51. Yanwei Wang, Qian Wang, Lei Wu, Kangping Jia, Minyan Wang*, Youai Qiu*, Electroreduction of unactivated alkenes using water as hydrogen source, Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2780.
50. Pengfei Li, Zile Zhu, Chengcheng Guo, Guangsheng Kou, Siyi Wang, Pengfei Xie, Dengke Ma, Tian Feng, Yanwei Wang and Youai Qiu*, Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides, Nat. Catal., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-024-01118-3.
49. Min Liu, Tian Feng, Yanwei Wang, Guangsheng Kou, Qiuyan Wang*, Qian Wang, Youai Qiu*, Metal-free electrochemical dihydroxylation of unactivated alkenes, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 6467.
48. Pengfei Li, Guangsheng Kou, Tian Feng, Minyan Wang*, Youai Qiu*, Electrochemical NiH-Catalyzed C(sp3)−C(sp3) Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Alkyl Alkenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311941. (Hot Paper)
47. Keming Yang, Tian Feng, Youai Qiu*, Organo-Mediator Enabled Electrochemical Deuteration of Styrenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312803.
46. Yaowen Liu, Pengfei Li, Yanwei Wang, Youai Qiu*, Electroreductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling (eXEC) Reactions,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306679.
45. Zhiwei Zhao, Yin Liu, Siyi Wang, Shunyao Tang, Dengke Ma, Zile Zhu, Chengcheng Guo, Youai Qiu* Site-Selective Electrochemical C−H Carboxylation of Arenes with CO2 , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214710. (Very Important Paper, VIP, Selected as Inside Cover)
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44. Yanwei Wang, Zhiwei Zhao, Deng Pan, Siyi Wang, Kangping Jia, Dengke Ma, Guoqing Yang, Xiao-Song Xue*, Youai Qiu*, Metal-Free Electrochemical Carboxylation of Organic Halides in the Presence of Catalytic Amounts of an Organomediator, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210201.
43. Yanwei Wang, Shunyao Tang, Guoqing Yang, Siyi Wang, Dengke Ma, Youai Qiu* Electrocarboxylation of Aryl Epoxides with CO2 for the Facile and Selective Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207746.
42. Pengfei Li, Chengcheng Guo, Siyi Wang, Dengke Ma, Tian Feng, Yanwei Wang and Youai Qiu*, Facile and General Electrochemical Deuteration of Unactivated Alkyl Halides. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3774.
Highlighted by Nature Reviews Chemistry（News & Views）https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-022-00428-z
41. Tian Feng, Siyi Wang, Yin Liu, Shouzhuo Liu and Youai Qiu*, Electrochemical Desaturative β-Acylation of Cyclic N-Aryl Amines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202115178. (Very Important Paper, VIP, Selected as a Frontispiece)
Publications prior to Nankai University:
40. Y. Qiu+, A. Scheremetjew+, L. Ackermann*, Electro-Oxidative C–C Alkenylation by Rhodium(III) Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 2731.
39. M.-B. Li, A. K. Inge, D. Posevins, K. P. J. Gustafson, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Chemodivergent and Diastereoselective Synthesis of γ-Lactones and γ-Lactams: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Tandem Process, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14604. (*corresponding author)(Highlighted by Synfacts, 2019, 15, 0230.)
38. Y. Qiu+, M. Stangier+, T. H. Meyer, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Ackermann*, Iridium-Catalyzed Electrooxidative C–H Activation by Chemoselective Redox-Catalyst Cooperation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14179.(Highlighted by Synfacts, 2019, 15, 0018.)
37. B. Yang, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Control of Selectivity in Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Transformations of Allenes, Acc. Chem. Res. 2018,51, 1520. (*corresponding author)
36. Y. Qiu+, W. Kong+, J. Struwe, N. Sauermann, T. Rogge, A. Scheremetjew, L. Ackermann*, Electrooxidative Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H/C–H Activation: Electricity as Oxidant for Cross-Dehydrogenative Alkenylation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5828.(Highlighted in ChemistryViews)
35. Y. Qiu, C. Tian, L. Massignan, T. Rogge, L. Ackermann*, Electrooxidative Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–H/O–H Annulation by WeakO-Coordination, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5818.
34. D. Posevins, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Diastereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization of Enallenes Assisted by a Weakly Coordinating Hydroxyl Group, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3210.(*corresponding author) (Highlighted by Synfacts, 2018, 14, 0518.)
33. Y. Qiu*+, D. Posevins+, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Allenic C–H Bond Oxidation for the Synthesis of [3]Dendralenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13112. (*corresponding author)
32. Y. Qiu, B. Yang, T. Jiang, C. Zhu,J.-E. Bäckvall*, Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Spirolactonization of Enallenols, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3221.
31. Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Selective Olefin-Assisted Palladium- Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclizationvia Remote Olefin Insertion, Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 616.
30. Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Efficient Cascade Reaction for Selective Formation of Spirocyclobutenes from Dienallenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Double Carbocyclization-Carbonylation-Alkynylation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13846.
29. Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization- Borylation of Enallenes to Cyclobutenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6520.
28. Y. Qiu+, C. Zhu+, M. Stangier, J. Struwe, L. Ackermann*, Rhodaelectro-Catalyzed C–H and C–C Activation, CCS. Chem. 2020, 2, 1529-1552.
27. Y. Qiu, A. Scheremetjew, L. H. Finger, L. Ackermann*, Electrophotocatalytic Undirected C–H Trifluoromethylations of (Het)Arenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 3241.
