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197.	Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allenylic Substitution via Kinetic Resolution Enabled by New Monodentate Ligands Tu, Y.; Lin, X.; Lin, J.; Zhang, C.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506350.




196.	Catalytic Enantioselective α-Fluorination of Ketones with CsF Wang, B.; Fan, S.; Zhang, C.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 10059-10065.




195.	Design, Synthesis and Application of Chiral Spirocyclic Bisindoles Wang, J.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202424773.




194.	Transition Metal-Catalyzed Selective Hydroboration of Allenes Tan, Y.-X.; Song, L.; Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* Sci. Chin. Chem. 2025, in press. (invited review article)




193.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of o-Carboranyl Amines Xu, H.-L.; Zhu, M.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, C.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 3692-3701.




192.	Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic Amination of α-Halo Carbonyl Compounds with Free Amines Li, Z.; Wang, B.; Fan, S.; Zhang, C.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 576-584.




191.	Ruthenium-Catalyzed α-Regioselective Hydroboration of Allenes Tan, Y.-X.; Li, S.; Chen, L.; Huang, J.; Zhang, C.; Song, L.;* Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202420370.




190.	Organocatalytic enantio- and diastereoselective assembly of cyclopropane-incorporated polycyclic molecules via isobenzopyrylium ions Liu, S.; Zhang, C.;* Han, Z.; Huang, H.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 15274-15279.




180.	Catalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic α-Chlorination of Ketones with NaCl Li, Z.; Wang, B.; Zhang, C.; Lo, W. Y.; Yang, L.; Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2779-2788.




179.	Mild Stereoselective Synthesis of Densely Substituted [3]Dendralenes via Ru-Catalyzed Intermolecular Dimerization of 1,1-Disubstituted Allenes Li, S.; Feng, Q.; Song, L.;* Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 1532-1542.




178.	Primary activation of para-quinone methides by chiral phosphoric acid for enantioselective construction of tetraarylmethanes Han, Z.; Zhu, B.; Zang, Y.; Zhang, C.; Dong, X.-Q.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 720-725.



175.	Heterodifunctionalization of Electron-Rich Alkynes Catalyzed by in Situ Generated Silylium Ions Su, X.; Wang, Y.; Feng, Q.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 421-426.



174.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Nucleophilic Addition of Indole Imine 5-Methides Li, Y.; Huang, J.; Han, Z.; Huang, H.;* Hong, B.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 396-400.



167.	Asymmetric Synthesis of Remotely Chiral Naphthols and Naphthylamines via Naphthoquinone Methides Liu, S.; Chan, K. L.; Lin, Z.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 12802-12811.




166.	Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Redox Deracemization of Triarylmethanes Liu, C.; Li, Z.; Li, P.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Synth. 2023, 3, 22. (Invited submission)



148.	Electricity-Driven Asymmetric Bromocyclization Enabled by Chiral Phosphate Anion Phase-Transfer Catalysis Tan, X.;* Wang, Q.; Sun, J.* Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 357.




147.	Ir-Catalyzed Regioselective Dihydroboration of Thioalkynes toward Gem-Diboryl Thioethers Wang, Y.;¹ Li, Y.;¹ Wang, L.; Ding, S.; Song, L.;* Zhang, X.;* Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* (¹: equal contribution) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2305-2314.




146.	Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetraarylmethanes through meta-Hydroxyl-directed Benzylic Substitution Tan, X.;¹ Deng, Z.;¹ Wang, Q.; Chen, S.; Zhu, G.;* Sun, J.* (¹: equal contribution) Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 275-285.




144.	Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3'-Bis(indolyl)methanes Bearing All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via 2-Indole Imine Methides Han, Z.; Wang, W.; Zhuang, H.; Wang, J.; Wang, C.; Wang, J.;* Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 477-482.



142.	Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Tertiary Aminoketones from Sulfoxonium Ylides Bearing Two Aryl Groups Zhou, Y.; Yue, X.; Jiang, F.; Sun, J.; Guo, W.* Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 1193-1196.



141.	Visible-light-induced Organocatalytic Enantioselective N-H Insertion of α-Diazoesters Enabled by Indirect Free Carbene Capture Guo, W.;* Zhou, Y.; Xie, H.; Yue, X.; Jiang, F.; Huang, H.; Han, Z.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 843-848.



