2024
210. Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at 10 A·cm-2 Over 800 Hours
Yiwei Zheng, Wenchao Ma, Ariana Serban, Andrit Allushi, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, . [ Link to article ]
209. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers
Uttam Dhawa, Lara Lavrencic, Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science 2024, doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c00819. [ Link to article ]
208. Engineered Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyases for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Aspartic Acid Derivatives
Ivan Buslov, Sarah Desmons, Yoan Duhoo, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, e202406008. [ Link to article ]
207. Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclic Sulfones via Ligand-Controlled Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation
Chao Fan, Uttam Dhawa, Deyun Qian, Davor Sakic, Jennifer Morel, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, e202406767. [ Link to article ]
206. A redox-responsive prodrug for tumor-targeted glutamine restriction
Celine Jasmin Prange, Nadia Yasmina Ben Sayed, Bing Feng, Christine Goepfert, Daniel Ortiz Trujillo, Xile Hu*, Li Tang*
Journal of Controlled Release 2024, 368, 251-264. [ Link to article ]
205. Deoxygenative Transformation of Alcohols via Phosphoranyl Radical from Exogenous Radical Addition
Wenhao Xu, Chao Fan, Xile Hu, Tao XU*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, e202401575. [ Link to article ]
2023
204. Anion Exchange Ionomers Enable Sustained Pure-Water Electrolysis Using Platinum-Group-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts
Yiwei Zheng, Ariana Serban, Haoyue Zhang, Nanjun Chen, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 5018-5024. [ Link to article ]
203. Smart chemistry for traceless release of anticancer therapeutics
Celine J. Prange, Xile Hu*, and Li Tang*
Biomaterials 2023, 303, 122353. [ Link to article ]
202. Tailored water and hydroxide transport at a quasi-two-phase interface of membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer for CO electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Wenchao Ma, Xile Hu*
Joule, 2023, 7, 2349-2360. [ Link to article ]
201. Robust Piperidinium-Enriched Polystyrene Ionomers for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers
Nanjun Chen, Qu Jiang, Fang Song, Xile Hu*
ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 4043- 4051. [ Link to article ]
200. Manganese Transfer Hydrogenases Based on the Biotin-Streptavidin Technology
Weijin Wang, Ryo Tachibana, Zhi Zou, Dongping Chen, Xiang Zhang, Kelvin Lau, Florence Pojer, Thomas R. Ward,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, e202311896. [ Link to article ]
199. Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation
Weiyan Ni, Josephine Meibom, Noor Ul Hassan, Miyeon Chang, You-Chiuan Chu, Anna Krammer, Songlan Sun, Yiwei Zheng, Lichen Bai, Wenchao Ma, Seunghwa Lee, Seongmin Jin, Jeremy Luterbatcher, Andreas Schüler, Hao Ming Chen, William E. Mustain*, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2023, 6, 773-783. [ Link to article ]
198. Anion Exchange Membranes for Hydrogen Technologies: Challenges and Progress
Xingyu Wu, Xile Hu*
Chimia 2023, 16, 77, 494. [ Link to article ]
197. Copper-Catalyzed Benzylic Functionalization of Lignin-Derived Monomers
Lara Lavrencic, Uttam Dhawa, Arthur Blumenstein, Xile Hu*
ChemSusChem 2023, 16, e202300703. [ Link to article ]
196. Copper lattice tension boosts full-cell CO electrolysis to multi-carbon olefins and oxygenates
Wenchao Ma, Shunji Xie, Biao Zhang, Xiaoyang He, Xi Liu, Bingbao Mei, Fanfei Sun, Zheng Jiang, Li Lin, Qinghong Zhang, Bin Ren, Gang Fu, Xile Hu, and Ye Wang*
Chem 2023, 9, 2061-2177. [ Link to article ]
195. Fluorinated Poly(Aryl Piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Chuan Hu, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2210432. [ Link to article ]
194. Operando identification of a side-on nickel superoxide intermediate and the mechanism of oxygen evolution on nickel oxyhydroxide
Seunghwa Lee, You-Chiuan Chu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen, Xile Hu*
Chem Catalysis 2023, 3, 100475. [ Link to article ]
193. Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*
ChemSusChem 2023, 16, e202201687. [ Link to article ]
2022
192. Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes
Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 1180-1187. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
191. A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Aoni Xu, Karen Chan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202214173. [ Link to article ]
190. The Function of Two Radical-SAM Enzymes, HcgA and HcgG, in the Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor
Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Sebastian Schaupp, Yu-Cong Zheng, Mohd Farid Abdul-Halim, Pan Hui-Jie, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Xile Hu, Kyle Costa, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202213239. [ Link to article ]
189. Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes
Yunchang Liang*, Karla Banjac, Kévin Martin, Nicolas Zigon, Seunghwa Lee, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Felipe Andrés Garcés-Pineda, José R. Galán-Mascarós, Xile Hu, Narcis Avarvari*, and Magalí Lingenfelder*
Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3356. [ Link to article ]
188. Enhanced rate performance of lithium-ion battery anodes using a cobalt-incorporated carbon conductive agent
Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry, Zhuijun Xu, Ming Yang, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (RSC), 2022, 9, 3484-3493. [ Link to article ]
187. Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries (review)
Suzhe Liang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruoxuan Qi, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, Peter Müller-Buschbaum,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2201675. [ Link to article ]
186. Modulating Electric Field Distribution by Alkali Cations for CO2 Electroreduction in Strongly Acidic Medium
Jun Gu, Shuo Liu, Weiyan Ni, Wenhao Ren, Sophia Haussener, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5, 268-276. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
185. Streamlined Alkylation via Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes
Zhikun Zhang, Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 7015–7029. [ Link to article ]
184. An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Florent E. Héroguel, Anna Krammer, Seunghwa Lee, Liang Yao, Andreas Schüler, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Yushan Yan,* and Xile Hu*
Nature Materials 2022, 21, 804-810. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
183. Electronic Regulation of Ni Single Atom by Confined Ni Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Xin Tan, Chen Jia, Anna Krammer, Qian Sun, Jiangtao Qu, Sean Smith, Andreas Schueler, Xile Hu,* Chuan Zhao*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202203335. [ Link to article ]
182. In Vitro Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Verifies the Proposed Biosynthetic Precursors
Sebastian Schaupp, Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Hui-jie Pan, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Kyle Costa, Xile Hu, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202200994. [ Link to article ]
181. Oxidase-type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst
Lei Zhang, Björn Pfund, Oliver S. Wenger,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202202649. [ Link to article ]
180. Branched Poly(aryl piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202114892. [ Link to article ]
179. Tracking high-valent surface iron species in the oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt iron (oxy)hydroxides
Seunghwa Lee, Aliki Moysiadou, You-Chiuan Chu, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Energy and Environmental Science 2022, 15, 206-214 . [ Link to article ]
2021
178. Double-Atom Catalysts as a Molecular Platform for Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolution
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Nature Energy 2021, 6, 1054–1066. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
177. Photocatalytic decarboxylative coupling of aliphatic N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with polyfluoroaryl nucleophiles
Xiangli Yi, Runze Mao, Lara Lavrencic, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 23557-23563. [ Link to article ]
176. Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Aurélya Christelle Turla, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 14667–14675. [ Link to article ]
175. Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 22833-22838. [ Link to article ]
174. Diversifying metal‐ligand cooperative catalysis in semi‐synthetic [Mn]‐hydrogenases
Huijie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 13350-13357. [ Link to article ]
173. Chiral Alkyl Amine Synthesis via Catalytic Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Enecarbamates
Deyun Qian, Srikrishna Bera, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 1959-1967. [ Link to article ]
172. Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Electrophiles via Nickel Hydride Catalysis
Srikrishna Bera, Runze Mao, Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 270–277. [ Link to article ]
171. Intermolecular oxidative amination of unactivated alkenes by dual photoredox and copper catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 1901-1906. [ Link to article ]
170. Spectroscopic and Electrokinetic Evidence for a Bifunctional Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Seunghwa Lee, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 3095-3103. [ Link to article ]
2020
169. High‐Efficiency Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Employing Non‐Noble Metal Catalysts
Pengzuo Chen and Xile Hu*
Advanced Energy Materials 2020, 10, 2002285. [link to article]
168. Tandem Photoredox and Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N Coupling of Anilines and Imines Using an Organic Photocatalyst
Guido Barzanò, Runze Mao, Marion Garreau, Jerome Waser, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2020, 22, 5412–5416. [link to article]
167. Mechanistic Investigations of Nickamine- Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Alkenes: Nickel Nanoparticles Are the Active Species
Marten L. Ploeger, Ivan Buslov, Xile Hu*
Chimia 2020, 74, 444-449. [ Link to article ] (Platinum open-access)
166. Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step
Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Haoming Chen, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 11901–11914. [ Link to article ]
165. Nickel Catalysis Enables Convergent Paired Electrolysis for Direct Arylation of Benzylic C-H Bonds
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2020, 11, 10786-10791. [link to article]
164. Efficient hydrogen oxidation catalyzed by strain-engineered nickel nanoparticles
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Yu-Chun Chuang, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 10797-10801. [ Link to article ]
163. Deciphering iron-dependent activity in oxygen evolution catalyzed by nickel iron layered double hydroxide
Seunghwa Lee,Lichen Bai, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 8072-8077. [ Link to article ]
162. Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar‐Driven Water Splitting
Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Lichen Bai, Cuncai Lv, Zhipeng Huang*, Xile Hu*, Lifeng Liu*
Advanced Science , 2020, 7, 1902102. [ Link to article ]
161. Reductive Cleavage of Azoarene as a Key Step in Nickel-Catalyzed Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Marten Ploeger, Andrea Darù, Jeremy N. Harvey* and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 2845-2854. [ Link to article ]
160. Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Iodides with Alkynes To Yield cis-Olefins: Mechanistic Insights from Computation
Andrea Darù, Xile Hu, Jeremy N. Harvey*
ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 1586-1594. [ Link to article ]
159. Arylsilylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes via Cooperative Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 777-781. [ Link to article ]
158. Biomimetic hydrogenation catalyzed by a manganese model of [Fe]‐hydrogenase
Huijie Pan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 4942-4946. [ Link to article ]
2019
157. Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Hydroalkylation of Pyrrolines
Deyun Qian, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 18519-18523. [ Link to article ]
156. Stability profiles of transition metal oxides in the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium
Aliki Moysiadou, Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25865-25877. [ Link to article ]
155. Functional Models of the Nickel Pincer Nucleotide Cofactor of Lactate Racemase
Renyi Shi, Matthew D. Wodrich, Hui-Jie Pan, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 16869-16872. [ Link to article ]
154. Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylthiolation of Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Alexis Cheseaux and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 9555-9559. [ Link to article ]
153. A Cobalt-Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 14190-14199. [ Link to article ]
152. Nickel‐Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroalkylation and Hydroarylation of Alkenyl Boronic Esters
Srikrishna Bera and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 13854-13859. [ Link to article ]
151. Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO
Jun Gu, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen*, and Xile Hu*
Science, 2019, 364, 1091-1094. [ Link to article ]
150. The atomic-resolution crystal structure of activated [Fe]-hydrogenase
Gangfeng Huang, Tristan Wagner, Matthew D. Wodrich, Kenichi Ataka, Eckhard Bill, Ulrich Ermler, Xile Hu and Seigo Shima*
Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 537–543. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
149. Homogeneous Reactions Limit the Efficiency of Gold Electrodes in CO2 Electroreduction
Jun Gu and Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 933-935. (First reaction) [ Link to article ]
148. A catalytically active [Mn]-hydrogenase incorporating a non-native metal cofactor
Hui-Jie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima* and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 669-675. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
147. Oxygen Isotope Labelling Experiments Reveal Different Reaction Sites for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Nickel and Nickel Iron Oxides
Seunghwa Lee, Karla Banjac, Magali Lingenfelder, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 10295-10299. [ Link to article ]
146. Metal‐sulfide catalysts derived from lignosulfonate and their efficient use in hydrogenolysis
Sijie Liu, Antoine P. van Muyden, Lichen Bai, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
ChemSusChem 2019, 19, 3271-3277.[link to article]
145. Nickamine and Analogous Nickel Pincer Catalysts for Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes
Renyi Shi, Zhikun Zhang, and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52, 1471-1483. [ Link to article ]
144. Ni3N as an active hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline medium
Weiyan Ni, Anna Krammer, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Hao Ming Chen, Andreas Schueler and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7445-7449. [ Link to article ]
143. From Alkyl Halides to Ketones: Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carbonylation Utilizing Ethyl Chloroformate as a Carbonyl Source
Renyi Shi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7454-7458. [ Link to article ]
142. Cu-Catalyzed Photoredox Chlorosulfonation of Alkenes and Alkynes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 84, 4525-4533. [ Link to article ]
141. Oxidative cleavage of β-O-4 bonds in lignin model compounds with a single-atom Co catalyst
