Hua FU, Ph. D.

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Contact address: Department of Chemistry

Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084

P. R. China

Tel.86-10-62797186

Emailfuhua@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn



Education and Training:

BSc: Wuhan University (1989)

PhD: Tsinghua University (1998)

Postdoc: the Ohio State University (2000-2002)


Research Fields:

Asymmetric Synthesis

Chemical Biology

Photocatalytic Organic Reactions


Selected Publications:

1. Youshan Li, Zhenbang Lou, Hongyun Li, Haijun Yang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, Bioorthogonal ligation and cleavage by reactions of chloroquinoxalines with ortho-dithiophenols. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59(9), 3671-3677.

2. Youshan Li, Hua Fu*, Bioorthogonal ligations and cleavages in chemical biology, ChemistryOpen 2020, 9(8), 835-853.

3. Ningning Man, Zhenbang Lou, Yuming Li, Haijun Yang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, Organocatalytic atroposelective construction of axially chiral N-aryl benzimidazoles involving carbon-carbon bond cleavage, Org. Lett. 2020, 22(16), 6382-6387.

4. Xi Yuan, Xudong Wu, Fei Peng, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of arylindolyl indolin-3-ones with both axial and central chirality, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56(83), 12648-12651.

5. Xianjin Zhu, Can Liu, Yong Liu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, A sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate-mediated photocatalytic strategy for aerobic oxidation of alcohols, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56(82), 12443-12446.

6. Xianjin Zhu, Yong Liu, Can Liu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Light and oxygen-enabled sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate-mediated selective oxidation of C-H bonds, Green Chem. 2020, 22(13), 4357-4363.

7. Hua Tian, Fei Peng, Pengxiang Zhang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Highly enantioselective iridium-catalyzed cascade double allylation strategy: synthesis of pyrrolidinoindolines with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter, Org. Lett. 2019, 21(20), 8501-8505.

8. Xudong Wu, Xi Yuan, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric addition of 2-(vinyloxy)ethanol to imines and applications of the products, Org. Lett. 2019, 21(13), 5335-5340.

9. Xi Yuan, Xudong Wu, Pengxiang Zhang, Fei Peng, Can Liu, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, Axially chiral cyclic phosphoric acid enabled enantioselective sequential additions, Org. Lett. 2019, 21(8), 2498-2503.

10. Yongzhen Han, Yunhe Jin, Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Photocatalyst-free visible-light photoredox dearomatization of phenol derivatives containing ketoximes: An easy access to spiropyrrolines. Org. Lett. 2019, 21(6), 1799-1803.

11. Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Quentin Lefebvre, Jihu Su, Hua Fu*, “Olefination of alkyl halides with aldehydes by merging visible-light photoredox catalysis and organophosphorus chemistry” iScience 2018, 6, 102-113.

12. Can Liu, Xianjin Zhu, Pengxiang Zhang, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, “Axially chiral cyclic diphosphine ligand-enabled palladium-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric hydroarylation” iScience 2018, 10, 11-22.

13. Yunhe Jin, Lunyu Ou, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light-mediated aerobic oxidation of N-alkylpyridinium salts under organic photocatalysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139(40), 14237-14243.

14. Min Jiang, Haifang Li, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Room-temperature arylation of thiols: breakthrough with aryl chlorides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56(3), 874-879.

15. Jingjing Li, Quentin Lefebvre, Haijun Yang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Visible light photocatalytic decarboxylative monofluoroalkenylation of α-amino acids with gem-difluoroalkenes, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53(74), 10299-10302.

16. Fei Peng, Hua Tian, Pengxiang Zhang, Can Liu, Xudong Wu, Xi Yuan, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of dihydroimidazoquinazolinones by elaborate tuning of chiral cyclic ligands”, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(23), 6376-6379.

17. Hua Tian, Pengxiang Zhang, Fei Peng, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Chiral cyclic ligand-enabled iridium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of unactivated racemic allylic alcohols with anilines”, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(14), 3775-3778.

18. Jinyan Yang, Min Jiang, Yunhe Jin, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light photoredox difluoromethylation of phenols and thiophenols with commercially available difluorobromoacetic acid”, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(10), 2758-2761.

19. Hao Zhang, Pengxiang Zhang, Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Merging photoredox with copper catalysis: decarboxylative alkynylation of α-amino acid derivatives”, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(5), 1016-1019.

