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- [2024-01-25]Our work on Copper-catalyzed Asymmetric Yne-allylic Substitution Using Electron-rich Arenes has been accepted by ACS Catal. Congratulations!
- [2024-01-31]Our work on Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Cyclobutenediones has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations!
- [2023-11-09]Our work on Copper-catalyzed Umpolung Reactivity of Propargylic Carbonates in the Presence of Diboronates: One Stone Four Birds has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations!
- [2023-10-23]Our invited review paper on Kinetic Resolutions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis: An Update has been accepted by Chin. J. Org. Chem.. Congratulations!
- [2023-10-18]Our work on Transition-metal and base-free ether synthesis via alcohol-participated yne-allylic substitution has been accepted by Green Synth. Catal.. Congratulations!
- [2023-08-16]Our invited review paper on Asymmetric hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of diketones has been accepted by Tetrahedron. Congratulations!
- [2023-02-10]Our work on Copper-Catalysed Rearrangement of Cyclic Ethynylethylene Carbonates: Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Studies has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!
- [2022-12-13]Our work on Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Substituted α-Diketones via Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations!
- [2022-11-21]Our work on Oxa-Nazarov Cyclization-Michael Addition Sequence for the Rapid Construction of Dihydrofuranones has been accepted by Org. Lett. Congratulations!
- [2022-11-16]Our work on Catalytic Synthesis of Seven-membered Carbocycles via Ring Expansion of Cyclic β-Ketoesters has been accepted by New J. Chem. Congratulations!
- [2022-11-10]Li Chen and Ting Chen successfully passed their Master degree defense. Congratulations!
- [2022-09-14]Our work on Asymmetric Semipinacol Rearrangement Enabled by Copper-Catalyzed Propargylic Alkylation has been accepted by ACS Catal. Congratulations!
- [2022-09-26]Shengtong Niu successfully passed his PhD defense. Congratulations!
- [2022-05-21]Our work on Copper-Catalyzed Yne-Allylic Substitutions Using Stabilized Nucleophiles has been accepted by ACS Catal. Congratulations!
- [2022-03-14]Our work on Organocatalyzed Trifunctionalization of Alkynyl 1,2-Diones for the Concise Synthesis of Acyloxy Allylidene Malonates and γ-Alkylidenebutenolides has been accepted by Green Chem.
- [2022-01-05]Our work on Access to Chiral Fluorinated molecules Using Kinetic Resolution Auxiliary has been accepted by Org. Chem. Front. Congratulations!
- [2021-11-23]Our paper on “Copper-Catalyzed Diversified Annulations Between α-Diketones and Alkynyl α-Diketones” has been accepted by Chin. Chem. Lett. Congratulations!
- [2021-10-06]Our work on the asymmetric synthesis of polycyclic alkaloids was selected by Nature Press in the collection celebrating Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. Congratulations!
- [2021-06-18]Shengtong Niu and Hao Zhang’s work on access to enantioenriched compounds bearing challenging tetrasubstituted stereocenters has been published in Nature Commun. Congratulations!
- [2021-03-02]Our work collaborating with Yao Fu group in USTC has been accepted by J. Org. Chem.Congratulations!
- [2021-02-25]Xiangwen Kong’s work has been accepted by Sci. China Chem.Congratulations!
- [2021-02-15]ShouangLan’s paper has been accepted by Adv. Synth. Catal.. Congratulations!
- [2021-02-01]ShouangLan and Rui Liu’s work has been accepted by Org. Lett.. Congratulations!
- [2020-09-05]Wenjun Liu’s paper on Divergent Synthesis of Bicyclo[3.2.1]octenes and Cyclohexenes via Catalytic Annulations of Nazarov Reagent and Vinyl 1,2-Diketones has been accepted by Org. Lett.!
- [2020-08-21]Rui Liu’s paper on Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkynylation of Alkynyl 1,2-Diketones has been accepted and published online by Org. Lett. Congratulations!
- [2020-08-20]Our review on Asymmetric Catalytic Construction of Fully-Substituted Carbon Stereocenters Using Acyclic α-Branched β-Ketocarbonyls has been accepted and published online by Org. Chem. Front.!
- [2020-08-14]Rui Liu and Zhifei Zhao successfully defended their oral theses. Congratulations!
- [2020-03-03]Zhizhou Chen’s paper on Catalytic Annulation of Alkynyl 1,2-Diketone Leading to Hydroxy Spirocyclopenteneindenedione: An Organic Dye with Strong Crystallization-Induced Emission and
- [2020-02-01]Jian Liu, Laxmaiah Vasamsetty, and Muhammad Anwar’s paper on Organocatalyzed Kinetic Resolution of -Functionalized Ketones: the Malonate Unit Leads the Way has been published
- [2019-12-03]Dr. Nagaraju’s paper on Regioselectivity-Switchable Catalytic Annulations of Alkynyl α-Diketones and α-Cyanoketones has been published online. Congratulations!
- [2019-06-27]Zhifei Zhao’s paper on Stereodivergent Access to Enantioenriched Epoxy Alcohols with Three Stereogenic Centers via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation has been accepted by Organic Letters.
- [2019-06-17]Zhifei Zhao’s paper on Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydronaphthalene-1,4-diones via Carbene-Catalyzed Stereodivergent Reaction has been accepted by Adv. Synth. Catal. Congratulations!
- [2019-06-07]Anwar’s paper on Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts Alkylation-Annulation Sequence and Rapid Synthesis of Indole-Fused Polycyclic Alkaloids has been accepted by Communications Chemistry.
- [2019-05-31]Jian Liu, Xinglong Li, and Muhammad Anwar passed their oral defense. Congratulations!
- [2019-02-05]Xinglong Li’s paper has been accepted by Organic Letters. Congratulations!
- [2019-02-01]Syeda’s paper has been published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry as an article. Congratulations!
- [2019-01-29]Saima’s paper has been published in Communications Chemistry. Congratulations!
- [2018-11-10]Dr. Weici Xu’s paper was accepted by Org. Chem. Front. as a cover paper. Congratulations!
- [2018-11-04]Dr. Laxmaiah’s paper was published online in Chem. Asian J. Congratulations!
- [2018-07-06]Xiangwen's paper on cyclopentadienones was accepted by J. Org. Chem. Congratulations!
- [2018-05-29]Saima Perveen successfully passed her PhD oral defense. Congratulations!