1983年 杭州大学学士
1986年 中科院上海有机化学研究所硕士
1990年 德国柏林工业大学-上海有机所联合培养博士
1990-1991年 上海有机所研究助理
1991-1995年 美国南加州大学博士后
1995年-至今 香港中文大学化学系，历任助理教教、副教授、教授，现任卓敏化学讲座教授
低价硼、碳硼烷、金属碳硼烷化学
f-族和d-族金属络合物的金属有机化学
均相催化
配位不饱和及小分子活化
1991年 中国化学会青年化学奖；
2001年 国家杰出青年基金(海外)；
2002年 王宽诚教育基金会讲座学者奖；
2003年 裘槎基金会杰出研究奖；
2008年 国家自然科学二等奖；
2010年 中国化学会黄耀曾金属有机化学奖；
2019年 高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖自然科学奖；
2020年 香港研资局高级研究学者。
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3. Hanqiang Wang, Jie Zhang, Jingting Yang, Zuowei Xie*, Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Acid-Free Neutral Oxoborane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60 (35), 19008-19012.
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5. Fangrui Zheng, Tsz Hin Yui, Jiji Zhang, Zuowei Xie*, Synthesis and X-ray characterization of 15- and 16-vertex closo-carboranes. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11 (1), 5943.
6. Hangcheng Ni, Zhenpin Lu, Zuowei Xie*, Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling Reaction of Iodocarboranes with Terminal Alkynes Enabled by UV Light: Synthesis of 1-Alkynyl-o-Carboranes and Carborane-Fused Cyclics. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142 (43), 18661-18667.
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8. Yixiu Ge, Jie Zhang, Zaozao Qiu*, Zuowei Xie*, Pd-Catalyzed Selective Bifunctionalization of 3-Iodo-o-Carborane by Pd Migration. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59 (12), 4851-4855.
9. Hairong Lyu, Jie Zhang, Jingting Yang, Yangjian Quan*, Zuowei Xie*, Catalytic Regioselective Cage B(8)-H Arylation of o-Carboranes via "Cage-Walking" Strategy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141 (10), 4219-4224.
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12. Hao Wang, Linlin Wu, Zhenyang Lin*, Zuowei Xie*, Transition-Metal-Like Behavior of Monovalent Boron Compounds: Reduction, Migration, and Complete Cleavage of CO at a Boron Center. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57 (28), 8708-8713.
13. Cen Tang, Jiji Zhang, Jie Zhang, Zuowei Xie*, Regioselective Nucleophilic Alkylation/Arylation of B–H Bonds in o-Carboranes: An Alternative Method for Selective Cage Boron Functionalization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (48), 16423-16427.
14. Ruofei Cheng, Bowen Li, Jie Wu, Jie Zhang, Zaozao Qiu*, Wenjun Tang, Shu-Li You, Yong Tang, Zuowei Xie*, Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral-at-Cage o-Carboranes via Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric B-H Substitution. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (13), 4508-4511.
