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80
Citations
18033
World Ranking
3514
National Ranking
1145

Overview

Peng Liu is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio in the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Organic Chemistry and related subfields. Their work spans various aspects of catalytic processes, molecular synthesis, and radical photochemical reactions.

The scientist's recent notable publications include:

  • Stereoselective amino acid synthesis by synergistic photoredox-pyridoxal radical biocatalysis, 2023, Science
  • Boron insertion into alkyl ether bonds via zinc/nickel tandem catalysis, 2021, Science
  • Stereodivergent atom-transfer radical cyclization by engineered cytochromes P450, 2021, Science
  • Application of Trimethylgermanyl-Substituted Bisphosphine Ligands with Enhanced Dispersion Interactions to Copper-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Disubstituted Alkenes, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Monovalent Nickel-Mediated Radical Formation: A Concerted Halogen-Atom Dissociation Pathway Determined by Electroanalytical Studies, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Peng Liu frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Binh Khanh (33 publications)
  • Keary M. Engle (26 publications)
  • Yue Fu (25 publications)
  • Turki M. Alturaifi (19 publications)
  • Yang Yang (18 publications)

The scientist's work is published primarily in high-impact journals with frequent contributions in:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (49 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (17 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (17 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (13 publications)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (12 publications)

Liu's research covers a range of topics within Chemistry, emphasizing catalytic methods and synthetic transformations. These main topics include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

The scientist's expertise extends to molecular biology and renewable energy-related research, reflected in subfields such as:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pharmaceutical Science

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide Profiling of 5-Formylcytosine Reveals Its Roles in Epigenetic Priming

    Chun-Xiao Song;Keith E. Szulwach;Qing Dai;Ye Fu

  • Conversion of amides to esters by the nickel-catalysed activation of amide C-N bonds

    Liana Hie;Noah F. Fine Nathel;Tejas K. Shah;Emma L. Baker

  • Mechanism of Photoinduced Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Experimental and Computational Studies.

    Xiangcheng Pan;Cheng Fang;Marco Fantin;Marco Fantin;Nikhil Malhotra

  • Computational explorations of mechanisms and ligand-directed selectivities of copper-catalyzed Ullmann-type reactions.

    Gavin O. Jones;Peng Liu;K. N. Houk;Stephen L. Buchwald

  • Palladium-catalyzed meta-selective C-H bond activation with a nitrile-containing template: computational study on mechanism and origins of selectivity.

    Yun-Fang Yang;Gui-Juan Cheng;Peng Liu;Dasheng Leow

  • Catalytic asymmetric hydroamination of unactivated internal olefins to aliphatic amines

    Yang Yang;Shi-Liang Shi;Dawen Niu;Peng Liu

  • Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl carbamates and sulfamates: experimental and computational studies.

    Kyle W. Quasdorf;Aurora Antoft-Finch;Peng Liu;Amanda L. Silberstein

  • Photoredox-mediated Minisci C–H alkylation of N-heteroarenes using boronic acids and hypervalent iodine

    Guo Xing Li;Christian A. Morales-Rivera;Yaxin Wang;Fang Gao

  • Role of N-Acyl Amino Acid Ligands in Pd(II)-Catalyzed Remote C–H Activation of Tethered Arenes

    Gui-Juan Cheng;Yun-Fang Yang;Yun-Fang Yang;Peng Liu;Ping Chen

  • Copper-catalyzed asymmetric addition of olefin-derived nucleophiles to ketones

    Yang Yang;Ian B. Perry;Gang Lu;Peng Liu

  • Distortion/Interaction Analysis Reveals the Origins of Selectivities in Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Borylation of Substituted Arenes and 5-Membered Heterocycles

    Aaron G. Green;Peng Liu;Craig A. Merlic;K. N. Houk

  • Ligand–Substrate Dispersion Facilitates the Copper-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefins

    Gang Lu;Richard Y. Liu;Yang Yang;Cheng Fang

  • Catalytic activation of carbon–carbon bonds in cyclopentanones

    Ying Xia;Gang Lu;Peng Liu;Guangbin Dong;Guangbin Dong

  • A general strategy for synthesis of cyclophane-braced peptide macrocycles via palladium-catalysed intramolecular sp 3 C-H arylation

    Xuekai Zhang;Gang Lu;Meng Sun;Madhu Mahankali

  • Catalytic Intermolecular Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Aminopalladation.

    Zhen Liu;Yanyan Wang;Zichen Wang;Tian Zeng

  • Z-Selectivity in Olefin Metathesis with Chelated Ru Catalysts:Computational Studies of Mechanism and Selectivity

    Peng Liu;Xiufang Xu;Xiufang Xu;Xiaofei Dong;Benjamin K. Keitz

  • Dynamics, transition states, and timing of bond formation in Diels–Alder reactions

    Kersey Black;Peng Liu;Lai Xu;Charles Doubleday

  • Deacylative transformations of ketones via aromatization-promoted C–C bond activation

    Yan Xu;Xiaotian Qi;Pengfei Zheng;Pengfei Zheng;Carlo C. Berti

  • An enzymatic platform for the asymmetric amination of primary, secondary and tertiary C(sp 3)-H bonds

    Yang Yang;Inha Cho;Xiaotian Qi;Peng Liu

  • CuH-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ketone Allylation with 1,3-Dienes: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications.

    Chengxi Li;Richard Y Liu;Luke T Jesikiewicz;Yang Yang

  • Conversion of Amides to Esters by the Nickel‐Catalyzed Activation of Amide C—N Bonds.

    Liana Hie;Noah F. Fine Nathel;Tejas K. Shah;Emma L. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Gong Chen
Gong Chen Nankai University
Keary M. Engle
Keary M. Engle Scripps Research Institute
Guangbin Dong
Guangbin Dong University of Chicago
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Weiping Tang
Weiping Tang University of Wisconsin–Madison
John Montgomery
John Montgomery University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University

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