Lili Zhu* and Ran Hong*, "Pursuing Effective Gram-negative Antibiotics: The Chemical Synthesis of Negamycin" Tetrahedron Lett.2018, 59, 2112-2127.
Changmin Xie, Jisheng Luo, Yuping Zhang, Sha-Hua Huang, Lili Zhu, and Ran Hong*,"Catalytic Aza-Wacker Annulation: Tuning Mechanism by the Activation Mode of Amide and Enantioselective Syntheses of Melinonine-E and Strychnoxanthine" Org. Lett.2018, 20, 2386-2390.
Jisheng Luo, Changmin Xie, Yuping Zhang, Sha-Hua Huang, Lili Zhu, and Ran Hong*, "Total Syntheses of Melinonine-E and Strychnoxanthine: Evolution of the Synthetic Strategy Enabled by Novel Method Development" (Symposium-in-Print dedicated to Prof. Leon Ghosez), Tetrahedron2018, 74, 5791-5803.
Changmin Xie, Jisheng Luo, Yan Zhang, Lili Zhu, and Ran Hong*, "A Chiral Pentenolide-Based Unified Synthesis of Dihydrocorynantheal, Dihydrocorynantheol, Protoemetine, Protoemetinol, and Yohimbane" Org. Lett.2017, 19, 3592-3595.
Lumin Zhang, Lili Zhu, Jun Yang*, Jisheng Luo, and Ran Hong*, "Stereoselective alpha-Hydroxylation of Amides with Oppolzer's Sultam as Chiral Auxiliary" J. Org. Chem.2016, 81, 3890-3900.
Lili Zhu*, Sha-Hua Huang, Jing Yu, and Ran Hong*, “Constructive Innovation of Approaching Bicyclo[3.2.1]octane in ent-Kauranoids” Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 23-31.
Lili Zhu, Jisheng Luo, and Ran Hong*, "Total Synthesis of (±)-Cafestol: A Late-Stage Construction of the Furan Ring Inspired by A Biosynthesis Strategy" Org. Lett.2014, 16, 2162-2165. (ACS Editor's Choice).
Lin Yang, Guoli He, Ruifeng Yin, Lili Zhu, Xiaoxia Wang, and Ran Hong*, "Synthesis of Polyketide Stereoarrays Enabled by A Traceless Oxonia–Cope Rearrangement" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014, 53, 11600-11604.
Lili Zhu and Ran Hong*, “Biomimetic Cationic Cyclization toward ent–Kaurene-type Diterpenoids” Chin. J. Chem.2013, 31, 111-118(Special Issue, Dedicated to the Memory of Professor Wei-Shan Zhou).
Xianwei Mi, Yan Wang, Lili Zhu, Ren-Xiao Wang, and Ran Hong*, "Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Stemoamide" Synthesis2012, 44, 3432-3440.
Yan Wang, Lili Zhu, Yuying Zhang, and Ran Hong*, "Bioinspired and Concise Synthesis of (+/-)-Stemoamide" Angew. Chem.2011, 123, 2839-2842; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2011, 50, 2787-2790.