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48. Mechanistic Studies on N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Umpolung of β,γ-Unsaturated α-Diketones, Qi Zhang,Deb Kumar Das,Shuang Yang,Yao Fu,*Xinqiang Fang*,J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 4432–4439.

47. Catalytic chemodivergent annulations between α-diketones and alkynyl α-diketones, Xiangwen Kong, Fang Yu,Zhizhou Chen, Fan Gong, Shuang Yang, Jinggong Liu,BenlongLuo, Xinqiang Fang*, Sci. China Chem. 2021, 64, 991–998. (Sci. China Chem. Top 20 Downloaded Articles in 2021)

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