Publications

2026 1, 2-Difunctionalization of the SS bond in naphthalene 1, 8-disulfides Richard Y. Liu · Tetrahedron Letters · Scholar only — 2026 Amination of Aryl Boronic Acids Using O-(Diphenylphosphinyl)hydroxylamine (DPPH) Richard Y. Liu · Organic Syntheses · Scholar only — 2026 Carbonylative Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of Amides from Vinyl/Aryl Halides and Boronic Acids Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only — 2026 Chemical Shift Prediction Beyond the Electronic Structure Limit Richard Y. Liu · Scholar only — 2026 Dual-Ligand System for Mild Decarbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aroyl Chlorides Richard Y. Liu · ACS Catalysis · Scholar only 1 2026 Geminal Atom Catalysts with Minimized d-Orbital Holes Enable β-Elimination-Resistant C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 2 2026 Organic photochemistry for direct light-driven separations Richard Y. Liu · Chemical Science · Scholar only 2 2026 Pd-Catalyzed Arylative Lossen Rearrangement: Synthesis of Secondary Amines from Aryl/Alkyl Carboxylic Acids and Aryl Halides Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 1 2025 Accelerating the discovery of multicatalytic cooperativity Richard Y. Liu · Nature · Scholar only 14 2025 Discovery of a fluorinated macrobicyclic antibiotic through chemical synthesis Richard Y. Liu · Nature chemistry · Scholar only 8 2025 Electrifying industrial hydrogen peroxide production via soft interfacial molecular mediation Richard Y. Liu · Nature Chemistry · Scholar only 28 2025 Ion pairing enhances hydroquinone stability toward oxygen in aqueous electrochemical carbon dioxide capture Richard Y. Liu · Nature Communications · Scholar only 4 2025 Migratory aryl cross-coupling Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 11 2025 Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Ring Contraction via Desulfurative Cross-Coupling Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 8 2025 Pd-Catalyzed Azidation of Aryl (Pseudo) Halides Richard Y. Liu · ACS Catalysis · Scholar only 4 2025 Photochemical CO Release from a Bench-Stable, Recyclable Organic Platform: Applications to Carbonylative Cross-Coupling Richard Y. Liu · Organic Letters · Scholar only 3 2025 Reversible fluorenol photobases that perform CO2 capture and concentration from ambient air Richard Y. Liu · Nature Chemistry · Scholar only 23 2025 ‘Ring-Walking’ Aryl Cross-Coupling Reactions Involving Palladium Aryne Intermediates Richard Y. Liu · Synlett · Scholar only — 2025 Synthesis of Arenesulfenyl Fluorides and Fluorosulfenylation of Alkenes, Alkynes, and α‐Diazocarbonyl Compounds Richard Y. Liu · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Scholar only 3 2025 Synthesis of Diaryl Ethers by Formal Oxygen Insertion Between Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Partners Richard Y. Liu · ACS Catalysis · Scholar only 7 2024 Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling Richard Y. Liu · Science · Scholar only 71 2024 An antibiotic preorganized for ribosomal binding overcomes antimicrobial resistance Richard Y. Liu · Science · Scholar only 93 2024 Mild pH-decoupling aqueous flow battery with practical pH recovery Richard Y. Liu · Nature Energy · Scholar only 56 2024 Rapid and General Amination of Aryl Boronic Acids and Esters Using O-(Diphenylphosphinyl)hydroxylamine (DPPH) Richard Y. Liu · Organic Letters · Scholar only 10 2023 An Extremely Stable and Soluble NH2-Substituted Anthraquinone Electrolyte for Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries Richard Y. Liu · ACS Applied Energy Materials · Scholar only 22 2023 Bifunctional diazirine reagent for covalent dyeing of Kevlar and inert polymer materials Richard Y. Liu · Polymer Chemistry · Scholar only 7 2023 Reversible CO2 Capture and On-Demand Release by an Acidity-Matched Organic Photoswitch Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 56 2022 Palladium–peptide oxidative addition complexes for bioconjugation Richard Y. Liu · Chemical Science · Scholar only 22 2022 Solution-processable microporous polymer platform for heterogenization of diverse photoredox catalysts Richard Y. Liu · Nature Communications · Scholar only 40 2021 Electrocatalytic Isoxazoline− Nanocarbon Metal Complexes Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 28 2021 Trace hydrogen sulfide sensing inspired by polyoxometalate-mediated aerobic oxidation Richard Y. Liu · ACS Central Science · Scholar only 32 2020 CuH-catalyzed olefin functionalization: from hydroamination to carbonyl addition Richard Y. Liu · Accounts of chemical research · Scholar only 436 2020 Evidence for simultaneous dearomatization of two aromatic rings under mild conditions in Cu (I)-catalyzed direct asymmetric dearomatization of pyridine Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 60 2020 The quest for the ideal base: rational design of a nickel precatalyst enables mild, homogeneous C–N cross-coupling Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 134 2019 CuH-catalyzed enantioselective ketone allylation with 1, 3-dienes: scope, mechanism, and applications Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 194 2019 Enantioselective Allylation Using Allene, a Petroleum Cracking Byproduct Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 133 2019 Engaging Aldehydes in CuH‐Catalyzed Reductive Coupling Reactions: Stereoselective Allylation with Unactivated 1, 3‐Diene Pronucleophiles Richard Y. Liu · Angewandte Chemie · Scholar only 95 2019 Monophosphine Ligands Promote Pd-Catalyzed C–S Cross-Coupling Reactions at Room Temperature with Soluble Bases Richard Y. Liu · ACS Catalysis · Scholar only 105 2019 Pd-Catalyzed C–N Coupling Reactions Facilitated by Organic Bases: Mechanistic Investigation Leads to Enhanced Reactivity in the Arylation of Weakly Binding Amines Richard Y. Liu · ACS Catalysis · Scholar only 96 2018 A regio-and enantioselective CuH-catalyzed ketone allylation with terminal allenes Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 145 2018 Breaking the Base Barrier: An Electron-Deficient Palladium Catalyst Enables the Use of a Common, Soluble Base in C–N Coupling Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 168 2018 Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkenes Richard Y. Liu · Organic Syntheses · Scholar only 13 2018 CuH-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acids to β-chiral aldehydes Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 57 2018 Mechanistic insight facilitates discovery of a mild and efficient copper-catalyzed dehydration of primary amides to nitriles using hydrosilanes Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 82 2017 Ligand-substrate dispersion facilitates the copper-catalyzed hydroamination of unactivated olefins Richard Y. Liu · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Scholar only 257 2017 Macrocyclic bis-thioureas catalyze stereospecific glycosylation reactions Richard Y. Liu · Science · Scholar only 337 2017 Markovnikov Hydrosilylation of Vinylarenes and Vinyl Heterocycles Richard Y. Liu · J. Am. Chem. Soc · Scholar only 187 2016 Mechanistic studies and radiofluorination of structurally diverse pharmaceuticals with spirocyclic iodonium (iii) ylides Richard Y. Liu · Chemical Science · Scholar only 157 2016 Regiodivergent and Diastereoselective CuH‐Catalyzed Allylation of Imines with Terminal Allenes Richard Y. Liu · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Scholar only 131 2015 Enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-chloro esters by non-covalent catalysis Richard Y. Liu · Tetrahedron Letters · Scholar only 49