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  1. Enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by a multistereogenic salen–Mn(iii) complex with a rotatable benzylic group as a helping hand

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  2. DMSO as oxidant and sulfenylating agent for metal-free oxidation and methylthiolation of alcohol-containing indoles

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  3. Modular construction of multifunctional ligands for the enantioselective ruthenium-catalyzed carbenoid N–H insertion reaction: an enzyme-like and substrate-sensitive catalyst system

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  4. Construction of an all-substituted pyrrolidine derivative with multiple stereogenic centers and Betti-base-derived γ-amino alcohols by [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  5. Enantioselective conjugate addition of cyanide to chalcones catalyzed by a magnesium-Py-BINMOL complex

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  6. Investigation of the Mitsunobu Reaction of BINOL and Cinchona Alkaloids: Inversion or Retention of Configuration?

    Article • Synthetic Communications, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Li-Wen Xu

  7. Probing the evolution of an Ar-BINMOL-derived salen–Co(iii) complex for asymmetric Henry reactions of aromatic aldehydes: salan–Cu(ii) versus salen–Co(iii) catalysis

    Article • RSC Advances, August 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  8. Dehydrogenation and oxidative coupling of alcohol and amines catalyzed by organosilicon-supported TiO2@PMHSIPN

    Article • RSC Advances, August 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  9. Chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl): an efficient silicon-based Lewis acid mediator in allylic alkylation using a diethylzinc reagent

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  10. Fe-catalyzed cycloaddition of indoles and o-phthalaldehyde for the synthesis of benzo[b]carbazoles with TMSCl- or acid-responsive properties

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu

  11. One-by-one hydrogenation, cross-coupling reaction, and Knoevenagel condensations catalyzed by PdCl2 and the downstream palladium residue

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Li-Wen Xu