Iridium catalysts with f-amphox ligands: asymmetric hydrogenation of simple ketones W Wu, S Liu, M Duan, X Tan, C Chen, Y Xie, Y Lan, XQ Dong, X Zhang Organic Letters 18 (12), 2938-2941, 2016 | 135 | 2016 |
High site selectivity in electrophilic aromatic substitutions: mechanism of C–H thianthrenation F Juliá, Q Shao, M Duan, MB Plutschack, F Berger, J Mateos, C Lu, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (39), 16041-16054, 2021 | 87 | 2021 |
Readily Accessible and Highly Efficient Ferrocene‐Based Amino‐Phosphine‐Alcohol (f‐Amphol) Ligands for Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones J Yu, M Duan, W Wu, X Qi, P Xue, Y Lan, XQ Dong, X Zhang Chemistry–A European Journal 23 (4), 970-975, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetraarylmethanes X Li, M Duan, Z Deng, Q Shao, M Chen, G Zhu, KN Houk, J Sun Nature Catalysis 3 (12), 1010-1019, 2020 | 76 | 2020 |
Development of α, α-disubstituted crotylboronate reagents and stereoselective crotylation via Brønsted or Lewis acid catalysis S Gao, M Duan, Q Shao, KN Houk, M Chen Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (43), 18355-18368, 2020 | 59 | 2020 |
Organocatalytic enantioselective dearomatization of thiophenes by 1, 10-conjugate addition of indole imine methides X Li, M Duan, P Yu, KN Houk, J Sun Nature communications 12 (1), 4881, 2021 | 53 | 2021 |
Chiral Phosphoric Acid Dual‐Function Catalysis: Asymmetric Allylation with α‐Vinyl Allylboron Reagents S Gao, M Duan, KN Houk, M Chen Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (26), 10540-10548, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
The mechanism of copper-catalyzed oxytrifluoromethylation of allylamines with CO 2: a computational study L Zhu, JH Ye, M Duan, X Qi, DG Yu, R Bai, Y Lan Organic Chemistry Frontiers 5 (4), 633-639, 2018 | 52 | 2018 |
Asymmetric desymmetrization of oxetanes for the synthesis of chiral tetrahydrothiophenes and tetrahydroselenophenes R Zhang, W Guo, M Duan, KN Houk, J Sun Angewandte Chemie 131 (50), 18223-18228, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
Ir(III)/Ir(V) or Ir(I)/Ir(III) Catalytic Cycle? Steric-Effect-Controlled Mechanism for the para-C–H Borylation of Arenes L Zhu, X Qi, Y Li, M Duan, L Zou, R Bai, Y Lan Organometallics 36 (11), 2107-2115, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
Discovery of a Thioxanthone–TfOH Complex as a Photoredox Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Alkenes Using p‐Xylene as both Electron and Hydrogen Sources WJ Kang, B Li, M Duan, G Pan, W Sun, A Ding, Y Zhang, KN Houk, H Guo Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (48), e202211562, 2022 | 36 | 2022 |
Stereochemical control via chirality pairing: stereodivergent syntheses of enantioenriched homoallylic alcohols S Gao, M Duan, J Liu, P Yu, KN Houk, M Chen Angewandte Chemie 133 (45), 24298-24308, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
Hydrogen abstraction by alkoxyl radicals: computational studies of thermodynamic and polarity effects on reactivities and selectivities F Liu, S Ma, Z Lu, A Nangia, M Duan, Y Yu, G Xu, Y Mei, M Bietti, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (15), 6802-6812, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
Toward a predictive understanding of phosphine-catalyzed [3+ 2] annulation of allenoates with acrylate or imine Z Yu, Z Jin, M Duan, R Bai, Y Lu, Y Lan The Journal of Organic Chemistry 83 (17), 9729-9740, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed conversion of epoxides into thiiranes: mechanism, stereochemical model, and new catalyst design M Duan, CD Díaz‐Oviedo, Y Zhou, X Chen, P Yu, B List, KN Houk, Y Lan Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (9), e202113204, 2022 | 26 | 2022 |
Organocatalytic discrimination of non-directing aryl and heteroaryl groups: enantioselective synthesis of bioactive indole-containing triarylmethanes Q Yan, M Duan, C Chen, Z Deng, M Wu, P Yu, ML He, G Zhu, KN Houk, ... Chemical Science 13 (19), 5767-5773, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
Unusual Enantiodivergence in Chiral Brønsted Acid‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation with β‐Alkenyl Allylic Boronates S Gao, M Duan, LR Andreola, P Yu, SE Wheeler, KN Houk, M Chen Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (41), e202208908, 2022 | 16 | 2022 |
Organocatalytic aromatization-promoted umpolung reaction of imines YH Chen, M Duan, SL Lin, YW Liu, JK Cheng, SH Xiang, P Yu, KN Houk, ... Nature Chemistry 16 (3), 408-416, 2024 | 14 | 2024 |
Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1, 3-dienes QH Wu, M Duan, Y Chen, P Yu, YB Wang, JK Cheng, SH Xiang, KN Houk, ... Nature Catalysis 7 (2), 185-194, 2024 | 12 | 2024 |
Deciphering Reactivity and Selectivity Patterns in Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxygenation of Cyclopentane and Cyclohexane Derivatives T Martin, M Galeotti, M Salamone, F Liu, Y Yu, M Duan, KN Houk, M Bietti The Journal of Organic Chemistry 86 (15), 9925-9937, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |