| Mechanism and enantioselectivity in palladium-catalyzed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to β-substituted cyclic enones: insights from computation and experiment JC Holder, L Zou, AN Marziale, P Liu, Y Lan, M Gatti, K Kikushima, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (40), 14996-15007, 2013 | 155 | 2013 |
| Computational methods to calculate accurate activation and reaction energies of 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions of 24 1, 3-dipoles Y Lan, L Zou, Y Cao, KN Houk The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115 (47), 13906-13920, 2011 | 148 | 2011 |
| Improving Physical Properties via C H Oxidation: Chemical and Enzymatic Approaches Q Michaudel, G Journot, A Regueiro‐Ren, A Goswami, Z Guo, TP Tully, ... Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (45), 12091-12096, 2014 | 87 | 2014 |
| Enhanced reactivity in dioxirane C–H oxidations via strain release: a computational and experimental study L Zou, RS Paton, A Eschenmoser, TR Newhouse, PS Baran, KN Houk The Journal of organic chemistry 78 (8), 4037-4048, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed highly enantioselective desymmetrization of 2-substituted and 2, 2-disubstituted 1, 3-diols via oxidative cleavage of benzylidene acetals SS Meng, Y Liang, KS Cao, L Zou, XB Lin, H Yang, KN Houk, WH Zheng Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (35), 12249-12252, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Carboxylate-Assisted C(sp3)–H Activation in Olefin Metathesis-Relevant Ruthenium Complexes JS Cannon, L Zou, P Liu, Y Lan, DJ O’Leary, KN Houk, RH Grubbs Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (18), 6733-6743, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Cyclometalated Z-Selective Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts with Modified N-Chelating Groups MB Herbert, BA Suslick, P Liu, L Zou, PK Dornan, KN Houk, RH Grubbs Organometallics 34 (12), 2858-2869, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| Ni (i)–Ni (iii) vs. Ni (ii)–Ni (iv): mechanistic study of Ni-catalyzed alkylation of benzamides with alkyl halides Y Li, L Zou, R Bai, Y Lan Organic Chemistry Frontiers 5 (4), 615-622, 2018 | 56 | 2018 |
| S chleyer hyperconjugative aromaticity and D iels–A lder reactivity of 5‐substituted cyclopentadienes BJ Levandowski, L Zou, KN Houk Journal of Computational Chemistry 37 (1), 117-123, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Hyperconjugative aromaticity and antiaromaticity control the reactivities and π-facial stereoselectivities of 5-substituted cyclopentadiene Diels–Alder cycloadditions BJ Levandowski, L Zou, KN Houk The Journal of organic chemistry 83 (23), 14658-14666, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Ir(III)/Ir(V) or Ir(I)/Ir(III) Catalytic Cycle? Steric-Effect-Controlled Mechanism for the para-C–H Borylation of Arenes L Zhu, X Qi, Y Li, M Duan, L Zou, R Bai, Y Lan Organometallics 36 (11), 2107-2115, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Cafestol to tricalysiolide B and oxidized analogues: Biosynthetic and derivatization studies using non-heme iron catalyst Fe (PDP) MA Bigi, P Liu, L Zou, KN Houk, MC White Synlett 23 (19), 2768-2772, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| Origins of halogen effects in bioorthogonal sydnone cycloadditions H Tao, F Liu, R Zeng, Z Shao, L Zou, Y Cao, JM Murphy, KN Houk, ... Chemical communications 54 (40), 5082-5085, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Polymer-induced generation of anatase TiO2 hollow nanostructures X Li, Y Xiong, L Zou, M Wang, Y Xie Microporous and mesoporous materials 112 (1-3), 641-646, 2008 | 24 | 2008 |
| Sulfur–sulfur bond dissociation enthalpies: A high-level ab initio study LF Zou, Y Fu, K Shen, QX Guo Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 807 (1-3), 87-92, 2007 | 20 | 2007 |
| Thermodynamic control of isomerizations of bicyclic radicals: interplay of ring strain and radical stabilization ME Jung, CA Roberts, F Perez, HV Pham, L Zou, KN Houk Organic letters 18 (1), 32-35, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| Strength of C–H Bonds at Nitrogen α ‐Position:Implication for Metabolic Stability of Nitrogen‐containing Drug Molecules XM MENG, LF ZOU, M Xie, Y Fu Chinese Journal of Chemistry 26 (4), 787-793, 2008 | 9 | 2008 |
| Initiation of petroleum formation and antioxidant function–a DFT study of sulfur sulfur bond dissociation enthalpies LF Zou, K Shen, Y Fu, QX Guo Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 20 (10), 754-763, 2007 | 6 | 2007 |
| Distortion and hyperconjugative aromaticity/antiaromaticity determine the reactivity and facial stereoselectivity of 5-substituted cyclopentadienes B Levandowski, L Zou, K Houk ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 251, 2016 | | 2016 |
| Desymmetrization of 1, 3-Diols via Oxidative Cleavage of Benzylidene Acetals B List, JH Kim Synfacts 10 (11), 1216-1216, 2014 | | 2014 |
Kendall HoukUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Kendall HoukUniversity of California, Los Angeles