E-mail: shliao@xmu.edu.cn
Address:
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Education and Research Experience:
Bachelor of Applied Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2005);
Master of Organic Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2007);
Doctor of Organic Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research/Cologne University (2011);
Research Associate, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS (2011-2013);
Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research (2013-2016);
Professor, Fuzhou University (2016-2022);
Professor, Xiamen University (Sep.2022 - Now).
Principal Research Interests:
Organocatalytic Polymerization, Stereoselective Polymerization, Photo-regulated Polymerization, Biodegradable Polymer Development, Fluorine Chemistry.
Selected Recent Publications:
1. Yu Jiang, Hui Zhu, Jianxu Chen, Qiang Ma, and Saihu Liao*, Linear Cyclobutane-Containing Polymer Synthesis via [2 + 2] Photopolymerization in an Unconfined Environment under Visible Light. ACS Macro Lett. 2022, 11, 1336−1342.
2. Peng Wang, Honghai Zhang, Mingqi Zhao, Shuang shuang Ji, Lu Lin, Na Yang, Xingliang Nie, Jinshuai Song*, and Saihu Liao*, Radical Hydro-Fluorosulfonylation of Unactivated Alkenes and Alkynes. Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2022, e202207684
3. Peng Wang, Honghai Zhang, Xingliang Nie, Tianxiao Xu, Saihu Liao*, Photoredox catalytic radical fluorosulfonylation of olefins enabled by a bench-stable redox-active fluorosulfonyl radical precursor. Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3370.
4. Xun Zhang, Zan Yang, Yu Jiang, Saihu Liao*, Organocatalytic Stereoselective Cationic Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain-Transfer Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 679–684.
5. Zan Yang, Xun Zhang, Yu Jiang, Qiang Ma, Saihu Liao*, Organocatalytic Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers by Employing a Confined Brønsted Acid as the Catalyst, Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 304–308.
6. Qiang Ma, Jinshuai Song, Xun Zhang, Yu Jiang, Li Ji, Saihu Liao*, Metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization: reaching ppm catalyst loading under sunlight, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 429.
7. Xun Zhang, Yu Jiang, Qiang Ma, Siping Hu, and Saihu Liao*, Metal-Free Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers with Strict Temporal Control by Employing an Organophotocatalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6357–6362.
8. Dengfeng Chen, Xinliang Nie, Qingyuan Feng, Yingyin Zhang, Yiheng Wang, Qiuyue Wang, Lin Huang, Shenlin Huang*, Saihu Liao*, Electrochemical Oxo-Fluorosulfonylation of Alkynes under Air: A Facile Access to β-Keto Sulfonyl Fluorides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 27271–27276.
9. Xingliang Nie, Tianxiao Xu, Yuhao Hong, Honghai Zhang, Chenxi Mao, Saihu Liao*, Introducing A New Class of Sulfonyl Fluoride Hubs via Radical Chloro-Fluorosulfonylation of Alkynes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 22035–22042.
10. Xingliang Nie, Tianxiao Xu, Jinshuai Song, Anandkumar Devaraj, Bolun Zhang, Yong Chen, Saihu Liao*, Radical Fluorosulfonylation: Accessing Alkenyl Sulfonyl Fluorides from Alkenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 3956–3960.
