Independent Publications:

17. Shahida Perveen,⁺ Tahir Rahman,⁺ Tariq Ali,⁺ Lingyun Wang, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Amination of a-Hydroxy Esters: Synthesis of a-Amino Acids" Submitted

16. Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Molybdenum-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Amination of Allylic Carbonates: Total Synthesis of (S)-Clopidogrel" Organic Letters 2024, 26, 2758-2762

15. Shahid Khan, Muhammad Salman, Yu Wang, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Green Chemistry Approach Towards the Regioselective Synthesis of 1,1-Disubstituted Allylic Amines" The Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023, 88, 11992-11999.

14. Yu Wang, Yaoyao Xu, Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Selective approach to N-substituted tertiary 2-pyridones"Selective approach to N-substituted tertiary 2-pyridones" New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 11138-11142.

13. Shahid Khan, Yu Wang, Shahida Perveen, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Regio- and enantioselective formation of tetrazole-bearing quaternary stereocenters via palladium-catalysed allylic amination"  Organic Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 456-461.

12. Yaoyao Xu,† Muhammad Salman,† Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Tungsten-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution with Heteroatom Nucleophile: Reaction Development and Synthetic Applications" J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 11501-11510.

11. Mei-Na Zhang, Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang, Ajmal Khan,* "Palladium nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for C-S bond formation reactions" RSC Adv., 2020, 10.31022-31026.

10. Ajmal Khan,* Junjie Zhang and Shahid Khan "Palladium nano-particles as a recyclable catalyst for C-O bond formation under solvent free conditions" Green Chem., 2020, 22, 4116-4120.

9. Muhammad Salman,† Yaoyao Xu,† Shahid Khan, Junjie Zhang and Ajmal Khan* "Regioselective molybdenum-catalyzed allylic substitution of tertiary allylic electrophiles: methodology development and applications" Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 5481-5486.

8. Ajmal Khan,* Meina Zhang, Shahid Khan, "Regio- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Sulfone-Bearing Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters via Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1340-1345.

Mentored Publications:

7. Ajmal Khan, Sardaraz Khan, Ijaz Khan, Can Zhao, Yuxue Mao, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Enantioselective Construction of Tertiary C-O bond via Allylic Substitution of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Water and Alcohols” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 10733−10741. 

6. Yuxue Mao,† Xing Zhai,† Ajmal Khan,† Jiong Cheng, Xue, Wu, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Cross-Coupling of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Arylboronic Acids Catalyzed by in situ Generated Palladium Nanoparticles in Water”Tetrahedron Lett.2016, 57, 3268. 

5. Lei Yang, Ajmal Khan, Renfeng Zheng, Long Yi Jin, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Imines” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 6230.

4. Ajmal Khan, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Electrophiles: Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters” Synlett 2015, 26, 853.

3. Ajmal Khan,† Juxiang Xing,† Jingming Zhao, Yuhe Kan, Wanbin Zhang, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Cycloadditionof Vinylethylene Carbonates with Isocyanates”Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 120.

2. Ajmal Khan, Lei Yang, Jing Xu, Longyi Jin, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Michael Acceptors: Construction of Vicinal Quaternary stereocenters” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11257. 

1. Ajmal Khan, Renfeng Zheng, Yuhe Kan, Jiang Ye, Juxiang Xing, Yong Jian Zhang*, “Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cycloaddition of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Formaldehyde: Enantioselective Construction of Tertiary Vinylglycols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6439.