1. Generation of Gold Carbenes in Water: Efficient Intermolecular Trapping of the α-Oxo Gold Carbenoids by Indoles and Anilines.

  Long Li,‡ Chao Shu,‡ Bo Zhou, Yong-Fei Yu, Xin-Yu Xiao, Long-Wu Ye,* Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 4057. [link]

2.  Zinc-Catalyzed Alkyne Oxidation/C−H Functionalization: Highly Site-Selective Synthesis of Versatile Isoquinolones and β-Carbolines.

  Long Li,‡ Bo Zhou,‡ Yong-Heng Wang, Chao Shu, Yi-Fei Pan, Xin Lu,* Long-Wu Ye,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54,    8245. [link]

3.  Reversal of Regioselectivity in Catalytic Arene-Ynamide Cyclization: Direct Synthesis of Valuable Azepino[4,5-b]indoles and β–      Carbolines and DFT Calculations. Long Li, Xiu-Mei Chen, Ze-Shu Wang, Bo Zhou, Xin Liu, Xin Lu,* Long-Wu Ye,* ACS      Catal.   2017, 7, 4004. [link]

4.  Metal-Free Alkene Carbooxygenation Following Tandem Intramolecular Alkoxylation/Claisen Rearrangement: Stereocontrolled Access    to  Bridged [4.2.1] Lactones. Long Li, Xin-Qi Zhu, Ying-Qi Zhang, Hao-Zhen Bu, Peng Yuan, Jinyu Chen, Jingyi Su,        Xianming Deng, Long-Wu Ye,* Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 3123. 

5. Complementing Pyridine-2,6-bis(oxazoline) with Cyclometalated N-Heterocyclic Carbene for  Asymmetric Ruthenium Catalysis:        L. Li, F. Han, X. Nie, Y. Hong, S. Ivlev, E. Meggers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12392-12395.

6. Recent Progress in the Gold-Catalyzed Annulations of Ynamides with Isoxazole Derivatives via α-Imino Gold Carbenes. Long Li,* Wen-Feng Luo, Long-Wu Ye,* Synlett 2021, 32, in pres  

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Regio- and diastereoselective synthesis of trans-3,4-diaryl dihydrocoumarins via metal-free [4 + 2] annulation of ynamides with o-hydroxybenzyl alcohols. Wen-Feng Luo, Long Li,* Peng-Cheng Qian* and Long-Wu Ye, Chem. Commun, accepted.