List of All Publications

214. Wei Wang, Xiaolin Peng, Xiaoyan Yang, Yonggui Robin Chi*, Gefei Hao*. Unveiling the dual activation effect of NHC-catalyst in an asymmetric reaction system. Org. Chem. Front. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/d4qo00660g. (PDF)

213. Xiaoqun Yang, Shichun Jiang, Meng Zhang, Tingting Li, Zhichao Jin, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Discovery of novel piperidine-containing thymol derivatives as potent antifungal agents for crop protection. Pest Manag Sci. 2024, DOI: 10.1002/ps.8203. (PDF)

212. Zhongfu Luo, Minghong Liao, Wei Li, Sha Zhao, Kun Tang, Pengcheng Zheng, Yonggui Robin Chi, Xinglong Zhang*, Xingxing Wu*. Ionic Hydrogen Bond-Assisted Catalytic Construction of Nitrogen Stereogenic Center via Formal Desymmetrization of Remote Diols. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202404979. (PDF)

211. Rui Deng, Mingyi Pan, Jianjian Liu, Pengcheng Zheng*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Sulfinate to Ketones. Org. Lett. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01473. (PDF)

210. Youlin Deng, Hui Cai, Jiamiao Jin, Chaoyang Song, Xiao-Kang Lv, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Synthesis of Planar Chiral Compounds Containing-Amino Phosphonates for Anti-plant Virus Applications against Potato Virus Y. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08686. (PDF)

209. Hui Cai, Xiaoqun Yang, Shi-Chao Ren*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Radical Reactions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-Derived Acyl Azoliums for Access to Multifunctionalized Ketones. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 8270–8293. (PDF)

208. Jinli Chen, Meng Zhang, Chunmei Yuan, Tao Zhang, Zhibing Wu, Tingting Li*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Design, Synthesis, and Antifungal Activity of Acrylamide Derivatives Containing Trifluoromethylpyridine and Piperazine. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.3c09770. (PDF)

207. Liangzhen Shu, Ya Lv, Zhongyin Chen, Yixian Huang, Meng Zhang, Zhichao Jin, Tingting Li*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Design, Synthesis and Anti-PVY Activity of Planar Chiral Thiourea Derivatives Incorporated with [2.2]Paracyclophane. Pest Manag Sci. 2024, DOI:10.1002/ps.8149. (PDF)

206. Jianjian Liu, Rui Deng, Xuyang Liang, Mali Zhou, Pengcheng Zheng*, Yonggui Robin Chi*, Carbene-catalyzed and Pnictogen Bond-assisted Access to P^III-Stereogenic Compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202404477. (PDF)

205. Meng Zhang, Hui Cai, Chen Pang, Zhongyin Chen, Dan Ling, Zhichao Jin,* Yonggui Robin Chi*. Design, Synthesis, and Herbicidal Evaluation of PyrrolidinoneContaining 2‑Phenylpyridine Derivatives as Novel Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Inhibitors. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, 72, 10218–10226. (PDF)

204. Chaoyang Song, Chen Pang, Youlin Deng, Hui Cai, Xiuhai Gan,* Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalytic N‑Acylation for Access to N-N Atropisomeric N‑Aminoindoles: Choice of Acylation Reagents and Mechanistic Insights. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 6926–6935. (PDF)

203. Jiamiao Jin, Jiangtao Guo, Feng Xu, Ya Lv, Guanjie Wang, Jia Song, Wen-Xin Lv, Tingting Li*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC/B(OH)3-mediated C3-selective acylation of unprotected monosaccharides: mechanistic insights and toward simpler/greener solutions. Green Chem. 2024, DOI:10.1039/D3GC05005J. (PDF)

202. Hui Cai, Xiao Zhang, Dan Ling, Meng Zhang, Chen Pang, Zhongyin Chen, Zhichao Jin, Shi-Chao Ren,* Yonggui Robin Chi*. Discovery of Pyridyl-Benzothiazol Hybrids as Novel Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Inhibitors via Scaffold Hopping. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, 72, 8963–8972. (PDF)

201. Yixian Huang, Xiaolin Peng, Jinli Chen, Liangzhen Shu, Meng Zhang, Jiamiao Jin, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Discovery of Novel Chiral Indole Derivatives Containing the Oxazoline Moiety as Potential Antiviral Agents for Plants. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, 72, 6979–6987. (PDF)

200. Minghong Liao, Yonggui Liu, Hongyan Long, Qin Xiong, Xiaokang Lv, Zhongfu Luo, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective sulfinylation of alcohols and amines by condensation with sulfinates. Chem 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2024.02.016. (PDF)

199. Kunpeng Teng, Qian Liu, Meng Zhang, Hira Naz, Pengcheng Zheng, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Design and Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Pyranone Fused Indole Derivatives with Antibacterial Activities against Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae for Protection of Rice. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, 72, 4622–4629. (PDF)

198. Ya Lv, Chengli Mou, Qian Liu, Liangzhen Shu, Yuanlin Cai, Xiaokang Lv, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Asymmetric Synthesis of Planar Chiral Carbonitriles and Amines via Carbene-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 1584–1588. (PDF)

197. Xiang-Yu Ye, Guanjie Wang, Zhichao Jin, Bin Yu, Junmin Zhang, Shichao Ren,* Yonggui Robin Chi*. Direct Formation of Amide-Linked C‑Glycosyl Amino Acids and Peptides via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5502–5510. (PDF)

196. Xiaokang Lv, Fen Su, Hongyan Long, Fengfei Lu, Yukun Zeng, Minghong Liao, Fengrui Che, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene organic catalytic planar enantioselective macrolactonization. Nature Commun. 2024, 15, 958. (PDF)

