02 / RESEARCH
From molecules to possibilities.
Organic Synthesis, Catalysis, and Nanotechnology.
One field, a constellation of smaller questions.
Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
- C–H activation
- Arene alkenylation
- Cross-electrophile coupling
Catalysis
- Molecular catalysts
- Reaction mechanisms
- CO₂ conversion
Nanotechnology
- Metal sulfides
- Water splitting
- Silicon interfaces
01 / RESEARCH THEMES
Three connected fields.
Organic Synthesis
Developing methods for carbon–carbon bond formation, including arene C–H functionalization and alkenylation, asymmetric synthesis, and cross-electrophile coupling. My work combines organic synthesis with the preparation and study of organometallic catalysts.
Catalysis
Studying homogeneous transition-metal catalysts and their reaction mechanisms, alongside electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches to CO₂ conversion. A recurring theme is connecting molecular catalyst design with reactivity and selectivity.
Nanotechnology
Exploring transition-metal sulfide nanomaterials and hybrid structures for electrochemical energy conversion, from MoS₂-based water-splitting catalysts to molecular catalysts attached to silicon surfaces.
02 / PUBLICATIONS
Publications & scholarly work.
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- Journal article
Synthesis of Tetrakis (amino) ethylene-Derived Organic Reductants via Thermal Decomposition of Tris (amino) methanes
Seoyeon Kim†, Xiaofan Jia†, Nilay Hazari, Devi Oniani, Justin C. Wedal
Organic Letters 28 (12), 3880–3884
† These authors contributed equally.
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Unusual Electrochemical Activity of Thin SiO2 Layers Leads to Instability of Molecular Attachment in Hybrid Photoelectrodes
Chiara Cappuccino, Manushree Tanwar, Xiaofan Jia, Nilay Hazari, Carrie L Donley, Zahra Fakhraai, Gerald F Manbeck, David C Grills, Dmitry E Polyansky
ACS Applied Energy Materials 8 (24), 18101–18113
- Patent
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Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate using immobilized molecular manganese catalysts on oxidized porous silicon
Young Hyun Hong†, Xiaofan Jia†, Eleanor Stewart-Jones†, Abhishek Kumar, Justin C Wedal, Jose L Alvarez-Hernandez, Carrie L Donley, Albert Gang, Noah J Gibson, Nilay Hazari, Madison Houck, Sungho Jeon, Jongbeom Kim, Hyeongjun Koh, James M Mayer, Brandon Q Mercado, Hannah S Nedzbala, Nicole Piekut, Christine Quist, Eric Stach, Yihui Zhang
Chem 11 (7)
† These authors contributed equally.
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Ni/Ti Dual Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling between Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides and Aryl Halides
Devi Oniani, Xiaofan Jia, Emily L. Mane, David J. Charboneau, Jasmine L. Chow, Nilay Hazari, Haotian Huang, Maizie Lee, Brandon Q. Mercado, Mycah R. Uehling, Justin C. Wedal
ACS Catalysis 15 (13), 11726–11738
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Statistical analysis of HAADF-STEM images to determine the surface coverage and distribution of immobilized molecular complexes
Sungho Jeon†, Hannah S Nedzbala†, Brittany L Huffman, Adam J Pearce, Carrie L Donley, Xiaofan Jia, Gabriella P Bein, Jihoon Choi, Nicolas Durand, Hala Atallah, Felix N Castellano, Jillian L Dempsey, James M Mayer, Nilay Hazari, Eric A Stach
Matter 8 (2)
† These authors contributed equally.
- Journal article
Homogeneous organic reductant based on 4, 4′-tBu2-2, 2′-bipyridine for cross-electrophile coupling
David J Charboneau†, Haotian Huang†, Emily L Barth, Anthony P Deziel, Cameron C Germe, Nilay Hazari, Xiaofan Jia, Seoyeon Kim, Sheikh Nahiyan, Leonardo Birriel–Rodriguez, Mycah R Uehling
Tetrahedron Letters 145, 155159
† These authors contributed equally.
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Photoelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction to CO Enabled by a Molecular Catalyst Attached to High-Surface-Area Porous Silicon
Xiaofan Jia†, Eleanor Stewart-Jones†, Jose L. Alvarez-Hernandez, Gabriella P. Bein, Jillian L. Dempsey, Carrie L. Donley, Nilay Hazari, Madison N. Houck, Min Li, James M. Mayer, Hannah S. Nedzbala, Rebecca E. Powers
Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (12), 7998–8004
† These authors contributed equally.
Published correction ↗: The wafer resistivity in the Supporting Information was corrected; the conclusions are unchanged.
- Journal article
Synthesis and Surface Attachment of Molecular Re(I) Hydride Species with Silatrane Functionalized Bipyridyl Ligands
Xiaofan Jia, Kai Cui, Jose L. Alvarez-Hernandez, Carrie L. Donley, Albert Gang, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Nilay Hazari, Sungho Jeon, James M Mayer, Hannah S Nedzbala, Bo Shang, Eric A Stach, Eleanor Stewart-Jones, Hailiang Wang, Alexa Williams
Organometallics 42 (16), 2238–2250
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Pd(II) and Rh(I) Catalytic Precursors for Arene Alkenylation: Comparative Evaluation of Reactivity and Mechanism Based on Experimental and Computational Studies
Marc T. Bennett†, Xiaofan Jia†, Charles B. Musgrave III†, Weihao Zhu, William A. Goddard III, T. Brent Gunnoe
Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (28), 15507–15527
† These authors contributed equally.
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In Situ Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroelectrochemistry (ATR-IR-SEC) for the Characterization of Molecular Redox Processes on Surface-Proximal Doped Silicon ATR Crystal Working Electrodes
Samuel R Bottum, Taylor S Teitsworth, Qi Han, Andre D Orr, Jin-Sung Park, Xiaofan Jia, Chiara Cappuccino, Bobby H Layne, Nilay Hazari, Javier J Concepcion, Carrie L Donley, Dmitry E Polyansky, Matthew R Lockett, James F Cahoon, David C Grills
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (14), 6690–6701
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Synthesis and Surface Attachment of Molecular Re (I) Complexes Supported by Functionalized Bipyridyl Ligands
Xiaofan Jia†, Hannah S Nedzbala†, Samuel R Bottum, James F Cahoon, Javier J Concepcion, Carrie L Donley, Albert Gang, Qi Han, Nilay Hazari, Matthew C Kessinger, Matthew R Lockett, James M Mayer, Brandon Q Mercado, Gerald J Meyer, Adam J Pearce, Conor L Rooney, Renato N Sampaio, Bo Shang, Hailiang Wang
Inorganic Chemistry 62 (5), 2359–2375
† These authors contributed equally.
- Journal article
Monolayer Molecular Functionalization Enabled by Acid–Base Interaction for High-Performance Photochemical CO2 Reduction
Bo Shang, Fengyi Zhao, Chungseok Choi, Xiaofan Jia, Magnus Pauly, Yueshen Wu, Zixu Tao, Yiren Zhong, Nia Harmon, Paul A Maggard, Tianquan Lian, Nilay Hazari, Hailiang Wang
ACS Energy Letters 7 (7), 2265–2272
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Electron-deficient Ru (II) complexes as catalyst precursors for ethylene hydrophenylation
Xiaofan Jia, Songyuan Tian, Philip J Shivokevich, W Dean Harman, Diane A Dickie, T Brent Gunnoe
Inorganics 10 (6), 76
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Manganese catalyzed partial oxidation of light alkanes
Nathan Coutard, Charles B Musgrave III, Jisue Moon, Nichole S Liebov, Robert M Nielsen, Jonathan M Goldberg, Meijun Li, Xiaofan Jia, Sungsik Lee, Diane A Dickie, William L Schinski, Zili Wu, John T Groves, William A Goddard III, T Brent Gunnoe
ACS Catalysis 12 (9), 5356–5370
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Aerobic Partial Oxidation of Alkanes Using Photodriven Iron Catalysis
Nathan Coutard, Jonathan M Goldberg, Henry U Valle, Yuan Cao, Xiaofan Jia, Philip D Jeffrey, T Brent Gunnoe, John T Groves
Inorganic Chemistry 61 (2), 759–766
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Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Trinuclear Copper (II) Complex
Ana M Geer, Charles Musgrave III, Christopher Webber, Robert J Nielsen, Bradley A McKeown, Chang Liu, P Philipp M Schleker, Peter Jakes, Xiaofan Jia, Diane A Dickie, Josef Granwehr, Sen Zhang, Charles W Machan, William A Goddard III, T Brent Gunnoe
ACS Catalysis 11 (12), 7223–7240
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Functionalization of RhIII–Me Bonds: Use of “Capping Arene” Ligands to Facilitate Me–X Reductive Elimination
Shunyan Gu, Junqi Chen, Charles B Musgrave III, Zoë M Gehman, Laurel G Habgood, Xiaofan Jia, Diane A Dickie, William A Goddard III, T Brent Gunnoe
Organometallics 40 (12), 1889–1906
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Role of Axial Ligation in Gating the Reactivity of Dimethylplatinum (III) Diimine Radical Cations
