@SUSTech:
78. Xiao-Yi Chen and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Dialkyl Carbinols via Reductive-Oxidative Relay of Distinct Alkenes.
Science Advances, 2024, 10, eads4177.
77. Li-Xu You, Lan Tian, Chun-Ling Guo, Shun-Xi Li, Yu-Cheng Liu, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling Reactions.
Science China Chemistry, 2024, 67, doi: 10.1007/s11426-024-1261-2 (Invited Review).
76. Quan-Xing Zi and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Synthesis of Dialkyl Carbinols by Ni-Catalyzed Reductive-Oxidative Relay of Distinct Alkenes.
Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 202409592, doi: 10.1002/advs.202409592.
75. Rehanguli Ruzi and Wei Shu*, Visible-Light-Mediated Ni-Catalyzed Gas-Free Carboxylation: Stereodivergent Synthesis of E- and Z-Acrylic Acids.
Organic Letters, 2024, 26, doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02940.
74. Peng-Fei Yang, Han-Tong Zhao, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Alkyl–Alkyl Coupling by Ni-Catalysed Asymmetric Cross-Hydrodimerization of Alkenes.
Nature Synthesis, 2024, 3, doi: 10.1038/s44160-024-00609-2.
♦ Highlighted in "News & Views" in “Nature Synthesis”.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 1059.
♦ Highlighted as Synpacts in “Synlett”.
♦ Highlighted in “Organic Something”.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "Shenzhen Grubbs Institute".
73. Xian-Wang Zeng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Hydrogen Source Tuned Regiodivergent Asymmetric Hydroalkylations of 2-Substituted 1,3-Dienes with Aldehydes by Cobalt-Catalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202403073.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0710.
72. Yu-Feng Ren, Bi-Hong Chen, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Direct Synthesis of Branched Amines Enabled by Dual-Catalyzed Allylic C-H Amination of Alkenes with Amines.
Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadn1272, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn1272.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0725.
71. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Huan Meng, Ying Xie, and Wei Shu*, Unified Metal-Free Regioselective Heck-Type Sulfonylation, Cyanation, Amination, Amidation of Alkenes by Thianthrenation.
Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 529, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44746-w.
♦ Highlighted in Synform, 2024, A66-A68.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
70. Yu Wang, Huan Meng, Sifan Li, and Wei Shu*, Nitrogenation and Oxygenation of an Unstrained C–C Bond Enabled by the Merger of Visible-Light and Cu-Catalysis.
ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 2402-2408, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05701.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0494.
69. Yu-Feng Ren, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Arylamine Synthesis Enabled by a Photocatalytic Skeletal-Rearrangement Dehydrogenative Aromatization Strategy.
Chem Catalysis, 2024, 4, 100873, doi: 10.1016/j.checat.2023.100873.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0376.
♦ Highlighted in "Cell Press".
♦ Highlighted in "WeeChem微观化".
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
68. Yi-Ming Du, Jun-Song Jia, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Recent Progress on Catalytic Synthesis of Enantioenriched α-Arylated Ketones.
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, doi: 10.6023/cjoc202408031 (Invited review).
67. Jun-Song Jia, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Three-Component Cross-Coupling Reactions Involving Alkenes Enabled by Visible-Light and Earth-Abundant-Metal-Catalysis.
Chemical Synthesis, 2024, 4, under revision (Review, Invited Contribution).
66. Shun-Xi Li, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Catalytic Synthesis of Fluoroalkyl Ketones.
ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202401249, doi:10.1002/cctc.202401249 (Concept, Invited Contribution to Special Issue "Organic Radical Chemistry in Catalysis and Synthesis").
65. Peng-Fei Yang, Han-Tong Zhao, and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Enabled by Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Hydrodimerization of Enamides with Unactivated Alkenes.
Synlett, 2024, 35, doi: 10.1055/a-2406-3797 (Synpacts, Invited Contribution).
64. Han-Tong Zhao, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Visible-Light Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Difunctionalizations of Alkenes.
Chemistry-A European Journal, 2024, 30, e202402712, accepted, doi:10.1002/chem.202402712, (Concept, Invited Contribution).
