Curriculum Vitae
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Education
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PhD, University of Science and Technology of China, 2008
Major: Organic Chemistry
Dissertation: "Phosphine-free ligands Facilitated Palladium-catalyzed organic reactions"
Current Scheduled Teaching
CHEM 6950.755 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2025 |
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CHEM 6940.755 | Individual Research | Fall 2025 |
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CHEM 2900.755 | Introduction to Chemical Research | Fall 2025 |
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CHEM 2380.004 | Organic Chemistry II | Fall 2025 |
Syllabus
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CHEM 2380.204 | Organic Chemistry II | Fall 2025 |
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Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching
CHEM 6950.755 | Doctoral Dissertation | Spring 2025 |
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CHEM 6940.755 | Individual Research | Spring 2025 |
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CHEM 2370.003 | Organic Chemistry I | Spring 2025 |
Syllabus
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CHEM 2370.203 | Organic Chemistry I | Spring 2025 |
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CHEM 6950.755 | Doctoral Dissertation | Fall 2024 |
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CHEM 6940.755 | Individual Research | Fall 2024 |
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Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Intellectual Contributions
- Xu, X., Cui, X. (2022). Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric CH Functionalization. Handbook of CH‐Functionalization. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0130
- Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2016). C–C Bond Formation Using Carbenes. Science of Synthesis: Catalytic Transformations via C–H Activation series. 2 63. Thieme. https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/sos-catalytic-transformations-via-C-H-activations-84665.htm
- Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2014). Asymmetric C–H Functionalization by Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions. Comprehensive Organic Synthesis 2nd Edition. 7 86. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780080977423007047
- Zhang, X., Cui, X. (2014). Asymmetric C–H Functionalization by Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions. Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (Second Edition). 7 86. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780080977423007047?via%3Dihub
- Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2013). Cobalt-Mediated Carbene Transfer Reactions. Contemporary Carbene Chemistry. (15) 491. John Wiley & Sons. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Contemporary+Carbene+Chemistry-p-9781118237953
- Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2012). Iron(III) meso-Tetraphenylporphine Chloride. e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/047084289X.rn01388
- Nirosh Udayanga, D., Le, N., Schwirian, E., Donnadieu, B., Nash, K., Collier, W., Webster, C., Cui, X. (2023). Synthesis of N-Fused Polycyclic Indole Derivatives via Ru(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation and Intramolecular Hydroarylation. Organic Letters. 25 (48) 8745. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03757
- Wamsley, M., Peng, W., Tan, W., Wathudura, P., Cui, X., Zou, S., Zhang, D. (2023). Total Luminescence Spectroscopy for Quantification of Temperature Effects on Photophysical Properties of Photoluminescent Materials. 3 (1) 10. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.2c00047
- Chaminda Lakmal, H., Istre, J., Qian, X., Zhou, H., Valle, H., Xu, X., Cui, X. (2022). Catalytic Amidomethylative [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Formaldimine and Styrenes toward N-Heterocycles. 54 (09) 2165. https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1710-7256
- Smith, L., Nirosh Udayanga, D., Qian, X., Adams, L., Sims, S., Nettles, C., Xu, X., Cui, X., Mlsna, D. (2022). Iron-Based Tandem Catalysis: From Petroleum toward Pharmaceutical Laboratories for Organic Undergraduate Students─Product Identification by TLC and 1H NMR. Journal of Chemical Education. 99 (9) 3259. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00451
- Shayegan, M., Li, Z., Cui, X. (2022). Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergence for Catalytic Stereoselective Semireduction of Allenamides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28 (1) e202103402. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202103402
- Qian, X., Zhou, H., Chaminda Lakmal, H., Lucore, J., Wang, X., Valle, H., Donnadieu, B., Xu, X., Cui, X. (2021). Fe(III)-Based Tandem Catalysis for Amidomethylative Multiple Substitution Reactions of α-Substituted Styrene Derivatives. ACS Catalysis. 10 (18) 10627. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.0c02676
- Peng, W., Athukorale, S., HU, J., Cui, X., Zhang, D. (2021). Kinetic spectroscopic quantification using two-step chromogenic and fluorogenic reactions: From theoretical modeling to experimental quantification of biomarkers in practical samples. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1153 (8) 338293. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003267021001197?via%3Dihub
- Riart-Ferrer, X., Sang, P., Tao, J., Xu, H., Jin, L., Lu, H., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2021). Metalloradical activation of carbonyl azides for enantioselective radical aziridination. 7 (4) 1120. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929421001121?via%3Dihub
- Zhang, X., Qiu, X., Rong, J., Su, S., Cui, X., Tao, C. (2019). Aryldiazonium ion initiated C–N bond cleavage for the versatile, efficient and regioselective ring opening of aziridines. 2019 (6) 1832. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/qo/c9qo00320g
- Li, Z., Chaminda Lakmal, H., Cui, X. (2019). Enabling Catalytic Arene C–H Amidomethylation via Bis(tosylamido)methane as a Sustainable Formaldimine Releaser. Organic Letters. 21 (10) 3735.
