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Rai-Shung Liu

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Education

PhD, Columbia University (1981)
BS, National Tsing Hua University (1976)

 

Professional Experience
2013 ~ 2019 Dean, College of Science, NTHU
2009 ~ 2012 Profess of NTHU & Chairman
1987 ~ Professor of NTHU
1983 ~ 1987 Associate Professor of NTHU
1981 ~ 1982 Postdoctoral Research, Texas A&M University - College Station

Research Interest

Organic, Organometallics and Inorganic

Publications
  1. Polyoxomolybdate-hydrocarbon interactions. Synthesis and structure of the CH2Mo4O15H3- anion and related methylenedioxymolybdates. V. W. Day*, M. F. Fredrich, W. G. Klemperer*, and R. S. Liu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979,101,491-492.
  2. Synthesis and X-ray structure of a formylated octamolybdate cluster [(HCO)2(Mo8O28)]6–. Richard D. Adams, Walter G. Klemperer*,and Rai-Shung Liu, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1979, 256-257.
  3. Studies of Novel Polyoxoanions which Contain Organic and Organometallic Groups. V.W. Day, M. R. Thompson, M. F. Fredrich, R.K.C. HO, R.S. Liu, W. Shum, W. G. Klemperer, abstracts of papers of the american chemical society, 1980, 179, 163.
  4. Synthesis and characterization of the organobismuthomolybdates [(C6H5)3Bi(MoO4)2]2- and [(C6H5)3Bi(MoO4)]x. W. G. Klemperer*, and R. S. Liu, Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 3863-3864.
  5. Substitutive intramolecular carbonyl insertion in a carbomolybdate cluster: formation of a polycentric, conformationally flexible anion binding cavity. V. W. Day*, M. R. Thompson, C. S. Day, W. G. Klemperer*, amd R. S. Liu , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980,102, 5971-5973.
  6. Reactivity of the [(ŋ5-C5H5)Ti(Mo5O18)]3- anion: synthesis and structure of MoO2Cl+ and Mn(CO)3+ adducts. V. W. Day*, M. F. Fredrich, M. R. Thompson, W. G. Klemperer*, R. S. Liu, and W. Shum, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1981, 103, 3597-3599.
  7. The Partial Oxidation of Methane Over Supported Molybdenum. R. S. Liu, K. Y. Liew, R. E. Johnson, J. H. Lunsford, abstracts of papers of the american chemical society, 1983, 185, 53.
  8. Partial oxidation of methane by nitrous oxide over molybdenum on silica. H. F. Liu, R. S. Liu, K. Y. Liew, R. E. Johnson, and J. H. Lunsford, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 4117-4121.
  9. Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of bromo(syn-η3-2,4-pentadienyl)tricarbonyliron. Chong-Chin Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1986, 308(2), 237-240.
  10. Synthesis of (C5H5)Fe(CO)2(η1-C5H7), (C5H5)Fe(CO)(η3-C5H7), and (C5H5)Fe(η5-C5H7) Involving the η1 → Syn-η3 → η5 Route. Shih-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1986, 5, 1908-1909.
  11. Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of dicarbonyl(syn-η3-2,4-pentadienyl)triphenylphosphinecobalt. Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Ming-Yuan Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1986, 312(1), 113-120.
  12. Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum-Pentadienyl Complexes. The Molecular Structure of (C5H5)Mo(CO)2(syn-ŋ3-pentadlenyl). Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Te-Wei Lee, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1986, 5, 2378-2380.
  13. Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of pentacarbonyl(η1-2,4-pentadienyl)manganese. Te-Wei Lee, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 320(2), 211-216.
  14. Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of iron-dienyl complexes. Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Shie-Fu Lush, Ming-Yuan Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1987, 6, 2094-2099.
  15. Synthesis and characterization of pentadienyl-iridium(III) and-rhodium(III) complexes. Chia-Chun Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 336(1-2), 249-255.
  16. Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of molybdenum-dienyl complexes. Te-Wei Lee, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1988, 7, 878-883.
