Publications by authors named "Sutao Zhang"

Article Synopsis
  • Silanols are interesting compounds, but their production through environmentally friendly methods, like using HO as an oxidant, is difficult due to the unwanted formation of siloxanes.
  • This study successfully uses frustrated Lewis pairs (FLP) to improve the yield of silanols by preventing siloxane formation, with the reaction starting from HO activation.
  • The method allows for the precise synthesis of sequence-controlled oligosiloxanes and can be scaled up, indicating its potential for creating advanced silicon-based polymer materials.
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Modern intelligent and networked vehicles are increasingly equipped with electronic control units (ECUs) with increased computing power. These electronic devices form an in-vehicle network via the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus, the de facto standard for modern vehicles. Although many ECUs provide convenience to drivers and passengers, they also increase the potential for cyber security threats in motor vehicles.

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Without the addition of any additives and production of any small molecules, C3-borylated indoles and transfer hydrogenated indolines have been simultaneously achieved by a B(CF)-catalyzed disproportionation reaction of a broad range of indoles with catecholborane. This catalyst system exhibits excellent catalytic performance for practical applications, such as easy scale-up under solvent-free conditions and long catalytic lifetime over ten sequential additions of starting materials. A combined mechanistic study, including isolation and characterization of key reaction intermediates, analysis of the disproportionation nature of the reaction, in situ NMR of the reaction, and analysis of detailed experimental data, has led to a possible reaction mechanism which illustrates pathways for the formation of both major products and byproducts.

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A metal-free B(CF)-catalyzed approach is developed for the disproportionation reaction of a series of indoles with various hydrosilanes, without any additives such as base and production of any small molecule such as dihydrogen. This boron catalyst system also exhibits excellent catalytic performance for practical application, such as catalyst loading as low as 0.01 mol % under solvent-free conditions, and a long-life catalytic performance highlighted by a constant catalytic activity being maintained and excellent yields being achieved for the desired products over 10 sequential additions of starting materials.

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