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124. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Alkyl Halides and Pseudohalides with Organometallic Compounds
Netherton, M. R.; Fu, G. C.
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2004, 346, 1525–1532.

123. Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactones by Nucleophile-Catalyzed [2+2] Cycloadditions of Disubstituted Ketenes and Aldehydes
Wilson, J. E.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6358–6360.
122. Elucidating Reactivity Differences in Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Processes: The Chemistry of Palladium Hydrides 
Hills, I. D.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13178–13179.
121. Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Olefins
Fu, G. C.
Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis; Bolm, C., Beller, M., Eds.; VCH: New York; 2004; Chapter 1.5.
120. Heck Reactions of Aryl Chlorides Catalyzed by Palladium/Tri-Tert-Butylphosphine: (E)-2- Methyl-3-Phenylacrylic Acid Butyl Ester and (E)-4-(2-Phenylethenyl)Benzonitrile
Littke, A. F.; Fu, G. C.
Org. Synth. 2004, 81, 63–76.
119. Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Derivatives of DMAP 
Fu, G. C.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2004, 37, 542–547.
118. A Straightforward and Mild Synthesis of Functionalized 3-Alkynoates 
Suarez, A.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3580–3582.
117. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Organosilicon Reagents with Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Bromides 
Powell, D. A.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 7788–7789.
116. From the Design of a Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyst to Metal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions 
Fu, G. C.
J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 3245–3249.
115. Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Bromides and Iodides 
Zhou, J.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 1340–1341.
114. Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles Under "Ligandless" Conditions: Negishi Reactions of Organozirconium Reagents
Wiskur, S. L.; Korte, A.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 82–83.
113. Cross-Couplings of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Halides: Room-Temperature Nickel-Catalyzed Negishi Reactions of Alkyl Bromides and Iodides
Zhou, J.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14726–14727.
112. Toward an Improved Understanding of the Unusual Reactivity of Pd(0)/Trialkylphosphine Catalysts in Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles: Quantifying the Factors that Determine the Rate of Oxidative Addition
Hills, I. D.; Netherton, M. R.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5749–5752.
111. The First Applications of Carbene Ligands in Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles: Sonogashira Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides and Iodides
Eckhardt, M.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 13642–13643.
110. Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Halides: Use of an Alkyldiaminophosphine Expands the Scope of the Stille Reaction
Tang, H.; Menzel, K.; Fu, G. C. 
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5079–5082.
109. Palladium-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides, Bromides, Chlorides, and Tosylates
Zhou, J.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 12527–12530.
108. A New Copper-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition: Enantioselective Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Azomethine Imines to Generate Five-Membered Nitrogen Heterocycles
Shintani, R.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 10778–10779.
107. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Lactams: Intramolecular Kinugasa Reactions and Interception of an Intermediate in the Reaction Cascade
Shintani, R.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 4082–4085.
106. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Oxindoles and Benzofuranones that Bear a Quaternary Stereocenter 
Hills, I. D.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3921–3924.
105. Parallel Kinetic Resolution of 4-Alkynals Catalyzed by Rh(I)/Tol-BINAP: Synthesis of Enantioenriched Cyclobutanones and Cyclopentenones
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 8078–8079.
104. Room-Temperature Hiyama Cross-Couplings of Arylsilanes with Alkyl Bromides and Iodides 
Lee, J.-Y.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5616–5617.
103. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Stereocenters via Intermolecular C-Acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals: Dual Activation of the Electrophile and the Nucleophile
Mermerian, A. H.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4050–4051.
102. Room-Temperature Stille Cross-Couplings of Alkenyltin Reagents with an Array of Functionalized Alkyl Bromides that Possess β Hydrogens
Menzel, K.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 3718–3719.
101. Boronic Acids: New Coupling Partners in Room-Temperature Suzuki Reactions of Alkyl Bromides. Crystallographic Characterization of an Oxidative-Addition Adduct Generated Under Remarkably Mild Conditions
Kirchhoff, J. H.; Netherton, M. R.; Hills, I. D.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13662–13663.
100. Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Diethylzinc to Acyclic Enones in the Presence of Planar-Chiral Phosphaferrocene-Oxazoline Ligands
Shintani, R.; Fu, G. C.
Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 3699–3702.
99. Application of a New Family of P,N-Ligands to the Highly Enantioselective Hydrosilylation of Aryl Alkyl and Dialkyl Ketones
Tao, B.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3892–3894.
98. Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides 
Littke, A. F.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 4176–4211.
97. Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Tosylates that Possess β Hydrogen Atoms: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies 
Netherton, M. R.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 3910–3912.
96. The First General Method for the Synthesis of Transition-Metal π Complexes of an Electronically Diverse Family of 1,2-Azaborolyls
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Liu, S.-Y.; Hills, I. D.; Fu, G. C. 
Organometallics 2002, 21, 4323–4325.
95. Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclopentenones via Rhodium-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization of 4-Alkynals
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10296–10297.
94. Enantioselective Addition of Amines to Ketenes Catalyzed by a Planar-Chiral Derivative of PPY: Possible Intervention of Chiral Brønsted-Acid Catalysis 
Hodous, B. L.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10006–10007.
93. A Method for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Simple Alkyl Chlorides: Suzuki Reactions Catalyzed by [Pd2(dba)3]/PCy3
Kirchhoff, J. H.; Dai, C.; Fu, G. C. 
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1945–1947.
92. Pd/P(t-Bu)3: A Mild and General Catalyst for Stille Reactions of Aryl Chlorides and Aryl Bromides 
Littke, A. F.; Schwarz, L.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6343–6348. 
91. A Novel Rhodium-Catalyzed Reduction-Oxidation Process: Reaction of 4-Alkynals with Phenol to Provide cis-4-Alkenoates
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1607–1609.
90. Cu(I)/Bis(azaferrocene)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Lactams via Couplings of Alkynes with Nitrones 
Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 4572–4573.
89. A Unique Rhodium-Catalyzed Rearrangement Process: Isomerization of an Alkyne to a 1,3-Diene with Concomitant Migration of a Formyl Group. An Expeditious Route to Dienals from Readily Available 4-Alkynals
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
Chem. Commun. 2002, 684–685. 
88. Highly Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Anhydrides by Carbon Nucleophiles: Reactions of Grignard Reagents in the Presence of (–)-Sparteine
Shintani, R.; Fu, G. C.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1057–1059.
87. Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyclohexenones via a Novel [4+2] Annulation 
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 933–935.
86. Enantioselective Staudinger Synthesis of β-Lactams Catalyzed by a Planar-Chiral Nucleophile 
Hodous, B. L.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 1578–1579.
85. New Applications of Organometallic Catalysts in Organic Chemistry 
Fu, G. C.
Pure Appl. Chem. 2002, 74, 33–36.

