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  1. Molecular molybdenum catalyst covalently anchored onto a polystyrene resin for the alkylation of alcohols with ketones

    Article • Fuel, November 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  2. α-Olefination of Nitriles: Base-Promoted Ring-Opening Coupling of Nitriles and Chromone

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  3. Cobalt-Catalyzed Amide Bond Formation from Esters and Amines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  4. N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Diboron‐Substrate Cooperatively Facilitate Direct Amidation of Carboxylic Acids and Amines

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, April 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  5. Visible-Light-Driven (NSNO)Nickel complex catalyzed (Z)-Selective semi-hydrogenation of alkynes

    Article • Fuel, March 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  6. Dehydrogenation of Aromatic Alcohols, Aldehydes, and Ketones Catalyzed by Cu(I) Complexes

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  7. Synthesis of α,β‐Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds via Cu/TEMPO/O2 Aerobic Catalytic System

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  8. [ONSN]-Type Fe(III) Complexes Catalyzed the Ring Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Anhydrides

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2025, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  9. Iron(III) Complexes with Pyridine Group Coordination and Dissociation Reversible Equilibrium: Cooperative Activation of CO2 and Epoxides into Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, August 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  10. Cu(I) Complexes Catalyzed the Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  11. Boron–pyridine nitrogen cooperative catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and epoxides to cyclic carbonates

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  12. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Pyridine Molybdenum Complex Supported over SBA-15 for Converting of Carbon Dioxide into Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2024, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  13. Catalysis Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides by Tetrahydroxydiboron To Prepare Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  14. Visible‐Light‐Initiated Air‐Oxygenation of Alkylarenes to Carbonyls Mediated by Carbon Tetrabromide in Water

    Article • ChemSusChem, October 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  15. Selective Electroreductive Hydroboration of Olefins with B2pin2

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  16. Visible-Light-Driven Organocatalytic Alkoxylation of Benzylic C–H Bonds

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  17. N-heterocyclic carbene-pyridine ligand coordinated Mo(II) complexes catalyzed synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  18. Visible-light-promoted synthesis of gem-dihaloenones

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  19. Aqueous Hydroboration of Alkynes via Nonclassical Generation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  20. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Pyridine Manganese Complex/ Tetrabutylammonium Iodide Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonate from CO2 and Epoxide

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2023, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  21. [ONSN]-type chromium complexes catalyzed coupling of CO2 with epoxides

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, August 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  22. Photocatalytic Benzylic Oxidation Promoted by Eosin Y in Water

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  23. Cr-Catalyzed Direct ortho-Aminomethylation of Phenols

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  24. Synthesis of carbonates from CO 2 and epoxides catalyzed by the system of N ‐heterocyclic carbene, hydrogen bond donor, CrCl 2 , and tetrabutylammonium bromide

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, July 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  25. Cooperative catalysis of molybdenum with organocatalysts for distribution of products between amines and imines

    Article • Molecular Catalysis, March 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  26. N-Heterocyclic carbene-nitrogen molybdenum catalysts for utilization of CO2

    Article • Polyhedron, March 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  27. Manganese Catalyzed Direct Amidation of Esters with Amines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  28. Organocatalytic Strategy for the Fixation of CO2 via Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  29. Hemilabile N ‐heterocyclic carbene and nitrogen ligands on Fe (II) catalyst for utilization of CO 2 into cyclic carbonate

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, November 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  30. Binuclear Tridentate Hemilabile Copper(I) Catalysts for Utilization of CO2 into Oxazolidinones from Propargylic Amines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  31. Rational Design of Cobalt Complexes Based on the trans Effect of Hybrid Ligands and Evaluation of their Catalytic Activity in the Cycloaddition of Carbon Dioxide with Epoxide

    Article • Organometallics, October 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  32. In Situ Ring‐Closing Strategy for Direct Synthesis of N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Nickel Complexes and Their Application in Coupling of Allylic Alcohols with Aryl Boronic Acids

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, June 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  33. Hydrogen bond donors promoted organocatalyzedcycloaddition of CO<sub>2</sub> with epoxides

    Article • Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version), May 2020, Science China Press., Co. Ltd.

    Prof. Ning Liu

  34. Highly Active and Robust Ruthenium Complexes Based on Hemilability of Hybrid Ligands for C-H Oxidation

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  35. Synthesis of Benzodiazepines via Ring Opening/Ring Closure of Benzimidazole Salts

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  36. Carbazole-Bridged NCN-Pincer Palladium Complex Catalyzed Direct C-H Arylation Reaction of Azoles

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2020, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  37. Highly Stereo-Controlled Synthesis of Fatty Acid-Derived Cyclic Carbonates by Using Iron(II) Complex and Nucleophilic Halide

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  38. Pyridine-bridged bifunctional organocatalysts for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide

    Article • Journal of Chemical Research, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Ning Liu

  39. Bifunctional organocatalysts for the conversion of CO2, epoxides and aryl amines to 3-aryl-2-oxazolidinones

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  40. Pyridine Bridged Organocatalyst for the Synthesis of 3-Aryl-2-oxazolidinones from Carbon Dioxide, Terminal Epoxide, and Aryl Amine

    Article • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2019, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  41. Fe(II) complexes: reservoirs for Lewis acids and carbenes and their utility in the conversion of CO2 to oxazolidinones

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, December 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  42. Cooperative Multifunctional Organocatalysts for Ambient Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Cyclic Carbonates

    Article • ACS Catalysis, September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  43. Counteranion-Controlled Ag2O-Mediated Benzimidazolium Ring Opening and Its Application in the Synthesis of Palladium Pincer-Type Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, November 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  44. Iron(II) Bis-CNN Pincer Complex-Catalyzed Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis at Room Temperature

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  45. Copper-Catalyzed C–N Bond Exchange of N-Heterocyclic Substituents around Pyridine and Pyrimidine Cores

    Article • Synthesis, August 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Ning Liu

  46. Substrate-Controlled Product Divergence: Silver-Catalyzed Reaction of Trifluoromethyl Ketones with Terminal Alkynes

    Article • ACS Omega, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Ning Liu

  47. Metal-free One-pot Synthesis of Functionalized Carbazoles

    Article • ChemistrySelect, March 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu

  48. “Fiddler crab-type” imidazolium salt as remote substituents tuning organocatalyst for the cycloaddition of epoxides with carbon dioxide

    Article • Journal of CO2 Utilization, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Ning Liu

  49. One-pot two-step synthesis of N-arylcarbazole-based skeleton

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  50. Site-Selective N-Arylation of Carbazoles with Halogenated Fluorobenzenes

    Article • Synthesis, December 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Ning Liu

  51. A ligand-free strategy for the copper-catalysed direct alkynylation of trifluoromethyl ketones

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  52. Copper/β-diketone-catalysed N-arylation of carbazoles

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  53. Metal-free site-selective C–N bond-forming reaction of polyhalogenated pyridines and pyrimidines

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Ning Liu

  54. Selective C-N Bond-Forming Reaction of 2,6-Dibromopyridine with Amines

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Ning Liu