237. Mechanistic Study on Cu(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reaction between Arenes and Boronic Acids under Aerobic Conditions

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018 140, 5579-5587

Qian Zhang, Yang Liu, Ting Wang, Xinhao Zhang,* Chao Long, Yun-Dong Wu, Mei-Xiang Wang,*

236. Computational exploration of reactive fragment for mechanism-based inhibition of xanthine oxidase

J. Organomet. Chem. 2018, 864, 58-67

Ye Du, Ziye Liu, Fangfang Qiao, Shunyang Wang, Kai Chen,* Xinhao Zhang,*

235. Streamlined asymmetric α-difunctionalization of ynones

Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 375.

Siyu Peng, Zhaofeng Wang, Linxing Zhang, Xinhao Zhang, Yong Huang,*

234. A Twist of the Twist Mechanism, 2-Iodoxybenzoic Acid (IBX)-Mediated Oxidation of Alcohol Revisited: Theory and Experiment.

Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6502-6505.

Heming Jiang, Tian-Yu Sun, Xiao Wang, Yaoming Xie, Xinhao Zhang,* Yun-Dong Wu,* Henry F. Schaefer,*

233.  Iron(III)-Catalyzed Ortho-Preferred Radical Nucleophilic Alkylation of Electron-Deficient Arenes

Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6538-6541.

Fei Yu, Ting Wang, Huan Zhou, Yajun Li, Xinhao Zhang, Hongli Bao,*

232.  A bioinspired and biocompatible ortho-sulfiliminyl phenol synthesis

Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 15912.

Feng Xiong, Liang Lu, Tian-Yu Sun, Qian Wu, Dingyuan Yan, Ying Chen, Xinhao Zhang, Wei Wei, Yi Lu, Wei-Yin Sun, Jie Jack Li, Jing Zhao,*

231. Iron-Catalyzed Carboamination of Olefins: Synthesis of Amines and Disubstituted β-Amino Acids.

Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13076-13082.

Bo Qian, Shaowei Chen, Ting Wang, Xinhao Zhang,* Hongli Bao,*

230. γ-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) Synthesis Enabled by Copper-Catalyzed Carboamination of Alkenes

Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4718-4721.

Nengbo Zhu, Ting Wang, Liang Ge, Yajun Li, Xinhao Zhang,* Hongli Bao,*

229. Density Functional Theory Study of the Reaction between d(0) Tungsten Alkylidyne Complexes and H2O: Addition versus Hydrolysis.

Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 7111-7119.

Ping Chen, Linxing Zhang, Zi-Ling Xue, Yun-Dong Wu, Xinhao Zhang,*

228. Diastereoselective Total Synthesis of (±)-Basiliolide B and (±)-epi-8-Basiliolide B.

J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3463-3481.

Xuefeng Liang, Liyan Zhou, Long Min, Weijian Ye, Wenli Bao, Wenjing Ma, Qianqian Yang, Fangfang Qiao, Xinhao Zhang,* Chi-Sing Lee,*

227. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles Using Copper-Catalyzed Aryl C–O Coupling Reactions via Asymmetric Desymmetrization. 

J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 1458-1463.

Yong Zhang, Qiuyan Wang, Ting Wang, Huan He, Wenqiang Yang, Xinhao Zhang, Qian Cai,*

226. A Combined DFT/IM-MS Study on the Reaction Mechanism of Cationic Ru(II)-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Alkynes.

ACS Catalysis 2017, 1361-1368.

Li-Juan Song, Ting Wang, Xinhao Zhang,* Lung Wa Chung,* Yun-Dong Wu,*

225. Mechanistic Study on Pd/Mono-N-protected Amino Acid Catalyzed Vinyl–Vinyl Coupling Reactions: Reactivity and E/Z Selectivity.

Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5240-5243.

Xiumei Zhong, Gui-Juan Cheng, Ping Chen, Xinhao Zhang,* Yun-Dong Wu,*

224. Metal-Free [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides and Nitriles: Mild and Regioselective Synthesis of Fully Substituted Pyridines

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9704-9708.

Yong Wang, Li-Juan Song, Xinhao Zhang,* Jianwei Sun,*

223. Stereoselectivity in (Acyloxy)borane-Catalyzed Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions.

J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81 (13), 5314–5321.

Joshua M. Lee†, Xin Zhang#, Per-Ola Norrby†‡§, Paul Helquist*†, and Olaf Wiest*†

222. Ir-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.

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Li-Juan Song†, Shengtao Ding‡, Yong Wang§, Xinhao Zhang*†, Yun-Dong Wu*†, and Jianwei Sun*‡

221. New Mechanistic Insights on the Selectivity of Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Organic Reactions: The Role of Computational Chemistry.

