Faculty Profiles - ZHANG Chaoshen | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chaoshen ZHANG
張超深

PhD in Physical Chemistry
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

(852) 2358 7376
zhangcs@ust.hk
Room CYT6014
Personal Web

ORCID

0009-0004-0736-957X

Scopus ID

57199502047

Research Interest Publications

Research Interest

Computational chemistry
Density functional theory
Reaction mechanism elucidation
Synthetic organic chemistry
Enantioselective reactions

Publications

All Years 18 2024 4 2023 1 2022 1 2021 2 2020 3 2019 4 2018 3

2024 4

Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic α-Chlorination of Ketones with NaCl

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (4), January 2024, p. 2779-2788
Li, Zhiyang; Wang, Baocheng; Zhang, Chaoshen; Lo, Wai Yam; Yang, Liangliang; Sun, Jianwei
Article

Enantioselective Synthesis of Isoindolinone by Palladium-Catalyzed Aminoalkynylation of O-Phenyl Hydroxamic Ethers with Alkynes

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (7), February 2024, p. 4320-4326
Wang, Lei; Wang, Yinqiang; Wu, Shuaijie; Yan, Chao-Guo; Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhang, Junliang; Han, Ying
Article

Photoinduced N-heterocyclic nitrenium-catalyzed single electron reduction of Se-Se bond for the generation of nucleophilic selenolates

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 11, (7), March 2024, p. 2070-2074
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Chen, Kun-Quan; Zhou, Ling; Yang, Zhu-Sheng; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

Primary activation of para-quinone methides by chiral phosphoric acid for enantioselective construction of tetraarylmethanes

Chemical Science, v. 15, (2), January 2024, p. 720-725
Han, Zhengyu; Zhu, Biao; Zang, Yu; Zhang, Chaoshen; Dong, Xiu-Qin; Huang, Hai; Sun, Jianwei
Article

2023 1

N-heterocyclic nitrenium charge transfer catalysis via inner-sphere electron transfer in concert with halogen-atom dissociation

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 11, (3), November 2023, p. 673-683
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Fang, Chang-Zhen; Yi, Liang; Zhu, Chen; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Rueping, Magnus
Article

2022 1

DFT insight into asymmetric alkyl–alkyl bond formation via nickel-catalysed enantioconvergent reductive coupling of racemic electrophiles with olefins

Chemical Science, v. 13, (13), February 2022, p. 3728-3739
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Zhang, Bei-Bei; Zhong, Liang; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

2021 2

Photoinduced α-Alkenylation of Katritzky Salts: Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated Esters

Organic Letters, v. 23, (5), March 2021, p. 1577-1581
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Bao, Lei; Chen, Kun-Quan; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu
Article

Visible-Light-Induced Selective Photolysis of Phosphonium Iodide Salts for Monofluoromethylations

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 60, (48), November 2021, p. 25477-25484
Liu, Qiang; Lu, Yu; Sheng, He; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Su, Xiao-Di; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu
Article

2020 3

DFT Mechanistic Insight into the Dioxygenase-like Reactivity of a Co^III-peroxo Complex: O–O Bond Cleavage via a [1,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement-like Mechanism

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 59, (3), February 2020, p. 2051-2061
Zhao, Ruihua; Guo, Jiandong; Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Dagnaw, Wasihun Menberu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

How does the nickel catalyst control the doubly enantioconvergent coupling of racemic alkyl nucleophiles and electrophiles? The rebound mechanism

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 7, (21), November 2020, p. 3411-3419
Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Zhao, Ruihua; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

Site-Selective Pyridyl Alkyl Ketone Synthesis from N-Alkenoxypyridiniums through Boekelheide-Type Rearrangements

Organic Letters, v. 22, (14), July 2020, p. 5617-5621
Liu, Qiang; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Sheng, He; Enders, Dieter; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu
Article

2019 4

A Cation-Exchange Approach for the Fabrication of Efficient Methylammonium Tin Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (20), May 2019, p. 6688-6692
Li, Fengzhu; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Jin-Hua; Fan, Haochen; Wang, Huijia; Wang, Pengcheng; Zhan, Chuanlang; Song, Yanlin; Jiang, Ke-Jian
Article

Density Functional Theory Mechanistic Insight into the Base-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Acid Fluoride: Concerted versus Stepwise Transmetalation

Journal of Organic Chemistry, v. 84, (21), November 2019, p. 13983-13991
Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhao, Ruihua; Dagnaw, Wasihun Menberu; Liu, Zheyuan; Lu, Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