Sijie Liu, Lichen Bai, Antoine P. van Muyden, Zhangjun Huang, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
Green Chemistry 2019, 21, 1974-1981. [link to article]
140. An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Fang Song, Michael Busch, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Elitsa Petkucheva, Michaël Bensimon, Hao Ming Chen,* Clemence Corminboeuf,* Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 558-568. [link to article]
139. Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Easily Assembled Ni(II)-Carboxylate MOFs
Zhikun Zhang, Lichen Bai, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2019, 10, 3791-3795. [link to article]
138. Photoelectrocatalytic Arene C-H Amination
Lei Zhang, Laurent Liardet, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu,*
Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 366-373. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
137. An Ultrathin Cobalt-Iron Oxide Catalyst for Water Oxidation on Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes
Laurent Liardet, Jordan Katz, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 6012-6020. [ Link to article ]
136. Manganese-mediated reductive amidation of esters with nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung,* Ni Shen, Shao-Peng Wang, Asim Ullah, Xile Hu and Jun-An Ma*
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2019, 6, 756-761. [ Link to article ]
135. Formal Aza‐Wacker Cyclization by Tandem Electrochemical Oxidation and Copper Catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 4700-4704. [ Link to article ]
134. Z-Selective Synthesis of Vinyl Boronates through Fe-Catalyzed Alkyl Radical Addition
Guido Barzanò, Alexis Cheseaux, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2019, 21, 490-493. [ Link to article ]
2018
133. Cu Photoredox Catalysts Supported by a 4,6-Disubstituted 2,2-Bipyridine Ligand: Application in Chlorotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2018, 37, 3928–3935. [ Link to article ]
132. Decarboxylative C(sp3)‐O Cross Coupling
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 13624-13628. [ Link to article ]
131. Solvent-Induced Surface Hydroxylation of Layered Perovskite Sr3FeCoO7-δ for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
Kongliang Xu, Fang Song,* Jun Gu, Xiang Xu, Zhenning Liu,* and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018, 6, 14240-14245 . [ Link to article ]
130. Cross Coupling of Alkyl Redox‐Active Esters with Benzophenone Imines via Tandem Photoredox and Copper Catalysis
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 9501-9504. [ Link to article ]
129. Transition metal oxides as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions: An application-inspired renaissance
Fang Song, Lichen Bai, Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chao Hu, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 7748–7759. [ Link to article ]
128. Manganese-Mediated Reductive Transamidation of Tertiary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Jun-An Ma, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 6789–6792. [ Link to article ]
127. Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N cross-coupling via synergetic photoredox and copper catalysis
Runze Mao, Adrian Frey, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 120-126 [ Link to article ]
126. A polymer-brush templated three-dimensional molybdenum sulfide catalyst for hydrogen evolution
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Piotr Mocny, Heron Vrubel, Tugba Bilgic, Harm-Anton Klok,* and Xile Hu*
ACS Applied Materials and Interface 2018, 10, 6253–6261. [ Link to article ]
125. Densely packed, ultra-small SnO nanoparticles for enhanced activity and selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Jun Gu, Florent Héroguel, Jeremy Luterbacher, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 2943-2947. [ Link to article ]
124. Amorphous Cobalt Vanadium Oxide as a Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution
Laurent Liardet and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 644-650 . [ Link to article ]
123. Amide Synthesis via Nickel-Catalysed Reductive Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Halides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2018, 9, 655-659. [ Link to article ]
122. Natural inspirations for metal–ligand cooperative catalysis
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
Nature Reviews Chemistry 2018, 2, 0099. [ Link to article ]
2017
121. Catalyst Surface Dynamics Reveals a Simple Geometric Descriptor of Activity
Fang Song, Jordan Katz, and Xile Hu*
Joule 2017, 1, 421-422. [ Link to article ]
120. Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Transamidation of Secondary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 7092-7096. [ Link to article ]
119. Room temperature C(sp2)-H oxidative chlorination via photoredox catalysis
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2017, 8, 7009-7013. [ Link to article ]
118. Water-bridged H-bonding network contributes to the catalysis of a SAM-dependent C-methyltransferase HcgC
Liping Bai, Tristan Wagner, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017 , 56, 10806-10809. [ Link to article ]
117. Towards artificial methanogenesis: biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor and characterization of the semi-synthetic hydrogenase
Liping Bai, Takashi Fujishiro, Gangfeng Huang, Jürgen Koch, Atsushi Takabayashi, Makio Yokono, Ayumi Tanaka, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Faraday Discussion 2017, 198, 37-58 [ Link to article ]
116. Direct Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2017, 8, 14878. [ Link to article ]
115. Photoelectrochemical deposition of CoP on cuprous oxide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, Carlos Gilberto Morales-Guio, Michael Grätzel, Xile Hu*
Electrochimica Acta 2017, 235, 311-316. [ Link to article ]
114. Nickel pincer model of the active site of lactate racemase involves ligand participation in hydride transfer
Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, Clemence Corminboeuf, and Xile Hu*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114, 1242-1245. [ Link to article ]
113. A Monometallic Iron(I) Organoferrate
Fedor E. Zhurkin, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 499-501. [ Link to article ]
2016
112. An Easily-Accessed Nickel Nanoparticle Catalyst for Alkene Hydrosilylation with Tertiary Silanes
Ivan Buslov, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 12295-12299. [ Link to article ]
111. A Structure-Activity Study of Nickel NNN Pincer Complexes for Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada and Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reactions
Thomas Di Franco, Marko Stojanovic, Sébastien Keller, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Helvetica Chimia Acta 2016, 99, 830-847. [ Link to article ]
110. Amine synthesis via iron-catalysed reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl halides
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12494. [ Link to article ]
109. A nickel iron diselenide-derived efficient oxygen-evolution catalyst
Xiang, Xu,+ Fang Song,+* and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12324. [ Link to article ] (+ co-first author)
108. Oxidatively Electrodeposited Thin-Film Transition Metal (Oxy)Hydroxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 8946–8957. [ Link to article ]
107. Gamma-selective allylation of (E)-alkenylzinc iodides prepared by reductive coupling of arylacetylenes with alkyl iodides
Fedor E. Zhurkin and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 81, 5795. [ Link to article ]
106. Identification of HcgC as SAM-Dependent Pyridinol Methyltransferase in [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Biosynthesis
Takashi Fujishiro, Liping Bai, Tao Xu, Xiulan Xie, Michael Schick, Jörg Kahnt, Michael Rother, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler, and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 9648–9651. [ Link to article ]
105. Efficient Water Electrolysis Using Ni2P as a Bifunctional Catalyst: Unveiling the Oxygen Evolution Catalytic Properties of Ni2P
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2016, 70, 240. [ PDF copy ]
104. Alkoxy hydrosilanes as surrogates of gaseous silanes for hydrosilylation of alkenes
Ivan Buslov, Sebastien C. Keller, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2016, 18, 1928–1931. [ Link to article ]
103. A Functional Model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Tao Xu, Chih-Juo Madeline Yin, Matthew D. Wodrich, Simona Mazza, Katherine M. Schultz, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 3270-3273. [ Link to article ]
102. Recent developments of iron pincer complexes for catalytic applications
Gerald Bauer and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2016, 3, 741-765. [ Link to article ] [ Download a free Copy]
101. From Water Oxidation to Reduction: Transformation from NixCo3–xO4 Nanowires to NiCo/NiCoOx Heterostructures
Xiaodong Yan, KeXue Li, Lu Lyu, Fang Song, Jun He, Dongmei Niu, Lei Liu, Xile Hu, and Xiaobo Chen*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 3208–3214. [ Link to article ]
100. Efficient Water Splitting Catalyzed by Cobalt Phosphide Based Nano-Needle Arrays Supported on Carbon Cloth
Peng Wang,+ Fang Song,*+ Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, and Xile Hu* (+ equal contribution)
ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 472-477. [ Link to article ]
99. A nanoporous oxygen evolution catalyst synthesized by selective electrochemical etching of perovskite hydroxide CoSn(OH)6 nanocubes
Fang Song, Kurt Schenk and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2016, 9, 473-477. [ Link to article ]
98. From dimethylamine to pyrrolidine: the development of an improved nickel pincer complex for cross-coupling of non-activated secondary alkyl halides
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, Rosario Scopelliti and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 258-261. [ Link to article ]
97. A Novel Nickel Pincer Complex in the Active Site of Lactate Racemase
Tao Xu, Gerald Bauer, and Xile Hu*
ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 31-32. [ Link to article ]
2015
96. Reconstitution of [Fe]-hydrogenase using model complexes
Seigo Shima,* Dafa Chen, Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Takashi Fujishiro, Katherine M. Schultz, Jörg Kahnt, Kenichi Ataka, and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry 2015, 7, 995-1002. [ Link to article ]
95. Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes via Sequential Iron-Catalyzed Reductive anti-Carbozincation of Terminal Alkynes and Base-Metal-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 18439-18444. [ Link to article ]
94. Synthesis of E-Alkyl Alkenes from Terminal Alkynes via Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides with B-Alkenyl-9-Borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes
Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2015, 17, 4910-4913. [ Link to article ]
93. Chemoselective Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Nickel Pincer Complexes
Ivan Buslov, Jeanne Becouse, Simona Mazza, Mickael Montandon-Clerc, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 14523-14526. [ Link to article ]
92. An Optically Transparent Iron Nickel Oxide Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Matthew, T. Mayer, Aswani Yella, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 9927–9936. [ Link to article ]
91. Ionic liquids enhance the electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by MoO2
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13698-13701. [ Link to article ]
90. Ni2P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni2P nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2015, 8, 2347-2351. [ Link to article ]
89. Solar Hydrogen Production by Amorphous Silicon Photocathodes Coated with a Magnetron Sputter Deposited Mo2C Catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Kerstin Thorwarth, Björn Niesen, Laurent Liardet, Joerg Patscheider, Christophe Ballif, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 7035–7038. [ Link to article ]
88. Hydrogen-activating models of hydrogenases
Tao Xu, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2015, 303, 32-41. [ Link to article ]
87. Z-Selective Olefin Synthesis via Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Halides with Terminal Arylalkynes
Chi Wai Cheung, Fedor E. Zhurkin, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 4932–4935. [ Link to article ]
86. Chemoselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by iron(II) PONOP pincer complexes
Simona Mazza, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1538-1545. [ Link to article ]
85. Widely Available Active Sites on Ni2P for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution – Insights from First Principles Calculations
Martin H. Hansen, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Jan Rossmeisl,* and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17, 10823-10839. [ Link to article ]
84. Cross-Coupling of Nonactivated Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents Catalyzed by Chiral Iron Pincer Complexes
Gerald Bauer, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu *
Synthesis 2015, 47, 1726-1732. [ Link to article ]
83. Toward Functional Type III [Fe]-Hydrogenase Biomimics for H2 Activation: Insights from Computation
Kevin A. Murray, Matthew D. Wodrich, Xile Hu*, and Clémence Corminboeuf*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 3987-3996. [ Link to article ]
82. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Terminal Alkynes at Room Temperature: A Hemilabile Pincer Ligand Enhances Catalytic Activity
Pablo Marcelo Perez Garcia, Peng Ren, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 1164-1171. [ Link to article ]
81. Iron Pincer Complexes as Catalysts and Intermediates in Alkyl–Aryl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Gerald Bauer, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu *
Organometallics 2015, 34, 289-298. [ Link to article ]
80. Evidence from In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the In-volvement of Terminal Disulfide in the Reduction of Protons by an amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Electrocatalyst
Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser,* Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Sheraz Gul, Vittal K. Yachandra, Xile Hu* and Junko Yano*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 314–321. [ Link to article ]
79. Copper-Catalyzed 1,2-Addition of α-Carbonyl Iodides to Alkynes
Tao Xu and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 1307-1311. [ Link to article ]
78. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Solutions using Cu2O Coated with Earth-Abundant Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 664-667. [ Link to article ]
2014
77. Ultrathin cobalt-manganese layered double hydroxide is an efficient oxygen evolution catalyst
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 16481–16484. [ Link to article ]
76. Enhanced oxygen evolution activity by NiOx and Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Faraday Discussion, 2014, 176, 363-379. [ Link to article ]
75. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research 2014, 47, 2671-2681. [ Link to article ]
74. Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 4477. Doi: 10.1038/ncomms5477. [ Link to article ]
73. Transition-Metal-Free Intermolecular α-C-H Amination of Ethers at Room Temperature
Ivan Buslov and Xile Hu*
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 2014, 356, 3325-3330. [ Link to article ]
72. Bimetallic oxidative addition in nickel-catalyzed alkyl-aryl Kumada coupling reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2014, 33, 5708-5715. [ link to article ]
71. Mechanistic Insights into Nickamine-catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2014, 68, 235-238. [ PDF copy ]
70. Mild and Phosphine-Free Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Secondary Alkyl Halides with Alkynyl Grignard Reagents