63. Xiao-Yi Chen and Wei Shu*, Radical-Enabled Dehydrogenative Aromatization: Forging Functionalized Aromatics from Aliphatic Architectures at Ambient Temperature.
ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, doi:10.1002/cctc.202400688 (Concept, Invited Contribution).
62. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Metal-Free Aziridination of Alkenes with Free Amines by Thianthrenation.
Organic Synthesis, 2024, 101, 34-50, doi: 10.15227/orgsyn.101.0034 (Invited Contribution).
61. Shuxi Li, Lixu You, Yulong Li*, and Wei Shu*, Recent Progress on Light-Promoted C-N Bond-Forming Processes from Ammonia and Equivalents.
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, accepted, doi: 10.6023/cjoc202405038 (Invited Review for Special Issue "光催化").
60. Hai-Wu Du, Yi-Dan Du, Xian-Wang Zeng, and Wei Shu*, Access to Trifluoromethylketones from Alkyl Bromides and Trifluoroacetic Anhydride by Photocatalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202308732.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. & Dev. 2023, 27, 1535–1545.
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 43, 3675-3677.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
59. Yi-Dan Du§, Shan Wang§, Hai-Wu Du, Xiao-Yong Chang, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Organophotocatalysed Synthesis of 2-Piperidinones in One Step via [1+2+3] Strategy.
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5339, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40197-x (§ = equal contribution).
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
58. Sifan Li, Hai-Wu Du, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of Unprotected α-Tertiary Amines and 1,2-Amino Alcohols from Vinyl Azides by Light Induced Denitrogenative Alkylarylation/Dialkylation.
CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 1060-1070, doi: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202302999. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-z1fq5).
♦ Top-10 most-read in October in CCS Chemistry.
♦ Highlighted in CCS Chemistry.
57. Wen-Tao Zhao and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Csp3-Csp3 Formation by Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Enantioconvergent Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides.
Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadg9898.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
56. Lin Min, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Access to Free Phenols by Photocatalytic Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexanones at Room Temperature.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 41, 2773–2778, DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300363 (Breaking Report). (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-wrq5d).
♦ Selected as "Breaking Report".
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Chem.
55. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Rapid Synthesis of β-Chiral Sulfones by Ni-Organophotocatalyzed Enantioselective Sulfonylalkenylation of Alkenes.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0786.
♦ Highlighted in ACS Publications.
54. Wen-Tao Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Ligand-Enabled Ni-Catalysed Enantioconvergent Intermolecular Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling between Distinct Alkyl Halides.
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2938.
♦ Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights.
53. Shan Wang§, Lou Shi§, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Formal Hydroamination of N,N-Disubstituted Acrylamides to α-Tertiary-α-Aminolactam and β-Aminoamide Derivatives.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202303795 (§ = equal contribution).
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0672.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
52. Wen-Tao Zhao, Huan Meng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Ligand-Controlled Nickel-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Cross-Electrophile Alkyl-Alkyl Couplings of Alkyl Halides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202215779.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0372.
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: Hot Topics: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis.
51. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Enabled by Earth-Abundant Metal-Catalyzed Hydroalkylations of Olefins.
Chem Catalysis, 2023, 3, 100508 (Invited Perspective).
49. Huan Meng, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Organothianthrenium Salts: Synthesis and Utilization.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 13690–13707.
♦ Highlighted in “ 2022 Chemical Science Perspective & Review Collection”
♦ Highlighted in RSC China.
48. Jian-Xin Zhang§, Peng-Fei Yang§, and Wei Shu*, Access to Dialkylated Allylic Stereogenic Centers by Ni-Catalysed Enantioselective Hydrovinylation of Unactivated Alkenes.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 11405–11410. (§ = equal contribution)
47. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Jian-Fang Cui, and Wei Shu*, Intermolecular Metal-Free Cyclopropanation and Aziridination of Alkenes with XH2 (X = N, C) by Thianthrenation.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202209929 (Hot Paper). (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2022, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-413k7).
♦ Selected as "Hot Paper" by Angew. Chem..
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2022, 18, 1295.
46. Peng-Fei Yang, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, and Wei Shu*, Access to Enantioenriched 1,n-Diamines via Ni-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Weakly Coordinating Groups.
