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279

Nonheme Fe Enzyme‐Catalyzed Enantiodivergent Nitrogen Migration: Directed Evolution and Computational Study of Isopenicillin N Synthases for Biocatalytic Synthesis of Arylglycines

Lin, K.; Zhao, L.-P.; Wang, S.; Liu, H.; Zhang, Y.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. in press.

278

Alkyl Sulfonyl Fluorides as Ambiphiles in the Stereoselective Palladium(II)-Catalysed Cyclopropanation of Unactivated Alkenes

Cao, Y.; Rodphon, W.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Lisboa, A. V. R. D.; Ren, Z.; Struijs, J. J. C.; Ni, H.-Q.; Savchuk, T.; Loach, R. P.; Yang, S.; McAlpine, I. J.; Blackmond, D. G.; Mykhailiuk, P. K.; Liu, P.; Sharpless, K. B.; Engle, K. M.

Nat. Synth. 2025, in press.

277

Catalytic Enantioselective Cross-Nucleophile Coupling via Valence Tautomerism

Zhang, Z.; Khosravi, A.; Shah, J. A.; Quirion, K. P.; Yachuw, S. C.; Poore, A. T.; Tian, S.; Liu, P.; Ngai, M.-Y.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 47537–47546

276

Late-Stage Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to Nitriles with Mg and Pd Cocatalysis

Meng, J.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Wang, T.; Cheng, Z.; Zhao, B.; Shi, H.; Yang, L.; Liu, P.; Jiao, N.

Nat. Catal. 2025. in press.



275

Enantioselective N-Heteroaryl C–H Functionalization for Piperidine-Azine Conjugation: Alkynes as Allylmetal Pronucleophiles in Dearomative Addition-Hydrogen Auto-Transfer

Lee, S.; Teoh, Y. S.; Xie, P.; McManus, E. M.; Gonzalez, B. I.; Claggett, T. A.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 41946–41955.

274

Crystallographic, Electronic Structure, and Computational Studies of PHOX–Ni Aryne Complexes: Origins of Regioselectivity in Metal-Bound Aryne Synthesis and Difunctionalization

Umanzor, A.; Garcia, N. A.; Quirion, K. P.; Lovstedt, A.; Liu, P.; Roberts, C. C.

JACS Au 2025, 5, 5656–5664.

273

De Novo Design, Directed Evolution and Computational Study of Heme-Binding Helical Bundle Protein Catalysts for Biocatalytic Enantioselective Ge–H Insertion

Huang, W.; Adornato, G. M.; Horst, M.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Hou, K.; Liu, P.; DeGrado, W. F.; Yang, Y.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 40869–40878.

272

Equivalent Atrop- and Positional Isomerism in Styrene Derivatives Prepared by Enantioselective 1,3-Diarylation

Simlandy, A. K.; Hu, Y.; Alturaifi, T. M.; He, W.; Fitzgerald, M. J.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 40244–40252

271

Development of a Ligand for Cu-Catalyzed Amination of Base-Sensitive (Hetero)aryl Chlorides

Ai, H.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, C.; Liu, P.; Buchwald, S. L.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 38275–38282

270

Fast and Accurate Ring Strain Energy Predictions with Machine Learning and Application in Strain-Promoted Reactions

Liu, Z.; Vinskus, J.; Fu, Y.; Liu, P.; Noonan, K. J. T.; Isayev, O.

JACS Au 2025, 5, 4750–4761

269

Cu(II)-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of Unactivated Alkynes via π-Lewis Acid Activation

Sun, J.; Tugwell, T. H.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Xu, L.; Yang, S.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 36407–36419

268

A Pyridoxal Radical Carboligase and Imine Reductase Photobiocatalytic Cascade for Stereoselective Synthesis of Unnatural Prolines

Zhang, C.; Zhou, J.; Mai, B. K.; Qin, Z.; Finnigan, J.; Gittings, S.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Chem. 2025, in press

267

Diversity-Oriented Method Development: Multifunctional Homoallylic Amines and Azabicyclooctanes Bearing a Bridgehead Enamine

