@SUSTech:
90. Xing-Fu Wei, Shan Wang, Yu-Long Li*, Qiong Yu and Wei Shu*, Regiodivergent Synthesis of Tetrapyridines.
Nature Communications, 2025, 16, doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-452.
89. Yi-Ming Du, Jia-Ni Lin, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Nickel-Catalyzed Adaptive Migration Enabled Asymmetric Cross-Hydrocarbonylation of Unactivated Alkenes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 18944–18952.
Dedicated to Professor Stephen L. Buchwald on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "CHEM-RESEARCH".
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
88. Quan-Xing Zi, Lin Min, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Switchable Regiodivergent Reductive Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling by Nickel Catalysis: Sorting Different Alkyl-Nickel Intermediates.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 63, e202507313 (Hot Paper).
Dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Sichuan University of Science and Engineering.
♦ Selected as "Hot Paper".
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
87. Hai-Wu Du, Jun-Song Jia, Xiao-Yi Chen, Zhang-Yin Yuan, Jia-Ni Lin, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Convergent and Divergent Synthesis of Dihydroisoquinoline-1,4-diones Enabled by a Photocatalytic Skeleton-Editing [4+2] Strategy.
Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 11833-11840.
86. Jian-Yu Zou, Fang-Li Xing, Quan-Xing Zi, Hai-Wu Du, Meiwan Chen*, and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling between Electron-Deficient and Unactivated Alkenes to Access α-Chiral Phosphines by Ni-Catalysis.
Science Advances, 2025, 11, eadv6571, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6571.
85. Yi-Ming Du, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yulong Li, Ming Joo Koh,* and Wei Shu*, Rapid Assembly of Enantioenriched α-Arylated Ketones via Ni-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cross-Hydrocarbonylation Enabled by Alkene Sorting.
Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 4163, doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57967-4.
♦ Featured in Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "CHEM-RESEARCH".
84. Xiao-Yi Chen, Qiong Yu, and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of α-N-Heteroaryl Ketones by Nickel-Catalyzed Chemo-, Regio- and Enantioselective Carbonylation of Alkenes and N-Alkenyl Heteroarenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 63, e202423426 (Very Important Paper, VIP).
Dedicated to Professor Shengming Ma on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
♦ Selected as "Very Important Paper".
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "CHEM-RESEARCH".
83. Yu-Feng Ren, Jin-Kui Chen, and Wei Shu*, Dual-Catalyzed Branch-Selective Allylic C-H Oxygenation of Terminal Styrenes with Free Oxygen-Based Nucleophiles.
Science China Chemistry, 2025, 68, doi: 10.1007/s11426-025-2667-5.
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
82. Huan Meng, Jun-Song Jia, Peng-Fei Yang, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Regioselective and Site-divergent Reductive Arylalkylations of Allylic Amines.
♦ Highlighted in "RSC Chemical Sciences".
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
81. Yucheng Liu, Fuyu Li, Muneer-ul-Shafi Bhat, Lan Tian, Haoran Zhang, Huan Meng, Han-Tong Zhao, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Recent Progress in Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2025, 43, under revision. (Invited Review by Profs. Guosheng Liu, Guoyin Yin, and Bi-Jie Li for special issue "Catalytic Alkene Functionalization").
80. Li-Xia Liu, Muneer-ul-Shafi Bhat, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Co-catalyzed sp3-sp3 coupling enabled by hydrofunctionalization of alkenes with nucleophiles.
Tetrahedron Chem, 2025, 15, 100142, doi: 10.1016/j.tchem.2025.100142. (Invited Review by Prof. Ming Joo Koh).
79. Lan Tian, Muneer-ul-Shafi Bhat, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Fe-catalyzed sp3-sp3 coupling enabled by hydrofunctionalizations of alkenes.
Tetrahedron, 2025, under revision (Invited Review by Profs. Motomu Kanai and Takashi Ooi).
78. Jun-Song Jia, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Three-Component Cross-Coupling Reactions Involving Alkenes Enabled by Visible-Light and Earth-Abundant-Metal Catalysis.
Chemical Synthesis, 2025, 5, doi: 10.20517/cs.2024.140 (Invited Review by Profs. Bingfeng Shi and Youai Qiu).
77. Yucheng Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Muneer-ul-Shafi Bhat, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalizations of Alkenes with sp3-Hybridized Electrophiles.
Synlett, 2025, 36, doi: 10.1055/a-2529-5575 (Invited Review by Prof. Debabrata Maiti).
