91. Wasa, M.; Engle, K. M.; Lin, D. W.; Yoo, E. J.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Activation of Cyclopropanes."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 19598. [Abstract, PDF]

 

90. Ye, M.; Gao, G.-L.; Edmunds, A. J. F.; Worthington, P. A.; Morris, J. A.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Ligand-Promoted C-3-Selective Arylation of Pyridines with Pd Catalysts: Gram-Scale Synthesis of (+/-) Preclamol."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 19090. [Abstract, PDF]

89. Liu, L.; Wu, H.-C.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Improved Syntheses of Phosphine Ligands by Direct Coupling of Diarylbromophosphine with Organometallic Reagents."
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 10828. [Abstract, PDF]

88. Engle, K. M.; Mei, T.-S.; Wasa, M.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Weak Coordination as Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions."
Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, ASAP. [Abstract, PDF]

87. Engle, K. M.; Thuy-Boun, P. S.; Dang, M.; Yu J.-Q.
"Ligand-Accelerated Cross-Coupling of C(sp²)–H Bonds with Arylboron Reagents."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, ASAP. [Abstract, PDF]

86. Wasa M.; Chan, K. S. L; Yu J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of C(sp²)–H Bonds and Aryl–, Alkyl–, and Vinyl–Boron Reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) Catalysis."
Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1004. [Abstract, PDF]

• Paper in celebration of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

85. Wang, X.; Leow D.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd(II)-Catalyzed para-Selective C-H Arylation of Monosubstituted Arenes."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13864. [Abstract, PDF]

• The forth most read JACS article in August 2011.


84. Chan, K. S. L; Wasa M.; Wang X.; Yu J.-Q.
"Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Selective Monofluorination of Benzoic Acids Using a Practical Auxiliary:
A Weak-Coordination Approach."
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9081. [Abstract, PDF]

83. Yoo, E. J.; Ma, S.; Mei, T.-S.; Chan, K. S. L.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Pd-Catalyzed Intermolecular C–H Amination with Alkylamines."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7652. [Abstract, PDF]

• The forth most read JACS article in July 2011.

82. Ye, M.; Gao, G.-L.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Ligand-Promoted C-3 Selective C–H Olefination of Pyridines with Pd Catalysts."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6964. [Abstract, PDF]

• The third most read JACS article in April 2011.

81. Dai, H.-X.; Stepan, A. F.; Plummer, M. S.; Zhang, Y.-H.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Divergent C–H Functionalizations Directed by Sufonamide Pharmacophores: Late-Stage Diversification as a Tool for Drug Discovery."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7222. [Abstract, PDF]

• One of the Top 10 most read JACS articles in April 2011.

80. Wang, D.-H.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Highly Convergent Total Synthesis of (+)-Lithospermic Acid via a Late-Stage Intermolecular C–H Olefination."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5767. [Abstract, PDF]

• One of the Top 20 most read JACS articles in March 2011.
• Highlighted by SynFact.


79. Lu, Y.; Leow, D.; Wang, X.; Engle, K. M.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Hydroxyl-Directed C–H Carbonylation Enabled by Mono-N-Protected Amino Acid Ligands: An Expedient Route to 1-Isochromanones."
Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 967. [Abstract, PDF]

• Highlighted on the Chemical Science blog [Link]
• The second most-read Chem. Sci. article in March 2011.


78. Davies, H. M. L.; Du Bois, J.; Yu, J.-Q.
"C–H Functionalization in Organic Synthesis"
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1855. [Abstract, PDF]


77. Engle, K. M.; Mei, T.-S., Wang, X.; Yu, J.-Q.
"Bystanding F⁺ Oxidants Enable Selective Reductive Elimination From High-Valent Metal Centers in Catalysis."
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1478. [Abstract, PDF]