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Xiaohua Liu is affiliated with Sichuan University in China and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of Chemistry. Their work spans various subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Mechanical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry. The majority of Liu's publications focus on Organic Chemistry, reflecting an extensive engagement with this discipline.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

Recent publications demonstrate diverse interests in catalytic and oxidative processes as well as applied biological research. Notable recent papers include:

  • Asymmetric Catalytic Rearrangements with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds (2022, Accounts of Chemical Research)
  • Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles triggers oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress induced toxicology and apoptosis in male rat liver and BRL-3A cell (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Decylubiquinone suppresses breast cancer growth and metastasis by inhibiting angiogenesis via the ROS/p53/ BAI1 signaling pathway (2020, Angiogenesis)
  • Iron-Catalyzed Enantioselective Radical Carboazidation and Diazidation of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Liu often publishes in several prominent venues, with a particular concentration in journals and platforms including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie

The scientist's frequent collaborators reflect sustained partnerships in the chemical sciences, with coauthors including Xiaoming Feng, Shunxi Dong, Weidi Cao, Yuqiao Zhou, and Maoping Pu. These collaborations highlight a network of research interactions contributing to Liu's publication record.

Overall, the research profile of Xiaohua Liu demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach within chemistry and related biological contexts, combining fundamental synthetic studies with applied toxicology and mechanistic investigations. Their scholarly output includes both experimental and theoretical contributions relevant to catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Chiral N,N′-Dioxides: New Ligands and Organocatalysts for Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions

    XiaoHua Liu;LiLi Lin;XiaoMing Feng

  • Asymmetric Strecker Reactions

    Jun Wang;Xiaohua Liu;Xiaoming Feng

  • Asymmetric Cycloaddition and Cyclization Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral N,N′-Dioxide–Metal Complexes

    Xiaohua Liu;Haifeng Zheng;Yong Xia;Lili Lin

  • Recent progress in enantioselective synthesis of C3-functionalized oxindoles: rare earth metals take action

    Ke Shen;Xiaohua Liu;Lili Lin;Xiaoming Feng

  • Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles assisted by Escherichia coli DH5α and its application on direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin

    Liangwei Du;Hong Jiang;Xiaohua Liu;Erkang Wang

  • Chiral N,N′-dioxide ligands: synthesis, coordination chemistry and asymmetric catalysis

    Xiaohua Liu;Lili Lin;Xiaoming Feng

  • Recent Advances in Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Conjugate Addition (ACA) of Nonorganometallic Nucleophiles.

    Ke Zheng;Xiaohua Liu;Xiaoming Feng

  • Chiral Amino Acids‐Derived Catalysts and Ligands

    Xiaohua Liu;Shunxi Dong;Lili Lin;Xiaoming Feng

  • Amide-based bifunctional organocatalysts in asymmetric reactions

    Xiaohua Liu;Lili Lin;Xiaoming Feng

  • Asymmetric Dearomatization of Indoles through a Michael/Friedel–Crafts‐Type Cascade To Construct Polycyclic Spiroindolines

    Xiaohu Zhao;Xiaohua Liu;Hongjiang Mei;Jing Guo

  • Asymmetric Catalytic Rearrangements with α-Diazocarbonyl Compounds

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  • Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes.

    Yong Xia;Xiaohua Liu;Xiaoming Feng

  • Asymmetric three-component inverse electron-demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction: efficient synthesis of ring-fused tetrahydroquinolines

    M. Xie;X. Chen;Y. Zhu;B. Gao

  • Asymmetric three-component inverse electron-demand aza-Diels-Alder reaction: efficient synthesis of ring-fused tetrahydroquinolines.

    Mingsheng Xie;Xiaohong Chen;Yin Zhu;Bo Gao

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Cyanosilylation of Ketones by a Chiral Amino Acid Salt

    Xiaohua Liu;Bo Qin;Xin Zhou;Bin He

  • Highly Enantioselective Henry (Nitroaldol) Reaction of Aldehydes and α-Ketoesters Catalyzed by N,N‘-Dioxide-Copper(I) Complexes

    Bo Qin;Xiao Xiao;Xiaohua Liu;Jinglun Huang

  • Bifunctional Guanidine via an Amino Amide Skeleton for Asymmetric Michael Reactions of β‐Ketoesters with Nitroolefins: A Concise Synthesis of Bicyclic β‐Amino Acids

    Zhipeng Yu;Xiaohua Liu;Lin Zhou;Lili Lin

  • Exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles triggers oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress induced toxicology and apoptosis in male rat liver and BRL-3A cell.

    Huanliang Liu;Wenqing Lai;Xiaohua Liu;Honglian Yang

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Bromoamination of Chalcones: Highly Efficient Synthesis of Chiral α-Bromo-β-Amino Ketone Derivatives

    Yunfei Cai;Xiaohua Liu;Yonghai Hui;Jun Jiang

  • Chiral bisguanidine-catalyzed inverse-electron-demand hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of chalcones with azlactones.

    Shunxi Dong;Xiaohua Liu;Xiaohong Chen;Fang Mei

  • Enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation: desymmetrization of meso cyclic ketones and kinetic resolution of racemic 2-arylcyclohexanones.

    Lin Zhou;Xiaohua Liu;Jie Ji;Yuheng Zhang

  • An N,N'-dioxide/In(OTf)3 catalyst for the asymmetric Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between Danishefsky's dienes and aldehydes: application in the total synthesis of triketide

    Zhipeng Yu;Xiaohua Liu;Zhenhua Dong;Mingsheng Xie

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Alkyl Enol Ethers to 1,2-Dicarbonyl Compounds: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Substituted 3-Alkyl-3-Hydroxyoxindoles

    Ke Zheng;Chengkai Yin;Xiaohua Liu;Lili Lin

  • Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal Tetrasubstituted Stereocenters by the Mannich Reaction of Silyl Ketene Imines with Isatin‐Derived Ketimines

    Jiannan Zhao;Bing Fang;Weiwei Luo;Xiaoyu Hao

  • Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Alkylidene Malonates Catalyzed by N,N′‐Dioxide–Scandium(III) Complexes: Asymmetric Synthesis of β‐Carbolines

    Yanling Liu;Deju Shang;Xin Zhou;Xiaohua Liu

  • Organocatalytic oxyamination of azlactones: kinetic resolution of oxaziridines and asymmetric synthesis of oxazolin-4-ones.

    Shunxi Dong;Xiaohua Liu;Yin Zhu;Peng He

  • Asymmetric Intramolecular Oxa‐Michael Addition of Activated α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by a Chiral N,N′‐Dioxide Nickel(II) Complex: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Flavanones

    Lijia Wang;Xiaohua Liu;Zhenhua Dong;Xuan Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoming Feng
Xiaoming Feng Sichuan University
Lili Lin
Lili Lin Sichuan University
Changwei Hu
Changwei Hu Sichuan University

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