70. Min Zheng, Ke Gao, Haitao Qin, Guigen Li, Hongjian Lu* “Metal-to-Ligand Ratio-Dependent Chemodivergent Asymmetric Synthesis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI:10.1002/anie.202108617.

69. Cheng Chen, Minyan Wang, Hongjian Lu*, Binlin Zhao, and Zhuangzhi Shi* “Enabling Alkyl Thianthrenium Salts in Cross-Couplings by Copper Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI:10.1002/anie.202109723.

68. Haitao Qin, Wangshui Cai, Shuang Wang, Ting Guo, Guigen Li, Hongjian Lu,* N-Atom Deletion in Nitrogen Heterocycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI:10.1002/anie.202107356.

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/07/07/carving-out-nitrogens-pick-your-conditions.

67. Cheng Chen, Zheng-Jun Wang, Hongjian Lu,* Yue Zhao, and Zhuangzhi Shi,* “Generation of Non-Stabilized Alkyl Radicals from Thianthrenium Salts for C–B and C–C Bond Formation" Nat. Commun., 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24716-2.

66. Yipin Zhang,^† Xia Ge,^† Hongjian Lu*, and Guigen Li, “Catalytic Decarboxylative C–N Formation to Generate Alkyl, Alkenyl and Aryl Amines” Angew. Chem. 2021, 133, 1873-1880; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 1845. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010974.

65. Xavier Riart-Ferrer, Peng Sang, Jingran Tao, Hao Xu, Li-Mei Jin, Hongjian Lu, Xin Cui, Lukasz Wojtas, X. Peter Zhang. Metalloradical activation of carbonyl azides for enantioselective radical aziridination. Chem, 2021, 7, 1120-1134.

64. Zhen Yang，Peiyuan Li， Hongjian Lu*， Guigen Li*，Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylacylation of Styrene and Indene Derivatives，J. Org. Chem.，2021, 86, 4616–4624.

63. Min Zheng, Ke Gao, Yanhu Zhang and Hongjian Lu* Visible-Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Aryl Radical in situ SO2-capture Reactions.  Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 1830-1835.

62. Zhao, Y.; Bai, J.; Wang, M.*; Lu, H.*; Shi, Z.* Recent advances in methylating agents. SCIENTIA SINICA Chimica 2020, 50 (1674-7224), 526.

61. Xunqing Dong,^† Panpan Ma,^† Tao Zhang, Hitesh B. Jalani, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Iridium-Catalyzed C−H Amination of Weinreb Amides: A Facile Pathway towards Anilines and Quinazolin-2,4-diones” J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 13096–13107

60. Yanan Wu, Ken Chen, Xia Ge, Panpan Ma, Zhiyuan Xu, Hongjian Lu* and Guigen Li, “Redox-Neutral P(O)–N Coupling between P(O)−H Compounds and Azides via Dual Copper and Photoredox Catalysis” Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 6143–6149

59. Haiyang Fei, Zheyuan Xu, Hongmiao Wu, Lin Zhu, Hitesh B. Jalani, Guigen Li, Yao Fu*, and Hongjian Lu* “Stereospecific Electrophilic Fluorocyclization of α,β-Unsaturated Amides with Selectfluor” Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 2651–2656.

58. Yang Hu, Kai Lang, Chaoqun Li, Joseph B. Gill, Isaac Kim, Hongjian Lu, Kimberly B. Fields, McKenzie Marshall, Qigan Cheng, Xin Cui, Lukasz Wojtas, and X. Peter Zhang* Enantioselective Radical Construction of 5-Membered Cyclic Sulfonamides by Metalloradical C−H Amination J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 18160–18169.

57. Yanrong Li, Fen Qian, Xia Ge, Tao Liu, Hitesh B. Jalani, Hongjian Lu^* and Guigen Li* “Copper and Cobalt Co-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction of (Benzo)Azoles” Green Chem., 2019, 21, 5797–5802.

56. Wangshui Cai, Junxian Wu, Haowei Zhang, Hitesh B. Jalani, Guigen Li^* and Hongjian Lu^* “Rh-Catalyzed Chemoselective [4+1] Cycloaddition Reaction towards Diverse 4-Methyleneprolines” J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 10877–10891.

55. Yanan Wu, Yipin Zhang, Mingjie Jiang, Xunqing Dong, Hitesh B. Jalani, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Synergistic Combination of Visible-Light Photo-Catalytic Electron and Energy Transfer Facilitating Multicomponent Synthesis of ß-Functionalized α,α-Diarylethylamines” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 6405 – 6408.

54. Tao Zhang, Xunqing Dong, Hitesh B. Jalani, Jiaqi Zou, Guigen Li, and Hongjian Lu* “Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Amination/Cyclization for Medium to Large N-Heterocycle-Fused Dihydroquinazolinones” Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 3706–3710.

