2002-2009

20. Yu-Wu Zhong, Neus Vila, Jay C. Henderson, Hector D. Abruna.* Transition-metal tris-bipyridines containing three dithienylcyclopentenes: synthesis, photochromic, and electrochromic properties. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 7080-7085.

19. Liangfeng Sun,* Lei Bao, Byung-Ryool Hyun, Adam Bartnik, Yu-Wu Zhong, Hector D. Abruna, George G. Malliaras, Frank W. Wise.* Electrogenerated chemiluminescence from PbS quantum dots.Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 789-793.

18. Yu-Wu Zhong, Neus Vila, Jay C. Henderson, Hector D. Abruna.* Dithienylcyclo- pentenes-containing transitional metal bis-terpyridine complexes directed toward molecular electronic applications. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 991-999.

17. Byung-Ryool Hyun,* Yu-Wu Zhong, Adam Bartnik, Liangfeng Sun, Hector D. Abruna, Frank W. Wise, James Matthews, Jason Goodreau, Thomas Leslie, Nick Borrelli. Electron injection from colloidal PbS quantum dots into titanium dioxide nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2008, 2, 2206-1121.

16. Guo-Qiang Lin,* Ming-Hua Xu, Yu-Wu Zhong, Xing-Wen Sun. An advance on exploring N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines in asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines. Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 831-840.

15. Yutaka Matsuo,* Katsuhiko Kanaizuka, Keiko Matsuo, Yu-Wu Zhong, Takahiro Nakae, Eiichi Nakamura.* Photocurrent-generating properties of organometallic fullerene molecules on an electrode. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5016-5017.

14. Jason D. Slinker, John A. DeFranco, Michael J. Jaquith, William R. Silveira, Yu-Wu Zhong, Jose M. Moran-Mirabal, Harold G. Craighead, Hector D. Abruna, John A. Marohn, George G. Malliaras.* Direct measurement of the electric-field distribution in a light-emitting electrochemical cell. Nature Mater. 2007,6, 894-899.

13. Yu-Wu Zhong, Neus Vila, Jay C. Henderson, Samuel Florres-Torres, Hector D. Abruna.* Dinuclear transition-metal terpyridine complexes with a dithienylcyclopentene bridge directed toward molecular electronic applications. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 10470-10472.

12. Yu-Wu Zhong, Yutaka Matsuo,* Eiichi Nakamura.* Lamellar assembly of conical molecules possessing a fullerene apex in crystals and liquid crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3052-3053.

11. Yu-Wu Zhong, Yutaka Matsuo,* Eiichi Nakamura.* Chiral ruthenium- allenylidene complexes that Bear a fullerene cyclopentadienyl ligand: synthesis, characterization, and remote chirality transfer. Chem. Asian. J. 2007, 2, 358-366.

10. Yu-Wu Zhong, Yutaka Matsuo, Eiichi Nakamura.* Convergent synthesis of a polyfunctionalized fullerene by regioselective five-fold addition of a functionalized organocopper reagent to C₆₀. Org. Lett.2006, 8, 1463-1467.

9. Yutaka Matsuo, Yuichi Mitani, Yu-Wu Zhong, Eiichi Nakamura.* Remote chirality transfer within coordination sphere by the use of a ligand possessing a concave cavity. Organometallics. 2006, 25, 2826-2832.

8. Yu-Wu Zhong, Yi-Zhou Dong, Kai Fang, Kenji Izumi, Ming-Hua Xu,* and Guo-Qiang Lin.* A highly efficient and direct approach for synthesis of enantiopure beta-amino alcohols by reductive cross-coupling of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines with aldehydes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 11956-11957.

7. Yu-Wu Zhong, Kenji Izumi, Ming-Hua Xu,* and Guo-Qiang Lin. Highly diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of enantiopure C₂-symmetrical vicinal diamines by reductive homocoupling of chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4747-4750.

6. Yu-Wu Zhong, Ming-Hua Xu,* and Guo-Qiang Lin. Samarium diiodide-induced asymmetric synthesis ofoptically pure unsymmetrical vicinal diamines by reductive cross-coupling of nitrones with N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 3953-3956.

5. Chong-Tian Yu, Yin-Long Guo,* Guo-Qiang Chen, Yu-Wu Zhong. Chiral recognition of Zinc(II) ioncomplexes composed of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-2,6-diol and s-naproxen probed by collisional-induceddissociation. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2004, 15, 795-802.

4. Yu-Wu Zhong, Chang-Sheng Jiang, Ming-Hua Xu,* and Guo-Qiang Lin.* Bifunctional pyridyl alcohols with the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane scaffold in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. Tetrahedron2004, 60, 8861-8868.

3. Yu-Wu Zhong, Ping Tian, and Guo-Qiang Lin.* New beta-Amino alcohols with a bicyclo[3.3.0]octane scaffold in an asymmetric Henry reaction. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2004, 15, 771-776.

2. Wei Wang, Yu-Wu Zhong, and Guo-Qiang Lin.* Carbohydrates as chiral auxiliaries in enantioselective synthesis of four stereoisomers of optically active alpha,gama-substituted gama-butyrolactones.Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 4613-4616.

1. Yu-Wu Zhong, Xin-Sheng Lei, and Guo-Qiang Lin.* Amino alcohols with the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane scaffold as ligands for the catalytic enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2002, 13, 2251-2255.