84. 1,2-Azaborolyls, Isoelectronic Analogues of the Ubiquitous Cyclopentadienyl Ligand: Synthesis of B-Heteroatom-Substituted 1,2-Azaborolyl Complexes and an Assessment of Their Electronic Features
Liu, S.-Y.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 174–176. 
83. Air-Stable Trialkylphosphonium Salts: Simple, Practical, and Versatile Replacements for Air-Sensitive Trialkylphosphines. Applications in Stoichiometric and Catalytic Processes
Netherton, M. R.; Fu, G. C.
Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 4295–4298.
82. A Versatile New Catalyst for the Enantioselective Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols to Aldehydes: Scope and Mechanistic Studies
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 8177–8186.
81. A Surprisingly Mild and Versatile Method for Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Aryl Chlorides in the Presence of a Triarylphosphine
Liu, S.-Y.; Choi, M. J.; Fu, G. C. 
Chem. Commun. 2001, 2408–2409.

80. A Versatile New Method for the Synthesis of Cyclopentenones via an Unusual Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular trans Hydroacylation of an Alkyne
Tanaka, K.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11492–11493.

79. Room-Temperature Alkyl–Alkyl Suzuki Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Bromides that Possess β Hydrogens 
Netherton, M. R.; Dai, C.; Neuschütz, K.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 10099–10100.

