Jing-Lu Yu

TL;DR: The mechanisms and chemo- and regioselectivities of Ru(II)-catalyzed decarboxylative C-H alkenylation of aryl carboxylic acids with alkynes were investigated with density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the polarity of solvent is found to control the chemoselectivity.

TL;DR: A series of cage penta-arylated carboranes have been synthesized by palladium-catalyzed intermolecular coupling of the C-carboxylic acid of the monocarba- closo-dodecaborate anion with iodoarenes by direct cage B-H bond functionalization, setting a record in terms of one-pot directing group-mediated activation of inert bonds in a single molecule.

TL;DR: The synthesis of a novel type of chiral spiro monophosphite-olefin (SMPO) ligands based on a hexamethyl-1,1'-spirobiindane scaffold was accomplished, leading to chiral amines with high yields and excellent enantioselectivities.

TL;DR: In this paper, a competition of parallel stepwise reductive elimination pathways for the carbon-iodide bond formation of (DPEphos)RhMeI2 complex was revealed and the competing stepwise pathways were identified as the anionic and zwitterionic stepwise pathway.

TL;DR: In this paper, four kinds of different palladacycles with 8-aminoquinoline as the auxiliary and carbon monoxide (CO), acetonitrile (CH3CN), pyridine, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the ligands, respectively, using crystallographic analysis, cyclic voltammetry (CV), stoichiometric reactions, and computational calculations.