1. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Extended Iptycenes Yanchuan Zhao, Silvia V. Rocha, and Timothy M. Swager* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (42), pp 13834–13837 <Link>

2. Simultaneous Identification of Neutral and Anionic Species in Complex Mixtures without Separation Yanchuan Zhao, Lily Chen, and Timothy M. Swager* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (3), pp 917–921 <Link>

3. Bis(difluoromethyl)trimethylsilicate Anion: A Key Intermediate in Nucleophilic Difluoromethylation of Enolizable Ketones with Me3SiCF2H Dingben Chen, Chuanfa Ni, Yanchuan Zhao, Xian Cai, Xinjin Li, Pan Xiao, and  Jinbo Hu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (41) pp 917-921 <Link>

4. Nucleophilic Iododifluoromethylation of Carbonyl Compounds Using Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone Wenjun Miao, Chuanfa Ni, Yanchuan Zhao, and Jinbo Hu* Org. Lett. 2016, 18 (22) pp 2766-2769 <Link>