Research Fields:    

Synthesis of Triphyrin and metallotriphyrin complexes.

 

Research Projects:    

1.        National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 21301074, 2014.01-2016.12

2.       National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province No. BK20130483, 2013.09-2016.09

3.       China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project No. 2013M540415, 2013.09-2015.09

4.       Colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province Natural Science Research on the project  No. 13KJB150010

5.       Programs of Senior Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University

 

Publications:    

(1)            Zhaoli Xue, D. Kuzuhara, S. Ikeda, Y. Sakakibara, K. Ohkubo, N. Aratani, T. Okujima, H. Uno, S. Fukuzumi, H. Yamada, “η       ⁵-Cyclopentadienyliron(II)–[14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Sandwich Compounds: Synthesis, Characterization, and Stable Redox Interconversion,”       Angewandte Chemie             International Edition,             2013,       52, 7306-7309

(2)            Zhaoli Xue, S. Ikeda, D. Kuzuhara, T. Okujima, H. Uno, H. Yamada, “Synthesis and Characterization of New Platinum(II) and Platinum(IV) Triphyrin Complexes,”       Inorganic Chemistry,       2013,       52, 1688 – 1690.

(3)            ZhaoLi Xue Z. Shen, J. Mack, D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada, T. Okujima, N. Ono, X. Z. You, N. Kobayashi, “A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Meso-Aryl-Substituted [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1),”       Journal of American Chemical Society,       2008,       130, 16478 – 16479. (       Highlight by       Angewandte Chemie             International Edition,       2009,       48, 3592 – 3594).

(4)            Zhaoli Xue, J. Mack, H. Lu, L. Zhang, X. Z. You, D. Kuzuhara, M. Stillman, H. Yamada, S. Yamauchi, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen, “The Synthesis and Properties of Free-Base [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Compounds and the Formation of Subporphyrinoid Metal Complexes,”       Chemistry-A European Journal,       2011,       17, 4396 – 4407. (Selected as       VIP and       Inside Cover,       Spotlight by       Angewandte Chemie             International Edition,       2011,       50, 3592 – 3594).

(5)      D. Kuzuhara,       Zhaoli Xue, S. Mori, T. Okujima, H. Uno, N. Aratani, H. Yamada, “Synthesis and properties of Boron Complexes of [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1),”       Chemical Communications,       2013,       49, 8955 – 8957.

(6)      Y. Sung, J. Lim,       Zhaoli Xue, Z. Shen, D. Kim, “Comparative Photophysical Properties Between Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene (BCOD)- and Benzo-Fused Free-Base Triphyrins (2.1.1),”       Chemical Communications,       2011,       47, 12616 – 12618.

(7)      D. Kuzuhara, H. Yamada,       ZhaoLi Xue, T. Okujima, S. Mori, Z. Shen, H. Uno, “New Synthesis of Meso-Free-[14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) by McMurry Coupling and its Derivatization to Mn(I) and Re(I) Complexes,”       Chemical Communications,       2011,       47, 722 – 724.

(8)      Y. Iima, D. Kuzuhara,       Zhaoli Xue, H. Uno, S. Akimoto, H. Yamada, K. Tominaga, “Photophysical Properties of Triphyrin(2.1.1) Investigated by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Measurements,”       Chemical Physics Letter,       2011,       513, 67 – 71.

(9)      H. J. Xu, J. Mark, D. Wu,       Zhaoli Xue, A. B. Descalzo, K. Rurack, Z. Shen, “Synthesis and properties of fused-ring-expanded porphyrins that were core-Modified with group 16 heteroatoms,”       Chemistry-A European Journal,       2012,       18, 16844 – 16867.

(10)  H. Lu,       Zhaoli Xue, J. Mack, Z. Shen, X. Z. You, N. Kobayashi, “Specific Cu       ²⁺-Induced J-Aggregation and Hg       ²⁺-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement Based on BODIPY,”       Chemical Communications,       2010,       46, 3565 – 3567.

(11)  A. B. Descalzo, H. Xu,       Zhaoli Xue, K. Hoffmann, Z. Shen, M. G. Weller, X. Z. You, K. Rurack, “Phenanthrene-Fused Boron-Dipyrromethenes as Bright Long-Wavelength Fluorophores,”       Organic Letters,       2008,       10, 1581 – 1584.