2021
Synthesis and Near-Infrared Photothermal Conversion of Discrete Supramolecular Topologies Featuring Half-Sandwich [Cp*Rh] Units
Xiang Gao, Zheng Cui, Yue-Rong Shen, Dong Liu, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 17833 - 17842. 
An “All-in-One” Synthetic Strategy for Linear Metalla[4]Catenanes
Ye Lu,* Dong Liu, Yue-Jian Lin, Zhen-Hua Li, F. Ekkehardt Hahn, Guo-Xin Jin*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12404–12411. 
Stimuli‐Responsive Topological Transformation of a Molecular Borromean Ring via Controlled Oxidation of Thioether Moieties
Hai-Ning Zhang Wei-Bin Yu Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60,15466–15471 .(Inside cover) 
Steric-Effects-Directed B–H Bond Activation of para-Carboranes
Peng-Fei Cui, Xin-Ran Liu, Shu-Ting Guo, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 13, 5099–5105. 
Selective Construction of Very Large Stacking-Interaction-Induced Molecular 818 Metalla-knots and Borromean Ring Using Curved Dipyridyl Ligands
Hai-Ning Zhang, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1119−1125. 
Stepwise B-H Bond Activation of a meta-Carborane
Xin-Ran Liu, Peng-Fei Cui, Shu-Ting Guo, Run-Ze Yuan, Guo-Xin Jin*Inorg. Chem. Front. 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1QI00732G. 
Same knot, longer rope: altering ligand geometry provides control over nuclearity in self-assembled trefoil knots
Qi-Li-Sha Wang, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, DOI:10.1039/d1cc03699h. 
Transition Metal-Mediated B(4)-H Hydroxylation/Halogenation of o-Carboranes Bearing a 2-Pyridylsulfenyl Ligand
Shu-Ting Guo, Peng-Fei Cui, Run-Ze Yuan, Guo-Xin Jin*Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 2412 - 2415. 
Construction of organometallic trefoil knots and one-dimensional chains featuring half-sandwich Cp*Rh corner units and an abnormal zwitterion ligand
Xiang Gao, Zheng Cui, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 231-238. 
Coordination‐Driven Selective Formation of D2 Symmetric Octanuclear Organometallic Cages
Long Zhang*, Yue-Jian Lin, Zhen-Hua Li, J.Fraser Stoddart*, Guo-Xin Jin*Chem. Eur. J. 2021, DOI:10.1002/chem.202101204. 
Selective Construction of Trefoil knots and a Molecular Borromean Ring Induced by Steric Hindrance of Thioether Ligands
Hai-Ning Zhang, Yue-Jian Lin, Guo-Xin Jin*Chem. Asian J. 2021, DOI:10.1002/asia.202100450. 
Selective construction and stability studies of molecular trefoil knot and Solomon link
Li-Long Dang*, Ting-Ting Li, Zheng Cui, Sui Dong, Lufang Ma, Guo-Xin Jin*Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, DOI: 10.1039/D1DT02755G. 
Regioselective B(3)–H bond activation based on an o-carboranyl dithiocarboxylate ligand and its derivatives
Run-Ze Yuan, Peng-Fei Cui, Shu-Ting Guo, Guo-Xin Jin*Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 1060-1068. 
Rational design and synthesis of interlocked [2]catenanes featuring half-sandwich Cp*Rh/Ir units and pyrene-based ligands
Yue-Rong Shen, Xiang Gao, Zheng Cui, Guo-Xin Jin*Chin. J. Chem. 2021, 39, DOI:10.1002/cjoc.202100546. 
Regioselective B–H/C–H Bond Activation at Azo‐Substituted Carboranes Induced by Half‐Sandwich Iridium(III) Complex
Peng‐Fei Cui, Yang Gao, Shu‐Ting Guo, Guo‐Xin Jin*Chin. J. Chem. 2021, 39, 281-287. 
Adaptive Self‐Assembly and Induced‐Fit Interconversions between Molecular Borromean Rings, Russian Dolls and Ring‐in‐Ring Complexes
Ye Lu, Dong Liu, Zheng Cui, Yue‐Jian Lin, Guo‐Xin Jin*Chin. J. Chem. 2021, 39, 360-366. 
From Prediction to Realization: Synthesis and X-Ray Characterization of 15- and 16-Vertex closo-Carboranes
Peng-Fei Cui, Guo‐Xin Jin*Chem. Res. Chinese. Universities. 2021, DOI:10.1007/s40242-021-0432-z. 