137.	Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkynes to Access Axially Chiral Styrenes Tan, X.; Sun, J.* Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 2813-2815. (Invited Preview article)



132.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Azidation of Sulfoxonium Ylides: Mild Synthesis of Enantioenriched α-Azido Ketones Bearing a Labile Tertiary Stereocenter Guo, W.;* Jiang, F.; Li, S.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 11648-11655.



129.	Ru-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Ynones Leads to a Nontraditional Mode of Reactivity Feng, Q.;¹ Li, S.;¹ Li, Z.; Yan, Q.; Lin, X.; Song, L.;* Zhang, X.;* Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* (¹: equal contribution) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14846-14855.




127.	Ammonia to chiral α-amino acid Yang, L.; Sun, J.* Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 471-472. (Invited News and Views)



126.	Quinone methides and indole imine methides as intermediates in enantioselective catalysis Li, X.; Li, Z.; Sun, J.* Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 426-438. (Invited review article)




125.	Ruthenium-Catalyzed Geminal Hydroborative Cyclization of Enynes Tan, Y.-X.; Li, S.; Song, L.;* Zhang, X.; Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202204319.




123.	Catalytic Asymmetric Allylic Substitution/Isomerization with Central Chirality Transposition Han, Z.; Zhuang, H.; Tang, L.; Zang, Y.; Guo, W.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 4246-4251.



122.	Enantioselective synthesis of triarylmethanes via organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation of para-quinone methides Han, Z.; Zang, Y.; Liu, C.; Guo, W.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 7128-7131.



121.	Reductive Opening of Oxetanes Catalyzed by Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Unexpected Aryl Migration via Neighboring Group Participation Tang, L.; Zang, Y.; Guo, W.; Han, Z.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 3259-3264.



119.	Organocatalytic discrimination of non-directing aryl and heteroaryl groups: enantioselective synthesis of bioactive indole-containing triarylmethanes Yan, Q.;¹ Duan, M.;¹ Chen, C.; Deng, Z.; Wu, M.; Yu, P.; He, M.-L.;* Zhu, G.;* Houk, K. N.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5767-5773. (¹: equal contribution)



117.	Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrrolidines via Oxetane Desymmetrization Zhang, R.;¹ Sun, M.;¹ Yan, Q.;¹ Lin, X.; Li, X.; Fang, X.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 2359-2364.(¹: equal contribution)



114.	Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines via Asymmetric Oxetane Opening by Internal Carbon Nucleophiles Zhang, T.; Zhuang, H.; Tang, L.; Han, Z.; Guo, W.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 207-212.



113.	Asymmetric dearomatization enabled by chiral Bronsted acid activation of ynamides Li, X.; Sun, J.* Sci. Chin. Chem. 2022, 65, 3-4. (Invited Highlight)



111.	SPHENOL, A New Chiral Framework for Asymmetric Synthesis Zhang, R.;¹ Ge, S.;¹ Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12445-12449. (¹: equal contribution)




110.	Mild Intermolecular Synthesis of a Cyclopropane-Containing Tricyclic Skeleton: Unusual Reactivity of Isobenzopyryliums Liu, S.; Qian, H.; Zhang, T.; Xie, H.; Han, Z.; Guo, W.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 21272-21276.




109.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Formal Oxidative Coupling for the Construction of All-Aryl Quaternary Stereocenters Li, Z.; Li, Y.; Li, X.; Wu, M.; He, M.-L.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 11793-11798.



108.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Dearomatization of Thiophenes by 1,10-Conjugate Addition of Indole Imine Methides Li, X.; Duan, M.; Yu, P.; Houk, K. N.;* Sun, J.* Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 4881.




107.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Esters from Sulfoxonium Ylides Guo, W.; Wang, M.; Han, Z.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 11191-11196.



106.	An Unusual Formal Migrative Cycloaddition of Aurone-derived Azadienes: Synthesis of Benzofuran-fused Nitrogen Heterocycles Feng, Q.; Wu, A.; Zhang, X.; Song, L.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 7953-7957.



