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  1. Hexafluoroisopropanol-Enabled Access to Spirocyclobutanes via Cyclopropylcarbinyl Cation Rearrangement

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  2. Transition metal-catalyzed selective hydroalkynylation of internal alkynes with terminal alkynes

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  3. Chiral Phosphoric Acid and BF 3 ·THF Relay Catalytic System Enables a Formal Asymmetric Aza-Baeyer–Villiger Rearrangement

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  4. Synthesis of Polysubstituted Cyclohexenes via Pyridine-Boryl Radical-Catalyzed Formal [4 + 2] Cycloadditions of Cyclobutanes with Alkynes

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  5. Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade Carbocyclization/Alkenylation of Bisallenes and Organoboronic Acids

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  6. Total Synthesis of (−)‐2‐Oxokolavenol: A Natural Neoclerodane Diterpene with Farnesoid X Receptor Transcriptional Activity

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  7. Front Cover: Rhodium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone‐Tethered (Z)‐α,β‐Unsaturated Amides (Asian J. Org. Chem. 5/2025)

    Article • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  8. N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone‐Tethered Ynals to Stereodivergent 6,5‐Bicyclic and 6,5,5‐Tricyclic Products

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  9. Rhodium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone‐Tethered (Z)‐α,β‐Unsaturated Amides

    Article • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2025, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  10. Cobalt-catalyzed regio- and diastereoselective carbocyclization/arylation of 1,5-bisallenes

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  11. Concise asymmetric synthesis of (−)-Bao Gong Teng A via Evans chiral auxiliary-based 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  12. Rhodium(iii)-catalyzed asymmetric allylic cyclization of cyclohexadienone-tethered allenes

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  13. Synthesis of hexahydroisobenzofuran-1(3 H )-ones via pyridine-boryl radical-catalyzed intramolecular cascade cyclization of alkene-tethered cyclobutyl ketones

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  14. Discovery of Tetrahydro Tanshinone I as a Naturally Occurring Covalent Pan-Inhibitor Against Gut Microbial Bile Salt Hydrolases

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  15. Rhodium(III)-catalyzed diastereo- and enantioselective hydrosilylation/cyclization reaction of cyclohexadienone-tethered α,β-unsaturated aldehydes

    Article • Chinese Chemical Letters, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  16. Enantioselective Reductive Cyclization of Alkynyl-Tethered Cyclohexadienones Catalyzed by Rhodium Complexes

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  17. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Formal Intramolecular [3 + 2] Annulations of Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Ynals

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  18. Recent progress in asymmetric rearrangement reactions mediated by chiral Brønsted acids

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  19. A practical preparation of bicyclic boronates via metal-free heteroatom-directed alkenyl sp2-C‒H borylation

    Article • Communications Chemistry, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ping Tian

  20. Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemo- and Stereoselective Arylative Carbocyclization of 1,6-Allenynes

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  21. Copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 1,3-enynes and azomethine ylides

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ping Tian

  22. Thiourea‐Promoted Cascade Dihalogenation‐Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone‐Containing 1,6‐Enynes

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  23. A Highly Enantioselective Homoenolate Michael Addition/Esterification Sequence of Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Enals via NHC Catalysis

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  24. Discovery of Novel Drug-like PHGDH Inhibitors to Disrupt Serine Biosynthesis for Cancer Therapy

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  25. A Practical and Scalable Preparation of Lusianthridin

    Article • Synlett, April 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  26. Novel inhibitors of the STAT3 signaling pathway: an updated patent review (2014-present)

    Article • Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ping Tian

  27. Discovery of PHGDH inhibitors by virtual screening and preliminary structure–activity relationship study

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  28. Discovery of 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors for treating COVID-19

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  29. Catalyst-Controlled Diastereoselectivity Switch in the Asymmetric [3 + 2] Annulation of Isatin-Derived MBH Carbonates and 5-Alkenylthiazol-4(5H)-ones

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  30. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Containing 1,6-Dienes via an Anti-Michael/Michael Cascade Process

    Article • ACS Catalysis, June 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  31. A retrospective overview of PHGDH and its inhibitors for regulating cancer metabolism

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  32. An Unconventional trans - exo -Selective Cyclization of Alkyne-Tethered Cyclohexadienones Initiated by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation via Insertion Relay

    Article • CCS Chemistry, May 2021, Chinese Chemical Society

    Dr Ping Tian

  33. Muscone derivative ZM-32 inhibits breast tumor angiogenesis by suppressing HuR-mediated VEGF and MMP9 expression

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  34. Palladium-catalyzed desymmetric [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-enyne and alkyne

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  35. Rhodium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric carboboration of heterobicyclic alkenes

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  36. Diastereo- and enantioselective rhodium(iii)-catalyzed reductive cyclization of cyclohexadienone-containing 1,6-dienes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  37. One-Pot Preparation of Tricyclo[5.2.2.04,9]undecanes via Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carboboration of Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Allenes

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  38. Identification of novel STAT3 inhibitors bearing 2-acetyl-7-phenylamino benzofuran scaffold for antitumour study

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  39. Copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric 1,6-conjugate allylation

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ping Tian

  40. One-Pot Preparation of Bridged Tricyclic and Fused Tetracyclic Scaffolds via Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization

    Article • Cell Reports Physical Science, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  41. Synthesis of Decahydrocyclobuta[cd]indene Skeletons: Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed Hydroarylation and Relay Thiophene‐Promoted Intramolecular [2+2] Cycloaddition

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  42. Synthesis of chiral anti-1,2-diamine derivatives through copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric α-addition of ketimines to aldimines

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ping Tian

  43. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel potent STAT3 inhibitors based on BBI608 for cancer therapy

