS)
https://doi.org/10.1021/ol400140n
80. Fei Zhao, Ming Zhan, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, DFT Studies on the Reaction Mechanisms of 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes with Nitriles,
Organometallics 2013, 32, 2059-2068.
https://doi.org/10.1021/om300869t
79. Shaoguang Zhang, Ming Zhan, Qian Luo, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi*, Oxidation of C-H Bonds to C=O Bonds by O2 Only or N-Oxides and DMSO: Synthesis of ∆1-Bipyrrolinones and Pyrrolino[3,2-b]pyrrolinones from 2,6-Diazasemibullvalenes,
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 6146-6148.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC43061H
78. Lijun Shi, Dazhi Yang, Francesca Colombo, Yuming Yu, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Liangbing Gan*, Punching a Carbon Atom of C60 into its Own Cavity to Form Endohedral Complex CO@C59O6 under Mild Conditions,
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 16545-16549.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303501
77. Weizhi Geng, Chao Wang, Jie Guang, Wei Hao, Wen-Xiong Zhang, and Zhenfeng Xi,* 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Cyclopentadienes and Their Applications for Metallocenes: Efficient Synthesis through Zirconocene- and CuCl-Mediated Intermolecular Coupling of Two Alkynes and One Diiodomethane,
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 8657-8664.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201300416
76. Tingting Li, Masayoshi Nishiura, Jianhua Cheng, Wen-Xiong Zhang, Yang Li, and Zhaomin Hou*, Hydrogenolysis and Protonation of Polynuclear Lutetium Methylidene and Methyl Complexes,
Organometallics 2013, 32, 4142-4148.
