Publications

Han, J. T.; List, B. Acid-Catalyzed Synthesis of Si-Stereogenic Silanes. Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2026.

Shi, F.; Leutzsch, M.; Frank, N.; Zhu, C.; Tsuji, N.; Zhang, G.; List, B. Asymmetric Carbonium Ion Catalysis: The Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Cyclopropanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 2126–2132.

Frank, N.; Chaudhari, M. B.; Leutzsch, M.; Helmich-Paris, B.; Bruzzese, P. C.; Nater, D.; Nöthling, N.; Schnegg, A.; Waldvogel, S. R.; List, B. The Photohydrolysis of Furans. Science 2026, 391, 267–274.

Zhu, C.; Das, S.; Sterling, M. S.; Tsuji, N.; Léger, S. J.; Neese, F.; De, C. K.; List, B. The Asymmetric Synthesis of an Acyclic N-Stereogenic Amine. Nature 2026, 649, 621–625.

Zhu, C.; Mitschke, B.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Carbosilylation of Methyl Propiolate with Bis-Silyl Ketene Acetals. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148, 61–66.

Shi, F.; Frank, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Zhu, C.; Tsuji, N.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Activation of Bicyclobutanes. Nature Synthesis 2026.

Grimm, J. A. A.; List, B. Asymmetric Prins Cyclizations of O-Prenylated Salicylaldehydes. Synthesis 2025, 57, 3227–3232.

Samsonowicz-Gόrski, J.; Ghosh, S.; Tsuji, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Breitenbruch, G.; Nöthling, N.; Kraft, P.; List, B. Catalytic Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reaction of Dienes with Acyclic and α,β- and β,β-Disubstituted Enones. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 39011–39019.

Shi, L.; Tsuji, N.; Zhu, C.; Leutzsch, M.; Grimm, J. A. A.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric (Ene–Endo)-Carbonyl–Ene Type Cyclizations. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 34225–34230.

Leinung, W.; Nobuya, T.; Merher, M.; Leutzsch, M.; Raut, R. K.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Ionic Hydrogenation of α-Alkyl Styrenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 31463–31469.

De, C. K.; Tsuda, M.; Zhu, C.; Dehn, S.; Hinrichs, H.; Tsuji, N.; Jin, H.; Arase, H.; Tanaka, S.; List, B. The Overlooked Stereoisomers of the Ionizable Lipid ALC315. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 28595–28600.

Silva, T. S.; Correia, J. T. M.; Piscelli, B. A.; Cormanich, R. A.; List, B.; Coelho, F. Catalyst-Dependent Asymmetric Dearomative and Desymmetrizative Higher-Order [8 + 2] Cycloaddition of Indolizines with Maleimides Toward the Atroposelective Synthesis of Cyclazines. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15, 13558–13567.

Zheng, T.; Wang, Z.; Mitschke, B.; Nöthling, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Neese, F.; List, B. Pericyclic Umpolung in a Catalytic Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reaction of Tropone with Enol Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 25489–25497.

Leinung, W.; Mitschke, B.; Leutzsch, M.; Wakchaure, V. N.; Maji, R.; List, B. From Reagent to Catalyst: Dispersion-Driven Design of a General Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 16722–16728.

Zhu, C.; Das, S.; Guin, A.; De, C. K.; List, B. Organocatalytic Regio- and Stereoselective Cyclopropanation of Olefins. Nature Catalysis 2025, 8, 487–494.

Alama, L.; Frank, N.; Brücher, L.; Nienhaus, J.; List, B. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Azabicyclo[2.1.1]Hexanes. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15, 8297–8302.

Lai, J.; List, B.; Reid, J. P. Bis-Indole Chiral Architectures for Asymmetric Catalysis. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3676.

Reinhard, D. L.; Iniutina, A.; Reese, S.; Shaw, T.; Merten, C.; List, B.; Huber, S. M. Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 8107–8112.

Frank, N.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B. Bro̷nsted Acid-Catalyzed Reduction of Furans. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147, 7932–7938.

Guillén, M.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Olefins with In Situ Generated N-Boc-Formaldimine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 32292–32297.