Enantioselective Radical SN2-Type Alkylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts Using Dual Photoredox/Palladium Catalysis

Xiangbin Bai, Linlin Qian, Hong-Hao Zhang, and Shouyun Yu,* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8322.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03064 

Photoinduced and Palladium-Catalyzed Remote Desaturation of Amide Derivatives

Weiwei Jin, and Shouyun Yu,* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 6931.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02509

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Synthesis of Chiral Unnatural α-Amino Acids Enabled by Photoredox/Brønsted Acid Cocatalysis (Highlights). 

Hong-Hao Zhang, and Shouyun Yu,* Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 41, 1744–1745. (in Chinese).

DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202100025

Enantioselective Reductive Homocoupling of Allylic Acetates Enabled by Dual Photoredox/ Palladium Catalysis: Access to C2-Symmetrical 1,5-Dienes

Hong-Hao Zhang, Menghan Tang, Jia-Jia Zhao, Changhua Song, and Shouyun Yu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12836.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06271

Photoredox-catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of C-Nucleoside Analogues from Glycosyl Bromides and Heteroarenes

Liwen Xia, Wenjing Fan, Xiang-Ai Yuan,* and Shouyun Yu,* ACS Catal. 2021,11, 9397.

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02088

Diastereoselective and Stereodivergent Synthesis of 2-Cinnamylpyrrolines Enabled by Photoredox-Catalyzed Iminoalkenylation of Alkenes.

Xu Shen, Congcong Huang, Xiang-Ai Yuan,* and Shouyun Yu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9672.

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016941

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Enantioselective Radical Functionalization of Imines and Iminium Intermediatesvia Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis.

Jia-Jia Zhao, Hong-Hao Zhang,* and Shouyun Yu,* Synthesis 2021, 53, 1706.

DOI: 10.1055/a-1343-6541

Synthesis of Chiral Fluorides by Sequential Organocatalyzed Desymmetrization of Glutaric Anhydrides and Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylic Fluorination

Jia-Jia Zhao, and Shouyun Yu,* Synlett 2021, 32, 391.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707295