1. Zhang, J.; Li, Y.; Xu, R.; Chen, Y.* Donor-Acceptor Complex Enables Alkoxyl Radical Generation for Metal-Free C(sp3)-C(sp3) Cleavage and Allylation/Alkenylation. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12619 –12623. Highlighted by Science Foundation in China, China Science Daily, and Chin. J. Org. Chem.
2. Jia, K.; Pan, Y.; Chen, Y.* Selective Carbonyl-C(sp3) Bond Cleavage to Construct Ynamides, Ynoates, and Ynones by Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2478 –2481. Highlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem.
3. Qi, L.; Chen, Y.* Polarity-Reversed Allylations of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Imines Enabled by Hantzsch Ester in Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13312-13315.
4. Jia, K.; Zhang, F.; Huang, H.; Chen, Y.* Visible-Light-Induced Alkoxyl Radical Generation Enables Selective C(sp3)-C(sp3) Bond Cleavage and Functionalizations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 128, 1514-1517. Highlighted by Organic Chemistry Portal.
5. Zhang, J.; Li, Y.; Zhang, F.; Hu, C.; Chen, Y.* Generation of Alkoxyl Radicals by Photoredox Catalysis Enables Selective C(sp3)-H Functionalization under Mild Reaction Conditions. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1872-1875. Highlighted by Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
6. Hu, C.; Chen, Y.* Chemoselective and Fast Decarboxylative Allylation by Photoredox Catalysis under Mild Conditions. Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 1352-1355.
7. Huang, H.1; Zhang, G.1; Chen, Y.* Dual Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents and Photoredox Catalysis Enable Decarboxylative Ynonylation under Mild Conditions. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7872-7876. Highlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem.
8. Hu, C.; Chen, Y.* Biomolecule-Compatible Chemical Bond-Formation and Bond-Cleavage Reactions Induced by Visible Light. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 884-888. Invited Digest.
9. Huang, H.; Jia, K.; Chen, Y.* Hypervalent Iodine Reagents Enable Chemoselective Deboronative/Decarboxylative Alkenylation by Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1881-1884. Highlighted by Synfacts.
10.Yang, J.; Zhang, J.; Qi, L.; Hu, C.; Chen, Y.* Visible-Light-Induced Chemoselective Reductive Decarboxylative Alkynylation under Biomolecule-Compatible Conditions. Chem. Comm. 2015, 51, 5275-5278. 2015 Emerging Investigator Issue.
11.Huang, H.; Zhang, G.; Gong, L.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Y.*, Visible-Light-Induced Chemoselective Deboronative Alkynylation under Biomolecule-Compatible Conditions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2280-2283. Highlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem., Organic Chemistry Portal, and Synfacts.