LIU Chao,Ph,D
E-mail:liuchao@licp.cas.cn
Address:No. 99 Jinjihu Ave, Wuzhong, Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China Zip code:215123

Education
09/2007-06/2012: Wuhan University, PhD Candidate of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Supervised by Prof. Aiwen Lei
10/2008-10/2009: Durham University, Visiting PhD student, Department of Chemistry, Supervised by Prof. Todd B. Marder
09/2003-07/2007: Wuhan University, Bachelor of Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences
Work Experience
04/2015-present: Professor at State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
1/6/2013-31/8/2013: Visiting Scholar at Institute for Molecular Science (With Prof. Yasuhiro Uozumi) and at Nagoya University (With Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
07/2012-03/2015: Postdoc Fellow, Lecturer at Wuhan University, With Prof. Aiwen Lei

Research areas:

Homogeneous Catalysis, Organic Optoelectronic Material Chemistry

Major publications (recent 5 years):
1) Yuan, J.; Wang, J.; Zhang, G.; Liu, C.*; Qi, X.; Lan, Y.*; Miller, J. T.; Kropf, A. J.; Bunel, E. E.; Lei, A.* Bimetallic Zinc Complex - Active Species in Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Aldehydes via Nucleophilic Addition/Oppenauer Oxidation, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 576-579.
2) Yuan, J.; Liu, C.*; Lei, A.* Construction of N-containing heterocycles via oxidative intramolecular N-H/X-H coupling, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1394-1409.
3) Wang, L.; Wang, Y.; Liu, C.*; Lei, A.* CO/C-H as the Acylative Reagent: A Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Carbonylative Esterfication of Alcohols. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5657-5661.
4) Zhang, G.; Yi, H.; Chen, H.; Bian, C.; Liu, C.*; Lei, A.* Trisulfur Radical Anion as the Key Intermediate for the Synthesis of Thiophene via the Interaction between Elemental Sulfur and NaOtBu, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 6156-6159.
5) Liu, D.; Tang, S.; Yi, H.; Liu, C.*; Qi, X.; Lan, Y.*; Lei, A.* Carbon-Centered Radical Addition to O=C of Amides or Esters as a Route to C-O Bond Formations. Chem.--Eur. J. 2014, 20, 15605-15610.
6) Song, J.*; Wei, F.; Sun, W.; Cao, X.; Liu, C.*; Xie, L.*; Huang, W. Highly efficient C-C cross-coupling for installing thiophene rings into -conjugated systems, Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 817-820.
7) Liu, D.#; Liu, C.#; Li, H.; Lei, A.* Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H/C-H Coupling between Olefins and Simple Ethers, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3623-3626. (#Equal contribution).
8) Meng, L.#; Liu, C.#; Zhang, W.; Zhou, C.; Lei, A.* Palladium catalysed β-selective oxidative Heck reaction of an electron-rich olefin, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 1110-1112 (#Equal contribution).
9) Liu, D.#; Liu, C.#; Lei, A.* Nickel-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling of arylboronic acids with olefins, Pure Appl. Chem. 2014, 86, 321-328 (#Equal contribution).
10) Wang, J.#; Liu, C.#; Yuan, J.; Lei, A.* Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Alkenes with Aldehydes: Direct Access to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2256-2259 (#Equal contribution).
11) Liu, D.#; Liu, C.#; Li, H.; Lei, A.* Direct Funtionalization of Tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-Dioxane: A Nickel-Catalyzed Oxidative Csp3-H Arylation, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4453-4456. (#Equal contribution).
12) Tang, S.#; Liu, C.#; Lei, A.* Nickel-Catalysed Novel β, γ-Unsaturated Nitrile Synthesis, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2442-2444. (#Equal contribution).
13) Wang, L.#; Liu, C.#; Bai, R.; Pan, Y.; Lei, A.* Easy access to enamides: a mild nickel-catalysed alkene isomerization of allylamides, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 7923-7925 (#Equal contribution).
14) Wang, J.#; Liu, C.#; Yuan, J.; Lei, A.* Transition-metal-free aerobic oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids, New J. Chem. 2013, 37, 1700-1703 (#Equal contribution).
15) Liu, C.; Liu, D.; Lei, A.* Recent Advance of Transition-Metal Catalyzed Radical Oxidative Cross-Couplings, Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 3459-3470.
16) Liu, C.; Liu, D.; Zhang, W.; Zhou, L.; Lei, A.* Nickel-Catalyzed Aromatic C–H Alkylation with Secondary or Tertiary Alkyl–Bromine Bonds for the Construction of Indolones, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 6166-6169.
17) Liu, C.#; Tang, S.#; Lei, A.* Oxidant controlled Pd-catalysed selective oxidation of primary alcohols, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 1324-1326 (#Equal contribution).
18) Liu, C.; Tang, S.; Zheng, L.; Liu, D.; Zhang, H.; Lei, A.* Covalently Bound Benzyl Ligand Promotes Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes with Alcohols, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5662-5666.
19) Liu, C.; Tang, S.; Liu, D.; Yuan, J.; Zheng, L.; Meng, L.; Lei, A.* Nickel-Catalyzed Heck-Type Alkenylation of Secondary and Tertiary alpha-Carbonyl Alkyl Bromides, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3638-3641.
20) Liu, C.; Zhang, H.; Shi, W.; Lei, A.* Bond formations between two nucleophiles: Transition metal catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling reactions, Chem. Rev. 2011, 111, 1780-1824.
21) Liu, C.; Deng, Y.; Wang, J.; Yang, Y.; Tang, S.; Lei, A.* Palladium-Catalyzed C-C Bond Formation To Construct 1,4-Diketones under Mild Conditions, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7337-7341. （引用次数：7次）
22) Liu, C.; Wang, J.; Meng, L.; Deng, Y.; Li, Y.; Lei, A.* Palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative direct esterification of alcohols, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5144-5148.
23) Liu, C.; Jin, L.; Lei, A.* Transition-metal-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling reactions, Synlett 2010, 2527-2536.