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  1. Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carbene Insertion into B–H Bonds: Highly Enantioselective Access to Functionalized Organoboranes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  2. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of Cyclic N -Sulfonyl Aryl Alkyl Ketimines: Efficient Access to Highly Enantioenriched α-Tertiary Amines

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  3. Recent applications of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines, chiral diene ligands and chiral sulfur–olefin ligands in asymmetric synthesis

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  4. A highly diastereoselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of indoles with isatin-derived N-sulfinyl ketimines towards the efficient synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted 3-indolyl-3-aminooxindoles

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  5. Facile synthesis of acridines via Pd(0)-diphosphine complex-catalyzed tandem coupling/cyclization protocol

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  6. Lewis Acid Promoted Diastereoselective Addition of TMSCN and TMSCF 3 to Isatin-Derived N -Sulfinyl Ketimines: Synthesis of Optically Active Tetrasubstituted 3-Aminooxindoles

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  7. Indium-Mediated Asymmetric Intramolecular Allenylation of N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines: Efficient and Practical Access to Chiral 3-Allenyl-4-aminochromanes

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  8. Rhodium-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Arylation of Cyclic Diketimines: Efficient Synthesis of Chiral Tetrasubstituted 1,2,5-Thiadiazoline 1,1-Dioxides

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  9. Structure–activity relationship and interaction studies of new SIRT1 inhibitors with the scaffold of 3-(furan-2-yl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  10. Design of a new series of chiral phosphite–olefin ligands and their application in asymmetric catalysis

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  11. Glyoxylic Acid

    Article • May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  12. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Tandem Cyclization for Efficient and Rapid Access to Underexplored Heterocyclic Tertiary Allylic Alcohols Containing a Tetrasubstituted Olefin

    Article • Organic Letters, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  13. Simple sulfur–olefins as new promising chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  14. Chiral Phosphite-Olefin Ligands：Application in Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Aryl-α,β-unsaturated Sulfonates

    Article • Acta Chimica Sinica, January 2014, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  15. Rhodium-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Cyclic Aldimines: Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclic Sulfamidates

    Article • Synthesis, May 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  16. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral 3-Aryl-1-indanones through Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intramolecular 1,4-Addition

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  17. Chiral Sulfinamide-Olefin Ligands: Switchable Selectivity in Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,2-Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Aliphaticα-Ketoesters

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  18. Identification of benzofuran-3-yl(phenyl)methanones as novel SIRT1 inhibitors: Binding mode, inhibitory mechanism and biological action

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  19. Simple Branched Sulfur–Olefins as Chiral Ligands for Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation of Cyclic Ketimines: Highly Enantioselective Construction of Tetrasubstituted Carbon Stereocenters

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  20. Zn-mediated asymmetric allylation of N-tert-butanesulfinyl ketimines: an efficient and practical access to chiral quaternary 3-aminooxindoles

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  21. The advantage of biosensor analysis over enzyme inhibition studies for slow dissociating inhibitors – characterization of hydroxamate-based matrix metalloproteinase-12 inhibitors

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  22. A new versatile approach to synthesise enantioenriched 3-hydroxyoxindoles, 1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran and 3-isochromanone derivatives by a rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation–cyclization sequence

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  23. Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aza-Friedel-Crafts Reaction ofN-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines: Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active 9-Aminofluorene Derivatives

    Article • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  24. Inside Cover: Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aza-Friedel-Crafts Reaction ofN-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines: Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active 9-Aminofluorene Derivatives (Asian J. Org. Chem. 1/2013)

    Article • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  25. Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition to Unsymmetrical α-Diketones: Tandem One-Pot Synthesis of Optically Active 3-Tetrasubstituted Isochroman Derivatives

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  26. Lewis Acid Promoted Highly Diastereoselective Petasis Borono-Mannich Reaction: Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active β,γ-Unsaturated α-Amino Acids

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  27. Efficient synthesis of optically active α-quaternary amino acids by highly diastereoselective [2,3]-rearrangement of allylic ammonium ylides

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  28. Design of N-cinnamyl sulfinamides as new sulfur-containing olefin ligands for asymmetric catalysis: achieving structural simplicity with a categorical linear framework

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  29. Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective 1,2-addition of arylboronic acids to heteroaryl α-ketoesters for synthesis of heteroaromatic α-hydroxy esters

