List of works - Jianwei Sun

A mild catalytic synthesis of 2-oxazolines via oxetane ring-opening: rapid access to a diverse family of natural products

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

A new strategy for efficient synthesis of medium and large ring lactones without high dilution or slow addition.

scientific article published on 14 March 2013

An Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral β,β-Diaryl-α-amino Acids via Addition of Azlactones to In Situ Generated para-Quinone Methides

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

An Organocatalytic Kinetic Resolution of Aziridines by Thiol Nucleophiles

scientific article published on 31 December 2020

An efficient [3+2] annulation for the asymmetric synthesis of densely-functionalized pyrrolidinones and γ-butenolides

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Oxetanes for the Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrothiophenes and Tetrahydroselenophenes

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Au- and pt-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of 1,5-enynes to cyclohexadienes with a broad alkyne scope

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Brønsted acid-promoted cyclizations of 1-siloxy-1,5-diynes

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Catalytic Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of para-Quinone Methides: Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Catalytic Asymmetric N-Alkylation of Indoles and Carbazoles through 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Aza-para-quinone Methides.

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Catalytic Enantioselective Aza-Piancatelli Rearrangement

scientific article published on 27 October 2016

Catalytic Enantioselective House-Meinwald Rearrangement: Efficient Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Catalytic Enantioselective Intermolecular Desymmetrization of Azetidines

scientific article published on 04 May 2015

Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodioxepines

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Catalytic Ring Expansion of Cyclic Hemiaminals for the Synthesis of Medium-Ring Lactams

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Catalytic asymmetric nucleophilic openings of 3-substituted oxetanes

scientific article published on August 2014

Catalytic asymmetric α-aldol reaction of vinylogous N-heterocyclic carbene enolates: formation of quaternary and labile tertiary stereocenters

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Catalytic enantioselective intermolecular desymmetrization of 3-substituted oxetanes.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines and their analogues bearing a C4 stereocenter: formal synthesis of (+)-(8S,13R)-cyclocelabenzine

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides by thiols.

scientific article

Complex Bioactive Alkaloid‐Type Polycycles through Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Multicomponent Aza‐Diels–Alder Reaction of Indoles with Oxetane as Directing Group ⬇️

scientific article published on January 9, 2013

Counterion-Induced Asymmetric Control on Azetidiniums: A Facile Access to Chiral Amines.

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

CuI catalyzed N-arylation of amide as a key step for the preparation of 3-aryl beta-carbolin-1-ones.

scientific article

Dithiafulvenyl Unit as a New Donor for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis and Demonstration of a Family of Metal-Free Organic Sensitizers

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

Enantio- and diastereoselective assembly of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran skeletons with all-carbon-substituted quaternary stereocenters.

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Enantioselective Oxetane Ring Opening with Chloride: Unusual Use of Wet Molecular Sieves for the Controlled Release of HCl.

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Enantioselective Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated α-Fluoroesters Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

scientific article published on 10 September 2012

Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Quinone Methides and Vinyl Sulfides: Indirect Access to Generally Substituted Chiral Chromanes.

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Enantioselective formation of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters from indoles and tertiary alcohols bearing a directing group

scientific article published on 01 August 2014

HNTf2-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hydrodibenzofurans by an Epoxidation/Semipinacol Rearrangement Cascade

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes under Mild Conditions

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

How Understanding the Role of an Additive Can Lead to an Improved Synthetic Protocol without an Additive: Organocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethyl Alkynes

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

In(OTf)3-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-1H-benzo[e]indoles and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans via [3 + 2] Annulation

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Ir-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.

scientific article

Iridium-catalyzed intermolecular azide-alkyne cycloaddition of internal thioalkynes under mild conditions

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Ligand-controlled remarkable regio- and stereodivergence in intermolecular hydrosilylation of internal alkynes: experimental and theoretical studies.

scientific article

Metal-Free [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides and Nitriles: Mild and Regioselective Synthesis of Fully Substituted Pyridines.

scientific article

Multi-targeted organometallic ruthenium(II)-arene anticancer complexes bearing inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1: A strategy to improve cytotoxicity.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed γ-Dihalomethylenation of Enals by Single-Electron Transfer

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed enantioselective α-fluorination of aliphatic aldehydes and α-chloro aldehydes: synthesis of α-fluoro esters, amides, and thioesters

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed internal redox reaction of alkynals: an efficient synthesis of allenoates

