<Original Papers>
- J. Oyamada and Z. Hou,
"Regioselective C-H Alkylation of Anisoles with Olefins Catalyzed by Cationic Half-Sandwich Rare Earth Alkyl Complexes",
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 12828-12832. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206233 <Link>
RIKEN Research Highlights <Link>
- Z. Jian, D. Cui, and Z. Hou,
"Rare-Earth-Metal-Hydrocarbyl Complexes Bearing Linked Cyclopentadienyl or Fluorenyl Ligands: Synthesis, Catalyzed Styrene Polymerization, and Structure-Reactivity Relationship",
Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 2674-2684. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102682 <Link>
- H. Inomata, K. Ogata, S. Fukuzawa, and Z. Hou,
"Direct C-H carboxylation with Carbon Dioxide Using 1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidene Copper(Ⅰ) Complexes",
Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 3986-3989. DOI: 10.1021/ol301760n <Link>
- T. Li, M. Nishiura, J. Cheng, Y. Li, and Z. Hou,
"M4(CH2)4 Cubane-Type Rare-Earth Methylidene Complexes: Unique Reactivity toward Unsaturated C-O, C-N, and C-S Bonds",
Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 15079-15085. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202796 <Link>
- L. Zhang, J. Cheng, B. Carry and Z. Hou,
"Catalytic Boracarboxylation of Alkynes with Diborane and Carbon Dioxide by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper Catalyst ",
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 14314-14317. DOI: 10.1021/ja3063474 <Link>
RIKEN Research Highlights <Link>
SYNFACTS: Highlights in Current Synthetic Chemistry <Link>
- J. Cheng, H. Wang, M. Nishiura and Z. Hou,
"Binuclear Rare-Earth Polyhydride Complexes Bearing Both Terminal and Bridging Hydride Ligands",
Chem. Sci., 2012,3, 2230-2233. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20300F <Link>
- G. Luo, Y. Luo, J. Qu, and Z. Hou,
"Mechanistic Investigation on Scandium-Catalyzed C-H Addition of Pyridines to Olefins",
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 3930-3937. DOI: 10.1021/om300147y <Link>
- Y. Luo, Y. Li, H. Yu, J. Zhao, Y. Chen, Z. Hou, and J. Qu,
"DFT Studies on the Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia by a Thiolate-Bridged Diiron Complex as a Nitrogenase Mimic",
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 335-344. DOI: 10.1021/om200950q <Link>
- X. Kang, Y. Song, Y. Luo, G. Li, Z. Hou, and J. Qu,
"Computional Studies on Isospecific Polymerization of 1-Hexene Catalyzed by cationic Rare Earth Metal Alkyl Complex Bearing a C3iPr-trisox Ligand",
Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 640-651. DOI: 10.1021/ma202414k <Link>
- J. Cheng and Z. Hou,
"Cationic Terminal Hydrido Rare Earth Complexes Bearing an Amidinate Ancillary Ligand",
Chem. Comm., 2012, 48, 814-816. DOI: 10.1039/C1CC14949K <Link>
- V. K. Rai, M. Nishiura, M. Takimoto, S. Zhao, Y. Liu, and Z. Hou,
"Bis-Cyclometalated Iridium(Ⅲ) Complexes Bearing Ancillary Guanidinate Ligands. Synthesis, Structure, and Highly Efficient Electroluminescence",
Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 822-835. DOI: 10.1021/ic201217a <Link>
<Reviews>
- L. Zhang and Z. Hou,
"N-Heterocyclic Carbene Copper-Catalyzed Carboxylation of C-B and C-H Bonds with Carbon Dioxide",
Pure Appl.Chem., 2012, 84, 1705-1712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-11-10-33 <Link>