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Youquan Zou
Medical School
Wuhan University
Hubei
Language: English, Chinese, German
Biomaterials
Biocompatibility
Tissue Engineering
Drug Delivery
Regenerative Medicine
Catalysis
Synthesis
Enzymatic
Green Chemistry
Sustainable
Pharmacology
Drug Design
Therapeutics
Bioactive Compounds
Chemical Synthesis
Areas of Focus
- Biomaterials
- Biomimetic Catalytic Synthesis
- Medicinal Chemistry
Work Experience
- 2021.07 - Present: Wuhan University, Professor
- 2019.10 - 2021.04: University of Cambridge, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Nitschke
- 2017.11 - 2019.09: Weizmann Institute of Science, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Professor David Milstein
- 2014.11 - 2017.10: Technical University of Munich, Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Professor Thorsten Bach
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-2014 PhD: Central China Normal University, Supervisor: Professor Wenjing Xiao
- Postdoctoral Researcher at Technical University of Munich, Weizmann Institute of Science, and University of Cambridge
Publications
- Ethylene Glycol as an Efficient and Reversible Liquid-Organic Hydrogen Carrier, Zou, Y.-Q.; Wolff, von N.; Anaby, A.; Xie, Y.; Milstein, D.*, 2019
- Sterics and Hydrogen Bonding Control Stereochemistry and Self-Sorting in BINOL-Based Assemblies, Zou, Y.-Q.#; Zhang, D.#; Ronson, T. K.; Tarzia, A.; Lu, Z., Jelfs, K. E.*; Nitschke, J.*, 2021
- Cages Meet Gels: Smart Materials with Dual Porosity, Jahovic, I.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Adorinni, S.; Nitschke, J.*; Marchesan, S.*, 2021
- Hydrolysis of Twisted Amides inside a Self-Assembled Coordination Cage, Zou, Y.-Q.; Jahović, I.; Nitschke, J. R.*, 2020
- Synthesis of Oxalamides by Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Ethylene Glycol and Amines and the Reverse Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Ruthenium, Zou, Y.-Q.#; Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.*, 2020
- Highly Selective Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Oximes to Hydroxylamine Derivatives, Tan, F.*; Zheng, P.; Zou, Y.-Q.*, 2020
- Visible-Light-Induced Organic Photochemical Reactions via Energy Transfer Pathways, Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Lu, L.-Q.*; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2019
- Iminium and Enamine Catalysis in Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions, Zou, Y.-Q.*; Hormann, F. M.; Bach, T.*, 2018
- Highly Selective, Efficient Deoxygenative Hydrogenation of Amides Catalyzed by a Manganese Pincer Complex via Metal–Ligand Cooperation, Zou, Y.-Q.; Chakraborty, S.; Nerush, A.; Oren, D.; Diskin-Posner, Y.; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.*, 2018
- Homogeneous Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis, Zou, Y.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2013
- Highly Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids: Photoredox Catalysis using Visible Light, Zou, Y.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Liu, X.-P.; Lu, L.-Q.; Davis, R. L.; Jørgensen, K. A.*; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2012
- Visible-Light-Induced Oxidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition/Oxidative Aromatization Sequence: A Photocatalytic Strategy To Construct Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines, Zou, Y.-Q.; Lu, L.-Q.; Fu, L.; Chang, N.-J.; Rong, J.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2011
- Multicomponent Cross Coupling via Synergistic Photoredox and Copper Catalysis, Tan, F.*; Zou, Y.-Q.*, 2020
- Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Formyloxylation Reactions of 3-Bromooxindoles with Water And DMF: Scope and Mechanism, Zou, Y.-Q.; Guo, W.; Liu, F.-L.; Lu, L.-Q.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2014
- Homogeneous Reforming of Aqueous Ethylene Glycol to Glycolic Acid and Pure Hydrogen Catalyzed by Pincer-Ruthenium Complexes Capable of Metal-Ligand Cooperation, 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.*, 2021
- A Reversible Liquid to Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier System Based on Ethylene Glycol and Ethanol, Zhou, Q.-Q.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Ben-David, Y.; Milstein, D.*, 2020
- A Thioxanthone Sensitizer with a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Binding Site: Properties and Applications in Visible Light‐Mediated Cycloadditions, Pecho, F.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Gramuller, J.; Mori, T.; Huber, S. M.; Bauer, A.; Gschwind, R. M.; Bach, T.*, 2020
- Visible Light-Induced Aerobic Oxyamidation of Indoles: A Photocatalytic Strategy for the Preparation of Tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolinols, An, J.#; Zou, Y.-Q.#; Yang, Q.-Q.; Wang, Q.; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2013
- Visible Light Induced Intermolecular [2+2]-Cycloaddition Reactions of 3-Ylideneoxindoles, Zou, Y.-Q.; Duan, S.-W.; Meng, X.-G.; Hu, X.-Q.; Gao, S.; Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2012
- Phosphine-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloadditions of 2-Phenyl-4-Arylidene-5(4H)-Oxazolones with Allenoate: A Concise Synthesis of Aspartic Acid Analogues, Zou, Y.-Q.; Li, C.; Rong, J.; Yan, H.; Chen, J.-R.*; Xiao, W.-J.*, 2011
Awards
- Hubei Province Natural Science First Prize (2017, Fourth Contributor)
- Israel SAERI Scholarship (2017)
- Hubei Province Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (2015)
- German Alexander von Humboldt Scholar (2014)
- Reaxys PhD Prize Finalist (2014)
- Zhou Hongyu Hua Outstanding Talent Award (2013)
- Doctoral National Scholarship (2012)
