Academic resume:
2018.3 - Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2015-2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral (Cooperative Tutor: Prof. Timothy M. Swager)
2010-2015 MIT, Ph.D. (Instructor: Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald)
2006-2010 School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, undergraduate study (instructor: Professor Yang Zhen, Professor Chen Jiahua)
Research Interests:
Dynamic and responsive organic functional materials are built based on the development of novel transition metal catalytic reactions and free radical chemistry, study their interesting properties, and explore their application in separation, sensor, interface materials and other practical scenarios.
Selected Publications:
- Conjugated [5]Cumulene Polymers Enabled by Condensation Polymerization of Propargylic Electrophiles
Wang, Z.-Y.; Zhu, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 23755.
- Alkyne Polymers from Stable Butatriene Homologues: Controlled Radical Polymerization of Vinylidenecyclopropanes
Wu, B.; Ding, Q.-J.; Wang, Z.-L.; Zhu, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 2045.
- Synthesis of Polydiynes via an Unexpected Dimerization/Polymerization Sequence of C3 Propargylic Electrophiles
Sun, H.-L.; Wu, B.; Liu, D.-Q.; Yu, Z.-D.; Wang, J.-J.; Liu, Q.; Liu, X.; Niu, D.; Dou, J.-H.; Zhu, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 8807.
- Copper-Catalyzed Formal Dehydration Polymerization of Propargylic Alcohols via Cumulene Intermediates
Wu, B.; Su, H.-Z.; Wang, Z.-Y.; Yu, Z.-D.; Sun, H.-L.; Yang, F.; Dou, J.-H.;Zhu, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 4315.
- Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes: Evidence for a Bimetallic Pathway
Zhou, X.-L.; Yang, F.; Sun, H.-L.; Yin, Y.-N.; Ye, W.-T.;Zhu, R.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2019, 141, 7250.