Chi Wai Cheung, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2014, 16, 2566–2569. [ Link to article ]
69. Renewable hydrogen generation from a dual-circuit redox flow battery
Veronique Amstutz, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Francis Powlesland, Heron Vrubel, Christos Comninellis, Xile Hu and Hubert H Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 2350-2358. [ Link to article ]
68. Iron-catalyzed 1,2-Addition of Perfluoroalkyl Iodides to Alkynes and Alkenes
Tao Xu, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 4910-4914. [ Link to article ]
67. Nanostructured hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews 2014, 43, 6555-6569. [ Link to article ]
66. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in organic solvents catalyzed by MoO2
Yeon-Ji Oh, Heron Vrubel, Sébastien Guidoux, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 3878-3881. [ Link to article ]
65. Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
Ligang Feng, Heron Vrubel, Michael Bensimon, and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16, 5917-5921. [ Link to article ]
64. Ni2P enhances the activity and durability of Pt anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 1628-1632. (+ equal contribution) [ Link to article ]
63. Hydrogen evolution from a copper(I) oxide photocathode coated with an amorphous molybdenum sulphide catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, S. David Tilley, Heron Vrubel, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 3059. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4059. [ Link to article ]
62. Synthesis and Reactivity of Mononuclear Iron Models of [Fe]-Hydrogenase that Contain an Acylmethylpyridinol Ligand
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu
Chemistry, A European Journal 2014, 20, 1677-1682. [ Link to article ]
61. An effective Pd-Ni2P/C anode catalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 122-126. [ Link to article ] (+ equal contribution)
60. Nanoporous Molybdenum Carbide Nanowire as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Lei Liao, Sinong Wang, Jingjing Xiao, XiaoJun Bian, Yahong Zhang, Micheal D. Scanlon, Xile Hu, Yi Tang,* Baohong Liu* and Hubert H Girault
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 387-392. [ Link to article ]
2013
Author Proflie, Xile Hu
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 7070. [ Link to artcle ]
59. Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Halides Catalyzed by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Thomas Di Franco, Nicolas Boutin, and Xile Hu*
Synthesis 2013, 45, 2949-2958. [ Link to article ]
58. Revealing and Accelerating Slow Electron Transport in Amorphous Molybdenum Sulphide Particles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Heron Vrubel, Thomas Moehl, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2013, 49, 8985-8987. [ Link to article ]
57. Growth and Activation of an Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Hydrogen Evolving Catalyst
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2013, 3, 2002-2011. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
56. Bimetallic Oxidative Addition Involving Radical Intermediates in Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Jesus Ruiz, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 12004-12012. [ Link to article ]
55. [Fe]-hydrogenase and Models that Contain Iron-Acyl Ligation
Katherine M. Schultz, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, An Asian Journal 2013, 8, 1068-1075. [ Link to article ]
54. Electronic Elements Governing the Binding of Small Molecules to a [Fe]-hydrogenase Mimic
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 22-23, 3993-3999. [ Link to article ]
53. Reversible Dimerization of Mononuclear Models of [Fe]-hydrogenase
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2013, 19, 6221-6224. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
52. Low-cost industrially available molybdenum boride and carbide as “platinum-like” catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in biphasic liquid system
Micheál D. Scanlon, Xiaojun Bian, Heron Vrubel, Véronique Amstutz, Kurt Schenk, Xile Hu, BaoHong Liu and Hubert H. Girault*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013, 15, 2847-2857. [ Link to article ]
51. Organic molecules as mediators and catalysts for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 2253-2261. [ Link to artcle ]
2012
50. Molybdenum boride and carbide catalyze hydrogen evolution in both acidic and basic solutions
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 12703-12706. [ Link to artcle ]
49. Nickel-catalyzed diastereoselective alkyl-alkyl Kumada coupling reactions
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alessio Orsino, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 4286-4289. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
48. Copper-catalyzed cross coupling of functionalized alkyl halides and tosylates with secondary and tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents
Peng Ren, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 9110-9113. [ Link to artcle ]
47. A Pyridinol Acyl Cofactor in the Active Site of [Fe]-hydrogenase Evidenced by the Reactivity of Model Complexes
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2012, 18, 11528-11530. [ Link to artcle ]
46. Fe, Co, and Ni Ions Promote the Catalytic Activity of Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films for Hydrogen Evolution
Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Lorenzo Rovelli, Stephane Fierro, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2012, 3, 2515-2525. [ Link to artcle ]
45. Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS2 catalysts in biphasic liquid systems
PeiYu Ge, Micheal D. Scanlon, Pekka Peljo, XiaoJun Bian, Heron Vubrel, Arlene O’Neill, Jonthan N Coleman, Marco Cantoni, Xile Hu, Kyösti Kontturi, Baohong Liu, and Hubert H Girault*
Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 6484-6486. [ Link to artcle ]
44. Biphasic water splitting by osmocene
P. Ge, T. K. Todorova, I. Hatay, O. Avendano, A. Johana, H. Vrubel, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, X. Hu, C. Corminboeuf, and H. H. Girault*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 2012, 109, 11558-11563. [ Link to artcle ]
43. Nickamine: a general catalyst for cross coupling of alkyl halides and direct alkylation
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2012, 66, 154-158. [ Link to artcle ]
42. Synthesis and electronic properties of a pentafluoroethyl-derivatized nickel pincer complex
Venkata N. Madhira, Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Xile Hu, and David A. Vicic*
Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 7915-7919. [ Link to artcle ]
41. Copper-catalyzed alkylation of benzoxazoles with secondaryl alkyl halides
Peng Ren, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 1748-1751. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
40. Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic application of a nickel pincer hydride complex
Jan Breitenfeld, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 2128-2136. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ] [ Cover Art ] [ Editorial ]
39. Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by MoS3 and MoS2 particles
Heron Vrubel, Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6136-6144. [ link to article ]
38. Reversible protonation of a thiolate ligand in an [Fe]-hydrogenase model complex
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 1919-1921. [ Link to article ]
2011
37. Cross-coupling of nonactivated alkyl halides with alkynyl Grignard reagents: A nickel pincer complex as the catalyst
Oleg Vechorkin, Aurélien Godinat, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 11777-11781. [ Link to article ]
36. Base metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts and enzyme mimics
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2011, 65, 646-648. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Special issue on chemistry in EPFL.
35. Hydrogen evolution at polarised liquid/liquid interfaces catalyzed by molybdenum disulfide
Imren Hatay, Peiyu Ge, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, and Hubert H. Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 4246-4251. [ Link to article ]
34. Ni-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective
Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1867-1886. [ Link to article ]
33. Recent Developments of Molybdenum and Tungsten Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 3878-3888. [ Link to article ]
32. Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Model Complexes of the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Dafa Chen, Annegret Ahrens-Botzong, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 5249-5257. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
31. A Five-Coordinate Iron Center in the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase: Hints from a Model Study
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 5671-5673. [ Link to article ]
30. A Structure-Activity Study of Ni-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling. Improved Catalysts for Coupling of Secondary Alkyl Halides
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Kim von Allmen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 7084-7095. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
29. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films as Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production in Water
Daniel Merki, Stéphane Fierro, Heron Vrubel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1262-1267. [ Link to article ]
28. Pd, Pt, and Ru complexes of a pincer bis(amino)amide ligand
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40, 8906-8911. [ Link to article ]
Thematic issue – Pincers and other hemilabile ligands.
27. Bis[(2-dimethylamino)phenyl]amine Nickel(II) Chloride
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
e-EROS, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Wiley, 2011. Article RN01347. DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01347. [ Link to article]
2010
26. [Fe]-Hydrogenase Models Featuring Acylmethylpyridinyl Ligands
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 7512-7515. [ Link to article ]
25. Why Are (NN2)Ni Pincer Complexes Active for Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling: ß-H Elimination is Kinetically Accessible but Thermodynamically Uphill
Jan Breitenfeld, Oleg Vechorkin, Clémence Corminboeuf, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2010, 29, 3686-3689. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
24. Carbon Dioxide as the C-1 Source for Direct C-H Functionalization of Aromatic Heterocycles
Oleg Vechorkin, Nathalie Hirt, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2010, 12, 3567-3569. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
23. Cross Coupling of Non-Activated Alkyl Halides by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Xile Hu*
Chimia 2010, 64, 231-234. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Invited account article.
22. The Nickel/Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Heterocyclic C-H Bonds
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 3061-3064. [ Link to article ]
21. Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron Acyl Complexes Modeling the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 928-929. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
2009
20. Ni-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides: Orthogonal Functionalization of Alkyl Iodides, Bromides, and Chlorides
Oleg Vechorkin, Delphine Barmaz, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 12078-12079. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
19. Functional Group Tolerant Kumada-Corriu-Tamao Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides with Aryl and Heteroaryl Nucleophiles: Catalysis by a Nickel Pincer Complex Permits the Coupling of Functionalized Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 9756-9766. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
18. Hydrogen Evolution at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Imren Hatay, Bin Su, Fei Li, Raheleh Partovi-Nia, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, Mustafa Ersoz, and Hubert H. Girault*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 5139-5142. [ Link to article ]
17. An Iron Carbonyl Pyridonate Complex Related to the Active Site of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Blaise V. Obrist, Dafa Chen, Anne Ahrens, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry 2009, 48, 3514-3516. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
16. Ni-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Non-Activated and Functionalized Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 2937-2940. [ Link to article ]
15. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer Amidobis(amine) Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Activity in Stoichiometric and Catalytic C-C Bond Forming Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, a European Journal 2009, 15, 3889-3899. [ Link to article ]
2008
14. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer NN2 Ligand: Multiple Carbon-Chloride Activation of CH2Cl2 and CHCl3 Leads to Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Zsolt Csok, Oleg Vechorkin, Seth B. Harkins, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 8156-8157. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
* Denotes corresponding author(s)
Publications on Ph.D. and Postdoc work of Prof. Hu
13. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at low overpotentials by cobalt macrocyclic glyoxime and tetraimine complexes
Xile Hu, Bruce S. Brunschwig and Jonas C. Peters
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 8988-8998.
12. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes
Xile Hu, Brandi M. Cossairt, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis and Jonas C. Peters
Chemical Communications 2005, 4723-4725.
11. New tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene chelators for small molecule activation
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005, 690, 5474-5484. Invited account article.
10. Terminal Cobalt(III) Imido Complexes Supported by Tris(Carbene) Ligands: Imido Insertion into the Cobalt-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 16322-16323.
9. Dioxygen Activation by a Low-Valent Cobalt Complex Employing a Flexible Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 13464-13473.
8. Synthesis and characterization of electron-rich nickel tris-carbene complexes
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Chemical Communications 2004, 2164-2165.
7. Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the Metal-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez, Kristien Olsen and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2004, 23, 755-764.
6. Cationic and neutral four-coordinate alkylidene complexes of vanadium(IV) containing short V:C bonds
Falguni Basuli, Uriah J. Kilgore, Xile Hu, Karsten Meyer, Maren Pink, John C. Huffman and Daniel J. Mindiola
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2004, 43, 3156-3159.
5. Synthesis and Characterization of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Uranium(III)
Hidetaka Nakai, Xile Hu, Lev N. Zakharov, Arnold L. Rheingold and Karsten Meyer
Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43, 855-857.
4. Copper Complexes of Nitrogen-Anchored Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands
Xile Hu, Ingrod Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 12237-12245.
3. Bis-Carbenealkenyl Copper(I) Complex from a Tripodal Tris-Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 3016-3018.
2. Silver Complexes of a Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Evidence for Significant Metal-Carbene pi-Interaction
Xile Hu, Youngjun Tang, Peter Gantzel and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 612-614.
1. Identification of iron cyclam complexes encapsulated inside zeolite Y
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 337, 53-58. Special edition in honor of Karl Wieghardt’s 60th birthday.