53. Min Zheng, Guigen Li, and Hongjian Lu* “Photoredox- or Metal-Catalyzed in Situ SO₂-Capture Reactions: Synthesis of β-Ketosulfones and Allylsulfones” Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 1216–1220.

52. Xunqing Dong, Qun Li, Guigen Li* and Hongjian Lu* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Secondary Alkylation of Arenes and Olefins with Alkyl Ethers through the Cleavage of C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–O Bonds” J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83, 13402–13413. Publication Date (Web): October 12, 2018 (Article)

51. Chaoqun Li, Kai Lang, Hongjian Lu, Yang Hu, Xin Cui, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Catalytic Radical Process for Enantioselective Amination of C(sp³)–H Bonds” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 16837 –16841. 2018 Dec 17.

50. Tao Zhang, Xuejiao Hu, Xunqing Dong, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Iridium-Catalyzed Unreactive C(sp3)–H Amination with 2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl Azide” Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 6260–6264.

49. Yipin Zhang, Xunqing Dong, Yanan Wu, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Visible-Light-Induced Intramolecular C(sp2)–H Amination and Aziridination of Azidoformates via a Triplet Nitrene Pathway” Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 4838–4842.

48. Meng Yu, Tao Zhang, Hitesh B. Jalani, Xunqing Dong, Hongjian Lu,* and Guigen Li “Iridium-Catalyzed Aryl C–H Sulfonamidation and Amide Formation Using a Bifunctional Nitrogen Source” Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 4828–4832.

47. Wangshui Cai, Shuang Wang, Hitesh B. Jalani , Junxian Wu, Hongjian Lu* and Guigen Li “Oxidative Cascade Reaction of N-Aryl-3-alkylideneazetidines and Carboxylic Acids: Access to Fused Pyridines” Org. Lett., 2018,  20, 3833–3837.

46. Mengzhe Wang, He Zhang, Hui Wang, Huijuan Feng, Huaifu Deng, Zhanhong Wu, Hongjian Lu* and Zibo Li,* “The development of [18F]AlF-NOTA-NT as PET agents of neurotensin receptor-1 positive pancreatic cancer” Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2018, 15, 3093–3100.

45. Lizheng Yang, Yipin Zhang, Xiaodong Zou, Hongjian Lu* and Guigen Li “Visible-Light-Promoted Intramolecular C–H Amination in Aqueou Solution: Synthesis of Carbazoles” Green Chem., 2018, 20, 1362–1366.

44. Yanrong Li, Fen Qian, Mengshi Wang, Hongjian Lu* and Guigen Li* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C–H (Hetero)Arylation for the Synthesis of Arylheteroarenes and Unsymmetrical Bihet-eroaryls”Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 5589–5592.

43. Qun Li, Weipeng Hu, Renjian Hu, Hongjian Lu* and Guigen Li* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction between Unactivated C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H Bonds”Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 4676–4679.

42. Huiling Jiang, Kai Lang, Hongjian Lu, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Asymmetric Radical Bicyclization of Allyl Azidoformates via Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 9164–9167.

41. Bin Yang, Kantapat Chansaenpak, Hongmiao Wu, Lin Zhu, Mengzhe Wang, Zibo Li* and Hongjian Lu* “Silver-Promoted (Radio)fluorination of Unsaturated Carbamates via a Radical Process” Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3497–3500.

40. Benjamin C. Giglio, Haiyang Fei, Mengzhe Wang, Hui Wang, Liu He, Huijuan Feng, Zhanhong Wu, Hongjian Lu* and Zibo Li* “Synthesis of ¹⁸F-5F-α-Methylated Tryptophan and Others: Construction of New Trp Based PET Agents” Theranostics, 2017, 7, 1524–1530.

39. Xiaodong Zou, Jiaqi Zou, Lizheng Yang, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Thermal Rearrangement of Sulfamoyl Azides: Reactivity and Mechanistic Study” J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 4677–4688.

38. Hitesh B. Jalani, Wangshui Cai and Hongjian Lu* “Copper-Catalyzed One-pot Synthesis of Pyrimidines from Amides, DMF–DMA and Enamine” Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359, 2509–2513.

37. Huiling Jiang, Kai Lang, Hongjian Lu, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Intramolecular Radical Aziridination of Allylic Sulfamoyl Azides by Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Effective Construction of Strained Heterobicyclic Structures” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11604–11608.

36. Yanrong Li, Mengshi Wang, Wei Fan, Fen Qian, Guigen Li* and Hongjian Lu* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions of (Benz)oxazoles with Ethers” J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 11743–11750.

35. Hongmiao Wu, Bin Yang, Lin Zhu, Ronghua Lu, Guigen Li* and Hongjian Lu* “High-Valent Palladium-Promoted Formal Wagner−Meerwein Rearrangement” Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 5804–5807.

