Position: Professor
School/Academic Group: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: youquanzou@whu.edu.cn
Education：
2008.09 – 2014.06 Central China Normal University, Ph.D.
Professional Memberships and/or Notable Appointments:
Working Experience：
2014.11 – 2017.10 Technical University of Munich, Postdoc
2017.11 – 2019.09 Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Postdoc
2019.10 – 2021.04 University of Cambridge, Postdoc
2021.07 – Present Wuhan University of Pharmacy, Professor
Current Teaching Interests/Responsibilities:
Organic Chemistry
Research Interests:
Biomedical Materials; Biomimetic Catalytic Synthesis; Medicinal Chemistry
Publications：
1. Zou, Y.-Q.; Wolff, von N.; Anaby, A.; Xie, Y.; Milstein, D.* Ethylene Glycol as an Efficient and Reversible Liquid-Organic Hydrogen Carrier. Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 415–422.
2. Zou, Y.-Q.#; Zhang, D.#; Ronson, T. K.; Tarzia, A.; Lu, Z., Jelfs, K. E.*; Nitschke, J.* Sterics and Hydrogen Bonding Control Stereochemistry and Self-Sorting in BINOL-Based Assemblies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9009–9015 (#contributed equally).
3. Jahovic, I.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Adorinni, S.; Nitschke, J.*; Marchesan, S.* Cages Meet Gels: Smart Materials with Dual Porosity. Matter 2021, 4, 2123–2140. (#contributed equally).
4. Zou, Y.-Q.; Jahović, I.; Nitschke, J. R.* Hydrolysis of Twisted Amides inside a Self-Assembled Coordination Cage. Chem 2020, 6, 1217–1218.
5. Zou, Y.-Q.#; Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.* Synthesis of Oxalamides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Ethylene Glycol and Amines and the Reverse Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Ruthenium. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7188–7193 (#contributed equally).
6. Tan, F.*; Zheng, P.; Zou, Y.-Q.*. Highly Selective Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Oximes to Hydroxylamine Derivatives. Chem 2020, 6, 1517–1519.
7. Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Lu, L.-Q.*; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible-Light-Induced Organic Photochemical Reactions via Energy Transfer Pathways. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1586–1604 (#contributed equally).
8. Zou, Y.-Q.*; Hormann, F. M.; Bach, T.* Iminium and Enamine Catalysis in Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 278–290.
9. Zou, Y.-Q.; Chakraborty, S.; Nerush, A.; Oren, D.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.* Highly Selective, Efficient Deoxygenative Hydrogenation of Amides Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex via Metal–Ligand Cooperation. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 8014–8019.
10. Zou, Y.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.* Homogeneous Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11701–11703.
11. Zou, Y.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Liu, X.-P.; Lu, L.-Q.; Davis, R. L.; Jørgensen, K. A.*; Xiao, W.-J.* Highly Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids: Photoredox Catalysis using Visible Light. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 784–788.
12. Zou, Y.-Q.; Lu, L.-Q.; Fu, L.; Chang, N.-J.; Rong, J.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible-Light-Induced Oxidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition/Oxidative Aromatization Sequence: A Photocatalytic Strategy To Construct Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7171–7175.
13. Tan, F.*; Zou, Y.-Q.* Multicomponent Cross Coupling via Synergistic Photoredox and Copper Catalysis. Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 1516–1518.
14. Zou, Y.-Q.; Guo, W.; Liu, F.-L.; Lu, L.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Formyloxylation Reactions of 3-Bromooxindoles with Water And DMF: Scope and Mechanism. Green. Chem. 2014, 16, 3787–3795.
15. Zou, Y.-Q.#; Wolff. N.#; Rauch, M.; Feller, M.; Zhou, Q.-Q.; Anaby, A.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Shimon, L. J. W.; Avram, L.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.* Homogeneous Reforming of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol to Glycolic Acid and Pure Hydrogen Catalyzed by Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes Capable of Metal-Ligand Cooperation. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4715–4722 (#contributed equally).
16. Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.* A Reversible Liquid to Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15487–15490 (#contributed equally).
17. Pecho, F.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Gramuller, J.; Mori, T.; Huber, S. M.; Bauer, A.; Gschwind, R. M.; Bach, T.* A Thioxanthone Sensitizer with a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Binding Site: Properties and Applications in Visible Light‐Mediated Cycloadditions. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 5190–5194 (#contributed equally).
18. An, J.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Yang, Q.-Q.; Wang, Q.; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible Light-Induced Aerobic Oxyamidation of Indoles: A Photocatalytic Strategy for the Preparation of Tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolinols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1483–1489 (#contributed equally).
19. Zou, Y.-Q.; Duan, S.-W.; Meng, X.-G.; Hu, X.-Q.; Gao, S.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible Light Induced Intermolecular [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Ylideneoxindoles. Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 6914–6919.
20. Zou, Y.-Q.; Li, C.; Rong, J.; Yan, H.; Chen, J.-R.;* Xiao, W.-J.* Phosphine-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloadditions of 2-Phenyl-4-Arylidene-5(4H)-Oxazolones with Allenoate: A Concise Synthesis of Aspartic Acid Analogues. Synlett 2011, 1000–1004
