2022-09-01 Here we are:
2021-12-30: Congratulations to Xun Zhang and Zan Yang, the development of the first organocatalytic stereoselective cationic RAFT polymerzation of vinyl ethers has been published on JACS.
2021-11-03: Congratulations to Qiang Ma, the work on organocataytic PET-RAFT polymerization with our ODA catalyst (need 0.1 - 10 ppm catalyst only) is published in Polymer Chemistry. Take a look.
2021-11-03: Congratulations to Dengfeng and Xingliang, the paper on electrochemical method for the generation of FSO2 radical is now online with Angew. Chem.
2021-10-27: Congratulations to Zan Yang and Xun Zhang, the organocatalytic stereoselective cationic polymerzation work has been accepted for publication by Science China Chemistry! A 5-Year project. Congratulations! See the paper.
2021-10-06: Congratulations to Prof. Benjamin List, Prof. Liao's PhD supervisor, on winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! Also, congratulations to Prof. MacMillan and all the people who have contributed to the field of Organocatalysis!
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."
2021-10-04: Our work on Organocatalytic Stereoselective Cationic Polymerizaiton of Vinyl Ethers is now online with ChemRxiv! Another magic story of confined acids and the IDPi catalysts in polymer chemistry! For our previous study on IDPi catalyzed polymerization, please see: Eur. Polym. J. 2020, 123: 109449
2021-08-11:
Congratulations to Xingliang! Our second radical fluorosulfonylation paper is now online! Take a look
BCASF is a powerful sulfonyl fluoride hub, which can be expected to be used in modification of peptides and proteins.
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2021-06-12:
After a half-a-year tour, the divergent decarboxylative amination paper is finally accepted by SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry! Good job! Xianli and Ruting! Link.
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2021-04-27:
Congratulations to Xun Zhang! The work on "Metal-Free Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers with Strict Temporal Control by Employing an Organophotocatalyst" now is online in JACS, see the paper.
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2021-03-11:
Congratulations to Prof. Liao and Xun Zhang! The work on polymerization via excited-state proton transfer catalysis has been highlighted by Polymer Chemistry Blog as the Author of the Month. For details, please see the page.
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2021-01-18: The metal-free ATRP under sunlight is now online: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20645-8. Congratulations to Qiang Ma again! This work has been highlighted by Nature Reviews Chemistry. Link.
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2021-01-08:
Congratulations to Xun Zhang! The second paper on excited-state proton transfer catalysis in polymerization is now online: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/py/d0py01715a. In this work, we achieved much better temporal control on the polymerization and higher efficiency. PyOH, a magic & dual functional molecule!
2020-12-08: Congratulations to Qiang Ma! After three years of hard work, the ODA catalysts finally got their debut on Nat. Commun. A superb organocatalyst for light-regulated ATRP! The second generation of the ODA catalysts will come soon...
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2020-12-05: Congratulations to Xingliang! The radical fluorosufonylation work is highlighted by WileyChem.
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2020-11-22: Dr. Peng Wang join our group as a Postdoctoral Fellow! Welcome!
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2020-11-16: Congratulations to Xingliang! The angew paper is now online. See the paper.
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2020-11-12: Congratulations to Tianxiao! Got a PhD offer from Germany! We wish you a great success in the future!
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2017-09-01 The lab is almost ready. Welcome our new members: ZhangXun, Tianpeng, JiangYu, and Ruting.
2016-12-12 Professor Longwu Ye visited us and gave a talk on selective transformation of alkynes.
2016-09-01 Li Ji and Zhu Cao join the group as master students.