38. Zhaoyang Li,†, Yang Zheng,†*, Qi Zhao, Yihan Li, Adon Yap, Xinglong Zhang*, Ru-Yi Zhu,* DNA Phosphates are Effective Catalysts for Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis in Water. Nature Catal. 2025, accepted. (†共同一作； *通讯作者) [Selected as the cover]


37. Yang Zheng,† Pei-Pei Xie,† Chao Zheng,* and Shu-Li You,* Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocene Derivatives via C(sp2)–C(sp3) Bond Formation. CCS Chem. 2025, 7, 1202-1215.
36. Xiao Hai,ǂ Yang Zheng,ǂ Qi Yu,ǂ Na Guo,ǂ Shibo Xi*, Xiaoxu Zhao, Sharon Mitchell, Xiaohua Luo, Victor Tulus, Mu Wang, Xiaoyu Sheng, Longbin Ren, Xiangdong Long, Jing Li, Peng He, Huihui Lin, Yige Cui, Xinnan Peng, Jiwei Shi, Jie Wu, Chun Zhang, Ruqiang Zou, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, Javier Pérez-Ramírez*, Ming Joo Koh*, Ye Zhu*, Jun Li* and Jiong Lu,* Geminal atom catalysis for cross-coupling. Nature 2023, 622, 754-760. (ǂ 共同一作)
35. Yang Zheng, Wen-Yun Zhang, Qing Gu, Chao Zheng,* and Shu-Li You,* Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Opening of 7-Oxabenzonorbornadienes via Indole C–H Functionalization. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1094.
34. Yang Zheng, Jingxing Jiang, Yue Li, Yongliang Wei, Junqi Zhang, Jundie Hu, Zhuofeng Ke,* Xinfang Xu,* and Liming Zhang,* Reactivities of α-Oxo BMIDA Gold Carbenes Generated by Gold- Catalyzed Oxidation of BMIDA-Terminated Alkynes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202218175.
33. Yang Zheng, Junqi Zhang, Xinpeng Cheng, Xinfang Xu,* and Liming Zhang,* Wolff-rearrangement reaction of oxidatively generated α-oxo gold carbenes: an effective approach to silylketenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5241–5245.
32. Yang Zheng, Chao Zheng, Qing Gu, and Shu-Li You,* Enantioselective C−H Functionalization Reactions Enabled by Cobalt Catalysis. Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 2965-2985.
31. Yang Zheng, Ping Dai, Dafang Gao, Kemiao Hong, Luyao Kou, Shanliang Dong, Jundie Hu, Lihua Qiu, Wenhao Hu,* Xiaoguang Bao,* and Xinfang Xu,* Desaturation via Redox-Neutral Hydrogen Transfer Process: Synthesis of 2-Allyl Anilines, Mechanism and Applications. iScience 2020, 23, 101168.
30. Yang Zheng, Ming Bao, Ruwei Yao, Lihua Qiu* and Xinfang Xu,* Palladium-catalyzed carbene/alkyne metathesis with enynones as carbene precursors: synthesis of fused polyheterocycles. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 350–353 (Inside cover).
29. Yang Zheng, Lihua Qiu,* Kemiao Hong, Shanliang Dong and Xinfang Xu,* Copper- or thermally induced divergent outcomes: synthesis of 4-methyl 2H-chromenes and spiro-4H-pyrazoles. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 6705–6711 (Inside cover).
28. Yang Zheng, Ming Bao, Lihua Qiu* and Xinfang Xu,* Thermally induced reaction of diazoamides with isatins: A complementary approach to the 3,30-bioxindole derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett. 2017, 58, 3390–3393.
27. Yang Zheng, Yongjian Chi, Ming Bao, Lihua Qiu* and Xinfang Xu,* Gold-catalyzed tandem dual heterocyclization of enynones with 1,3,5-triazines: bicyclic furan synthesis and mechanistic insights. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2129–2135.
26. Yang Zheng, Xiaolu Zhang, Ruwei Yao, Yuecheng Wen, Jingjing Huang and Xinfang Xu,* 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of alkyne-tethered N-tosylhydrazones: synthesis of fused polycyclic pyrazoles. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 11072–11080.
25. Yang Zheng, Rongjian Bian, Xiaolu Zhang, Ruwei Yao, Lihua Qiu, Xiaoguang Bao* and Xinfang Xu,* Catalyst-free S–S bond insertion reaction of a donor/acceptor-free carbene by a radical process: a combined experimental and computational study. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 3872–3877.
24. Yang Zheng, Jincheng Mao,* Yuecheng Weng, Xiaolu Zhang and Xinfang Xu,* Cyclopentadiene construction via Rh-catalyzed carbene/alkyne metathesis terminated with intramolecular formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5638–5641.
23. Yang Zheng, Yue He, Guangwei Rong, Xiaolu Zhang, Yuecheng Weng, Kuiyong Dong, Xinfang Xu* and Jincheng Mao,* NaI-mediated acetamidosulphenylation of alkenes with nitriles as the nucleophiles: a direct access to acetamidosulfides. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5444–5447.
22. Yang Zheng, Jincheng Mao,* Guangwei Rong and Xinfang Xu,* A NCS mediated oxidative C–H bond functionalization: direct esterification between a C(sp3)–H bond and carboxylic acids. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 8837–8840.
21. Yang Zheng, Jincheng Mao,* Jie Chen, Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Hong Yan, Yongjian Chi and Xinfang Xu,* Unexpected C=N bond formation via NaI-catalyzed oxidative de-tetra-hydrogenative cross-couplings between N,N-dimethyl aniline and sulfamides. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 50113–50117.
20. Fengyi Yang, Jiafu Qu, Yang Zheng, Yahui Cai, Xiaogang Yang, Chang Ming Li, and Jundie Hu, Recent advances in high-crystalline conjugated organic polymeric materials for photocatalytic CO2 conversion. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 15217–15241.

