Publications
Yazhou Ding, Wen Jin, Chen-Huan Liu, Jianying Zhang, Chunming Cui*. Stable Strained Donor-Free Silanone and Its Derived NHC-Stabilized Disilacyclobutadiene and Cyclic Alkenyl Silylene.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 40, 27312–27317

Yazhou Ding, Wen Jin, Jianying Zhang, Chunming Cui*. A Masked Boryl-Substituted Oxo-Bridged Bis-Silylene: Synthesis and Reductive-Elimination and Synergistic Oxidative-Addition Reactivity.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 40, 27925–27934

Bing Jing, Cheng Zhu, Fen Wang, Jianfeng Li*, Chunming Cui*. Rare-Earth Dialkyls Supported by Silaimine-Cp Ligand: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Addition of Alkynes and Amines to Carbodiimides.
Organometallics 2024, 43, 19, 2314–2320

Chuanzhi Wei, Lulu Guo, Cheng Zhu, Chunming Cui*. Boryloxy Titanium Complex-Enabled High Polar Monomer Contents in Catalytic Copolymerization of Olefins.
Yazhou Ding, Wen Jin, Jianying Zhang, and Chunming Cui*. Reaction of a Disilyne with Internal Alkynes: Reversible [1 + 2] Cycloaddition and Formation of Strained Unsaturated Silacycles.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 28, 18831–18835

Bing Jing, Cheng Zhu, Dr. Haibin Song, Prof. Dr. Jianfeng Li*, Prof. Dr. Chunming Cui*.Ytterbium(II) Complex-Catalyzed Selective Single and Double Hydrophosphination of 1,3-Enynes.
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202401234.

Xiaoming Xu, Ailin Gao, Xiufang Xu*, Jianfeng Li*, and Chunming Cui*. Selective Access to Silacyclopentanes and Homoallylsilanes by La-Catalyzed Hydrosilylations of 1-Aryl Methylenecyclopropanes.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 6, 4060–4067

Chenxi Duan and Chunming Cui*. Boryl-substituted low-valent heavy group 14 compounds.
Lulu Guo, Jianying Zhang and Chunming Cui*. Synthesis and Reactivity of Aluminum Disilacyclopropenes. Cyclic AlSi2 Delocalized 2π Systems.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 51, 27911–27915.

Yang Li, Shicheng Dong, Junjie Guo, Yazhou Ding, Jianying Zhang, Jun Zhu*, and Chunming Cui*. π-Aromaticity Dominating in a Saturated Ring: Neutral Aromatic Silicon Analogues of Cyclobutane-1,3-diyls.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 39, 21159–21164

Xiaoming Xu , Ailin Gao, Wufeng Chen, Xiufang Xu*, Jianfeng Li*, and Chunming Cui*. Lanthanum Ate Amide-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes.
ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 6, 3743–3748

Yang Li and Chunming Cui*. Synthesis of Phosphine-Functionalized Silicon Cubane and Its Oxidative Addition, Giving a Bis(silyl)copper Complex.
Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 6, 2503–2507

Chuanzhi Wei, Yuli Gao, Fenghua Zu, Chunming Cui*. Synthesis of Si-O-Si bridged diamido Group 4 complexes and the applications to polymerization of olefins.
Appl Organomet Chem 2023, e7048.

Chenxi Duan, Yuli Gao, Shangtao Chen, Fenghua Zu, Jianying Zhang, and Chunming Cui*. Titanium-Mediated C–C Coupling of Imidoylstannanes for the Synthesis of Tetraaryl Diimines. Isolation of Titanium Iminoacyl and Ene-diamido Intermediates.
Organometallics 2023, 42, 1, 6–10

Chaopeng Hu, Yazhou Ding, Yunping Bai, Lulu Guo and Chunming Cui*. Synthesis and reactivity of a μ-1,2-dinitrogen dinickel(ii) complex with a C–H activated silaamidinate pincer ligand.
Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 13795–13798

Yazhou Ding, Jianying Zhang, Yang Li, and Chunming Cui*.Disilicon Dicarbonyl Complex: Synthesis and Protonation of CO with O-H Bond.
Yazhou Ding,Yang Li,Jianying Zhang, Chunming Cui. Synthesis of an N-Heterocylic Boryl-Stabilized Disilyne and Its Application to the Activation of Dihydrogen and C−H Bonds.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202205785

Wufeng Chen , Jianfeng Li∗ , Chunming Cui∗, Rare-Earth-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation and Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes.

