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1. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of N-Heteroaryl Aldimines: Elementary Step of a 1,4-Insertion.Chunlin Wu, Xurong Qin, Adhitya Mangala Putra Moeljadi, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong Steve Zhou* (HH contributed DFT calculation) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2705-2709.
2. Asymmetric Stepwise Reductive Amination of Sulfonamides, Sulfamates and a Phosphinamide via Nickel Catalysis. Xiaohu Zhao, Haiyan Xu, Xiaolei Huang and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 592-596. Highlighted by Mark Lautens et al. in Synfacts 2019, 15(03), 0258
3. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Arylation of Racemic Ketones to Form Bridged Bicycles via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Xiaolei Huang, William Ray Jun Jie Oh and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7673-7677.
4. Palladium-Catalyzed para-Selective Alkylation of Electron-Deficient Arenes. Zhiwei Jiao, Li Hui Lim, Hajime Hirao and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6294-6298.
5. Nickel-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of both Acylhydrazines and Arylamines with Alcohols and Enantioselective Examples. Peng Yang, Caili Zhang, Yu Ma, Caiyun Zhang, Aijie Li, Bo Tang* and Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14702-14706. Highlighted by Yamamoto et al. Synfacts 2018, 14(2), 164.
6. Asymmetric Intermolecular Heck reaction of Propargylic Acetates and Cycloalkenes to Access Fused Cyclobutenes. Zhiwei Jiao, Qi Shi, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14567-14571. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2018, 14(1), 48.
7. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Heck Cyclization of Aryl Halides to Access Indolines. Xurong Qin, Marcus Wen Yao Lee, Jianrong Steve Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12723-12726. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(10), 1040.
8. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric α-Arylation of Alkylnitriles. Zhiwei Jiao, Kwok Wei Chee, Jianrong Steve Zhou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 16240. One of most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Yamamoto et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(3), 274.
9. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Arylation of α-Fluoroketones. Zhiwei Jiao, Jason Beiger, Yushu Jin, Shaozhong Ge, Jianrong Steve Zhou,* John F. Hartwig* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15980. One of most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2017, 13(2), 155.
10. Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Amination of Ketones with Both Arylamines and Benzhydrazide. Peng Yang, Li Hui Lim, Pratanphorn Chuanprasit, Hajime Hirao,* Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* (HH contributed calculation) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12083.
11. Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboron Reagents to Common Enones Using Copper Catalysts. Chunlin Wu, Guizhou Yue, Christian Duc-Trieu Nielson, Kai Xu, Hajime Hirao,* Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* (HH contributed DFT calculation) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016,138, 742. One of the most read JACS articles of the month. Highlighted by Lautens et al. Synfacts 2016, 12(4), 394 and Organic Chemistry Portal in 2016.
12. Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Cyclopropylation of Heterocycles. Xiaojin Wu, Chuanhu Lei, Guizhou Yue, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9601. Highlighted in Synform 2015, 12, A175.
13. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Heck Reaction of Aryl Halides. Guizhou Yue, Kaining Lei, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong (Steve) Zhou* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6531. One of the most accessed papers of the month in Angew Chem.