Innovation - Sustainability
At Tufts
23. Organometallic Nickel NCN Pincer Complex Promotes L-Lactate Racemization in Water
Thomas D. Dow, Derek R. Kuno-Williams, Toby J. Woods, Yu Zhang*
Dalton Trans., 2025, Accepted
22. Photochemical Synthesis of Triiron Oxycarbyne Clusters
Yufang Xie, Colin Lawler, Zhihong Deng, Yu Zhang*
Before Tufts
21. [Fe2(μ-S2)(CN)2(CO)4]2–, [Fe2(μ-SH)2(CN)2(CO)4]2–, and [Fe2(μ-SH)(μ-SCH2NH2)(CN)2(CO)4]2– Related to the Biosynthesis of the [2Fe]H Site of the [FeFe]Hydrogenases
Xin Yu, Toby Woods, Yu Zhang, and Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
20. Photophysical Studies of a Zr(IV) Complex with Two Pyrrolide-Based Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligands
Yu Zhang*, Tia S. Lee, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Carsten Milsmann*
19. [Ru3(CN)3(CO)9]3- :Building Block for Multimetallic Cages
Ping Wang, Yu Zhang, Toby Woods, and Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
18. Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Structure of [FeRu(μ-dithiolate)(CN)2(CO)4]2−
Yu Zhang, Ping Wang, Shan Xue, Toby Woods, Yisong Guo, Giuseppe Zampella, Thomas B. Rauchfuss,* and Federica Arrigoni*
17. Fully Refined Semisynthesis of the [FeFe] Hydrogenase H‑Cluster
Guodong Rao, Xin Yu, Yu Zhang, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*, and R. David Britt*
16. Organometallic Intermediates in the Synthesis of Photoluminescent Zirconium and Hafnium Complexes with Pyridine Dipyrrolide Ligands
Dylan C. Leary, Yu Zhang, Jose G. Rodriguez, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Brian S. Dolinar, and Carsten Milsmann*
Orgnaometallics, 2023,42, 1220
15. Synthesis and Dynamics of Ferrous Polychalcogenides [Fe(Ex)(CN)2(CO)2]2– (E = S, Se, or Te)
Yu Zhang, Toby J. Woods, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
14. Organometallic Fe2(μ-SH)2(CO)4(CN)2 Cluster Allows the Biosynthesis of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase with Only the HydF Maturase
Yu Zhang,‡ Lizhi Tao,‡ Toby J. Woods, R. David Britt, Thomas B Rauchfuss
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1534
13. Homoleptic Rhodium Pyridine Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogen Oxidation
Yu Zhang, Toby J. Woods, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10065.
12. Low power threshold photochemical upconversion using a zirconium (iv) LMCT photosensitizer
Mo Yang, Sara Sheykhi, Yu Zhang, Carsten Milsmann, Felix N. Castellano*
11. Application of Hemilabile Ligands to “At-Metal Switching” Hydrogenation Catalysis
Yu Zhang, Toby J. Woods, Thomas B. Rauchfuss*
Organometallics 2020, 39, 3602.
10. Effects of Ligand Substitution on the Optical and Electrochemical Properties of (Pyridinedipyrrolide)zirconium Photosensitizers
Yu Zhang, Dylan C. Leary, Anne M. Belldina, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
9. Delayed Fluorescence from a Zirconium(IV) Photosensitizer with Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Excited States
Yu Zhang, Tia S. Lee, Joseph M. Favale, Dylan C. Leary, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Gregory D. Scholes, Felix N. Castellano, Carsten Milsmann*
8. Photoluminescence of Seven-Coordinate Zirconium and Hafnium Complexes with 2,2’-Pyridylpyrrolide Ligands.
Yu Zhang, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
Chem. -Eur. J. 2019, 25, 3042.
7. Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Neutral Square-Planar High-Spin Iron(II) Complexes Supported by a Dianionic Pincer Ligand.
Brett M. Hakey, Jonathan M. Darmon, Yu Zhang, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
6. Photochemical C–C Bond Formation in Luminescent Zirconium Complexes with CNN Pincer Ligands
Yu Zhang, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
Organometallics 2018, 37, 4488
5. A Zirconium Photosensitizer with a Long-Lived Excited State: Mechanistic Insight into Photoinduced Single-Electron Transfer
Yu Zhang, Tia S. Lee, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5934
4. Synthesis of a Cyclophane Bearing Two Benz[a]anthracene Units Connected at the 5 and 7 Positions with Two Naphth-1,4-diyl Groups
Haresh Thakellapalli, Behzad Farajidizaji, Shuangjiang Li, Josef C. Heller, Yu Zhang, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Carsten Milsmann, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Kung K. Wang*
3. Synthesis and Structure of a Functionalized [9]Cycloparaphenylene Bearing Three Indeno[2,1-a]fluorene-11,12-dione-2,9-diyl Units
Shuangjiang Li, Merfat Aljhdli, Haresh Thakellapalli, Behzad Farajidizaji, Yu Zhang, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Carsten Milsmann, Brian V. Popp, Kung K. Wang*
2. A Luminescent Zirconium(IV) Complex as a Molecular Photosensitizer for Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis
Yu Zhang, Jeffrey L. Petersen, Carsten Milsmann*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13115
1. Synthesis of functionalized 5-substituted thiazolidine-2-thiones via adscititious xanthate-promoted radical cyclization of allyl(alkyl/aryl)dithiocarbamate
Simiao Gao,‡ Yu Zhang,‡ Jun Dong, Ning Chen*, Jiaxi Xu*
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 1002
