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“Copper-Catalyzed Conjugation between Nitrile Imines and Terminal Alkynes<\/strong>” Weeks, K. N.; Zhu, L. J. Org. Chem<\/em>. 2025<\/strong>, 90<\/em>, 8329-8339.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“DABCO-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution and Its Use in Improving the Synthesis of O2<\/sup>-Benzylcytosines as Substrates of CLIP-tag<\/strong>” Little, K. N.; Ofosu Addai, G.; Stanwood, C. C.; Bucag, C. F. T.; Lin, X.; Chen, B.; Whittington, A. C.; Zhu, L. J. Org. Chem<\/em>. 2025<\/strong>, 90<\/em>, 8001-8012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Scalable lipid droplet microarray fabrication, validation, and screening<\/a><\/strong>” Bell, T. N., Kusi-Appiah, A. E., Tocci, V., Lyu, P., Zhu, L., Zhu, F., Winkle, D. V., Cao, H., Singh, M. S., Lenhert, S. PLoS ONE<\/em> 2024<\/strong>, 19<\/em>, e0304736.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Regiospecific Synthesis of 1,4-Diaryl-5-Cyano-1,2,3-Triazoles and Their Photoconversion to 2- or 3-Cyanoindoles<\/strong>” Nusser, B. D.; Jenkins, L. E.; Lin, X.; Zhu, L. J. Org. Chem<\/em>. 2024<\/strong>, 89<\/em>, 12610-12618.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“SNAP-Tagging Live Cells via Chelation-Assisted Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition<\/strong>” Stone, D. J.; Macias-Contreras, M.; Crist, S. M.; Bucag, C. F. T.; Seo, G.; Zhu, L. Org. Biomol. Chem.<\/em> 2023<\/strong>, 21<\/em>, 7419-7436.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Luminescence and Stability of 1,4,5-Triaryl-1,2,3-Triazoles<\/strong>” Nusser, B. D.; Accardo, J. V.; Zhu, L. ChemPhysChem<\/em> 2023<\/strong>, 24<\/em>, e202300209.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Excitation Energy-Dependent, Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer-Based Dual Emission in Poor Hydrogen-Bonding Solvents<\/strong>” Hurley, J. J. M. Hurley; Zhu. L. J. Phys. Chem. A<\/em> 2022<\/strong>, 126<\/em>, 5711-5720.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Triple Emission of 5′-(para-R-Phenylene)vinylene-2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (PVHBO). Part II: Emission from Anions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph J. M. Hurley, Quinton J. Meisner, Peijun Guo, Richard D. Schaller, David J. Gosztola, Gary P. Wiederrecht, and Lei Zhu*. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 7<\/em>, 1062-1075.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Triple Emission of 5′-(para-R-Phenylene-2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (PVHBO). Part I: Dual Emission from the Neutral species.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quinton J. Meisner, Joseph J. M. Hurley, Peijun Guo, Anna R. Blood, Richard D. Schaller, David J. Gosztola, Gary P. Wiederrecht, and Lei Zhu*. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 7<\/em>, 1033-1061.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hydroxyaromatic Fluorophores<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph J. M. Hurley, Quinton J. Meisner, Chen Huang, and Lei Zhu*. ACS Omega 2021, 6, 5<\/em>, 3447-3462.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Power of Genetically Encoded Protein\/Peptide Tags and Bioorthogonal Chemistry in Biological Fluorescence Imaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel Macias-Contreras and Lei Zhu*. ChemPhotoChem 2021, 5, 3<\/em>, 187-216.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Influence of Amino Substituents on the Signal-output, Selectivity, and Sensitivity of a Hydroxyaromatic 1,2,3-triazolyl Chemosensor for Anions-A Structure-Property Relationship Investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debanjana Ghosh, Shainaz Landge, Lei Zhu, Unodinma Ofulue, Oluwagbotemi A. Akinsoji, Richard D. Govan, Aikohi Ugboya, Vincent Hernandez, Kayley Yates, Arneshia Henderson, Karelle S. Aiken*. J. Phys. Org. Chem., 2020, 33, 10<\/em>, e4078.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Chapter Twelve – Expanding the Substrate Selectivity of SNAP\/CLIP-tagging of Intracellular Targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel Macias-Contreras, Kevin N. Little, and Lei Zhu*. Methods Enzymol. 2020, 638, 233-257.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SNAP\/CLIP-tags and Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (SPAAC)\/Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) for Intracellular Orthogonal\/Bioorthogonal Labelling.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel Macias-Contreras, Huan He, Kevin N. Little, Justin P. Lee, Ryan P. Campbell, Maksim Royzen, and Lei Zhu*. Bioconjugate Chem. 2020, 31, 5<\/em>, 1370-1381.<\/p>\n\n\n

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