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2.  Synthesis of (S)-7-Amino-5-azaspiro 2.4 heptane via Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Protected Ethyl 1-(2-Aminoaceto)cyclopropanecarboxylates, Yao, Y.; Fan, W. Z.; Li, W. F.; Ma, X.; Zhu, L. F.; Xie, X. M.; Zhang, Z. G. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, 76, 2807-2813.10.1021/jo2002165

3.  Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Bond and C=C Double Bond Cleavage: C-3 Acylation of Indolizines with alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids, Yang, Y. Z.; Chen, L.; Zhang, Z. G.; Zhang, Y. H. Organic Letters 2011, 13, 1342-1345.10.1021/ol200025k

4.  Palladium-Catalyzed Monoarylation of Aryl Amine with Aryl Tosylates, Xie, X. M.; Ni, G.; Ma, F. F.; Ding, L. N.; Xu, S.; Zhang, Z. G. Synlett 2011,  955-958.10.1055/s-0030-1259728

5.  Palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction of amino acids (esters) with aryl bromides and chlorides, Ma, F. F.; Xie, X. M.; Ding, L. N.; Gao, J. S.; Zhang, Z. G. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 9405-9410.10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.109

6.  An Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Coupling of Hydrazine Derivatives with Aryl Halides, Ma, F. F.; Peng, Z. Y.; Li, W. F.; Xie, X. M.; Zhang, Z. G. Synlett 2011, 10.1055/s-0030-1260337, 2555-2558.10.1055/s-0030-1260337

7.  Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ethyl 2-(Benzo b thiophen-5-yl)-2-oxoacetate with Ru-SunPhos in the Formal Synthesis of T-588, Li, X. M.; Ma, X.; Li, W. F.; Tao, X. M.; Meng, Q. H.; Fan, W. Z.; Zhang, Z. G. Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2011, 29, 2581-2583

8.  Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 3-Oxoglutaric Acid Derivatives via Solvent-Assisted Pinpoint Recognition of Carbonyls in Close Chemical Propinquity, Li, W.; Ma, X.; Fan, W.; Tao, X.; Li, X.; Xie, X.; Zhang, Z. Organic Letters 2011, 13, 3876-3879.10.1021/ol201406w

9.  Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of gamma-Heteroatom Substituted beta-Keto Esters, Fan, W. Z.; Li, W. F.; Ma, X.; Tao, X. M.; Li, X. M.; Yao, Y.; Xie, X. M.; Zhang, Z. G. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, 76, 9444-9451.10.1021/jo201822k