  17. Reaction of iron-η1-dienyl complexes with dienophiles. X-ray structures of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition adducts. Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Shie-Fu Lush, David Mu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1988, 7, 1155-1161.
  18. Synthesis, characterization and molecular structure of an acyliron complex CpFe(CO)(PPh3)(COCH2CHCHCOOCOCHCHRCH=CH)(R=H, CH3). Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Shie-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1988, 349(1-2), 219-226.
  19. Synthesis, Characterization and Sturctures of Molybdenum Pentadienyl Complexes. R. S. Liu, S. F. Lush, F. C. Liu, abstracts of papers of the american chemical society, 1988, 196, 379.
  20. Versatile reactivity of transition metal dienyl ligands with dienophiles. Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Shie-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1988, 1513-1514.
  21. Preparation of molybdenum-η3-pentadienyl complexes: structural characterization of a delocalized pentadienyl ligand in anti-η3 geometry. ene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, Fu-Chen Liu, David Mu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1989, 8, 402-407.
  22. Cycloaddition of transition metal -η1-dienyl complexes with dienophiles: [4 + 2] versus [3 + 2] reaction pathways. Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Gene-Ming Yang, Shie-Fu Lush, Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1989, 8, 1106-1111.
  23. Preparation and properties of molybdenum-pentadienyl complexes. A facile ŋ3⇄ ŋ5 reversible interversion for a pentadienyl ligand. Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Inn-Chu Tsung, David Mu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1989, 8, 2248-2252.
  24. Synthesis, characterization and structure of (methyl-2-butenoate)iron complexes. Ming-Huei Cheng, Yuh-Jiuan Wu, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Organomet. Chem., 1989, 373, 119-127.
  25. Transition-metal pentadienyl chemistry. R. S. Liu, Proceeding of the NSC-part A, 1989, 13, 368.
  26. Synthesis, characterization and structure of dicarbonyl-(h5-indenyl)(h3-pentadienyl) molybdenum and its phosphine derivatives. Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Fu-Shen Liu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J  Organomet. Chem., 1989, 377, 123-132.
  27. Synthesis, characterization and reaction chemistry of complexes of the molybdenum-pentadienyl-nitrogen system. Molecular structure and reactivity of 16-electron syn-η3-pentadienyl complexes. Shie-Fu Lush, Shin-Hwan Wang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Suei-Lein Wang, Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1990, 9, 1862-1871.
  28. Synthesis, characterization and nucleophilic substitution-addition Reactions of manganese-oxapentadienyl compounds. Structural characterization of (h5-CH2CHCHCOCH3)Mn(CO)2L (L = CO, PPh3) and the First Isolation of Novel h5-1-Azapentadienyl Complexes. Ming-Huei Cheng, Chih-Yi Cheng, Sue-Lein Wang, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1990, 9, 1853-1861.
  29. Stereochemical aspects of the reactions on the CpMo(CO)2(syn-η3-C3H4COCH3). Wong-Jung Vong, Shie-Ming Peng, Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1990, 9, 2187-2189.
  30. Stereocontrolled Functionalization of Acyclic Molybdenum-η3-Allyl Complexes: a New Approach to the Stereoselective Synthesis of 1,3-Diols. Wen-Jung Vong, Shie-Shiung Lin, Rai-Shung Liu*, Gene-Hsian Lee, and Shie-Ming Peng, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1990, 1285-1287.
  31. Generation and aldol reaction of enolate anion adjacent to a η3- allyl-mo(co)2Cp moiety. A new approach to the stereoselective synthesis of 1,3,5-triol and 2-vinyl-3- hydroxyltetrahydrofuran. Shie-Shiung Lin, Wen- Jung Vong, Chih-Yi Cheng, Sue-Lein Wang Rai-Shung Liu*,  Tetrahydron Lett., 1990, 31, 7645-7648.
  32. Synthesis, characterization and structure of tungsten-pentadienyl compounds. An observable h5⇄h3 equilibrium for a pentadienyl ligand. Sheng Liang Wu, Chih-Yi Cheng, Sue-Lein Wang and Rai-Shung Liu, Inorg. Chem., 1991, 30, 311-316.
