68. Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Diarylzinc Reagents with gem-Difluoropropargyl Bromide    

An, Lun  Tong, Feifei  Zhang, Xingang*

Acta Chim. Sinica 2018, 76, 977—982 

(Invitated paper for Acta Chimica Sinica )

65. Transition-Metal (Cu, Pd, Ni)-Catalyzed Difluoroalkylation via Cross-Coupling with Difluoroalkyl Halides  

Zhang Feng, Yu-Lan Xiao and Xingang Zhang*

Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 2264-2278

63. A Bulky Diamine Ligand Promoted Cross-Coupling with Difluoroalkyl Bromides via Iron Catalysis

Lun An, Yu-Lan Xiao, Shu Zhang and Xingang Zhang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6921-6925 

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62. Difluoromethylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides with chlorodifluoromethane catalyzed by nickel

Chang Xu, Wen-Hao Guo, Xu He, Ying-Long Guo, Xue-Ying Zhang, and Xingang Zhang*

Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 1170

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61. Bromotrifluoromethane: A Useful Reagent for Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes and Alkynes

Yu-Yan Ren, Xing Zheng,* and Xingang Zhang*

Synlett, 2018, 29, 1028-1032

60. Nickel-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of Arylboronic Acids with Bromodifluoromethane

Xia-Ping Fu, Yu-Lan Xiao, and Xingang Zhang*

Chin. J. Chem., 2018, 36, 143-146