Research interests in Sun group:
Metal carbene chemistry, Asymmetric catalysis, Gold catalysis, Synthetic methodologies
1. Asymmetric N-Alkylation of 1H-Indoles via Carbene Insertion Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202313091.
2. Enyne Diketones: A New Classes Substrate in Asymmetric Nazarov Cyclization for Construction of Chiral Allene Cyclopentenone, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3146.
3. Construction of C-C Axial Chirality via Asymmetric Carbene Insertion into Arene C-H Bonds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25714.
4. Chemo- and Enantioselective Insertion of Furyl Carbene into the N-H Bond of 2-Pyridones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16942.
5. Forming All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters by Organocatalytic Aminomethylation: Concise Access to beta-Amino Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23516.
6. Access to N-Substituted 2-Pyridones by Catalytic Intermolecular Dearomatization and 1,4-Acyl Transfer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1980.
7. Rhodium-Catalyzed Regioselective N2-Alkylation of Benzotriazoles with Diazo Compounds/Enynones via a Nonclassical Pathway, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12489.
8. Gold-Catalyzed Formal [4+1]/[4+3]-Cycloadditions of Diazo Esters with Triazines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11868.
9. Stereodivergent Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via Catalyst-Controlled, Activity-Directed Tandem Annulation of Diazo Compounds with Amino-Alkynes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 12962.
10. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Diazo Cross-Coupling: A Selective and Ligand-Controlled Denitrogenation/Cyclization Cascade, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 883.
11. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Diazo Coupling: Strategy toward Alkene Formation and Tandem Benzannulation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11070.