104.	Ru-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Nitrile Oxides and Electron-Rich Alkynes with Reversed Regioselectivity Feng, Q.; Huang, H.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 2431-2436.



103.	An Organocatalytic Kinetic Resolution of Aziridines by Thiol Nucleophiles Sun, S.; Wang, Z.; Li, S.; Zhou, C.; Song, L.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 554-558.



102.	Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Spirooxindoles by Oxidative Rearrangement of Indoles Qian, C.; Li, P.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5871-5875.




101.	Mild C-C Bond Formation via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Oxetane Ring Opening with Soft Carbon Nucleophiles Huang, H.; Zhang, T.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2668-2673.




100.	In(OTf)₃-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-1H-benzo[e]indoles and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans via [3 + 2] Annulation Liu, S.; Zang, Y.; Huang, H.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 8219-8223.



99.	Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Tetraarylmethanes Li, X.; Duan, M.; Deng, Z.; Shao, Q.; Chen, M.; Zhu, G.;* Houk, K. N.;* Sun, J.* Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 1010-1019.




98.	3-Aminooxetanes: Versatile 1,3-Amphoteric Molecules for Intermolecular Annulation Reactions Lai, Z.; Zhang, R.; Feng, Q.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 9945-9949.



97.	Synthesis of Coumarins via [4+2] Cyclization of Siloxy Alkynes and Salicylaldehydes Qian, H.; Sun, J.* Synlett 2020, 32, 207-210. (Invited contribution to the cluster issue of heterocycles)



96.	An Efficient [3+2] Annulation for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Densely-Functionalized Pyrrolidinones and γ-Butenolides Qian, H.; Sun, S.; Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 11295-11298.



95.	Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Tertiary Amino Ketones from Sulfonium Ylides Guo, W.; Luo, Z.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Li, P.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14384-14390.




94.	Ru-Catalyzed Geminal Hydroboration of Silyl Alkynes via a New gem-Addition Mechanism Feng, Q.; Wu, H.-N.; Li, X.; Song, L.; Chung, L. W.;; Wu, Y.-D.; Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13867-13877.




93.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Allenes: Remote Asymmetric 1,8-Addition of Indole Imine Methides Li, X.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 17049-17054.




92.	Benzannulation of Isobenzopyryliums with Electron-Rich Alkynes: A Modular Access to β-Functionalized Naphthalenes Wu, A.; Qian, H.; Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 7957-7962.



91.	A Study of the Reactivity of (Aza-)Quinone Methides in Selective C6-Alkylations of Indoles Yan, J.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, M.; Lin, Z.;* Sun, J.* ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 5053-5057. (Invited contribution to a Special Collection on "Phosphorus in Catalysis")




90.	Unusual Skeletal Reorganization of Oxetanes for the Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydroquinolines Wang, G.; Huang, H.; Guo, W.; Qian, C.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 11245-11249.




89.	Synthesis of medium-sized lactones from siloxy alkynes via ring expansion Wu, A.; Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Tetrahedron 2020, 76, 131163. (Invited contribution)



88.	HNTf₂-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hydrodibenzofurans by an Epoxidation/Semipinacol Rearrangement Cascade Wong, T. H. M.; Li, X.; Ma, D.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1951-1954.



87.	Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodioxepines Zhou, X.; Sun, G.; Huang, H.; Wang, J.; Yang, W.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 249-252.



86.	Ru-Catalyzed Migratory Geminal Semi-Hydrogenation of Internal Alkynes to Terminal Olefins Song, L.; Feng, Q.; Wang, Y.; Ding, S.; Wu, Y.-D.; Zhang, X.; Chuang, L. W.;* Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17441-17451.




85.	Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Oxetanes for the Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrothiophenes and Tetrahydroselenophenes Zhang, R.; Guo, W.; Duan, M.; Houk, K. N.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18055-18060.




84.	Organocatalytic Enantioconvergent Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Allenes via Asymmetric 1,8-Addition to aza-para-Quinone Methides Chen, M.; Qian, D.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 8127-8131.




83.	Catalytic Enantioselective House-Meinwald Rearrangement: Efficient Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters Ma, D.; Miao, C.-B.; Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13783-13787.