195. Xiaolin Peng, Yixian Huang, Wei Wang, Shiguang Li, Ge-fei Hao, Shichao Ren,* Yonggui Robin Chi*. N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Remote Enantioselective C-C Bond Formation via 1,6-Addition with Formyl Enynes. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 2127-2133. (PDF)

194. Zhongyin Chen, Hui Cai, Xiao Zhang, Meng Zhang, Ge-Fei Hao, Zhichao Jin, Shichao Ren*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Design, Synthesis, and Herbicidal Activity of Substituted 3-(Pyridin-2-yl)Phenylamino Derivatives. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2024, 72, 2501-2511. (PDF)

193. Kun Tang, Fen Su, Shijie Pan, Fengfei Lu, Zhongfu Luo, Fengrui Che, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enones from aldehydes and alkenes by carbene-catalyzed dehydrogenative couplings. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109495. (PDF)

192. Tingwei Shen, Jiamiao Jin, Jia Song, Hira Naz, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi, Xingxing Wu*. Design, enantioselective synthesis, and antiviral activities against potato virus Y of axially chiral thiazine derivatives. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2023, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.4776.

191. Yuanlin Cai, Ya Lv, Liangzhen Shu, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Tingting Li*. Access to Axially Chiral Aryl Aldehydes via Carbene-Catalyzed Nitrile Formation and Desymmetrization Reaction. Research 2023, 6, 0293. (PDF)

190. Hongyan Long, Sha Zhao, Chunyan Jian, Xiuli Wu, Fengfei Lu, Minghong Liao, Fengrui Che, Xingxing Wu*, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalyzed Enantioselective Seleno-Michael Addition as Access to Antimicrobial Active Se-containing Heterocycles. Sci. China Chem. 2023, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1909-5. (PDF)

189. Guanjie Wang, Chang Chin Ho, Zhixu Zhou, Yong-Jia Hao, Jie Lv, Jiamiao Jin, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Site-Selective C−O Bond Editing of Unprotected Saccharides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c10963. (PDF)

188. Chengli Mou, Ya Lv, Jiamiao Jin, Huifang Chai, Tingting Li, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. NHC-Catalyzed Reaction of Carboxylic Acids Using Allene Ketones as Substrates and Activating Reagents. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8706-8710. (PDF)

187. Jiamiao Jin, Shi-Chao Ren*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Chiral boryl radical catalyzed asymmetric radical cycloisomerization. Sci. China Chem. 2023, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-023-1900-2. (PDF)

186. Shichun Jiang, Wei Wang, Chengli Mou, Juan Zou, Zhichao Jin*, Gefei Hao* & Yonggui Robin Chi*. Facile access to benzofuran derivatives through radical reactions with heteroatom-centered super-electron-donors. Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 7381. (PDF)

185. Bivas Mondal, Hang Chen, Rakesh Maiti, Hongling Wang, Hui Cai, Chengli Mou, Lin Hao, Huifang Chai*, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Direct O-Functionalization of Ketone: Atroposelective Access to Non-C2-Symmetric Binaphthyls. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8252–8257. (PDF)

184. Meng Zhang, Hui Cai, Dan Ling, Chen Pang, Jinming Chang, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Herbicidal Activity of Beflubutamid Analogues as PDS Inhibitors and SAR Analysis and Degradation Dynamics in Wheat. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2023, 71, 16972–16983. (PDF)

183. Runjiang Song, Shichao Ren*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene- and photocatalysis redefine arene acylation. Nature synth. 2023, 2, 1009-1011. (PDF)

182. Fen Su, Fengfei Lu, Kun Tang, Xiaokang Lv, Zhongfu Luo, Fengrui Che, Hongyan Long, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Organocatalytic C-H Functionalization of Simple Alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202310072. (PDF)

181. Li-wei Liu, Zheng-hao Ding, Ganggang Ren, Guang-di Wang, Xin Pan, Guo-hai Wei, Xiang Zhou, Zhi-bing Wu, Zhi-chao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*, Song Yang*. Inorganic Nanoparticles–Driven Self–Assembly of natural small molecules in water for constructing multifunctional nanocapsules against plant diseases. Chem. Eng. J. 2023. 475, 146041. (PDF)

180. Hongling Wang, Fen Su, Yanyan Wang, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Direct coupling of inert C–H bonds in NHC organocatalysis. Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 5291-5295. (PDF)

179. Qingyun Wang, Shuquan Wu, Juan Zou, Xuyang Liang, Chengli Mou, Pengcheng Zheng*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-catalyzed enantioselective access to β-cyano carboxylic esters via in situ substrate alternation and release. Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 4878. (PDF)

178. Guodong Fan, Qingyun Wang, Jun Xu, Pengcheng Zheng*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalyzed chemoselective reaction of unsymmetric enedials for access to Furo[2,3-b]pyrroles. Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 4243. (PDF)

177. Jie Lv, Juan Zou, Yingling Nong, Jia Song, Tingwei Shen, Hui Cai, Chengli Mou, Wenxin Lyu, Zhichao Jin*, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalytic Regioselective Acylation of Unprotected Nucleosides for Quick Access to COVID and Other Nucleoside Prodrugs. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 9567−9576. (PDF)

176. Yuanlin Cai, Ya Lv, Guihua Nie, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Cyanides Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 43, 3135-3145. (PDF)

175. Wei Zhang, Shengxin Guo, Lijiao Yu, Ya Wang, Yonggui Robin Chi*, Jian Wu*. Piperazine: Its role in the discovery of pesticides. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2023, 34, 108123. (PDF)

174. Qifei Wu, Shuquan Wu, Juan Zou, Qingyun Wang, Chengli Mou, Pengcheng Zheng*, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Access to Thiochromene Derivatives: Control of Reaction Pathways via Slow Release of Thiols from Disulfides. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 3967–3971. (PDF)

