41.Lu Yang, Anbin Hou, Qing Jiang, Maosheng Cheng,* and Yongxiang Liu*.Methodological Development and Applications of Tryptamine Ynamide Cyclizations in Synthesizing Core Skeletons of Indole Alkaloids. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2023, 88: 1088.
40.Jiang Zhu, Jiaji Li, Lianjie Zhang, Shitao Sun, Lu Yang, Jiayue Fu, Hanyang Sun, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin,* and Yongxiang Liu*.Gold(I)-Catalyzed Substitution-Controlled Syntheses of Spiro[indoline-3,3′‑pyrrolidine] and Spiro[indoline-3,3′‑piperidine] Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2023, 88: 0604.
39. Zenghui Sun, Xinhang Zhang, Jiayue Fu, Lianjie Zhang, Maosheng Cheng, Lu Yang*, and Yongxiang Liu*.Collective Syntheses of 8-Oxoprotoberberines via Sequential In(OTf)3-Catalyzed Cyclization and Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed Heck Coupling. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2023, 88: 7179.
38. Jiang Zhu, Jiaji Li, Lianjie Zhang, Shitao Sun, Zhaobo Wang, Xiang Li, Lu Yang, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin*, and Yongxiang Liu*.Quantum Mechanical Prediction and Experimental Verification of Au(I)-Catalyzed Substitution-Controlled Syntheses of 1H-Pyrido[4,3-b]indole and Spiro[indoline-3,3′-pyridine] Derivatives.The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2023, 88: 5483.
37. Lu Yang, Hongwei Su, Yue Sun, Sen Zhang, Maosheng Cheng*, and Yongxiang Liu*. Recent Advances in Gold(I)-Catalyzed Approaches to Three-Type Small-Molecule Scaffolds via Arylalkyne Activation. Molecules. 2022, 27: 8956. (Invited Feature Paper)
36.Xinhang Zhang, Hanyang Sun, Changhong Han, He Wang, Junpeng Zhang, Di Zhang, Bin Lin, Huiming Hua, Maosheng Cheng*, and Yongxiang Liu*. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Neobraclactone C. Organic Letters, 2022, 24: 9485.
35. Jiayue Fu, Bingbing Li, Zefang Zhou, Maosheng Cheng, Lu Yang*, and Yongxiang Liu*. Formal Total Synthesis of Macarpine Via a Au(I)-Catalyzed 6-Endo-Dig Cycloisomerization Strategy. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, 18: 1589. (Invited Article)
34. Jiayue Fu, Bingbing Li, Xinxiu Wang, He Wang, Minghui Deng, Huali Yang, Bin Lin, Maosheng Cheng, Lu Yang*, and Yongxiang Liu*. Collective Total Syntheses of Benzo[C]Phenanthridine Alkaloids Via a Sequential Transition Metal-Catalyzed Pot-Economic Approach. Organic Letters, 2022, 24: 8310.
33. Jingfu Zhang, Sen Zhang, Zhixing Ding, Anbin Hou, Jiayue Fu, Hongwei Su, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin, Lu Yang*, and Yongxiang Liu*. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Intramolecular Methoxylation/Double Aldol Condensation Strategy Yielding 2,2'-Spirobi[indene] Derivatives. Organic Letters, 2022, 24: 6777.
32. Fukai Xie, Xiang Li, Liangyu Xu, Jun Ma, Lei Sun, Bo Zhang, Bin Lin, Maosheng Cheng, Yongxiang Liu*, Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Azepino[4,5-b]indoles Towards Hydrocarbazole Derivatives and Related Heterocycles. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2022, 364: 873.
31.Yanyu Chen, Zhaobo Wang, Wutong Zhao, Shitao Sun, Lu Yang, Junpeng Zhang, Di Zhang, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin* and Yongxiang Liu*, Ag(i)/PPh3-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Syntheses of Spiro[indole-3,4′-piperidine] Derivatives via Cycloisomerizations of Tryptamine-Ynamides. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58: 3051.
