1.  Combining Visible-Light-Photoredox and Lewis Acid Catalysis for the Synthesis of Indolizino[1,2‑b]quinolin-9(11H)‑ones and Irinotecan Precursor, Dong, W. H.; Yuan, Y.;  Hu, B.; Gao, X. S.; Huang G, Xie, X. X.; Zhang, Z. G*. Organic Letter. 2018, 20, 80-83.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Tri(pentaflurophenyl)borane-catalyzed reduction of cyclic imides with hydrosilanes: Synthesis of pyrrolidines  Ding, G, N.; Wu, X. Y.; Lu, B.; Lu, W. K.; Zhang, Z. G*.; Xie, X. X*. Tetrahedron. 2018, 74, 1144-1150.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Visible-Light-Induced Radical Cascade Cyclization: Synthesis of the ABCD Ring Cores of Camptothecins,   Yuan, Y.;  Dong, W. H.; Gao, X. S.; Huang G.; Xie, X. X.; Zhang, Z. G*. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 2840-2846.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Alkoxide-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Cyclic Imides to Isoquinolines via Tandem Reduction and Rearrangement.  Wu, X. Y.; Zhang, Z. G.; Xie, X. X* Organic Letter. 2018, 20, 5610-5613. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Visible-Light-Induced Intermolecular Dearomative Cyclization of 2-Bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl Compounds and Alkynes: Synthesis of Spiro[4.5]deca-1,6,9-trien-8-ones. Dong, W. H.; Xie, X. X,; Zhang, Z. G* Organic Letter. 2018, 20, 5762-5765. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Visible-Light-Induced Radical Cascade Cyclization: Synthesis of (20S)-Camptothecin, SN-38 and Irinotecan. Yuan, Y.; Xie, X. X,; Curran, D. P.; Zhang, Z. G* Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 1035－1040.  

Dedicated to Professor Xiyan Lu on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Selective aerobic oxidation of benzylic amines to aryl nitriles catalyzed by CuBr2/N-methyl imidazole  Shen, Y. F.;  Zhang, Z. G,; Xie, X. X* Tetrahedron 2018, 74, 4266-4271.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Merging Visible-Light Photoredox and Lewis Acid Catalysis for the Intramolecular Aza-Diels–Alder Reaction: Synthesis of Substituted Chromeno[4,3-b]quinolines and [1,6]Naphthyridines . Dong, W. H; Xie, X. X,; Zhang, Z. G* ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 2878 – 2886