78. Applications of "Planar–Chiral" Heterocycles in Asymmetric Catalysis 
Fu, G. C.
Pure Appl. Chem. 2001, 73, 1113–1116.

77. The Chemistry of Borabenzenes (1986-2000) 
Fu, G. C.
Adv. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 47, 101–119.

76. A Versatile Catalyst for Heck Reactions of Aryl Chlorides and Aryl Bromides Under Mild Conditions 
Littke, A.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6989–7000.

75. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of C2-Symmetric Bis(phospholyl)zirconium and Bis(phospholyl)hafnium Complexes
Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Peterson, T. H.; Allen, J. M.; Fu, G. C. 
Organometallics 2001, 20, 3453–3458.

74. Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles 
Fu, G. C.
Pure Appl. Chem. 2001, 73, 347–349.

73. Applications of Planar-Chiral Heterocycles in Enantioselective Catalysis: Cu(I)/Bisazaferrocene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Expansion of Oxetanes to Tetrahydrofurans
Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
Tetrahedron (Spec. Issue) 2001, 57, 2621–2634.
72. The First General Method for Palladium-Catalyzed Negishi Cross-Coupling of Aryl and Vinyl Chlorides: Use of Commercially Available Pd(P(t-Bu)3)2 as a Catalyst
Dai, C.; Fu, G. C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2719–2724.

71. Planar-Chiral Pyridine N-Oxides, a New Family of Asymmetric Catalysts: Exploiting an η5-C5Ar5 Ligand to Achieve High Enantioselectivity
Tao, B.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 353–354.

70. Kinetic Resolution of Amines by a Nonenzymatic Acylation Catalyst 
Arai, S.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.; Fu, G. C. 
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 234–236.

69. Bu3SnH-Catalyzed Barton-McCombie Deoxygenation Of Alcohols: 3-Deoxy-1,2:5,6-bis-O-(1- methylethylidene)-α -D-ribo-hexofuranose
Tormo, J.; Fu, G. C.
Org. Synth. 2000, 78, 239–248.
68. Synthesis and Application of Planar-Chiral Phosphaferrocene–Oxazolines, a New Class of P,N–Ligands 
Shintani, R.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 3695–3697.
67. Enantioselective Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols Catalyzed by a Rhodium/Phosphaferrocene Complex 
Tanaka, K.; Qiao, S.; Tobisu, M.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9870–9871.

66. Enantioselective Nucleophilic Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles 
Fu, G. C.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2000, 33, 412–420.

65. Pd(PhCN)2Cl2/P(t-Bu)3: A Versatile Catalyst for Sonogashira Reactions of Aryl Bromides at Room Temperature 
Hundertmark, T.; Littke, A. F.; Buchwald, S. L.; Fu, G. C. 
Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1729–1731.
64. The Kinetic Resolution of Allylic Alcohols by a Non-Enzymatic Acylation Catalyst; Application to Natural Product Synthesis
Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.; Tweddell, J.; Ruble, J. C.; Breitling, F. M.; Fu, G. C. 
Chem. Commun. 2000, 1009–1010.

63. The First Synthesis and Resolution of a Planar-Chiral Tetrahydroindolyl Complex of Iron: Electronic Tuning of Reactivity and Enantioselective Nucleophilic Catalysis
Suginome, M.; Fu, G. C.
Chirality (Spec. Issue) 2000, 12, 318–324.

62. Versatile Catalysts for the Suzuki Cross-Coupling of Arylboronic Acids with Aryl and Vinyl Halides and Triflates Under Mild Conditions
Littke, A. F.; Dai, C.; Fu, G. C. 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 4020–4028.

61. Pinacol Coupling
Fu, G. C.
Modern Carbonyl Chemistry; Otera, J., Ed.; VCH: New York, 2000.

60. Synthesis, Resolution, and Crystallographic Characterization of a New, C2-Symmetric, Planar- Chiral Bipyridine Ligand. Application to the Catalytic Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Olefins
Rios, R.; Liang, J.; Lo, M. M.-C.; Fu, G. C. 
Chem. Commun. 2000, 377–378. 

59. From Planarity to Chirality 
Fu, G. C.
Chem. Innovation 2000, 30, 3–5.


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