19. Jundie Hu,* Cao Chen, Yang Zheng, Guping Zhang, Chunxian Guo, and Chang Ming Li,* Spatially Separating Redox Centers on Z‐Scheme ZnIn2S4/BiVO4 Hierarchical Heterostructure for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Small 2020, 2002988.

18. Jundie Hu, Cao Chen, Tao Hu, Jingsha Li, Hao Lu, Yang Zheng, Xiaogang Yang, Chunxian Guo,* and Chang Ming Li,* Metal-free heterojunction of black phosphorus/ oxygen-enriched porous g-C3N4 as an efficient photocatalyst for Fenton-like cascade water purification. J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 19484–19492.

17. Kuiyong Dong, Xing Fan, Chao Pei, Yang Zheng, Sailan Chang, Ju Cai, Lihua Qiu, Zhi-Xiang Yu,* and Xinfang Xu,* Transient-axial-chirality dominated asymmetric rhodium-carbene C(sp2)-H functionalization: access to chiral fluorenes. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 2363.

16. Ciwang He, Ju Cai, Yang Zheng, Chao Pei, Lihua Qiu, and Xinfang Xu,* Gold-catalyzed hydroalkoxylation/Povarov reaction cascade of alkynols with N‑aryl imines: synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines. ACS Omega 2019, 4, 15754−15763.

15. Xiaolu Zhang, Yang Zheng, Lihua Qiu* and Xinfang Xu,* Thermally induced N–S bond insertion reaction of diazo compounds with N-sulfenylsuccinimides: synthesis of sulfides and mechanism studies. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 70–76. 

14. Cheng Zhang, Shanliang Dong, Yang Zheng, Ciwang He, Jiaolong Chen, Jingsen Zhen, Lihua Qiu* and Xinfang Xu,* Synthesis of spiro-4H-pyrazole-oxindoles and fused 1H-pyrazoles via divergent, thermally induced tandem cyclization/migration of alkynetethered diazo compounds. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 688–692.

13. Xiangbo Wang, Yunfei Zhou, Lihua Qiu, Ruwei Yao, Yang Zheng, Cheng Zhang, Xiaoguang Bao* and Xinfang Xu,* Enantioselective carbene cascade: an effective approach to cyclopentadienes and applications in Diels–Alder reactions. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 1571 –1576.
12.  Jie Chen, Jincheng Mao,* Yang Zheng, Construction of Methylenebisamides in Aqueous Phase Using N,N-Dimethylacetamide to Provide Methylene. Chin. J. Org.  Chem. 2015, 672-675.
11. Guangwei Rong, Jincheng Mao,* Hong Yan, Yang Zheng, and Guoqi Zhang,* Phosphoric acid-mediated synthesis of vinyl sulfones through decarboxylative coupling reactions of sodium sulfinates with phenylpropiolic acids. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 7652−7657.
10. Guangwei Rong, Jincheng Mao,* Yang Zheng, Ruwei Yao and Xinfang Xu,* Cu-catalyzed direct cyanation of terminal alkynes with AMBN or AIBN as the cyanation reagent. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 13822–13825.
9. Guangwei Rong, Jincheng Mao,* Hong Yan, Yang Zheng, and Guoqi Zhang,* Iron/copper co-catalyzed synthesis of vinyl sulfones from sulfonyl hydrazides and alkyne derivatives. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4697−4703. 
8. Hong Yan, Jincheng Mao,* Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Yang Zheng and Yue He, Facile synthesis of (E)-β-nitroolefinic alkoxyamines via silver-catalyzed decarboxylative nitroaminoxylation of phenylpropiolic acids. Green Chem. 2015, 17, 2723–2726. 
7. Jie Chen, Jincheng Mao,* Yang Zheng, Defu Liu, Guangwei Rong, Hong Yan, Cheng Zhang and Daqing Shi,* Iodine-promoted decarboxylative C-S cross-coupling of cinnamic acids with sodium benzene sulfinates. Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 5059–5063. 
6. Guangwei Rong, Jincheng Mao,* Defu Liu, Hong Yan, Yang Zheng and Jie Chen, Formation of C(sp2)–S bonds through decarboxylation of a-oxocarboxylic acids with disulfides or thiophenols. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 26461–26464. 
5. Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Hong Yan, Jie Chen, Yang Zheng, Guoqi Zhang* and Jincheng Mao,* A practical way to prepare isobutyronitrile amides through reactions between carboxylic acids and azobisisobutyronitrile. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 71–76. 
4. Defu Liu, Jincheng Mao,* Guangwei Rong, Hong Yan, Yang Zheng and Jie Chen, Concise synthesis of semicarbazides and formylhydrazines via direct addition reaction between aromatic azoarenes and N-substituted formamides. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 19301–19305.
3. Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Linhua Lu, Hong Yan, Yang Zheng, Jie Chen and Jincheng Mao,* Iron-catalyzed decarboxylative methylation of a,b-unsaturated acids under ligand-free conditions. Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 5033–5037.
2. Hong Yan, Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Yang Zheng, Jie Chen, and Jincheng Mao,* Stereoselective intermolecular nitroaminoxylation of terminal aromatic alkynes: trapping alkenyl radicals by TEMPO. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 6306−6309. 
1. Hong Yan, Linhua Lu, Guangwei Rong, Defu Liu, Yang Zheng, Jie Chen, and Jincheng Mao,* Functionalization of amides via copper-catalyzed oxyalkylation of vinylarenes and decarboxylative alkenylation of sp3 C−H. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 7103−7111.