(1) Z. Ye,# Y. Yu,# Y.-M. Lin, Y. Chen, S. Song, L. Gong.* Photochemical diversification of strong C(sp3)-H bonds enabled by allyl bromide and sodium fluoride, Nat. Synth. 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-023-00291-w (highlighted by ChemistryViews).
(2) L. Song, L. Cai, L. Gong,* E. V. Van der Eycken.* Photoinduced copper-catalyzed enantioselective coupling reactions, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 2358.
(3) L. Gong.* Radical catalysis breaks and makes bonds, Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 915.
(4) S. Cao, Z. Ye, Y. Chen, Y.-M. Lin, J. Fang, Y. Wang, B. Yang, L. Gong.* Nickel-catalyzed regiodivergent asymmetric cycloadditions of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, CCS. Chem. 2022, 4, 3122.
(5) S. Cao, W. Hong, Z. Ye, L. Gong.* Photocatalytic three-component asymmetric sulfonylation via direct C(sp3)-H functionalization, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 2377.
(6) Y. Li, Z. Ye, Y.-M. Lin, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, L. Gong.* Organophotocatalytic selective deuterodehalogenation of aryl or alkyl chlorides, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 2894.
(7) Y. Li, M. Lei, L. Gong,* Photocatalytic regio- and stereoselective C(sp3)–H functionalization of benzylic and allylic hydrocarbons as well as unactivated alkanes, Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 1016.
(8) B. Han, Y. Li, Y. Yu, L. Gong,* Photocatalytic enantioselective α-aminoalkylation of acyclic imine derivatives by a chiral copper catalyst, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 3804 (editors' highlights).
(9) Y. Li, K. Zhou, Z. Wen, S. Cao, X. Shen, M. Lei, L. Gong,* Copper(II)-catalyzed asymmetric photoredox reactions: Enantioselective alkylation of imines driven by visible light, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 15850 (cover art,highlighted by SYNFACTS).
(10) X. Lin, R. Yuan, Y. Cao, X. Ding, S. Cai, B. Han, Y. Hong, Z. Zhou, X. Yang, L. Gong*, M. Zheng*, Q. Dong*, Controlling reversible expansion of Li2O2 formation and decomposition by modifying electrolyte in Li-O2 batteries, Chem 2018, 4, 2685 (highlighted by Chem).
(11) W. Xu, M. Arieno, H. Low, K. Huang, X. Xie, T. Cruchter, Q. Ma, J. Xi, B. Huang, O. Wiest*, L. Gong*, E. Meggers*, Metal-templated design: Enantioselective hydrogen-bond-driven catalysis requiring only parts-per-million catalyst loading, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8774.
(12) Y. Tan, W. Yuan, L. Gong*, E. Meggers*, Aerobic asymmetric dehydrogenative cross-coupling between two C sp3-H groups catalyzed by a chiral-at-metal rhodium complex, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13045 (highlighted by SYNFACTS).
(13) J. Ma, X. Ding, Y. Hu, Y. Huang, L. Gong*, E. Meggers*, Metal-templated chiral bronsted base “organocatalysis”, Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 4531.
(14) L. Gong, L.-A. Chen, E. Meggers*, Asymmetric catalysis mediated by the ligand sphere of octahedral chiral-at-metal complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10868.
(15) L.-A. Chen, X. Tang, J. Xi, W. Xu, L. Gong*, E. Meggers*, Chiral-at-metal octahedral iridium catalyst for the asymmetric construction of an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14021.
(16) L. Gong, M. Wenzel, E. Meggers*, Chiral-auxiliary-mediated asymmetric synthesis of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes, Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2635.
(17) L.-A. Chen, W. Xu, B. Huang, J. Ma, L. Wang, J. Xi, K. Harms, L. Gong*, E. Meggers*, Asymmetric catalysis with inert chiral-at-metal iridium complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10598 (cover art).
(18) L. Gong,* Y.-M. Lin. Direct functionalization of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds via photocatalyzed hydrogen atom transfer, Handbook of CH-Functionalization , 2023 WILEY-VCH GmbH, ISBN: 9783527834242,DOI: 10.1002/9783527834242.