Mueller, Z. C.; Ponzi, R. P.; Sui, X. Z.; Liu, P.; Hoveyda, A. H.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 32335–32340

266

Reactions of Difluorocarbene with Organogold(I) Complexes: Synthesis of gem-Difluoromethylene Organometallics via Difluorocarbene Insertion and Cycloaddition Reactions

Wong, Z. R.; Mai, B. K.; Berg, W. R.; Kvitsinski, A.; Correia, T. L. F.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, P.; Toste, F. D.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202511941

265

Directed Halogen Atom Transfer (DIXAT): A Powerful Tool for Chemoselective Generation of Aryl Radicals Toward Remote C(sp3)–H Functionalization of Aliphatic Amines

Wagulde, S.; Quirion, K. P.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Liu, P.; Gevorgyan, V.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 29367–29376

264

Diversity-Oriented Photobiocatalytic Synthesis via Stereoselective Three-Component Radical Coupling

Zhang, C.; Zhou, J.; Xie, P.; Rivera, S. M.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Finnigan, J.; Charnock, S.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Science 2025, 389, eadx2935

263

A Database of Steric and Electronic Properties of Heteroaryl Substituents

Alturaifi, T. M.; Scofield, G. E.; Wang, S.; Liu, P.

Sci. Data 2025, 12, 1319

Database | GitHub | FigShare



262

Copper Hydride-Catalyzed Net Hydroformylation of Unactivated Terminal Olefins

Garhwal, S.; Kutateladze, D. A.; Mai, B. K.; Dong, Y.; Liu, P.; Buchwald, S. L.

Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 8747–8751

261

Remote-Markovnikov Hydrobromination and Hydrochlorination of Allyl Carboxylates via Dual Photoredox/Cobalt Catalysis

Khosravi, A.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, G.; Radefeld, K. J.; Sharma, S.; Pannilawithana, N. A.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, P.; Ngai, M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 27197–27206

260

Nonheme Fe 1,3-Nitrogen Migratases for Asymmetric Noncanonical Amino Acid Synthesis

Zhao, L.; Liu, H.; Mai, B. K.; Zhang, Y.; Cheng, L.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Chem. Biol. 2025, 21, 1773–1782

259

Enantioconvergent Carbenoid Insertion into Carbon–Boron Bonds

Xie, Q.; Tugwell, T. H.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Li, J.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nat. Synth. 2025, 4, 1297–1307

258

A Class of Benzofuranoindoline-Bearing Heptacyclic Fungal RiPPs with Anticancer Activities

Nie, Q.; Zhao, F.; Yu, X.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Chang, C.; Li, S.; Chowdhury, S. R.; Kille, B.; Xu, A.; Sharkey, R.; Sun, C.; Zeng, H.; Liu, S.; Zhou, D.; Yu, X.; Yang, K.; Figueiredo, S. A. C.; Zotova, M.; Hu, Z.; Du, A. Y.; Guan, D.; Tang, R.; Treangen, T.; Wang, J.; Leão, P. N.; Gao, Y.; Chen, J.; Liu, P.; Renata, H.; Gao, X.

Nat. Chem. Biol. 2025, 21, 1938–1947

257

Modular Arene Functionalization by Differential 1,2-Diborylation

Huo, J.; Fu, Y.; Tang, M. J.; Su, Y.; Hu, S.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nature 2025, 644, 102–108

256

Multifunctional Chiral Silanol Ligands for Enantioselective Catalysis

Chang, Y.; Blanco-Herrero, K.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Fettinger, J. C.; Liu, P.; Franz, A. K.

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 13678–13683

255

Alkyl Fluoride Synthesis via Cu-Mediated Deacetylative Fluorination

Zhang, Z.; Chen, K.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 20257–20264

254

A Predictive Model for Thiol Reactivity of N-Heteroaryl α-Methylene−γ-Lactams—A Medicinally Relevant Covalent Reactive Group

Meehan, M. C.; Scofield, G. E.; Stahl, C. E.; Wolfe, J. A.; Horne, W. S.; Liu, P.; Brummond, K. M.