Ke Lou, Fenghua Zu, Jianjun Yi*, and Chunming Cui*, Synthesis and Structure of a Dimeric Yttrium Complex [LSi(BH3)(C5Me4)Y(CH2SiMe3)2]2 (L = PhC(NtBu)2) and Its Catalytic Application for Hydroboration of Ketones and Aldehydes.
Organometallics 2021, 40, 24, 4092–4097

Miao Tian, Jianying Zhang, Lulu Guoa and Chunming Cui *a, Isolation of a planar 1,2-dilithio-disilene and its conversion to a Si–B hybrid 2π-electron system and a planar tetraboryldisilene.
Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 14635-14640

Zexiong Pan, Jianying Zhang, Lulu Guo, Hao Yang, Jianfeng Li*, and Chunming Cui*. Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene Lanthanide Amides: Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Selective Hydrosilylation of Alkenes.
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 17, 12696–12702

Chaopeng Hu, Jianying Zhang, Hao Yang, Lulu Guo, and Chunming Cui*. Synthesis of Cationic Silaamidinate Germylenes and Stannylenes and the Catalytic Application for Hydroboration of Pyridines.
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 18, 14038–14046

Wufeng Chen,Chunhui Jiang, Jianying Zhang, Jiaqi Xu, Lin Xu, Xiufang Xu, Jianfeng Li*, and Chunming Cui*.Rare-Earth-Catalyzed Selective 1,4-Hydrosilylation of Branched 1,3-Enynes Giving Tetrasubstituted Silylallenes.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 33, 12913–12918

Dezhao Zhu,Mengmeng Wang, Lulu Guo, Wei Shi*, Jianfeng Li, and Chunming Cui*.Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth Benzoborole Complexes.
Organometallics 2021, 40, 15, 2394–239

Ke Lou, Qingyang Zhou, Qi Wang, Xingchao Fan, Xiufang Xu and Chunming Cui.CpFe(CO)2 anion-catalyzed highly efficient hydrosilylation of ketones and aldehydes.
Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 11016-11020

Dezhao Zhu, Lulu Guo, Dr. Jianfeng Li, Dr. Chunming Cui.From BN-Naphthalenes to Benzoborole Dianions.
Chem.Eur.J. 2021,27,37,9514-9518

Zexiong Pan, Dongjing Gao, Chunqi Zhang, Lulu Guo, Jianfeng Li, and Chunming Cui.Synthesis and Reactivity of N-heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Lanthanide(II) Bis(amido) Complexes.
Organometallics 2021, 40, 11, 1728–1734

Chaopeng Hu,Lulu Guo,Jianying Zhang and Chunming Cui.C-C Activation to BNB-Embedded Indenophenanthrence.Electronic Structure and Reactivity.

Wufeng Chen, Xiaojuan Liu,Jiajun Kong,Jianfeng Li, Yaofeng Chen and Chunming Cui.Rare-Earth-Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of Linear Hydridopolycarbosilances and Their Functionalization.
Macromolecules 2021,54,2,673-678.

Wufeng Chen,Jianfeng Li,Chunming Cui.Rare-Earth-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation and Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes.

Zhaocai Liu,Jianying Zhang,Hao Yang, and Chunming Cui.Synthesis of Boryl-Substituted Disilane, Disilene, and Silyl Cation.

Miao Tian, Jianying Zhang, Hao Yang, and Chunming Cui.Isolation of a 1‑Magnesium-2,3-disilacyclopropene and a Related Bis(disilenide).
J.Am.Chem.Soc.2020,142,4131−4135.

Wufeng Chen, Haibin Song,Jianfeng Li, and Chunming Cui.Catalytic Selective Dihydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes Enabled by Rare-Earth Ate Complex.
Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.2020,59,2365–2369.

Lizhao Zhu,Jianying Zhang, Hao Yang, and Chunming Cui.Synthesis of Silaketenimine Anion and Its Coupling with Isocyanide.
J.Am.Chem.Soc.2019,141,19600−19604.

