Research Areas

1. Organic electrosynthesis

2. Synthetic methodologies

Publications

1. K. Xu*, Z.-Q. Wang, J. Zhang, L. Yu, J. Tan*.Org. Lett.,2015,17, 4476–4478(highlighted byOrganic Chemistry Portal).

2. K. Xu, Z. Zhang, P. Qian, Z. Zha, Z. Wang*.Chem. Commun.,2015,51, 11108-11111.

3. H. Wang, Z.-Q.Wang, H. Huang, J. Tan,Kun Xu*.Org. Lett.,2016,18, 5680–5683.

4. H. Wang, S. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. He,K. Xu*.Org. Lett.,2016,18, 5628–5631 (highlighted bySynfacts2017,13, 0082).

5. K.Xu, L. Li, W. Yan, Y. Wu, Z. Wang, S. Zhang*.Green Chem.,2017,19, 4494-4497.

6. K. Xu*,Z. Tan, H. Zhang, J. Liu, S. Zhang, Z. Wang.Chem. Commun.,2017,53, 10719-10722.

7. S. Zhang,Z. Tan, H. Zhang, J. Liu, W. Xu andK. Xu*.Chem. Commun.,2017,53, 11642-11645.

8. S. Zhang*, F. Lian, M. Xue, T. Qin, L. Li, X. Zhang and K. Xu*.Org. Lett.,2017,19, 6622–6625.

9. T. Zheng, J. Tan, R. Fan, S. Su, B. Liu, C. Tan andK. Xu*.Chem. Commun.,2018,54, 1303-1306.

10. S. Zhang*, L. Li, H. Wang, Q. Li, W. Liu,K. Xu*, and C. Zeng*.Org. Lett.,2018,20, 252–255 (TOC Editor’s Choice).

11. Y. Jiang^#,K. Xu^#, C. Zeng*.Chem. Rev.,2018,9, 4485-4580 (Co-first author).

12. S. Zhang*, L. Li, M. Xue, R. Zhang,K. Xu*, and C. Zeng*.Org. Lett.,2018,54,3443-3446.

13. R. Fan, B. Liu, T. Zheng,K. Xu*, C. Tan, T. Zeng, S. Su, and J. Tan*.Chem. Commun.,2018,20,7081-7084

14. H. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Tan, L. Xin, S. Zhang* andK. Xu*.Org. Lett.,2018,20, 2505–2508.

15. H. Wang, J. Shi, J. Tan*, W. Xu, S. Zhang* andK. Xu*.Org. Lett.,2019,21, 9430–9433.

16. F. Lian,K. Xu*, W. Meng, H. Zhang, Z. Tan and C. C. Zeng*.Chem. Commun.,2019,55, 14685–14688.

17. H. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Shi, F. Li, S. Zhang* andK. Xu*.Org. Lett.,2019,21, 5116–5120.

18. S. Zhang*, L. Li, J. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. Xue andK. Xu*.Chem. Sci.,2019,10, 3181–3185.

19. H. Ding,K. Xu*and C. Zeng*.J. Catal.,2020,381, 38–43.

20. S. Zhang*, L. Li, X. Li, J. Zhang,K. Xu*, G. Li and M. Findlater,Org. Lett.,2020,DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01014.

Personal statement

Kun Xu earned his Ph.D. degree from University of Science and Technology of China under the direction of Prof. Zhiyong Wang in 2014. He was a visiting scholar in the group of Prof. Xumu Zhang at Rutgers University from 2012 to 2013. His research interests include organic electrosynthesis and synthetic methodologies.