Active Preprints
1. A synergistic Pt-Ru-nitrogen-doped-carbon catalysts for the hydrogen oxidation reaction
Weiyan Ni, Noor Ul Hassan, Josephine Meibom, You-Chiuan Chu, Miyeon Chang, Anna Krammer, Songlan Sun, Lichen Bai, Seunghwa Lee, Seongmin Jin, Jeremy Luterbatcher, Andreas Schüler, Hao Ming Chen, William E. Mustain*, Xile Hu*
ChemRXiv. 2022. [ Link to article ]
2023
193. Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*
Chemsuschem 2023, 16, e202201687. [ Link to article ]
196. Copper lattice tension boosts full-cell CO electrolysis to multi-carbon olefins and oxygenates
Wenchao Ma, Shunji Xie, Biao Zhang, Xiaoyang He, Xi Liu, Bingbao Mei, Fanfei Sun, Zheng Jiang, Li Lin, Qinghong Zhang, Bin Ren, Gang Fu, Xile Hu, and Ye Wang*
Chem 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.03.022. [ Link to article ]
195. Fluorinated Poly(Aryl Piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Chuan Hu, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2210432. [ Link to article ]
194. Operando identification of a side-on nickel superoxide intermediate and the mechanism of oxygen evolution on nickel oxyhydroxide
Seunghwa Lee, You-Chiuan Chu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen, Xile Hu*
Chem Catalysis 2023, 3, 100475. [ Link to article ]
193. Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*
Chemsuschem 2023, 16, e202201687. [ Link to article ]
2022
192. Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes
Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 1180-1187. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
191. A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Aoni Xu, Karen Chan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202214173. [ Link to article ]
190. The Function of Two Radical-SAM Enzymes, HcgA and HcgG, in the Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor
Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Sebastian Schaupp, Yu-Cong Zheng, Mohd Farid Abdul-Halim, Pan Hui-Jie, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Xile Hu, Kyle Costa, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202213239. [ Link to article ]
189. Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes
Yunchang Liang*, Karla Banjac, Kévin Martin, Nicolas Zigon, Seunghwa Lee, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Felipe Andrés Garcés-Pineda, José R. Galán-Mascarós, Xile Hu, Narcis Avarvari*, and Magalí Lingenfelder*
Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3356. [ Link to article ]
188. Enhanced rate performance of lithium-ion battery anodes using a cobalt-incorporated carbon conductive agent
Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry, Zhuijun Xu, Ming Yang, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (RSC), 2022, 9, 3484-3493. [ Link to article ]
187. Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries (review)
Suzhe Liang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruoxuan Qi, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, Peter Müller-Buschbaum,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2201675. [ Link to article ]
186. Modulating Electric Field Distribution by Alkali Cations for CO2 Electroreduction in Strongly Acidic Medium
Jun Gu, Shuo Liu, Weiyan Ni, Wenhao Ren, Sophia Haussener, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5, 268-276. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
185. Streamlined Alkylation via Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes
Zhikun Zhang, Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 7015–7029. [ Link to article ]
184. An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Florent E. Héroguel, Anna Krammer, Seunghwa Lee, Liang Yao, Andreas Schüler, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Yushan Yan,* and Xile Hu*
Nature Materials 2022, 21, 804-810. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
183. Electronic Regulation of Ni Single Atom by Confined Ni Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Xin Tan, Chen Jia, Anna Krammer, Qian Sun, Jiangtao Qu, Sean Smith, Andreas Schueler, Xile Hu,* Chuan Zhao*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202203335. [ Link to article ]
182. In Vitro Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Verifies the Proposed Biosynthetic Precursors
Sebastian Schaupp, Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Hui-jie Pan, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Kyle Costa, Xile Hu, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202200994. [ Link to article ]
181. Oxidase-type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst
Lei Zhang, Björn Pfund, Oliver S. Wenger,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202202649. [ Link to article ]
180. Branched Poly(aryl piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202114892. [ Link to article ]
179. Tracking high-valent surface iron species in the oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt iron (oxy)hydroxides
Seunghwa Lee, Aliki Moysiadou, You-Chiuan Chu, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Energy and Environmental Science 2022, 15, 206-214 . [ Link to article ]
2021
178. Double-Atom Catalysts as a Molecular Platform for Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolution
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Nature Energy 2021, 6, 1054–1066. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
177. Photocatalytic decarboxylative coupling of aliphatic N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with polyfluoroaryl nucleophiles
Xiangli Yi, Runze Mao, Lara Lavrencic, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 23557-23563. [ Link to article ]
176. Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Aurélya Christelle Turla, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 14667–14675. [ Link to article ]
175. Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 22833-22838. [ Link to article ]
174. Diversifying metal‐ligand cooperative catalysis in semi‐synthetic [Mn]‐hydrogenases
Huijie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 13350-13357. [ Link to article ]
173. Chiral Alkyl Amine Synthesis via Catalytic Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Enecarbamates
Deyun Qian, Srikrishna Bera, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 1959-1967. [ Link to article ]
172. Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Electrophiles via Nickel Hydride Catalysis
Srikrishna Bera, Runze Mao, Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 270–277. [ Link to article ]
171. Intermolecular oxidative amination of unactivated alkenes by dual photoredox and copper catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 1901-1906. [ Link to article ]
170. Spectroscopic and Electrokinetic Evidence for a Bifunctional Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Seunghwa Lee, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 3095-3103. [ Link to article ]
2020
169. High‐Efficiency Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Employing Non‐Noble Metal Catalysts
Pengzuo Chen and Xile Hu*
Advanced Energy Materials 2020, 10, 2002285. [link to article]
168. Tandem Photoredox and Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N Coupling of Anilines and Imines Using an Organic Photocatalyst
Guido Barzanò, Runze Mao, Marion Garreau, Jerome Waser, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2020, 22, 5412–5416. [link to article]
167. Mechanistic Investigations of Nickamine- Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Alkenes: Nickel Nanoparticles Are the Active Species
Marten L. Ploeger, Ivan Buslov, Xile Hu*
Chimia 2020, 74, 444-449. [ Link to article ] (Platinum open-access)
166. Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step
Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Haoming Chen, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 11901–11914. [ Link to article ]
165. Nickel Catalysis Enables Convergent Paired Electrolysis for Direct Arylation of Benzylic C-H Bonds
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2020, 11, 10786-10791. [link to article]
164. Efficient hydrogen oxidation catalyzed by strain-engineered nickel nanoparticles
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Yu-Chun Chuang, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 10797-10801. [ Link to article ]
163. Deciphering iron-dependent activity in oxygen evolution catalyzed by nickel iron layered double hydroxide
Seunghwa Lee,Lichen Bai, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 8072-8077. [ Link to article ]
162. Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar‐Driven Water Splitting
Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Lichen Bai, Cuncai Lv, Zhipeng Huang*, Xile Hu*, Lifeng Liu*
Advanced Science , 2020, 7, 1902102. [ Link to article ]
161. Reductive Cleavage of Azoarene as a Key Step in Nickel-Catalyzed Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Marten Ploeger, Andrea Darù, Jeremy N. Harvey* and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 2845-2854. [ Link to article ]
160. Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Iodides with Alkynes To Yield cis-Olefins: Mechanistic Insights from Computation
Andrea Darù, Xile Hu, Jeremy N. Harvey*
ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 1586-1594. [ Link to article ]
159. Arylsilylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes via Cooperative Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 777-781. [ Link to article ]
158. Biomimetic hydrogenation catalyzed by a manganese model of [Fe]‐hydrogenase
Huijie Pan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 4942-4946. [ Link to article ]
2019
157. Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Hydroalkylation of Pyrrolines
Deyun Qian, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 18519-18523. [ Link to article ]
156. Stability profiles of transition metal oxides in the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium
Aliki Moysiadou, Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25865-25877. [ Link to article ]
155. Functional Models of the Nickel Pincer Nucleotide Cofactor of Lactate Racemase
Renyi Shi, Matthew D. Wodrich, Hui-Jie Pan, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 16869-16872. [ Link to article ]
154. Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylthiolation of Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Alexis Cheseaux and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 9555-9559. [ Link to article ]
153. A Cobalt-Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 14190-14199. [ Link to article ]
152. Nickel‐Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroalkylation and Hydroarylation of Alkenyl Boronic Esters
Srikrishna Bera and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 13854-13859. [ Link to article ]
151. Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO
Jun Gu, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen*, and Xile Hu*
Science, 2019, 364, 1091-1094. [ Link to article ]
150. The atomic-resolution crystal structure of activated [Fe]-hydrogenase
Gangfeng Huang, Tristan Wagner, Matthew D. Wodrich, Kenichi Ataka, Eckhard Bill, Ulrich Ermler, Xile Hu and Seigo Shima*
Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 537–543. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
149. Homogeneous Reactions Limit the Efficiency of Gold Electrodes in CO2 Electroreduction
Jun Gu and Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 933-935. (First reaction) [ Link to article ]
148. A catalytically active [Mn]-hydrogenase incorporating a non-native metal cofactor
Hui-Jie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima* and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 669-675. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
147. Oxygen Isotope Labelling Experiments Reveal Different Reaction Sites for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Nickel and Nickel Iron Oxides
Seunghwa Lee, Karla Banjac, Magali Lingenfelder, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 10295-10299. [ Link to article ]
146. Metal‐sulfide catalysts derived from lignosulfonate and their efficient use in hydrogenolysis
Sijie Liu, Antoine P. van Muyden, Lichen Bai, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
ChemSusChem 2019, 19, 3271-3277.[link to article]
145. Nickamine and Analogous Nickel Pincer Catalysts for Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes
Renyi Shi, Zhikun Zhang, and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52, 1471-1483. [ Link to article ]
144. Ni3N as an active hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline medium
Weiyan Ni, Anna Krammer, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Hao Ming Chen, Andreas Schueler and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7445-7449. [ Link to article ]
143. From Alkyl Halides to Ketones: Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carbonylation Utilizing Ethyl Chloroformate as a Carbonyl Source
Renyi Shi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7454-7458. [ Link to article ]
142. Cu-Catalyzed Photoredox Chlorosulfonation of Alkenes and Alkynes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 84, 4525-4533. [ Link to article ]
141. Oxidative cleavage of β-O-4 bonds in lignin model compounds with a single-atom Co catalyst
Sijie Liu, Lichen Bai, Antoine P. van Muyden, Zhangjun Huang, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
Green Chemistry 2019, 21, 1974-1981. [link to article]
140. An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Fang Song, Michael Busch, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Elitsa Petkucheva, Michaël Bensimon, Hao Ming Chen,* Clemence Corminboeuf,* Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 558-568. [link to article]
139. Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Easily Assembled Ni(II)-Carboxylate MOFs
Zhikun Zhang, Lichen Bai, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2019, 10, 3791-3795. [link to article]
138. Photoelectrocatalytic Arene C-H Amination
Lei Zhang, Laurent Liardet, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu,*
Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 366-373. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
137. An Ultrathin Cobalt-Iron Oxide Catalyst for Water Oxidation on Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes
Laurent Liardet, Jordan Katz, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 6012-6020. [ Link to article ]
136. Manganese-mediated reductive amidation of esters with nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung,* Ni Shen, Shao-Peng Wang, Asim Ullah, Xile Hu and Jun-An Ma*
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2019, 6, 756-761. [ Link to article ]
135. Formal Aza‐Wacker Cyclization by Tandem Electrochemical Oxidation and Copper Catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 4700-4704. [ Link to article ]
134. Z-Selective Synthesis of Vinyl Boronates through Fe-Catalyzed Alkyl Radical Addition
Guido Barzanò, Alexis Cheseaux, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2019, 21, 490-493. [ Link to article ]
2018
133. Cu Photoredox Catalysts Supported by a 4,6-Disubstituted 2,2-Bipyridine Ligand: Application in Chlorotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2018, 37, 3928–3935. [ Link to article ]
132. Decarboxylative C(sp3)‐O Cross Coupling
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 13624-13628. [ Link to article ]
131. Solvent-Induced Surface Hydroxylation of Layered Perovskite Sr3FeCoO7-δ for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
Kongliang Xu, Fang Song,* Jun Gu, Xiang Xu, Zhenning Liu,* and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018, 6, 14240-14245 . [ Link to article ]
130. Cross Coupling of Alkyl Redox‐Active Esters with Benzophenone Imines via Tandem Photoredox and Copper Catalysis
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 9501-9504. [ Link to article ]
129. Transition metal oxides as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions: An application-inspired renaissance
Fang Song, Lichen Bai, Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chao Hu, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 7748–7759. [ Link to article ]
128. Manganese-Mediated Reductive Transamidation of Tertiary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Jun-An Ma, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 6789–6792. [ Link to article ]
127. Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N cross-coupling via synergetic photoredox and copper catalysis
Runze Mao, Adrian Frey, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 120-126 [ Link to article ]
126. A polymer-brush templated three-dimensional molybdenum sulfide catalyst for hydrogen evolution
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Piotr Mocny, Heron Vrubel, Tugba Bilgic, Harm-Anton Klok,* and Xile Hu*
ACS Applied Materials and Interface 2018, 10, 6253–6261. [ Link to article ]
125. Densely packed, ultra-small SnO nanoparticles for enhanced activity and selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Jun Gu, Florent Héroguel, Jeremy Luterbacher, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 2943-2947. [ Link to article ]
124. Amorphous Cobalt Vanadium Oxide as a Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution
Laurent Liardet and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 644-650 . [ Link to article ]
123. Amide Synthesis via Nickel-Catalysed Reductive Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Halides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2018, 9, 655-659. [ Link to article ]
122. Natural inspirations for metal–ligand cooperative catalysis
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
Nature Reviews Chemistry 2018, 2, 0099. [ Link to article ]
2017
121. Catalyst Surface Dynamics Reveals a Simple Geometric Descriptor of Activity
Fang Song, Jordan Katz, and Xile Hu*
Joule 2017, 1, 421-422. [ Link to article ]
120. Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Transamidation of Secondary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 7092-7096. [ Link to article ]
119. Room temperature C(sp2)-H oxidative chlorination via photoredox catalysis
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2017, 8, 7009-7013. [ Link to article ]
118. Water-bridged H-bonding network contributes to the catalysis of a SAM-dependent C-methyltransferase HcgC
Liping Bai, Tristan Wagner, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017 , 56, 10806-10809. [ Link to article ]
117. Towards artificial methanogenesis: biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor and characterization of the semi-synthetic hydrogenase
Liping Bai, Takashi Fujishiro, Gangfeng Huang, Jürgen Koch, Atsushi Takabayashi, Makio Yokono, Ayumi Tanaka, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Faraday Discussion 2017, 198, 37-58 [ Link to article ]
116. Direct Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2017, 8, 14878. [ Link to article ]
115. Photoelectrochemical deposition of CoP on cuprous oxide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, Carlos Gilberto Morales-Guio, Michael Grätzel, Xile Hu*
Electrochimica Acta 2017, 235, 311-316. [ Link to article ]
114. Nickel pincer model of the active site of lactate racemase involves ligand participation in hydride transfer
Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, Clemence Corminboeuf, and Xile Hu*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114, 1242-1245. [ Link to article ]
113. A Monometallic Iron(I) Organoferrate
Fedor E. Zhurkin, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 499-501. [ Link to article ]
2016
112. An Easily-Accessed Nickel Nanoparticle Catalyst for Alkene Hydrosilylation with Tertiary Silanes
Ivan Buslov, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 12295-12299. [ Link to article ]
111. A Structure-Activity Study of Nickel NNN Pincer Complexes for Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada and Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reactions
Thomas Di Franco, Marko Stojanovic, Sébastien Keller, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Helvetica Chimia Acta 2016, 99, 830-847. [ Link to article ]
110. Amine synthesis via iron-catalysed reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl halides
