Dr. Yankai Liu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Marie Curie Fellow (Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF agreement no. 273088)

Publications at ICIQ

• Mattia Silvi, Indranil Chatterjee, Yankai Liu, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Controlling the Molecular Topology of Vinylogous Iminium Ions by Logical Substrate Design: Highly Regio- and Stereoselective Aminocatalytic 1,6-Addition to Linear 2,4-Dienals”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10780-10783
• David Bastida, Yankai Liu, Xu Tian, Eduardo Escudero-Adán, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Asymmetric Vinylogous Aldol Reaction via H‑Bond-Directing Dienamine Catalysis”, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 220–223
• Xu Tian, Yankai Liu, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Aminocatalytic Enantioselective 1,6 Additions of Alkyl Thiols to Cyclic Dienones: Vinylogous Iminium Ion   Activation”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6439-6442
• Yankai Liu, Manuel Nappi, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Multicatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Complex Tetrahydrocarbazoles via a Diels–Alder/Benzoin Reaction Sequence”, Org. Lett., 2012, 14 (5), 1310–1313
• Y. Liu, M. Nappi, E. Arceo, S. Vera, and P. Melchiorre, “Asymmetric Catalysis of Diels–Alder Reactions with in Situ Generated Heterocyclic ortho–       Quinodimethanes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15212–15218
• X. Tian, C. Cassani, Y. Liu, A. Moran, A. Urakawa, P. Galzerano, E. Arceo, and P. Melchiorre, “Diastereodivergent Asymmetric Sulfa-Michael Additions of α-Branched Enones using a Single Chiral Organic Catalyst“, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17934–17941
• S. Vera, Y. Liu, M. Marigo, E. C. Escudero-Adán, P. Melchiorre,” Asymmetric Michael Addition of Nitrobenzyl Pyridines to Enals via Iminium Catalysis”, Synlett 2011, 489-494
• Y. Liu, P. Melchiorre, Chapter 1.1.8 “Iminium Catalysis of Enals and Enones with Primary Amines” in Asymmetric Organocatalysis – Science of Synthesis Reference Library, Editor: Benjamin List, Thieme, 2012, pp 403-438