Yankai Liu

Asymmetric Catalysis of Diels–Alder Reactions with in Situ Generated Heterocyclic <i>ortho</i>-Quinodimethanes

Yankai Liu, Manuel Nappi, Elena Arceo et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 394 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +13

Diastereodivergent Asymmetric Sulfa-Michael Additions of α-Branched Enones using a Single Chiral Organic Catalyst

Xu Tian, Carlo Cassani, Yankai Liu et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · 232 citations

Modern Asymmetric Catalysis, α-Branched Enones, Engineering +13

Multicatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Complex Tetrahydrocarbazoles via a Diels–Alder/Benzoin Reaction Sequence

Yankai Liu, Manuel Nappi, Eduardo C. Escudero‐Adán et al. · Organic Letters · 2012 · 156 citations

Aminocatalytic Enantioselective 1,6 Additions of Alkyl Thiols to Cyclic Dienones: Vinylogous Iminium Ion Activation

Xu Tian, Yankai Liu, Paolo Melchiorre · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2012 · 155 citations

Chiral Amines, Asymmetric Catalysis, Engineering +14

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Mannich-Type Reaction of Phosphorus Ylides:  Synthesis of Chiral <i>N</i>-Boc-β-Amino-α-methylene Carboxylic Esters

Yan Zhang, Yankai Liu, Tai‐Ran Kang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2008 · 121 citations

N-boc Aldimines, Novel Organocatalysts, Enantioselective Synthesis +9