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    Xu, Yang; Liu, Zhiyang; Chen, Lei; Wang, Yisong; Chen, Xiuan; Wang, Jianbo and Xu, Yan*
    Nat. Chem. 2026, accepted in principle.


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    Xue, Zisheng†; Lou, Zhengzhao†; Lou, Xiang; He, Peimiao; Wang, Jianbo and Xu, Yan*
    Nature 2026, doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10508-5. [doi]

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    Xie, Longhuan†; Luo, Peijie†; Lu, Tao†; Zheng, Weipeng†; Su, Yinyan; Wang, Jianbo; Qi, Xiaotian* and Xu, Yan*
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    Xu, Yan* and Dong, Guangbin*
    Science Bulletin 2024, 69, 285–287. [    doi]


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    Chen, Ken†; Zeng, Qingrui†; Xie, Longhuan; Xue, Zisheng; Wang, Jianbo and Xu, Yan*
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    Highlighted by Chem Catal. 2023, 12, Article 100856
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    Xu, Yan†; Gan, Quan†; Samkian, Adrian E.; Ko, Jeong Hoon and Grubbs, Robert H.*
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  • [16] "Olefination via Cu-Mediated Dehydroacylation of Unstrained Ketones"
    Zhou, Xukai; Xu, Yan* and Dong, Guangbin*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20042–20048. [    doi]

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  •  [15] "Deacylation-aided C–H alkylative annulation through C–C cleavage of unstrained ketones"
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    Xu, Yan; Wong, Jonathan J.; Samkian, Adrian E.; Ko, Jeong Hoon; Chen, Shuming; Houk, K. N.* and Grubbs, Robert H.*
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    Samkian, Adrian E.†; Xu, Yan†; Virgil, Scott C.; Yoon, Ki-Young; Grubbs, Robert H.*
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    Xu. Yan and Dong, Guangbin*
    Chem, 2019, 6, 10–11. [    doi]


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    Xu, Yan; Qi, Xiaotian; Zheng, Pengfei; Berti, Carlo C.; Liu, Peng* and Dong, Guangbin*
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    Xu, Yan and Dong, Guangbin*
    Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 1424-1432. [doi]

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    Xu, Yan; Young, Michael C. and Dong, Guangbin*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5716-5719. [    doi]

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    One of the JACS Most Read Articles in April, 2017

     

  • [8] "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C−H Alkylation Using Alkenes"
    Dong, Zhe; Ren, Zhi; Thompson, Samuel; Xu, Yan and Dong, Guangbin*
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  • [7] "Catalytic C(sp3)-H Arylation of Free Primary Amines with an exo Directing Group Generated In Situ"
    Xu, Yan†; Young, Michael†; Wang, Chengpeng; Magness, David M. and Dong, Guangbin*
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    Xu, Yan; Su, Tianshun; Huang, Zhongxing and Dong, Guangbin*
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    Xu, Yan; Yan, Guobing; Ren, Zhi and Dong, Guangbin*
    Nat. Chem. 2015, 7, 829-834. [doi]

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    Wang, Xi; Xu, Yan; Deng, Yifan; Zhou, Yujing; Feng, Jiajie; Ji, Guojing; Zhang, Yan and Wang, Jianbo*
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    Wang, Xi; Xu, Yan; Mo, Fanyang; Ji, Guojing; Qiu, Di; Feng, Jiajie; Ye, Yuxuan; Zhang, Songnan; Zhang, Yan and Jianbo Wang*
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    Ward, Amanda F.; Xu, Yan and Wolfe, John P.* 
    Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 609–611. [    doi]

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    Wang, Xi; Ye, Yuxuan; Zhang, Songnan; Feng, Jiajie; Xu, Yan; Zhang, Yan and Wang, Jianbo*
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 16410–16413. [doi]

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