C. Zhu^†*, J. Liu†, B. K. Mai, F. Himo^*, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Efficient Stereoselective Carbocyclization to cis-1,4-Disubstituted Heterocycles Enabled by Dual Pd/Electron Transfer Mediator (ETM) Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 5751-5759 (2020).

C. Zhu^†*, J. Liu†, M.-b. Li†, J.-E. Bäckvall^*. Palladium-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenative carbonylation reactions using carbon monoxide and mechanistic overviews. Chem. Soc. Rev. 49, 341-353 (2020).

M. B. Li, D. Posevins, A. Geoffroy, C. Zhu^*, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Efficient Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Reactions of Enallenols to Furan and Oxaborole Derivatives. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 1992-1996 (2020).

C. Zhu^†*, B. Yang†, B. K. Mai, S. Palazzotto, Y. Qiu, A. Gudmundsson, A. Ricke, F. Himo^*, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Highly Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroborylative Carbocyclization of Bisallenes to Seven-Membered Rings. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 14324-14333 (2018).

C. Zhu, J. L. Schwarz, S. Cembellín, S. Greßies, F. Glorius^*. Highly Selective Manganese(I)/Lewis Acid Cocatalyzed Direct C‒H Propargylation Using Bromoallenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 57, 437-441 (2018).

B. Yang, Y. Qiu, T. Jiang, W. D. Wulff, X. Yin, C. Zhu^*, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes via Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling with Terminal Alkynes: Efficient Construction of α-Chirality of Ketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 4535-4539 (2017).

C. Zhu^†, B. Yang†, Y. Qiu, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Highly Selective Construction of Seven-Membered Carbocycles by Olefin-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization–Alkoxycarbonylation of Bisallenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 14405-14408 (2016).

Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu^*, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenes to Cyclobutenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 6520-6524 (2016).

B. Yang†, C. Zhu^†, Y. Qiu, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Enzyme- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformation of α-Allenic Alcohols to 2,3-Dihydrofurans. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 5568-5572 (2016).

C. Zhu, B. Yang, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Highly Selective Cascade C-C Bond Formation via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation-Carbocyclization-Carbonylation-Alkynylation of Enallenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11868-11871 (2015).

C. Zhu, B. Yang, T. Jiang, J. E. Bäckvall^*. Olefin-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Regio-and Stereoselective Oxidative Arylation of Allenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 9066-9069 (2015).

C. Zhu, S. Ma^*. Sc(OTf)3-Catalyzed Bicyclization of o-Alkynylanilines with Aldehydes: Ring-Fused 1,2-Dihydroquinolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 13532-13535 (2014).

C. Zhu, X. Zhang, X. Lian, S. Ma^*. One-Pot Approach to Installing Eight-Membered Rings onto Indoles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 7817-7820 (2012).