  33. Regio- and stereocontrolled functionalization of acyclic molybdenum-h3-allyl complexes. Wen-Jong Vong, Shie-Ming Peng, Shie-Shiung Lin, Wen-Jye Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 573-582.
  34. Reaction chemistry in the condensation of amines with molybdenum-bound ketones and aldehyde complexes. Gene-Ming Yang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1991, 10, 1305-1310.
  35. A novel intramolecular insertion of a metal-acyl group into a organic ketone. Gene-Ming Yang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 478-479.
  36. Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of (h5-C5H7)V(CO)4 and its phosphine derivatives. Wen-Jye Lin, Gene-Hsian Lin, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1991, 10, 2519-2521.
  37. Control of nucleophilic regiochemistry by the diene conformation; Development of Synthetic Application for unstable 2-carboxylated-1,3-dienes. Ming-Huei Cheng, Yuung-Hsing Ho, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 697-698.
  38. Carbon-carbon bond formation mediated by molybdenum in an intermediate h4-s-trans-diene cation. Shie-Hsiung Lin, yuan-Jing Yang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1004-1006.
  39. Novel pathway of molybdenum-mediated cyclization reaction. Gene-Ming Yang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1991, 10, 2531-2533.
  40. Reaction chemistry of metal-h1-vinylpropargyl ligands with unsaturated Iron(0), Ruthenium(0), and Osmium(0) Carbonyl Clusters. Ming-Huei Cheng, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1991, 10, 3600-3606.
  41. Formation of molybdenum-h4-trimethylenemethane cations through carbon-carbon bond formation. Gin-Ming Su, Gene-Hsin Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 215-217.
  42. Stereo- and region-controlled carbon-carbon bond formation mediated by tungsten in the s-trans-h4-diene cationic intermediates. Ming-Huei Cheng, Yuun-Hsing Ho, Sue-Lein Wang, Chih-Yi Cheng, Shie-Ming Peng, Gene-Hsian Lee, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,  1992, 45-46.
  43. Molybdenum-mediated synthesis of isoxazole compounds through a nitrosyl insertion into a p-allyl ligand. Shie-Hsiung Lin, Shie-Ming Peng and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 615-617.
  44. Tungsten-Mediated Synthesis, Skeletal Rearrangement and Synthetic Applications of h1-2,5,-dihydro-3-furanyl rings. Ming-Huei Cheng, Gene-Ming Yang, Jin-Feng Chow, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 934-936.
  45. Reaction Chemistry between CpMo(CO)2(h3-2-vinylallyl) and Electrophiles: New Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation through Molybdenum h4-Trimethylenemethane Cationic Intermediates. Gene-Ming Yang, Gin-Ming Su, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics , 1992, 11, 3444-3451.
  46. Reactions of Functionalized Metal-h1-Propargyl Compounds with Unsaturated Cobalt(0) and Iron(0) Carbonyl Clusters. Ming-Huei Cheng, Hsin-Guo Shu, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 108-115.
  47. Molybdenum-p-allyl compounds for chemoselective synthesis of tetrahydrofurans, cis-1, 3-dienes cis-hexatrienes and isoxazoles compounds. Shie-Hsiung Lin, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 2591-2599.
  48. An Unusual Transition-Metal-Mediated [2+2+2] Cyclization of Functionalized Alkenes. Ming-Huei Cheng, Shie-Hsiung Lin, Jin-Feng Chow, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 757-758.
  49. Electrophilic Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reaction of Molybdenum-h3-Cyclohexadienyl Complexes. Shin-Hwan Wang, Yuan-Chi Cheng, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3282-3290.
  50. p-Face Differentiation in Michael Reaction to the Enone Group Adjacent to the (η-C5H5)Mo(CO)2(π-allyl) Fragment: A New Approach to the Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,3,4,5-Tetrasubstituted-Tetrahydrofuran Compounds. Shie-Hsiung Lin, Wie-Jye Cheng, Yuan-Lin Liao, Sue-Lein Wang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1391-1393.