76. Li-Xu You, Lan Tian, Chun-Ling Guo, Shun-Xi Li, Yu-Cheng Liu, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling Reactions.
Science China Chemistry, 2025, 68, doi: 10.1007/s11426-024-2438-x (Invited Review).
75. Quan-Xing Zi and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Synthesis of Dialkyl Carbinols by Ni-Catalyzed Reductive-Oxidative Relay of Distinct Alkenes.
Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 202409592.
Dedicated to Professor Yong Tang on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
74. Rehanguli Ruzi and Wei Shu*, Visible-Light-Mediated Ni-Catalyzed Gas-Free Carboxylation: Stereodivergent Synthesis of E- and Z-Acrylic Acids.
Organic Letters, 2024, 26, 7926–7931.
♦ Featured in Org. Chem. Portal.
73. Peng-Fei Yang, Han-Tong Zhao, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Alkyl–Alkyl Coupling by Ni-Catalysed Asymmetric Cross-Hydrodimerization of Alkenes.
Nature Synthesis, 2024, 3, 1360–1368.
♦ Highlighted in "News & Views" in Nature Synthesis, 2024, 3, 1320-1321.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 1059.
♦ Highlighted as "Synpacts" in Synlett.
♦ Highlighted in “Organic Something”.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in "Shenzhen Grubbs Institute".
72. Xian-Wang Zeng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Hydrogen Source Tuned Regiodivergent Asymmetric Hydroalkylations of 2-Substituted 1,3-Dienes with Aldehydes by Cobalt-Catalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202403073.
Dedicated to Professor Zuowei Xie on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0710.
71. Yu-Feng Ren, Bi-Hong Chen, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Direct Synthesis of Branched Amines Enabled by Dual-Catalyzed Allylic C-H Amination of Alkenes with Amines.
Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadn1272, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn1272.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0725.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
70. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Huan Meng, Ying Xie, and Wei Shu*, Unified Metal-Free Regioselective Heck-Type Sulfonylation, Cyanation, Amination, Amidation of Alkenes by Thianthrenation.
Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 529, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44746-w.
♦ Highlighted in Synform, 2024, A66-A68.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
69. Yu Wang, Huan Meng, Sifan Li, and Wei Shu*, Nitrogenation and Oxygenation of an Unstrained C–C Bond Enabled by the Merger of Visible-Light and Cu-Catalysis.
ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 2402-2408, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05701.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0494.
68. Yu-Feng Ren, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Arylamine Synthesis Enabled by a Photocatalytic Skeletal-Rearrangement Dehydrogenative Aromatization Strategy.
Chem Catalysis, 2024, 4, 100873, doi: 10.1016/j.checat.2023.100873.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 0376.
♦ Highlighted in "Cell Press".
♦ Highlighted in "WeeChem微观化".
♦ Highlighted in "Organic Something".
67. Yi-Ming Du, Jun-Song Jia, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Recent Progress on Catalytic Synthesis of Enantioenriched α-Arylated Ketones.
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, doi: 10.6023/cjoc202408031 (Invited review).
66. Shun-Xi Li, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Catalytic Synthesis of Fluoroalkyl Ketones.
ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202401249. (Concept, Invited Contribution to Special Issue "Organic Radical Chemistry in Catalysis and Synthesis").
Dedicated to Professor Haiping Xia on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
65. Peng-Fei Yang, Han-Tong Zhao, and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Enabled by Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Hydrodimerization of Enamides with Unactivated Alkenes.
Synlett, 2025, 36, 637-643; doi: 10.1055/a-2406-3797 (Synpacts, Invited Contribution by Prof. Ruben Martin).
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2024, 20, 1280.
64. Han-Tong Zhao, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Visible-Light Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Difunctionalizations of Alkenes.
Chemistry-A European Journal, 2024, 30, e202402712 (Concept, Invited Contribution).
63. Xiao-Yi Chen and Wei Shu*, Radical-Enabled Dehydrogenative Aromatization: Forging Functionalized Aromatics from Aliphatic Architectures at Ambient Temperature.
ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202400688 (Concept, Invited Contribution).
62. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Metal-Free Aziridination of Alkenes with Free Amines by Thianthrenation.
Organic Syntheses, 2024, 101, 34-50 (Invited Contribution).
61. Shun-Xi Li, Li-Xu You, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Recent Progress on Light-Promoted C-N Bond-Forming Processes from Ammonia and Equivalents.
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025, 45, 1460-1477, doi: 10.6023/cjoc202405038 (Invited Contribution by Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao for special issue "Photocatalysis").
