- About
- Selected Publications
Technical Support, Gaussian Inc.
Post Doc, University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
B. Sc. University of Science & Technology of China (Hefei, China)
Research Interests
- Stereoselectivity in Organic Reactions
- Herbert MB, Suslick BA, Liu P, Zou L, Dornan PK, Houk KN, Grubbs RH, “Cyclometalated Z-Selective Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts with Modified N-Chelating Groups”, Organometallics 34 (2015) 2858–2869.
- Meng SS, Liang Y, Cao KS, Zou L, Lin XB, Yang H, Houk KN, Zheng WH, “Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Desymmetrization of 2-Substituted and 2,2-Disubstituted 1,3-Diols via Oxidative Cleavage of Benzylidene Acetals”, J. Am Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 12249-12252.
- Michaudel Q, Journot G, Regueiro-Ren A, Goswami A, Guo Z, Tully TP, Zou L, Ramabhadran RO, Houk KN, Baran PS, “Improving Physical Properties via C-H Oxidation: Chemical and Enzymatic Approaches”, Angew. Chem. -Int. Ed. 53 (2014) 12091-12096.
- Cannon JS, Zou L, Liu P, Lan y, O’Leary DJ, Houk KN, Grubbs RH, “Carboxylate-Assisted C(sp3)-H Activation in Olefin Metathesis-Relevant Ruthenium Complexes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 6733-6743.
- Holder JC, Zou L, Marziale AN, Liu P, Lan Y, Gatti M, Kikushima K, Houk KN, and Stoltz BM, “Mechanism and Enantioselectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Substituted Cyclic Enones: Insights from Computation and Experiment”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013)14996–15007.
- Zou L, Paton RS, Eschenmoser A, Newhouse T, Baran PS, Houk KN, “Enhanced Reactivity in Dioxirane C–H Oxidations via Strain Release: A Computational and Experimental Study”, J. Org. Chem. 78 (2013) 4037–4048.
- Bigi, MA, Liu P, Zou L, Houk KN, White MC, “Cafestol to Tricalysiolide B and Oxidized Analogues: Biosynthetic and Derivatization Studies Using Non-heme Iron Catalyst Fe(PDP)”, Synlett 23(2012): 2768–2772.
- Lan Y, Zou L, Cao Y, Houk KN, “Computational Methods To Calculate Accurate Activation and Reaction Energies of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of 24 1,3-Dipoles”, J. Phys. Chem. A 115 (2011) 13906–13920.
- Meng XM, Zou LF, Xie M, Fu Y, “Strength of C–H Bonds at Nitrogen α-Position:Implication for Metabolic Stability of Nitrogen-containing Drug Molecules”, Chin. J. Chem. 26 (2008) 787–793.
- Li XX, Xiong YJ, Zou LF, Wang MT, Xie Y, “Polymer-induced generation of anatase TiO2 hollow nanostructures”, Micro. Meso. Mater. 112 (2008) 641–646.
- Zou LF, Shen K, Fu Y, Guo QX, “Initiation of petroleum formation and antioxidant function — a DFT study of sulfur–sulfur bond dissociation enthalpies”, J. Phys. Org. Chem. 20 (2007) 754–763.
- Zou LF, Fu Y, Shen K, Guo QX, “Sulfur–sulfur bond dissociation enthalpies: A high-level ab initio study”, J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM) 807 (2007) 87–92.
Last update: 10 August 2016
Email: lufeng@gaussian.com
