Pillar[5]arene-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov halogenations through cationic intermediates stabilization in confined spaces

Tianyue Xu, Shengtian Lai, Manjaly J. Ajitha*, Kuo-Wei Huang*, Ying-Yeung Yeung*
Nature Communications 2026, 17, 4668.

Total Chemical Synthesis of Interleukin-15 and Interleukin-2: Taming Protein Hydrophobicity and Aggregation by a Versatile Solubilizing Strategy

Jingwen Zeng, Haiyan Zhou, Wang Xia, Hongxiang Wu, Xuechen Li*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, 65, e2586132.

Facile Synthesis of Nonalternant π-Conjugated Azaborines via Boron-Deleting Annulation

Weiwen Zhuang, Farshad Shiri, Faan-Fung Hung, Zhen Wang, Dongdong Zhang, Lian Duan, Chi-Ming Che, Zhenyang Lin*, Junzhi Liu*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 13196.

Rhodium-Catalyzed Desymmetric Addition of Boronic Acids to Malononitriles

Minghao Zhang, Qihao Zhang, Junjie Cao, Jun Joelle Wang, Jianchun Wang*, Zhongxing Huang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 15341.

Asymmetric Decarboxylative Protonation and Deuteration of Cyanoacetic Acids Using an Organometallic Proton Shuttle

Wei-Feng Zheng, Guozhen Wu. Min Hou, Ke Li, Xiaotian Qi*, Zhongxing Huang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 20985.

Role of Molecular Topology Elucidated in Unified Gels

Tianjing Luo, Yulin Deng, Mingda Hu, Samuel Kin-Man Lai, Linghui Kong, Zhisheng Wang, Dongwei Zhang, Yiting Liu, Jiajing He, Hang Zhou, Keying Guan, Yijiang Mu, Ho Yu Au-Yeung*, Yufeng Wang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 19700.

Anti-cancer binuclear gold(I) complexes with mixed bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) and bis(diphenylphosphino)carborane ligands inhibit thioredoxin reductase and engage ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 C UBE2C in lung cancer cells.

Zhi-Feng Zhang, Chun-Nam Lok, Chi-Ming Che*
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2026, 281, 113324.

Decarboxylative diversification of amino acids and peptides through metallaphotocatalytic editing of acidic residues

Zhong-Wei Zhang, Zhe Feng, Jing Nie, Chi Wai Cheung*, Jun-An Ma*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2026, 123, e2600258123.