♦ Selected as Cover of CJOC.
60. Sifan Li, Hai-Wu Du, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of Unprotected α-Tertiary Amines and 1,2-Amino Alcohols from Vinyl Azides by Light Induced Denitrogenative Alkylarylation/Dialkylation.
CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 1060-1070, doi: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202302999. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-z1fq5).
♦ Top 10 most-download in 2023 in CCS Chemistry.
♦ Selected as "Front Cover" in CCS Chemistry.
♦ Selected as "Most Favorite Front Cover" of CCS Chemistry in 2024.
♦ Top-10 most-read in October in CCS Chemistry.
♦ Highlighted in CCS Chemistry.
59. Hai-Wu Du, Yi-Dan Du, Xian-Wang Zeng, and Wei Shu*, Access to Trifluoromethylketones from Alkyl Bromides and Trifluoroacetic Anhydride by Photocatalysis.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202308732.
In memory of Professor Xiyan Lu.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. & Dev. 2023, 27, 1535–1545.
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 43, 3675-3677.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
58. Yi-Dan Du§, Shan Wang§, Hai-Wu Du, Xiao-Yong Chang, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Organophotocatalysed Synthesis of 2-Piperidinones in One Step via [1+2+3] Strategy.
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5339, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40197-x (§ = equal contribution).
Dedicated to Prof. Li-Xin Dai on the occassion of his 100th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
57. Wen-Tao Zhao and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Csp3-Csp3 Formation by Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Enantioconvergent Alkyl-Alkyl Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Halides.
Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadg9898.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
56. Lin Min, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Access to Free Phenols by Photocatalytic Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexanones at Room Temperature.
Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 41, 2773–2778, doi: 10.1002/cjoc.202300363 (Breaking Report). (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-wrq5d).
♦ Selected as "Breaking Report".
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Chem.
55. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Rapid Synthesis of β-Chiral Sulfones by Ni-Organophotocatalyzed Enantioselective Sulfonylalkenylation of Alkenes.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0786.
♦ Highlighted in ACS Publications.
54. Wen-Tao Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Ligand-Enabled Ni-Catalysed Enantioconvergent Intermolecular Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling between Distinct Alkyl Halides.
Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2938.
♦ Highlighted in Org. Chem. Highlights.
53. Shan Wang§, Lou Shi§, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Formal Hydroamination of N,N-Disubstituted Acrylamides to α-Tertiary-α-Aminolactam and β-Aminoamide Derivatives.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202303795 (§ = equal contribution).
Dedicated to Professor Guo-Qiang Lin on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0672.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
52. Wen-Tao Zhao, Huan Meng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Ligand-Controlled Nickel-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Cross-Electrophile Alkyl-Alkyl Couplings of Alkyl Halides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202215779.
In memory of Professor Robert H. Grubbs.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2023, 19, 0372.
♦ Highlighted in "X-MOL News".
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: Hot Topics: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis.
51. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Asymmetric Alkyl-Alkyl Cross-Coupling Enabled by Earth-Abundant Metal-Catalyzed Hydroalkylations of Olefins.
Chem Catalysis, 2023, 3, 100508 (Invited Perspective).
50. Jian Luo, Ai-Qing Zhong, Jia-Hao Qiu, Xiong-Wei Liu*, You-Ping Tian, Bao-Hua Zhang*, Guo-Shu Chen, Wei Shu, and Yun-Lin Liu*, Green and Effective Synthesis of Multisubstituted α-Pyrones via K2CO3 Catalyzed Formal Insertion of Ketenimines into C(CO)–C Bonds of 1,3-Diketones.
Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, 8057-8067.
49. Huan Meng, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Organothianthrenium Salts: Synthesis and Utilization.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 13690–13707.
♦ Highlighted in “ 2022 Chemical Science Perspective & Review Collection”.
♦ Highlighted in RSC China.
48. Jian-Xin Zhang§, Peng-Fei Yang§, and Wei Shu*, Access to Dialkylated Allylic Stereogenic Centers by Ni-Catalysed Enantioselective Hydrovinylation of Unactivated Alkenes.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 11405–11410 (§ = equal contribution).
47. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Jian-Fang Cui, and Wei Shu*, Intermolecular Metal-Free Cyclopropanation and Aziridination of Alkenes with XH2 (X = N, C) by Thianthrenation.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202209929 (Hot Paper). (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv, 2022, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-413k7).
In memory of Professor Ei-ichi Negishi.
