RESEARCH AREAS

HONORS AND AWARDS

Alexander von Humboldt-Fellowship, Germany (2013)
Excellent PhD Dissertation Award, Sichuan province
ExcellentGraduateAwards, Sichuan province
The First Prize in Natural Sciences Award of Ministry of Education(No.10)
Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education
The Tang Aoqing Chemistry Scholarship

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

D .Zhao,L.Candish, D.Paul, and F. Glorius*, “N‑Heterocyclic Carbenes in Asymmetric Hydrogenation”, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 5978.

D.Zhao,†Z.Zhu,†M.-Y.Kuo, C.-C.Chueh, and A.K.-Y. Jen*,“Hexaazatrinaphthylene Derivatives: Efficient Electron-Transporting Materials with Tunable Energy Levels for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016,55, 8999.(†These authors contributed equally; Hot Paper)

D. Zhao,*†J.H. Kim,†L.Stegemann, C.A. Strassertand F. Glorius*, “Co(III)-Catalyzed Directed C−H CouplingwithDiazo Compounds:Straightforward Accesstoward Novel Extended π-Systems”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015,54, 4508.(*Co-corresponding authors; †These authors contributed equally; Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhao,†S. Vásquez-Céspedes,†and F. Glorius,“Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Cyclative Capture Approach to Diverse 1-Aminoindoline Derivatives at Room Temperature”.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015,54, 1657. (†These authors contributed equally; Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhao,F. Lied, and F.Glorius*, “Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization/Aromatization Cascade with 1,3-Dienes: A Redox-Neutral and Regioselective Access to Isoquinolines”. Chem. Sci.2014,5, 2869.(Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhao, G. Li, D. Wu, X. Qin,P.Neuhaus, Y. Cheng, S. Yang, Z. Lu, X. Pu, C. Long, and J.You*, “Regiospecific N-Heteroarylation of Amidines for Full-Color-Tunable Boron Difluoride Dyes with Mechanochromic Luminescence”.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013, 52, 13676.

D.Zhao,†Z.Shi,† and F.Glorius*, “Indole Synthesis by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Hydrazine-Directed C-HActivation: Redox-Neutral and Traceless by N-N Bond Cleavage”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013, 52,12426.(†These authorscontributed equally; Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhaoand F. Glorius*, “Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Isoquinolines”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013, 52, 9616.

D. Zhao, B.Beiring, and F.Glorius*,“Ruthenium-NHC-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Flavonesand Chromones: General Access to Enantiomerically EnrichedFlavanones, Flavanols, Chromanones, and Chromanols”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013, 52, 8454;Synfacts, 2013, 9, 1184.

D. Zhao, N. Wu, S. Zhang, P. Xi, X. Su, J. Lan, and J. You*,“Synthesis of Phenol,Aromatic Ether, and Benzofuran Derivatives by Copper-Catalyzed Hydroxylation ofAryl Halides”.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8729.

D. Zhao, W. Wang, F. Yang, J. Lan, L. Yang, G. Gao, and J. You*, “Copper-CatalyzedDirect C-Arylation of Heterocycles with Aryl Bromides: Discovery of Fluorescent CoreFrameworks”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3296.(Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhao, †C. Nimphius, † M.Lindale, and F.Glorius*, “Phosphoryl-Related Directing Groups inRhodium(III) Catalysis: A General Strategyto Diverse P‑Containing Frameworks”. Org. Lett.2013,15, 4504. (†These authorscontributed equally)

D.Zhao, † Q.Wu, † X.Huang, F.Song, T.Lv, and J.You*, “A General Method to Diverse Cinnolines and Cinnolinium Salts”.Chem. Eur. J.2013,19, 6239. (†These authorscontributed equally)

D. Zhao, J. You* and C. Hu*,“Recent Progress in Coupling of Two Heteroarenes”. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 5466.(Highly Cited Papers)

D. Zhao, J. Hu, N. Wu, X. Huang, X. Qin, J. Lan and J. You*,“RegiospecificSynthesis of 1,2-Disubstituted (Hetero)aryl Fused Imidazoles with TunableFluorescent Emission”.Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6516.

D. Zhao, C. Gao, X. Su, Y. He, J. You* and Y. Xue*,“Copper-CatalyzedDecarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Alkynyl Carboxylic Acids with Aryl Halides”.Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 9049.

D. Zhao, W. Wang, S. Lian, F. Yang, J. Lan, and J. You*,“Phosphine-Free,Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation of Heterocycles through C- H Bond Activation withPivalic Acid as a Cocatalyst”.Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 1337.