1. 2022  “Hundred Talents Program” of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022

[2]  Xukai Zhou, Tingting Yu, and Guangbin Dong*. Site-Specific and Degree-Controlled Alkyl Deuteration via Cu-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Deacylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9570-9575.

[3]  Xukai Zhou, Yan Xu, and Guangbin Dong*. Olefination via Cu-mediated Dehydroacylation of Unstrained Ketones. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20042-20048.

[4]  Xukai Zhou, Yupeng Pan, and Xingwei Li*. Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergent Alkyne Insertion in the Context of C-H Activation and Diels-Alder Reactions: Synthesis of Fused and Bridged Cycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 8163-8167.

[5]  Xukai Zhou, Jintao Xia, Guangfan Zheng, Lingheng Kong, and Xingwei Li*. Divergent Couplings of Anilines and Enones via Integration of C-H Activation and Transfer Hydrogenation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6681-6685.

[6]  Xukai Zhou, Daniel Pyle, Zining Zhang, and Guangbin Dong*. Deacylative Thiolation by Redox-Neutral Aromatization-Driven C-C Fragmentation of Ketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202213691.

[7]  Xukai Zhou, Yixin Luo, Lingheng Kong, Youwei Xu, Guangfan Zheng, Yu Lan,* and Xingwei Li* Cp*Co(III)-Catalyzed Branch-Selective Hydroarylation of Alkynes via C-H Activation: Efficient Access to α-gem-Vinylindoles. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 7296-7304.

[8]  Xukai Zhou, Songjie Yu, Lingheng Kong, and Xingwei Li* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Coupling of Arenes with Cyclopropanols via C？H Activation and Ring Opening. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 647-651.

[9]  Xiao-Yang Chen, Xukai Zhou (co-first author), Jianchun Wang, and Guangbin Dong*. FMPhos: Expanding the Catalytic Capacity of Small-Bite-Angle Bisphosphine Ligands in Regioselective Alkene Hydrofunctionalizations. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 14349-14358.

[10]  Xukai Zhou, Songjie Yu, Zisong Qi, Xingwei Li* Rhodium(III)-catalyzed [3+2] annulative coupling between oximes and electron-deficient alkynes. Sci China Chem, 2015, 58, 1297-1301. (hot paper)

[11]  Xukai Zhou, Jiaqiong Sun, Xingwei Li* Chemo-selective couplings of anilines and acroleins/enones under substrate control and condition control. Chin. J. Catal. 2018, 39, 1782-1791.

[12]  Xukai Zhou, Zisong Qi, Songjie Yu, Lingheng Kong, Yang Li, Wan-Fa Tian, and Xingwei Li*. Synthesis of 2-Substituted Quinolines via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation of Imidamides and Coupling with Cyclopropanols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1620-1625 (selected as front cover picture)

[13]  Xukai Zhou, Songjie Yu, Zisong Qi, Lingheng Kong, and Xingwei Li* Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Mild Alkylation of (Hetero)Arenes with Cyclopropanols via C-H Activation and Ring Opening. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 4869-4875.