♦ Selected as "Hot Paper" by Angew. Chem..
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2022, 18, 1295.
46. Peng-Fei Yang, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, and Wei Shu*, Access to Enantioenriched 1,n-Diamines via Ni-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Weakly Coordinating Groups.
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 9638−9645.
45. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Orthogonal Access to α-/β-Branched/Linear Aliphatic Amines by Catalyst-Tuned Regiodivergent Hydroalkylations.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208018.
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: Hot Topics: Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis.
44. Bi-Hong Chen, Yi-Dan Du, and Wei Shu*, Organophotocatalytic Regioselective C-H Alkylation of Electron-Rich Arenes Using Activated and Unactivated Alkenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202200773.
Dedicated to Professor Guochen Jia on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
♦ Highlighted in Wiley-VCH-Chemistry Europe: HOT TOPIC: Photocatalysis.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
43. Sifan Li, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, Modular Synthesis of α-Arylated Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides via Photocatalyzed Triple C−F Bond Cleavage of Methyltrifluorides
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 6636–6641.
♦ Highlighted in Organic-Something.
42. Peng-Fei Yang, Lei Zhu, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Xian-Wang Zeng, Qin Ouyang,* and Wei Shu*, Regio- and Enantioselective Hydrocarbofunctionalizations of Unactivated Olefins Enabled by Nickel Catalysis: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Insights.
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 5795–5805. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, preprints. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14213588.v1).
♦ Top-20 most-read in ACS Catalysis since May.
41. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Huan Meng, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Access to t-Butylalkylated Olefins Enabled by Ni-Catalyzed Intermolecular Regio- and trans-Selective Cross-Electrophile t-Butylalkylation of Alkynes.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 4930–4935.
40. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Metal-Free Allylic C-H Nitrogenation, Oxygenation, and Carbonation of Alkenes by Thianthrenation.
Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 1003–1008. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-2w0jx).
♦ Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights.
39. Hai-Wu Du, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of β-Thiolated-α-Arylated Ketones Enabled by Photoredox and NHC-Catalyzed Radical Relay of Alkenes with Disulfides and Aldehydes.
Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 5519–5524.
38. Jian-Xin Zhang and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Reductive 1,2-Cross-Dialkylation of Unactivated Alkenes with Two Alkylbromides.
Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 3844–3849.
♦ Top-20 most-read in Organic Letters since May.
37. Sifan Li and Wei Shu*, Recent Advances in Radical Enabled Selective Csp3–F Bond Activation of Multifluorinated Compounds.
Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 1066–1077 (Invited Contribution).
♦ Chemical Communications HOT Articles 2022.
36. Jian-Xing Liang,§ Peng-Fei Yang,§ and Wei Shu*, Synthesis of (Hetero)aryl/Alkenyl Iodides via Ni-Catalyzed Finkelstein Reaction from Bromides or Chlorides.
Organometallics, 2022, 41, 3795–3800 (Invited contribution to virtual special issue "Advances and Applications in Catalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals", § = equal contribution).
♦ Highlighted in ACS Publications.
35. Wei Shu*, Visible-Light Mediated C-H Functionalizations: C-C Formation Enabled by Intermolecular Cleavage of Unactivated C-H Bonds.
Book Chapter in Handbook of CH-Functionalization, 2022, DOI: doi.org/10.1002/9783527834242.chf0068 (Invited Contribution).
34. Ming-Shang Liu, Lin Min, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Dual Catalysis Relay: Coupling of Aldehydes and Alkenes Enabled by Visible-Light and NHC-Catalyzed Cross-Double C-H Functionalizations.
ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 9715–9721. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2021, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14601327.v1).
♦ Top 5 most-read article in ACS Catalysis in July 2021.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 1110.
♦ Top 20 most-read article in ACS Catalysis from July to October 2021.
33. Shan Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, Tian-Yi Zhang, Huan Meng, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Enantioselective Access to Chiral Aliphatic Amines and Alcohols via Ni-Catalyzed Hydroalkylations.
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2771. (For preprints, see: ChemRxiv 2020, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.13284416.v1).
32. Yi-Dan Du, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Direct Access to Primary Amines from Alkenes by Selective Metal-Free Hydroamination.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 9875–9880 (Hot Paper).
Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Chemistry at Nankai University.
♦ Selected as "Hot Paper" by Angew. Chem..
♦ Highlighted in Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 41, 2927-2928.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 0564.
31. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Nan Xiao, and Wei Shu*, Ni-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereodefined Intermolecular Cross-Electrophile Dialkylation of Alkynes Without Directing Group.