82.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Functionalization of Unactivated Indole C(sp³)-H Bonds Ma, D.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, M.; Lin, Z.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 15916-15921.




81.	A Mild Catalytic Synthesis of 2-Oxazolines via Oxetane Ring-Opening: Rapid Access to A Diverse Family of Natural Products Huang, H.; Yang, W.; Chen, Z.; Lai, Z.; Sun, J.* Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 9586-9590.




80.	Electrochemical Synthesis of β-Hydroxy-, β-Alkoxy-, and β-Carbonyloxy Sulfones by Vicinal Difunctionalization of Olefins Zhang, Z.; Yan, J.; Ma, D.; Sun, J.* Chin. Chem. Lett. 2019, 30, 1509-1511. (Invited contribution)




79.	Synthesis of Eight-Membered Lactams via Formal [6+2] Cyclization of Siloxy Alkynes and Vinylazetidines Wu, A.; Feng, Q.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6776-6780.




78.	A [3+2] Cyclization of Siloxyalkynes and Isocyanides for the Syn- thesis of Oxazoles Wu, A.; Sun, J.* Synlett 2019, 30, 515-518. (Invited contribution to the 30 Years SYNLETT - Pearl Anniversary Issue)




77.	Recent Progress in Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis on Ammoniums Qian, D.;* Sun, J.* Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 25, 3740-3751. (Invited submission)




76.	Triflimide (HNTf₂) in Organic Synthesis Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Chem. Rev. 2018, 118, 10349-10392.




75.	NHC-Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation: Efficient Synthesis of γ-Trifluoromethyl α,β-Unsaturated Esters Yang, W.;¹ Ma, D.;¹ Zhou, Y.; Dong, X.; Lin, Z.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12097-12101. (¹: equal contribution)




74.	Stereoselective Synthesis of Fully-Substituted Acrylonitriles via Formal Acylcyanation of Electron-Rich Alkynes Liu, B.;¹ Wang, Y.;¹ Chen, Y.; Wu, Q.; Zhao J.;* Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3465-3468. (¹: equal contribution)




72.	An Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral β,β-Diaryl-α-amino Acids via Addition of Azlactones to In-Situ Generated para-Quinone Methides Yan, J.;¹ Chen, M.;¹ Sung, H. H.-Y.; Williams, I. D; Sun, J.* (¹: equal contribution) Chem. Asian J. 2018, 13, 2440-2444. (Invited submission)




71.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethylamines from Racemic Alcohols Chen, M.; Han, Y.; Ma, D.; Wang, Y.; Lai, Z.; Sun, J.* Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 519-525. (Invited submission)




70.	Counterion-Induced Asymmetric Control on Azetidiniums: A Facile Access to Chiral Amines Qian, D.;¹ Chen, M.;¹ Bissember, A. C.; Sun, J.* (¹: equal contribution) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3763-3766.




69.	Organocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral Tetrasubstituted Allenes from Racemic Propargylic Alcohols Qian, D.; Wu, L.; Lin, Z.;* Sun, J.* Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 567.




68.	How Understanding the Role of an Additive Can Lead to an Improved Synthetic Protocol without an Additive: Organocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethyl Alkynes Chen, M.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11966-11970.




67.	Catalytic Asymmetric N-Alkylation of Indoles and Carbazoles via 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Aza-para-Quinone Methides Chen, M.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4583-4587.




66.	Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Quinone Methides and Vinyl Sulfides: Indirect Access to Generally Substituted Chiral Chromanes Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2334-2337.




65.	N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed γ-Dihalomethylenation of Enals via Single Electron Transfer Yang, W.; Hu, W.; Dong, X.; Li, X.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 15783-15786.




64.	Catalytic Enantioselective Aza-Piancatelli Rearrangement Li, H.; Tong, R.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 15125-15128.




63.	Metal-Free [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides and Nitriles: Mild and Regioselective Synthesis of Fully Substituted Pyridines Wang, Y.; Song, L.-J.; Zhang, X.;* Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9704-9708.




62.	Ir-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study Song, L.-J.; Ding, S.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.;* Wu, Y.-D.;* Sun, J.* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 6157-6164.