- Hu, Y., Lang, K., Li, C., Gill, J., Kim, I., Lu, H., Fields, K., Marshall, M., Cheng, Q., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2019). Enantioselective Radical Construction of 5-Membered Cyclic Sulfonamides by Metalloradical C–H Amination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141 (45) 18160.
- Hu, Y., Lang, K., Tao, J., Marshall, M., Cheng, Q., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2019). Next-Generation D2-Symmetric Chiral Porphyrins for Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Catalyst Engineering by Distal Bridging. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58 (9) 2670. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201812379
- Li, Z., Chaminda Lakmal, H., Qian, X., Zhu, Z., Donnadieu, B., McClain, S., Xu, X., Cui, X. (2019). Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization: A Practical Access to Optically Active Indoline Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141 (40) 15730. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b07251
- Li, C., Lang, K., Lu, H., Hu, Y., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2018). Catalytic Radical Process for Enantioselective Amination of C(sp3)−H Bonds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57 (51) 16837. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201808923
- Wang, Y., Wen, X., Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2018). Enantioselective Radical Cyclization for Construction of 5-Membered Ring Structures by Metalloradical C–H Alkylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140 (14) 4792. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b01662
- Chaminda Lakmal, H., Xu, J., Xu, X., Ahmed, B., Fong, C., Szalda, D., Ramig, K., Sygula, A., Webster, C., Zhang, D., Cui, X. (2018). Synthesis of C-Unsubstituted 1,2-Diazetidines and Their Ring-Opening Reactions via Selective N–N Bond Cleavage. Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83 (16) 9497. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.8b01223
- Wang, Y., Wen, X., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2017). Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with In Situ-Generated Donor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139 (3) 1049. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.6b11336
- Zhou, H., Chaminda Lakmal, H., Baine, J., Valle, H., Xu, X., Cui, X. (2017). Catalytic [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition with indium(iii)-activated formaldimines: a practical and selective access to hexahydropyrimidines and 1,3-diamines from alkenes. Chemical Science. 2017 (8) 6520. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/sc/c7sc02576a
- Xu, X., Wang, Y., Cui, X., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2017). Metalloradical activation of α-formyldiazoacetates for the catalytic asymmetric radical cyclopropanation of alkenes. Chemical Science. 2017 (8) 4347. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/sc/c7sc00658f
- Goswami, M., Lyaskovskyy, V., Domingos, S., Jan Buma, W., Woutersen, S., Troeppner, O., Ivanović-Burmazović, I., Lu, H., Cui, X., Zhang, X., Reijerse, E., DeBeer, S., van Schooneveld, M., Felix Pfaff, F., Ray, K., de Bruin, B. (2015). Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene Radical’ Species Relevant in Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137 (16) 5468. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5b01197
- Subbarayan, V., Jin, L., Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2015). Room temperature activation of aryloxysulfonyl azides by [Co(II)(TPP)] for selective radical aziridination of alkenes via metalloradical catalysis. Tetrahedron. 56 (23) 3431. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403915002361?via%3Dihub
- Cui, X., Xu, X., Jin, L., Wojtas, L., Zhang, X. (2015). Stereoselective radical C–H alkylation with acceptor/acceptor-substituted diazo reagents via Co(ii)-based metalloradical catalysis. Chemical Science. 2015 (6) 1219. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/sc/c4sc02610a
- Paul, N., Mandal, S., Otte, M., Cui, X., Zhang, X., de Bruin, B. (2014). Metalloradical Approach to 2H-Chromenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (3) 1090. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja4111336
- Jin, L., Lu, H., Lizardi, C., Arzua, T., Wojtas, L., Cui, X., Zhang, X. (2014). Selective radical amination of aldehydic C(sp2)–H bonds with fluoroaryl azides via Co(ii)-based metalloradical catalysis: synthesis of N-fluoroaryl amides from aldehydes under neutral and nonoxidative conditions. Chemical Science. (5) 2422.
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Cui, X., "CAREER: Ruthenium-Catalyzed Stereoselective and Site-selective Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bond," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $650000 Funded. (2020 - 2025).
- Cui, X., "NSF Supplemental Funding for NSF-ERC Research Collaboration," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $11921 Funded. (2023 - 2024).