Qiang Liu

Associate Professor
Office Room S903, Mong Man Wai Building of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Telephone +86-10-62796906
E-mail qiang_liu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Education

2007.09 — 2012.07 Wuhan University, Wuhan, China--- Ph.D. Degree of Organic Chemistry, with Prof. Dr. Aiwen Lei
2003.09 — 2007.07 Wuhan University, Wuhan, China--- Bachelor’s Degree of Chemistry

Professional Experience

2015.07 Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Tsinghua University
2012.10 — 2015.06 Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, Leibniz Institute of Catalysis, Germany, with Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller

Honors and Awards

2023 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2022 NSFC Distinguished Young Scientists Fund
2021 Annual Teaching Excellent Award of Tsinghua University
2018 NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund
2017 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2015 Selected by the “Youth Thousand Talents Program”, China
2012 Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Germany
2010 Qualified in a global competition among young scientists worldwide to participate the 60th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting, Germany

Selected publications before independent work

1. J. Liu, Q. Liu*, R. Frank, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Ligand-Controlled Palladium-Catalyzed Alkoxycarbonylation of Allenes: Regioselective Synthesis of alpha,beta- and beta,gamma-Unsaturated Esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8856.
2. Q. Liu, K. Yuan, P. Arockiam, R. Frank, H, Doucet, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Methoxycarbonylation of Alkenes Using both Paraformaldehyde and Methanol as CO Surrogates, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4493.
3. Q. Liu, L. Wu, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Using Carbon Dioxide as a Building Block in Organic Synthesis, Nature. Commun. 2015, 6, 5933.
4. Q. Liu, L. Wu, S. Guelak, N. Rockstroh, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Towards a Sustainable Synthesis of Formate Salts: Combined Catalytic Methanol Dehydrogenation and Bicarbonate Hydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7085. (VIP, Highlighted by ChemCatChem)
5. L. Wu, Q. Liu (co-first author), I. Fleischer, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Ruthenium-Catalysed Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkenes with Carbon Dioxide, Nature. Commun. 2014, 5, 3091. (Highlighted by Chemistry World, Science News, ACS etc.)
6. J. Liu, Q. Liu (co-first author), H. Yi, C. Qin, R. Bai, X. Qi, Y. Lan*, A. Lei*, Visible-Light-Mediated Decarboxylation/Oxidative Amidation of α-Keto Acids with Amines under Mild Reaction Conditions Using O2, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 502.
7. Q. Liu, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Oxidative Catalytic Coupling Reactions: Selective Formation of C-C and C-X Bonds Using Radical Processes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13871.
8. Q. Liu, L. Wu, H. Jiao, X. Fang, R. Jackstell, M. Beller*, Domino Catalysis: Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Allylic Alcohols to Unsaturated Esters, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8064. (VIP)
9. Q. Liu, P. Wu, Y. Yang, Z. Zeng, H. Yi, J. Liu, A. Lei*, Room-Temperature Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Electron-Deficient Arenes and Heteroarenes Using Air, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 4666. (Most Accessed in 04/2012)
10. Q. Liu, H. Zhang, A. Lei*, Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions: Organometallic Compounds (R-M) or Hydrocarbons (R-H) as Nucleophiles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10788.
11. Q. Liu, G. Li, J. He, J. Liu, P. Li, A. Lei*, Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Carbonylation of Arylboronate Esters under Mild Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3371. (VIP)
12. Q. Liu, Y. Lan, J. Liu, G. Li, Y.-D. Wu, A. Lei*, Revealing a Second Transmetalation Step in the Negishi Coupling and Its Competition with Reductive Elimination: Improvement in the Interpretation of the Mechanism of Biaryl Syntheses, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10201.