34. Lizheng Yang, Hao Li, Haifei Zhang and Hongjian Lu* “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular C–H Amination in Water” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 34, 5611–5615. 

33. Hongjian Lu,* Kai Lang, Huiling Jiang, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Intramolecular 1,5-C(sp³)–H radical amination via Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis for five-membered cyclic sulfamides” Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 6934–6939 .

32. Qun Li, Yanrong Li, Weipeng Hu, Renjian Hu, Guigen Li,* and Hongjian Lu* “Cobalt-Catalyzed C(sp2)-H Methylation by using Dicumyl Peroxide as both the Methylating Reagent and Hydrogen Acceptor” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 12286–12289.

31. Haowei Zhang, Bing Yang, Zhen Yang, Hongjian Lu, and Guigen Li* “Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral α-Methyl-α,β-diamino Acid Derivatives via Group-Assisted Purification Chemistry Using N-Phosphonyl Imines and a Ni(II)-Complexed Alanine Schiff Base” J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 7654–7661.

30. Tao Zhang, Zhen Wang, Xuejiao Hu, Meng Yu, Tianning Deng, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Cesium Carboxylate-Promoted Iridium Catalyzed C−H Amidation/Cyclization with 2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl Azide“ J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 4898–4905.

29. Md Ashif Ali, Xiayin Yao, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Rhodium-Catalyzed Selective Mono- and Diamination of Arenes with Single Directing Site “On Water”” Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1386–1389.

28. Tao Zhang, Xuejiao Hu, Zhen Wang, TianTian Yang, Hao Sun, Guigen Li and Hongjian Lu* “Carboxylate-assisted Iridium-Catalyzed C−H Amination of Arenes with Biologically Relevant Alkyl Azides” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2920–2924.

27. Monalisa Goswami, Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy, Sérgio R. Domingos, Wybren Jan Buma, Sander Woutersen, Oliver Troeppner, Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović, Hongjian Lu, Xin Cui, X. Peter Zhang,* Edward J. Reijerse, Serena DeBeer, Matti M. van Schooneveld, Florian Felix Pfaff, Kallol Ray and Bas de Bruin* “Characterization of Porphyrin-Co(III)-‘Nitrene Radical’ Species Relevant in Catalytic Nitrene Transfer Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5468–5479.

26. Ke Yang, Xinyong Chen, Yuqi Wang, Wanqing Li, Adnan A. Kadi, Hoong-Kun Fun, Hao Sun,* Yan Zhang, Guigen Li* and Hongjian Lu* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Decarboxylative 2-Benzoylation of Oxazoles and Thiazoles with α-Oxocarboxylic Acids”  J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 11065–11072.

25. Xiaodong Zou, Lizheng Yang, Xiangli Liu, Hao Sun and Hongjian Lu* "Silver Tetrafluoroborate-Catalysed Oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction Between Electrically Neutral Dienes and Aldehydes" Adv. Synth. Catal., 2015, 357, 3040–3046.

24. Hongmiao Wu, Weiwei Zi, Guigen Li, Hongjian Lu* and F. Dean Toste* “Gold(I)-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of 1,4-Dienes by an Enantioselective Tandem Alkoxylation/Claisen Rearrangement” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8529–8532.

23. Ke Yang, Yuqi Wang,  Xinyong Chen, Adnan A. Kadi, Hoong-Kun Fun, Hao Sun, Yan Zhang and Hongjian Lu* “Nickel-Catalyzed and Benzoic Acid-Promoted Direct Sulfenylation of Unactivated Arenes” Chem. Comm., 2015, 51, 3582–3585.

22. Md Ashif Ali, Xiayin Yao, Hao Sun and Hongjian Lu* “[RhCp*Cl₂]₂ Catalyzed Directed N-Boc Amidation of Arenes on Water” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1513–1516.

21. Hongjian Lu,* Chaoqun Li, Huiling Jiang, Christopher L. Lizardi and X. Peter Zhang* “Chemoselective Amination of Propargylic C(sp3)-H Bonds by Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7028–7032.

20. Ke Yang, Peng Wang, Cheng Zhang, Adnan A. Kadi, Hoong-Kun Fun, Yan Zhang* and Hongjian Lu* “Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Arylation of Heteroarenes through sp2 C–H Functionalization” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 34, 7586–7589.

19. Li-Mei Jin, Hongjian Lu, Yuan Cui, Christopher L. Lizardi, Thiago N. Arzua, Lukasz Wojtas, Xin Cui and X. Peter Zhang* “Selective radical amination of aldehydic C(sp²)–H bonds with fluoroaryl azides via Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis: synthesis of N-fluoroaryl amides from aldehydes under neutral and nonoxidative conditions ”Chem. Sci. 2014. 5, 2422–2427.