61.	Enantioselective Chloride Opening of Oxetanes: Unusual Use of Wet Molecular Sieves for Controlled Release of HCl Yang, W.; Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6954-6958.




60.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Aziridines and Prochiral Azetidines Wang, Z.; Hong, W.-X.; Sun, J.* Curr. Org. Chem. 2016, 20, 1851-1861. (Invited review)



59.	Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Naphthols to para-Quinone Methides Wong, Y. F.; Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 5751-5754. (Invited contribution to the "New Talent" issue)




58.	A One-Pot Oxidation/Cycloaddition Cascade Synthesis of 2,4-Diaryl Chromans via ortho-Qunione Methides Wong, Y. F.; Wang, Z.; Hong, W.-X.; Sun, J.* Tetrahedron 2016, 72, 2748-2751. (Invited contribution to the issue on Catalytic C-C Bond Formation by C-H Functionalization and C-C Bond Cleavage)




57.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dioxanes and Other Oxa-Heterocycles by Oxetane Desymmetrization Yang, W.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1868-1871.




56.	Enantioselective Addition of Thiols to ortho-Quinone Methides Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acids Lai, Z.; Sun, J.* Synlett 2016, 27, 555-558. (Invited contribution to the Chiral Phosphoric Acid cluster issue)




55.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Nucleophilic Addition to ortho-Quinone Methides by Alcohols Lai, Z.; Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 6058-6061.




54.	Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions of ortho-Quinone Methides Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Synthesis 2015, 47, 3629-3644. (Invited review)




53.	Catalytic Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of para-Quinone Methides: Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters Wang, Z.; Wong, Y. F.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13711-13714.




52.	Triflimide (Update) Sun, J. e-Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2015.


51.	Catalytic Ring Expansion of Cyclic Hemiaminals for the Synthesis of Medium Ring Lactams Zhao, W. 1; Qian, H. 1; Li, Z.; Sun, J. (1: equal contribution) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10005-10008.




50.	Catalytic Enantioselective Intermolecular Desymmetrization of Azetidines Wang, Z.; Sheong, F. K.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Lin, Z.; Sun, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5895-5898.




49.	Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes Under Mild Conditions Ding, S.; Song, L.-J.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Chung, L. W.; Wu, Y.-D.; Sun, J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5632-5635.




48.	Organocatalytic Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydronaphthalenes from Isobenzopyrylium Ions Qian, H.; Zhao, W.; Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 560-563.




47.	Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,1-Diarylethanes by Transfer Hydrogenation Wang, Z.; Ai, F.; Wang, Z.; Zhao, W.; Zhu, G.; Lin, Z.; Sun, J.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 383-389.




46.	Enantioselective Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters from Indoles and Tertiary Alcohols Bearing A Directing Group Zhao, W.; Wang, Z.; Chu, B.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1910-1913.




45.	N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Fluorination of Aliphatic Aldehydes and α-Chloro Aldehydes: Synthesis of α-Fluoro Esters, Amides, and Thioesters Dong, X.; Yang, W.; Hu, W.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 660-663.




44.	Dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyran-Containing Organic D-p-A Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Chu, B.; Wang, H.; Xerri, B.; Lee, K-H.; Yang, T.; Wang, Z.; Lin, Z.; Liang, Y.; Adamo, C.; Yang, S.; Sun, J. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 62472-62475.



42.	Siloxy Alkynes in Annulation Reactions Qian, H.; Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Chem. Rec. 2014, 14, 1070-1085. (Invited Account)



41.	Catalytic Asymmetric Nucleophilic Openings of 3-Substituted Oxetanes Wang, Z.; Chen, Z.; Sun, J.* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 6028-6032. (Invited Perspective)




40.	Catalytic Asymmetric α-Aldol Reaction of Vinylogous N-Heterocyclic Carbene Enolates: Formation of Quaternary and Labile Tertiary Stereocenters Dong, X.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 2450-2453.




39.	Organocatalytic Enantio- and Diastereoselective Assembly of Thiazolidine Scaffolds by Formal [3+2] Annulation Qian, H.; Sun, J.* Asian J. Org. Chem. 2014, 3, 387-390. (Invited contribution for the speical issue of Organocatalysis)




38.	Ir-Catalyzed Intermolecular Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition of Internal Thioalkynes under Mild Conditions Ding, S.; Jia, G.; Sun, J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1877 -1880.