J. Med. Chem. 2025, 68, 11948–11961


253

Cooperative Photometallobiocatalysis: Nonheme Fe Enzyme‐Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical Decarboxylative Azidation, Thiocyanation, and Isocyanation of Redox‐Active Esters

Zhao, L.; Lin, K.; Xie, P.; Liu, H.; Xiang, H.; Liu, X.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506361

252

Modular Silver Catalysts to Elucidate the Role of Non-Covalent Interactions in Asymmetric C‒H Amidation Reactions

Schroeder, E. Z.; Kim, J. H.; Fu, Y.; Liu, W.; Liu, P.; Schomaker, J. M.

Chem. Catal. 2025, 5, 101388

251

De Novo Design of Porphyrin-Containing Proteins as Efficient and Stereoselective Catalysts

Hou, K.; Huang, W.; Qi, M.; Tugwell, T. H.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X.; Lu, L.; Mann, S. I.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.; DeGrado, W. F.

Science 2025, 388, 665–670


250

Hexafluoroisopropanol Solvent Effects on Enantioselectivity of Dirhodium Tetracarboxylate-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation

Alturaifi, T. M.; Shimabukuro, K.; Sharland, J. C.; Mai, B. K.; Weingarten, E. A.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Musaev, D. G.; Liu, P.; Davies, H. M. L.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 14694–14704



249

Potassium tert-Butoxide Mediated Stereoselective/Direct Mannich Reaction of α-Substituted-γ-Lactams with in situ Generated Aryl N-Silyl Imines

Casselman, T. D.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, P.; Stoltz, B. M.

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 9863–9871

248

Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Deracemization of Alkyl Halides

Zhong, F.; Li, R.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, P.; Fu, G. C.

Nature 2025, 640, 107–113

247

Catalytic Enantioselective Smiles Rearrangement Enabled by the Directed Evolution of P450 Radical Aryl Migratases

Fu, W.; Murcek, K.; Chen, J.; Liu, A.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 12197–12205

246

Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed Radical Allylic Alkylation: Rapid Access to C2-Allyl Carbohydrates

Yao, W.; Mauro, J. N.; Fu, Y.; Chen, H.; Liu, P.; Ngai, M. Y.

ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 5480–5489

245

Aryl Halide Cross-Coupling via Formate-Mediated Transfer Hydrogenation

Cho, Y.; Chang, Y.-H.; Quirion, K. P.; Strong, Z. H.; Dubey, Z. J.; Nguyen, N.; Lee, S.; Taylor, N. S.; Hoover, J. M.; White, N. A.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J.

Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 710–718

244

N-Oxide Insertion into LDA Dimeric Aggregates for Azomethine Ylide Formation: Explicit Solvation in Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Polarized Intermediates

Neal, M. J.; Chartier, E. J.; Lane, A. M.; Hejnosz, S. L.; Jesikiewicz, L. T.; Liu, P.; Rohde, J. J.; Lummis, P.; Fox, D. J.; Evanseck, J. D.; Montgomery, T. D.

J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 3673–3683

243

Catalytic Difluorocarbene Insertion Enables Access to Fluorinated Oxetane Isosteres

Tan, T.-D.; Zhou, F.; Quirion, K. P.; Wang, Y.-Q.; Ng, D. Z. W.; Luo, X.; Chan, E. C. Y.; Liu, P.; Koh, M. J.

Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 719–726

242

Mechanistic and Computational Insights into Asymmetric Intramolecular Iron-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer into Benzylic C–H Bonds

Seo, K.; Zhang, Y.; Trinh, T. A.; Kim, J.; Qi, L.; Guzei, I. A.; Clark, J. R.; Liu, P.; Schomaker, J. M.

ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 3789–3798

241

Dual Catalytic C(sp2)–H Activation of Azaheterocycles toward C–N Atropisomers

Sun, J.; Hu, Y.; He, W. J.; Liao, C. X.; Yang, S.; Wong, Q. N.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 3700–3710

240

Iron-Catalyzed Aerobic Carbonylation of Methane via Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Excitation

Pan, H.; An, Q.; Mai, B. K.; Chen, Y.; Liu, P.; Zuo, Z.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 1440–1447

239

Dearomative Addition-Hydrogen Autotransfer for Branch-Selective N-Heteroaryl C–H Functionalization via Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–C Couplings of Diene Pronucleophiles

Shezaf, J. Z.; Lee, S.; Teoh, Y. S.; Strong, Z. H.; Xie, P. P.; Wu, J.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 2021–2028

238

Stereo-Differentiating Asymmetric Rh(I)-Catalyzed Pauson–Khand Reaction: A DFT-Informed Approach to Thapsigargin Stereoisomers

Haghighi, F.; Jesikiewicz, L. T.; Stahl, C. E.; Nafie, J.; Ortega-Vega, A.; Liu, P.; Brummond, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 498–509

237

Systematic Parameter Determination Aimed at a Catalyst-Controlled Asymmetric Rh(I)-Catalyzed Pauson–Khand Reaction

Qi, Y.; Jesikiewicz, L. T.; Scofield, G. E.; Liu, P.; Brummond, K. M.

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 17065–17076

236

Catalytic Prenyl Conjugate Additions for Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched PPAPs

Ng, S.; Howshall, C.; Ho, T. N.; Mai, B. K.; Zhou, Y.; Qin, C.; Tee, K. Z.; Liu, P.; Romiti, F.; Hoveyda, A. H.

Science 2024, 386, 167–175

235

Hemilabile and Redox-Active Quinone Ligands Unlock sp3-Rich Couplings in Nickel-Catalyzed Olefin Carbosulfenylation

Li, Z. Q.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Cao, Y.; Joannou, M. V.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, in press

234

A Metalloenzyme Platform for Catalytic Asymmetric Radical Dearomatization

Fu, W.; Fu, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, H.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1999–2008

233

Anti-Selective Cyclopropanation of Nonconjugated Alkenes with Diverse Pronucleophiles via Directed Nucleopalladation

Ni, H.-Q.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Rodphon, W.; Scherschel, N. F.; Yang, S.; Wang, F.; McAlpine, I. J.; Piercey, D. G.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 24503–24514

232

On the Gold(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Indole to Diphenylallene via Anion-Binding Catalysis

Huang, B.; Mai, B. K.; Warzok, U.; Liu, P.; Toste, F. D.

Tetrahedron Lett. 2024, 149, 155247

231

Ni-Catalysed Dicarbofunctionalization for the Synthesis of Sequence-Encoded Cyclooctene Monomers

Tran, V. T.; Ravn, A. K.; Rubel, C. Z.; Xu, M.; Fu, Y.; Wagner, E. M.; Wisniewski, S. R.; Liu, P.; Gutekunst, W. R.; Engle, K. M.

Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 1369–1376

230

Resonance-Assisted Self-Doping in Robust Open-Shell Ladder-Type Oligoaniline Analogues

Leng, M.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Pearce, J.; Lin, H.; Yu, G.; Al-Hashimi, M.; Zhou, H. C.; Liu, P.; Fang, L.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202409149

229

Synthesis of Z-gem-Cl, CF3-Substituted Alkenes by Stereoselective Cross-Metathesis and the Role of Disubstituted Mo Alkylidenes

Liu, Q.; Qin, C.; Wan, J.; Mai, B. K.; Sui, X. Z.; Kobayashi, H.; Zahedian, H.; Liu, P.; Hoveyda, A. H.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22485–22497

228

Machine Learning-Guided Co-Optimization of Fitness and Diversity Facilitates Combinatorial Library Design in Enzyme Engineering

Ding, K.; Chin, M.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, W.; Mai, B. K.; Wang, H.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.; Luo, Y.

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6392

227

Copper-Catalyzed Dearomative trans-1,2-Carboamination

Davis, C. W.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Siddiqi, Z.; Liu, P.; Sarlah, D.

ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 10132–10137

226

Stereospecific Alkenylidene Homologation of Organoboronates by SNV Reaction

Chen, M.; Knox, C. D.; Madhusudhanan, M. C.; Tugwell, T. H.; Liu, C.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nature 2024, 631, 328–334


225

Copper-Catalyzed Dearomative 1,2-Hydroamination

Davis, C. W.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Y.; Martinelli, M.; Zhang, J.; Ungarean, C.; Galer, P.; Liu, P.; Sarlah, D.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407281

224

CuH-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Formal Hydroformylation of Vinyl Arenes

Garhwal, S.; Dong, Y.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, P.; Buchwald, S. L.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13733–13740

223

Stereoselective Amino Acid Synthesis by Photobiocatalytic Oxidative Coupling

Wang, T.-C.; Mai, B. K.; Zhang, Z.; Bo, Z.; Li, J.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nature 2024, 629, 98–104

222

Biocatalytic Enantioselective C(sp3)–H Fluorination Enabled by Directed Evolution of Non-Haem Iron Enzymes

Zhao, L. P.; Mai, B. K.; Cheng, L.; Gao, F.; Zhao, Y.; Guo, R.; Wu, H.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 967–975

221

Stereodivergent Photobiocatalytic Radical Cyclization through the Repurposing and Directed Evolution of Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylases

Ju, S.; Li, D.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, X.; Vallota-Eastman, A.; Wu, J.; Valentine, D. L.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1339–1347

220

Leveraging the Stereochemical Complexity of Octahedral Diastereomeric-at-Metal Catalysts to Unlock Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselectivity in Alcohol-Mediated C–C Couplings via Hydrogen Transfer

Shezaf, J. Z.; Santana, C. G.; Ortiz, E.; Meyer, C. C.; Liu, P.; Sakata, K.; Huang, K. W.; Krische, M. J.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 7905–7914

219

Implementing a Doping Approach for Poly(methyl methacrylate) Recycling in a Circular Economy

Chin, M. T.; Yang, T.; Quirion, K. P.; Lian, C.; Liu, P.; He, J.; Diao, T.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5786–5792

218

A Catalytic Process Enables Efficient and Programmable Access to Precisely Altered Indole Alkaloid Scaffolds

Huang, Y.; Li, X.; Mai, B. K.; Tonogai, E. J.; Smith, A. J.; Hergenrother, P. J.; Liu, P.; Hoveyda, A. H.

Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1003–1014

217

Enantioselective and Regiodivergent Synthesis of Propargyl- and Allenylsilanes through Catalytic Propargylic C−H Deprotonation

Zhu, J.; Xiang, H.; Chang, H.; Corcoran, J. C.; Ding, R.; Xia, Y.; Liu, P.; Wang, Y.-M.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318040

216

Synthesis of Alkenyl Boronates through Stereoselective Vinylene Homologation of Organoboronates

Chen, M.; Tugwell, T. H.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 337–346

215

Intramolecular Carboxyamidation of Alkyne‐Tethered O‐Acylhydroxamates through Formation of Fe(III)‐Nitrenoids

Su, S.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, P.; Wink, D. J.; Lee, D.

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202303428

214

Chemo- and Enantioselective Intramolecular Silver-Catalyzed Aziridinations of Carbamimidates

Trinh, T. A.; Fu, Y.; Hu, D. B.; Zappia, S. A.; Guzei, I. A.; Liu, P.; Schomaker, J. M.

Chem. Commun. 2023, 60, 224–227

213

Modular Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines via Ring-Opening BN-Isostere Benzannulation

Lyu, H.; Tugwell, T. H.; Chen, Z.; Kukier, G. A.; Turlik, A.; Wu, Y.; Houk, K. N.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 269–276

212

Palladium/Norbornene-Catalyzed Direct Vicinal Dicarbofunctionalization of Indoles: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study

Liu, X.; Zhou, Y.; Qi, X.; Li, R.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310697

211

ortho-C–H Methoxylation of Aryl Halides Enabled by a Polarity Reversed N–O Reagent

Liu, X.; Fu, Y.; Chen, Z.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1391–1399

210

Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenes via Copper Hydride-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroalkylation

Kutateladze, D. A.; Mai, B. K.; Dong, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, P.; Buchwald, S. L.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17557–17563