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 928.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 0529.
30. Lou Shi, Ling-Ling Xing, Wen-Bo Hu, and Wei Shu*, Regio- and Enantioselective Ni-Catalyzed Formal Hydroalkylation, Hydrobenzylation and Hydropropargylation of Acrylamides to α-Tertiary Amides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 1599–1604.
Dedicated to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
♦ Highlighted in Synlett 2021, DOI: 10.1055/a-1478-2280.
♦ Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights: Alkylated Stereocenters.
29. Sifan Li, Yu Wang, Zibo Wu, Weiliang Shi, Yibo Lei, Paul W. Davies,* and Wei Shu*, A Radical-Initiated Fragmentary Rearrangement Cascade of Ene-Ynamides to [1,2]-Annulated Indoles via Site-Selective Cyclization.
Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 7209–7214.
28. Nan Xiao,§ Yi-Zhou Zhan,§ Huan Meng,§ and Wei Shu*, Access to Z-Selective Enynes via Ni-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cross-Alkylalkynylation of Terminal Alkynes.
Organic Letters, 2021, 23, 5186-5191. (§ equal contribution).
27. Lou Shi and Wei Shu*, Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Electronically-Reversed Hydroalkylation, Hydrobenzylation, and Hydropropargylation of Acrylamides.
Synlett, 2021, 32, 1479–1483 (Invited contribution to synpacts).
26. Yu Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, and Wei Shu*, Cu-Catalyzed Remote Transarylation of Amines via Unstrained C-C Functionalization.
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 15065-15070.
♦ Top 5 most-read article in December of 2020 and Top 20 most-read in January of 2021.
♦ Highlighted in Chem-station.
25. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, Catalytic, Metal-Free Amide Synthesis from Aldehydes and Imines Enabled by a Dual-Catalyzed Umpolung Strategy under Redox-Neutral Conditions.
ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 12960–12966.
♦ Top 20 most-read article in November 2020.
♦ Highlighted in 研之成理.
24. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Direct Synthesis of Mono-α-Arylated Ketones from Alcohols and Olefins via Ni-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling.
Organic Letters, 2020, 22, 6203–6208.
♦ Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
23. Xiaofeng Wei, Wei Shu, Andrés García-Domínguez, Estíbaliz Merino, and Cristina Nevado*, Asymmetric Ni-Catalyzed Radical Relayed Reductive Coupling.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 13515–13522.
♦ Highlighted in Synfacts, 2020, 16, 1172.
♦ Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
♦ Top 20 most-read in previous 1 month from August to October of 2020.
22. Wei Shu, Andrés García‑Domínguez, M. Teresa Quirós, Rahul Mondal, Diego J. Cárdenas, and Cristina Nevado*, Ni‑Catalyzed Reductive Dicarbofunctionalization of Nonactivated Alkenes: Scope and Mechanistic Insights.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 13812–13821.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
♦ Top 20 most-read in previous 12 months from Apirl to October 2020.
21. Xu-Lu Lv and Wei Shu*, Unified and Practical Access to ɤ-Alkynylated Carbonyl Derivatives via Streamlined Assembly at Room Temperature.
Communications Chemistry, 2019, 2, 119.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
20. Wei Shu*, Hui Zhang and Yan Huang, γ-Alkylation of Alcohols Enabled by Visible-Light Induced 1,6-Hydrogen Atom Transfer.
Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 6107–6111.
19. Xu-Lu Lv, Cong Wang, Qiao-Li Wang, and Wei Shu*, Rapid Synthesis of γ‑Arylated Carbonyls Enabled by the Merge of Copper- and Photocatalytic Radical Relay Alkylarylation of Alkenes.
Organic Letters, 2019, 21, 56–59.
♦ Highlighted in Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 730-746.
♦ Top 20 most-read articles in previous 12 months from June 2019 to March 2020.
♦ First most-read article in January and Feburary of 2019.
18. Wei Shu, Estíbaliz Merino, and Cristina Nevado*, Visible Light Mediated, Redox Neutral Remote 1,6-Difunctionalizations of Alkenes.
ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 6401–6406.
Prior to SUSTech Appointment:
17. Wei Shu, Alexandre Genoux, Zhaodong Li, and Cristina Nevado*, γ-Functionalizations of Amines via Visible Light Mediated, Redox Neutral C-C Nond Cleavage.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 10521–10524.
♦ Featured in Science 2017, 357, 657-658.
