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69. 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.



68. 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.

Highlighted in WileyChem.

Highlighted in "化学深耕堂".



67. 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.

Highlighted in "有趣的有机合成".

Highlighted in "前沿有机合成文献".



66. 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, 14, 529, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44746-w.

Highlighted in Synform, 2024, A66-A68.

Highlighted in Organic-Something.

Highlighted in "进击的药物化学".



65. 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).


64. 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).



63. 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.

Highlighted in "化学深耕堂".

Highlighted in "游离基化学".

Highlighted in "有趣的有机合成".



62. 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 "有趣的有机合成".

Highlighted in "WeeChem微观化".

Highlighted in "Organic Something".



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, 2024accepted (Invited review).



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. 202327, 1535–1545.

Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 43, 3675-3677.

Highlighted in "化学深耕堂".

Highlighted in WileyChem.

Highlighted in Organic-Something.

Highlighted in "化学加".

Highlighted in X-MOL News.

Highlighted in "研之成理".

Highlighted in "岳麓化学".

Highlighted in CBG NEWS.



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 “有趣的化学合成”.

Highlighted in "化学加".

Highlighted in "X-MOL News".

Highlighted in "CBG NEWS".

Highlighted in "研之成理".



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.

Highlighted in "中国化学会".

Highlighted in 化学深耕堂.

Highlighted in CBG NEWS.



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 "化学深耕堂".

Highlighted in "X-MOL News".

Highlighted in "Mat+".



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, 27732778, DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300363 (Breaking Report). (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-wrq5d).

NHU-CJC Innovation Award.

Selected as "Breaking Report".

Highlighted in Chin. J. Chem.

Highlighted in WileyChem.



55. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Rapid Synthesis of β-Chiral Sulfones by Ni-Organophotocatalyzed Enantioselective Sulfonylalkenylation of Alkenes.

JACS Au, 2023, 3, 1321–1327.

Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0786.

Highlighted in ACS Publications.

Highlighted in 化学深耕堂.



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.

Highlighted in X-MOL News.

Highlighted in CBG News.



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 Wiley News.

Highlighted in Organic-Something.

Highlighted in X-MOL News.

Highlighted in CBG News.



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 X-MOL News.

Highlighted in CBG News.

Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: Hot Topics: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis.

Highlighted in 南科大新闻.

Highlighted in 南科大理学院.

Highlighted in 化学加.

Highlighted in 化学科讯.



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).



50. Jian Luo, Ai-Qing Zhong, Jia-Hao Qiu, Xiong-Wei Liu*, You-Ping Tian, Bao-Hua Zhang*, Guo-Shu Chen, Wei Shu, and Yun-Lin Liu*, Green and Effective Synthesis of Multisubstituted α-Pyrones via K2CO3 Catalyzed Formal Insertion of Ketenimines into C(CO)–C Bonds of 1,3-Diketones.
Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, doi: 10.1039/D3GC02073H.


49. Huan Meng, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Organothianthrenium Salts: Synthesis and Utilization.

Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 1369013707.

♦  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)

♦  Highlighted in RSC China.



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.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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.

♦  Highlighted in 研之成理.

♦  Highlighted in 科匠文化.



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.

♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.



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 WileyChem.

♦  Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: HOT TOPIC: Photocatalysis.

♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.

♦  Highlighted in 南科大新闻.

♦  Highlighted in 梁老师的药物化学.

♦  Highlighted in 化学加.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.

♦  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, 66366641.

♦  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, 57955805. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, preprints. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14213588.v1).

Top-20 most-read in ACS Catalysis since May.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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, 49304935.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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, 10031008. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-2w0jx).

♦  Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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, 38443849.

♦  Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. & Dev. 202226, 2111–2119.

♦ 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, 202258, 10661077 (Invited Contribution).

♦  Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2022.

♦  Highlighted in RSC China.



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, 37953800 (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, 97159721. (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.

♦  Highlighted in 研之成理.

♦  Highlighted in 纳米人.



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).

♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.

♦  Highlighted in 催化计.



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, 98759880 (Hot Paper).
 

♦  Selected as "Hot Paper" by Angew. Chem..

♦  Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 41, 2927-2928.

♦  Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. & Dev. 202125, 691.

♦  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 0564.

♦  Highlighted in WileyChem.

♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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.

 ♦  Highlighted in 化学加.

 ♦  Highlighted in 研之成理.



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, 15991604.

 ♦  Highlighted in Synlett 2021, DOI: 10.1055/a-1478-2280.

 ♦  Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights: Alkylated Stereocenters.

 ♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.

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, 72097214.



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).

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



27. Lou Shi and Wei Shu*, Nickel-Catalyzed  Regio- and Enantioselective Electronically-Reversed Hydroalkylation,  Hydrobenzylation, and Hydropropargylation of Acrylamides.

Synlett, 2021, 32, 14791483 (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 X-MOL News.

 ♦  Highlighted in Chem-station.

 ♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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, 1296012966.
 

♦  Top 20 most-read article in November 2020.

♦  Highlighted in X-MOL News.

♦  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, 62036208.

 

♦  Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal

♦  Highlighted in CBG News.



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, 1351513522.
 

  ♦  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 GarcíaDomínguez, 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, 1381213821.

 

 ♦  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, 61076111.

 



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, 5659.
 

  ♦  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, 64016406.


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, 201756, 1052110524.
    ♦  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, 18811884. (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, 1003510039.
    ♦  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.

Synlett, 2013, 23102314.


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, 53555358.
    ♦  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, 1066510669.
    ♦  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, 23212325.
    ♦  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, 47204723.


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, 28692874.


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, 27882791.


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, 61986200.


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, 117120.


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, 28072810.


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, 1115911166.


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, 1094810956.


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, 16531656.