21. Wang, D.-H.; Mei, T.-S.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Versatile Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Activation/Aryl−Aryl Coupling of Benzoic and Phenyl Acetic Acids"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17676. [Link]



• Featured in SynFacts. [Link]

20. Wasa, M.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Synthesis of beta, gamma and delta-Lactams via Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Activation Reactions"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14058. [Link]



• Featured in SynFacts. [Link]


19. Giri, R.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Synthesis of 1,2 and 1,3-dicarboxylic Acids via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Aryl and Vinyl C−H Bonds"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008,130, 14082. [Link]



• Featured in ChemCatChem. [Link]


18. Li, J.-J.; Mei, T.-S.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Synthesis of Indolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines from Arylethylamines via Pd^II-catalyzed C−H Activation Reactions"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6452. [Link]

• Selected as a VIP paper.

17. Mei, T.-S.; Giri, R.; Maugel, N.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd-catalyzed mono-selective ortho-halogenation of C−H bonds assisted by counter cations:
an orthogonal method to directed ortho-lithiation"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5215. [Link]

• Featured in Organic Process Research & Development. [Link] (p. 367−368)

16. Shi, B.-F.; Maugel, N.; Zhang, Y.-H.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd^II-Catalyzed Enantioselective Activation of sp² and sp³ C−H Bonds Using mono Protected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 4761. [Link]



• Dedicated to Professor E. J. Corey on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
• Selected as a "Hot Paper" and featured on the front cover.
• Featured in C&E News. [Link]
• Featured in Science. [Link]

15. Wang, D.-H.; Wasa, M.; Giri, R.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of sp³ C−H Bonds with sp² and sp³ Boronic Acids Using Air as the Oxidant"
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 7190. [Link]

• Featured in SynForm. [Link] (p. A99−A100)


14. Giri, R.; Maugel, N. L.; Foxman, B. M.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Dehydrogenation of inert alkyl groups by Pd(OAc)₂: converting a propyl group into p-allylic complex via a double C−H bond activation"
Organometallics, 2008, 27, 1667. [Link]




13. Li, J.-J.; Giri, R.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Remote C−H bond functionalization reveals the distance-dependent isotope effects"
Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 6979. [Link]

• In honor of Professor John Hartwig on his being awarded Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award.


12. Giri, R.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Iodine monoacetate as a C−H functionalization reagent"
The Enclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2008, In Press.


11. Huang, Y.-Q.; Shen, Z.-L.; Okamura, T.; Wang, Y.; Wang, X.-F.; Sun, W.-Y.; Yu, J.-Q.; Ueyama, N.
"Silver(I) complexes with oxazoline-containing tripodal ligands: structure variation via counter anions and reaction conditions"
Dalton Trans. 2008, 204. [Link]