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  30. Rhodium-Catalyzed, Highly Enantioselective 1,2-Addition of Aryl Boronic Acids to α-Ketoesters and α-Diketones Using Simple, Chiral Sulfur-Olefin Ligands

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  31. Rhodium-Catalyzed, Highly Enantioselective 1,2-Addition of Aryl Boronic Acids to α-Ketoesters and α-Diketones Using Simple, Chiral Sulfur-Olefin Ligands

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  32. Biscinchona alkaloids as highly efficient bifunctional organocatalysts for the asymmetric conjugate addition of malonates to nitroalkenes at ambient temperature

    Article • Tetrahedron, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu, Dr Ping Tian

  33. Design of Chiral Sulfoxide–Olefins as a New Class of Sulfur-Based Olefin Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  34. Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Using Unsymmetrical Vicinal Diamine-Based Ligands: Dramatic Substituent Effect on Catalyst Efficiency

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  35. Development of Bicyclo[3.3.0]octadiene- or Dicyclopentadiene-Based Chiral Diene Ligands for Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions

    Article • Synlett, May 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  36. Design of N-sulfinyl homoallylic amines as novel sulfinamide-olefin hybrid ligands for asymmetric catalysis: application in Rh-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-additions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  37. Highly diastereoselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of arenes with N-tert-butanesulfinylimino ester towards the efficient synthesis of α-arylglycines

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  38. SmI2-promoted imino-Reformatsky reaction for facile synthesis of enantioenriched β-amino acid esters

    Article • Science China Chemistry, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  39. Highly Diastereoselective Indium-Mediated Allenylation of N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imino Ester: Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active α-Allenylglycines

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  40. Chiral Diene as the Ligand for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Compounds via Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki−Miyaura Coupling Reaction

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  41. One-Pot Synthesis of Chiral α-Methylene-γ-lactams with Excellent Diastereoselectivities and Enantioselectivities

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  42. Samarium diiodide induced asymmetric synthesis of γ-butyrolactone using chiral auxiliaries derived from isosorbide and isomannide

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  43. Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of (Diarylmethyl)amines by Rhodium-Catalyzed­ Arylation of N-Nosylimines Using a Chiral Bicyclo[3.3.0]diene Ligand

    Article • Synthesis, August 2010, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  44. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboronic Acids to Nitroalkenes Using Chiral Bicyclo[3.3.0] Diene Ligands

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  45. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboronic Acids to Nitroalkenes Using Chiral Bicyclo[3.3.0] Diene Ligands

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  46. Studies on gas-phase cyclometalations of [ArNi(PPh3)n]+ (n = 1 or 2) by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, July 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  47. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ullmann Coupling for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Tetra-ortho-Substituted Biaryl Dials

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  48. One-pot synthesis of furocoumarins via sequential Pd/Cu-catalyzed alkynylation and intramolecular hydroalkoxylation

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  49. Highly diastereoselective Friedel–Crafts reaction of indoles with an N-tert-butanesulfinylimino ester: an efficient and practical approach to enantiomerically enriched α-(3-indolyl)glycines

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  50. Dramatic lithium chloride effect on the reaction stereocontrol in Zn-mediated asymmetric cinnamylation: highly practical synthesis of β-aryl homoallylic amines

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  51. Rhodium/diene-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of N-sulfonyl indolylimines: a new access to highly optically active α-aryl 3-indolyl-methanamines

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  52. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Phthalides by Efficient Reductive Cyclization of 2-Acylarylcarboxylates under Aqueous Transfer Hydrogenation Conditions

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  53. Highly Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of Vinylic Amino Alcohols by Zn-Promoted Benzoyloxyallylation of ChiralN-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines: Facile and Rapid Access to (−)-Cytoxazone

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  54. A New Approach to Pyrrolocoumarin Derivatives by Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions: Expedient Construction of Polycyclic Lamellarin Scaffold

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  55. Concise Asymmetric Synthesis of Antimalarial Alkaloid (+)-Febrifugine

    Article • Synlett, July 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  56. Rapid assembly of anti-1,3-diol units with 2-quaternary carbon stereocenter via samarium diiodide-promoted tandem Aldol/Evans-Tishchenko reaction

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  57. InBr3-catalyzed direct alkynylation of nitrones with terminal alkynes: an efficient synthesis of N-hydroxy-propargyl amines

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  58. Highly Practical Catalytic Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Arylboronic Acids in Water Using New Hydrophilic Chiral Bicyclo[3.3.0] Diene Ligands