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

NHC-Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation: Efficient Synthesis of γ-Trifluoromethyl α,β-Unsaturated Esters

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Couplings of Racemic Secondary Electrophiles That Bear an Oxygen Leaving Group ⬇️

scientific article published on February 15, 2012

Nonracemic Betti base as a new chiral auxiliary: application to total syntheses of enantiopure (2S,6R)-dihydropinidine and (2S,6R)-isosolenopsins

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Nucleophilic Addition to o-Quinone Methides by Alcohols

scientific article published on 04 December 2015

Organocatalytic Enantioconvergent Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Allenes via Asymmetric 1,8-Addition to aza-para-Quinone Methides

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Functionalization of Unactivated Indole C(sp3 )-H Bonds

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dioxanes and Other Oxa-Heterocycles by Oxetane Desymmetrization

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Organocatalytic enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes from isobenzopyrylium ions.

scientific article published on 5 January 2015

Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of 2,3-allenoates by intermolecular addition of nitroalkanes to activated enynes.

scientific article published on 21 November 2013

Organocatalytic synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes from racemic propargylic alcohols.

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric additions of malonate esters to {gamma}-substituted allenoates and allenamides.

scientific article

Platinated benzonaphthyridone is a stronger inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and a more potent anticancer agent than is the parent inhibitor

scientific article published on November 2013

Recent Progress on Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis on Ammoniums

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Ru-Catalyzed Migratory Geminal Semihydrogenation of Internal Alkynes to Terminal Olefins

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Siloxy alkynes in annulation reactions.

scientific article published on 29 August 2014

Silver-Catalyzed Aldehyde Olefination Using Siloxy Alkynes

scientific article published on March 2010

Silver-catalyzed hydroamination of siloxy alkynes

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Stereoselective Synthesis of Fully-Substituted Acrylonitriles via Formal Acylcyanation of Electron-Rich Alkynes

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Stereoselective synthesis of aminoindanols via an efficient cascade aza-Michael–aldol reaction ⬇️

scientific article published on November 21, 2012

Synthesis of Eight-Membered Lactams through Formal [6+2] Cyclization of Siloxy Alkynes and Vinylazetidines

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Synthesis of eight-membered lactones: intermolecular [6+2] cyclization of amphoteric molecules with siloxy alkynes

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Theoretical studies on the regioselectivity of iridium-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions.

scientific article

Two new quinoline-based regenerable fluorescent probes with AIE characteristics for selective recognition of Cu in aqueous solution and test strips

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

List of works by Jianwei Sun

A mild catalytic synthesis of 2-oxazolines via oxetane ring-opening: rapid access to a diverse family of natural products

A new strategy for efficient synthesis of medium and large ring lactones without high dilution or slow addition.

An Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral β,β-Diaryl-α-amino Acids via Addition of Azlactones to In Situ Generated para-Quinone Methides

An Organocatalytic Kinetic Resolution of Aziridines by Thiol Nucleophiles

An efficient [3+2] annulation for the asymmetric synthesis of densely-functionalized pyrrolidinones and γ-butenolides

Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Oxetanes for the Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrothiophenes and Tetrahydroselenophenes

Au- and pt-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of 1,5-enynes to cyclohexadienes with a broad alkyne scope

Brønsted acid-promoted cyclizations of 1-siloxy-1,5-diynes

Catalytic Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of para-Quinone Methides: Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

Catalytic Asymmetric N-Alkylation of Indoles and Carbazoles through 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Aza-para-quinone Methides.

Catalytic Enantioselective Aza-Piancatelli Rearrangement

Catalytic Enantioselective House-Meinwald Rearrangement: Efficient Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

Catalytic Enantioselective Intermolecular Desymmetrization of Azetidines

Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodioxepines

Catalytic Ring Expansion of Cyclic Hemiaminals for the Synthesis of Medium-Ring Lactams

Catalytic asymmetric nucleophilic openings of 3-substituted oxetanes

Catalytic asymmetric α-aldol reaction of vinylogous N-heterocyclic carbene enolates: formation of quaternary and labile tertiary stereocenters

Catalytic enantioselective intermolecular desymmetrization of 3-substituted oxetanes.

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines and their analogues bearing a C4 stereocenter: formal synthesis of (+)-(8S,13R)-cyclocelabenzine

Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides by thiols.

Complex Bioactive Alkaloid‐Type Polycycles through Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Multicomponent Aza‐Diels–Alder Reaction of Indoles with Oxetane as Directing Group ⬇️

Counterion-Induced Asymmetric Control on Azetidiniums: A Facile Access to Chiral Amines.

CuI catalyzed N-arylation of amide as a key step for the preparation of 3-aryl beta-carbolin-1-ones.

Dithiafulvenyl Unit as a New Donor for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis and Demonstration of a Family of Metal-Free Organic Sensitizers

Enantio- and diastereoselective assembly of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran skeletons with all-carbon-substituted quaternary stereocenters.

Enantioselective Oxetane Ring Opening with Chloride: Unusual Use of Wet Molecular Sieves for the Controlled Release of HCl.

Enantioselective Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated α-Fluoroesters Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Quinone Methides and Vinyl Sulfides: Indirect Access to Generally Substituted Chiral Chromanes.

Enantioselective formation of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters from indoles and tertiary alcohols bearing a directing group

HNTf2-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hydrodibenzofurans by an Epoxidation/Semipinacol Rearrangement Cascade

Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes under Mild Conditions

How Understanding the Role of an Additive Can Lead to an Improved Synthetic Protocol without an Additive: Organocatalytic Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethyl Alkynes

In(OTf)3-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-1H-benzo[e]indoles and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans via [3 + 2] Annulation

Ir-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of Internal Thioalkynes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.

Iridium-catalyzed intermolecular azide-alkyne cycloaddition of internal thioalkynes under mild conditions

Ligand-controlled remarkable regio- and stereodivergence in intermolecular hydrosilylation of internal alkynes: experimental and theoretical studies.

Metal-Free [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Ynamides and Nitriles: Mild and Regioselective Synthesis of Fully Substituted Pyridines.

Multi-targeted organometallic ruthenium(II)-arene anticancer complexes bearing inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1: A strategy to improve cytotoxicity.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed γ-Dihalomethylenation of Enals by Single-Electron Transfer

N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed enantioselective α-fluorination of aliphatic aldehydes and α-chloro aldehydes: synthesis of α-fluoro esters, amides, and thioesters

N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed internal redox reaction of alkynals: an efficient synthesis of allenoates

NHC-Catalyzed Electrophilic Trifluoromethylation: Efficient Synthesis of γ-Trifluoromethyl α,β-Unsaturated Esters

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Couplings of Racemic Secondary Electrophiles That Bear an Oxygen Leaving Group ⬇️

Nonracemic Betti base as a new chiral auxiliary: application to total syntheses of enantiopure (2S,6R)-dihydropinidine and (2S,6R)-isosolenopsins

Organocatalytic Asymmetric Nucleophilic Addition to o-Quinone Methides by Alcohols

Organocatalytic Enantioconvergent Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Allenes via Asymmetric 1,8-Addition to aza-para-Quinone Methides

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Functionalization of Unactivated Indole C(sp3 )-H Bonds

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dioxanes and Other Oxa-Heterocycles by Oxetane Desymmetrization

Organocatalytic enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes from isobenzopyrylium ions.

Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of 2,3-allenoates by intermolecular addition of nitroalkanes to activated enynes.

Organocatalytic synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes from racemic propargylic alcohols.

Phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric additions of malonate esters to {gamma}-substituted allenoates and allenamides.

Platinated benzonaphthyridone is a stronger inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 and a more potent anticancer agent than is the parent inhibitor

Recent Progress on Asymmetric Ion-Pairing Catalysis on Ammoniums

Ru-Catalyzed Migratory Geminal Semihydrogenation of Internal Alkynes to Terminal Olefins

Siloxy alkynes in annulation reactions.

Silver-Catalyzed Aldehyde Olefination Using Siloxy Alkynes

Silver-catalyzed hydroamination of siloxy alkynes

Stereoselective Synthesis of Fully-Substituted Acrylonitriles via Formal Acylcyanation of Electron-Rich Alkynes

Stereoselective synthesis of aminoindanols via an efficient cascade aza-Michael–aldol reaction ⬇️

Synthesis of Eight-Membered Lactams through Formal [6+2] Cyclization of Siloxy Alkynes and Vinylazetidines

Synthesis of eight-membered lactones: intermolecular [6+2] cyclization of amphoteric molecules with siloxy alkynes

Theoretical studies on the regioselectivity of iridium-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions.

Two new quinoline-based regenerable fluorescent probes with AIE characteristics for selective recognition of Cu in aqueous solution and test strips