2019

105. Yingguo Liu, Qiao Chen, Chengli Mou, Lutai Pan, Xiaoyong Duan, Xingkuan Chen, Hongzhong Chen, Yanli Zhao, Yunpeng Lu, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalytic Asymmetric Acetalization of Carboxylic Acids for Access to Chiral Phthalidyl Ester Prodrugs. Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 1675. (PDF)

Highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 793. (PDF)

104. Kaixi Zhang, Yu Du, Zhangyong Si, Yang Liu, Michelle E. Turvey, Cheerlavancha Raju, Damien keogh, Lin Ruan, Subramanion L. Jothy, Sheethal Reghu, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Partha Pratim De, Oon Tek Ng, Jose R. Mediavilla, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Yonggui Robin Chi, Jinghua Ren, Kam C. Tam, Xue-Wei Liu, Hongwei Duan, Yabin Zhu, Yuguang Mu, Paula T. Hammond, Guillermo C. Bazan, Kevin Pethe, and Mary B. Chan-Park*. Enantiomeric Glycosylated Cationic Block Co-beta-peptides Eradicate Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilms and Antibiotic-tolerant Persisters. Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 4792. (PDF) 

103. Jun Xu, Lixin Liang, Haohao Zheng, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Rongbiao Tong*. Green oxidation of indoles using halide catalysis. Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 4754. (PDF) 

102. Tingshun Zhu, Yingguo Liu, Marie Smetankova, Shitian Zhuo, Chengli Mou, Huifang Chai, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization and Direct Construction of Arenes with All-Carbon Quaternary Chiral Center. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 15778-15782. (PDF) 

101. Shitian Zhuo, Tingshu Zhu, Liejin Zhou, Chengli Mou, Huifang Chai, Yunpeng Lu, Lutai Pan, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to All-Carbon Spirocycles through a Carbene and Thiourea Cocatalytic Desymmetrization Cascade Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1784-1788. (PDF)

Highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 423. (PDF)

100. Xingxing Wu, Liejin Zhou, Rakesh Maiti, Chengli Mou, Lutai Pan, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Sulfinate and Carbene Co-catalyzed Rauhut-Currier Reaction for Enantioselective Access to Azepino[1,2-a]indole. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 477-481. (PDF)

99. Guoyong Luo, Zhijian Huang, Shitian Zhuo, Chengli Mou, Jian Wu, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Cyclic β‐Amino Acids by Amine‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of the γ‐Carbon Atoms of α,β‐Unsaturated Imines to Enals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 17189-17193. (PDF)

Highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 1426. (PDF)

98. Shuquan Wu, Changyi Liu, Guoyong Luo, Zhichao Jin, Pengcheng Zheng, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC‐Catalyzed Chemoselective Reactions of Enals and Aminobenzaldehydes for Access to Chiral Dihydroquinolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18410. (PDF)

97. Runjiang Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Radical Coupling of Aldehydes with Redox-Active Esters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8628-8630. (PDF)

96. Xing Yang, Guoyong Luo, Liejin Zhou, Bin Liu, Xiaolei Zhang, Hui Gao, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Indole N–H Functionalization Enabled by Addition of Carbene Catalyst to Indole Aldehyde at Remote Site. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 10971-10976. (PDF)

95. Hongling Wang, Yuhuang Wang, Xingkuan Chen, Chengli Mou, Shuyan Yu, Huifang Chai, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Chiral Nitroarenes as Enantioselective Single-Electron-Transfer Oxidants for Carbene-Catalyzed Radical Reactions. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7440-7444. (PDF)

94. Dingwu Pan, Chengli Mong, Ningning Zan, Ya Lv, Bao-An Song, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. NaOH-Promoted Chemoselective Cascade Cyclization of Cyclopropyl Esters with Unsaturated Imines: Access to Bioactive Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 6624-6627. (PDF)

93. Pengcheng Zheng, Shuquan Wu, Chengli Mou, Wei Xue, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Addition of a Carbene Catalyst to Indole Aryl Aldehyde Activates a Remote δ-sp2 Carbon for Protonation and Formal [4+2] Reaction. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5026-5029. (PDF)

92. Ruoyan Huang, Xingkuan Chen, Chengli Mou, Guoyong Luo, Yongjia Li, Xiangyang Li, Wei Xue, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed α‑Carbon Amination of Chloroaldehydes for Enantioselective Access to Dihydroquinoxaline Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2019, 21 ,4340-4344. (PDF)

91. Changyi Liu, Shuquan Wu, Jun Xu, Lingzhu Chen, Pengcheng Zheng, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Thioamides to Bromoenals for Access to Thiazinone Heterocycles. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9493-9496. (PDF)

90. Ye Liu, Yu Shen, Weina Zhang, Jiena Weng, Meiting Zhao, Tingshun Zhu, Yonggui Robin Chi, Yanhui Yang, Hua Zhang and Fengwei Huo*. Engineering Channels of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Enhance Catalytic Selectivity. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11770-11773. (PDF)

89.Bin Liu, Guoyong Luo, Hongling Wang, Lin Hao, Song Yang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene‐Catalyzed Direct Functionalization of the β‐sp3‐Carbon Atoms of α‐Chloroaldehydes. Chem. A. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 12719-12723. (PDF)

88. Jie Ke, Hongling Wang, Liejin Zhou, Chengli Mou, Jingjie Zhang, Lutai Pan, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalyst- and Metal-Free Hydrodehalogenation of Aryl Halides through Direct Electrolysis. Chem. A. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6911-6914. (PDF)

87. Biao Chen, Qingsu Long, Yongliang Zhao, Yuanyuan Wu, Shasha Ge, Peiyi Wang, Cai-Guang Yang, Yonggui Robin Chi, Baoan Song, and Song Yang*. Sulfone-based Probes Unraveled Dihydrolipoamide S-succinyltransferase as an Unprecedented Target in Phytopathogens. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2019, 67, 6962-6969. (PDF)

86. Pengcheng Zheng, Chengcheng Li, Chengli Mou, Dingwu Pan, Shuquan Wu, Wei Xue, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Efficient Access to 2-Pyrones via Carbene-Catalyzed Oxidative [3+3] Reactions between Enals and Nitrogen Ylides. Asia J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 1067-1070. (PDF)