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12494. [ Link to article ]
109. A nickel iron diselenide-derived efficient oxygen-evolution catalyst
Xiang, Xu,+ Fang Song,+* and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12324. [ Link to article ] (+ co-first author)
108. Oxidatively Electrodeposited Thin-Film Transition Metal (Oxy)Hydroxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 8946–8957. [ Link to article ]
107. Gamma-selective allylation of (E)-alkenylzinc iodides prepared by reductive coupling of arylacetylenes with alkyl iodides
Fedor E. Zhurkin and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 81, 5795. [ Link to article ]
106. Identification of HcgC as SAM-Dependent Pyridinol Methyltransferase in [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Biosynthesis
Takashi Fujishiro, Liping Bai, Tao Xu, Xiulan Xie, Michael Schick, Jörg Kahnt, Michael Rother, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler, and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 9648–9651. [ Link to article ]
105. Efficient Water Electrolysis Using Ni2P as a Bifunctional Catalyst: Unveiling the Oxygen Evolution Catalytic Properties of Ni2P
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2016, 70, 240. [ PDF copy ]
104. Alkoxy hydrosilanes as surrogates of gaseous silanes for hydrosilylation of alkenes
Ivan Buslov, Sebastien C. Keller, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2016, 18, 1928–1931. [ Link to article ]
103. A Functional Model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Tao Xu, Chih-Juo Madeline Yin, Matthew D. Wodrich, Simona Mazza, Katherine M. Schultz, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 3270-3273. [ Link to article ]
102. Recent developments of iron pincer complexes for catalytic applications
Gerald Bauer and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2016, 3, 741-765. [ Link to article ] [ Download a free Copy]
101. From Water Oxidation to Reduction: Transformation from NixCo3–xO4 Nanowires to NiCo/NiCoOx Heterostructures
Xiaodong Yan, KeXue Li, Lu Lyu, Fang Song, Jun He, Dongmei Niu, Lei Liu, Xile Hu, and Xiaobo Chen*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 3208–3214. [ Link to article ]
100. Efficient Water Splitting Catalyzed by Cobalt Phosphide Based Nano-Needle Arrays Supported on Carbon Cloth
Peng Wang,+ Fang Song,*+ Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, and Xile Hu* (+ equal contribution)
ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 472-477. [ Link to article ]
99. A nanoporous oxygen evolution catalyst synthesized by selective electrochemical etching of perovskite hydroxide CoSn(OH)6 nanocubes
Fang Song, Kurt Schenk and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2016, 9, 473-477. [ Link to article ]
98. From dimethylamine to pyrrolidine: the development of an improved nickel pincer complex for cross-coupling of non-activated secondary alkyl halides
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, Rosario Scopelliti and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 258-261. [ Link to article ]
97. A Novel Nickel Pincer Complex in the Active Site of Lactate Racemase
Tao Xu, Gerald Bauer, and Xile Hu*
ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 31-32. [ Link to article ]
2015
96. Reconstitution of [Fe]-hydrogenase using model complexes
Seigo Shima,* Dafa Chen, Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Takashi Fujishiro, Katherine M. Schultz, Jörg Kahnt, Kenichi Ataka, and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry 2015, 7, 995-1002. [ Link to article ]
95. Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes via Sequential Iron-Catalyzed Reductive anti-Carbozincation of Terminal Alkynes and Base-Metal-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 18439-18444. [ Link to article ]
94. Synthesis of E-Alkyl Alkenes from Terminal Alkynes via Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides with B-Alkenyl-9-Borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes
Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2015, 17, 4910-4913. [ Link to article ]
93. Chemoselective Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Nickel Pincer Complexes
Ivan Buslov, Jeanne Becouse, Simona Mazza, Mickael Montandon-Clerc, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 14523-14526. [ Link to article ]
92. An Optically Transparent Iron Nickel Oxide Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Matthew, T. Mayer, Aswani Yella, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 9927–9936. [ Link to article ]
91. Ionic liquids enhance the electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by MoO2
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13698-13701. [ Link to article ]
90. Ni2P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni2P nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2015, 8, 2347-2351. [ Link to article ]
89. Solar Hydrogen Production by Amorphous Silicon Photocathodes Coated with a Magnetron Sputter Deposited Mo2C Catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Kerstin Thorwarth, Björn Niesen, Laurent Liardet, Joerg Patscheider, Christophe Ballif, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 7035–7038. [ Link to article ]
88. Hydrogen-activating models of hydrogenases
Tao Xu, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2015, 303, 32-41. [ Link to article ]
87. Z-Selective Olefin Synthesis via Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Halides with Terminal Arylalkynes
Chi Wai Cheung, Fedor E. Zhurkin, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 4932–4935. [ Link to article ]
86. Chemoselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by iron(II) PONOP pincer complexes
Simona Mazza, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1538-1545. [ Link to article ]
85. Widely Available Active Sites on Ni2P for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution – Insights from First Principles Calculations
Martin H. Hansen, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Jan Rossmeisl,* and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17, 10823-10839. [ Link to article ]
84. Cross-Coupling of Nonactivated Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents Catalyzed by Chiral Iron Pincer Complexes
Gerald Bauer, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu *
Synthesis 2015, 47, 1726-1732. [ Link to article ]
83. Toward Functional Type III [Fe]-Hydrogenase Biomimics for H2 Activation: Insights from Computation
Kevin A. Murray, Matthew D. Wodrich, Xile Hu*, and Clémence Corminboeuf*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 3987-3996. [ Link to article ]
82. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Terminal Alkynes at Room Temperature: A Hemilabile Pincer Ligand Enhances Catalytic Activity
Pablo Marcelo Perez Garcia, Peng Ren, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 1164-1171. [ Link to article ]
81. Iron Pincer Complexes as Catalysts and Intermediates in Alkyl–Aryl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Gerald Bauer, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu *
Organometallics 2015, 34, 289-298. [ Link to article ]
80. Evidence from In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the In-volvement of Terminal Disulfide in the Reduction of Protons by an amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Electrocatalyst
Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser,* Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Sheraz Gul, Vittal K. Yachandra, Xile Hu* and Junko Yano*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 314–321. [ Link to article ]
79. Copper-Catalyzed 1,2-Addition of α-Carbonyl Iodides to Alkynes
Tao Xu and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 1307-1311. [ Link to article ]
78. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Solutions using Cu2O Coated with Earth-Abundant Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 664-667. [ Link to article ]
2014
77. Ultrathin cobalt-manganese layered double hydroxide is an efficient oxygen evolution catalyst
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 16481–16484. [ Link to article ]
76. Enhanced oxygen evolution activity by NiOx and Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Faraday Discussion, 2014, 176, 363-379. [ Link to article ]
75. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research 2014, 47, 2671-2681. [ Link to article ]
74. Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 4477. Doi: 10.1038/ncomms5477. [ Link to article ]
73. Transition-Metal-Free Intermolecular α-C-H Amination of Ethers at Room Temperature
Ivan Buslov and Xile Hu*
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 2014, 356, 3325-3330. [ Link to article ]
72. Bimetallic oxidative addition in nickel-catalyzed alkyl-aryl Kumada coupling reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2014, 33, 5708-5715. [ link to article ]
71. Mechanistic Insights into Nickamine-catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2014, 68, 235-238. [ PDF copy ]
70. Mild and Phosphine-Free Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Secondary Alkyl Halides with Alkynyl Grignard Reagents
Chi Wai Cheung, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2014, 16, 2566–2569. [ Link to article ]
69. Renewable hydrogen generation from a dual-circuit redox flow battery
Veronique Amstutz, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Francis Powlesland, Heron Vrubel, Christos Comninellis, Xile Hu and Hubert H Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 2350-2358. [ Link to article ]
68. Iron-catalyzed 1,2-Addition of Perfluoroalkyl Iodides to Alkynes and Alkenes
Tao Xu, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 4910-4914. [ Link to article ]
67. Nanostructured hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews 2014, 43, 6555-6569. [ Link to article ]
66. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in organic solvents catalyzed by MoO2
Yeon-Ji Oh, Heron Vrubel, Sébastien Guidoux, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 3878-3881. [ Link to article ]
65. Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
Ligang Feng, Heron Vrubel, Michael Bensimon, and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16, 5917-5921. [ Link to article ]
64. Ni2P enhances the activity and durability of Pt anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 1628-1632. (+ equal contribution) [ Link to article ]
63. Hydrogen evolution from a copper(I) oxide photocathode coated with an amorphous molybdenum sulphide catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, S. David Tilley, Heron Vrubel, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 3059. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4059. [ Link to article ]
62. Synthesis and Reactivity of Mononuclear Iron Models of [Fe]-Hydrogenase that Contain an Acylmethylpyridinol Ligand
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu
Chemistry, A European Journal 2014, 20, 1677-1682. [ Link to article ]
61. An effective Pd-Ni2P/C anode catalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 122-126. [ Link to article ] (+ equal contribution)
60. Nanoporous Molybdenum Carbide Nanowire as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Lei Liao, Sinong Wang, Jingjing Xiao, XiaoJun Bian, Yahong Zhang, Micheal D. Scanlon, Xile Hu, Yi Tang,* Baohong Liu* and Hubert H Girault
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 387-392. [ Link to article ]
2013
Author Proflie, Xile Hu
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 7070. [ Link to artcle ]
59. Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Halides Catalyzed by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Thomas Di Franco, Nicolas Boutin, and Xile Hu*
Synthesis 2013, 45, 2949-2958. [ Link to article ]
58. Revealing and Accelerating Slow Electron Transport in Amorphous Molybdenum Sulphide Particles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Heron Vrubel, Thomas Moehl, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2013, 49, 8985-8987. [ Link to article ]
57. Growth and Activation of an Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Hydrogen Evolving Catalyst
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2013, 3, 2002-2011. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
56. Bimetallic Oxidative Addition Involving Radical Intermediates in Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Jesus Ruiz, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 12004-12012. [ Link to article ]
55. [Fe]-hydrogenase and Models that Contain Iron-Acyl Ligation
Katherine M. Schultz, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, An Asian Journal 2013, 8, 1068-1075. [ Link to article ]
54. Electronic Elements Governing the Binding of Small Molecules to a [Fe]-hydrogenase Mimic
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 22-23, 3993-3999. [ Link to article ]
53. Reversible Dimerization of Mononuclear Models of [Fe]-hydrogenase
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2013, 19, 6221-6224. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
52. Low-cost industrially available molybdenum boride and carbide as “platinum-like” catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in biphasic liquid system
Micheál D. Scanlon, Xiaojun Bian, Heron Vrubel, Véronique Amstutz, Kurt Schenk, Xile Hu, BaoHong Liu and Hubert H. Girault*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013, 15, 2847-2857. [ Link to article ]
51. Organic molecules as mediators and catalysts for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 2253-2261. [ Link to artcle ]
2012
50. Molybdenum boride and carbide catalyze hydrogen evolution in both acidic and basic solutions
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 12703-12706. [ Link to artcle ]
49. Nickel-catalyzed diastereoselective alkyl-alkyl Kumada coupling reactions
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alessio Orsino, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 4286-4289. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
48. Copper-catalyzed cross coupling of functionalized alkyl halides and tosylates with secondary and tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents
Peng Ren, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 9110-9113. [ Link to artcle ]
47. A Pyridinol Acyl Cofactor in the Active Site of [Fe]-hydrogenase Evidenced by the Reactivity of Model Complexes
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2012, 18, 11528-11530. [ Link to artcle ]
46. Fe, Co, and Ni Ions Promote the Catalytic Activity of Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films for Hydrogen Evolution
Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Lorenzo Rovelli, Stephane Fierro, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2012, 3, 2515-2525. [ Link to artcle ]
45. Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS2 catalysts in biphasic liquid systems
PeiYu Ge, Micheal D. Scanlon, Pekka Peljo, XiaoJun Bian, Heron Vubrel, Arlene O’Neill, Jonthan N Coleman, Marco Cantoni, Xile Hu, Kyösti Kontturi, Baohong Liu, and Hubert H Girault*
Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 6484-6486. [ Link to artcle ]
44. Biphasic water splitting by osmocene
P. Ge, T. K. Todorova, I. Hatay, O. Avendano, A. Johana, H. Vrubel, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, X. Hu, C. Corminboeuf, and H. H. Girault*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 2012, 109, 11558-11563. [ Link to artcle ]
43. Nickamine: a general catalyst for cross coupling of alkyl halides and direct alkylation
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2012, 66, 154-158. [ Link to artcle ]
42. Synthesis and electronic properties of a pentafluoroethyl-derivatized nickel pincer complex
Venkata N. Madhira, Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Xile Hu, and David A. Vicic*
Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 7915-7919. [ Link to artcle ]
41. Copper-catalyzed alkylation of benzoxazoles with secondaryl alkyl halides
Peng Ren, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 1748-1751. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
40. Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic application of a nickel pincer hydride complex
Jan Breitenfeld, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 2128-2136. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ] [ Cover Art ] [ Editorial ]
39. Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by MoS3 and MoS2 particles
Heron Vrubel, Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6136-6144. [ link to article ]
38. Reversible protonation of a thiolate ligand in an [Fe]-hydrogenase model complex
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 1919-1921. [ Link to article ]
2011
37. Cross-coupling of nonactivated alkyl halides with alkynyl Grignard reagents: A nickel pincer complex as the catalyst
Oleg Vechorkin, Aurélien Godinat, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 11777-11781. [ Link to article ]
36. Base metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts and enzyme mimics
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2011, 65, 646-648. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Special issue on chemistry in EPFL.
35. Hydrogen evolution at polarised liquid/liquid interfaces catalyzed by molybdenum disulfide
Imren Hatay, Peiyu Ge, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, and Hubert H. Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 4246-4251. [ Link to article ]
34. Ni-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective
Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1867-1886. [ Link to article ]
33. Recent Developments of Molybdenum and Tungsten Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 3878-3888. [ Link to article ]
32. Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Model Complexes of the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Dafa Chen, Annegret Ahrens-Botzong, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 5249-5257. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
31. A Five-Coordinate Iron Center in the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase: Hints from a Model Study
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 5671-5673. [ Link to article ]
30. A Structure-Activity Study of Ni-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling. Improved Catalysts for Coupling of Secondary Alkyl Halides
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Kim von Allmen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 7084-7095. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
29. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films as Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production in Water
Daniel Merki, Stéphane Fierro, Heron Vrubel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1262-1267. [ Link to article ]
28. Pd, Pt, and Ru complexes of a pincer bis(amino)amide ligand
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40, 8906-8911. [ Link to article ]
Thematic issue – Pincers and other hemilabile ligands.
27. Bis[(2-dimethylamino)phenyl]amine Nickel(II) Chloride
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
e-EROS, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Wiley, 2011. Article RN01347. DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01347. [ Link to article]
2010
26. [Fe]-Hydrogenase Models Featuring Acylmethylpyridinyl Ligands
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 7512-7515. [ Link to article ]
25. Why Are (NN2)Ni Pincer Complexes Active for Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling: ß-H Elimination is Kinetically Accessible but Thermodynamically Uphill
Jan Breitenfeld, Oleg Vechorkin, Clémence Corminboeuf, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2010, 29, 3686-3689. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
24. Carbon Dioxide as the C-1 Source for Direct C-H Functionalization of Aromatic Heterocycles
Oleg Vechorkin, Nathalie Hirt, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2010, 12, 3567-3569. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
23. Cross Coupling of Non-Activated Alkyl Halides by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Xile Hu*
Chimia 2010, 64, 231-234. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Invited account article.
