PUBLICATIONS

INDEPENDENT CAREER

Xiaotao Liu†, Yaoyao Xu†, Lingling Li, and Jian Li*

“Chemoenzymatic Oxidation of Labdane and Formal Synthesis of Nimbolide.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c07956.

Yunpeng Yin†, Jinxin Wang†, and Jian Li*

“A Concise and Scalable Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Prostaglandins.”

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2523.

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MENTORED WORK

Jian Li, Fang Chen, and Hans Renata*

“Concise Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Gedunin.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 19238–19242.

Jian Li, Hans Renata*

“Concise Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Fasamycin A.”

J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 11206–11211.

Jian Li, Fuzhuo Li, Emma King-Smith, and Hans Renata*

“Merging Chemoenzymatic and Radical-based Retrosynthetic Logic for Rapid and Modular Synthesis of Oxidized Meroterpenoids.”

Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 173–179.

Jian Li, Xiao Zhang, and Hans Renata*

“Asymmetric Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Podophyllotoxin and Related Aryltetralin Lignans.”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11657–11660.

Jian Li, Wenhao Zhang, Fei Zhang, Yu Chen, and Ang Li*

“Total Synthesis of Longeracinphyllin A.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 14893–14896.

Jian Li, Peng Yang, Ming Yao, Jun Deng, and Ang Li*

“Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone A.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16477–16480.

Peng Yang, Jian Li, Li Sun, Ming Yao, Xiang Zhang, Wei-Lie Xiao, Jian-Hua Wang, Ping Tian, Han-Dong Sun, Pema-Tenzin Puno, and Ang Li*

“Elucidation of the Structure of Pseudo-rubriflordilactone B by Chemical Synthesis”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 32, 13701–13708.

Wenhao Zhang, Ming Ding, Jian Li, Zhicong Guo, Ming Lu, Yu Chen, Lianchao Liu, Yun-Heng Shen, Ang Li*

“Total synthesis of hybridaphniphylline B.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4227–4231.

Yu Chen, Wenhao Zhang, Lu Ren, Jian Li, and Ang Li*

“Total syntheses of daphenylline, daphnipaxianine A, and himalenine D.”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 952–956.

Zhongyin Zhang, Jinxin Wang, Jian Li, Fan Yang, Guodu Liu, Wenjun Tang, Weiweo He, Jian-Jun Fu, Yu-Heng Shen, Ang Li*, Wei-Dong Zhang*

“Total synthesis and stereochemical assignment of delavatine A: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of indene-type tetrasubstituted olefins and kinetic resolution through Pd-catalyzed triflamide-directed C−H olefination.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5558–5567.

Peng Yang, Ming Yao, Jian Li, Yong Li, and Ang Li*

“Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone B.”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6964–6968.

Yong Li, Shugao Zhu, Jian Li, and Ang Li*

“Asymmetric total syntheses of aspidodasycarpine, lonicerine, and the proposed structure of lanciferine.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3982–3985.

Xiaochun Xiong, Deliang Zhang, Jian Li, Yu Sun, Shupeng Zhou, Ming Yang, Huawu Shao, Ang Li*

“Synthesis of indole terpenoid mimics via a functionality-tolerated Eu(fod)3-catalyzed conjugate addition.”

Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 869–872.

Ming Yang, Jian Li, and Ang Li*

“Total synthesis of clostrubin.”

Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6445.

Jun Deng, Shupeng Zhou, Wenhao Zhang, Jian Li, Ruofan Li and Ang Li*

“Total synthesis of taiwaniadducts B, C, and D.”

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8185–8188.

Jun Deng, Ruofan Li, Yijie Luo, Jian Li, Shupeng Zhou, Yong Li, Jingyu Hu, and Ang Li*

“Divergent total synthesis of taiwaniaquinones A and F and taiwaniaquinols B and D.”

Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2022–2025.

Hui Li, Fu-Min Zhang, Yong-Qiang Tu*, Qing-Wei Zhang, Zhi-Min Chen, Zhi-Hua Chen, and Jian Li,

“Enantioselective bromination/semipinacol rearrangement for the synthesis of β-bromoketones containing an all-α-carbon quaternary center.”

Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1839–1841.

Tao Xu, Chao Liang, Yan Cai, Jian Li, Ya-Min Li, Xin-Ping Hui*

“Highly enantioselective addition of methyl propiolate to aldehydes catalyzed by a titanium(IV) complex of a β-hydroxy amide.”

Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2009, 20, 2733–2736.