♦ Highlighted in Acta Chim. Sinica 2017, 75, 1137-1149.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2018, 22, 421-429.
16. Wei Shu, Adriana Lorente, Enrique Gómez-Bengoa, and Cristina Nevado*, Expeditious Diastereoselective Synthesis of Elaborated Ketones via Remote Csp3–H Functionalization.
Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 13832, doi: 10.1038/ncomms13832. (Highly cited paper).
♦ Highlighted in Synform 2017/04, A67-A70 (Detailed interview).
♦ Highlighted in ScienceDaily.
15. Wei Shu, and Cristina Nevado*, Visible-Light-Mediated Remote Aliphatic C-H Functionalizations via 1,5-Hydrogen Transfer Cascade.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 1881–1884. (Highly cited paper).
♦ Highlighted in Chimia 2017, 71, 241.
♦ Highly Cited Paper.
14. Todd D. Senecal, Wei Shu, and Stephen L. Buchwald*, A General, Practical Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides and Bromides.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 10035–10039.
♦ Featured in Science 2013, 341, 938-939.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2013, 17, 1369-1379.
♦ Featured in Synfacts 2013, 9, 1338.
13. Shengjun Ni, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Propargylic Carbonates with Benzyne.
12. Wei Shu and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Enantioselective β–Arylation of Ketones Enabled by Lithiation/Borylation/1,4–Addition Sequence Under Flow Conditions.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 5355–5358.
♦ Selected as “Hot Papers” by editor.
♦ Featured in Synfacts 2012, 8, 891.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 1320-1328.
11. Wei Shu, Laurent Pellegatti, Matthias A. Oberli, and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Continuous Flow Synthesis of Biaryls Enabled by Multistep Solid-Handling in a Lithiation/Borylation/Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Sequence.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 10665–10669.
♦ Highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 9223-9225.
♦ Highlighted as “Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers” in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 174-183.
10. Wei Shu and Stephen L. Buchwald*, Use of Precatalysts Greatly Facilitates Palladium-Catalyzed Alkynylations in Batch and Continuous-Flow Conditions.
Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 2321–2325.
♦ Most read in September and October of 2011.
9. Wei Shu, Qiong Yu, Guochen Jia*, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction of 2,3-Allenyl Amines, Isocyanates, and Organic Halides: A Diversified Assembly of Imidazolidinones.
Chemistry- A Eureopean Journal, 2011, 17, 4720–4723.
8. Wei Shu and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,3,4-Alkatrien-2-yl Dihydrofurans from 2,3-Allenyl Acetylacetates and Propargylic Carbonates and Their Application to Synthesize Polysubstituted Dihydrofurylcyclopentenones.
Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, 2869–2874.
7. Wei Shu, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-catalyzed three-component cascadecyclization reaction of bisallenes with propargylic carbonates and organoboronic acids: efficient construction of cis-fused bicyclo[4.3.0]nonenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009, 48, 2788–2791.
6. Wei Shu and Shengming Ma*, Synthesis of a New spiro-BOX Ligand and Its Application in Enantioselective Allylic Cyclization Based on Carbopalladation of Allenylhydrazines.
Chemical Communications, 2009, 6198–6200.
5. Wei Shu, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Cyclopropanating Allenylation of (2,3-Butadienyl)malonates with Propargylic Carbonates and Their Application to Synthesize Cyclopentenones.
Organic Letters, 2009, 11, 117–120.
4. Wei Shu, Qiong Yu, and Shengming Ma*, Development of a New sipro-BOX Ligand and Its Application in Highly Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Cyclization of 2-Iodoanilines with Allenes.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2009, 351, 2807–2810.
3. Wei Shu, Qing Yang, Guochen Jia, and Shengming Ma*, Studies on Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cyclization of 3,4-Allenylic Hydrazines with Organic Halides.
Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 11159–11166.
2. Zhenhua Gu, Xinke Wang, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Palladium Acetate-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2,3-Allenoic Acids in the Presence of Simple Allenes: An Efficient Synthesis of 4-(1’-Bromoalk-2’(Z)-en-2’-yl)- furan-2(5H)-one Derivatives and the Synthetic Application.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 10948–10956.
1. Zhenhua Gu, Youqian Deng, Wei Shu, and Shengming Ma*, Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Iodohydroxylation of Non-Heteroatom-Substituted Allenes: An Efficient Synthesis of 4-[3’-Hydroxy-2’-iodoalk-1’(Z)-enyl]-2(5H)-furanone Derivatives.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2007, 349, 1653–1656.
