Representative papers
1. Tongyu Li, Dongwei Wang, Yi Heng, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi,* Wanjian Ding,* Laurent Maron, and Marc D. Walter*. Experimental and Computational Studies on Uranium Diazomethanediide Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202313010.
2. Tongyu Li, Dongwei Wang, Yi Heng, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi*, Wanjian Ding*, and Marc D. Walter*. “A Comprehensive Study Concerning the Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Terminal Uranium Oxido, Sulfido and Selenido Metallocenes”. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14839-14855.
3. Congcong Zhang, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi,* Wanjian Ding,* and Marc D. Walter*. “A Base-Free Terminal Actinide Phosphinidene Metallocene: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity and Computational Studies”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14511-14525.
4. Guofu Zi*. “Recent developments in actinide metallacycles”, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7412-7430.
5. Lei Zhang, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi,* Wanjian Ding,* and Marc D. Walter*. “Influence of the 5f Orbitals on the Bonding and Reactivity in Organoactinides: Experimental and Computational Studies on a Uranium Metallacyclopropene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5130-5142.
6. Bo Fang, Lei Zhang, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi,* De-Cai Fang* and Marc D. Walter*. “C-H bond activation induced by thorium metallacyclopropene complexes: A combined experimental and computational study”, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4897-4906.
7. Dao Zhang,* and Guofu Zi*. “N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes of group 4 transition metals”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015, 44, 1898-1921.
8. Bo Fang, Wenshan Ren, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi,* De-Cai Fang,* Laurent Maron,* and Marc D. Walter*. “An Actinide Metallacyclopropene Complex: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity and Computational Studies”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17249-17261.
9. Wenshan Ren, Enwei Zhou, Bo Fang, Guohua Hou, Guofu Zi*, De-Cai Fang*, and Marc D. Walter*. “Experimental and Computational Studies on the Reactivity of a Terminal Thorium Imido Metallocene towards Organic Azides and Diazoalkanes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11310-11314.
10. Wenshan Ren, Enwei Zhou, Bo Fang, Guofu Zi*, De-Cai Fang*, and Marc D. Walter*. “Si-H Addition followed by C-H bond activation induced by a terminal thorium imido metallocene: A combined experimental and computational study”, Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3165-3172.
11. Wenshan Ren, Wayne W. Lukens, Guofu Zi*, Laurent Maron*, and Marc D. Walter*. “Is the bipyridyl thorium metallocene a low-valent thorium complex? A combined experimental and computational study”, Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1168-1174.
12. Wenshan Ren, Guofu Zi*, De-Cai Fang*, and Marc D. Walter*. “Thorium Oxo and Sulfido Metallocenes: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity and Computational Studies”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13183-13196.
