Yidong Liu

2021-now       Hongshen Young Professor at Innovative Drug Research Centre (IDRC), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, China

2019-2021      Postdoctoral Associate in Organic Chemistry with Prof. Karl Anker Jørgensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

2013-2019      Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Technology with Prof. Hailong Yan, Chongqing University, China

2008-2012      B. S. in Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, China

Asymmetric Organocatalysis

Organometallic Synthesis

Medicinal Chemistry

1.  Yidong Liu, Joseph A. Izzo, David McLeod, Sebastijan Ričko, Esben B. Svenningsen, Thomas B. Poulsen, Karl Anker Jørgensen* Organocatalytic Asymmetric Multicomponent Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Contiguously Substituted Tetrahydronaphthols, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 8208–8220.

2.  Yidong Liu, Song Liu, Dongmei Li, Nan Zhang, Lei Peng, Jun Ao, Choong Eui Song, Yu Lan,* Hailong Yan* Kinetic Resolution of Allylic Alcohol with Chiral BINOL-based Alkoxides: A Combination of Experimental and Theoretical Studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1150–1159.

3.  Yidong Liu, Jun Ao, Sushovan Paladhi, Choong Eui Song,* Hailong Yan* Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Dioxazinanes and Dioxazepanes with in Situ Generated Nitrones via a Tandem Reaction Pathway Using a Cooperative Cation Binding Catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16486–16492.

4.  Yidong Liu, Xiaoyan Wu, Shan Li, Lu Xue, Chunhui Shan, Zhengxing Zhao, Hailong Yan* Organocatalytic Atroposelective Intramolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition: Synthesis of Axially Chiral Heterobiaryls, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6491–6495.

5. Anqi Huang, Lili Zhang, Dongmei Li, Yidong Liu,* Hailong Yan,* Wenjun Li* Asymmetric One-pot Construction of Three Stereogenic Elements: Chiral Carbon Center, Stereoisomeric Alkenes and Chirality of Axial Styrenes, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 95–99.