Formal carbene insertion into C–C bond: Rh(I)-catalyzed reaction of benzocyclobutenols with diazoesters Y Xia, Z Liu, Z Liu, R Ge, F Ye, M Hossain, Y Zhang, J Wang Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (8), 3013-3015, 2014 | 191 | 2014 |
Directed, regiocontrolled hydroamination of unactivated alkenes via protodepalladation JA Gurak Jr, KS Yang, Z Liu, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (18), 5805-5808, 2016 | 189 | 2016 |
Catalytic intermolecular carboamination of unactivated alkenes via directed aminopalladation Z Liu, Y Wang, Z Wang, T Zeng, P Liu, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (32), 11261-11270, 2017 | 186 | 2017 |
Catalytic, regioselective hydrocarbofunctionalization of unactivated alkenes with diverse C–H nucleophiles KS Yang, JA Gurak Jr, Z Liu, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (44), 14705-14712, 2016 | 167 | 2016 |
Palladium-catalyzed carbene migratory insertion using conjugated ene–yne–ketones as carbene precursors Y Xia, S Qu, Q Xiao, ZX Wang, P Qu, L Chen, Z Liu, L Tian, Z Huang, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (36), 13502-13511, 2013 | 165 | 2013 |
β, γ-Vicinal dicarbofunctionalization of alkenyl carbonyl compounds via directed nucleopalladation Z Liu, T Zeng, KS Yang, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (46), 15122-15125, 2016 | 164 | 2016 |
Ir(III)-catalyzed aromatic C–H bond functionalization via metal carbene migratory insertion Y Xia, Z Liu, S Feng, Y Zhang, J Wang The Journal of organic chemistry 80 (1), 223-236, 2015 | 152 | 2015 |
Catalytic carbo-and aminoboration of alkenyl carbonyl compounds via five-and six-membered palladacycles Z Liu, HQ Ni, T Zeng, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (9), 3223-3227, 2018 | 129 | 2018 |
Palladium(0)‐Catalyzed Directed syn‐1,2‐Carboboration and ‐Silylation: Alkene Scope, Applications in Dearomatization, and Stereocontrol by a Chiral Auxiliary Z Liu, J Chen, HX Lu, X Li, Y Gao, JR Coombs, MJ Goldfogel, KM Engle Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (47), 17068-17073, 2019 | 100 | 2019 |
Palladium(II)-catalyzed regioselective syn-hydroarylation of disubstituted alkynes using a removable directing group Z Liu, J Derosa, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (39), 13076-13081, 2016 | 99 | 2016 |
Directed, Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective anti-Carboboration of Alkenyl Carbonyl Compounds Z Liu, X Li, T Zeng, KM Engle ACS catalysis 9 (4), 3260-3265, 2019 | 88 | 2019 |
Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed 1, 2‐Carboboration of Alkenes: Strategies, Mechanisms, and Stereocontrol Z Liu, Y Gao, T Zeng, KM Engle Israel journal of chemistry 60 (3-4), 219-229, 2020 | 83 | 2020 |
Catalytic, enantioselective synthesis of allenyl boronates DW Gao, Y Xiao, M Liu, Z Liu, MK Karunananda, JS Chen, KM Engle ACS catalysis 8 (4), 3650-3654, 2018 | 78 | 2018 |
Oxidative Cross‐Coupling of Allenyl Ketones and Organoboronic Acids: Expeditious Synthesis of Highly Substituted Furans Y Xia, Y Xia, R Ge, Z Liu, Q Xiao, Y Zhang, J Wang Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (15), 3917-3921, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Directed anti-Hydrochlorination of Unactivated Alkynes with HCl J Derosa, AL Cantu, MN Boulous, ML O’Duill, JL Turnbull, Z Liu, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (14), 5183-5193, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
Rhodium(I)‐Catalyzed Sequential C(sp)–C(sp3) and C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bond Formation through Migratory Carbene Insertion Y Xia, S Feng, Z Liu, Y Zhang, J Wang Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (27), 7891-7894, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
New-to-nature chemistry from old protein machinery: carbene and nitrene transferases Z Liu, FH Arnold Current Opinion in Biotechnology 69, 43-51, 2021 | 72 | 2021 |
Dual-Function Enzyme Catalysis for Enantioselective Carbon–Nitrogen Bond Formation Z Liu, C Calvó-Tusell, AZ Zhou, K Chen, M Garcia-Borràs, FH Arnold Nature Chemistry 13, 1166–1172, 2021 | 57 | 2021 |
Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of terminal alkynes with ene-yne-ketones: access to conjugated enynes via metal carbene migratory insertion Y Xia, Z Liu, R Ge, Q Xiao, Y Zhang, J Wang Chemical Communications 51 (56), 11233-11235, 2015 | 53 | 2015 |
Biocatalytic, Intermolecular C−H Bond Functionalization for the Synthesis of Enantioenriched Amides SV Athavale, S Gao, Z Liu, SC Mallojjala, JS Hirschi, FH Arnold Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (47), 24864–24869, 2021 | 50 | 2021 |