30. Jiayue Fu, Bingbing Li, Xiugui Wang, Qida Liang, Xiaoshi Peng, Lu Yang, Tao Wan, Xinxiu Wang, Bin Lin, Maosheng Cheng, Yongxiang Liu*, Au(I)-Catalyzed 6-endo-dig Cyclizations of Aromatic 1,5-Enynes to 2-(Naphthalen-2-yl)anilines Leading to Divergent Syntheses of Benzo[α]carbazole, Benzo[c,h]cinnoline and Dibenzo[i]phenanthridine Derivatives. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 40: 46.
29. Lu Yang, Siwen Huang, Rongkang Huang, Anbin Hou, Sen Zhang, Hongwei Su, Xiaohong Ding, Bin Lin, Maosheng Cheng, and Yongxiang Liu*, Total Syntheses of Aspidospermidine, N-Methylaspidospermidine, N-Acetylaspidospermidine, and Aspidospermine via a Tandem Cyclization of Tryptamine-Ynamide. Organic Letters, 2021, 23 (16): 6471.
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28. Fukai Xie, Bo Zhang, Yanyu Chen, Hongwei Jia, Lei Sun, Kaitong Zhuang, Lili Yin, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin, Yongxiang Liu*, A Gold(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization to Benzo[b]indeno[1,2-e][1,4]diazepines from o-Phenylenediamines and Ynones. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2020, 362: 3886.
27. Guoduan Liang, Yadong Pang, Yanjun Ji, Kaitong Zhuang, Linji Li, Fukai Xie, Lu Yang, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin,(*)and Yongxiang Liu,(*) Diastereoselective Syntheses of Spiro[indoline-3,4′-pyridin]-2-yl Carbamates via AgOTf/Ph3P‑Catalyzed Tandem Cyclizations of Tryptamine-Ynesulfonamides.The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 85: 3010. (Supplementary Cover)
26. Guoduan Liang, Yanjun Ji, Hairui Liu, Yadong Pang, Bojun Zhou, Maosheng Cheng, Yang Liu, Bin Lin*, Yongxiang Liu*, Silver Triflate/N‐Fluorobenzenesulfonimide‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Tryptamine‐Ynamide to Spiro[indoline‐3,4′‐piperidine] Induced by Cation‐π‐π Interactions between Substrate and Metal Ligand. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2020, 362: 192.
25. Yingzhan Tang, Kaitong Zhuang, Xinhang Zhang, Fukai Xie, Lu Yang, Bin Lin, Maosheng Cheng, Dan Li,* and Yongxiang Liu*, Ferric Chloride Catalyzed 1,3-Rearrangement of (Phenoxymethyl)heteroarenes to (Heteroarylmethyl)phenols. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020, 3441.
24. Chengjun Liu, Zenghui Sun, Fukai Xie, Guoduan Liang, Lu Yang, Yaqiao Li, Maosheng Cheng, Bin Lin*, Yongxiang Liu *, Gold(I)-Catalyzed Pathway-Switchable Tandem Cycloisomerizations to Indolizino[8,7-b]indole and Indolo[2,3-a]quinolizine Derivatives. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55: 14418.
23. Yadong Pang; Guoduan Liang; Fukai Xie; Haibin Hu; Chuan Du; Xinhang Zhang; Maosheng Cheng; Bin Lin*; Yongxiang Liu*, N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide as a highly effective Ag(I)-Catalyst Attenuator for Tryptamine-Derived Ynesulfonamide Cycloisomerization. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2019, 17: 2247.
22. Lu Yang, Jiang Zhua, Fukai Xie, Xiaoshi Peng, Bin Lin, Yongxiang Liu*, and Maosheng Cheng Solvent-Free FeCl3-Assisted Electrophilic Fluorine-Catalyzed Knoevenagel Condensation to Yield α,β-Unsaturated Dicarbonyl Compounds and Coumarins. Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019, 55 (7): 1053.
