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Overview

Liang-Qiu Lu is affiliated with Central China Normal University in China and is active in the field of chemistry, with a primary focus on organic chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, and molecular biology.

Lu's research covers several main topics such as:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

The scientist has published extensively, including recent papers such as:

  • Light opens a new window for N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Recent advances in transition-metal-catalysed asymmetric coupling reactions with light intervention, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Enantioselective Radical Carbocyanation of 1,3-Dienes via Photocatalytic Generation of Allylcopper Complexes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photoassisted Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Grignard-Type Addition of Aryl Iodides, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photoinduced Cobalt-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Dialdehydes to Access Axial Chirality, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Lu's career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Wen-Jing Xiao
  • Zhihan Zhang
  • Xuan-Feng Jiang
  • Bao-Le Qu
  • Ying Cheng

Lu's work has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry

Overall, Liang-Qiu Lu contributes to the research community mainly through organic chemistry with an emphasis on catalytic and photochemical reaction mechanisms, asymmetric synthesis, and chirality in molecules. Their publications show a consistent focus on advancing methods in catalysis and synthesis, with implications for sustainability and material science.

Best Publications

  • Visible light photoredox-controlled reactions of N-radicals and radical ions

    Jia-Rong Chen;Xiao-Qiang Hu;Liang-Qiu Lu;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Visible-Light-Induced Organic Photochemical Reactions through Energy-Transfer Pathways.

    Quan-Quan Zhou;You-Quan Zou;Liang-Qiu Lu;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Exploration of Visible-Light Photocatalysis in Heterocycle Synthesis and Functionalization: Reaction Design and Beyond.

    Jia-Rong Chen;Xiao-Qiang Hu;Liang-Qiu Lu;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Development of cascade reactions for the concise construction of diverse heterocyclic architectures.

    Liang-Qiu Lu;Jia-Rong Chen;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Highly Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids: Photoredox Catalysis Using Visible Light

    You-Quan Zou;Jia-Rong Chen;Xiao-Peng Liu;Liang-Qiu Lu

  • Visible light-driven organic photochemical synthesis in China

    Yiyun Chen;Liang-Qiu Lu;Da-Gang Yu;Cheng-Jian Zhu

  • Formal [4+1] Annulation Reactions in the Synthesis of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems

    Jia-Rong Chen;Xiao-Qiang Hu;Liang-Qiu Lu;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Visible‐Light‐Induced Oxidation/[3+2] Cycloaddition/Oxidative Aromatization Sequence: A Photocatalytic Strategy To Construct Pyrrolo[2,1‐a]isoquinolines

    You-Quan Zou;Liang-Qiu Lu;Liang Fu;Ning-Jie Chang

  • Visible‐Light‐Induced Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition for Pyrrole Synthesis under Metal‐Free Conditions

    Jun Xuan;Xu-Dong Xia;Ting-Ting Zeng;Zhu-Jia Feng

  • Beyond sulfide-centric catalysis: recent advances in the catalytic cyclization reactions of sulfur ylides

    Liang-Qiu Lu;Tian-Ren Li;Qiang Wang;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Efficient Visible Light-Driven Splitting of Alcohols into Hydrogen and Corresponding Carbonyl Compounds over a Ni-Modified CdS Photocatalyst.

    Zhigang Chai;Ting-Ting Zeng;Qi Li;Liang-Qiu Lu

  • Redox‐Neutral α‐Allylation of Amines by Combining Palladium Catalysis and Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

    Jun Xuan;Ting-Ting Zeng;Zhu-Jia Feng;Qiao-Hui Deng

  • Decarboxylative Alkynylation and Carbonylative Alkynylation of Carboxylic Acids Enabled by Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

    Quan-Quan Zhou;Wei Guo;Wei Ding;Xiong Wu

  • Sequential Visible-Light Photoactivation and Palladium Catalysis Enabling Enantioselective [4+2] Cycloadditions

    Miao-Miao Li;Yi Wei;Jie Liu;Hong-Wei Chen

  • Catalytic Asymmetric [4 + 1] Annulation of Sulfur Ylides with Copper–Allenylidene Intermediates

    Qiang Wang;Tian-Ren Li;Liang-Qiu Lu;Miao-Miao Li

  • Room temperature C-P bond formation enabled by merging nickel catalysis and visible-light-induced photoredox catalysis.

    Jun Xuan;Ting-Ting Zeng;Jia-Rong Chen;Liang-Qiu Lu

  • Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis in the Construction of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Ring Systems

    Jun Xuan;Liang-Qiu Lu;Jia-Rong Chen;Wen-Jing Xiao

  • Metal-Free, Room-Temperature, Radical Alkoxycarbonylation of Aryldiazonium Salts through Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis†

    Wei Guo;Liang-Qiu Lu;Yue Wang;Ya-Ni Wang

  • Bifunctional Photocatalysts for Enantioselective Aerobic Oxidation of β-Ketoesters.

    Wei Ding;Liang-Qiu Lu;Quan-Quan Zhou;Yi Wei

  • Visible light-induced intramolecular cyclization reactions of diamines: a new strategy to construct tetrahydroimidazoles.

    Jun Xuan;Ying Cheng;Jing An;Liang-Qiu Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen-Jing Xiao
Wen-Jing Xiao Central China Normal University
Jia‐Rong Chen
Jia‐Rong Chen Central China Normal University
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Kathrin Junge
Kathrin Junge Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Xiao-Feng Wu
Xiao-Feng Wu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Shoubhik Das
Shoubhik Das University of Bayreuth
Matthias Beller
Matthias Beller Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Li-Zhu Wu
Li-Zhu Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Da-Gang Yu
Da-Gang Yu Sichuan University
Dongsheng Xu
Dongsheng Xu Peking University

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