Zhonggui Wang,§ Jie Zhu,§ Minyan Wang,* and Ping Lu*, Palladium-Catalyzed Divergent Enantioselective Functionalization of Cyclobutenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 12691–12701.

Shaowei Wang+, Changxu Zhong+, Yingchao Huang, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective  Hydrofunctionalization of Cyclobutenones: Total Synthesis of gem-Dimethylcyclobutane Natural Products, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202400515.

Peng Yan, Simone Stegbauer, Qinqin Wu, Elena Kolodzeiski, Christopher J. Stein, Ping Lu,* and Thorsten Bach*, Enantioselective Intramolecular ortho Photocycloaddition Reactions of 2-Acetonaphthones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318126.

Min Yan+, Qiang Zhou+, and Ping Lu*, Collective Synthesis of Chiral Tetrasubstituted Cyclobutanes Enabled by Enantioconvergent Negishi Cross-Coupling of Cyclobutenones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2023, 62, e202218008.

Peng Yan, Changxu Zhong, Jie Zhang, Yu Liu, Huayi Fang, and Ping Lu*, 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)Cyclobutenone as a Reactive Dienophile in Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Oxazaborolidinium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021, 60, 4609–4613.

Changxu Zhong+, Yingchao Huang+, Haocheng Zhang, Qiang Zhou, Yu Liu, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Synthesis of 3-Substituted Cyclobutenes by Catalytic Conjugate Addition/Trapping Strategies, Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2750–2754.

Meng Wang, Jun Chen, Zongjia Chen, Changxu Zhong, and Ping Lu*, Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Cyclobutanones Enabled by Synergistic Palladium/Enamine Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018, 57, 2707–2711.