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| Generation of rhodium (I) carbenes from ynamides and their reactions with alkynes and alkenes R Liu, GN Winston-McPherson, ZY Yang, X Zhou, W Song, IA Guzei, X Xu, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (22), 8201-8204, 2013 | 140 | 2013 |
| Dynamically complex [6+ 4] and [4+ 2] cycloadditions in the biosynthesis of spinosyn A A Patel, Z Chen, Z Yang, O Gutiérrez, H Liu, KN Houk, DA Singleton Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (11), 3631-3634, 2016 | 135 | 2016 |
| Intramolecular Crossed [2+ 2] Photocycloaddition through Visible Light-Induced Energy Transfer J Zhao, JL Brosmer, Q Tang, Z Yang, KN Houk, PL Diaconescu, O Kwon Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (29), 9807-9810, 2017 | 119 | 2017 |
| Teaching an old carbocation new tricks: Intermolecular C–H insertion reactions of vinyl cations S Popov, B Shao, AL Bagdasarian, TR Benton, L Zou, Z Yang, KN Houk, ... Science 361 (6400), 381-387, 2018 | 116 | 2018 |
| Mechanisms and origins of periselectivity of the ambimodal [6+ 4] cycloadditions of tropone to dimethylfulvene P Yu, TQ Chen, Z Yang, CQ He, A Patel, Y Lam, CY Liu, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (24), 8251-8258, 2017 | 96 | 2017 |
| Direct single-molecule dynamic detection of chemical reactions J Guan, C Jia, Y Li, Z Liu, J Wang, Z Yang, C Gu, D Su, KN Houk, D Zhang, ... Science Advances 4 (2), eaar2177, 2018 | 95 | 2018 |
| Evolution of the Diels–Alder Reaction Mechanism since the 1930s: Woodward, Houk with Woodward, and the Influence of Computational Chemistry on Understanding Cycloadditions KN Houk, F Liu, Z Yang, JI Seeman Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (23), 12660-12681, 2021 | 93 | 2021 |
| Ionization behavior of nanoporous polyamide membranes CL Ritt, JR Werber, M Wang, Z Yang, Y Zhao, HJ Kulik, M Elimelech Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (48), 30191-30200, 2020 | 93 | 2020 |
| Chronology of CH··· O Hydrogen Bonding from Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Allylboration of Benzaldehyde MN Grayson*, Z Yang*, KN Houk(*co-first actor) Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (23), 7717-7720, 2017 | 82 | 2017 |
| Relationships between Product Ratios in Ambimodal Pericyclic Reactions and Bond Lengths in Transition Structures Z Yang, X Dong, Y Yu, P Yu, Y Li, C Jamieson, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (8), 3061-3067, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Influence of water and enzyme SpnF on the dynamics and energetics of the ambimodal [6+ 4]/[4+ 2] cycloaddition Z Yang, S Yang, P Yu, Y Li, C Doubleday, J Park, A Patel, B Jeon, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (5), E848-E855, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Distortion-Controlled Reactivity and Molecular Dynamics of Dehydro-Diels–Alder Reactions P Yu, Z Yang, Y Liang, X Hong, Y Li, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (26), 8247-8252, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Ambimodal Trispericyclic Transition State and Dynamic Control of Periselectivity XS Xue, CS Jamieson, M Garcia-Borràs, X Dong, Z Yang, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (3), 1217-1221, 2019 | 57 | 2019 |
| Mechanisms and Dynamics of Reactions Involving Entropic Intermediates Z Yang, CS Jamieson, XS Xue, M Garcia-Borràs, T Benton, X Dong, F Liu, ... Trends in Chemistry 1 (1), 22-34, 2019 | 56 | 2019 |
| Bridged [2.2. 1] bicyclic phosphine oxide facilitates catalytic γ-umpolung addition–Wittig olefination K Zhang, L Cai, Z Yang, KN Houk, O Kwon Chemical science 9 (7), 1867-1872, 2018 | 53 | 2018 |
| Molecular dynamics of dimethyldioxirane C–H oxidation Z Yang, P Yu, KN Houk Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (12), 4237-4242, 2016 | 52 | 2016 |
| Irreversible synthesis of an ultrastrong two-dimensional polymeric material Y Zeng, P Gordiichuk, T Ichihara, G Zhang, E Sandoz-Rosado, ED Wetzel, ... Nature 602 (7895), 91-95, 2022 | 50 | 2022 |
| The Dynamics of Chemical Reactions: Atomistic Visualizations of Organic Reactions, and Homage to van’t Hoff Z Yang, KN Houk Chemistry–A European Journal 24 (16), 3916-3924, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| QM/MM Protocol for Direct Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions in Solution: The Water-Accelerated Diels–Alder Reaction Z Yang, C Doubleday, KN Houk Journal of chemical theory and computation 11 (12), 5606-5612, 2015 | 48 | 2015 |
Heather J. KulikChemical Engineering and Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyVerified email at mit.edu
