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 sp3 C-H Bonds with sp2 and sp3 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.