Education and Work Experiences:
2013-, Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics 2010-2013, Associate Professor/Hundred Talent Program, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics 2006-2009, PostDoc, Brandeis University 2001-2006, Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Research Interests: 1. The design of biomimetic reaction systems; 2. The development of Organic-inorganic hybrid photocatalysts and its application on organic reactions;
Awards and Honor: 2009 National Award for Natural Sciences, Second Prize 2014 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
Representative Publications: 1. The Synthesis of Chiral Trispirocyclic Oxindoles via Organic-base/Au(I)- catalyzed Sequential Reactions. Wengang Guo, Lu Li, Qian Ding, Xiangfeng Lin, Xianghui Liu, Kai Wang, Yan Liu,* Hongjun Fan,* Can Li* ACS. Catal. 2018, 8, 10180. 2. Chiral Catalysis at Water/Oil Interface. Wengang Guo, Xianghui Liu, Yan Liu,* Can Li* ACS. Catal. 2018, 8, 324. 3. Enantioselective Reactions of 2-Sulfonylalkyl Phenols with Allenic Esters: Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions and [4+2] Cycloadditions Involving ortho-quinone methide Intermediates. Ping Chen, Kai Wang, Wengang Guo, Xianghui Liu, Yan Liu* and Can Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 3689. 4. Formal Asymmetric Catalytic Thiolation for the Synthesis of Benzyl Thiols with Bifunctional Catalyst on the Water-oil Interface. Wengang Guo, Bo Wu, Xin Zhou, Ping Chen, Xu Wang, Yong-Gui Zhou, Yan Liu,* Can Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 4522. 5. The Synthesis of Chiral Isotetronic Acids with Amphiphilic Imidazole/Pyrrolidine Catalysts Assembled in Oil-in-Water Emulsion Droplets. Boyu Zhang, Zongxuan Jiang, Xin Zhou, Shengmei Lu, Jun Li, Yan Liu*, Can Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 13159. 6. Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Simple Alkyl Thiols with Bifunctional Catalysts.Yan Liu, Bingfeng Sun, Baomin Wang, Wakem Matthew, Li Deng* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 418. 7. Hydrogen-Bonding makes a difference in the rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation using monodentate phosphoramidites. Yan Liu, Christan A. Sandoval, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Xue Zhang, Zheng Wang, Koichi Kato, Kuiling Ding* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14212. 8. Modular Monodentate Phosphoramidite Ligands for Rhodium Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation. Yan Liu, Kuiling Ding* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10488. 9. Highly enantioselective asymmetric Darzens reactions with a phase transfer catalyst. Yan Liu, Brian A. Provencher, Keith J. Bartelson, Li Deng, Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1301
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