37.	New Strategies for Medium and Large Ring Lactone Synthesis Zhao, W.; Sun, J.* Synlett. 2014, 25, 303-307. (Invited SYNPACTS highlight)




36.	Multi-Targeted Organometallic Ruthenium(II)-Arene Anticancer Complexes Bearing Inhibitors of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1: A Strategy to Improve Cytotoxicity Wang, Z.; Qian, H.; Yiu, S.-M.; Sun, J.; Zhu, G.* J. Inorg. Biochem. 2014, 131, 47-55.


34.	Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3-Allenoates by Intermolecular Addition of Nitroalkanes to Activated Enynes Qian, H.; Yu, X.; Zhang, J.; Sun, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18020-18023.




33.	Enantio- and Diastereoselective Assembly of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydropyran Skeletons with All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters Chen, Z.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13593-13596.




32.	Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides by Thiols Wang, Z.; Law, W. K.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5964-5966.




31.	Ligand-Controlled Remarkable Regio- and Stereodivergence in Intermolecular Hydrosilylation of Internal Alkynes: Experimental and Theoretical Studies Ding, S.; Song, L.-J.; Chung, L. W.; Zhang, X.; Sun, J.; Wu, Y.-D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 13835-13842.




30.	N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalyzed Synthesis of α,α-Difluoro Esters Dong, X.; Zhao, Y.-M.; Sun, J.* Synlett 2013, 24, 1221-1224. (Invited contribution for the Cluster on N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis)




29.	Catalytic Enantioselective Assembly of Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Their Analogues Bearing A C-4 Stereocenter: A Formal Synthesis of (+)-(8S,13R)-Cyclocelabenzine Chen, Z.1; Wang, Z.1; Sun, J.* (1: equal contribution) Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 8426-8430.




28.	Catalytic Enantioselective Intermolecular Desymmetrization of 3-Substituted Oxetanes Wang, Z.; Chen, Z.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6685-6688. (front cover)




27.	A New Strategy for Efficient Synthesis of Medium and Large Ring Lactones without High Dilution or Slow Addition Zhao, W.; Li, Z.; Sun, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4680-4683




26.	Stereoselective Synthesis of Aminoindanols via An Efficient Cascade aza-Michael/Aldol Reaction Qian, H.; Zhao, W.; Sung, H. H.-Y.; Williams, I. D.; Sun, J.* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 4361-4363. (Invited contribution for the Emerging Investigators 2013 issue)




25.	Complex Bioactive Alkaloid-Type Polycycles through Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Multicomponent Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction of Indoles with Oxetane as Directing Group Chen, Z.; Wang, B.; Wang, Z.; Zhu, G.; Sun, J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2027-2031.




24.	Enantioselective Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated α-Fluoroesters Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Zhao, Y.-M.; Cheung, M. S.; Lin, Z.; Sun, J. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10359-10363.




23.	Synthesis of 8-Membered Lactones via Intermolecular [6+2] Cyclization of New Amphoteric Molecules with Siloxy Alkynes Zhao, W.; Wang, Z.; Sun, J.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6209-6213.




22.	NHC-Catalyzed Intramolecular Redox Reaction of Alkynals: An Efficient Synthesis of Allenoates Zhao, Y.; Tam, Y.; Wang, Y.; Li, Z.; Sun, J.* Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1398-1401.




19.	Triflimide (review) Sun, J.* e-Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2010.

Selected other publications with major contribution made by our collaborators:
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162.	Pd-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed Divergent Cycloaddition of Cyclic 1-Azadienes with Oxo-1,4-dipoles Xie, H.; Chen, L.; Han, Z.; Yang, Z.; Sun, J.;* Huang, H.* Org. Lett. 2023, 27, 5011-5016.



161.	Chiral Phosphine Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Benzylidene Succinimides with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates Liu, C.; Sun, J.;* Li, P.* Molecules 2023, 28, 12825.