Lizhao Zhu, Jianying Zhang, Chunming Cui*.Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Alkal i-Metal-Substituted Silylene with the Aryl Substituent of an N-Heterocyclic Frame work
Inorg.Chem.2019,58,18,12007-12010

Deshuai Liu, Dahai Zhou, Hao Yang, Jianfeng Li, Chunming Cui*.Yttrium dialkyl supported by a silaamidinate ligand: synthesis, structure and catalysis on cyclotrimerization of isocyanates.


Huanan Huang, Ying Zhou, Meng Wang, Jianying Zhang, Xiaohua Cao, Shitao Wang, Dapeng Cao, Chunming Cui. Regioselective Functionalization of Stable BN‐embedded Luminescent Tetraphenes for High‐Resolution Fingerprint Imaging.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 10.1002.

Yunping Bai , Wufeng Chen , Jianfeng Li , Chunming Cui*. Review: Chemistry of s-, p- and f-block metal complexes with ene-diamido ligands.
Yuefeng Li and Chunming Cui*,Cesium Carbonate-Catalyzed Oxidation of Substituted Phenylsilanes for the Efficient Synthesis of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes.
Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 21, 13477-13485

Yunping Bai, Jianying Zhang and Chunming Cui* .An arene-tethered silylene ligand enabling reversible dinitrogen binding to iron and catalytic silylation


Yang Li, Jianfeng Li , Jianying Zhang, Haibin Song, and Chunming Cui*. Isolation of R6Si6 Dianion: A Bridged Tricyclic Isomer of Dianionic Hexasilabenzene
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 , 1219–1222

Yinghua Shi, Jianfeng Li and Chunming *.Synthesis of divalent ytterbium terphenylamide and catalytic application for regioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes.
Dalton Trans.2017, 46, 10957-10962

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Jianfeng Li, Carlos Alvarez Lamsfus, Changhong Song, Jinxi Liu, Guilan Fan, Laurent Maron*, and Chunming Cui*.Samarium-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Double Addition of Phenylphosphine to Imines and Mechanistic Studies by DFT Calculations.
ChemCatChem. 2017,9, 1368-1372.

Guoping Qing, and Chunming Cui*, Controlled synthesis of cyclosiloxanes by NHC catalyzed hydrolytic oxidation of dihydrosilanes.
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 8746-8750

Jianfeng Li, Hongfan Hu, and Chunming Cui*,Zwitterionic Hydroboranes Stabilized by b-Diimine Framework
Chin. J. Chem. 2017, 35,886-888




Dawei Tian , Xiaofei Li , YuanYuan Liu , Yue Cao , Tianhao Li , Hongfan Hu and Chunming Cui *.Synthesis and study of an unprecedented 1-hydro-1-lithio-1-silafluorene anion.
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 18447-18449

Jianfeng Li, Chaoyue Zhao, Jinxi Liu, Hanmin Huang, Fengxin Wang, Xiufang Xu*, and Chunming Cui*, Activation of Ene-Diamido Samarium Methoxide with Hydrosilane for Selectively Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Alkenes and Polymerization of Styrene: an Experimental and Theoretical Mechanistic Study.
Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55 , 9105–9111

Zhendong Wang, Jianying Zhang, Jianfeng Li, and Chunming Cui*, NHC-Stabilized Silicon–Carbon Mixed Cumulene.
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 , 10421–10424

Jianfeng Li, Bing Ma, and Chunming Cui*, Selective Silylation of Nitriles with an NHC-Stabilized Silylene to 1,2-Disilylimines and Subsequent Synthesis of Silaaziridines.
Organometallics,2016, 35 , 1358–1360

Huanan Huang, Zexiong Pan and Chunming Cui*, The synthesis of BN-embedded tetraphenes and their photophysical properties.
Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4227--4230

Jia Yuan, Hongfan Hu and Chunming Cui*, N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Ytterbium Amide as a Recyclable Homogeneous Precatalyst for Hydrophosphination of Alkenes and Alkynes.

Peixing Chen and Chunming Cui*, Isolable Boron Persulfide: Activation of Elemental Sulfur with a 2-Chloro-Azaborolyl Anion.

New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 7567-7570

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 9500-9503

Weilong Xie, Mengdi Zhao, and Chunming Cui*, Cesium Carbonate-Catalyzed Reduction of Amides with Hydrosilanes
Organometallics, 2013, 32, 7740-7444.


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