62. Shi, B.-F.; Zhang, Y.-H.; Lam, J. K.; Wang, D.-H.; Yu, J-.Q. "Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Olefination of Diphenylacetic Acids." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, accepted for publication.
61. Giri, R.; Lam, J. K.; Yu, J-.Q. "Synthetic Applications of Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Carboxylation and Mechanistic Insights: Expedient Routes to Anthranilic Acids, Oxazolinones and Quinazolinones." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, accepted for publication.
60. Wasa, M.; Worrell, B. T.; Yu, J.-Q. "Pd(0)/PR3-Catalyzed Arylation of Nicotinic Acid and Isonicotinic Acid Derivatives" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, accepted for publication.
59. Wang, D.-H.; Engle, K. M.; Shi, B.-F.; Yu, J.-Q. "Ligand-Enabled Reactivity and Selectivity in a Synthetically Versatile Aryl C–H Olefination" Science 2009, In Press. • Selected as a Science Express paper. [Abstract, PDF] • Featured in C&E News. [Link] • Featured in RSC''s Chemsitry World. [Link] • Featured in TSRI News & Views. [Link] • Featured in Science Daily. [Link]
58. 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. [Link] • Featured in C&E News. [Link] • One of the Top 20 most read JACS articles in November 2009.
57. 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. [Link] • Part of the "Rapid Formation of Molecular Complexity in Organic Synthesis" Issue
56. 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]
55. 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]
54. 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.
53. 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."
52. 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.
51. 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]