20. Jingjing Li, Pengxiang Zhang, Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Visible light as a sole requirement for intramolecular C(sp3)-H imination”, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(8), 1994-1997.

21. Yunhe Jin, Min Jiang, Hui Wang, Hua Fu*, “Installing amino acids and peptides on N-heterocycles under visible-light assistance”, Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 20068.

22. Hua Tian, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, “Transition metal-free intramolecular regioselective couplings of aliphatic and aromatic C-H bonds”, Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 19931.

23. Min Jiang, Yunhe Jin, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light photoredox synthesis of unnatural chiral α-amino acids”, Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 26161.

24. Jingjing Li, Hua Tian, Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Consecutive visible-light photoredox decarboxylative couplings of adipic acid active esters with alkynyl sulfones leading to cyclic compounds”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52(57), 8862-8864.

25. Chang Gao, Jingjing Li, Jipan Yu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light photoredox synthesis of internal alkynes containing quaternary carbons”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52(45), 7292-7294.

26. Yunhe Jin, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “An N-(acetoxy)phthalimide motif as a visible-light pro-photosensitizer in photoredox decarboxylative arylthiation”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52(87), 12909-12912.

27. Pengxiang Zhang, Jipan Yu, Fei Peng, Xudong Wu, Jiyang Jie, Can Liu, Hua Tian, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Development of axially chiral cyclo-biaryldiol ligands with adjustable dihedral angles”, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22(48), 17477-17484.

28. Hao Zhang, Haifang Li, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Iron-catalyzed diastereoselective synthesis of unnatural chiral amino acid derivatives”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18(14), 3362-3365.

29. Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light photoredox synthesis of chiral α-selenoamino acids”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18(9), 1968-1971.

30. Min Jiang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Visible-light photoredox borylation of aryl halides and subsequent aerobic oxidative hydroxylation”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18(20), 5248-5251.

31. Yunhe Jin, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Thiophenol-catalyzed visible-light photoredox decarboxylative couplings of N-(acetoxy)phthalimides”, Org. Lett. 2016, 18(24), 6400-6403.

32. Hua Tian, Jipan Yu, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, Catalyst-free isothiocyanatoalkylthiation of styrenes with (alkylthio)pyrrolidine-2,5-diones and trimethylsilyl isothiocyanate, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358(11), 1794-1800.

33. Jipan Yu, Min Jiang, Zhixuan Song, Tiancheng He, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Iron-catalyzed azidoalkylthiation of alkenes with trimethylsilyl azide and 1-(alkylthio)pyrrolidine-2,5-diones”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358(17), 2806-2810.

34. Hui Wang, Yuyuan Wang, Haijun Yang, Chunyan Tan, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Rhodium-catalyzed desulfination of sodium arenesulfinates and oxidative annulation with alkynes”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357(2-3), 489-499.

35. Hua Tian, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, “Arylthiolation of arylamine derivatives with (arylthio)-pyrrolidine-2,5-diones”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357(2-3), 481-488.

36. Zhenbang Lou, Xudong Wu, Haijun Yang, Changjin Zhu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4(10H)-ones using cyanamide as a building block”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357(18), 3961-3968.

37. Hua Tian, Changjin Zhu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Iron or boron-catalyzed C-H arylthiation of substituted phenols at room temperature”, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50(64), 8875-8877.

38. Jie Zhao, Zhiqiang Niu, Hua Fu*, Yadong Li*, “Ligand-free hydroboration of alkynes catalyzed by heterogeneous copper powder with high efficiency”, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50(16), 2058-2060.

39. Liangliang Shi, Xiaobo Yang, Yuyuan Wang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Metal-free trifluoromethylation and arylation of alkenes: domino synthesis of oxindole derivatives”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356(5), 1021-1028.

40. Jipan Yu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*,Metal-free trifluoromethylation of N-allylamides with sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate: synthesis of CF3-containing oxazolines”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356(17), 3669-3675.

41. Jipan Yu, Yunhe Jin, Hao Zhang, Xiaobo Yang, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative C-H functionalization of substituted pyridines: synthesis of imidazopyridine derivatives”, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19(49), 16804-16808.

42. Jipan Yu, Haijun Yang, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative C-H and C-C functionalization of 1-(2-(arylamino)aryl)ethanones leading to acridone derivatives, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19(13), 4271-4277.

