1. Yan-Rong Zhang, Lin He, Xu Wu, Pan-Lin Shao, Song Ye* Chiral N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed Staudinger reaction of ketenes with imines: Highly enantioselective synthesis of N-boc β-lactams. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 277-280. PDF

 

2. Lin He, Yang-Rong Zhang. Xue-Liang Huang, SongYe.* "Chiral Bifunctional N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Application in the Aza-Mortia-Baylis-Hillman Reaction." Synthesis 2008, 2825-2829.  PDF

3. Hui Lv, Yan-Rong Zhang, Xue-Liang Huang, Song Ye.* "Asymmetric Dimerization of Disubstituted Ketenes Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes." Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 2715-2718.  PDF

4. Lin He, Hui Lv, Yan-Rong Zhang, Song Ye*. "Formal Cycloaddition of Disubstituted Ketenes with 2-Oxoaldehydes Catalyzed by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes." J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 8101-8103.  PDF

5. Yan-Rong Zhang, Hui Lv, Di Zhou, Song Ye*, "Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddition of Ketenes with Enones: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of trans- and cis-delta-Lactones." Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 8473-8476.  PDF