  51. Conjugated Addition of Organocopper Reagents to the enone group adjacent to a CpMo(CO)2(p-allyl) Fragment. Shie-Hsiung Lin, Shie-Fu Lush, Wie-Jye Cheng, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Yuan-Lin Liao, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1994, 13, 1711-1719.
  52. Mechanism of oxidation of Tungsten-h1-2,5-dihydrofur-3-yl Compounds to h1-fur-2-yl and Further to h1- Δ3-butenolide Derivatives. Shin-Hwan Wang, Lin-Hung Shiu, Hsin-Guo Shu, Yuan-Lin Liao, Sue-Lian Wang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 5967-5968.
  53. Nucleophilic Addition on Tungsten-h4-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-1,3-Pentadiene Cations:  Control of Nucleophilic Regiochemistry by the Diene Conformation. Ming-Huei Cheng, Yuung-Hsing Ho, Chi-Chung Chen, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, San-Yan Chu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics , 1994, 13, 4082-4091.
  54. Utilization of the [CpMo(CO)2(h3-2-COCH2C3H4)]- Enolate for stereoselective synthesis of (1R*, 3S*)-4-pentene-1,3-diols. Ming-Fea Liao, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1994, 13, 4973-4977.
  55. A Novel Tungsten-Mediated Carbonylation Reaction via a Tandem 1,3-Metal Sigmatropic Shift through a σ-Hex-2-en-4-yn-1-yl Group. Liang Kwei-Wen,  Gene-Hsian Lee,  Shie-Ming Peng  and  Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 2705-2076.
  56. Utilization of Molybdenum-Allyl Compounds for Synthesis of a-Methylenebutyrolactones. Shie-Hsiung Lin, Chi-Chung Chen, Wen-Jung Vong, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1995, 14, 1619-1625.
  57. Stereochemical Course in Tungsten-Promoted Cyclocarbonylation Reactions to form five-, six- and seven-membered lactone rings. Chi-Chung Chen, Jang-Shyang Fan, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Sue-Lang Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 2933-2934.
  58. Alkoxycarbonylation Reaction Involving a Tandem 1,3-Metal Shift Across Conjugated Allyl and alkyne Bonds. Kwei-Wen Liang, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1995, 14, 2353-2360.
  59. Tungsten-h1-Five Membered Oxygenated Heterocycles Derived From Tungsten h1-Propargyl Compounds: Systematic Syntheses, Structural Rearrangement, Electrophilic Alkylations, and Oxidative Demetalations. Hsin-Guo Shu, Lin-Hung Shiu, Shin-Hwan Wang, Sue-Lein Wang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 530-540.
  60. Synthesis, Protonation, and Electrophilic Alkylation of CpW(CO)2[ŋ3-2-(phenylethynyl)allyl]. Chi-Yi Cheng, Chao-Hsieh Hsieh, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 1565-1571.
  61. Tungsten-Promoted Intramolecular Annulation of Propargyl Bromides with Ketones and Aldehydes for Synthesis of Fused 2,5-Dihydrofurans. Shwu-Ju Shieh, Tze-Chin Tang, Jien-Shiu Lee, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 3245-3249.
  62. Atypical Carbon-Carbon Bond Scisson and Deoxygenation in the Protonation of Tungsten-h1-oxabicyclic Compounds. Ling-Hung Shu, Hsin-Kuo Shiu, Da-Hsin Cheng, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 1996, 1041-1042.
  63. Tungsten-Promoted Intramolecular Alkoxycarbonylatrion for Synthesis of Complex Oxygenated Molecules. Chi-Chung Chen, Jang-Shyang Fan, Su-Ju Shieh, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Sue-Lang Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  1996, 118, 9279-9287.
  64. Reaction of Tungsten-h3-anti-Pentadienyl Compounds wth Reactive Olefins and Isocyanates: [5+2] Cycloaddition versus Acylation. Tesa-Chyi Yueh, Shie-Fu Lush, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 5669-5673.
  65. Tungsten(II)−Carbene Complex Functions as a Dicationic Synthon:  Efficient Constructions of Furan and Pyran Frameworks from Readily Available α,δ- and α,ε-Alkynols. Kwei-Wen Liang, Wen-Tai Li, Shie-Ming Peng, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 4404-4412.
