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Rai-Shung Liu is affiliated with National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and has a research focus primarily spanning chemistry and materials science. Their work covers multiple subfields including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Catalytic alkyne reactions
  • Catalytic C-H functionalization methods
  • Cyclopropane reaction mechanisms
  • Synthetic organic chemistry methods
  • Oxidative organic chemistry reactions

Liu has published extensively, with contributions appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Chemical Communications
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Among recent published papers, notable works include:

  • Nitrene Transfer and Carbene Transfer in Gold Catalysis, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reaction of Alkenyl Diynes with Styrenes by Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition via Cu-Containing All-Carbon 1,3-Dipoles: Access to Chiral Pyrrole-Fused Bridged [2.2.1] Skeletons, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Ynamide Cyclization to Generate α-Imino Copper Carbenes: Divergent and Enantioselective Access to Polycyclic N-Heterocycles, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Cyclization-[4+3] Annulation Cascades between 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones and Anthranils, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective [4 + 2]-Annulations of Cyclopentadienes with Nitrosoarenes via Nitroso-Povarov versus Oxidative Nitroso-Povarov Reactions, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Liu frequently collaborates with fellow researchers, notably:

  • Mu-Jeng Cheng
  • Tung-Chun Kuo
  • Yashwant Bhaskar Pandit
  • Akshay Suresh Kshirsagar
  • Tzu-Hsuan Chao

Throughout their career, Liu has contributed to advancing understanding in organic chemistry and materials chemistry, employing methods related to catalytic processes, crystallography, and synthetic organic techniques. The body of work reflects strong involvement in crystallization studies and catalytic reaction mechanisms, with emphasis on gold and copper catalysis in organic transformations.

Best Publications

  • Diboron compound-based organic light-emitting diodes with high efficiency and reduced efficiency roll-off

    Tien-Lin Wu;Min-Jie Huang;Chih-Chun Lin;Pei-Yun Huang

  • Small molecules targeting severe acute respiratory syndrome human coronavirus

    Chung Yi Wu;Jia Tsrong Jan;Shiou Hwa Ma;Chin Jung Kuo

  • Carbocyclisation of alkynes with external nucleophiles catalysed by gold, platinum and other electrophilic metals.

    Shariar Md. Abu Sohel;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Highly Efficient Red Electrophosphorescent Devices Based on Iridium Isoquinoline Complexes: Remarkable External Quantum Efficiency Over a Wide Range of Current

    Ying-Ju Su;Heh-Lung Huang;Chien-Le Li;Chin-Hsiung Chien

  • Nitrene Transfer and Carbene Transfer in Gold Catalysis.

    Long-Wu Ye;Long-Wu Ye;Xin-Qi Zhu;Rajkumar Lalji Sahani;Yin Xu

  • Recent Advances in Gold-Catalyzed N- and O-Functionalizations of Alkynes with Nitrones, Nitroso, Nitro and Nitroxy Species

    Deepak B. Huple;Satish Ghorpade;Rai‐Shung Liu

  • Gold‐Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of 1,5‐Enynes Using External Oxidants

    Dhananjayan Vasu;Hsiao-Hua Hung;Sabyasachi Bhunia;Sagar Ashok Gawade

  • Gold-catalyzed oxidative ring expansions and ring cleavages of alkynylcyclopropanes by intermolecular reactions oxidized by diphenylsulfoxide.

    Chia-Wen Li;Kamalkishore Pati;Guan-You Lin;Shariar Md. Abu Sohel

  • Gold‐Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations of cis‐3‐En‐1‐ynes To Form Cyclopentenone Derivatives

    Sabyasachi Bhunia;Satish Ghorpade;Deepak B. Huple;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Yellow and Red Electrophosphors Based on Linkage Isomers of Phenylisoquinolinyliridium Complexes: Distinct Differences in Photophysical and Electroluminescence Properties†

    Chien-Le Li;Ying-Ju Su;Yu-Tai Tao;Pi-Tai Chou

  • Zn(OTf)2-catalyzed cyclization of proparyl alcohols with anilines, phenols, and amides for synthesis of indoles, benzofurans, and oxazoles through different annulation mechanisms.

    Manyam Praveen Kumar;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Gold-catalyzed 1,2-difunctionalizations of aminoalkynes using only N- and O-containing oxidants.

    Anupam Mukherjee;Ramesh B. Dateer;Rupsha Chaudhuri;Sabyasachi Bhunia

  • Gold-Catalyzed Formal [3 + 3] and [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Nitrosobenzenes with Alkenylgold Carbenoids

    Vinayak Vishnu Pagar;Appaso Mahadev Jadhav;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Short and Efficient Synthesis of Coronene Derivatives via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Benzannulation Protocol

    Hung-Chin Shen;Jhih-Meng Tang;Hsu-Kai Chang;Chia-Wei Yang

  • Gold-catalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of arenyne-yne functionalities.

    Jian-Jou Lian;Po-Chiang Chen;Yau-Ping Lin;Hao-Chun Ting

  • Regiocontrolled Gold‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Two Discrete Nitriles to Construct 4‐Aminopyrimidine Cores

    Somnath Narayan Karad;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Gold-Catalyzed 1,3-Addition of a sp3-Hybridized C−H Bond to Alkenylcarbenoid Intermediate

    Sabyasachi Bhunia;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Development of Gold-catalyzed [4+1] and [2+2+1]/[4+2] Annulations between Propiolate Derivatives and Isoxazoles.

    Rajkumar Lalji Sahani;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Diversity in Gold‐Catalyzed Formal Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Azidoalkenes or 2H‐Azirines: [3+2] versus [4+3] Cycloadditions

    Samir Kundlik Pawar;Rajkumar Lalji Sahani;Rai-Shung Liu

  • Diversity in gold- and silver-catalyzed cycloisomerization of epoxide-alkyne functionalities.

    Guan-You Lin;Chia-Wen Li;Siao-Hua Hung;Rai-Shung Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shie-Ming Peng
Shie-Ming Peng National Taiwan University
Long-Wu Ye
Long-Wu Ye Xiamen University
Gene-Hsiang Lee
Gene-Hsiang Lee National Taiwan University
Chien-Hong Cheng
Chien-Hong Cheng National Tsing Hua University
Pi-Tai Chou
Pi-Tai Chou National Taiwan University
Yu-Tai Tao
Yu-Tai Tao Academia Sinica
Chun-hsien Chen
Chun-hsien Chen National Taiwan University
Tian Shung Wu
Tian Shung Wu National Cheng Kung University
Hao-Wu Lin
Hao-Wu Lin National Tsing Hua University
Ken-Tsung Wong
Ken-Tsung Wong National Taiwan University

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