Acc. Chem. Res., 2016, 49(6), 1302−1310.

Xinhao Zhang*†, Lung Wa Chung*‡, and Yun-Dong Wu*†§

220. Metal-Free Synthesis of 3-Arylquinolin-2-ones from Acrylic Amides via a Highly Regioselective 1,2-Aryl Migration: An Experimental and Computational Study.

J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81(10), 4058−4065.

Le Liu†, Tonghuan Zhang‡, Yun-Fang Yang‡, Daisy Zhang-Negrerie†, Xinhao Zhang‡, Yunfei Du*†, Yun-Dong Wu*‡, and Kang Zhao*†

219. Accurate Structure Prediction and Conformational Analysis of Cyclic Peptides with Residue-Specific Force Fields.

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 1805−1810.

Hao Geng†, Fan Jiang*†, and Yun-Dong Wu*†‡

218. Folding Simulations of an α‑Helical Hairpin Motif αtα with ResidueSpecific Force Fields.

J. Phys. Chem. B. 2016, 120, 33−41

Juan Zeng,† Fan Jiang,*,† and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,‡

217. Mechanism of Ni-NHC Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of Aryl Ethers: Roles
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ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 483−493
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216. Why does Togni’s reagent I exist in the high-energy hypervalent iodine form? Re-evaluation of benziodoxole based hypervalent iodine reagents (cover story)

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5371--5374

Tian-Yu Sun, Xiao Wang, Hao Geng, Yaoming Xie, Yun-Dong Wu, Xinhao Zhang* and Henry F. Schaefer III*

215. A diversity-oriented synthesis of bioactive benzanilides via a regioselective C(sp2)–H hydroxylation strategy

Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 2229–2238

Yong-Hui Sun,‡a Tian-Yu Sun,‡b Yun-Dong Wu,bc Xinhao Zhang*b and Yu Rao*a

214. A Combined IM-MS/DFT Study on [Pd(MPAA)]-Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Activation: Relay of Chirality through a Rigid Framework

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 11180 – 11188

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213. Toward electron-deficient pyrene derivatives: construction of pyrene tetracarboxylic diimide containing five-membered imide rings†

Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12585--12588

Lin Zou, Xiao-Ye Wang, Xiao-Xiao Zhang, Ya-Zhong Dai, Yun-Dong Wu,*
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212. Non-manifesting AHI1 truncations indicate localized loss-of-function tolerance in a severe Mendelian disease gene

Human Molecular Genetics, 2015, Vol. 24, No. 9, 2594-2603

211. Folding Thermodynamics and Mechanism of Five Trp-Cage Variants from Replica-Exchange MD Simulations with RSFF2 Force Field

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210. Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes under Mild Conditions

Shengtao Ding, Li-Juan Song, Yong Wang, Xinhao Zhang,* Lung Wa Chung,* Yun-Dong Wu,* and Jianwei Sun*

209. Significant refinement of protein structure models using a residue-specific force field.

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208. Residue-Specific Force Field Based on Protein Coil Library. RSFF2 Modification of AMBER ff99SB.

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207. WDSPdb A Database for WD40-repeat Proteins.

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206. Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intramolecular Aryl C-O Bond Formation with SDP(O) Ligand Enantioselective Synthesis of (2,3-Dihydrobenzo[b][1,4]dioxin-2-yl)methanols.

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205. Computational Organic Chemistry Bridging Theory and Experiment in Establishing the Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions.

Gui-Juan Cheng,† Xinhao Zhang,† Lung Wa Chung,‡ Liping Xu,† and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,§

204. Investigating the Nature of Palladium Chain-Walking in the Enantioselective Redox-Relay Heck Reaction of Alkenyl Alcohols.

Margaret J. Hilton,† Li-Ping Xu,‡ Per-Ola Norrby,§ Yun-Dong Wu,‡ Olaf Wiest,‡,∥and Matthew S. Sigman*,†

203. Mutation of POC1B in a Severe Syndromic Retinal Ciliopathy.

Bodo B. Beck, Yang Wang, Yundong Wu, et,al.