173. Jia Song, Juan Zou, Jiamiao Jin, Jie Lv, Chengli Mou*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Bioactivities of Triazolium-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbene Salts. Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202203661. (PDF)

172. Fen Su, Juan Zou, Xiaokang Lv, Fengfei Lu, Yijie Long, Kun Tang, Benpeng Li, Huifang Chai, Xingxing Wu*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Intermolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling of Aldehydes with C(sp3)-H Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202303388. (PDF)

171. Hong Ji, Chengli Mou, Juan Zou, Yonggui Liu, Shi-Chao Ren* and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-catalyzed [12 + 2] reaction of polycyclic arylaldehydes for access to indole derivatives. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 6351-6354. (PDF)

170. Luoqiang Zhang, Dao-Yong Zhu, Jingyao Hu, Minjun Feng, Tze Chien Sum, Haoran Sun, Hajime Hirao, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Pursuing high efficiency in photocatalytic oxidative couplings of heteroarenes and aliphatic C–H bonds. Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 1651-1659. (PDF)

169. Jiamiao Jin, Chengli Mou, Juan Zou, Xin Xie, Chen Wang, Tingwei Shen, Youlin Deng, Benpeng Li, Zhichao Jin*, Xiangyang Li* and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Development of axially chiral urazole scaffoldsfor antiplant virus applications againstpotatovirus Y. Pest Manag. Sci. 2023, 79, 2527-2538. (PDF)

168. Guihua Nie, Jun Sun, Chengli Mou, Kun Tang, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Tingting Li*. Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridone Derivatives with Antifungal Activities against Phytophthora capsici and Colletotrichum fructicola. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 134–139. (PDF)

167. Ya Wang, Shengxin Guo, Lijiao Yu, Wei Zhang, Zhenchao Wang*, Yonggui Robin Chi*, Jian Wu*. Hydrazone derivatives in agrochemical discovery and development. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2024, 35, 108207. (PDF)

166. Jie Lv, Yingling Nong, Kai Chen, Qingyun Wang, Jiamiao Jin, Tingting Li, Zhichao Jin*, Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed C-acylation reaction for access to linear aminoenones. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2023, 34, 107570. (PDF)

165. Hongling Wang, Xingxing Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi. Distal difunctionalization of aldehydes via the triplet state of Breslow intermediates. Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 3273–3289 (PDF)

164. Zhaowei Bao, Juan Zou, Chengli Mou, Zhichao Jin, Shi-Chao Ren, Yonggui Robin Chi. Direct Reaction of Nitroarenes and Thiols via Photodriven Oxygen Atom Transfer for Access to Sulfonamides. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8907–8913. (PDF)

163. Luoqiang Zhang, Mengxin Zhao, Maoping Pu, Zhaoming Ma, Jingsong Zhou, Caiyou Chen, Yun-Dong Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi, Jianrong Steve Zhou. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Conjugate Arylation and Heteroarylation via an Elementary Mechanism of 1,4-Addition. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 20249-20257. (PDF)

162. Xing Yang, Liwen Wei, Yuelin Wu, Liejin Zhou, Xinglong Zhang, Yonggui Robin Chi. Atroposelective Access to 1,3-Oxazepine-Containing Bridged Biaryls via Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Imines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202211977. (PDF)

161. Yonggui Liu, Yanyan Wang, Xingxing Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi. Exploring Molecular Complexity by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis: New Activation and Reaction Diversity. Chem. Rec. 2022, e202200219. (PDF)

160. Jie Lv, Zhichao Jin, Hongling Wang, Yonggui Robin Chi. N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Carbon-Sulfur Bond-Forming Reactions. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 13901-13916. (PDF)

159. Hongling Wang, Yonggui Robin Chi, Xuan Huang. Enantioselective Dual Catalysis of N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Hydrogen-Bond Donor Organocatalysts. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200548. (PDF)

158. Jianjian Liu, Mali Zhou, Rui Deng, Pengcheng Zheng, Yonggui Robin Chi. Chalcogen Bond-guided Conformational Isomerization Enables Catalytic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Sulfoxides. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 4793. (PDF)

157. Chenghao Tang, Wei Wang, Guoyong Luo, Chaoyang Song, Zhaowei Bao, Pei Li, Gefei Hao, Yonggui Robin Chi, Zhichao Jin. Carbene-Catalyzed Activation of C-Si Bonds for Chemo- and Enantioselective Cross Brook-Benzoin Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022069. (PDF)

156. Mali Zhou, Jianjian Liu, Rui Deng, Qingyun Wang, Shuquan Wu, Pengcheng Zheng, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Construction of Tetrasubstituted Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes via Conformational Isomerization and N‑Heterocyclic CarbeneCatalyzed Desymmetrization. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 7781-7788. (PDF)

155. Tingting Li, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed arene formation reactions. Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 210–223. (PDF)

154. Shi-Chao Ren, Xing Yang, Bivas Mondal, Chengli Mou, Weiyi Tian, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene and Photocatalyst-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Radical Coupling of Carboxylic Acids and Acyl Imidazoles to Form Ketones. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 2846. (PDF)

153. Wen-Xin Lv, Hang Chen, Xinglong Zhang, Chang Chin Ho, Yingguo Liu, Shuquan Wu, Haiqi Wang, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*. Programmable Selective Acylation of Saccharides Mediated by Carbene and Boronic Acid. Chem. 2022, 8, 1518-1534. (PDF)

152. Yanlin Chen, Tingting Li, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi*. New Axially Chiral Molecular Scaffolds with Antibacterial Activities against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae for Protection of Rice. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022, 70, 6050−6058. (PDF)

151. Zhiguo Zheng, Ali Dai, Zhichao Jin, Yonggui Robin Chi,* and Jian Wu*. Trifluoromethylpyridine: An Important Active Fragment for the Discovery of New Pesticides. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022, 70, 11019–11030. (PDF)