209

Dynamic Kinetic Stereoselective Glycosylation via Rh(II) and Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Cocatalyzed Carbenoid Insertion to Anomeric OH Bond for the Synthesis of Glycoconjugates

Wu, J.; Jia, P.; Kuniyil, R.; Liu, P.; Tang, W.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202307144

208

Stereoselective Amino Acid Synthesis by Synergistic Photoredox–Pyridoxal Radical Biocatalysis

Cheng, L.; Li, D.; Mai, B. K.; Bo, Z.; Cheng, L.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Science 2023, 381, 444–451

207

Enzyme-Controlled Stereoselective Radical Cyclisation to Arenes Enabled by Metalloredox Biocatalysis

Fu, W.; Neris, N. M.; Fu, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Krohn-Hansen, B.; Liu, P.; Yang, Y.

Nat. Catal. 2023, 6, 628–636

206

Redox-Paired Alkene Difunctionalization Enables Skeletally Divergent Synthesis

Ni, H.-Q.; Karunananda, M. K.; Zeng, T.; Yang, S.; Liu, Z.; Houk, K. N.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 12351–12359

205

Photochemically Driven Nickel-Catalyzed Carboxylative Buchwald Hartwig Amination: Scope and Mechanism

Abid, S.; Quirion, K. P.; Yang, Y.; Tang, R.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, P.; Tlili, A.

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202301271

204

Escape from Palladium: Nickel-Catalyzed Catellani Annulation

Huo, J.; Fu, Y.; Tang, M. J.; Liu, P.; Dong, G.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11005–11011

203

Enantioselective Hydroalkenylation and Hydroalkynylation of Alkenes Enabled by a Transient Directing Group: Catalyst Generality through Rigidification

Simlandy, A. K.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Nguyen, J. M.; Oxtoby, L. J.; Wong, Q. N.; Chen, J. S.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304013

202

Catalytic Cross-Metathesis Reactions That Afford E- and Z-Trisubstituted Alkenyl Bromides: Scope, Applications, and Mechanistic Insights

Koengeter, T.; Qin, C.; Mai, B. K.; Liu, Q.; Mu, Y.; Liu, P.; Hoveyda, A. H.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3774–3785

201

Designed Iron Catalysts for Allylic C–H Functionalization of Propylene and Simple Olefins

Wang, R.; Wang, Y.; Ding, R.; Staub, P. B.; Zhao, C. Z.; Liu, P.; Wang, Y.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216309

200

Synthesis and Characterization of Post-β-Carbon Elimination Organopalladium Complexes

Kang, T.; Fu, Y.; Li-Matsuura, R.; Liu, A. L.; Jankins, T. C.; Rheingold, A. L.; Bailey, J. B.; Gembicky, M.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

Organometallics 2023, 42, 11–15

199

Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Compounds with a Trifluoromethyl- and Fluoro-Substituted Carbon Centre

Xu, S.; del Pozo, J.; Romiti, F.; Fu, Y.; Mai, B. K.; Morrison, R. J.; Lee, K.; Hu, S.; Koh, M. J.; Lee, J.; Li, X.; Liu, P.; Hoveyda A. H.

Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 1459–1469

198

Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Oxindoles: Desymmetrizing Staudinger–Aza-Wittig Reaction Enabled by a Bespoke HypPhos Oxide Catalyst

Xie, C.; Kim, J.; Mai, B. K.; Cao, S.; Ye, R.; Wang, X. Y.; Liu, P.; Kwon, O.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 21318–21327

197

Catalytic Addition of Nitroalkanes to Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Carbopalladation

Simlandy, A. K.; Rodphon, W.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Mai, B. K.; Ni, H. Q.; Gurak Jr, J. A.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13755–13762

196

Three-Component Asymmetric Ni-Catalyzed 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Alkenes via Stereoselective Migratory Insertion

Apolinar, O.; Kang, T.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Bedekar, P. G.; Rubel, C. Z.; Derosa, J.; Sanchez, B. B.; Wong, Q. N.; Sturgell, E. J.; Chen, J. S.; Wisniewski, S. R.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 19337–19343

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Excited-State Palladium-Catalyzed α-Selective C1-Ketonylation

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