2020

122. Liejin Zhou, Xingxing Wu, Xing Yang, Chengli Mou, Runjiang Song, Shuyan Yu, Huifang Chai, Lutai Pan, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Gold and Carbene Relay Catalytic Enantioselective Cycloisomerization/Cyclization Reactions of Ynamides and Enals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1557-1561. (PDF)

121. Yonggui Liu, Guoyong Luo, Xing Yang, Shichun Jiang, Wei Xue, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Aromatic N-Nucleophilic Addition of Heteroarenes to Ketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 442-448. (PDF)

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120. Daoyong Zhu, Zhiwei Jiao, Yonggui Robin Chi, Theo P. Goncalves, Kuo-Wei Huang, and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Asymmetric Three-Component Heck Arylation/Amination of Nonconjugated Cyclodienes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22, 5341-5345. (PDF)

119. Shenghan Teng, Zhiwei Jiao, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Asymmetric Wacker‐Type oxyallenylation and Azaallenylation of Cyclic Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2246-2250. (PDF)

118. Xiaolei Huang, Minh Hieu Nguyen, Maoping Pu, Luoqiang Zhang, Yonggui Robin Chi, Yun-Dong Wu, Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Asymmetric Reductive and Alkynylative Heck Bicyclization of Enynes to Access Conformationally Restricted Aza[3.1.0]bicycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 10814-10818. (PDF)

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116. Zhangyong Si, Hui Wen Lim, Moon Y. F. Tay, Yu Du, Lin Ruan, Haofeng Qiu, Rub Zamudio-Vazquez, Sheethal Reghu, Yahua Chen, Wen Shuo Tiong, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Partha Pratim De, Oon Tek Ng, Yabin Zhu, Yunn-Hwen Gan, Yonggui Robin Chi, Hongwei Duan, Guillermo C. Bazan, E. Peter Greenberg, Mary B. Chan-Park*, and Kevin Pethe*. A Glycosylated Cationic Block Poly(β-peptide) Reverses Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance in All ESKAPE Gram-Negative Bacteria. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6819-6826. (PDF)

115. Xiaolei Zhang, Qiao Chen, Runjiang Song, Jun Xu, Weiyi Tian*, Shaoyuan Li, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed α,γ-Deuteration of Enals under Oxidative Conditions. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5475-5482. (PDF)

114. Wenbin Zhong, Zhenyu Shi, Surendra H. Mahadevegowda, Bo Liu, Kaixi Zhang, Chong Hui Koh, Lin Ruan, Yahua Chen, Merve S. Zeden, Carmen J. E. Pee, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Partha Pratim De, Oon Tek Ng, Yabin Zhu, Yonggui Robin Chi, Paula T. Hammond, Liang Yang, Yunn-Hwen Gan, Kevin Pethe, E. Peter Greenberg, Angelika Grundling and Mary B. Chan-Park*. Designer broad-spectrum polyimidazolium antibiotics. PNAS 2020, 117, 31376-31385. (PDF)

113. Xue Li. Jun Xu, Shi-Jun Li, Ling-Bo Qu, Zhongjun Li, Yonggui Robin Chi, Donghui Wei*, and Yu Lan*. Prediction of NHC-Catalyzed Chemoselective Functionalizations of Carbonyl Compounds: A General Mechanistic Map.  Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7214-7225. (PDF)

112. Xiaolin Peng, Jun Xu, Tingting Li, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. Chemo-selective cross reaction of two enals via carbene-catalyzed dual activation. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 12533-12539. (PDF)

111. Chengli Mou, Liejin Zhou, Runjiang Song, Huifang Chai, Lin Hao, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Reaction of Indolyl Methylenemalononitriles and Enals for Access to Complex Tetrahydrocarbazoles. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2542-2547. (PDF)

110. Bin Liu, Runjiang Song, Jun Xu, Pankaj Kumar Majhi, Xing Yang, Song Yang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Optically Enriched α‑Aryloxycarboxylic Esters via Carbene-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution and Transesterification. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 3335-3338. (PDF)

109. Jun Sun, Jun Xu, Guihua Nie, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction between β‑Methyl Enals and Dienones for Quick Construction of Complex Multicyclic Lactones. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2595-2599. (PDF)

108. Tingting Li, Jilan Wang, Jun Xu, Jiamiao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Chromeno[4,3-b]pyrrole Derivatives Bearing Tetrasubstituted Chirality Centers through Carbene Catalyzed Cascade Reactions. Org. Lett. 2019, 22, 326-330. (PDF)

107. Xingkuan Chen, Hongling Wang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis: Activation Modes and Typical Reactive Intermediates. Chin. J. Chem. 2020, 38, 1167-1202. (PDF)

106. Zhibin Ni, Chengli Mou, Xun Zhu, Puying Qi, Song Yang, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. Carbene‐Catalyzed Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reaction for Access to Substituted 2‐Phenylbenzothiazoles. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 492-495. (PDF)