22. The Nickel/Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Heterocyclic C-H Bonds
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 3061-3064. [ Link to article ]
21. Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron Acyl Complexes Modeling the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 928-929. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
2009
20. Ni-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides: Orthogonal Functionalization of Alkyl Iodides, Bromides, and Chlorides
Oleg Vechorkin, Delphine Barmaz, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 12078-12079. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
19. Functional Group Tolerant Kumada-Corriu-Tamao Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides with Aryl and Heteroaryl Nucleophiles: Catalysis by a Nickel Pincer Complex Permits the Coupling of Functionalized Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 9756-9766. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
18. Hydrogen Evolution at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Imren Hatay, Bin Su, Fei Li, Raheleh Partovi-Nia, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, Mustafa Ersoz, and Hubert H. Girault*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 5139-5142. [ Link to article ]
17. An Iron Carbonyl Pyridonate Complex Related to the Active Site of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Blaise V. Obrist, Dafa Chen, Anne Ahrens, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry 2009, 48, 3514-3516. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
16. Ni-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Non-Activated and Functionalized Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 2937-2940. [ Link to article ]
15. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer Amidobis(amine) Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Activity in Stoichiometric and Catalytic C-C Bond Forming Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, a European Journal 2009, 15, 3889-3899. [ Link to article ]
2008
14. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer NN2 Ligand: Multiple Carbon-Chloride Activation of CH2Cl2 and CHCl3 Leads to Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Zsolt Csok, Oleg Vechorkin, Seth B. Harkins, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 8156-8157. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
* Denotes corresponding author(s)
Publications on Ph.D. and Postdoc work of Prof. Hu
13. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at low overpotentials by cobalt macrocyclic glyoxime and tetraimine complexes
Xile Hu, Bruce S. Brunschwig and Jonas C. Peters
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 8988-8998.
12. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes
Xile Hu, Brandi M. Cossairt, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis and Jonas C. Peters
Chemical Communications 2005, 4723-4725.
11. New tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene chelators for small molecule activation
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005, 690, 5474-5484. Invited account article.
10. Terminal Cobalt(III) Imido Complexes Supported by Tris(Carbene) Ligands: Imido Insertion into the Cobalt-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 16322-16323.
9. Dioxygen Activation by a Low-Valent Cobalt Complex Employing a Flexible Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 13464-13473.
8. Synthesis and characterization of electron-rich nickel tris-carbene complexes
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Chemical Communications 2004, 2164-2165.
7. Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the Metal-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez, Kristien Olsen and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2004, 23, 755-764.
6. Cationic and neutral four-coordinate alkylidene complexes of vanadium(IV) containing short V:C bonds
Falguni Basuli, Uriah J. Kilgore, Xile Hu, Karsten Meyer, Maren Pink, John C. Huffman and Daniel J. Mindiola
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2004, 43, 3156-3159.
5. Synthesis and Characterization of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Uranium(III)
Hidetaka Nakai, Xile Hu, Lev N. Zakharov, Arnold L. Rheingold and Karsten Meyer
Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43, 855-857.
4. Copper Complexes of Nitrogen-Anchored Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands
Xile Hu, Ingrod Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 12237-12245.
3. Bis-Carbenealkenyl Copper(I) Complex from a Tripodal Tris-Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 3016-3018.
2. Silver Complexes of a Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Evidence for Significant Metal-Carbene pi-Interaction
Xile Hu, Youngjun Tang, Peter Gantzel and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 612-614.
1. Identification of iron cyclam complexes encapsulated inside zeolite Y
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 337, 53-58. Special edition in honor of Karl Wieghardt’s 60th birthday.
Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*
Chemsuschem 2023, 16, e202201687. [ Link to article ]
196. Copper lattice tension boosts full-cell CO electrolysis to multi-carbon olefins and oxygenates
Wenchao Ma, Shunji Xie, Biao Zhang, Xiaoyang He, Xi Liu, Bingbao Mei, Fanfei Sun, Zheng Jiang, Li Lin, Qinghong Zhang, Bin Ren, Gang Fu, Xile Hu, and Ye Wang*
Chem 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.03.022. [ Link to article ]
195. Fluorinated Poly(Aryl Piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Chuan Hu, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2210432. [ Link to article ]
194. Operando identification of a side-on nickel superoxide intermediate and the mechanism of oxygen evolution on nickel oxyhydroxide
Seunghwa Lee, You-Chiuan Chu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen, Xile Hu*
Chem Catalysis 2023, 3, 100475. [ Link to article ]
193. Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*
Chemsuschem 2023, 16, e202201687. [ Link to article ]
2022
192. Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes
Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 1180-1187. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
191. A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Aoni Xu, Karen Chan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202214173. [ Link to article ]
190. The Function of Two Radical-SAM Enzymes, HcgA and HcgG, in the Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor
Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Sebastian Schaupp, Yu-Cong Zheng, Mohd Farid Abdul-Halim, Pan Hui-Jie, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Xile Hu, Kyle Costa, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202213239. [ Link to article ]
189. Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes
Yunchang Liang*, Karla Banjac, Kévin Martin, Nicolas Zigon, Seunghwa Lee, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Felipe Andrés Garcés-Pineda, José R. Galán-Mascarós, Xile Hu, Narcis Avarvari*, and Magalí Lingenfelder*
Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3356. [ Link to article ]
188. Enhanced rate performance of lithium-ion battery anodes using a cobalt-incorporated carbon conductive agent
Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry, Zhuijun Xu, Ming Yang, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (RSC), 2022, 9, 3484-3493. [ Link to article ]
187. Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries (review)
Suzhe Liang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruoxuan Qi, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, Peter Müller-Buschbaum,* Xile Hu*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2201675. [ Link to article ]
186. Modulating Electric Field Distribution by Alkali Cations for CO2 Electroreduction in Strongly Acidic Medium
Jun Gu, Shuo Liu, Weiyan Ni, Wenhao Ren, Sophia Haussener, Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5, 268-276. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
185. Streamlined Alkylation via Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes
Zhikun Zhang, Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 7015–7029. [ Link to article ]
184. An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Florent E. Héroguel, Anna Krammer, Seunghwa Lee, Liang Yao, Andreas Schüler, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Yushan Yan,* and Xile Hu*
Nature Materials 2022, 21, 804-810. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
183. Electronic Regulation of Ni Single Atom by Confined Ni Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction
Wenhao Ren, Xin Tan, Chen Jia, Anna Krammer, Qian Sun, Jiangtao Qu, Sean Smith, Andreas Schueler, Xile Hu,* Chuan Zhao*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202203335. [ Link to article ]
182. In Vitro Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Verifies the Proposed Biosynthetic Precursors
Sebastian Schaupp, Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Hui-jie Pan, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Kyle Costa, Xile Hu, Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202200994. [ Link to article ]
181. Oxidase-type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst
Lei Zhang, Björn Pfund, Oliver S. Wenger,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202202649. [ Link to article ]
180. Branched Poly(aryl piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202114892. [ Link to article ]
179. Tracking high-valent surface iron species in the oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt iron (oxy)hydroxides
Seunghwa Lee, Aliki Moysiadou, You-Chiuan Chu, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Energy and Environmental Science 2022, 15, 206-214 . [ Link to article ]
2021
178. Double-Atom Catalysts as a Molecular Platform for Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolution
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Nature Energy 2021, 6, 1054–1066. [ Link to article ] [Spinger Nature sharing link]
177. Photocatalytic decarboxylative coupling of aliphatic N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with polyfluoroaryl nucleophiles
Xiangli Yi, Runze Mao, Lara Lavrencic, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 23557-23563. [ Link to article ]
176. Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Aurélya Christelle Turla, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 14667–14675. [ Link to article ]
175. Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 22833-22838. [ Link to article ]
174. Diversifying metal‐ligand cooperative catalysis in semi‐synthetic [Mn]‐hydrogenases
Huijie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima,* Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 13350-13357. [ Link to article ]
173. Chiral Alkyl Amine Synthesis via Catalytic Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Enecarbamates
Deyun Qian, Srikrishna Bera, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 1959-1967. [ Link to article ]
172. Enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Electrophiles via Nickel Hydride Catalysis
Srikrishna Bera, Runze Mao, Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2021, 13, 270–277. [ Link to article ]
171. Intermolecular oxidative amination of unactivated alkenes by dual photoredox and copper catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 1901-1906. [ Link to article ]
170. Spectroscopic and Electrokinetic Evidence for a Bifunctional Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Seunghwa Lee, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 3095-3103. [ Link to article ]
2020
169. High‐Efficiency Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Employing Non‐Noble Metal Catalysts
Pengzuo Chen and Xile Hu*
Advanced Energy Materials 2020, 10, 2002285. [link to article]
168. Tandem Photoredox and Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N Coupling of Anilines and Imines Using an Organic Photocatalyst
Guido Barzanò, Runze Mao, Marion Garreau, Jerome Waser, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2020, 22, 5412–5416. [link to article]
167. Mechanistic Investigations of Nickamine- Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Alkenes: Nickel Nanoparticles Are the Active Species
Marten L. Ploeger, Ivan Buslov, Xile Hu*
Chimia 2020, 74, 444-449. [ Link to article ] (Platinum open-access)
166. Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step
Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Haoming Chen, Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 11901–11914. [ Link to article ]
165. Nickel Catalysis Enables Convergent Paired Electrolysis for Direct Arylation of Benzylic C-H Bonds
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2020, 11, 10786-10791. [link to article]
164. Efficient hydrogen oxidation catalyzed by strain-engineered nickel nanoparticles
Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Yu-Chun Chuang, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 10797-10801. [ Link to article ]
163. Deciphering iron-dependent activity in oxygen evolution catalyzed by nickel iron layered double hydroxide
Seunghwa Lee,Lichen Bai, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 8072-8077. [ Link to article ]
162. Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar‐Driven Water Splitting
Sitaramanjaneya Mouli Thalluri, Lichen Bai, Cuncai Lv, Zhipeng Huang*, Xile Hu*, Lifeng Liu*
Advanced Science , 2020, 7, 1902102. [ Link to article ]
161. Reductive Cleavage of Azoarene as a Key Step in Nickel-Catalyzed Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Marten Ploeger, Andrea Darù, Jeremy N. Harvey* and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 2845-2854. [ Link to article ]
160. Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Iodides with Alkynes To Yield cis-Olefins: Mechanistic Insights from Computation
Andrea Darù, Xile Hu, Jeremy N. Harvey*
ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 1586-1594. [ Link to article ]
159. Arylsilylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes via Cooperative Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis
Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 777-781. [ Link to article ]
158. Biomimetic hydrogenation catalyzed by a manganese model of [Fe]‐hydrogenase
Huijie Pan, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 4942-4946. [ Link to article ]
2019
157. Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Hydroalkylation of Pyrrolines
Deyun Qian, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 18519-18523. [ Link to article ]
156. Stability profiles of transition metal oxides in the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium
Aliki Moysiadou, Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25865-25877. [ Link to article ]
155. Functional Models of the Nickel Pincer Nucleotide Cofactor of Lactate Racemase
Renyi Shi, Matthew D. Wodrich, Hui-Jie Pan, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 16869-16872. [ Link to article ]
154. Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylthiolation of Carboxylic Acids
Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Alexis Cheseaux and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2019, 10, 9555-9559. [ Link to article ]
153. A Cobalt-Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 14190-14199. [ Link to article ]
152. Nickel‐Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroalkylation and Hydroarylation of Alkenyl Boronic Esters
Srikrishna Bera and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 13854-13859. [ Link to article ]
151. Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO
Jun Gu, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen*, and Xile Hu*
Science, 2019, 364, 1091-1094. [ Link to article ]
150. The atomic-resolution crystal structure of activated [Fe]-hydrogenase
Gangfeng Huang, Tristan Wagner, Matthew D. Wodrich, Kenichi Ataka, Eckhard Bill, Ulrich Ermler, Xile Hu and Seigo Shima*
Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 537–543. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
149. Homogeneous Reactions Limit the Efficiency of Gold Electrodes in CO2 Electroreduction
Jun Gu and Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 933-935. (First reaction) [ Link to article ]
148. A catalytically active [Mn]-hydrogenase incorporating a non-native metal cofactor
Hui-Jie Pan, Gangfeng Huang, Matthew D. Wodrich, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Kenichi Ataka, Seigo Shima* and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 669-675. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
147. Oxygen Isotope Labelling Experiments Reveal Different Reaction Sites for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Nickel and Nickel Iron Oxides
Seunghwa Lee, Karla Banjac, Magali Lingenfelder, Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 10295-10299. [ Link to article ]
146. Metal‐sulfide catalysts derived from lignosulfonate and their efficient use in hydrogenolysis
Sijie Liu, Antoine P. van Muyden, Lichen Bai, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
ChemSusChem 2019, 19, 3271-3277.[link to article]
145. Nickamine and Analogous Nickel Pincer Catalysts for Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes
Renyi Shi, Zhikun Zhang, and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52, 1471-1483. [ Link to article ]
