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Overview

Lijin Xu is affiliated with Renmin University of China. Their research focuses on the field of chemistry, with a specific emphasis on organic chemistry, molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, and civil and structural engineering. The scope of their work encompasses various subfields and topics related to chemical synthesis, catalysis, and materials science.

The main topics investigated by Lijin Xu include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

They have published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Organic Letters

Lijin Xu has collaborated regularly with a group of frequent coauthors including Zhen Yao, Ji Yang, Qian Shi, Haoqiang Zhao, and Zhenli Luo.

Some of the recent papers by Lijin Xu include:

  • "Creating an Eco-Friendly Building Coating with Smart Subambient Radiative Cooling", 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Rh(I)-Catalyzed C6-Selective Decarbonylative Alkylation of 2-Pyridones with Alkyl Carboxylic Acids and Anhydrides", 2020, Organic Letters
  • "Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Regioselective C6 Olefination of 2-Pyridones Using Alkynes: Olefination/Directing Group Migration and Olefination", 2021, Organic Letters
  • "BF3·Et2O as a metal-free catalyst for direct reductive amination of aldehydes with amines using formic acid as a reductant", 2021, Green Chemistry
  • "Effects of Univariate Stiffness and Degradation of DNA Hydrogels on the Transcriptomics of Neural Progenitor Cells", 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Heck Reaction in Ionic Liquids and the in Situ Identification of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Palladium

    Lijin Xu;and Weiping Chen;Jianliang Xiao

  • A pH-triggered, fast-responding DNA hydrogel.

    Enjun Cheng;Yongzheng Xing;Ping Chen;Yang Yang

  • Creating an Eco-Friendly Building Coating with Smart Subambient Radiative Cooling

    Xiao Xue;Meng Qiu;Yanwen Li;Q. M. Zhang

  • Hydrogenation of Quinolines Using a Recyclable Phosphine‐Free Chiral Cationic Ruthenium Catalyst: Enhancement of Catalyst Stability and Selectivity in an Ionic Liquid

    Haifeng Zhou;Haifeng Zhou;Zhiwei Li;Zhijian Wang;Tianli Wang

  • Air-Stable and Phosphine-Free Iridium Catalysts for Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinoline Derivatives†

    Zhi-Wei Li;Tian-Li Wang;Yan-Mei He;Zhi-Jian Wang

  • Air-stable Ir-(P-Phos) complex for highly enantioselective hydrogenation of quinolines and their immobilization in poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether (DMPEG)

    Lijin Xu;Kim Hung Lam;Jianxin Ji;Jing Wu

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinoxalines With Diphosphinite Ligands: A Practical Synthesis of Enantioenriched, Substituted Tetrahydroquinoxalines

    Weijun Tang;Lijin Xu;Qing Hua Fan;Jun Wang

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Arylation of an Electron-Rich Olefin by Aryl Halides in Ionic Liquids

    Lijin Xu;Weiping Chen;James Ross;Jianliang Xiao

  • Highly Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Quinoline Derivatives Using Chiral Phosphinite H8-BINAPO

    Kim Hung Lam;Lijin Xu;Lichun Feng;Qing-Hua Fan

  • Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Quinoline and Pyridine Derivatives with Iridium-(P-Phos) Catalyst

    Wei-Jun Tang;Wei-Jun Tang;Jing Tan;Li-Jin Xu;Kim-Hung Lam

  • Palladium catalysed allylation reactions in ionic liquids

    Weiping Chen;Lijin Xu;Craig Chatterton;Jianliang Xiao

  • Fluoroalkylated N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of palladium

    Lijin Xu;Weiping Chen;Jamie F Bickley;Alexander Steiner

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2- and 2,3-Substituted Quinoxalines with Chiral Cationic Ruthenium Diamine Catalysts

    Jie Qin;Fei Chen;Ziyuan Ding;Yan-Mei He

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N‐Alkyl Ketimines with Phosphine‐Free, Chiral, Cationic Ru‐MsDPEN Catalysts

    Fei Chen;Tianli Wang;Yanmei He;Ziyuan Ding

  • Highly efficient and enantioselective hydrogenation of quinolines and pyridines with Ir-Difluorphos catalyst.

    Weijun Tang;Yawei Sun;Lijin Xu;Tianli Wang

  • Versatile (Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium‐2,2′‐Bipyridine (Cp*Rh‐bpy) Catalyst for Transfer Hydrogenation of N‐Heterocycles in Water

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  • The synthesis of new chiral phosphine-phosphinites, phosphine-phosphoramidite, and phosphine-phosphite ligands and their applications in asymmetric hydrogenation

    Xian Jia;Xian Jia;Xingshu Li;Wing Sze Lam;Stanton H.L Kok

  • The Role of Spacers between Carboxylate Groups in Self-Assembly Process: Syntheses and Characterizations of Two Novel Cadmium(II) Complexes Derived from Mixed Ligands

    Ruihu Wang;Maochun Hong;Daqiang Yuan;Yanqiong Sun

  • Highly Efficient Rhodium/Monodentate Phosphoramidite Catalyst and Its Application in the Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Enamides and α-Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives

    Xian Jia;Xingshu Li;Lijin Xu;Qian Shi

  • Metal-free tandem cyclization/hydrosilylation to construct tetrahydroquinoxalines

    Yixiao Pan;Changjun Chen;Xin Xu;Haoqiang Zhao

  • Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed Direct CH Olefination of Arenes with Aliphatic Olefins

    Xiao Xue;Jianbin Xu;Lingjuan Zhang;Conghui Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Liverpool
Weidong Zhang
Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qing-Hua Fan
Qing-Hua Fan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rui Cao
Rui Cao Shaanxi Normal University
Patrick J. Walsh
Patrick J. Walsh University of Pennsylvania
Albert S. C. Chan
Albert S. C. Chan Sun Yat-sen University
Junfeng Xiang
Junfeng Xiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dongsheng Liu
Dongsheng Liu Tsinghua University
Jian-Guo Dai
Jian-Guo Dai City University of Hong Kong
Dangyuan Lei
Dangyuan Lei City University of Hong Kong

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