202. Ligand-Controlled Reactivity, Selectivity, and Mechanism of Cationic Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrosilylations of Alkynes, Ketones, and Nitriles A Theoretical Study

Yun-Fang Yang,†,§ Lung Wa Chung,*,‡ Xinhao Zhang,† K. N. Houk,*,§ and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,∥

201. Inhibition and Mechanism of HDAC8 Revisited

Kai Chen,† Xiaoxiao Zhang,† Yun-Dong Wu,†,§ and Olaf Wiest*,†,‡

200. Enantioselective Formation of Cyano-Bearing All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters Desymmetrization by Copper-Catalyzed N-Arylation

Fengtao Zhou, Gui-Juan Cheng, Wenqiang Yang, Yan Long, Shasha Zhang, Yun-Dong Wu, Xinhao Zhang,* and Qian Cai*

199. Folding of Fourteen Small Proteins with a Residue-Specific Force Field and Replica-Exchange Molecular Dynamics

Fan Jiang*,† and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,‡

198. Residue-Specific Force Field Based on the Protein Coil Library. RSFF1 Modification of OPLS-AAL

Fan Jiang,*,† Chen-Yang Zhou,‡ and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,‡ 

197. Synthesis of Indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines via a Triazene-Directed C–H Annulation Cascade

Huan Sun, Chengming Wang, Yun-Fang Yang, Ping Chen, Yun-Dong Wu,* Xinhao Zhang,* and Yong Huang* 

196. Palladium-catalyzed benzo[d]isoxazole synthesis by C–H activation/[4 + 1] annulation

Pingping Duan,^a Yunfang Yang,^a Rong Ben,^b Yiyong Yan,^a Lu Dai,^a Mei Hong,^a Yun-Dong Wu,^a Dongqi Wang,^*a Xinhao Zhang^*a and Jing Zhao^*ab

Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1574

195. Mechanism, Reactivity, and Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Redox-Relay Heck Arylations of Alkenyl Alcohols

Liping Xu,† Margaret J. Hilton,‡ Xinhao Zhang,† Per-Ola Norrby,*,§,∥ Yun-Dong Wu,*,† Matthew S. Sigman,*,‡ and Olaf Wiest*,†,⊥

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1960−1967

194. Role of N‑Acyl Amino Acid Ligands in Pd(II)-Catalyzed Remote C−H Activation of Tethered Arenes

Gui-Juan Cheng,† Yun-Fang Yang,†,‡ Peng Liu,‡ Ping Chen,† Tian-Yu Sun,† Gang Li,§ Xinhao Zhang,† K. N. Houk,*,‡ Jin-Quan Yu,*,§ and Yun-Dong Wu*,†,∥

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 894−897

193. Palladium-Catalyzed Meta-Selective C−H Bond Activation with a Nitrile-Containing Template,Computational Study on Mechanism and Origins of Selectivity

Yun-Fang Yang, Gui-Juan Cheng, Peng Liu, Dasheng Leow, Tian-Yu Sun, Ping Chen,Xinhao Zhang, Jin-Quan Yu,* Yun-Dong Wu* and K. N. Houk*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 344−355

192. Ligand-Controlled Remarkable Regio- and Stereodivergence in Intermolecular Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes：Experimental and Theoretical Studies

Shengtao Ding, Li-Juan Song, Lung Wa Chung, Xinhao Zhang, Jianwei Sun and Yun-Dong Wu

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13835−13842

188. Nudibaccatumone, a Trimer Comprising a Phenylpropanoid and Two Sesquiterpene Moieties from Piper nudibaccatum

187. Structure and Chemistry of the Heteronuclear Oxo-Cluster [VPO4]•+: A Model System for the Gas-Phase Oxidation of Small Hydrocarbons

Nicolas Dietl, Torsten Wende, Kai Chen, Ling Jiang, Maria Schlangen, Xinhao Zhang, Knut R. Asmis and Helmut Schwarz

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3711−3721

186. The Intrinsic Conformational Features of Amino Acids from Protein Coil Library and Their Applications in Force Field Development

Fan Jiang, Wei Han and Yun-Dong Wu

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

185. Total Synthesis of Incarvilleatone and Incarviditone: Insight into Their Biosynthetic Pathways and Structure Determination

Kun Zhao, Gui-Juan Cheng, Hongzhi Yang, Hai Shang, Xinhao Zhang, Yun-Dong Wu and Yefeng Tang

Org. Lett.,2012,Vol. 14, No. 18,4878–4881

184. Conjugate Addition vs Heck Reaction: A Theoretical Study on Competitive Coupling Catalyzed by Isoelectronic Metal (Pd(II) and Rh(I))

Qian Peng, Hong Yan, Xinhao Zhang and Yun-Dong Wu

J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 7487−7496

183. Reactions of a tungsten alkylidyne complex with mono-dentate phosphines: Thermodynamic and theoretical studies

Ping Chen, Brenda A. Dougan, Xinhao Zhang, Yun-Dong Wu, Zi-Ling Xue

Polyhedron, 58 (2013) 30–38

182. Identifying the Hotspots on the Top Faces of WD40- Repeat Proteins from Their Primary Sequences by b- Bulges and DHSW Tetrads

Xian-Hui Wu, Yang Wang, Zhu Zhuo, Fan Jiang, Yun-Dong Wu