144. Ni3N as an active hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline medium
Weiyan Ni, Anna Krammer, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Hao Ming Chen, Andreas Schueler and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7445-7449. [ Link to article ]
143. From Alkyl Halides to Ketones: Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carbonylation Utilizing Ethyl Chloroformate as a Carbonyl Source
Renyi Shi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7454-7458. [ Link to article ]
142. Cu-Catalyzed Photoredox Chlorosulfonation of Alkenes and Alkynes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, 84, 4525-4533. [ Link to article ]
141. Oxidative cleavage of β-O-4 bonds in lignin model compounds with a single-atom Co catalyst
Sijie Liu, Lichen Bai, Antoine P. van Muyden, Zhangjun Huang, Xinjiang Cui, Zhaofu Fei, Xuehui Li,* Xile Hu* and Paul J. Dyson*
Green Chemistry 2019, 21, 1974-1981. [link to article]
140. An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Fang Song, Michael Busch, Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Elitsa Petkucheva, Michaël Bensimon, Hao Ming Chen,* Clemence Corminboeuf,* Xile Hu*
ACS Central Science, 2019, 5, 558-568. [link to article]
139. Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Easily Assembled Ni(II)-Carboxylate MOFs
Zhikun Zhang, Lichen Bai, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2019, 10, 3791-3795. [link to article]
138. Photoelectrocatalytic Arene C-H Amination
Lei Zhang, Laurent Liardet, Jingshan Luo, Dan Ren, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu,*
Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 366-373. [ Link to article ] (Nature sharing link)
137. An Ultrathin Cobalt-Iron Oxide Catalyst for Water Oxidation on Nanostructured Hematite Photoanodes
Laurent Liardet, Jordan Katz, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 6012-6020. [ Link to article ]
136. Manganese-mediated reductive amidation of esters with nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung,* Ni Shen, Shao-Peng Wang, Asim Ullah, Xile Hu and Jun-An Ma*
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2019, 6, 756-761. [ Link to article ]
135. Formal Aza‐Wacker Cyclization by Tandem Electrochemical Oxidation and Copper Catalysis
Xiangli Yi and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 4700-4704. [ Link to article ]
134. Z-Selective Synthesis of Vinyl Boronates through Fe-Catalyzed Alkyl Radical Addition
Guido Barzanò, Alexis Cheseaux, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2019, 21, 490-493. [ Link to article ]
2018
133. Cu Photoredox Catalysts Supported by a 4,6-Disubstituted 2,2-Bipyridine Ligand: Application in Chlorotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes
Murat Alkan-Zambada and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2018, 37, 3928–3935. [ Link to article ]
132. Decarboxylative C(sp3)‐O Cross Coupling
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 13624-13628. [ Link to article ]
131. Solvent-Induced Surface Hydroxylation of Layered Perovskite Sr3FeCoO7-δ for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
Kongliang Xu, Fang Song,* Jun Gu, Xiang Xu, Zhenning Liu,* and Xile Hu*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018, 6, 14240-14245 . [ Link to article ]
130. Cross Coupling of Alkyl Redox‐Active Esters with Benzophenone Imines via Tandem Photoredox and Copper Catalysis
Runze Mao, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 9501-9504. [ Link to article ]
129. Transition metal oxides as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solutions: An application-inspired renaissance
Fang Song, Lichen Bai, Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee, Chao Hu, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 7748–7759. [ Link to article ]
128. Manganese-Mediated Reductive Transamidation of Tertiary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Jun-An Ma, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 6789–6792. [ Link to article ]
127. Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N cross-coupling via synergetic photoredox and copper catalysis
Runze Mao, Adrian Frey, Johnathan Balon, and Xile Hu*
Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 120-126 [ Link to article ]
126. A polymer-brush templated three-dimensional molybdenum sulfide catalyst for hydrogen evolution
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Piotr Mocny, Heron Vrubel, Tugba Bilgic, Harm-Anton Klok,* and Xile Hu*
ACS Applied Materials and Interface 2018, 10, 6253–6261. [ Link to article ]
125. Densely packed, ultra-small SnO nanoparticles for enhanced activity and selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction
Jun Gu, Florent Héroguel, Jeremy Luterbacher, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 2943-2947. [ Link to article ]
124. Amorphous Cobalt Vanadium Oxide as a Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution
Laurent Liardet and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 644-650 . [ Link to article ]
123. Amide Synthesis via Nickel-Catalysed Reductive Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Halides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2018, 9, 655-659. [ Link to article ]
122. Natural inspirations for metal–ligand cooperative catalysis
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
Nature Reviews Chemistry 2018, 2, 0099. [ Link to article ]
2017
121. Catalyst Surface Dynamics Reveals a Simple Geometric Descriptor of Activity
Fang Song, Jordan Katz, and Xile Hu*
Joule 2017, 1, 421-422. [ Link to article ]
120. Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Transamidation of Secondary Amides with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 7092-7096. [ Link to article ]
119. Room temperature C(sp2)-H oxidative chlorination via photoredox catalysis
Lei Zhang and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2017, 8, 7009-7013. [ Link to article ]
118. Water-bridged H-bonding network contributes to the catalysis of a SAM-dependent C-methyltransferase HcgC
Liping Bai, Tristan Wagner, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017 , 56, 10806-10809. [ Link to article ]
117. Towards artificial methanogenesis: biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor and characterization of the semi-synthetic hydrogenase
Liping Bai, Takashi Fujishiro, Gangfeng Huang, Jürgen Koch, Atsushi Takabayashi, Makio Yokono, Ayumi Tanaka, Tao Xu, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler and Seigo Shima*
Faraday Discussion 2017, 198, 37-58 [ Link to article ]
116. Direct Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes
Chi Wai Cheung, Marten Leendert Ploeger, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2017, 8, 14878. [ Link to article ]
115. Photoelectrochemical deposition of CoP on cuprous oxide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, Carlos Gilberto Morales-Guio, Michael Grätzel, Xile Hu*
Electrochimica Acta 2017, 235, 311-316. [ Link to article ]
114. Nickel pincer model of the active site of lactate racemase involves ligand participation in hydride transfer
Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, Clemence Corminboeuf, and Xile Hu*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114, 1242-1245. [ Link to article ]
113. A Monometallic Iron(I) Organoferrate
Fedor E. Zhurkin, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2017, 36, 499-501. [ Link to article ]
2016
112. An Easily-Accessed Nickel Nanoparticle Catalyst for Alkene Hydrosilylation with Tertiary Silanes
Ivan Buslov, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 12295-12299. [ Link to article ]
111. A Structure-Activity Study of Nickel NNN Pincer Complexes for Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada and Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reactions
Thomas Di Franco, Marko Stojanovic, Sébastien Keller, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Helvetica Chimia Acta 2016, 99, 830-847. [ Link to article ]
110. Amine synthesis via iron-catalysed reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl halides
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12494. [ Link to article ]
109. A nickel iron diselenide-derived efficient oxygen-evolution catalyst
Xiang, Xu,+ Fang Song,+* and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12324. [ Link to article ] (+ co-first author)
108. Oxidatively Electrodeposited Thin-Film Transition Metal (Oxy)Hydroxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 8946–8957. [ Link to article ]
107. Gamma-selective allylation of (E)-alkenylzinc iodides prepared by reductive coupling of arylacetylenes with alkyl iodides
Fedor E. Zhurkin and Xile Hu*
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 81, 5795. [ Link to article ]
106. Identification of HcgC as SAM-Dependent Pyridinol Methyltransferase in [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Biosynthesis
Takashi Fujishiro, Liping Bai, Tao Xu, Xiulan Xie, Michael Schick, Jörg Kahnt, Michael Rother, Xile Hu, Ulrich Ermler, and Seigo Shima*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 9648–9651. [ Link to article ]
105. Efficient Water Electrolysis Using Ni2P as a Bifunctional Catalyst: Unveiling the Oxygen Evolution Catalytic Properties of Ni2P
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2016, 70, 240. [ PDF copy ]
104. Alkoxy hydrosilanes as surrogates of gaseous silanes for hydrosilylation of alkenes
Ivan Buslov, Sebastien C. Keller, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2016, 18, 1928–1931. [ Link to article ]
103. A Functional Model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Tao Xu, Chih-Juo Madeline Yin, Matthew D. Wodrich, Simona Mazza, Katherine M. Schultz, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138, 3270-3273. [ Link to article ]
102. Recent developments of iron pincer complexes for catalytic applications
Gerald Bauer and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2016, 3, 741-765. [ Link to article ] [ Download a free Copy]
101. From Water Oxidation to Reduction: Transformation from NixCo3–xO4 Nanowires to NiCo/NiCoOx Heterostructures
Xiaodong Yan, KeXue Li, Lu Lyu, Fang Song, Jun He, Dongmei Niu, Lei Liu, Xile Hu, and Xiaobo Chen*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 3208–3214. [ Link to article ]
100. Efficient Water Splitting Catalyzed by Cobalt Phosphide Based Nano-Needle Arrays Supported on Carbon Cloth
Peng Wang,+ Fang Song,*+ Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, and Xile Hu* (+ equal contribution)
ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 472-477. [ Link to article ]
99. A nanoporous oxygen evolution catalyst synthesized by selective electrochemical etching of perovskite hydroxide CoSn(OH)6 nanocubes
Fang Song, Kurt Schenk and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2016, 9, 473-477. [ Link to article ]
98. From dimethylamine to pyrrolidine: the development of an improved nickel pincer complex for cross-coupling of non-activated secondary alkyl halides
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, Rosario Scopelliti and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 258-261. [ Link to article ]
97. A Novel Nickel Pincer Complex in the Active Site of Lactate Racemase
Tao Xu, Gerald Bauer, and Xile Hu*
ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 31-32. [ Link to article ]
2015
96. Reconstitution of [Fe]-hydrogenase using model complexes
Seigo Shima,* Dafa Chen, Tao Xu, Matthew D. Wodrich, Takashi Fujishiro, Katherine M. Schultz, Jörg Kahnt, Kenichi Ataka, and Xile Hu*
Nature Chemistry 2015, 7, 995-1002. [ Link to article ]
95. Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes via Sequential Iron-Catalyzed Reductive anti-Carbozincation of Terminal Alkynes and Base-Metal-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling
Chi Wai Cheung and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 18439-18444. [ Link to article ]
94. Synthesis of E-Alkyl Alkenes from Terminal Alkynes via Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides with B-Alkenyl-9-Borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes
Thomas Di Franco, Alexandre Epenoy, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2015, 17, 4910-4913. [ Link to article ]
93. Chemoselective Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Nickel Pincer Complexes
Ivan Buslov, Jeanne Becouse, Simona Mazza, Mickael Montandon-Clerc, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 14523-14526. [ Link to article ]
92. An Optically Transparent Iron Nickel Oxide Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Matthew, T. Mayer, Aswani Yella, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 9927–9936. [ Link to article ]
91. Ionic liquids enhance the electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by MoO2
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13698-13701. [ Link to article ]
90. Ni2P as a Janus catalyst for water splitting: the oxygen evolution activity of Ni2P nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Fang Song, and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2015, 8, 2347-2351. [ Link to article ]
89. Solar Hydrogen Production by Amorphous Silicon Photocathodes Coated with a Magnetron Sputter Deposited Mo2C Catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Kerstin Thorwarth, Björn Niesen, Laurent Liardet, Joerg Patscheider, Christophe Ballif, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 7035–7038. [ Link to article ]
88. Hydrogen-activating models of hydrogenases
Tao Xu, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2015, 303, 32-41. [ Link to article ]
87. Z-Selective Olefin Synthesis via Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Halides with Terminal Arylalkynes
Chi Wai Cheung, Fedor E. Zhurkin, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 4932–4935. [ Link to article ]
86. Chemoselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by iron(II) PONOP pincer complexes
Simona Mazza, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1538-1545. [ Link to article ]
85. Widely Available Active Sites on Ni2P for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution – Insights from First Principles Calculations
Martin H. Hansen, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, Ligang Feng, Jan Rossmeisl,* and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015, 17, 10823-10839. [ Link to article ]
84. Cross-Coupling of Nonactivated Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents Catalyzed by Chiral Iron Pincer Complexes
Gerald Bauer, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu *
Synthesis 2015, 47, 1726-1732. [ Link to article ]
83. Toward Functional Type III [Fe]-Hydrogenase Biomimics for H2 Activation: Insights from Computation
Kevin A. Murray, Matthew D. Wodrich, Xile Hu*, and Clémence Corminboeuf*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2015, 21, 3987-3996. [ Link to article ]
82. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Terminal Alkynes at Room Temperature: A Hemilabile Pincer Ligand Enhances Catalytic Activity
Pablo Marcelo Perez Garcia, Peng Ren, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 1164-1171. [ Link to article ]
81. Iron Pincer Complexes as Catalysts and Intermediates in Alkyl–Aryl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Gerald Bauer, Matthew D. Wodrich, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu *
Organometallics 2015, 34, 289-298. [ Link to article ]
80. Evidence from In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the In-volvement of Terminal Disulfide in the Reduction of Protons by an amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Electrocatalyst
Benedikt Lassalle-Kaiser,* Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Sheraz Gul, Vittal K. Yachandra, Xile Hu* and Junko Yano*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 314–321. [ Link to article ]
79. Copper-Catalyzed 1,2-Addition of α-Carbonyl Iodides to Alkynes
Tao Xu and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 1307-1311. [ Link to article ]
78. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Solutions using Cu2O Coated with Earth-Abundant Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Laurent Liardet, Matthew T. Mayer, S. David Tilley, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 664-667. [ Link to article ]
2014
77. Ultrathin cobalt-manganese layered double hydroxide is an efficient oxygen evolution catalyst
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 16481–16484. [ Link to article ]
76. Enhanced oxygen evolution activity by NiOx and Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles
Lucas-Alexandre Stern and Xile Hu*
Faraday Discussion, 2014, 176, 363-379. [ Link to article ]
75. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Carlos G. Morales-Guio and Xile Hu*
Accounts of Chemical Research 2014, 47, 2671-2681. [ Link to article ]
74. Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis
Fang Song and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 4477. Doi: 10.1038/ncomms5477. [ Link to article ]
73. Transition-Metal-Free Intermolecular α-C-H Amination of Ethers at Room Temperature
Ivan Buslov and Xile Hu*
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 2014, 356, 3325-3330. [ Link to article ]
72. Bimetallic oxidative addition in nickel-catalyzed alkyl-aryl Kumada coupling reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2014, 33, 5708-5715. [ link to article ]