150. Rui Deng, Shuquan Wu, Chengli Mou, Jianjian Liu, Pengcheng Zheng, Xinglong Zhang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Sulfonylation of Enone Aryl Aldehydes: A New Mode of Breslow Intermediate Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 5441-5449. (PDF)

149. Jia-Lei Yan, Rakesh Maiti, Shi-Chao Ren, Weiyi Tian, Tingting Li, Jun Xu, Bivas Mondal, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Styrenes. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 84. (PDF)

148. Ya Lv, Guoyong Luo, Qian Liu, Zhichao Jin, Xinglong Zhang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalytic Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Benzonitriles via Chirality Control during Bond Dissociation and CN Group Formation. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 36. (PDF)

147. Xiaokang Lv, Jun Xu, Cuiyun Sun, Fen Su, Yuanlin Cai, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Planar Chiral Ferrocenes via N‑Heterocyclic CarbeneCatalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization Reactions. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2706-2713. (PDF)

146. Rakesh Maiti, Jia-Lei Yan, Xing Yang, Bivas Mondal, Jun Xu, Huifang Chai, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrophosphination of α-Bromoenals to Prepare Phosphine-Containing Chiral Molecules. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 26616-26621. (PDF)

145. Tingting Li, Chengli Mou, Puying Qi, Xiaolin Peng, Shichun Jiang, Gefei Hao, Wei Xue, Song Yang, Lin Hao, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Catalyzed Atroposelective Annulation for Access to Thiazine Derivatives with C‐N Axial Chirality. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9362-9367. (PDF)

144. Xiaolei Huang, Shenghan Teng, Yonggui Robin Chi, Wenqiang Xu, Maoping Pu, Yun-Dong Wu and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck and Reductive Heck Reactions of Aryl Triflates, Mesylates, and Tosylates Catalyzed by Nickel. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2828-2832. (PDF)

143. Shenghan Teng, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Enantioselective Three‐Component Coupling of Heteroarenes, Cycloalkenes and Propargylic Acetates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4491-4495. (PDF)

142. Yongtao Xie, Xing Yang, Jun Xu, Huifang Chai, Hongxia Liu, Junmin Zhang, Jun Song, Yuan Gao, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Allene‐Containing Molecules via Enantioselective Reactions of Azolium Cumulenolate Intermediates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14817-14823. (PDF)

141. Xing Yang, Pankaj Kumar Majhi, Huifang Chai*, Bin Liu, Jun Sun, Ting Liu, Yonggui Liu, Liejin Zhou, Jun Xu, Jiawei Liu, Dongdong Wang, Yanli Zhao, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Aldol Reaction: Post-Aldol Stereochemistry Control and Formation of Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 159-165. (PDF)

140. Xing Yang, Yongtao Xie, Jun Xu, Shichao Ren, Bivas Mondal, Liejin Zhou, Weiyi Tian, Xinglong Zhang, Lin Hao, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene‐Catalyzed Activation of Remote Nitrogen Atoms of (Benz)imidazole‐Derived Aldimines for Enantioselective Synthesis of Heterocycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 7906-7912. (PDF)

139. Runjiang Song, Yongtao Xie, Zhichao Jin and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 26026-26037. (PDF)

138. Shichao Ren, Wenxin Lv, Xing Yang, Jialei Yan, Jun Xu, Fangxin Wang, Lin Hao, Huifang Chai*, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Alkylation of Carboxylic Esters via Direct Photoexcitation of Acyl Azolium Intermediates. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 2925-2934. (PDF)

137. Fang-Xin Wang, Jia-Lei Yan, Zhixin Liu, Tingshun Zhu, Yingguo Liu, Shi-Chao Ren, Wen-Xin Lv, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Assembly of multicyclic isoquinoline scaffolds from pyridines: formal total synthesis of fredericamycin A. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 10259-10265. (PDF)

136. Runjiang Song, Zhichao Jin and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-catalyzed covalent activation of heteroatoms for enantioselective reactions. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 5037-5043. (PDF)

135. Bivas Mondal, Rakesh Maiti, Xing Yang, Jun Xu, Weiyi Tian, Jia-Lei Yan, Xiangyang Li, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Annulation of Dinucleophilic Hydrazones and Bromoenals for Access to Aryl-Dihydropyridazinones and Related Drugs. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 8778-8783. (PDF)

134. Daoyong Zhu, Wenqiang Xu, Maoping Pu, Yun-Dong Wu, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Asymmetric Domino Heck Arylation and Alkylation of Nonconjugated Dienes: Double C–F···Sodium Attractive Noncovalent Interaction. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7064-7068. (PDF)

133. Shuquan Wu, Jun Xu, Rui Deng, Hongling Wang, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Pengcheng Zheng*. Carbene-Catalyzed Activation of Formyl-phenylacetic Esters for Access to Chiral Dihydroisoquinolinones. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7513-7517. (PDF)

132. Jiamiao Jin, Xuan Huang, Jun Xu, Tingting Li, Xiaolin Peng, Xun Zhu, Junmin Zhang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Atroposelective Annulation and Desymmetrization of Urazoles. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3991-3996. (PDF)

131. Jianrong Steve Zhou*, Xiaolei Huang, Shenghan Teng, and Yonggui Robin Chi. Nickel-Catalyzed Heck Reaction of Cycloalkenes Using Aryl Sulfonates and Pivalates. Chem. Commun.2021, 57, 3933-3936. (PDF)

130. Rakesh Maiti, Jun Xu, Jialei Yan, Bivas Mondal, Xing Yang, Huifang Chai, Lin Hao, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Selective Addition of Isothioureas to Enals for Access to Sulphur-containing 5,6-Dihyropyrimidin-4-ones. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 743-747. (PDF)

