1. Liu, X.; Zhou, Y.; Meng Y.; Zhu, Q.; Li, R. H.*; Dong, G.* Concise Total Syntheses of Leuconoxine-Type Alkaloids Enabled by Palladium/Norbornene-Catalyzed Pyrrole Difunctionalization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202502736. (Selected as“hot paper”)
2. Liu, X.; Zhu, Q.; Dong, G.* Beyond Tertiary Amines: Introducing Secondary Amines by Palladium/Norbornene-Catalyzed Ortho Amination. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202404042. (Selected as“hot paper”)
3. Liu, X.; Dong, G.* Asymmetric Access to (+)-β-Funebrene via a trans-Selective Annulation of Allenylsilane-enes. Chem. 2024, 10, 22.
4. Rago J. A.#;Ye R.#;Liu, X.*; Dong, G.* Four-Component Reaction to Access 3,3-Disubstituted Indolines via the Palladium-Norbornene-Catalyzed ortho Amination/ipso Conjunctive Coupling. Chemical Science. 2024, 15, 1318.
5. Liu, X.#; Zhou, Y.#; Qi, X.-T.#; Li, R. H.*; Liu, P.*; Dong, G.* Palladium/Norbornene-catalyzed Direct Vicinal Di-carbo-functionalization of Indoles: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Study. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310697.
6. Liu, X.; Fu, Y.; Chen, Z.-J.; Liu, P.*; Dong, G.* Ortho-C–H Methoxylation of Aryl Halides Enabled by a Polarity Reversed N–O Reagent. Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1391. (highlighted by Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1391 and Synfacts 2023, 19, 1223)
7. Liu, X.; Wang, J.*; Dong, G.* Modular Entry to Functionalized Tetrahydrobenzo[b]azepines via the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis Enabled by a C7-Modified Norbornene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9991.
8. Liu, X.#; Liu, J.-Y.#; Wu, J.-L.; Huang, G.-C.; Liang, R.; Chung, L.-W.; Li, C.-C.* Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Cerorubenic Acid-III. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2872. (highlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 39, 1193 and Synfacts 2019, 15, 474)
9. Liu, X.#; Liu, J.-Y.#; Wu, J.-L.; Li, C.-C.* Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Cerorubenic Acid-III via Type II [5+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 11125
10. Chen, B.#;Liu, X.#; Hu, Y.; Zhang, D.; Deng, L.; Lu, J.; Min, L.; Ye, W. C.; Li, C.-C.* Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Colchicine, (+)-Demecolcinone and Metacolchicine. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 4961.
11. Liu, X.#; Hu, Y.-J.#; Fan, J.-H.#; Zhao, J.; Li, S.-P.; Li, C.-C.* Recent Synthetic Study towards Natural Products via [5+2] Cycloaddition. Org. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 1217.
12. Liu, X.#; Hu, Y.#; Chen, B.#; Min, L.; Peng, X.; Zhao, J.; Li, S.-P.; Wong, H. N. C.; Li, C.-C.* Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Colchicine,b-Lumicolchicine and Allocolchicinoid NCME. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4612.
13. Liu, X.#; Liu, J.-Y.#; Zhao, J.; Li, S.-P.; Li, C.-C.* Toward the Total Synthesis of Eurifoloid A. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2742.