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  44. Copper(I)-catalyzed diastereo- and enantio-selective construction of optically pure exocyclic allenes

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ping Tian

  45. One-Pot Preparation of 9,10-Dihydrophenanthrenes Initiated by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation and Relay Diels–Alder Reaction

    Article • Organic Letters, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  46. Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Addition of Aryl-, Alkenyl-, and Alkylboronic Acids to Alkenylazaarenes

    Article • Organic Letters, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  47. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of Racemic 1,6-Dienes via Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  48. Neuroprotective effect of salvianolate on cerebral ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting the Caspase-3 signal pathway

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  49. Activating Pronucleophiles with High pKa Values: Chiral Organo‐Superbases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  50. Activating Pronucleophiles with High pKa Values: Chiral Organo‐Superbases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  51. Enantioselective [3+2] annulation of isatin-derived MBH-carbonates and 3-nitroindoles enabled by a bifunctional DMAP-thiourea

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  52. Elucidation of the Structure of Pseudorubriflordilactone B by Chemical Synthesis

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  53. Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone‐Containing 1,6‐Dienes

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  54. Access to Aryl‐Naphthaquinone Atropisomers by Phosphine‐Catalyzed Atroposelective (4+2) Annulations of δ‐Acetoxy Allenoates with 2‐Hydroxyquinone Derivatives

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  55. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Containing 1,6-Dienes: An Experimental and DFT Study

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  56. Pd(0)-Catalyzed Cyclizative Phosphorylation of (Z)-1-Iodo-1,6-diene: Synthesis of Alkylphosphonate and Alkylthionophosphonate

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  57. Acetic Acid-Promoted Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Terminal Alkynes

    Article • Synlett, March 2019, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  58. Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Cross-Addition of Silylacetylenes to Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Internal Alkynes

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  59. Copper-catalyzed asymmetric silylative cyclization of cyclohexadienone-containing 1,6-enynes

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  60. A novel chiral DMAP–thiourea bifunctional catalyst catalyzed enantioselective Steglich and Black rearrangement reactions

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  61. Trisannulation of benzamides and cyclohexadienone-tethered 1,1-disubstituted allenes initiated by Cp*Rh(iii)-catalyzed C–H activation

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  62. Arylation/Intramolecular Conjugate Addition of 1,6-Enynes Enabled by Manganese(I)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  63. Facile Access to 1,5-Benzodiazepines via Amine-Promoted (4+3) Annulations of δ-Acetoxy Allenoates with o-Diaminobenzenes under Mild Conditions

    Article • Synlett, March 2018, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  64. Efficient Access to cis-Hydrobenzo[b]oxepines: Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Tethered o-Tolyl-Substituted Alkynes

    Article • Synlett, March 2018, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  65. Bisannulation of Benzamides and Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Allenes Triggered by Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation and Relay Ene Reaction

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  66. CuH-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intramolecular Reductive Coupling of Allenes to Enones

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  67. Identification of an Imine Reductase for Asymmetric Reduction of Bulky Dihydroisoquinolines

    Article • Organic Letters, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  68. Efficient access to cis-decalinol frameworks: copper(i)-catalyzed borylative cyclization of allene cyclohexanediones

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  69. Recent Progress on Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Silylation to Unsaturated Compounds

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2016, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  70. Two phenyls are better than one or three: synthesis and application of terminal olefin-oxazoline (TOlefOx) ligands

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  71. Efficient Access to Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonanes: Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Silylative Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Tethered Allenes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  72. Amine-promoted asymmetric [4+2] cycloadditions of α-acetoxymethyl allenoate and dual activated alkenes: stereoselective synthesis of poly-substituted cyclohexenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  73. Copper-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines: dual stereocontrol with nearly perfect diastereoselectivity

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  74. Recent Progress on Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Borylation toα,β-Unsaturated Compounds

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2015, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  75. Tunable Arylative Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes Triggered by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  76. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration of α-Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives: Facile Synthesis of Chiral β-Hydroxy-α-amino Acids

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  77. Copper(i)-catalyzed enantioselective hydroboration of cyclopropenes: facile synthesis of optically active cyclopropylboronates

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  78. Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Containing 1,6-Enynes

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  79. Zinc-Mediated Asymmetric Allylation of Chiral N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Aldimines with 3-Bromomethyl-5H-furan-2-one

    Article • Synlett, July 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  80. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylative Cyclization ofmeso-1,6-Dienynes Leading to Enantioenrichedcis-Hydrobenzofurans

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  81. Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of α-Substituted Nitro Acetates to Nitro Olefins: Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted γ-Lactams

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  82. Chiral NHC/Cu(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration of Aldimines: Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Amido Boronic Esters

    Article • Synlett, January 2013, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Ping Tian

  83. Separation of enantiopure m-substituted 1-phenylethanols in high space-time yield using Bacillus subtilis esterase

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ping Tian

  84. Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Tubulysin V

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian

  85. Rhodium/diene-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of N-Boc-protected α,β-unsaturated δ-lactam with arylboronic acids: enantioselective synthesis of 4-aryl-2-piperidinones

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  86. Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation

    Article • ACS Catalysis, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Ping Tian

  87. 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

  88. Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Substituted γ-Lactams via Rhodium/Diene-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions: Application to the Synthesis of (R)-Baclofen and (R)-Rolipram

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

    Dr Ping Tian

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. New β-amino alcohols with a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane scaffold in an asymmetric Henry reaction

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, March 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ping Tian

  92. Lipase‐Catalyzed Resolutions of both Enantiomers of Ornidazole and Secnidazole

    Article • Chinese Journal of Chemistry, July 2003, Wiley

    Dr Ping Tian