Brittany L Huffman, Katherine J Lee, Ana M Geer, Bradley A McKeown, Xiaofan Jia, Diane A Dickie, T Brent Gunnoe, Jillian L Dempsey
Organometallics 40 (3), 333–345
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Transition-metal-catalyzed arene alkylation and alkenylation: catalytic processes for the generation of chemical intermediates
T Brent Gunnoe, William L Schinski, Xiaofan Jia, Weihao Zhu
ACS Catalysis 10 (23), 14080–14092
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Synthesis of Stilbenes by Rhodium-Catalyzed Aerobic Alkenylation of Arenes via C–H Activation
Xiaofan Jia, Lucas I. Frye, Weihao Zhu, Shunyan Gu, T. Brent Gunnoe
Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (23), 10534–10543
- Conference abstract
Oxidative hydroarylation of styrenes with a Rh (I) catalyst: Single-step synthesis and isolation of stilbenes
Lucas Frye, Weihao Zhu, Xiaofan Jia, T Gunnoe
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 258
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Olefin hydroarylation catalyzed by palladium (II) catalysts: Investigation of the reaction selectivity and comparison with Rh catalysts
Xiaofan Jia, Aisling Foley, Weihao Zhu, Benjamin Vaughan, Bradley McKeown, T Gunnoe
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 258
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Development of group 9 transition metal based catalysts for the oxidative alkenylation of arenes
Weihao Zhu, Junqi Chen, Xiaofan Jia, Diane Dickie, T Gunnoe
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 258
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Styrene production from benzene and ethylene catalyzed by palladium (II): enhancement of selectivity toward styrene via temperature-dependent vinyl ester consumption
Xiaofan Jia, Aisling M Foley, Chang Liu, Benjamin A Vaughan, Bradley A McKeown, Sen Zhang, T Brent Gunnoe
Organometallics 38 (19), 3532–3541
- Conference abstract
Oxidative arene alkenylation catalyzed by palladium (II) catalyst: Studies on selectivity and air recyclability
Xiaofan Jia, Aisling Foley, Benjamin Vaughan, Bradley McKeown, Thomas Gunnoe
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 256
- Conference abstract
Development of transition metal catalysts for arene alkenylation
Thomas Gunnoe, Junqi Chen, Michael Webster-Gardiner, Benjamin Vaughan, Weihao Zhu, Bradley McKeown, Xiaofan Jia, Aisling Foley
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 256
- Journal article
Metallic transition-metal dichalcogenide nanocatalysts for energy conversion
Haoyi Li, Xiaofan Jia, Qi Zhang, Xun Wang
Chem 4 (7), 1510–1537
- Journal article
Systematic design of superaerophobic nanotube-array electrode comprised of transition-metal sulfides for overall water splitting
Haoyi Li, Shuangming Chen, Ying Zhang, Qinghua Zhang, Xiaofan Jia, Qi Zhang, Lin Gu, Xiaoming Sun, Li Song, Xun Wang
Nature Communications 9 (1), 2452
- Conference abstract
Olefin hydroarylation catalyzed by ruthenium (II) complexes: Changes in reactivity based on auxiliary ligands
Xiaofan Jia, J Brannon Gary, Bradley McKeown, Thomas Cundari, Pedro Perez, T Gunnoe
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 255
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Oxidative Hydrophenylation of Ethylene Using a Cationic Ru (II) Catalyst: Styrene Production with Ethylene as the Oxidant
Xiaofan Jia, J Brannon Gary, Shaojin Gu, Thomas R Cundari, T Brent Gunnoe
Israel Journal of Chemistry 57 (10-11), 1037–1046
- Conference abstract
Hydrophenylation of ethylene using a cationic Ru (II) catalyst: Change in selectivity based on an auxiliary ligand
Xiaofan Jia, Shaojin Gu, John Gary, Bradley McKeown, Thomas Cundari, T Gunnoe
254th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Chemistry's Impact on the Global Economy
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Amorphous nickel-cobalt complexes hybridized with 1T-phase molybdenum disulfide via hydrazine-induced phase transformation for water splitting
Haoyi Li†, Shuangming Chen†, Xiaofan Jia, Biao Xu, Haifeng Lin, Haozhou Yang, Li Song, Xun Wang
Nature Communications 8 (1), 15377
† These authors contributed equally.
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