  66. Tungsten-Mediated Syntheses of Fused a-Methylenebutyrolactones From Propargyl Bromides Containing Tethered Aldehydes and Ketones. Shwu-Ju Shieh, Chi-Chun Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1997, 62, 1986-1990.
  67. Synthesis of bicyclic α-methylene butyrolactones via alkoxycarbonylation of molybdenum-propargyl compounds. Shwu-Ju Shieh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 5209-5212.
  68. Siloxy Effect on Intramolecular Cyclization of Tungsten-η1-Siloxypropargyl Complexes: Formation of 2,5-Dihydrofurans versus γ-Lactones. hwu-Ju Shieh, Jang-Shyang Fan, Malapaka Chandrasekharam, Fen-Ling Liao, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1997, 16, 3987-3992.
  69. Enantioselective syntheses of alpha-methylene butyrolactones via asymmetric aminocarbonylation of tungsten-prop-2-ynyl compounds. Lin-Hung Shiu, Sue-Lein Wang, Ming-Jung Wu, and Rai-Shung Liu, Chem. Commun., 1997, 2055-2056.
  70. Acid-promoted isomerization of tungsten-h1-2,5-dihydropyrrolyl complex to its tungsten-h1-2,3-dihydropyrrolyl Isomer. Jang-Shyang Fan, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*. Organometallics, 1997, 16, 4232-4234.
  71. A Transition-Metal-η4-Diene Cation Can Undergo Nucleophilic Addition at the Internal Carbon. Jang-Shyang Fan, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 1002-1003.
  72. Palladium-catalyzed syntheses of oxygen- and nitrogen heterocycles via transmetalation of functionalized alkynyl stannanes. M.Chandrasekharam, Shie-Tsung Chang, Kwei-Wen Liang, Wen-Tai Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 643-646.
  73. Synthesis of furopyridines via cycloaddition of unactivated nitriles with tungsten-substituted 1,3-diene. Wen-Tai Li, Fang-Chun Lai, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 4520-4521.
  74. Oxidative Carbonylation of Alkynyltungsten Compounds via Protonation with Triflic Acid. Kwei-Wen Liang, M. Chandrasekharam, Chien-Le Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 2683-2685.
  75. Efficient synthesis of bicyclic lactones via tungsten-mediated intramolecular cycloalkenation. Kwei-Wen Liang, Malapaka Chandrasekharam, Chien-Le Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1998, 63, 7289-7293.
  76. An efficient method for total syntheses of Avenociolides and Isoavenociolides via tungsten-p-allyl complexes. Kesavaram Narkunan, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 1998, 1521-1522.
  77. Tungsten-alkynyl and propargyl compounds for organic syntheses. S.-J Sjieh, K.-W. Liang, W-T Li, L.-H Shu, M. Chandrasekharam, and R. S. Liu*, Pure & Appl. Chem., 1998, 70, 1111-1115.
  78. Cycloaddition of Tungsten-η1-3-Furyl Compounds with Alkenes and  Alkynes: Synthesis and ring cleavage of tungsten-h1-oxabicycloheptene and h1-oxabicycloheptadiene compounds. Ling-Hun Shu, Hsin-Kuo Shiu, Da-Hsin Chen He-Long Hwang, Fen-Lin Liao, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 4206-4212.
  79. Synthesis of natural a-Methylene butyrolactones via tungsten-p-allyl complexes. Total synthesis of (-)-Methylenolactocin.  M. Chandrasekharam, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1998, 63, 9122-9124.
  80. Efficient total syntheses of (±)protolichesterinic acid and (±)rocellaric acid via tungsten-p-allyl complexes. Min-Jung Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 1998, 39, 9465-9468.
  81. Synthetic Application of Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum (II)- and Tungsten (II)- Allyl and  Diene Compounds in Organic Synthesis. Rai-Shung Liu*, Advances in Metal-Organic Chemistry, L. S. Liebeskind Ed; JAI press: London, 1998, Vol 6, 145-186 (an invited review article).
