Publications

  1. 15.

    Ir(III) Pincer Complex with Solo Coordinatively Active Site as a Surrogate for Half-Sandwich Catalysts: Enabling Asymmetric Acylnitrenoid Transfer and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 38615.

    Chu, Y.-P.†; Xu, Z.-H.†; Zhao, J.; Wang, C.; Daniliuc C. G.; Ma, J.* (†Equal contribution)

  2. 14.

    Accessing N-Unprotected Unnatural α-Amino Acid Esters by Half-Sandwich Chiral-at-Ruthenium Aldehyde Catalysis: Scope and Mechanistic Study. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202510811.

    Chen, G.†; Morais, G. N.†; Liang H.; Zhao, J.; Wang, C.; Chen, S.*; Ma, J.* (†Equal contribution)

    A related preprint version was posted in ChemRxiv. 2025, doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-xsk7p.

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  3. 13.

    Half-Sandwich Ru(II) Complexes Featuring Metal-Centered Chirality: Configurational Stabilization by Ligand Design, Preparation via Kinetic Resolution, and Application in Asymmetric Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 6825.

    Liang, H.†; Morais, G. N.†; Chen, G.†; Tang, W.; Zhao, J.; Wang, C.; Houk, K. N.; Chen, S.*; Ma, J.* (†Equal contribution)

  4. 12.

    Asymmetric Synthesis of Stereogenic-at-Iridium(III) Complexes through Pd-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 1177.

    Chu, Y.-P.; Yue, X.-L.; Liu, D.-H.; Wang C.; Ma, J.*

    A related preprint version was posted in ChemRxiv. 2024, doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-krgpl-v2.

  5. 11.

    Reshaping Quinolines by Single-Electron-Transfer-Triggered Dearomatization. Chem 2024, 10, 3529.

    Chu, Y.-P.; Ma, J.*

  6. 10.

    Programmable Modular Assembly of Homochiral Ir(III)-Metallohelices to Reverse Metallodrug Resistance by Inhibiting CDK1. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202419292.

    Li, X.*; Zhao, X.; Wang, X.; Xiong, A.; Wang, Z.; Shi, Z.; Zhang, J.; Wang, H.; Wei, W.; He, C.; Ma, J.; Guo, Z.; Duan, C.*; Zhao, J.*; Wang, X.*

  7. 9.

    八面体金属中心手性络合物的合成研究进展. 中国基础科学 2024, 26, DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1009-2412.2024.05.005.

    楚云鹏, 马佳佳*

    Invited review, in Chinese

  8. 8.

    Recent Advances in Dearomative Partial Reduction of Benzenoid Arenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202402819.

    Liu, D.-H.; Ma, J.*

  9. 7.

    Late-Stage Saturation of Drug Molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11866.

    Liu, D.-H.†; Pflüger P. M.†; Outlaw A.†; Lückemeier L.; Zhang F.; Regan C.; Nodeh H. R.; Cernak T.*; Ma, J.*; Glorius F.* (†Equal contribution)

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    Top 20 Most Read JACS Articles in 2024

  10. 6.

    Chemoselective Quinoline and Isoquinoline Reduction by Energy Transfer Catalysis Enabled Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312203.

    Liu, D.-H.†; Nagashima, K.†; Liang, H.; Yue, X.-L.; Chu, Y.-P.; Chen, S.*; Ma, J.* (†Equal contribution)

    Top 10% Most Viewed Angew Chemie Papers Published in 2023

  11. 5.

    Facile Access to Fused 2D/3D Rings via Intermolecular Cascade Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Rearrangements of Quinolines with Alkenes. Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 405.

    Ma, J.†; Chen, S.†; Bellotti, P.†; Wagener, T.; Daniliuc, C.; Houk, K. N.; Glorius, F.* (†Equal contribution)

  12. 4.

    Photochemical Intermolecular Dearomative Cycloaddition of Bicyclic Azaarenes with Alkenes. Science 2021, 371, 1338.

    Ma, J.†; Chen, S.†; Bellotti, P.†; Guo, R.; Schäfer, F.; Heusler, A.; Zhang, X.; Daniliuc, C.; Brown, M. K.; Houk, K. N.; Glorius, F.* (†Equal contribution)

  13. 3.

    Bifunctional Reagents in Organic Synthesis. Nat. Rev. Chem. 2021, 5, 301.

    Huang, H.-M.; Bellotti, P.; Ma, J.; Dalton, T.; Glorius, F.

  14. 2.

    Gadolinium Photocatalysis: Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Ring-Expansion Sequence with Indoles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9639.

    Ma, J.; Schäfers, F.; Daniliuc, C.; Bergander, K.; Strassert, C. A.; Glorius, F.

  15. 1.

    Direct Dearomatization of Pyridines via an Energy-Transfer-Catalyzed Intramolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition. Chem 2019, 5, 2854.

    Ma, J.; Strieth-Kalthoff, F.; Dalton, T.; Freitag, M.; Schwarz, J. L.; Bergander, K.; Daniliuc, C.; Glorius, F.

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  1. 5.

    Visible-Light-Photosensitized Aryl and Alkyl Decarboxylative Functionalization Reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10514.

    Patra, T.; Mukherjee, S.; Ma, J.; Strieth-Kalthoff, F.; Glorius, F.

  2. 4.

    Synthesis of β-Substituted γ-Aminobutyric Acid Derivatives via Enantioselective Photoredox Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11193.

    Ma, J.; Lin J.; Zhao L.; Harms K.; Marsch M.; Xie X.; Meggers, E.

  3. 3.

    Preparation of Chiral-at-Metal Catalysts and Their Use in Asymmetric Photoredox Chemistry. Nat. Protoc. 2018, 13, 605.

    Ma, J.†; Zhang, X.†; Huang, X.; Luo, S.; Meggers, E.* (†Equal contribution)

  4. 2.

    Visible-Light-Activated Asymmetric β-C–H Functionalization of Acceptor-Substituted Ketones with 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17245.

    Ma, J.; Rosales, R. A.; Huang, X.; Harms, K.; Riedel, R.; Wiest, O.; Meggers, E.

  5. 1.

    Metal-Templated Chiral Brønsted Base Organocatalysis. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 4531.

    Ma, J.; Ding, X.; Hu, Y.; Huang, Y.; Gong, L.; Meggers, E.