43. Feng Wang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Zhichao Pei*, Efficient copper-catalyzed Michael addition of acrylic derivatives with primary alcohols in the presence of base, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49(5), 517-519.

44. Liting Niu, Haijun Yang, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*,Efficient synthesis of dibenzoxaborininols from diaryl ethers and their application to dibenzofuran synthesis, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(18)3625-3632.

45. Yuyuan Wang, Ruji Wang, Yuyang Jiang, Chunyan Tan*, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of 4-oxopyrimido[1,2-a]indole derivatives”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(14-15), 2928-2935.

46. Tao Liu, Haijun Yang, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*,Copper-catalyzed selectively oxidative acylation of secondary anilines with ethyl glyoxalate: domino synthesis of indoline-2,3-diones, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(6), 1169-1176.

47. Liangliang Shi, Haijun Yang, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*,Copper-catalyzed C-arylation and denitrogenation of tetrazoles: domino synthesis of 1,3-diaminoisoquinoline derivatives, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(6), 1177-1184.

48. Juyou Lu, Hao Zhang, Xiaowu Chen, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, “Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of aromatic ketones and isoindolobenzimidazoles via selective aromatic C-H bond acylation”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355(2-3)529-536.

49. Juyou Lu, Haijun Yang, Yunhe Jin, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, “Easy conjugations between molecules via copper-catalyzed reactions of ortho-aromatic diamines with ketones”, Green Chem. 2013, 15(11), 3184-3187.

50. Ruilong Xie, Yun Ling*, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed synthesis of benzocarbazoles via α-C-arylation of ketones”, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48(100), 12210-12212.

51. Hao Xu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of imidazo/benzoimidazoquinazolinones by sequential Ullmann-type coupling and intramolecular C-H amidation”, Chem. Eur. J.  2012, 18(4), 1180-1186.

52. Xiaoqiang Wang, Yunhe Jin, Yufen Zhao, Lin Zhu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative intramolecular C-H amination leading to imidazobenzimidazole derivatives”, Org. Lett. 2012, 14(2), 452-455.

53. Liting Niu, Haijun Yang, Ruji Wang, Hua Fu*, “Metal-free ortho C-H borylation of 2-phenoxypyridines under mild conditions”, Org. Lett. 2012, 14(10), 2618-2621.

54. Jie Zhao, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “K2CO3-catalyzed synthesis of chromones and 4-quinolones through the cleavage of aromatic C-O Bonds”, Org. Lett. 2012, 14(11), 2710-2713.

55. Daoshan Yang, Yuyuan Wang, Haijun Yang, Tao Liu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of benzimidazo[2,1-b]quin- azolin-12(6H)-ones using cyanamide as a building block”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354(2-3), 477-482.

56. Liting Niu, Haijun Yang, Daoshan Yang, Hua Fu*, “Functionalizations of aryl C-H bonds in 2-arylpyridines via sequential borylation and copper catalysis”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354(11-12), 2211-2217.

57. Tao Liu, Congyu Zhu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of isoquinolino[2,3-a]quinazolinones”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354(8), 1579-1584.

58. Jie Zhao, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Transition-metal-free intramolecular Ullmann-type O-arylation: synthesis of chromone derivatives, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50(16), 3769-3773.

59. Daoshan Yang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*,Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative synthesis of aromatic carboxylic acidsChem. Commun. 2011, 47(8), 2348-2350.

60. Shan Xu, Juyou Lu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed cascade synthesis of benzimidazoquinazoline derivatives under mild condition”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47(19), 5596-5598.

61. Ruilong Xie, Hua Fu*, Yun Ling*, “Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of amines with part-per-million catalyst loadings under air at room temperature”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47(31), 8976-8978.

62. Haijun Yang, Yong Li, Min Jiang, Junmei Wang, Hua Fu*,General copper-catalyzed transformations of functional groups from arylboronic acids in water, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17(20), 5652-5660.

63. Tao Liu, Ruiji Wang, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, “Efficient copper-catalyzed synthesis of poly-N-heterocycles containing amino acid residues”, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17(24), 6765-6771.

64. Wei Xu, Yibao Jin, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, Copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of quinazolinones via Ullmann-type coupling and aerobic oxidative C-H amidation, Org. Lett. 2011, 13(6), 1274-1277.