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 9638−9645.
45. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Orthogonal Access to α-/β-Branched/Linear Aliphatic Amines by Catalyst-Tuned Regiodivergent Hydroalkylations.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208018.
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: Hot Topics: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis.
44. Bi-Hong Chen, Yi-Dan Du, and Wei Shu*, Organophotocatalytic Regioselective C-H Alkylation of Electron-Rich Arenes Using Activated and Unactivated Alkenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202200773.
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: HOT TOPIC: Photocatalysis.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
43. Sifan Li, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, Modular Synthesis of α-Arylated Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides via Photocatalyzed Triple C−F Bond Cleavage of Methyltrifluorides
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 6636–6641.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
42. Peng-Fei Yang, Lei Zhu, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Xian-Wang Zeng, Qin Ouyang,* and Wei Shu*, Regio- and Enantioselective Hydrocarbofunctionalizations of Unactivated Olefins Enabled by Nickel Catalysis: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Insights.
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 5795–5805. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, preprints. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14213588.v1).
♦ Top-20 most-read in ACS Catalysis since May.
41. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Huan Meng, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Access to t-Butylalkylated Olefins Enabled by Ni-Catalyzed Intermolecular Regio- and trans-Selective Cross-Electrophile t-Butylalkylation of Alkynes.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 4930–4935.
40. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Metal-Free Allylic C-H Nitrogenation, Oxygenation, and Carbonation of Alkenes by Thianthrenation.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 1003–1008. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-2w0jx).
♦ Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights.
39. Hai-Wu Du, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of β-Thiolated-α-Arylated Ketones Enabled by Photoredox and NHC-Catalyzed Radical Relay of Alkenes with Disulfides and Aldehydes.
Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 5519–5524.
38. Jian-Xin Zhang and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Reductive 1,2-Cross-Dialkylation of Unactivated Alkenes with Two Alkylbromides.
Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 3844–3849.
♦ Top-20 most-read in Organic Letters since May.
37. Sifan Li and Wei Shu*, Recent Advances in Radical Enabled Selective Csp3–F Bond Activation of Multifluorinated Compounds.
Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 1066–1077 (Invited Contribution).
♦ Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2022.
36. Jian-Xing Liang,§ Peng-Fei Yang,§ and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of (Hetero)aryl/Alkenyl Iodides via Ni-Catalyzed Finkelstein Reaction from Bromides or Chlorides.
Organometallics, 2022, 41, 3795–3800 (Invited contribution to virtual special issue "Advances and Applications in Catalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals", § = equal contribution).
♦ Highlighted in ACS Publications.
35. Wei Shu*, Visible-Light Mediated C-H Functionalizations: C-C Formation Enabled by Intermolecular Cleavage of Unactivated C-H Bonds.
Book Chapter in Handbook of CH-Functionalization, 2022, DOI: doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0068 (Invited Contribution).
34. Ming-Shang Liu, Lin Min, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Dual Catalysis Relay: Coupling of Aldehydes and Alkenes Enabled by Visible-Light and NHC-Catalyzed Cross-Double C-H Functionalizations.
ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 9715–9721. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14601327.v1).
♦ Top 5 most-read article in ACS Catalysis in July 2021.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 1110.
♦ Top 20 most-read article in ACS Catalysis from July to October 2021.
33. Shan Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, Tian-Yi Zhang, Huan Meng, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Access to Chiral Aliphatic Amines and Alcohols via Ni-Catalyzed Hydroalkylations.
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2771. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2020, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.13284416.v1).
32. Yi-Dan Du, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Direct Access to Primary Amines from Alkenes by Selective Metal-Free Hydroamination.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 9875–9880 (Hot Paper).
♦ Selected as "Hot Paper" by Angew. Chem..
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 41, 2927-2928.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 0564.
31. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Nan Xiao, and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereodefined Intermolecular Cross-Electrophile Dialkylation of Alkynes Without Directing Group.
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 928.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 0529.