21. Jia Guo, Xiaoshi Peng, Xiaoyu Wang, Fukai Xie, Xinhang Zhang, Guoduan Liang, Zenghui Sun, Yongxiang Liu*, Maosheng Cheng and Yang Liu, A Gold-catalyzed Cycloisomerization/aerobic Oxidation Cascade Strategy for 2-aryl Indenones from 1,5-enynes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16: 9147
20. Zhiling Xiong; Xinhang Zhang; Yangming Li; Xiaoshi Peng; Jiayue Fu; Jiajia Guo; Fukai Xie; Chongguo Jiang; Bin Lin; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, Syntheses of 12H-benzo[a]xanthen-12-ones and Benzo[a]acridin-12(7H)-ones through Au(I)-catalyzed Michael Addition/6-endo-trig Cyclization/Aromatization Cascade Annulation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16: 7361. (Front Cover)
19. Yanshi Wang; Fukai Xie; Bin Lin*; Maosheng Cheng*; Yongxiang Liu*, Synthetic Approaches to Tetracyclic Indolines as Versatile Building Blocks of Diverse Indole Alkaloids. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2018, 24: 14302. (Mini Review)
18. Yanshi Wang; Xiaoyu Wang; Jingsheng Lin; Bo Yao; Guanghui Wang; Yuandong Zhao; Xinhang Zhang; Bin Lin; Yang Liu; Maosheng Cheng; Yongxiang Liu*, Ynesulfonamide-Based Silica Gel and Alumina-Mediated Diastereoselective Cascade Cyclizations to Spiro[indoline-3,3'-pyrrolidin]-2-ones under Neat Conditions. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2018, 360: 1483.
17. Yanshi Wang; Jingsheng Lin; Xiaoyu Wang; Guanghui Wang; Xinhang Zhang; Bo Yao; Yuandong Zhao; Pengfei Yu; Bin Lin; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclizations of Tryptamine-Ynamides Yielding 1H-Pyrrolo [2,3-d]carbazole Derivatives, Chemistry-A European Journal. 2018, 24: 4026. (Front Cover and VIP)
16. Hui Shi; Chuan Du; Xinhang Zhang; Fukai Xie; Xiaoyu Wang; Shanshan Cui; Xiaoshi Peng; Maosheng Cheng; Bin Lin*; Yongxiang Liu*, Lewis Acid Assisted Electrophilic Fluorine-Catalyzed Pinacol Rearrangement of Hydrobenzoin Substrates: One-Pot Synthesis of (±)-Latifine and (±)-Cherylline. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83: 1312.
15. Shengfei Jin; Yujie Niu; Chengjun Liu; Lifeng Zhu; Yangming Li; Shanshan Cui; Zhiling Xiong; Maosheng Cheng; Bin Lin*; Yongxiang Liu*, Gold(I)-Initiated Cycloisomerization/Diels-Alder/ Retro-Diels-Alder Cascade Strategy to Biaryls. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 82(17): 9066.
14. Yingzhan Tang; Chongguo Jiang; Xinhang Zhang; Chengjun Liu; Jingsheng Lin; Yanshi Wang; Chuan Du; Xiaoshi Peng; Wei Li; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, Collective Syntheses of 2-(3-Methylbenzofuran-2-yl)phenol-Derived Natural Products by a Cascade [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement/Aromatization Strategy. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 82(20): 11102.
13. Xiaoshi Peng; Lifeng Zhu; Yuqian Hou; Yadong Pang; Yangming Li; Jiayue Fu; Lu Yang; Bin Lin*; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, Access to Benzo[a]carbazoles and Indeno[1,2-c]quinolines by (I)-Catalyzed Tunable Domino Cyclization of Difunctional 1,2-Diphenylethynes. Organic Letters, 2017, 19(13): 3402.