18. Nanda D. Paul, M. Sc. Andrei Chirila, Hongjian Lu, X. Peter Zhang and Bas de Bruin* “Carbene Radicals in Cobalt(II)–Porphyrin-Catalysed Carbene Carbonylation Reactions; A Catalytic Approach to Ketenes” Chem.- Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12953–12958.

17. Limei Jin, Xue Xu, Hongjian Lu, Xin Cui, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Effective Synthesis of Chiral N-Fluoroaryl Aziridines through Enantioselective Aziridination of Alkenes with Fluoroaryl Azides”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5309–5313.

16. Hongjian. Lu, Yang Hu, Huiling Jiang, Lukas Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Stereoselective Radical Amination of Electron-Deficient C(sp3)–H Bonds by Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Direct Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives via α-C–H Amination” Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 5158–5161.

15. Hongjian Lu, Wojciech I. Dzik, Xue Xu, Lukasz Wojtas, Bas de Bruin* and X. Peter Zhang* “Experimental Evidence for Cobalt(III)-Carbene Radicals: Key Intermediates in Cobalt(II)-Based Metalloradical Cyclopropanation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8518–8521.

14. Hongjian Lu and X. Peter Zhang* “Catalytic C–H Functionalization by Metalloporphyrins: Recent Developments and Future Directions” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1899–1909.

13. Hongjian Lu, Huiling Jiang, Yang Hu, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Chemoselective Intramolecular Allylic C–H Amination versus C=C Aziridination through Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis” Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 2361–2366.

12. Xue Xu, Hongjian Lu, Joshua V. Ruppel, Xin Cui, Silke Lopez de Mesa, Lukasz Wojtas, X. Peter Zhang* “Highly Asymmetric Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Acceptor-Substituted Diazoacetates by Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis: Iterative Approach for Development of New-Generation Catalysts” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15292–15295.

11. Volodymyr Lyaskovskyy, Alma I. Olivos Suarez, Hongjian Lu, Huiling Jiang, X. Peter Zhang* and Bas de Bruin* “Mechanism of Cobalt(II) Porphyrin-Catalyzed C−H Amination with Organic Azides: Radical Nature and H-Atom Abstraction Ability of the Key Cobalt(III)-Nitrene Intermediates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12264–12273.

10. Xin Cui, Xue Xu, Hongjian Lu, Shifa Zhu, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* "Enantioselective Cyclopropenation of Alkynes with Acceptor/Acceptor-Substituted Diazo Reagents via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis"  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3304–3307.

9. Hongjian Lu, Huiling Jiang, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang*. “Selective Intramolecular C–H Amination through the Metalloradical Activation of Azides: Synthesis of 1,3-Diamines under Neutral and Nonoxidative Conditions” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 10192–10196.

8. Hongjian Lu, Jingran Tao, Jess E. Jones, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Co(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular C–H Amination of Phosphoryl Azides: Formation of 6- and 7-Membered Cyclophosphoramidates” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1248–1251.

7. Hongjian Lu, Velusamy Subbarayan, Jingran Tao and X. Peter Zhang* “Cobalt(II)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Benzylic C–H Amination with 2,2,2-Trichloroethoxycarbonyl Azide (TrocN₃)” Organometallics 2010, 29, 389–393.

6. Shifa Zhu, Joshua V. Ruppel, Hongjian Lu, Lukasz Wojtas and X. Peter Zhang* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclopropanation with Diazosulfones: Rigidification and Polarization of Ligand Chiral Environment via Hydrogen Bonding and Cyclization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5042–5043.

5. Yuanjia Pan, Hongjian Lu, Yewen Fang, Xinqiang Fang, Liqun Chen, Junlu Qian, Junhua Wang and Chaozhong Li* “Synthesis of Pyrroles via Copper-Catalyzed Coupling of Amines with Bromoenones” Synthesis 2007, 8, 1242–1246.

4. Hongjian Lu, Xinting Yuan, Shana Zhu, Changhui Sun and Chaozhong Li*  “Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular N-Vinylation of Sulfonamides: General and Efficient Synthesis of Heterocyclic Enamines and Macrolactams” J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 8665–8668.

3. Hongjian Lu, Qian Chen and Chaozhong Li* “Control of the Regioselectivity of Sulfonamidyl Radical Cyclization by Vinylic Halogen Substitution” J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2564–2569.

2. Hongjian Lu and Chaozhong, Li* “General and Highly Efficient Synthesis of 2-Alkylideneazetidines and β-Lactams via Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular N-Vinylation” Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5365–5367.

1. Hongjian Lu and Chaozhong Li* “Facile Cyclization of Amidyl Radicals Generated from N-acyltriazenes” Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 5983–5985.