129. Runjiang Song, Yingguo Liu, Pankaj Kumar Majhi, Pei Rou Ng, Lin Hao, Jun Xu, Weiyi Tian, Long Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Xinglong Zhang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Modification of Sulfonamides and Sulfonamide-containing Drugs via Carbene Organic Catalysis. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2413-2419. (PDF)

128. Guihua Nie, Xuan Huang, Zhongyao Wang, Dingwu Pan, Junmin Zhang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Umpolung of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organic Catalysis. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 5105-5111. (PDF)

127. Liya Cao, Tingting Li, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Zhichao Jin*. Carbene‐Catalyzed N,N‐Nucleophilic Activation of Thioureas for Access to Pyrimidinthione Derivatives. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 1090-1093. (PDF)

126. Jie Lv, Jun Xu, Xuling Pan, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Activation of Cyclopropylcarbaldehydes for Mannich Reaction and δ-Lactam Formation: Remote Enantioselecitvity Control and Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation. Sci. China Chem. 2021, 64, 985–990. (PDF)

125. Xiaoqun Yang, Hongling Wang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Development of Green and Low-cost Chiral Oxidants for Asymmetric Catalytic Hydroxylation of Enals. Green Synth. Catal. 2021, 2, 295-298. (PDF)

124. Wei Li, Jie Lv, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed aza-Benzoin Reaction for Access to α-Aminoketone Molecules Containing Benzothiazole Fragments. Tetrahedron 2021, 94, 132311. (PDF)

123. Guanjie Wang, Min Zhang, Yezhi Guan, Ye Zhang, Xianfang Hong, Chenlong Wei, Pengcheng Zheng, Donghui Wei, Zhenqian Fu, Yonggui Robin Chi, and Wei Huang*. Desymmetrization of Cyclic 1,3-Diketones under N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis: Access to Organofluorines with Multiple Stereogenic Centers. Research 2021, 9867915. (PDF)

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)

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.

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)

117. Yingguo Liu, Pankaj Kumar Majhi, Runjiang Song, Chengli Mou, Lin Hao, Huifang Chai, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene‐Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution and Asymmetric Acylation of Hydroxyphthalides and Related Natural Products. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3859-3863. (PDF)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

85. Weina Zhang, Bing Zheng, Wenxiong Shi, Xinyi Chen, Zhiling Xu, Shuzhou Li, Yonggui Robin Chi, Yanhui Yang, Jun Lu, Wei Huang, and Fengwei Huo. Site-Selective Catalysis of a Multifunctional Linear Molecule: The Steric Hindrance of Metal–Organic Framework Channels. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1800643. (PDF)

84. Jilan Wang, Yongjia Li, Jun Sun, Hongling Wang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Benzylic Carbon to Unsaturated Acyl Azolium for Rapid Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinolines. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 9859-9864. (PDF)

83. Qiao Chen, Tingshun Zhu, Pankaj kumar Majhi, Chengli Mou, Huifang Chai, Jingjie Zhang, Shitian Zhuo, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidative Coupling of Enals and Di(hetero)arylmethanes. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8711-8715. (PDF)

82. Jun Sun, Fangcheng He, Zhongyao Wang, Dingwu Pan, Pengcheng Zheng, Chengli Mou, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalyzed enal γ-carbon addition to α-ketophosphonates for enantioselective access to bioactive 2-pyranylphosphonates. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6040-6044. (PDF)

81. Jun Sun, Chengli Mou, Zhongyao Wang, Fangcheng He, Jian Wu, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Cycloadditions of Vinyl Enolate and (in Situ Generated) Imines for Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary α-Amino Phosphonates. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5969-5972. (PDF)

80. Bin Liu, Jiekuan Yan, Ruoyan Huang, Weihong Wang, Zhichao Jin, Giuseppe Zanoni, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Kinetic Resolution of 1,2-Diols via NHC-Catalyzed Site-Selective Esterification. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3447-3450. (PDF)

79. Hongling Wang, Xingkuan Chen, Yongjia Li, Jilan Wang, Shuquan Wu, Wei Xue, Song Yang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyst to Aryl Esters Induces Remote C-Si Bond Activation and Benzylic Carbon Functionalization. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 260-263. (PDF)

78. Bin Liu, Weihong Wang, Ruoyan Huang, Jiekuan Yan, Jichang Wu, Wei Xue, Song Yang, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Direct Activation of β-sp3-Carbons of Saturated Carboxylic Esters as Electrophilic Carbons via Oxidative Carbene Catalysis. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 260-263. (PDF)

77. Jun Sun, Chengli Mou, Changyi Liu, Ruoyan Huang, Shupeng Zhang, Pengcheng Zheng, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Access to Multi-cyclic α-Amino Phosphonates via Carbene-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions Between Enals and Six-Membered Cyclic Imines. Org. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 2992-2996. (PDF)

76. Jichang Wu, Chengli Mou, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Construction of Multi‐Substituted Benzenes via NHC‐Catalyzed Reactions of Carboxylic Esters. Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 333-337. (PDF)

75. Xingkuan Chen, Hongling Wang, Kazuki Doitomi, Chong Yih Ooi, Pengcheng Zheng, Wangsheng Liu, Hao Guo, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, Hajimi Hirao and Yonggui Robin Chi*. A Reaction Mode of Carbene-Catalysed Aryl Aldehyde Activation and Induced Phenol OH Functionalization. Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 15598. (PDF)

74. Xingxing Wu, Yuexia Zhang, Yuhuang Wang, Jie Ke, Martin Jeret, Rambabu N. Reddi, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Polyhalides as Efficient and Mild Oxidants for Oxidative Carbene Organocatalysis via Radical Processes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2942-2945. (PDF)

73. Xingxing Wu, Lin Hao, Yuexia Zhang, Maiti Rakesh, Rambabu N. Reddi, Song Yang, Bao-An Song and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Construction of Fused Pyrrolidines and β-Lactones by Carbene-Catalyzed C−N, C−C, and C−O Bond Formations. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4201-4204. (PDF)

