(10) Fan X.-D.;  Li H.-Y.;  Yuan P.-F.; Yang X.-L.;*  Meng Q.-Y.* Deconstructive Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds for Acylation by Photocatalysis. CCS Chem. 2025, 7, 3290–3298.

(9) Liu Q.; Niu X.-Y.; Li, H.-Y.;  Meng, Q.-Y.;*  Yang, X.-Y.* Visible Light Catalysis Promoted the Synthesis of Tetra-C-Substituted Pyrroles under External-Oxidant-Free Conditions. Helv. Chim. Acta. 2025, 108, e00108. (Dedicated to Prof. Armido Studer on the occasion of his Paracelsus Prize)

(8)  Li, H.-Y.; Yang, X.-Y.;* Liu, R.-X.; Yang Z.; Meng, Q.-Y.;* Niu X.-Y.* Catalytic Quantities of Inorganic Salt Promote an Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex to Achieve Defluorinated Cycloaddition.  Org. Lett.  2025, 27 (27), 7336-7341.

(7) Li, J.-L.^†; Zhu, C.-M^†.; Li, H.-G.; Yuan, P.-F.; Meng, Q.-Y.* Water as an Electron Donor for Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147 (37), 33372-33378.(†co-first authors)

 

(6) Li, J.-L.; Zhang, S.-S.; Jiang, L.-L.; Li, H.-Y.; Zhu, C.-M.; Yuan, P.-F.; Yang, Z.; Yang, X.-L.; Zhong, J.-J.; Meng, Q.-Y.* Redox-Neutral Carboxylation of Benzylic Tertiary C−H Bonds with Carbon Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202420852. (Hot paper)

(5)    Li, H.-Y.; Zhang, S.-Z.; Niu, X.;* Meng, Q.-Y.;* Yang, X.-L.* Visible Light Photocatalyzed Norrish Type II Reaction of Acrylamides for the Synthesis of β-Lactams. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, 367, e202400976.

(4)    Li, H.-Y.; Niu, X.;* Zhang, S.-S.; Shen, S.; Meng, Q.-Y.;* Yang, X.-L.* Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Photocyclization of N-Phenyl-1-naphthamides. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 5364-5369.

(3)    Yuan, P.-F.; Zhu, C.-M.; Meng, Q.-Y.* Advances in the Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid by Photochemical Conversion of CO₂. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 2997-3042. (Invited Review)

(2)  Yuan, P.-F.; Yang, Z.; Zhang, S.-S.; Zhu, C.-M.; Yang, X.-L.; Meng, Q.-Y.* Deconstructive Carboxylation of Activated Alkenes with Carbon Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2024, 63 (5), e202313030.   

Highlighted by Synpacts, see: Yuan, P.-F.;  Meng, Q.-Y.* Carboxylation of Alkenes with CO₂ via Photocatalytic Cleavage of C=C Double Bonds. Synlett.  2024, 35(17).

(1)   Yu, X.^†; Meng, Q.-Y.^†; Daniliuc, C. G.; Studer, A.* Aroyl Fluorides as Bifunctional Reagents for Dearomatizing Fluoroaroylation of Benzofurans. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7072-7079. (†co-first authors)