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  59. Samarium diiodide-promoted electrophilic amination of ketone enolates: efficient synthesis of quaternary carbon-containing α-aminated ketones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  60. Easily AccessibleC2-Symmetric Chiral Bicyclo[3.3.0] Dienes as Ligands for Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu, Dr Ping Tian

  61. An Advance on Exploring N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines in Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Amines

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  62. Concise Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-CP-99,994 and (+)-L-733,060 via Efficient Construction of Homochiral syn -1,2-Diamines and syn -1,2-Amino Alcohols

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  63. Remarkable Salt Effect on In-Mediated Allylation of N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines in Aqueous Media:  Highly Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Homoallylic Amines and Isoindolinones

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  64. An Efficient and Versatile Approach for Optical Resolution of C 2 -Symmetric Axially Chiral Biaryl Dials. Synthesis of Enantiopure Biaryl-Derived Cyclic trans -1,2-Diols

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  65. Study on mass spectrometric behavior of samarium di-iodide in tetrahydrofuran solution

    Article • International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  66. Unusual heterochiral crystallization tendency of 3-arylphthalide compounds in non-racemic solution: reinvestigation on asymmetric Ni-catalyzed tandem reaction of substituted o-halobenzaldehydes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  67. Design of C 2 -Symmetric Tetrahydropentalenes as New Chiral Diene Ligands for Highly Enantioselective Rh-Catalyzed Arylation of N -Tosylarylimines with Arylboronic Acids

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  68. Room-Temperature Highly Diastereoselective Zn-Mediated Allylation of Chiral N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines: Remarkable Reaction Condition Controlled Stereoselectivity Reversal

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  69. Lipase-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Quaternary Carbon-Containing 1,3-Propanediols: A New Entry to the Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Substituted Serine Analogues

    Article • Synlett, May 2006, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu, Dr Ping Tian

  70. A Highly Efficient and Direct Approach for Synthesis of Enantiopure β-Amino Alcohols by Reductive Cross-Coupling of Chiral N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines with Aldehydes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  71. Enantioselective Dihydroxylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by a PEG-Bound Bi-Cinchona Alkaloid Ligand

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  72. A New Entry to Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Active α,γ-Substituted γ-Butyrolactones, Using a Carbohydrate Derived Amide as Both a Chiral Auxiliary and a Proton Source

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  73. Highly Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Synthesis of Enantiopure C 2 -Symmetrical Vicinal Diamines by Reductive Homocoupling of Chiral N-tert- Butanesulfinyl Imines

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  74. Samarium Diiodide-Induced Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Pure Unsymmetrical Vicinal Diamines by Reductive Cross-Coupling of Nitrones with N - tert -Butanesulfinyl Imines

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  75. Bifunctional pyridyl alcohols with the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane scaffold in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  76. A highly efficient and practical new PEG-bound bi-cinchona alkaloid ligand for the catalytic asymmetric aminohydroxylation of alkenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, June 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  77. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of 4-Mesylcoumarins with Aryl Halides: Facile Synthesis of 4-Substituted Coumarins

    Article • Synlett, January 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  78. Synthesis and Ionochromic Effect of Hyperbranched and Linear Poly(thienylene−phenylene)s

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  79. A New 1,1‘-Binaphthyl-Based Catalyst for the Enantioselective Phenylacetylene Addition to Aromatic Aldehydes without Using a Titanium Complex

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  80. Greatly enhanced enantioselectivity by an apparently remote steric effect in the 1,1′-binaphthyl-catalyzed alkynylzinc addition to aldehydes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, December 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  81. Fluorescent Sensors for the Enantioselective Recognition of Mandelic Acid:  Signal Amplification by Dendritic Branching

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  82. Asymmetric catalysis by 1,1′-binaphthyl compounds with conformation-defined 3,3′-aryl substituents

    Article • Tetrahedron, October 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  83. Novel unsymmetrically hyperbranched polythiophenes with conjugation gradient

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  84. A Practical Enantioselective Fluorescent Sensor for Mandelic Acid

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  85. Construction of an ortho-phenol polymer

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  86. Development of a New Reaction System for the Synthesis of Highly Optically Active α,γ-Substituted γ-Butyrolactones

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  87. Chiral Sulfonamide Induced Enantioselective Protonation of Samarium Enolate in the Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Ester with Ketone

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu

  88. A Highly Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Active α,γ-Substituted γ-Butyrolactones Using a Chiral Auxiliary Derived from Isosorbide

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ming-Hua Xu