72. Yuhuang Wang, Yu Du, Xuan Huang, Xingxing Wu, Yuexia Zhang, Song Yang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Nitrobenzyl Bromide and Nitroalkene via Singel-Electron-Transfer (SET) Process and Formal 1,4-Addition. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 632-635. (PDF)

71. Xingkuan Chen, Runjiang Song, Yingguo Liu, Choong Yih Ooi, Zhichao Jin, Tingshun Zhu, Hongling Wang, Lin Hao and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene and Acid Cooperative Catalytic Reactions of Aldehydes and o-Hydroxybenzhydryl Amines for Highly Enantioselective Access to Dihydrocoumarins. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 5892-5895. (PDF)

70. Xuan Huang, Tingshun Zhu, Zhijian Huang, Yuexia Zhang, Zhichao Jin, Giuseppe Zanoni, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Formal [5 + 5] Reaction for Coumarin Construction and Total Synthesis of Defucogilvocarcins. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6188-6191. (PDF)

69. Yuhuang Wang, Xingxing Wu, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Synthesis of Indanes via Carbene-Catalyzed Single-Electron-Transfer Processes and Cascade Reactions. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 11952-11955. (PDF)

68. Yuexia Zhang, Zeng Rong Wong, Xingxing Wu, Sherman J. L. Lauw, Xuan Huang, Richard D. Webster and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Sulfoxidation of Alkenes and Alkynes with NFSI as A Radical Initiator and Selective Oxidant. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 184-187. (PDF)

67. Chengli Mou, Jichang Wu, Zhijian Huang, Jun Sun, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed LUMO Activation of Alkyne Esters for Access to Functional Pyridines. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 13359-13362. (PDF)

66. Yuexia Zhang, Xingxing Wu, Lin Hao, Zeng Rong Wong, Sherman J. L. Lauw, Song Yang, Richard D. Webster and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Trimerization of Enones under Air Enabled by NHC/NaOtBu via A SET Radical Pathway. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 467-470. (PDF)

65. Jian Cheng, Jun Sun, Jiekuan Yan, Song Yang, Pengcheng Zheng, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-Catalyzed Indole 3-Methyl C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 13342-13345. (PDF)

64. Zhijian Huang, Xuan Huang, Bao-Sheng Li, Chengli Mou, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to P-Stereogenic Phosphinates via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Bisphenols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7524-7527. (PDF)

63. Xinkuan Chen, Jacqueline Zi Mei Fong, Jianfeng Xu, Chengli Mou, Yunpeng Lu, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Carboxylic Esters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7212-7215. (PDF)

62. Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Rupert S. J. Proctor, Yuexia Zhang, Richard D. Webster, Song Yang, Baoan Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalysed Reductive Coupling of Nitrobenzyl Bromides and Activated Ketones or Imines via Single-electron-transfer Process. Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 12933. (PDF)

61. Xingxing Wu, Bin Liu, Yuexia Zhang, Martin Jeret, Honglin Wang, Pengcheng Zheng, Prof. Song Yang, Prof. Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Nucleophilic β-Carbon-Atom Amination of Enals: Carbene-Catalyzed Formal [3+2] Reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12280-12284. (PDF)

60. Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Rupert S. J. Proctor, Zhichao Jin, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbene-catalyzed Desymmetrization of 1,3-Diols: Access to Optically Enriched Tertiary Alkyl Chlorides. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8313-8316. (PDF)

59. Chengli Mou, Tingshun Zhu, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Green and Rapid Access to Benzocoumarins via Direct Benzene Construction through Base-Mediated Formal [4+2] Reaction and Air Oxidation. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 707-712. (PDF)

58. Zhenqiang Fu, Xingxing Wu, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Rapid Access to Bicyclic δ-Lactones via Carbene-catalyzed Activation and Cascade Reaction of Unsaturated Carboxylic Esters. Org. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 145-149. (PDF)

57. Yuexia Zhang, Yu Du, Zhijian Huang, Jianfeng Xu, Xingxing Wu, Yuhuang Wang, Ming Wang, Song Yang, Richard D. Webster, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Radical Reactions for Highly Enantioselective β‑Hydroxylation of Enals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2416–2419. (PDF)

56. Tingshun Zhu, Chengli Mou, Bao-Sheng Li, Marie Smetankova, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed δ-Carbon LUMO Activation of Unsaturated Aldehydes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5658-5661. (PDF)

55. Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Zhichao Jin, Pengcheng Zheng, Rakesh Ganguly and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Cyclobutenones Enabled by Addition of Chiral Organocatalyst to Ketone. Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6207. (PDF)

54. Jianfeng Xu, Xingkuan Chen, Ming Wang, Pengcheng Zheng, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Aminomethylation of Enals through Carbene and Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Concise Access to β2-Amino Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5165-5164. (PDF)

53. Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Zhichao Jin,and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Cycloaddition of Cyclobutenone and Azomethine Imine Enabled by Chiral Isothiourea Organic Catalysts. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 6008-6012. (PDF)

52. Zhichao Jin, Zhenqian Fu, Ke Jiang, Jaume Torres, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Nucleophilic β-Carbon Activation of Propionic Acid as a 3-Carbon Synthon by Carbene Organocatalysis. Chem. A. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 9360-9363. (PDF)

51. Pengcheng Zheng, Jiajia Cheng, Shihu Su, Zhichao Jin, Yuhuang Wang, Song Yang, Linhong Jin, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed γ-Carbon Addition of Enals to Imines: Mechanistic Studies and Access to Antimicrobial Compounds. Chem. A. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 9984-9987. (PDF)

50. Ming Wang, Zhijian Huang, Jianfeng Xu and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed [3+4] Cycloaddition and Kinetic Resolution of Azomethine Imines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1214-1217. (PDF)

