Independent Publications:

27. Wu, H. C.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Stereospecific Deoxygenation of Phosphine Oxides with Retention of Configuration Using Triphenylphosphine as an Oxygen Acceptor."
Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4675. [Link]

26. Ley, S. V.; Mitchell, C.; Pears, D.; Ramarao, C.; Yu, J. Q., Zhou, W.
"Recyclable Polyurea-Microencapsulated Pd(0) Nanoparticles: An Efficient Catalyst for Hydrogenolysis of Epoxides"
Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 4665. [Link]

25. Yu, J. Q.; Zhou, P.; Xiao, S.
"Highly Selective Hydration of alpha-Pinene over H-Mordenites Pretreated with Quaternary Ammonium Salts."
Chinese J. Chem. (English) 1995, 13, 280.

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Publications:

24. Tan, Y. P.; Khatua, S.; Yu, J. Q.; Jenkins, S. J.; Gaunt, M. J.; Spencer, J. B.; King, D. A.
"Catalyst-Induced Changes in a Substituted Aromatic: A Combined Approach via Experiment and Theory."
Surf. Sci. 2005, 589, 173. [Link]

23. Yu, J. Q.; Wu, H. C.; Corey, E. J.
"Pd(OH)₂/C-Mediated Selective Oxidation of Silyl Enol Ethers by tert-Butylhydroperoxide, a Useful Method for the Conversion of Ketones to alpha,beta-enones or beta-silyloxy-alpha,beta-enones."
Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1415. [Link]

22. Wabnitz, T. C.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B
"Evidence that proton can be the active catalyst in Lewis acid-mediated Hetero-Michael additions."
Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 484. [Link]

21. Yu, J. Q.; Corey, E. J.
"A mild, catalytic and highly selective method for oxidation of a,b-enones to 1,4-enediones."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 3232. [Link]

20. Yu, J. Q.; Wu, H. C.; Ramarao, C.; Spencer, J. B.; Ley, S. V.
"Transfer hydrogenation using recyclable polyurea encapsulated palladium: efficient and chemoselective reduction of aryl ketones."
Chem. Commun. 2003, 678. [Link]

19. T. C.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"A general, polymer-supported acid catalyzed hetero-Michael addition."
Synlett 2003, 1070. [Link]

18. Huang, F. L.; Li, Y. Y.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Biosynthesis of aminoglycoside antibiotics: cloning, expression and characterization of an aminotransferase involved in the pathway to 2-deoxystreptamine."
Chem. Commun. 2002, 2860. [Link]

17. Yu, J. Q.; Corey, E. J.
"Diverse pathways for the palladium(II)-mediated oxidation of olefins by tert-butylhydroperoxide."
Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 2727. [Link]

16. Yu, J. Q.; Gaunt, M. J.; Spencer, J. B.
"Convenient preparation of trans-arylalkenes via palladium(II)-catalyzed summarization of cis-arylalkenes."
J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 4627. [Link]

15. Gaunt, M. J.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer,  J. B.
"Evidence that availability of allylic hydrogen governs the regioselectivity of Wacker oxidation."
Chem. Commun. 2001, 1844. [Link]

14. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Convenient syntheses of 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosose and 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosamine: two key intermediates on the biosynthetic pathway to aminoglycoside antibiotics."
Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 4219. [Link]

13. Wright, J. A; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Sequential removal of the benzyl-type protecting groups PMB and NAP by oxidative cleavage using CAN and DDQ."
Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 4033. [Link]

12. Papageorgiou E. A.; Gaunt,  M. J.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer,  J. B.
"Selective hydrogenolysis of novel benzyl carbamate protecting groups."
Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1049. [Link]

11. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Evidence for direct hydride delivery from formic acid in transfer hydrogenation."
Chem. Eur. J. 1999, 8, 2237. [Link]

10. Yu, J. Q.; Whitney, P.-S.; Spencer, J. B.
"Direct comparison between homogeneous and heterogeneous hydrogenation."
J. Mol. Catal. A-Chem. 1999, 146, 199. [Link]

9. Gaunt M. J.; Boschetti C. E.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Preferential hydrogenolysis of NAP esters provides a new orthogonal protecting group strategy for carboxylic acids."
Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 1803. [Link]

8. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"New insight into the mechanism of catalytic hydrogenation allows the key intermediate in asymmetric hydrogenation to be predicted."
Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 15821. [Link]

7. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Heterogeneous transfer hydrogenation involves pairwise hydrogen transfer from the same position of two molecules of formic acid."
Chem. Commun. 1998, 1935. [Link]

6. Gaunt, M. J.; Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Rational design of  benzyl protecting groups allows sequential deprotection of hydroxyl groups by catalytic hydrogenolysis."
J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 4172. [Link]

5. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Discovery that quinoline and triphenylphosphine alter the electronic properties of hydrogenation catalysts."
Chem. Commun. 1998, 1103. [Link]

4. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Regioselective hydrometalation of alkenes reveals the amphipolar nature of the Pd-H bond in heterogeneous hydrogenation."
J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 8618. [Link]

3. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"First evidence that the mechanism of catalytic hydrogenation with homogeneous palladium and rhodium catalysts is strongly influenced by substrate polarity."
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 5257. [Link]

2. Yu, J. Q.; Spencer, J. B.
"Stereoselective deoxygenation of myo-inositol monotosylates with lithium triethylborohydride."
J. Org. Chem.  1996, 61, 3234. [Link]

1. Liu, B.; Yu, J. Q.; Xiao, S.
"Selective reaction of camphene with phenols catalyzed by mordenite."
J. Org. Chem. (Chinese) 1995, 15, 318.