1.      Xiao Liang, Shi-Zhi Jiang, Kun Wei, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Alstoscholarisine A” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b00625

2.      Shi-Zhi Jiang, Xue-Yi Zeng, Xiao Liang, Ting Lei, Kun Wei, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Indole Cyclization: Application to the Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemical Assignment of (-)-Aspidophylline A” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, DOI: 10.1021/anie.201511549

3.         Xiao Liang, Kun Wei*, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylation of Silyl Enol Ethers Derived from Ketones and a,b-Unsaturated Ketones” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 17471-17474.

4.         Ting Lei, Hongbin Zhang*, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)- and (+)-Aurantioclavine” Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 5933-5936.

5.         Shi-Zhi Jiang, Ting Lei, Kun Wei, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Collective Total Synthesis of Tetracyclic Diquinane Lycopodium Alkaloids (+)-Paniculatine, (-)-Magellanine, (+)-Magellaninone and Analogues Thereof” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5612-5615.

6.         Liao-Bin Dong, Ya-Nan Wu, Shi-Zhi Jiang, Xing-De Wu, Juan He, Yu-Rong Yang*, Qi-Shi Zhao*. “Isolation and Complete Structural Assignment of Lycopodium Alkaloid Cernupalhine A: Theoretical Prediction and Total Synthesis Validation” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 2700-2703.

7.         Jiu-Zhong Huang, Xiao-Ke Jie, Kun Wei, Hongbin Zhang, Min-Cai Wang, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Formal Synthesis of Aspidospermine via the Intramolecular Cascade Transannular Cyclization” Synlett. 2013, 24, 1303-1306.

8.         Tao Xu, Xiu-Li Luo, Yu-Rong Yang*. “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Lycopodium Alkaloid (+)-Lycopladine A” Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 2858-2860.

9.         Tao Xu, Shi-Zhi Jiang, Huai-Rong Luo, Yu-Rong Yang*. “One-step Synthesis of Lycopodium Alkaloid (-)-Huperzine W via Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling” Natural Products and Bioprospecting 2012, 2, 255.

10.     Yu-Rong Yang*, Liang Shen, Jiu-Zhong Huang, Tao Xu, Kun Wei. “Application of the Helquist Annulation in Lycopodium Alkaloids Synthesis: Unified Total Syntheses of (-)-8-Deoxyserratinine, (+)-Fawcettimine, and (+)-Lycoflexine” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3684-3690.

11.     Yu-Rong Yang*, Zeng-Wei Lai, Liang Shen, Jiu-Zhong Huang, Xing-De Wu, Jun-Lin Yin, Kun Wei. “Total Synthesis of (−)-8-Deoxyserratinine via an Efficient Helquist Annulation and Double N- Alkylation Reaction” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 3430-3433.

12.     Yu-Rong Yang*, Liang Shen, Kun Wei, Qin-Shi Zhao. “Cyclization Approaching to (−)-Lycojapodine A: Synthesis of Two Unnatural Alkaloids” J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 1317-1320.

13.     Yu-Rong Yang, Dae-Shik Kim, Yoshito Kishi*. “Second Generation Synthesis of C27−C35 Building Block of E7389, a Synthetic Halichondrin Analogue” Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4516-4519.

14.     Yu-Rong Yang, Wei-Dong Z Li*. “A Short Synthesis of 10-Hydroxy 7-Spirocyclopropanated Camphor” J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 8224-8227.

15.     Wei-Dong Z Li*, Yu-Rong Yang. “Unusual Cyclopropanation of 9-Bromocamphor Derivatives: A Novel Formal C(1)−C(7) Bond Cleavage of Camphor” Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3107-3110.