Intramolecular α-Oxygenation of Amines via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Domino Reaction of Aryl Aldehyde: Experiment and DFT Calculation

CCS Chemistry, v. 1, (4), October 2019, p. 343-351
Chen, Xiang-Yu; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Yi, Liang; Gao, Zhong-Hua; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Ye, Song
Article

The ortho-Difluoroalkylation of Aryliodanes with Enol Silyl Ethers: Rearrangement Enabled by a Fluorine Effect

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (18), April 2019, p. 5956-5961
Huang, Xin; Zhang, Yage; Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhang, Lei; Xu, Ying; Kong, Lichun; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Peng, Bo
Article

2018 3

A comparative DFT study of TBD-catalyzed reactions of amines with CO2 and hydrosilane: The effect of solvent polarity on the mechanistic preference and the origins of chemoselectivities

Chemical Communications, v. 54, (77), October 2018, p. 10870-10873
Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Zhao, Ruihua; Menberu, Wasihun; Guo, Jiandong; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

A Novel Strategy for Scalable High-Efficiency Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with New Precursors and Cation Displacement Approach

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (44), November 2018, article number 1804454
Li, Fengzhu; Zhang, Yu; Jiang, Ke-Jian; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Jin-Hua; Wang, Huijia; Fan, Haochen; Wang, Pengcheng; Chen, Yongjie; Zhao, Wenchao; Li, Xiangjun; Yang, Lian-Ming
Article

Selective ortho C−H Cyanoalkylation of (Diacetoxyiodo)arenes through [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (29), July 2018, p. 9078-9082
Tian, Junsong; Luo, Fan; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Xin; Zhang, Yage; Zhang, Lei; Kong, Lichun; Hu, Xiaochun; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Peng, Bo
Article

Article 4

Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic α-Chlorination of Ketones with NaCl

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (4), January 2024, p. 2779-2788
Li, Zhiyang; Wang, Baocheng; Zhang, Chaoshen; Lo, Wai Yam; Yang, Liangliang; Sun, Jianwei

Enantioselective Synthesis of Isoindolinone by Palladium-Catalyzed Aminoalkynylation of O-Phenyl Hydroxamic Ethers with Alkynes

Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 146, (7), February 2024, p. 4320-4326
Wang, Lei; Wang, Yinqiang; Wu, Shuaijie; Yan, Chao-Guo; Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhang, Junliang; Han, Ying

Photoinduced N-heterocyclic nitrenium-catalyzed single electron reduction of Se-Se bond for the generation of nucleophilic selenolates

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 11, (7), March 2024, p. 2070-2074
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Chen, Kun-Quan; Zhou, Ling; Yang, Zhu-Sheng; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

Primary activation of para-quinone methides by chiral phosphoric acid for enantioselective construction of tetraarylmethanes

Chemical Science, v. 15, (2), January 2024, p. 720-725
Han, Zhengyu; Zhu, Biao; Zang, Yu; Zhang, Chaoshen; Dong, Xiu-Qin; Huang, Hai; Sun, Jianwei

Article 1

N-heterocyclic nitrenium charge transfer catalysis via inner-sphere electron transfer in concert with halogen-atom dissociation

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 11, (3), November 2023, p. 673-683
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Fang, Chang-Zhen; Yi, Liang; Zhu, Chen; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Rueping, Magnus

Article 1

DFT insight into asymmetric alkyl–alkyl bond formation via nickel-catalysed enantioconvergent reductive coupling of racemic electrophiles with olefins

Chemical Science, v. 13, (13), February 2022, p. 3728-3739
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Zhang, Bei-Bei; Zhong, Liang; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

Article 2

Photoinduced α-Alkenylation of Katritzky Salts: Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated Esters

Organic Letters, v. 23, (5), March 2021, p. 1577-1581
Zhang, Chao-Shen; Bao, Lei; Chen, Kun-Quan; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu

Visible-Light-Induced Selective Photolysis of Phosphonium Iodide Salts for Monofluoromethylations

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 60, (48), November 2021, p. 25477-25484
Liu, Qiang; Lu, Yu; Sheng, He; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Su, Xiao-Di; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu

Article 3

DFT Mechanistic Insight into the Dioxygenase-like Reactivity of a Co^III-peroxo Complex: O–O Bond Cleavage via a [1,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement-like Mechanism

Inorganic Chemistry, v. 59, (3), February 2020, p. 2051-2061
Zhao, Ruihua; Guo, Jiandong; Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Dagnaw, Wasihun Menberu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