  82. Synthesis and Evaluation of [14C]-Labelled and Fluorescent-Tagged Paclitaxel Derivatives as New Biological Probes. Ch. S. Rao, Jao-Jia. Chu, Rai-Shung Liu. and Yiu-Kay Lai, Bioorganic & Medicianl Chemistry, 1998, 6, 2193-2204.
  83. New Carbonylation Reaction of Tungsten-Propargyl Compounds via Protonation at a Prolonged Period. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Srinivasa Rao Cheruku, Kesavaram Narkunan, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng and Rai-Shung Liu. Organometallics, 1999, 18, 748-752.
  84. Intramolecular Cyclizations via Carbenoid Intermediates in Complexation of Alkynyltungsten Compounds with Co2(CO)8: A New Route to Pauson-Khand Reaction. Yung-Tai Shiu, Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Wen-Tai Li, Yin-Chi Lin, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Feng-Lin Liao, Sue-Lang Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 4066-4067.
  85. Addition of Aromatic C-H Bonds to Terminal Metal-Carbonyl Groups. A New Method for Cyclocarbonylation of Aromatic Groups. Yi-Ru Wu, Gia-Hsian Lin, Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Keh-Ming Horng, Chu-Chen Hu, Chien-Le Li, Fen-Lin Liao, Sue-Lein Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 3566-3568.
  86. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Functionalized Bicyclic a-Methylene Butyrolactones via Tungsten-Mediated Intramolecular Allylation of aldehydes.  Lin-Hun Shiu, Yang-Lian Li, Chien-Le Li, Ching-Yu Lao, Wei-Chen Chen, Chin-Hui Yu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 7552-7558.
  87. Total Synthesis of Natural Bicyclic Lactones (+)-Dihydrocanadensolide, (±)-Avenociolide, and (±)-Isoavenociolide via Tungsten-π-Allyl Complexes. Ming-Jung Chen, Kesavaram Narkunan, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 8311-8318.
  88. Synthesis of Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Compounds via Alkynyl, Allyl, and Propargyl Organometallics of Cyclopentadienyl iron, molybdenum and tungsten complexes. Chien-Le Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Rev., 2000, 100, 3127-3162.  (an invited article for a special issue in organometallics in organic synthesis, guest editor, Armin. de. Meijere).
  89. Synthesis, Reactivity and Demetallation of Tungsten-azacyclic Carbeniums via cycloalkenation of tungsten-alkynylamine compounds. Ming-Jung Chen, Shie-Tsung Chang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 5029-5035.
  90. Facile Synthesis of Oxa- and Azacyclic Dienes via Cycloalkenation of Alkynyltungsten Compounds. Stereoselective Construction of Tricyclic Furan and Pyran Derivatives via Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction. Wen-Tai Li, Min-Hui Pan, Yi-Ru Wu, Sue-Lein Wang, Fen-Lin Liao, and  Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65, 3761-3766.
  91. Efficient Total Synthesis of (-)-Epilitsenolide C2 and (-)-Isodihydromahubanolide B via a Modified Tungsten-Mediated Cycloalkenylation Reaction. Min-Jung Chen, Ching-Yu Lo, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Synlett, 2000, 8, 1205-1207.
  92. Synthetic Approach Toward Sesquiterpene Lactones via Intramolecular Allylation of a Tungsten-p-Allyl compound. Kesavaram Narkunan, Lin-Hun Shiu, Rai-Shung Liu*, Synlett, 2000, 9, 1300-1302.
  93. Total Synthesis of (+)-Blastmycinone, (-)-Litsenolide C1, and Related Natural Trisubstituted Lactones via Alkynyltungsten Compounds. Ming-Jung Chen, Ching-Yu Lo, Chih-Chien Chin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65, 6362-6367.
  94. Stereocontrolled synthesis of tungsten-ð-allyl complexes comprising two remoted alcohols. Jang-Shyang Fang, Gene-Hsian Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 4458-4462.
  95. Synthesis of oxygen heterocycles via alkynyltungsten compounds. Rai-Shung Liu*, Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, 73, 265-269.
