Catalytic Asymmetric β,γ Activation of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactams: Direct Approach to β,γ-Functionalized Dihydropyranopyrrolidin-2-ones

Aminocatalytic Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reactions via HOMO Activation

(2012) Jun-Long Li et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Bifunctional Organocatalytic Strategy for Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reactions: Highly Efficient In Situ Substrate Generation and Activation to Construct Azaspirocyclic Skeletons

(2012) Xianxing Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction for the Construction of Bicyclic Skeletons with Multiple Stereocenters by Using a Bifunctional Organocatalytic Strategy: An Efficient Approach to Chiral Macrolides

(2012) Xianxing Jiang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclic Thioureas via Mannich Reaction and Concise Synthesis of Highly Optically Active Methylthioimidazolines: Discovery of a More Potent Antipyretic Agent

(2011) Xianxing Jiang et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of 5-Substituted 3-Pyrrolidin-2-ones: Vinylogous Michael Addition under Multifunctional Catalysis

(2011) Huicai Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Michael/Cyclization Reaction Sequence: Scaffold-Inspired Synthesis of Spirooxindoles with Multiple Stereocenters

(2011) Yiming Cao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

PPh3-catalyzed synthesis of dicyano-2-methylenebut-3-enoates as efficient dienes in catalytic asymmetric inverse-electron-demand Diels–Alder reaction

(2011) Xianxing Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction catalyzed by rosin-derived tertiary amine–thiourea: synthesis of modified chromanes with anticancer potency

(2011) Xianxing Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The Vinylogous Aldol and Related Addition Reactions: Ten Years of Progress†

(2011) Giovanni Casiraghi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organocatalytic Direct Asymmetric Vinylogous Michael Reaction of an α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactam with Enones

(2011) Yong Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Core-Structure-Motivated Design of a Phosphine-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction: Enantioselective Syntheses of Spirocyclopenteneoxindoles

(2011) Bin Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Mannich-type (AVM) Reaction of Nonactivated α-Angelica Lactone

(2011) Lin Zhou et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Bifunctional 3,3′-Ph2-BINOL-Mg Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Vinylogous Michael Addition of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactam

(2011) Li Lin et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Substituted γ-Lactams via Rhodium/Diene-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions: Application to the Synthesis of (R)-Baclofen and (R)-Rolipram

(2011) Cheng Shao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Alternative Approaches to Enolate Chemistry

(2011) Tom Sheppard   SYNLETT

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels-Alder Reaction of Electron-Deficient Dienes and Crotonaldehyde

(2010) Jun-Long Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Three-Component Inverse Electron-Demand Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction: Efficient Synthesis of Ring-Fused Tetrahydroquinolines

(2010) Mingsheng Xie et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly diastereo- and enantioselective Mannich reaction of lactones with N-Boc-aldimines catalyzed by bifunctional rosin-derived amine thiourea catalysts

(2010) Xianxing Jiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Aminocatalytic asymmetric inverse-electron-demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction of N-Ts-1-aza-1,3-butadienes based on coumarin cores

(2010) Jun-Long Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organocatalytic Direct Vinylogous Michael Addition of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactam to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and an Illustration to Scaffold Diversity Synthesis

(2010) Xin Feng et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Mannich-Type and Michael Reactions of an α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactam under Dinuclear Nickel Catalysis

(2010) Nicholas E. Shepherd et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chiral Bisguanidine-Catalyzed Inverse-Electron-Demand Hetero-Diels−Alder Reaction of Chalcones with Azlactones

(2010) Shunxi Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Unique Approach to the Concise Synthesis of Highly Optically Active Spirooxazolines and the Discovery of a More Potent Oxindole-Type Phytoalexin Analogue

(2010) Xianxing Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Asymmetric Cyanation of Activated Olefins with Ethyl Cyanoformate Catalyzed by a Modular Titanium Catalyst

(2010) Jun Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Organocatalytic Regio- and Stereoselective Inverse-Electron-Demand Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes andN-Tosyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes

(2009) Bo Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

PPh3-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] and [4 + 2] annulations: synthesis of highly substituted 1,2-dihydropyridines (DHPs)

(2009) Huimin Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

PPh3-Catalyzed Reactions of Alkyl Propiolates withN-Tosylimines: A Facile Synthesis of Alkyl 2-[aryl(tosylimino)methyl]acrylate and an Insight into the Reaction Mechanism

(2009) Huimin Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Direct Asymmetric Michael Addition to Nitroalkenes: Vinylogous Nucleophilicity under Dinuclear Zinc Catalysis

(2009) Barry M. Trost et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lewis Acid Catalyzed Inverse-Electron-Demand Diels−Alder Reaction of Tropones

(2009) Pingfan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Drug Discovery and Natural Products: End of an Era or an Endless Frontier?

(2009) J. W.-H. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction ofN-Sulfonyl-1-aza-1,3-butadienes and Aldehydes

(2008) Bo Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-Catalyzed Diels−Alder Reactions

(2008) Sébastien Reymond et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Proline-Catalyzed Direct Inverse Electron Demand Diels–Alder Reactions of Ketones with 1,2,4,5-Tetrazines

(2008) Hexin Xie et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reactions of γ-Butenolides: Effectiveness of Brønsted Acid in Chiral Metal Catalysis

(2008) Akitake Yamaguchi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of γ-Nitro Heteroaromatic Ketones in a Doubly Stereocontrolled Manner Catalyzed by Bifunctional Thiourea Catalysts Based on Dehydroabietic Amine: A Doubly Stereocontrolled Approach to Pyrrolidine Carboxylic Acids

(2008) Xianxing Jiang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Indolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids

(2007) Joseph P. Michael   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS