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Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 7334-7336.
Efﬁcient synthesis of 4-vinyl α,β-unsaturated γ-lactams by ring-closing enyne metathesis reactions

Qian Yang, Yuan-Yuan Lai, Wen-Jing Xiao*, Howard Alper*

DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.10.051

J. Org. Chem., 2008,73, 6006-6009.
Rational Combination of Two Privileged Chiral Backbones: Highly Efficient Organo-catalysts for Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reactions between Aromatic Aldehydes and Acylic Ketones

Jia-Rong Chen, Xiao-Lei An, Xiao-Yu Zhu, Xu-Fan Wang,and Wen-Jing Xiao*

DOI: 10.1021/jo800910s

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 6946–6948. (Featured in Synfacts, 2010, 3, 310)
A New Entry to Cascade Organocatalysis: Reactions of Stable Sulfur Ylides and Nitroolefins Sequentially Catalyzed by Thiourea and DMAP

Liang-Qiu Lu, Yi-Ju Cao, Xiao-Peng Liu, Jing An, Chang-Jiang Yao, Zhi-Hui Ming, and Wen-Jing Xiao*

DOI: 10.1021/ja800746q

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 2489-2492.
Ru-Catalyzed Tandem Cross-Metathesis/Intramolecular Hydroarylation Sequence

Jia-Rong Chen, Chang-Feng Li, Xiao-Lei An, Ji-Ji Zhang, Xiao-Yu Zhu, and Wen-Jing Xiao*

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705194

J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 8562-8564.
Dramatic Effects of Ionic Liquids on the Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclocarbonylation of Enynols with Thiols

Hong Cao, Wen-Jing Xiao,* and Howard Alper*

DOI: 10.1021/jo7016759e