65. Juyou Lu, Yibao Jin, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidative intramolecular alkene C-H amination leading to N-heterocycles”, Org. Lett. 2011, 13(14), 3694-3697.

66. Juyou Lu, Hua Fu*, “Copper-catalyzed cascade synthesis of alkyl 6-aminobenzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-5-carboxylates”, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76(11), 4600-4605.

67. Wei Xu, Hua Fu*, “Amino acids as the nitrogen-containing motifs in copper-catalyzed domino synthesis of N-heterocycles”, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76(10), 3846-3852.

68. Hao Xu, Shangfu Li, Hongxia Liu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang*, “Simple and efficient copper-catalyzed cascade synthesis of naphthols containing multifunctional groups under mild conditions”, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46(40), 7617-7619.

69. Juyou Lu, Xiaoyu Gong, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*,Concise copper-catalyzed one-pot tandem synthesis of benzimidazo[1,2-b]isoquinolin-11-one derivatives, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46(23), 4172-4174.

70. Daoshan Yang, Hua Fu*,A simple and practical copper-catalyzed approach to substituted phenols from aryl halides using water as the solvent, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16(8), 2366-2370.

71. Xiaoyu Gong, Haijun Yang, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Hua Fu*, “Simple and efficient copper-catalyzed approach to 2,4-disubstituted imidazolones”, Org. Lett. 2010, 12(14), 3128-3131.

72. Xiaobo Yang, Hua Fu*, Renzhong Qiao*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “A Simple copper-catalyzed cascade synthesis of 2-amino-1hindole-3-carboxylate derivatives”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352(6), 1033-1038.

73. Honghua Rao, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Highly efficient copper-catalyzed synthesis of internal alkynes via aerobic oxidative arylation of terminal alkynes, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352(2-3), 458-462.

74. Xufeng Li, Daoshan Yang, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, Efficient copper-catalyzed N-arylations of nitrogen-containing heterocycles and aliphatic amines in water, Green Chem. 2010, 12(6), 1097-1105.

75. Chen Wang, Shangfu Li, Hongxia Liu, Yuyang Jiang, Hua Fu*, Copper-catalyzed synthesis of quinazoline derivatives via Ullmann-type coupling and aerobic oxidation, J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75(22), 7936-7938.

76. Haibo Zhao, Hua Fu*, Renzhong Qiao*, Copper-catalyzed direct amination of ortho-functionalized haloarenes with sodium azide as the amino source, J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75(10), 3311-3316.

77. Honghua Rao, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, "Easy Copper-catalyzed synthesis of primary aromatic amines by coupling aromatic boronic acids with aqueous ammonia at room temperature", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48(6), 1114-1116.

78. Xiaowei Liu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “A simple and highly efficient approach to quinazolinones under mild copper-catalyzed conditions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48(2), 348-351.

79. Feng Wang, Hongxia Liu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang*, Yufen Zhao, An efficient one-pot copper-catalyzed approach to isoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives, Org. Lett. 2009, 11(11), 2469-2472.

80. Liang Zeng, Hua Fu*, Renzhong Qiao*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Efficient copper-catalyzed synthesis of N-alkylanthranilic acids via an ortho-substituent effect of the carboxyl group of 2-halobenzoic acids at room temperature, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351(10), 1671-1676.

81. Feng Wang, Hongxia Liu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang*, Yufen Zhao, “Highly efficient iron(II) chloride/N-bromosuccinimide-mediated synthesis of imides and acylsulfonamides”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351(1-2), 246 -252.

82. Daoshan Yang, Hongxia Liu, Haijun Yang, Hua Fu*, Liming Hu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Copper-catalyzed synthesis of 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide derivatives by coupling of 2-halobenzenesulfonamides with amidines, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351(11-12), 1999-2004.

83. Daoshan Yang, Hua Fu*, Hu Liming, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Environmentally friendly iron-catalyzed cascade synthesis of 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide and quinazolinone derivatives, J. Comb. Chem. 2009, 11(4), 653-657.

84. Cheng Huang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang*, Yufen Zhao,Highly efficient copper-catalyzed cascade synthesis of quinazoline ans quinazolinone derivatives, Chem. Commun. 2008, (47), 6333-6335.