26. D. Posevins, M.-B. Li, E. S. Grape, A. K. Inge, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Diastereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenols. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 417.(*corresponding author)
25. M.-B. Li, D. Posevins, K. Gustafson, C. Tai, A. Shchukarev, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Diastereoselective Cyclobutenol Synthesis: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization‐Borylation of Enallenols, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 210.(*corresponding author)
24. Y. Qiu, J. Struwe, L. Ackermann*, Metallaelectro-Catalyzed C–H Activation by Weak Coordination, Synlett 2019, 30, 1164.
23. Y. Qiu+, J. Struwe+,T. H. Meyer, J. C. A. Oliveira, L. Ackermann*, Catalyst- and Reagent-free Electrochemical Azole C−H Amination, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12784.
22. Y. Qiu, A. Mendoza, D. Posevins, F. Himo, M. Kalek*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Mechanistic Insight into Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenes, Chem. Eur. J.2018, 24, 2433.
21. J. L. Henry, D. Posevins, B. Yang, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Selective Olefin-Assisted PdII-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of Enallenes,Chem. Eur. J.2017, 23, 7896.(*corresponding author)(Chosen by the Editors as a “Hot Paper”)(Highlighted by Synfacts, 2017, 8, 0283. Selected as “Synfact of the month” and cover of corresponding issue)
20. Y. Qiu, J. Zhou, J. Li, C. Fu, Y. Guo, H. Wang*, S. Ma*,Asymmetric Construction of Six-Membered Rings by Cyclization of Allenes with Dinuclear Gold Catalysis, Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15939.
19. Y. Qiu, J. Zhou, C. Fu, S. Ma*, A General Diversified Synthesis of Carbazoles and the First Synthesis of Karapinchamine A, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14589.
18. Y. Qiu, C. Fu, X. Zhang*, S. Ma*, Studies on [PtCl2]- or [AuCl]-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1-(Indol-2-yl)-2,3-Allenols: The Effects of Water/Steric Hindrance and 1,2-Migration Selectivity, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 10314.
17. Y. Qiu, D. Ma, W. Kong, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Regiocontrolled 1,2-Migration in Cyclization of 1-(Indol-2-yl)-3-alkyn-1-ols: (Ph3P)Au+vs. PtCl4, Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 62.
16. Y. Qiu, D. Ma, C. Fu, S. Ma*, General Approach to Benzo[b]thiophenes, Benzo[b]furans, and Dibenzofurans via Gold-catalyzed Cyclization of 1-Heteroarylalka-2,3-dienyl Acetates, Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 6305.
15. Y. Qiu, D. Ma, C. Fu, S. Ma*, An Efficient Au-catalyzed Synthesis of Isomukonidine, Clausine L, Mukonidine, Glycosinine, Mukonal, and Clausine V from Propadienyl Methyl Ether, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 1666.
14.Y. Qiu, W. Kong, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Carbazoles via AuCl3‑Catalyzed Cyclization of 1‑(Indol-2- yl)-3-alkyn-1-ols, Org. Let. 2012, 14, 6198.
13. C. Zhu, Nate W. J. Ang, Tjark H. Meyer, Y. Qiu, Lutz Ackermann*, Organic Electrochemistry: Molecular Syntheses with Potential, ACS Central Science, 2021, 7, 415.
12. C. Zhu, B. Yang, B. K. Mai, S. Palazzotto, Y. Qiu, A. Gudmundsson, A. Ricke, F. Himo, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroborylative Carbocyclization of Bisallenes to Seven-Membered Rings, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 43, 14324.
11. N.Sauermann, T. H. Meyer, Y. Qiu, L. Ackermann*, Electrocatalytic C−H Activation, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7086.
10. J. Zhou, Y. Qiu, J. Li, C. Fu, X. Zhang, S. Ma*, PtCl4-catalyzed Skeleton Rearrangement-Cyclization of Tertiary Indolyl-3-alkynols, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 4722.
9. B. Yang, Y. Qiu, T. Jiang, W. D. Wulff, X. Yin, C. Zhu,J.-E. Bäckvall*, Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes via Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling with Terminal Alkynes: Efficient Construction of α-Chirality of Ketones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4535. (Highlighted by Synfacts,2017, 7, 0716.)
8. C. Zhu, B. Yang, Y. Qiu, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Highly Selective Construction of Seven-Membered Carbocycles via Olefin-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Alkoxylcarbonylation of Bisallenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14405.
7. B. Yang, C. Zhu, Y. Qiu, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Enzyme- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformation of a-Allenic Alcohols into 2,3-Dihydrofurans, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5568.
6. C. Zhu, B. Yang,Y. Qiu, J.-E. Bäckvall*, Olefin-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroboration of Allenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2939.
5. D. Ma, Y. Qiu, J. Dai, C. Fu, S. Ma*, N‑Heterocyclic Carbene-Promoted Annulation Reaction of Allenals with Chalcones: Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyranyl Aldehydes, Org. Let. 2014, 16, 4742.
4. D. Ma, J. Dai, Y. Qiu, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Gram Scale Synthesis of 7-Methoxy-O-methylmukonal, Clausine-O, Clausine-K, Clausine-H, 7-Methoxymukonal, and Methyl 2-Hydroxy-7-methoxy- 9H-carbazole-3-carboxylate, Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 782.
3. X. Zhang, Y. Qiu, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Highly Selective 4-Alkynoic Acids Synthesis via Iron-mediated Complete Inversion of Stereogenic Carbon Centers, Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 247.
2. W. Kong, Y. Qiu, X. Zhang, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Exclusive 1,2-Aryl Shift in Platinum(II) Chloride-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1-(Indol-2-yl)-2,3-allenols, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2339.
1. G. Chai, Y. Qiu, C. Fu, S. Ma*, Efficient Assembly of Chromone Skeleton from 2,3-Allenoic Acids and Benzynes, Org. Let. 2011, 13, 5196.
