þ Master Supervisor

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Current Professional Societies: Member of Chinese Chemistry Society

Research Areas:

1. Heterogeneous photocatalytic Organic Synthesis

(a) Design of heterogeneous single-atom photocatalysts; (b) Novel organic synthetic methods.

2. Mechanistic Studies

The kinetic and active intermediate studies in heterogeneous catalytic systems. Especially, using in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technology.

Honors:

1. Excellent Graduate Student, Wuhan University, 2022

2. Academic Innovation Award of Graduate Students (The Second Prize), 2022

3. National Scholarship of Graduate Students, 2018

Publications:

1. Wang, G.; Liu, Y.*; Zhang, X.; Zong, X.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, K.; Qu, D.; An, L.; Qi, X.*; Sun, Z.* Mechanistic Investigation into Single-Electron Oxidative Addition of Single-Atom Cu(I)‑N₄ Site: Revealing the Cu(I)-Cu(II)-Cu(I) Catalytic Cycle in Photochemical Hydrophosphinylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 8668.

2. Wang, J.^†; Liu, Y.^†; Zong, X.; Lei, A.*; Sun, Z.* Recent advances in the heterogeneous photochemical synthesis of C–N bonds. Green Chem. 2023, 25, 5010. (†Equal contribution)

Before BJUT

3. Liu, Y.; Chen, Y-H.*; Yi, H.*; Lei, A.* An update of Oxidative C-H Carbonylation with CO. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 7470.

4. Liu, Y.; Shi, B.; Liu, Z.; Gao, R.; Huang, C.; Alhumade, H.; Wang, S.; Qi, X.*; Lei, A.* Time-Resolved EPR Revealed the Formation, Structure, and Reactivity of N-Centered Radicals in an Electrochemical C(sp³)-H Arylation Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20863.

5. Liu, Y.; Xue, L.; Shi, B.; Bu, F.; Wang, D.; Lu, L.; Shi, R.*; Lei, A.* Catalyst-free Electrochemical Decarboxylative Cross-coupling of N-hydroxyphthalimide Esters and N-heteroarenes towards C(sp³)–C(sp²) Bond Formation. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14922.

6. Tang, S.†;Liu, Y.†; Gao, X.; Wang, P.; Huang, P.; Lei, A.* Multi-Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Radical Alkynylation with Terminal Alkynes: A New Strategy for C(sp³)-C(sp) Bond Formation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6006. (†Equal contribution)

7. Liu, Y.; Yi, H.; Lei, A.* Oxidation Induced C-H Functionalization: A Formal Way for C-H Activation. Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 692.

Book Chapter

8. Yi, H.^†;Liu, Y.^†; Lei, A. Green Cross-coupling Using Visible Light for C-O and C-N bond formation. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Springer, 2019, 69, 267. (†Equal contribution)

9.Liu, Y.; Sun, Z. Oxidation Adjacent to C=C Bonds. Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 2024, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-96025-0.00086-7.

Personal Statement

Dr. Yichang Liu received his Bachelor’s and Ph. D.’s Degree in Chemistry in 2017 and 2022, respectively, at Wuhan University, China. At Aug. 2022, he joined Department of Chemistry in Beijing University of Technology. And he became a Master’s Supervisor at Nov. 2024. His major research interests include heterogeneous photocatalytic organic synthesis with single-atom catalysts and mechanistic studies in photo-/electrochemical systems. He has published 20 academic papers and 2 book chapter, with 1530 citations. There are 9 first/corresponding author papers, including J. Am. Chem. Soc. (3 articles), ACS Catal., Green Chem. and etc.