How does the nickel catalyst control the doubly enantioconvergent coupling of racemic alkyl nucleophiles and electrophiles? The rebound mechanism

Organic Chemistry Frontiers, v. 7, (21), November 2020, p. 3411-3419
Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Zhao, Ruihua; Chen, Xiang-Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

Site-Selective Pyridyl Alkyl Ketone Synthesis from N-Alkenoxypyridiniums through Boekelheide-Type Rearrangements

Organic Letters, v. 22, (14), July 2020, p. 5617-5621
Liu, Qiang; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Sheng, He; Enders, Dieter; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Chen, Xiang-Yu

Article 4

A Cation-Exchange Approach for the Fabrication of Efficient Methylammonium Tin Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (20), May 2019, p. 6688-6692
Li, Fengzhu; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Jin-Hua; Fan, Haochen; Wang, Huijia; Wang, Pengcheng; Zhan, Chuanlang; Song, Yanlin; Jiang, Ke-Jian

Density Functional Theory Mechanistic Insight into the Base-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Acid Fluoride: Concerted versus Stepwise Transmetalation

Journal of Organic Chemistry, v. 84, (21), November 2019, p. 13983-13991
Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhao, Ruihua; Dagnaw, Wasihun Menberu; Liu, Zheyuan; Lu, Yu; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

Intramolecular α-Oxygenation of Amines via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Domino Reaction of Aryl Aldehyde: Experiment and DFT Calculation

CCS Chemistry, v. 1, (4), October 2019, p. 343-351
Chen, Xiang-Yu; Zhang, Chao-Shen; Yi, Liang; Gao, Zhong-Hua; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Ye, Song

The ortho-Difluoroalkylation of Aryliodanes with Enol Silyl Ethers: Rearrangement Enabled by a Fluorine Effect

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 58, (18), April 2019, p. 5956-5961
Huang, Xin; Zhang, Yage; Zhang, Chaoshen; Zhang, Lei; Xu, Ying; Kong, Lichun; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Peng, Bo

Article 3

A comparative DFT study of TBD-catalyzed reactions of amines with CO2 and hydrosilane: The effect of solvent polarity on the mechanistic preference and the origins of chemoselectivities

Chemical Communications, v. 54, (77), October 2018, p. 10870-10873
Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Zhao, Ruihua; Menberu, Wasihun; Guo, Jiandong; Wang, Zhi-Xiang

A Novel Strategy for Scalable High-Efficiency Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with New Precursors and Cation Displacement Approach

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (44), November 2018, article number 1804454
Li, Fengzhu; Zhang, Yu; Jiang, Ke-Jian; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Jin-Hua; Wang, Huijia; Fan, Haochen; Wang, Pengcheng; Chen, Yongjie; Zhao, Wenchao; Li, Xiangjun; Yang, Lian-Ming

Selective ortho C−H Cyanoalkylation of (Diacetoxyiodo)arenes through [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (29), July 2018, p. 9078-9082
Tian, Junsong; Luo, Fan; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Xin; Zhang, Yage; Zhang, Lei; Kong, Lichun; Hu, Xiaochun; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Peng, Bo

2018 3

A comparative DFT study of TBD-catalyzed reactions of amines with CO2 and hydrosilane: The effect of solvent polarity on the mechanistic preference and the origins of chemoselectivities

Chemical Communications, v. 54, (77), October 2018, p. 10870-10873
Zhang, Chaoshen; Lu, Yu; Zhao, Ruihua; Menberu, Wasihun; Guo, Jiandong; Wang, Zhi-Xiang
Article

A Novel Strategy for Scalable High-Efficiency Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with New Precursors and Cation Displacement Approach

Advanced Materials, v. 30, (44), November 2018, article number 1804454
Li, Fengzhu; Zhang, Yu; Jiang, Ke-Jian; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Jin-Hua; Wang, Huijia; Fan, Haochen; Wang, Pengcheng; Chen, Yongjie; Zhao, Wenchao; Li, Xiangjun; Yang, Lian-Ming
Article

Selective ortho C−H Cyanoalkylation of (Diacetoxyiodo)arenes through [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 57, (29), July 2018, p. 9078-9082
Tian, Junsong; Luo, Fan; Zhang, Chaoshen; Huang, Xin; Zhang, Yage; Zhang, Lei; Kong, Lichun; Hu, Xiaochun; Wang, Zhi-Xiang; Peng, Bo
Article

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