Zhonggui Wang, Guan-Ming Chen, Zhi Li, Zhi-Ming Li,* and Ping Lu*, Methylenecycloalkene as a Reactive 1,3-Diene for Enantioselective Hydroamination, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2026, doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c03218.

Peng Yan,† Qinqin Wu,† Hui-Lan Hu,† Jinbo Zhao*, Xiao-Ning Guo*, Li-Zhu Wu*, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Intermolecular Photocycloaddition of Indoles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2026, e21736.

Qinqin Wu,§ Shuo Yang,§ Minyan Wang,* and Ping Lu*, Tunable Formal Photocycloaddition of 1‑Naphthol Derivatives, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147, 28810–2881.

Liangguo Xie, Chaoqun Li, Chao Wang, Zhen Wu, Changchun Wang, Chunyu Chen, Xiaojian Chen, Dejian Zhou, Qiang Zhou, Ping Lu, Chen Ding, Chen-Ying Liu, Jinzhong Lin, Xumin Zhang, Xiaofei Yu,* Wei Yu*, Aspirin-Mediated Acetylation of SIRT1 Maintains Intestinal Immune Homeostasis, Adv. Sci. 2024, 2306378.

Zhonggui Wang,§ Jie Zhu,§ Minyan Wang,* and Ping Lu*, Palladium-Catalyzed Divergent Enantioselective Functionalization of Cyclobutenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 10.1021/jacs.4c02215.

Shaowei Wang+, Changxu Zhong+, Yingchao Huang, and Ping Lu*，Enantioselective Hydrofunctionalization of Cyclobutenones: Total Synthesis of gem-Dimethylcyclobutane Natural Products,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, e202400515.

Peng Yan, Simone Stegbauer, Qinqin Wu, Elena Kolodzeiski, Christopher J. Stein, Ping Lu,* and Thorsten Bach*, Enantioselective Intramolecular ortho Photocycloaddition Reactions of 2-Acetonaphthones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63, e202318126.

Meng Wang, Zhonggui Wang, and Ping Lu*, Modular Synthesis of Multi substituted Cyclobutanones Enabled by Oxyallyl Cations,Chin. J. Chem.2024, 42, 459–463. (Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Xiyan Lu)

Licheng Lu, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective [3+2]-cycloaddition of 2,3-disubstituted cyclobutenones: vicinal quaternary stereocenters construction and skeletal functionalization, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8355–8359.

Min Yan+, Qiang Zhou+, and Ping Lu*, Collective Synthesis of Chiral Tetrasubstituted Cyclobutanes Enabled by Enantioconvergent Negishi Cross-Coupling of Cyclobutenones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2023, 62, e202218008.

Jun Chen, Qiang Zhou, Huayi Fang,* and Ping Lu*, Dancing on Ropes Enantioselective Functionalization of Preformed Four Membered Carbocycles, Chin. J. Chem.2022, 40, 1346–1358.

Peng Yan, Jia Zhang, Licheng Lu, Huayi Fang, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal Angular Quaternary Stereocenters Enabled by Strained Cyclobutenones, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15416−15423.

Meng Wang, Yingchao Huang, Chunyu Li, and Ping Lu*, Diastereoselective synthesis of 1,1,3,3-tetrasubstituted cyclobutanes enabled by cycloaddition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes, Org. Chem. Front.2022, 9, 2149–2153

Yingchao Huang, Jun Chen, Yu Liu*, and Ping Lu*, Synthesis of Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene-5,11(6H,12H)-diones via the Elusive Benzocyclobutenone Anion, Synthesis2021, 53, 4477–4483.

Jun Chen, Zhan Shi, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Synthesis of Indanes with a Quaternary Stereocenter via Diastereoselective C(sp3)−H Functionalization,Org. Lett.2021, 23, 7359−7363.

Meng Wang, Changxu Zhong, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Functionalization of Prochiral Cyclobutanones and Cyclobutenones, Synlett,2021, 32, 1253–1259. (Invited Synpacts).

Jun Chen, Zhan Shi, Chunyu Li. And Ping Lu*, Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of benzocyclobutenols and cyclobutanols via a sequential reduction/C–H functionalization.Chem. Sci.2021, DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02119b.

Changxu Zhong, Shaowei Wang, and Ping Lu*, Chiral lithium amide mediated desymmetrization of 3-substituted cyclobutanone, Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2977–2980.

Peng Yan, Changxu Zhong, Jie Zhang, Yu Liu, Huayi Fang, and Ping Lu*, 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)Cyclobutenone as a Reactive Dienophile in Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Oxazaborolidinium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021, 60, 4609–4613.

Peng Yan, Qiang Zhou, Jun Chen, and Ping Lu*, Controllable Skeleton Rearrangement of 3‐Substituted Cyclobutanones under Basic Conditions,Chin. J. Chem.2020, 38, 1103–1106.

Changxu Zhong+, Yingchao Huang+, Haocheng Zhang, Qiang Zhou, Yu Liu, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Substituted Cyclobutenes by Catalytic Conjugate Addition/Trapping Strategies,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020, 59, 2750–2754.

Qiang, Zhou, and Ping, Lu*, Recent Advances in Cooperative Catalysis of Chiral Lewis Base and Transition Metal Catalyst Acta Chim. Sinica 2018, 76, 825-830. (invited article for issue: Asymmetric Organocatalysis Combined with Metal Catalysis)