49. Tingshun Zhu, Pengcheng Zheng, Chengli Mou, Song Yang, Bao-An Song and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Benzene Construction via Organocatalytic Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reaction. Nature Commun. 2014, 5, 5027. (PDF)

48. Kayambu Namitharan, Tingshun Zhu, Jiajia Cheng, Pengcheng Zheng, Xiangyang Li, Song Yang, Bao-An Song and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Metal and Carbene Organocatalytic Relay Acitvation of Alkynes for Stereoselective Reaction. Nature Commun. 2014, 5, 3982. (PDF)

47. Zhenqian Fu, Ke Jiang, Tingshun Zhu, Jaume Torres and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Oxoquinoline Heterocycles via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Ester Activation and Selective Domino Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6506-6510. (PDF)

46. Yonggui Robin Chi* (invited book review). Comprehensive Enantioselective Organocatalysis. Edited by Peter I. Dalko. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6858-6859. (PDF)

45. Zhichao Jin, Shaojin Chen, Yuhuang Wang, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang and Yonggui Robin Chi*. β-Functionalization of Carboxylic Anhydrides with β-Alkyl Substituents through Carbene Organocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13506-13509. (PDF)

44. Jianfeng Xu, Chengli Mou, Tingshun Zhu, Bao-An Song and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Chemoselective Cross-Aza-Benzoin Reaction of Enals with Isatin-Derived Ketimines: Access to Chiral Quaternary Aminooxindoles. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3272-3275. (PDF)

43. Yu Du, Yuhuang Wang, Xin Li,Yaling Shao, Guohui Li, Richard D. Webster, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalytic Reductive β,β-Coupling Reactions of Nitroalkenes via Radical Intermediates. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5678-5681. (PDF)

42. Lin Hao, Xingkuan Chen, Shaojin Chen, Ke Jiang, Jaume Torres and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Pyridines via DMAP-Catalyzed Activation of α-Chloro Acetic Ester to React with Unsaturated Imines. Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 148-150. (PDF)

41. Weina Zhang, Guang Lu , Chenlong Cui , Yayuan Liu , Shaozhou Li , Wenjin Yan , Chong Xing , Yonggui Robin Chi , Yanhui Yang , and Fengwei Huo*. A Family of Metal-Organic Frameworks Exhibiting Size-Selective Catalysis with Encapsulated Noble-Metal Nanoparticles. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 4056-4060. (PDF)

40. Zhenqian Fu, Jianfeng Xu, Tingshun Zhu, Wendy Wen Yi Leong and Yonggui Robin Chi*. β-Carbon Activation of Saturated Carboxylic Esters through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 835-839. (PDF)

39. Junmin Zhang, Chong Xing, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Catalytic Activation of Carbohydrates as Formaldehyde Equivalents for Stetter Reaction with Enones. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8113-8116. (PDF)

38. Junming Mo, Liang Shen, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Direct β-Activation of Saturated Aldehydes to Michael Acceptors through Oxidative NHC Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8588-8591. (PDF)

37. Jiajia Cheng, Zhijian Huang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC Organocatalytic LUMO Activation of α,β-Unsaturated Esters to React with Enamides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8592-8596. (PDF)

36. Xingkuan Chen, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Functionalization of Benzylic C(sp3)[BOND]H Bonds of Heteroaryl Aldehydes through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11134–11137. (PDF)

35. Zhichao Jin, Jianfeng Xu, Song Yang, Bao-An Song, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Sulfonation of Enones with Sulfonylimine via Cooperative NHC/Thiourea/Tertiary Amine Multi-Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12354-12358. (PDF)

34. Xingkuan Chen, Xinqiang Fang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Cis-Enals in N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions: Distinct Stereo-Selectivity and Reactivity. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2613-2618. (PDF)

33. Wendy Wen Yi Leong, Xingkuan Chen, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-Catalyzed Reactions of Enals with Water as Solvent. Green. Chem. 2013, 15, 1505-1508. (PDF)

32. Junming Mo, Ruojie Yang, Xingkuan Chen, Bhoopendra Tiwari, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Direct α-Functionalization of Simple Aldehydes via Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 50-53. (PDF)

31. Lin Hao, Shaojin Chen, Jianfeng Xu, Bhoopendra Tiwari, Zhenqian Fu, Tong Li, Jieyan Lim and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Organocatalytic Activation of Alkylacetic Esters as Enolate Precursors to React with α,β-Unsaturated Imines. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 4956-4959. (PDF)

30. Jianfeng Xu, Zhichao Jin and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Organocatalytic Enantioselective γ-Aminoalkylation of Unsaturated Ester: Access to Pipecolic Acid Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5028-5031. (PDF)

29. Shaojin Chen, Lin Hao, Yuexia Zhang and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Asymmetric Access to the Smallest Enolate Intermediate via Organocatalytic Activation of Acetic Ester. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5822-5825. (PDF)

28. Zhenqian Fu, Hui Sun, Shaojin Chen, Bhoopendra Tiwari, Guohui Li and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Controlled β-Protonation and [4+2] Cycloaddition of Enals and Chalcones via N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Acid Catalysis: toward Substrate Independent Reaction Control. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 261-263. (PDF)

27. Lin Hao, Wei Chuen Chan, Rakesh Ganguly and Yonggui Robin Chi*. NHC-Catalyzed Ester Activation: Access to Sterically Congested Spirocyclic Oxindoles via Reaction of α-Aryl Esters and Unsaturated Imines. Synlett 2013, 24, 1197-1200. (PDF)

26. Hui Sun, Xinqiang Fang, Yonggui Robin Chi and Guohui Li. Theoretical Study of NHC-Catalyzed Cascade Annulation of Benzodienones and Enals. Chirality 2013, 25, 521–528. (PDF)

