1.Mangang Zhang, Tianyu Niu, Mingrong Liang, Feng Xu, Yongyi Du, Haokun Zhuang, Ren-Jie Song, Hua Yang and Qin Yin*, Consecutive Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of C2-Acylated Quinolines and Quinoxalines: A Diastereodivergent Synthesis of Enantioenriched Tetrahydroquinolines and Tetra-hydroquinoxalines Bearing Endo- and Exo-cyclic Chirality. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 18197.
2.Ming-Rong Liang, Xian Du, Jian Lin, Nianxin Rong, Xiaohang Zhan, Xinyue Mao, Haokun Zhuang, Tianyu Niu, Qin Yin*, Dynamic Kinetic Resolution-Based Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Racemic 2-Substituted Quinolines, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4239. (Highlighted by Synfacts2025, 21, 407.)
3.Nianxin Rong, Ao Zhou, Mingrong Liang, Shou-Guo Wang, and Qin Yin*, Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Racemic 2-Substituted Indoles via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: An Easy Access to Chiral Indolines Bearing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5081.(Highlighted by Synfacts2024, 20, 604. and Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 1374.)
4.Xiaohang Zhan, Zhiwen Nie, Na Li, Ao Zhou, Haotian Lv, Mingrong Liang, Keqin Wu, Gui-Juan Cheng,* and Qin Yin*, Catalytic Asymmetric Cascade Dearomatization of Indoles via a Photoinduced Pd-Catalyzed 1,2-Bisfunctionalization of Butadienes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202404388. (Selected as "VIP" paper)
5.Zhiwen Nie, Keqin Wu, Xiaohang Zhan, Weiran Yang, Zhong Lian, Shaoquan Lin, Shou-Guo Wang and Qin Yin*, Palladium-catalyzed difluorocarbene transfer enables access to enantioenriched chiral spirooxindoles, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 8510.
6.Le’an Hu, Yuan-Zheng Wang, Lei Xu, Qin Yin*, Xumu Zhang*,Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of N‐Unprotected Unnatural α‐Amino Acid Derivatives by Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Reductive Amination,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022, e202202552. (Selected as "VIP" paper, and highlighted by Synfacts2022, 18, 0748.)
7.Qin Yin*; Yong-Jie Shi; Jingxin Wang; and Xumu Zhang*, Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Chiral Primary Amines, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49,6141.
8.Le’ an Hu, Yao Zhang, Qing-Wen Zhang, Qin Yin,* and Xumu Zhang, Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Reductive Amination of Diaryl and Sterically Hindered Ketones with Ammonium Salts and H2, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 5321.(Highlighted by Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 40, 1802.)
9.Xuefeng Tan, Shuang Gao, Weijun Zeng, Shan Xin, Qin Yin* and Xumu Zhang*; Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Primary Amines by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Reductive Amination of Alkyl Aryl Ketones with Ammonium Salts and Molecular H2. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140, 2024. (Highlighted by Synfacts2018, 14, 504.)
10.Gen-Qiang Chen, Bi-Jin Lin, Jia-Ming Huang, Ling-Yu Zhao, Qi-Shu Chen, Shi-Peng Jia, Qin Yin* and Xumu Zhang*; Design and Synthesis of Chiral oxa-Spirocyclic Ligands for Ir-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Reduction of Bringmann’s Lactones with Molecular H2. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140, 8064. (Highlighted by Synfacts2018, 14, 1050.)
11.Yazhou Lou, Yutao Hu, Jiaxiang Lu, Fanfu Guan, Gelin Gong, Qin Yin*, and Xumu Zhang*, Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Reductive Amination: Synthesis of Chiral Primary β-amino Lactams, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018, 57, 14193.