| Conversion of amides to esters by the nickel-catalysed activation of amide CN bonds L Hie, NFF Nathel, TK Shah, EL Baker, X Hong, YF Yang, P Liu, KN Houk, ... Nature 524 (7563), 79-83, 2015 | 464 | 2015 |
| Mechanism of Photoinduced Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Experimental and Computational Studies X Pan, C Fang, M Fantin, N Malhotra, WY So, LA Peteanu, AA Isse, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (7), 2411-2425, 2016 | 394 | 2016 |
| Computational Explorations of Mechanisms and Ligand-Directed Selectivities of Copper-Catalyzed Ullmann-Type Reactions GO Jones, P Liu, KN Houk, SL Buchwald Journal of the American Chemical Society 132 (17), 6205-6213, 2010 | 375 | 2010 |
| Palladium-Catalyzed Meta-Selective C–H Bond Activation with a Nitrile-Containing Template: Computational Study on Mechanism and Origins of Selectivity YF Yang, GJ Cheng, P Liu, D Leow, TY Sun, P Chen, X Zhang, JQ Yu, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (1), 344-355, 2014 | 343 | 2014 |
| Suzuki− Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aryl Carbamates and Sulfamates: Experimental and Computational Studies KW Quasdorf, A Antoft-Finch, P Liu, AL Silberstein, A Komaromi, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (16), 6352-6363, 2011 | 331 | 2011 |
| Catalytic asymmetric hydroamination of unactivated internal olefins to aliphatic amines Y Yang, SL Shi, D Niu, P Liu, SL Buchwald Science 349 (6243), 62-66, 2015 | 320 | 2015 |
| Photoredox-mediated Minisci C–H alkylation of N-heteroarenes using boronic acids and hypervalent iodine GX Li, CA Morales-Rivera, Y Wang, F Gao, G He, P Liu, G Chen Chemical Science 7 (10), 6407-6412, 2016 | 275 | 2016 |
| Role of N-Acyl Amino Acid Ligands in Pd (II)-Catalyzed Remote C–H Activation of Tethered Arenes GJ Cheng, YF Yang, P Liu, P Chen, TY Sun, G Li, X Zhang, KN Houk, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (3), 894-897, 2014 | 260 | 2014 |
| Distortion/Interaction Analysis Reveals the Origins of Selectivities in Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Borylation of Substituted Arenes and 5-Membered Heterocycles AG Green, P Liu, CA Merlic, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (12), 4575-4583, 2014 | 226 | 2014 |
| Catalytic activation of carbon–carbon bonds in cyclopentanones Y Xia, G Lu, P Liu, G Dong Nature 539 (7630), 546-550, 2016 | 214 | 2016 |
| Copper-catalyzed asymmetric addition of olefin-derived nucleophiles to ketones Y Yang, IB Perry, G Lu, P Liu, SL Buchwald Science 353 (6295), 144-150, 2016 | 207 | 2016 |
| Z-selectivity in olefin metathesis with chelated Ru catalysts: computational studies of mechanism and selectivity P Liu, X Xu, X Dong, BK Keitz, MB Herbert, RH Grubbs, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (3), 1464-1467, 2012 | 203 | 2012 |
| Dynamics, transition states, and timing of bond formation in Diels–Alder reactions K Black, P Liu, L Xu, C Doubleday, KN Houk Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (32), 12860-12865, 2012 | 185 | 2012 |
| Ligand–Substrate Dispersion Facilitates the Copper-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefins G Lu, RY Liu, Y Yang, C Fang, DS Lambrecht, SL Buchwald, P Liu Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (46), 16548-16555, 2017 | 169 | 2017 |
| Catalytic Intermolecular Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Aminopalladation Z Liu, Y Wang, Z Wang, T Zeng, P Liu, KM Engle Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (32), 11261-11270, 2017 | 160 | 2017 |
| A general strategy for synthesis of cyclophane-braced peptide macrocycles via palladium-catalysed intramolecular sp 3 C− H arylation X Zhang, G Lu, M Sun, M Mahankali, Y Ma, M Zhang, W Hua, Y Hu, ... Nature chemistry 10 (5), 540-548, 2018 | 158 | 2018 |
| Nickel-catalyzed amination of aryl carbamates and sequential site-selective cross-couplings T Mesganaw, AL Silberstein, SD Ramgren, NFF Nathel, X Hong, P Liu, ... Chemical Science 2 (9), 1766-1771, 2011 | 156 | 2011 |
| Origins of Differences in Reactivities of Alkenes, Alkynes, and Allenes in [Rh (CO) 2Cl] 2-Catalyzed (5+ 2) Cycloaddition Reactions with Vinylcyclopropanes ZX Yu, PHY Cheong, P Liu, CY Legault, PA Wender, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (8), 2378-2379, 2008 | 150 | 2008 |
| Mechanism and Enantioselectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Substituted Cyclic Enones: Insights from Computation and Experiment JC Holder, L Zou, AN Marziale, P Liu, Y Lan, M Gatti, K Kikushima, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (40), 14996-15007, 2013 | 148 | 2013 |
| Origin of Enantioselectivity in Benzotetramisole-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Azlactones P Liu, X Yang, VB Birman, KN Houk Organic Letters 14 (13), 3288-3291, 2012 | 142 | 2012 |
Kendall N. Houk Saul Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry, UCLAVerified email at chem.ucla.edu