25. Junming Mo, Xingkuan Chen and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Oxidative γ-Addition of Enals to Trifluoromethyl Ketones: Enantioselectivity Control via Lewis Acid/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Cooperative Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8810–8813. (PDF)

24. Bhoopendra Tiwari, Junmin Zhang and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Facile Access to Chiral Ketones through Metal-Free Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage of Aldehydes by O2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1911-1914. (PDF)

23. Junmin Zhang, Bhoopendra Tiwari, Chong Xing, Xingkuan Chen and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Oxidative Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Tertiary Amines to Aldehydes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3649-3652. (PDF)

22. Qiang Tang, Xingkuan Chen, Bhoopendra Tiwari, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Addition of Indoles to Oxyallyl Cations for Facile Access to a-Indole Carbonyl Compounds. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1922–1925. (PDF)

21. Lin Hao, Yu Du, Hui Lv, Xingkuan Chen, Huishen Jiang, Yaling Shao, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Activation of Stable Carboxylate Esters as Enolate Equivalents via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2154–2157. (PDF)

20. Kun Jiang, Bhoopendra Tiwari and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Access to Spirocyclic Oxindoles via N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions of Enals and Oxindole-Derived α,β-Unsaturated Imines. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2382–2385. (PDF)

19. Zhichao Jin, Ruojie Yang, Yu Du, Bhoopendra Tiwari, Rakesh Ganguly, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Intramolecular Formal [2 + 4] Annulation of Acrylates and α,β-Unsaturated Imines Catalyzed by Amino Acid Derived Phosphines. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3226-2339. (PDF)

18. Hui Lv, Bhoopendra Tiwari, Junming Mo, Chong Xing, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Highly Enantioselective Addition of Enals to Isatin-Derived Ketimines Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of Spirocyclic γ-Lactams. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5412–5415. (PDF)

17. Xinqiang Fang, Xingkuan Chen, Hui Lv and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Stetter Reactions of Enals and Modified Chalcones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11782-11785. (PDF)

16. Xinqiang Fang, Kun Jiang, Chong Xing, Lin Hao and Yonggui Robin Chi*. A Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Cascade Annulation of Enals and Benzodi(enone)s Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1910-1913. (PDF)

15. Xinqiang Fang, Xingkuan Chen, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reactions of Enals and Alkylidene Diketones Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4708–4711. (PDF)

14. Hui Lv, Junming Mo, Xinqiang Fang, and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Formal Diels-Alder Reactions of Chalcones and Formylcyclopropanes Catalyzed by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5366–5369. (PDF)

13. Chong Xing, Hui Sun, Junmin Zhang, Guohui Li and Yonggui Robin Chi*. Brønsted Acid Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Aldehydes with Diaryl Methyl Alcohols. Chem. A. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 12272-12275. (PDF)

12. Steven T. Scroggins, Yonggui Chi and Jean M. J. Frechet. Polarity-Directed One-Pot Asymmetric Cascade Reactions Mediated by Two Catalysts in Aqueous Buffer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2393-2396. (PDF)

11. Li Guo, Yonggui Chi, Aaron M. Almeida, Ilia A. Guzei, Brian K. Parker and Samuel H. Gellman. Stereospecific Synthesis of Constrained γ-Amino Acids: New Foldamer Building Blocks Support Helical Secondary Structure. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 16018-16020. (PDF)

10. Yonggui Chi, Steven T. Scroggins, Emine Boz and Jean M. J. Frechet. Control of Aldol Reaction Pathways of Enolizable Aldehydes in an Aqueous Environment with a Hyperbranched Polymeric Catalyst. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17287–17289. (PDF)

9. Yonggui Chi, Steven T. Scroggins and Jean M. J. Frechet. One-Pot Multi-Component Asymmetric Cascade Reactions Catalyzed by Soluble Star Polymers with Non-Interpenetrating Catalytic Cores. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6322–6323. (PDF)

8. Yonggui Chi, Li Guo, Nathan A. Kopf and Samuel H. Gellman. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Nitroethylene: Efficient Access to γ2-Amino Acids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5608-5609. (PDF)

7. Yonggui Chi, Emily P. English, William C. Pomerantz, W. Seth Horne, Leo A. Joyce, et. al. and Samuel H. Gellman. Practical Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure β2-Amino Acids via Proline-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Aminomethylation of Aldehydes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6050–6055. (PDF)

6. Yonggui Chi and Samuel H. Gellman. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Aminomethylation of Aldehydes: A Role for Ionic Interactions and Efficient Access to β2-Amino Acids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6804–6805. (PDF)

5. Yonggui Chi and Samuel H. Gellman. Diphenylprolinol Methyl Ether: A Highly Enantioselective Catalyst for Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Simple Enones. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4253–4256. (PDF)

4. Timothy J. Peelen, Yonggui Chi, and Samuel H. Gellman. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Michael Additions of Aldehydes to Enones: Cocatalyst Effects & Evidence for an Enamine Intermediate. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11598–11599. (PDF)

3. Yonggui Chi, Timothy J. Peelen, and Samuel H. Gellman. A Rapid 1H NMR Assay for Enantiomeric Excess of α-Substituted Aldehydes. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3469–3472. (PDF)

2. Timothy J. Peelen, Yonggui Chi, Emily Payne English, and Samuel H. Gellman. Synthesis of 4,4-Disubstituted 2-Aminocyclopentanecarboxylic Acid Derivatives and Their Incorporation into 12-Helical β-Peptides. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4411-4414. (PDF)

1. Wai-Kwok Wong, Xiao-Ping Chen, Jian-Ping Guo, Yong-Gui Chi, Wei-Xiong Pan, Wai-Yeung Wong. Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity of ruthenium diaminodiphosphine complexes. J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Transations 2002, 6, 1139-1146. (PDF)