| Hydrogen gas-mediated deoxydehydration/hydrogenation of sugar acids: catalytic conversion of glucarates to adipates RT Larson, A Samant, J Chen, W Lee, MA Bohn, DM Ohlmann, SJ Zuend, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (40), 14001-14004, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
| Diastereoselective Radical Aminoacylation of Olefins through N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis WD Liu†, W Lee†, H Shu, C Xiao, H Xu, X Chen, KN Houk*, J Zhao* Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (49), 22767– 22777, 2022 | 52 | 2022 |
| Urea-Catalyzed Vinyl Carbocation Formation Enables Mild Functionalization of Unactivated C–H Bonds AL Bagdasarian, S Popov, B Wigman, W Wei, W Lee, HM Nelson* Organic letters 22 (20), 7775-7779, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Electrochemical Fluorination of Vinyl Boronates through Donor-Stabilized Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates** B Wigman, W Lee, W Wei, K Houk*, H Nelson* Angewandte Chemie 134 (12), e202113972, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Accessing Medium-Sized Rings via Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates Z Zhao, S Popov, W Lee, JE Burch, DA Delgadillo, LJ Kim, M Shahgholi, ... Organic Letters, 2024 | 7 | 2024 |
| Radical and Cationic Pathways in C(sp3)–H Bond Oxygenation by Dioxiranes of Bicyclic and Spirocyclic Hydrocarbons Bearing Cyclopropane Moieties M Galeotti†, W Lee†, S Sisti, M Casciotti, M Salamone, KN Houk*, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Main Group-Catalyzed Cationic Claisen Rearrangements via Vinyl Carbocations CG Williams, SK Nistanaki, K Dong, W Lee, KN Houk, HM Nelson Organic Letters, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Mechanistic Switch from Homoallylation to Cyclopropylcarbinylation of Aldehydes W Lee†, D Polyak†, B Xu, KN Houk*, I Krauss* Organic Letters 24 (25), 4660–4664, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
| Molecular Dynamics of the Norbornyl Cation in Solution and Its Generation in Winstein–Trifan Solvolysis: The Timing of Sigma Bridging W Lee, TR Benton, A Sengupta, KN Houk* The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Computational Exploration of the Nature of Li+-Ureide Anion Catalysis on Formation of Highly Reactive Vinyl Carbocations and Subsequent C–C Bond Forming Reactions W Lee, HM Nelson, KN Houk* The Journal of Organic Chemistry 88 (6), 3403-3408, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Exploring Reaction Mechanisms of Short-Lived Carbocation and Radical Intermediates via Synergetic Modern Computational Methods and Collaborative Experiments W Lee University of California, Los Angeles, 2023 | | 2023 |