160.	Dual Behavior Regulation: Tether-Free Deep-Brain Stimulation by Photothermal and Upconversion Hybrid Nanoparticles Sun, F.; Shen, H.; Yang, Q.;* Yuan, Z.; Chen, Y.; Guo, W.; Wang, Y.; Yang, L.; Bai, Z.; Liu, Q.; Jiang, M.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Sun, J.; Ye, R.; Kwok, R. T. K.;* Tang, B. Z.* Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2210018.



155.	In Situ Synthesis of AIEgen-based Porous Organic Polymer Films by Interfacial Amino-yne Click Polymerization for Efficient Light-Harvesting Song, B.; Zhang, L.; Sun, J.; Lam, J. W. Y.;* Tang, B. Z.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302543.



152.	Aggregation-Induced Emission Macromolecular Materials for Antibacterial Applications Zuo, Y.; Kwok, R. T. K; Sun, J.; Lam, J. W. Y.;* Tang, B. Z.* Marcromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44, 2300104.



149.	An Alkaline Phosphatase-Responsive Aggregation-Induced Emission Photosensitizer for Selective Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Cells Lam, K. W. K.; Chau, J. H. C.; Yu, E. Y.; Sun, F.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Ding, D.; Kwok, R. T. K.;* Sun, J.; He, X.;* Tang, B. Z.* ACS Nano 2023, 17, 7145-7156.



145.	Near-Infrared Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for In Vivo Theranostics of Alzheimer's Disease Zhang, T.; Chen, X.; Yuan, C.; Pang, X.; Shangguan, P.; Liu, Y.; Han, L.; Sun, J.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Liu, Y.; Wang, J.;* Shi, B.;* Tang, B. Z.* Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202211550.



143.	Metal-free Multicomponent Polymerization of Activated Diyne, Electrophilic Styrene and Isocyanide Towards Highly Substituted and Functional Poly(cyclopentadiene) Liu, X.; Yang, X.; Li, X.; Sun, J.;* He, B.;* Lam, J. W. Y.;* Tang, B. Z.* Sci. Chin. Chem. 2023, 66, 863-869.



140.	Fluorescent Imaging and Sorting of High-Lipid-Content Strains of Green Algae by Using an Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen Liu, X.; Yan, N.;* Wong, T. Y.; Lam, H.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Kwok, R. T. K.;* Sun, J.; Tang, B. Z.* ACS Nano 2022, 16, 14973-14981.



139.	Design of Smart Aggregates: Toward Rapid Clinical Diagnosis of Hyperlipidemia in Human Blood Sun, F.; Zhao, W.; Shen, H.; Fan, N.; Zhang, J.; Liu, Q.; Xu, C.; Luo, J.; Zhao, M.; Chen, Y.; Lam, K. W. K.; Yang, X.; Kowk, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Sun, J.; Zhang, H.;* Tang, B. Z.* Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2207671.



138.	Construction of diverse polycyclic N-heterocycles via cascade allylic amination/Diels-Alder reaction Yang, Z.; Xie, H.; Tang, L.; Sun, J.; Han, Z.; Huang, H.* Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 13258-13261.



136.	Rapid Biotransformation of Luminescent Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Hepatic Sinusoids Tan, Y.; Cai, W.; Luo, C.; Tang, J.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Sun, J.; Liu, J.;* Tang, B. Z.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 20653-20660.



135	Total Synthesis of Yuzurine-type Alkaloid Daphgraciline Li, L.-X.; Min, L.; Yao, T.-B.; Ji, S.-X.; Qiao C.; Tian, P.-L.; Sun, J.;* Li, C.-C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18823-18828.



134.	Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Enantioselective C(sp3)-H Insertion of Donor/donor Carbenes Li, W.; Zhang, H.; Jiang, H.; Sun, J.; Zhu, S.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 12396-12402.



133.	Catalyst-Controlled Divergent Reactions of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles with Propargylic Alcohols: Synthesis of 3H-Benzo[b]azepines and Axially Chiral Tetrasubstituted Allenes Qian, C.; Huang, T.; Sun, J.;* Li, P.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 6472-6476.