30. Lou Shi, Ling-Ling Xing, Wen-Bo Hu, and Wei Shu*, Regio- and Enantioselective Ni-Catalyzed Formal Hydroalkylation, Hydrobenzylation and Hydropropargylation of Acrylamides to α-Tertiary Amides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 1599–1604.
♦ Highlighted in Synlett 2021, DOI: 10.1055/a-1478-2280.
♦ Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights: Alkylated Stereocenters.
29. Sifan Li, Yu Wang, Zibo Wu, Weiliang Shi, Yibo Lei, Paul W. Davies,* and Wei Shu*, A Radical-Initiated Fragmentary Rearrangement Cascade of Ene-Ynamides to [1,2]-Annulated Indoles via Site-Selective Cyclization.
Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 7209–7214.
28. Nan Xiao,§ Yi-Zhou Zhan,§ Huan Meng,§ and Wei Shu*, Access to Z-Selective Enynes via Ni-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cross-Alkylalkynylation of Terminal Alkynes.
Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 5186-5191. (§ equal contribution).
27. Lou Shi and Wei Shu*, Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Electronically-Reversed Hydroalkylation, Hydrobenzylation, and Hydropropargylation of Acrylamides.
Synlett, 2021, 32, 1479–1483 (Invited contribution to synpacts).
26. Yu Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, and Wei Shu*, Cu-Catalyzed Remote Transarylation of Amines via Unstrained C-C Functionalization.
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 15065-15070.
♦ Top 5 most-read article in December of 2020 and Top 20 most-read in January of 2021.
♦ Highlighted in Chem-station.
25. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Catalytic, Metal-Free Amide Synthesis from Aldehydes and Imines Enabled by a Dual-Catalyzed Umpolung Strategy under Redox-Neutral Conditions.
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 12960–12966.
♦ Top 20 most-read article in November 2020.
♦ Highlighted in 研之成理.
24. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Direct Synthesis of Mono-α-Arylated Ketones from Alcohols and Olefins via Ni-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling.
Organic Letters, 2020, 22, 6203–6208.
♦ Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
23. Xiaofeng Wei, Wei Shu, Andrés García-Domínguez, Estíbaliz Merino, and Cristina Nevado*, Asymmetric Ni-Catalyzed Radical Relayed Reductive Coupling.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 13515–13522.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2020, 16, 1172.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
♦ Top 20 most-read in previous 1 month from August to October of 2020.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
22. Wei Shu, Andrés García‑Domínguez, M. Teresa Quirós, Rahul Mondal, Diego J. Cárdenas, and Cristina Nevado*, Ni‑Catalyzed Reductive Dicarbofunctionalization of Nonactivated Alkenes: Scope and Mechanistic Insights.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 13812–13821.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
♦ Top 20 most-read in previous 12 months from Apirl to October 2020.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
21. Xu-Lu Lv and Wei Shu*, Unified and Practical Access to ɤ-Alkynylated Carbonyl Derivatives via Streamlined Assembly at Room Temperature.
Communications Chemistry, 2019, 2, 119.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
20. Wei Shu*, Hui Zhang and Yan Huang, γ-Alkylation of Alcohols Enabled by Visible-Light Induced 1,6-Hydrogen Atom Transfer.
Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 6107–6111.
19. Xu-Lu Lv, Cong Wang, Qiao-Li Wang, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Synthesis of γ‑Arylated Carbonyls Enabled by the Merge of Copper- and Photocatalytic Radical Relay Alkylarylation of Alkenes.
Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 56–59.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
♦ Top 20 most-read articles in previous 12 months from June 2019 to March 2020.
♦ First most-read article in January and Feburary of 2019.
Prior to SUSTech Appointment:
18. Wei Shu, Estíbaliz Merino, and Cristina Nevado*, Visible Light Mediated, Redox Neutral Remote 1,6-Difunctionalizations of Alkenes.
ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 6401–6406.
17. Wei Shu, Alexandre Genoux, Zhaodong Li, and Cristina Nevado*, γ-Functionalizations of Amines via Visible Light Mediated, Redox Neutral C-C Nond Cleavage.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 10521–10524.
♦ Featured in Science 2017, 357, 657-658.
♦ Highlighted in Acta Chim. Sinica 2017, 75, 1137-1149.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2018, 22, 421-429.
