1.Q.-Z. Li,† R. Zeng,† P.-S. Xu, Xn.-H. Jin, C. Xie, Q.-C. Yang, X. Zhang, J.-L. Li,* Direct Acylation of Unactivated Alkyl Halides with Aldehydes through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202309572.
2.Q.-Z. Li,† Y.-Q. Liu,† X.-X. K, W.-L. Zou, T. Qi, P. Xiang, J.-D. Xing, X. Zhang, J.-L. Li,* Oxidative Radical NHC Catalysis: Divergent Difunctionalization of Olefins through Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207824.
3.Q.-Z. Li,† R. Zeng,† Y. Fan, Y.-Q. Liu, T. Qi, X. Zhang, J.-L. Li,* Remote C(sp3)-H Acylation of Amides and Cascade Cyclization via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202116629. (VIP Paper).
4.J.-L. Li,† Y.-Q. Liu,† W.-L. Zou, R. Zeng, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, B. Han,* Y. He, H.-J. Leng, Q.-Z. Li,* Radical Acylfluoroalkylation of Olefins through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Organocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 1863.
5.B. Han,† X.-H. He,† Y.-Q. Liu, G. He, C. Peng, J.-L. Li,* Asymmetric Organocatalysis: An Enabling Technology for Medicinal Chemistry. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50, 1522.
6.H.-P. Li,† X.-H. He,† C. Peng,* J.-L. Li,* B. Han,* A Straightforward Access to Trifluoromethylated Natural Products through Late-Stage Functionalization. Nat. Prod. Rep., 2023, 40, 988.
7.H. Huang, Q.-S. Dai, H.-J. Leng, Q.-Z. Li, S.-L. Yang, Y.-M. Tao, X. Zhang, T. Qi, J.-L. Li,* Suzuki-Type Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Trifluoroborates with Acid Fluoride Enabled by NHC/Photoredox Dual Catalysis. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 2584.
8.Q. Li, L. Zhou, X.-D. Shen, K.-C. Yang, X. Zhang, Q.-S. Dai, H.-J. Leng, Q.-Z. Li, J.-L. Li,* Stereoselective Construction of Halogenated Quaternary Carbon Centers by Brønsted Base Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of α-Haloaldehydes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 1913.
9.Q.-Z. Li,† Y.-L Guan,† Q.-W. Huang, T. Qi, P. Xiang, X. Zhang, H.-J. Leng, J.-L. Li,* Temperature-Controlled Divergent Asymmetric Synthesis of IndoleBased MediumSized Heterocycles through Palladium Catalysis, ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 1164.
10.Q.-W. Huang, T. Qi, Y. Liu, X. Zhang, Q.-Z. Li, C. Gou, Y.-M. Tao, H.-J. Leng, J.-L. Li,* Lewis Acid/Brønsted Base-Assisted Palladium Catalysis: Stereoselective Construction of Skeletally Diverse Spiro-Ketolactams from Vinylethylene Carbonates. ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 10148.
11.R. Zeng, J.-L. Li,* X. Zhang, Y.-Q. Liu, Z.-Q. Jia, H.-J. Leng, Q.-W. Huang, Y. Liu, Q.-Z. Li,* Diastereoselective Construction of 6,8-Dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane Frameworks from Vinylethylene Carbonates via Palladium-Organo Relay Catalysis. ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 8256.
12.Q.-Z. Li, X. Zhang, K. Xie, Q.-S. Dai, R. Zeng, Y.-Q. Liu, Z.-Q. Jia, X. Feng, J.-L. Li,* Diastereodivergent Synthesis of Cyclopropanes via On-Water [2+1] Annulations of Diazo Compounds with Electron-Deficient Alkenes. Green Chem., 2019, 21, 2375.
13.J.-L. Li, B. Sahoo, C.-G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius*, Conjugate Umpolung of β,β-Disubstituted Enals via N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Brønsted Acid Dual Catalysis: Facile Construction of Contiguous Quaternary Stereocenters, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 10515.
14.J.-L. Li, C.-Z. Yue, P.-Q. Chen, Y.-C. Xiao, Y.-C. Chen*, Remote Enantioselective Fri -Activation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5449.
15.J.-L. Li, B. Sahoo, C.-G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,* Conjugate Umpolung of β,β-Disubstituted Enals by Dual Catalysis with an N-Heterocyclic Carbene and a Brønsted Acid: Facile Construction of Contiguous Quaternary Stereocenters. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 10515.
16.J.-L. Li, T.-Y. Liu, Y.-C. Chen,* Aminocatalytic Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reactions via HOMO Activation. Acc. Chem. Res., 2012, 45, 1491.
17.J.-L. Li, T.-R. Kang, S.-L. Zhou, R. Li, L. Wu, Y.-C. Chen*, Organocatalytic Asymmetric Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder Reaction of Electron Deficient Dienes and Crotonaldehyde, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 6418.