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, ASAP.
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, ASAP.
Li, J. J.; Mei, T. S.; Yu, J. -Q.
Synthesis of Indolines and Tetrahydroisoquinolines from Arylethylamines
via PdII-catalyzed C-H Activation Reactions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, VIP paper, 47, 6452.

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.

Shi, B. F.; Maugel, N.; Zhang, Y. H.; Yu, J. -Q.
PdII-Catalyzed
Enantioselective Activation of sp2 and sp3 C-H Bonds
Using mono Protected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008,
Selected as Hot Paper and for front cover, 47,
4761.
Dedicated to Professor E. J. Corey on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Wang, D. H.; Wasa, M.; Giri, R.; Yu, J. -Q.
Pd(II)-Catalyzed
Cross-Coupling of sp
3 C-H Bonds with sp
2 and sp
3 Boronic Acids Using Air as the Oxidant
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008,
130, 7190.

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, ASAP.

Li, J. J.; Giri, R.; Yu, J. -Q.
Remote C-H bond functionalization reveals the distance-dependent isotope effects
Tetrahedron 2008, in press.
In honor of John Hartwig on his being awarded Tetrahedron
Young Investigator Award

Giri, R.; Yu, J. -Q.
Iodine monoacetate as a C-H functionalization reagent
The Enclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2008 in press.
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, 204-213.