71. Mechanistic Insights into Nickamine-catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld and Xile Hu*
Chimia 2014, 68, 235-238. [ PDF copy ]
70. Mild and Phosphine-Free Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Non-activated Secondary Alkyl Halides with Alkynyl Grignard Reagents
Chi Wai Cheung, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2014, 16, 2566–2569. [ Link to article ]
69. Renewable hydrogen generation from a dual-circuit redox flow battery
Veronique Amstutz, Kathryn Ellen Toghill, Francis Powlesland, Heron Vrubel, Christos Comninellis, Xile Hu and Hubert H Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 2350-2358. [ Link to article ]
68. Iron-catalyzed 1,2-Addition of Perfluoroalkyl Iodides to Alkynes and Alkenes
Tao Xu, Chi Wai Cheung, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 4910-4914. [ Link to article ]
67. Nanostructured hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews 2014, 43, 6555-6569. [ Link to article ]
66. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in organic solvents catalyzed by MoO2
Yeon-Ji Oh, Heron Vrubel, Sébastien Guidoux, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 3878-3881. [ Link to article ]
65. Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
Ligang Feng, Heron Vrubel, Michael Bensimon, and Xile Hu*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16, 5917-5921. [ Link to article ]
64. Ni2P enhances the activity and durability of Pt anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 1628-1632. (+ equal contribution) [ Link to article ]
63. Hydrogen evolution from a copper(I) oxide photocathode coated with an amorphous molybdenum sulphide catalyst
Carlos G. Morales-Guio, S. David Tilley, Heron Vrubel, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Nature Communications 2014, 5, 3059. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4059. [ Link to article ]
62. Synthesis and Reactivity of Mononuclear Iron Models of [Fe]-Hydrogenase that Contain an Acylmethylpyridinol Ligand
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu
Chemistry, A European Journal 2014, 20, 1677-1682. [ Link to article ]
61. An effective Pd-Ni2P/C anode catalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells
Jinfa Chang,+ Ligang Feng,+ Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing,* and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 122-126. [ Link to article ] (+ equal contribution)
60. Nanoporous Molybdenum Carbide Nanowire as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Lei Liao, Sinong Wang, Jingjing Xiao, XiaoJun Bian, Yahong Zhang, Micheal D. Scanlon, Xile Hu, Yi Tang,* Baohong Liu* and Hubert H Girault
Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 387-392. [ Link to article ]
2013
Author Proflie, Xile Hu
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 7070. [ Link to artcle ]
59. Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Halides Catalyzed by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Thomas Di Franco, Nicolas Boutin, and Xile Hu*
Synthesis 2013, 45, 2949-2958. [ Link to article ]
58. Revealing and Accelerating Slow Electron Transport in Amorphous Molybdenum Sulphide Particles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Heron Vrubel, Thomas Moehl, Michael Grätzel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Communications 2013, 49, 8985-8987. [ Link to article ]
57. Growth and Activation of an Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Hydrogen Evolving Catalyst
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
ACS Catalysis 2013, 3, 2002-2011. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
56. Bimetallic Oxidative Addition Involving Radical Intermediates in Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling Reactions
Jan Breitenfeld, Jesus Ruiz, Matthew D. Wodrich, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135, 12004-12012. [ Link to article ]
55. [Fe]-hydrogenase and Models that Contain Iron-Acyl Ligation
Katherine M. Schultz, Dafa Chen, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, An Asian Journal 2013, 8, 1068-1075. [ Link to article ]
54. Electronic Elements Governing the Binding of Small Molecules to a [Fe]-hydrogenase Mimic
Matthew Wodrich and Xile Hu*
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 22-23, 3993-3999. [ Link to article ]
53. Reversible Dimerization of Mononuclear Models of [Fe]-hydrogenase
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2013, 19, 6221-6224. [ Link to article ] [ Cover Art ]
52. Low-cost industrially available molybdenum boride and carbide as “platinum-like” catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction in biphasic liquid system
Micheál D. Scanlon, Xiaojun Bian, Heron Vrubel, Véronique Amstutz, Kurt Schenk, Xile Hu, BaoHong Liu and Hubert H. Girault*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013, 15, 2847-2857. [ Link to article ]
51. Organic molecules as mediators and catalysts for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
YeonJi Oh and Xile Hu*
Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 2253-2261. [ Link to artcle ]
2012
50. Molybdenum boride and carbide catalyze hydrogen evolution in both acidic and basic solutions
Heron Vrubel and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 12703-12706. [ Link to artcle ]
49. Nickel-catalyzed diastereoselective alkyl-alkyl Kumada coupling reactions
Pablo M. Perez Garcia, Thomas Di Franco, Alessio Orsino, Peng Ren, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 4286-4289. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
48. Copper-catalyzed cross coupling of functionalized alkyl halides and tosylates with secondary and tertiary alkyl Grignard reagents
Peng Ren, Lucas-Alexandre Stern, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 9110-9113. [ Link to artcle ]
47. A Pyridinol Acyl Cofactor in the Active Site of [Fe]-hydrogenase Evidenced by the Reactivity of Model Complexes
Bowen Hu, Dafa Chen,* and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, A European Journal 2012, 18, 11528-11530. [ Link to artcle ]
46. Fe, Co, and Ni Ions Promote the Catalytic Activity of Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films for Hydrogen Evolution
Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Lorenzo Rovelli, Stephane Fierro, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science 2012, 3, 2515-2525. [ Link to artcle ]
45. Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS2 catalysts in biphasic liquid systems
PeiYu Ge, Micheal D. Scanlon, Pekka Peljo, XiaoJun Bian, Heron Vubrel, Arlene O’Neill, Jonthan N Coleman, Marco Cantoni, Xile Hu, Kyösti Kontturi, Baohong Liu, and Hubert H Girault*
Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 6484-6486. [ Link to artcle ]
44. Biphasic water splitting by osmocene
P. Ge, T. K. Todorova, I. Hatay, O. Avendano, A. Johana, H. Vrubel, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, X. Hu, C. Corminboeuf, and H. H. Girault*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 2012, 109, 11558-11563. [ Link to artcle ]
43. Nickamine: a general catalyst for cross coupling of alkyl halides and direct alkylation
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2012, 66, 154-158. [ Link to artcle ]
42. Synthesis and electronic properties of a pentafluoroethyl-derivatized nickel pincer complex
Venkata N. Madhira, Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Xile Hu, and David A. Vicic*
Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 7915-7919. [ Link to artcle ]
41. Copper-catalyzed alkylation of benzoxazoles with secondaryl alkyl halides
Peng Ren, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters, 2012, 14, 1748-1751. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
40. Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic application of a nickel pincer hydride complex
Jan Breitenfeld, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 2128-2136. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ] [ Cover Art ] [ Editorial ]
39. Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by MoS3 and MoS2 particles
Heron Vrubel, Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6136-6144. [ link to article ]
38. Reversible protonation of a thiolate ligand in an [Fe]-hydrogenase model complex
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 1919-1921. [ Link to article ]
2011
37. Cross-coupling of nonactivated alkyl halides with alkynyl Grignard reagents: A nickel pincer complex as the catalyst
Oleg Vechorkin, Aurélien Godinat, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 11777-11781. [ Link to article ]
36. Base metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts and enzyme mimics
Xile Hu*
Chimia, 2011, 65, 646-648. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Special issue on chemistry in EPFL.
35. Hydrogen evolution at polarised liquid/liquid interfaces catalyzed by molybdenum disulfide
Imren Hatay, Peiyu Ge, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, and Hubert H. Girault*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 4246-4251. [ Link to article ]
34. Ni-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective
Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1867-1886. [ Link to article ]
33. Recent Developments of Molybdenum and Tungsten Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Daniel Merki and Xile Hu*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2011, 4, 3878-3888. [ Link to article ]
32. Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Model Complexes of the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Dafa Chen, Annegret Ahrens-Botzong, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, 5249-5257. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
31. A Five-Coordinate Iron Center in the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase: Hints from a Model Study
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 5671-5673. [ Link to article ]
30. A Structure-Activity Study of Ni-Catalyzed Alkyl-Alkyl Kumada Coupling. Improved Catalysts for Coupling of Secondary Alkyl Halides
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Kim von Allmen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 7084-7095. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
29. Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide Films as Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production in Water
Daniel Merki, Stéphane Fierro, Heron Vrubel, and Xile Hu*
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 1262-1267. [ Link to article ]
28. Pd, Pt, and Ru complexes of a pincer bis(amino)amide ligand
Peng Ren, Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Isuf Salihu, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Dalton Transactions, 2011, 40, 8906-8911. [ Link to article ]
Thematic issue – Pincers and other hemilabile ligands.
27. Bis[(2-dimethylamino)phenyl]amine Nickel(II) Chloride
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
e-EROS, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. Wiley, 2011. Article RN01347. DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01347. [ Link to article]
2010
26. [Fe]-Hydrogenase Models Featuring Acylmethylpyridinyl Ligands
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 7512-7515. [ Link to article ]
25. Why Are (NN2)Ni Pincer Complexes Active for Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling: ß-H Elimination is Kinetically Accessible but Thermodynamically Uphill
Jan Breitenfeld, Oleg Vechorkin, Clémence Corminboeuf, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Organometallics 2010, 29, 3686-3689. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
24. Carbon Dioxide as the C-1 Source for Direct C-H Functionalization of Aromatic Heterocycles
Oleg Vechorkin, Nathalie Hirt, and Xile Hu*
Organic Letters 2010, 12, 3567-3569. [ Link to artcle ] [ Reprint request ]
23. Cross Coupling of Non-Activated Alkyl Halides by a Nickel Pincer Complex
Xile Hu*
Chimia 2010, 64, 231-234. [ Download a pdf copy for free ] [ Link to article ]
Invited account article.
22. The Nickel/Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Heterocyclic C-H Bonds
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2010, 49, 3061-3064. [ Link to article ]
21. Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron Acyl Complexes Modeling the Active Site of [Fe]-Hydrogenase
Dafa Chen, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 928-929. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
2009
20. Ni-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides: Orthogonal Functionalization of Alkyl Iodides, Bromides, and Chlorides
Oleg Vechorkin, Delphine Barmaz, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 12078-12079. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
19. Functional Group Tolerant Kumada-Corriu-Tamao Coupling of Non-activated Alkyl Halides with Aryl and Heteroaryl Nucleophiles: Catalysis by a Nickel Pincer Complex Permits the Coupling of Functionalized Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin, Valérie Proust, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 9756-9766. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
18. Hydrogen Evolution at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Imren Hatay, Bin Su, Fei Li, Raheleh Partovi-Nia, Heron Vrubel, Xile Hu, Mustafa Ersoz, and Hubert H. Girault*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 5139-5142. [ Link to article ]
17. An Iron Carbonyl Pyridonate Complex Related to the Active Site of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase (Hmd)
Blaise V. Obrist, Dafa Chen, Anne Ahrens, Volker Schünemann, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Inorganic Chemistry 2009, 48, 3514-3516. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
16. Ni-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Non-Activated and Functionalized Alkyl Halides with Alkyl Grignard Reagents
Oleg Vechorkin and Xile Hu*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2009, 48, 2937-2940. [ Link to article ]
15. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer Amidobis(amine) Ligand: Synthesis, Structure, and Activity in Stoichiometric and Catalytic C-C Bond Forming Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Oleg Vechorkin, Zsolt Csok, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Chemistry, a European Journal 2009, 15, 3889-3899. [ Link to article ]
2008
14. Nickel Complexes of a Pincer NN2 Ligand: Multiple Carbon-Chloride Activation of CH2Cl2 and CHCl3 Leads to Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Zsolt Csok, Oleg Vechorkin, Seth B. Harkins, Rosario Scopelliti, and Xile Hu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 8156-8157. [ Link to article ] [ Reprint request ]
* Denotes corresponding author(s)
Publications on Ph.D. and Postdoc work of Prof. Hu
13. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution at low overpotentials by cobalt macrocyclic glyoxime and tetraimine complexes
Xile Hu, Bruce S. Brunschwig and Jonas C. Peters
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 8988-8998.
12. Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes
Xile Hu, Brandi M. Cossairt, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis and Jonas C. Peters
Chemical Communications 2005, 4723-4725.
11. New tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene chelators for small molecule activation
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2005, 690, 5474-5484. Invited account article.
10. Terminal Cobalt(III) Imido Complexes Supported by Tris(Carbene) Ligands: Imido Insertion into the Cobalt-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 16322-16323.
9. Dioxygen Activation by a Low-Valent Cobalt Complex Employing a Flexible Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 13464-13473.
8. Synthesis and characterization of electron-rich nickel tris-carbene complexes
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Chemical Communications 2004, 2164-2165.
7. Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the Metal-Carbene Bond
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez, Kristien Olsen and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2004, 23, 755-764.
6. Cationic and neutral four-coordinate alkylidene complexes of vanadium(IV) containing short V:C bonds
Falguni Basuli, Uriah J. Kilgore, Xile Hu, Karsten Meyer, Maren Pink, John C. Huffman and Daniel J. Mindiola
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2004, 43, 3156-3159.
5. Synthesis and Characterization of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Uranium(III)
Hidetaka Nakai, Xile Hu, Lev N. Zakharov, Arnold L. Rheingold and Karsten Meyer
Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43, 855-857.
4. Copper Complexes of Nitrogen-Anchored Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands
Xile Hu, Ingrod Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 12237-12245.
3. Bis-Carbenealkenyl Copper(I) Complex from a Tripodal Tris-Carbene Ligand
Xile Hu, Ingrid Castro-Rodriguez and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 3016-3018.
2. Silver Complexes of a Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Evidence for Significant Metal-Carbene pi-Interaction
Xile Hu, Youngjun Tang, Peter Gantzel and Karsten Meyer
Organometallics, 2003, 22, 612-614.
1. Identification of iron cyclam complexes encapsulated inside zeolite Y
Xile Hu and Karsten Meyer
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2002, 337, 53-58. Special edition in honor of Karl Wieghardt’s 60th birthday.