131.	Construction of Nine-membered N,N,O-Heterocycles via Pd-Catalyzed [6+3] Dipolar Cycloaddition Xie, H.; Yang, Z.; Tang, L.; Han, Z.; Sun, J.;* Huang, H.* Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10560-10563.



130.	Base-Promoted 5-exo-dig Cyclization of o-Alkynylamides or 2-En-4-ynamides with CO2 toward Fully Substituted Acrylates Sha, Y.; Bai, J.; Li, M.; Gao, W.; Yang, Q.; Sun, J.; Sun, S.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5715-5720.



128.	Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging Shen, H.; Sun, F.; Zhu, X.; Zhang, J.; Ou, X.; Zhang, J.; Xu, C.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Chen, S.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.; Sun, J.; Zhang, F.;* Tang, B. Z.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15391-15402.



124.	Secondary through-space interactions facilitated single-molecule white-light emission from clusteroluminogens Zhang, J.; Alam, P.; Zhang, S.; Shen, H.; Hu, L.; Sung, H. H. Y.; Williams, I. D.; Sun, J.; Lam, J. W. Y.;* Zhang, H.;* Tang, B. Z.* Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3492.



120.	Photoactive Metal Carbonyl Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Viability as Photoredox Catalysts Tang, M.; Cameron, L.; Poland, E. M.; Yu, L.-J.; Moggach, S. A.; Fuller, R. O.; Huang, H.; Sun, J.; Thickett, S. C.; Massi, M.; Coote, M. L.;* Ho, C. C.;* Bissember, A. C.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 1888-1898.



118.	Oxygen Quenching-Resistant Nanoaggregates with Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence for Time-Resolved Mapping of Intracellular Microviscosity Song, F.; Ou, X.; Chou, T. Y.; Liu, J.; Gao, H.;* Zhang, R.; Huang, X.; Zhao, Z.; Sun, J.; Chen, S.;* Lam, J. W. Y.; Tang, B. Z.* ACS Nano 2022, 16, 6176-6184.



116.	Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens for Cell Death Research Zuo, Y.; Shen, H.; Sun, F.; Li, P.; Sun, J.; Kwok, R. T. K.; Lam, J. W. Y.;* Tang, B. Z.* ACS Bio. Med. Chem. Au 2022, 2, 236-257.



115.	Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective reactions of functionalized propargylic alcohols Qian, C.; Liu, M.; Sun, J.;* Li, P.* Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 1234-1240.



112.	Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Styrenes with Oxime Esters and CO₂: Multicomponent Reactions toward Cyanocarboxylic Acids and γ-Keto Acids Bai, J.; Li, M.; Zhou, C.; Sha, Y.; Cheng, J.; Sun, J.; Sun, S.* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 9654-9658.



105.	Photoredox-Catalyzed α-Aminomethyl Carboxylation of Styrenes with Sodium Glycinates: Synthesis of γ-Amino Acids and γ-Lactams Zhou, C.; Li, M.; Sun, J.; Cheng, J.;* Sun, S.* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 2895-2899.



73.	Two New Quinoline-based Regenerable Fluorescent Probes with AIE Characteristics for Selective Recognition of Cu2+ in Aqueous Solution and Test Strips Xiong, J.; Li, Z.; Tan, J.; Ji, S.; Sun, J.; Li, X.; Huo, Y.* Analyst 2018, 143, 4870-4886.



43.	Theoretical Studies on the Regioselectivity of Iridium-Catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions Luo, Q.; Jia, G.; Sun, J.; Lin, Z.* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11970-11980.



35.	Platinated Benzonaphthyridone is a Stronger Inhibitor of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 and a More Potent Anticancer Agent than is the Parent Inhibitor Wang, B.; Qian, H.; Yiu, S.-M.; Sun, J.; Zhu, G.* Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2014, 71, 366-373.


21.	DFT Studies on Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,5-Enynes Fan, T.; Chen, X.; Sun, J.; Lin, Z. Organometallics 2012, 31, 4221-4227.


20.	Dithiafulvenyl Unit as a New Donor for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis and Demonstration of a Family of Metal-Free Organic Sensitizers Guo, K.; Yan, K.; Lu, X.; Qiu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Sun, J.; Yan, F.; Guo, W.; Yang, S.* Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2214-2217.

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