12. Chongguo Jiang; Zhiling Xiong; Shengfei Jin; Peng Gao; Yingzhan Tang; Yanshi Wang; Chuan Du; Xiaoyu Wang; Yang Liu; Bin Lin*; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, A Au(I)-Catalyzed Hydrogen Bond-Directed Tandem Strategy to Synthesize Indeno-chromen-4-one and Indeno-quinolin-4-one Derivatives. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52: 11516. (Back Cover)
11. Yongxiang Liu*; Shengfei Jin; Yanshi Wang; Shanshan Cui; Xiaoshi Peng; Yujie Niu; Chuan Du; Maosheng Cheng*, A Gold(I)-Catalyzed Substituent-Controlled Cycloisomerization of Propargyl Vinyl Ethers to Multi-Substituted Furofuran and Furopyran Derivatives. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52: 6233. (Back Cover)
10. Shengfei Jin; Chongguo Jiang; Xiaoshi Peng; Chunhui Shan; Shanshan Cui; Yujie Niu; Yu Lan; Yongxiang Liu*; Maosheng Cheng*, Gold(I)-Catalyzed Angle Strain Controlled Strategy to Furopyran Derivatives from Propargyl Vinyl Ethers: Insight into the Regioselectivity of Cycloisomerization. Organic Letters, 2016, 18(4): 680.
9. Fukai Xie, Chuan Dua, Yadong Pang, Xu Lian, Chentao Xue, Yanyu Chen, Xuefei Wang, Maosheng Cheng, Chun Guo, Bin Lin, Yongxiang Liu*, Lewis Acid-assisted N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide-based Electrophilic Fluorine Catalysis in Beckmann Rearrangement. Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57: 5820.
8. Chuan Du, Xiaoyu Wang, Shengfei Jin, Hui Shi, Yangming Li, Yadong Pang, Yang Liu, Maosheng Cheng, Chun Guo, and Yongxiang Liu*, Investigation of Meyer–Schuster Rearrangement Promoted by a Samarium(III) Triflate/N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide Lewis Acid System. Asian journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 5: 755.
7. Yongxiang Liu*; Xiaoyu Wang; Yanshi Wang; Chuan Du; Hui Shi; Shengfei Jin; Chongguo Jiang; Jianyong Xiao; Maosheng Cheng*, Gold(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Ethers Using Alcohols as Alkylating Reagents. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 2015, 357: 1029. (D. F. Taber, Org. Chem. Highlights 2015, October 26.https://www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2015/26October.shtm)
6. Xiaoyu Wang, Chuan Du, Hui Shi, Yadong Pang, Shengfei Jin, Yuqian Hou, Yanshi Wang, Xiaoshi Peng, Jianyong Xiao, Yang Liu ,Yongxiang Liu*, Maosheng Cheng, Fe(III)-catalyzed trityl benzyl ether formation and disproportionation cascade reactions to yield benzaldehydes. Tetrahedron, 2015, 71: 6744.
5. Yongxiang Liu*; Jia Guo; Yang Liu; Xiaoyu Wang; Yanshi Wang; Xinyu Jia; Gaofei Wei; Lizhu Chen; Jianyong Xiao; Maosheng Cheng*, Au(I)-Catalyzed Triple Bond Alkoxylation/Dienolether Aromaticity-Driven Cascade Cyclization to Naphthalenes. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50: 6243.
4. Jessica D. Podoll#; Yongxiang Liu#; Le Chang; Shane Walls; Wei Wang; Xiang Wang, Bio-Inspired Synthesis Yields A Tricyclic Indoline that Selectively Resensitizes MRSA to β-Lactam Antibiotics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013, 110: 15573. (# equal contribution)
3. Xuelai Luo#; Yongxiang Liu#; Stefan Kubicek; Johanna Myllyharju; Anthony Tumber; Stanley Ng; Ka Hing Che; Jessia Podoll; Tom D. Heightman; Udo Oppermann; Stuart L. Schreiber; Xiang Wang, A Selective Inhibitor and Probe of the Cellular Functions of Jumonji C Domain Containing Histone Demethylases. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133: 9451 (# equal contribution)
2. Yongxiang Liu; Wenqing Xu; Xiang Wang，Gold(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization Approach to Tetracyclic Indolines. Organic Letters, 2010, 12: 1448.
1. Yongxiang Liu; Kui Lu; Mingji Dai; Kai Wang; Wanqing Wu; Jiahua Chen; Junmin Quan; Zhen Yang, An Efficient One-Pot Asymmetric Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds via Diels−Alder/Retro-Diels−Alder Cascade Reactions. Organic Letters, 2007, 9: 805.