85. Long Wang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Highly efficient copper-catalyzed amidation of aldehydes via C-H activation”, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14(34), 10722-10726.

86. Zhe Wang, Yongming Zhang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Efficient intermolecular iron-catalyzed amidation of C-H bonds in the presence of N-bromosuccinimide”, Org. Lett. 2008, 10(9), 1863-1866.

87. Feng Wang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Copper-catalyzed cycloaddition of sulfonyl azides with alkynes to synthesize N-sulfonyltriazoles ‘on water’ at room temperature”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350(11-12), 1830 -1834.

88. Feng Wang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Quick and highly efficient copper-catalyzed cycloaddition of aliphatic and aryl azides with terminal alkynes ‘on water’”, Green Chem. 2008, 10(4), 452-456.

89. Daoshan Yang, Hua Fu*, Liming Hu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Copper-catalyzed synthesis of benzimidazoles via cascade reactions of o-haloacetanilide derivatives with amidine hydrochlorides, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73(19), 7841-7844.

90. Xiaowei Liu, Yongming Zhang, Long Wang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, General and efficient copper-catalyzed amidation of saturated C-H bonds using N-halosuccinimides as the oxidants, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73(16), 6207-6212.

91. Mingyu Niu, Zhenming Yin, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Copper-catalyzed coupling of tertiary aliphatic amines with terminal alkynes to propargylamines via C-H activation, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73(10), 3961-3963.

92. Xiaoting Gao, Hua Fu*, Renzhong Qiao*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Copper-catalyzed synthesis of primary arylamines via cascade reactions of aryl halides with amidine hydrochlorides”, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73(17), 6864-6866.

93. Mingyu Niu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, Copper-catalyzed addition of H-phosphine oxides to alkynes forming alkenylphosphine oxides, Chem. Commun. 2007, (3), 272 – 274.

94. Yongming Zhang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Copper-catalyzed amidation of sp3 C-H bonds adjacent to a nitrogen atom”, Org. Lett. 2007, 9(19), 3813-3816.

95. Daoshan Jiang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, CuBr/rac-BINOL-catalyzed N-arylations of aliphatic amines at room temperature, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72(2), 672-674.

96. Honghua Rao, Yin Jin, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao,A versatile and efficient ligand for formation of copper-catalyzed C-N, C-O and P-C bonds: pyrrolidine-2-phosphonic acid phenyl monoester”, Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12(13), 3636-3646.

97. Xun Guo, Honghua Rao, Yin Jin, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “An inexpensive and efficient copper catalyst for N-arylation of amines, amides and nitrogen-containing heterocycles”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2006, 348(15), 2197-2202.

98. Cheng Huang, Xu Tang, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Proline/pipecolinic acid-promoted copper-catalyzed P-arylation”, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71(13), 5020-5022.

99. Jigang Zhu, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “A general and chemoselective synthesis of phosphoramidates through reaction of silylated nucleoside di- and triphosphates with silylated amines containing multifunctional groups”, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71(21), 1721-1724.

100. Xueshu Li, Dongwei Zhang, Hai Pang, Feng Shen, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Synthesis of a diverse series of phosphacoumarins with biological activity”, Org. Lett. 2005, 7(22), 4919-4922.

101. Ting Yang, Changxue Lin, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Copper-catalyzed synthesis of medium- and large-sized nitrogen heterocycles via N-arylation of phosphoramidates and carbamates”, Org. Lett. 2005, 7(21), 4781-4784.

102. Honghua Rao, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao,Copper-catalyzed arylation of amines using diphenyl pyrrolidine-2-phosphonate as the new ligand”, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70(20), 8107-8109.

103. Jigang Zhu, Bo Han, Hua Fu*, Yuyang Jiang, Yufen Zhao, “Novel synthesis of nucleoside 5'-phosphoramidates through reaction of nucleoside triphosphates with amines mediated by trimethylsilyl chloride”, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70(17), 6676-6679.

104. Huiwang Ai, Hua Fu*, Yufen Zhao, “Novel synthetic method of phosphonamidate peptides and its application in peptide sequencing via multistage mass spectrometry”, Chem. Commun. 2003, (21), 2724-2725.

105. Hua Fu*, Bo Han, Yufen Zhao, “Reaction of ADP with amino acid methyl esters mediated by trimethylsilyl chloride”, Chem. Commun. 2003, (1), 134-135.