16. Wei Shu, Adriana Lorente, Enrique Gómez-Bengoa, and Cristina Nevado*, Expeditious Diastereoselective Synthesis of Elaborated Ketones via Remote Csp3–H Functionalization.
Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 13832, doi: 10.1038/ncomms13832. (Highly cited paper).
♦ Highlighted in Synform 2017/04, A67-A70 (Detailed interview).
♦ Highlighted in ScienceDaily.
15. Wei Shu, and Cristina Nevado*, Visible-Light-Mediated Remote Aliphatic C-H Functionalizations via 1,5-Hydrogen Transfer Cascade.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 1881–1884. (Highly cited paper).
♦ Highlighted in Chimia 2017, 71, 241.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
14. Todd D. Senecal, Wei Shu, and Stephen L. Buchwald*, A General, Practical Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides and Bromides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 10035–10039.
♦ Featured in Science 2013, 341, 938-939.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2013, 17, 1369-1379.
♦ Featured in Synfacts 2013, 9, 1338.
13. Shengjun Ni, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Propargylic Carbonates with Benzyne.
12. Wei Shu and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Enantioselective β–Arylation of Ketones Enabled by Lithiation/Borylation/1,4–Addition Sequence Under Flow Conditions.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 5355–5358.
♦ Selected as “Hot Papers” by editor.
♦ Featured in Synfacts 2012, 8, 891.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 1320-1328.
11. Wei Shu, Laurent Pellegatti, Matthias A. Oberli, and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Continuous Flow Synthesis of Biaryls Enabled by Multistep Solid-Handling in a Lithiation/Borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Sequence.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 10665–10669.
♦ Highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 9223-9225.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 174-183.
10. Wei Shu and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Use of Precatalysts Greatly Facilitates Palladium-Catalyzed Alkynylations in Batch and Continuous-Flow Conditions.
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 2321–2325.
♦ Most read in September and October of 2011.
9. Wei Shu, Qiong Yu, Guochen Jia*, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction of 2,3-Allenyl Amines, Isocyanates, and Organic Halides: A Diversified Assembly of Imidazolidinones.
Chemistry- A Eureopean Journal, 2011, 17, 4720–4723.
8. Wei Shu and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,3,4-Alkatrien-2-yl Dihydrofurans from 2,3-Allenyl Acetylacetates and Propargylic Carbonates and Their Application to Synthesize Polysubstituted Dihydrofurylcyclopentenones.
Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 2869–2874.
7. Wei Shu, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-catalyzed three-component cascadecyclization reaction of bisallenes with propargylic carbonates and organoboronic acids: efficient construction of cis-fused bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48, 2788–2791.
6. Wei Shu and Shengming Ma*, Synthesis of a New spiro-BOX Ligand and Its Application in Enantioselective Allylic Cyclization Based on Carbopalladation of Allenylhydrazines.
Chemical Communications, 2009, 6198–6200.
5. Wei Shu, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Cyclopropanating Allenylation of (2,3-Butadienyl)malonates with Propargylic Carbonates and Their Application to Synthesize Cyclopentenones.
Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 117–120.
4. Wei Shu, Qiong Yu, and Shengming Ma*, Development of a New sipro-BOX Ligand and Its Application in Highly Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Cyclization of 2-Iodoanilines with Allenes.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2009, 351, 2807–2810.
3. Wei Shu, Qing Yang, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Studies on Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cyclization of 3,4-Allenylic Hydrazines with Organic Halides.
Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 11159–11166.
2. Zhenhua Gu, Xinke Wang, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium Acetate-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2,3-Allenoic Acids in the Presence of Simple Allenes: An Efficient Synthesis of 4-(1’-Bromoalk-2’(Z)-en-2’-yl)- furan-2(5H)-one Derivatives and the Synthetic Application.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 10948–10956.
1. Zhenhua Gu, Youqian Deng, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Iodohydroxylation of Non-Heteroatom-Substituted Allenes: An Efficient Synthesis of 4-[3’-Hydroxy-2’-iodoalk-1’(Z)-enyl]-2(5H)-furanone Derivatives.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2007, 349, 1653–1656.
