Publications

Prior to Penn

Mechanistic Origins of Polydicyclopentadiene Oxidation

Yuting Zhou^*†, Zhenchuang Xu^†, Faith K. Kern, Jeffrey S. Moore^*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 14160-14169.

Mechanistically Informed Materials Design

Fragments to CANs—Polymer Editing with Electricity

Cracking Crystalline Plastics—with Help from Electricity and a ‘Magic’ Solvent

Forging C–C Bonds with Solvated Electrons

One Ring or Two? Substituents Control the Coordination Mode

The Vision… and the Chemistry That Actually Happens

Nucleophilic Thiols Reductively Cleave Ether Linkages in Lignin Model Polymers and Lignin

  
    Grace E. Klinger, Yuting Zhou, Juliet A. Foote, Abby M. Wester, Yanbin Cui, Manar Alherech, Shannon S. Stahl, James E. Jackson*, Eric L. Hegg*

Nucleophilic Thiols Reductively Cleave Ether Linkages in Lignin Model Polymers and Lignin

Breaking Lignin from the Inside Out

Mimicking Nature to Break Lignin Bonds

Dual C–H functionalization of polyolefins for covalent adaptable network formation via cooperative electrolysis

Yuting Zhou^*†, Zhenchuang Xu^†, Jeffrey S. Moore^*

Nat. Syn. 2025, 4, 1546-1555.

Heterogenous electromediated depolymerization of highly crystalline polyoxymethylene

Yuting Zhou, Joaquín Rodríguez-López, Jeffrey S. Moore^*

Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4847

Plasma Electrochemistry for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation via Pinacol Coupling

  
    Jian Wang, Necip B. Ü ner, Scott Edwin Dubowsky, Matthew P. Confer, Rohit Bhargava, Yunyan Sun, Yuting Zhou, R. Mohan Sankaran* and Jeffrey S. Moore*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 10470-10474

Skeletal Ni electrode-catalyzed C-O cleavage of diaryl ethers entails direct elimination via benzyne intermediates

  
    Yuting Zhou*, Grace E. Klinger, Eric L. Hegg, Christopher M. Saffron, James E. Jackson*

Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 2050

Multiple Mechanisms Mapped in Aryl Alkyl Ether Cleavage via Aqueous Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation over Skeletal Nickel

  
    Yuting Zhou, Grace E. Klinger, Eric L. Hegg, Christopher M. Saffron, James E. Jackson*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4037-4050

ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 4394–4399

  
    Grace E. Klinger, Yuting Zhou, Pengchao Hao, Jacob Robbins, Jake M. Aquilina, James E. Jackson*, Eric L. Hegg*

ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 4775–4779

At Penn

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Prior to Penn

Mechanistic Origins of Polydicyclopentadiene Oxidation

Mechanistically Informed Materials Design

Fragments to CANs—Polymer Editing with Electricity

Cracking Crystalline Plastics—with Help from Electricity and a ‘Magic’ Solvent

Forging C–C Bonds with Solvated Electrons

One Ring or Two? Substituents Control the Coordination Mode

The Vision… and the Chemistry That Actually Happens

Nucleophilic Thiols Reductively Cleave Ether Linkages in Lignin Model Polymers and Lignin

Nucleophilic Thiols Reductively Cleave Ether Linkages in Lignin Model Polymers and Lignin

Breaking Lignin from the Inside Out

Mimicking Nature to Break Lignin Bonds

Dual C–H functionalization of polyolefins for covalent adaptable network formation via cooperative electrolysis

Heterogenous electromediated depolymerization of highly crystalline polyoxymethylene

Plasma Electrochemistry for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation via Pinacol Coupling

Skeletal Ni electrode-catalyzed C-O cleavage of diaryl ethers entails direct elimination via benzyne intermediates

Multiple Mechanisms Mapped in Aryl Alkyl Ether Cleavage via Aqueous Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation over Skeletal Nickel