30. Zhang, Y.-H.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Arenes Using 1 atm O2 or Air"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 14654–14655. [Link]

• Featured in C&E News. [Link]


29. Giri, R.; Shi, B.-F.; Engle, K. M.; Maugel, N.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Activation Reactions: Diastereoselectivity and Enantioselectivity"
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 3242–3272. [Link]

• Part of the "Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Organic Synthesis" Issue


28. Mei, T.-S.; Wang, X.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-catalyzed Amination of C–H Bonds Using Single-electron or Two-electron Oxidants"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10806. [Link]

• Featured in SynFacts [Link]


27. Wasa, M.; Engle, K. M.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(0)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Arylation of sp3 C–H Bonds"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9886. [Link]



• Featured in SynFacts [Link]


26. Wu, H.-C.; Hamid, S. A.; Yu, J.-Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Possible Origin of Electronic Effects in Rh(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9604. [Link]



• In memory of Professor Jonathan B. Spencer.


25. Zhang, Y.-H.; Shi, B.-F.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed ortho-Alkylation of Benzoic Acids with Alkyl Halides"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6097. [Link]



• Selected as a "Hot Paper."


24. Wang, X.; Mei, T.-S.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Versatile Pd(OTf)2-H2O-Catalyzed ortho-Fluorination Using NMP as a Promoter"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 7520. [Link]

• Featured in C&E News. [Link]
• Featured in SynFacts [Link]
• One of the Top 20 most read JACS articles in May 2009.


23. Zhang, Y.-H.; Shi, B.-F.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed Olefination of Electron-Deficient Arenes Using 2,6-Dialkyl Pyridine Ligands"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5072. [Link]

• Featured in Science. [Link]
• Reported in C&E News.
• Featured in ChemCatChem. [Link]
 • Featured in SynFacts [Link]
• Featured in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. [Link]


22. Chen, X.; Dobereiner, G.; Hao, X.-S.; Giri, R.; Maugel, N.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Cu(II)-Mediated Oxidative Dimerization of 2-Phenylpyridine Derivatives"
Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3085. [Link]


21. Chen, X.; Engle, K. M.; Wang, D.-H.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/C–C Cross-Coupling Reactions: Versatility and Practicality"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5094. [Link]

• In memory of Professor Jonathan B. Spencer.