  96. Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-epi-blastmycinone and (2R, 3S, 4S)-3-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-(1’-n-tetradecyl)-butanolide via a tungsten-mediated cyclization reaction. Bo Liu, Ming-Jung Chen, Ching-Yu Lo, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 2533-2535.
  97. Stereocontrolled synthesis of acyclic 1,3-diols via condensation of tungsten-syn-ð-pentadienyl complexes with aldehydes. A new Prins reaction via s-trans-diene cationic intermediates. Yian-Lian Lin, Ming-Huei Cheng, Wei-Chen Chen, Shie-Ming Peng, Sue-Lein Wang, Hongyun Kuo, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 1781-1786.
  98. Enantiocontrolled Construction of Tricyclic Furan Derivatives via an Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction. Chung-Cheng Pai, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2001, 3, 1295-1298.
  99. Tungsten-Promoted [3+2]- and [3+3]-Cycloaddition of Epoxides with Alkynes. A Facile Enantiospecific Synthesis of Bicyclic Lactones. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Chien-Le Li, Kuo-Hui Shen, Chu-Chen Hu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 7427-7428.
  100. Synthesis of Indolizidine and Quinolizidine Derivatives via Intramolecular Cyclization of Alkynyltungsten Compounds with N-Acyliminium Ion. Heh-Lung Huang, Wen-Hsuan Sung, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 6193-6196.
  101. Synthesis of Bicyclic Pyrane Derivatives via Tungsten-mediated [3+3] Cycloaddition of Epoxides with Tethered Alkynes. Kuo-Hui Shen, Shie-Fu Lush, Tseng-Li Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, 2001, 66, 8106-8111.
  102. Synthesis of Chiral Oxacyclic Dienes via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enyne Metathesis: Useful Building Blocks for Chiral Tricyclic Oxygen Derivatives. Hongyun Guo, Reniguntala J Madhushaw, Fwu-Ming Shen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 5627-5637.
  103. A New Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reaction: Transformation of 3-Benzyl But-1-ynyl Ethers into 1,3-Dienes and Benzaldehyde. Kuo-Liang Yeh, Bo Liu, Ching-Yu Lo, Heh-Lung Huang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 6510-6511.
  104. Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Furans via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Epoxyalkyne Derivatives. Ching-Yu Lo, Hongyun Guo, Jian-Jou Lian, Fwu-Ming Shen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2002, 67, 3930-3932.
  105. Stereocontrolled Construction of Tricyclic Furan and Pyrrolyl Derivatives via Tungsten-Mediated [3+2] Cycloaddition and Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction. Wen-Li Lin , Taduri, B. Pratap, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Synthesis, 2002, 16, 2457-2463. (an featured article).
  106. Facile Synthesis of Enantiopure Tricyclic Furanyl Derivatives via Tungsten-Mediated Cycloalkenation Reactions and Diels-Alder Reactions. Heh-Lung Huang, Heh-Chang Huang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2002, 43, 7983-7985.
  107. A Novel Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Cis-Fused Bicyclic Lactams via [3+2]-Cycloaddition of Alkynyltungsten Complexes with Tethered Aziridines. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Chu-Chen Hu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2002, 4, 4151-4153.
  108. A Facile Synthesis of Enantiopure Tricyclic Furanyl and Pyranyl Derivatives via Tungsten-Mediated Cycloalkenation and Diels-Alder Reaction. He-Lung Huang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2003, 68, 805-810.
  109. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Bicyclic Lactone Derivatives via Tungsten-Mediated [3+2]-Cycloaddition of Epoxides with a Tethered Alkynyl Group. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Chien-Le Li, Haw-Lih Su, Chu-Chen Hu, Shie-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2003,  68, 1872-1877.
  110. Highly Efficient Red Electrophosphorescent Devices Based on Iridium Isoquinoline Complexes: Remarkable External Quantum Efficiency over a Wide Range of Current. Ying-Ju Su, Heh-Lung Huang, Chien-Le Li, Yu-Tai Tao*, Pi-Tai Chou, Swarup Datta, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Mater., 2003, 15(11), 884-888.
  111. A New and Efficient Catalytic Isomerization of cis- and trans- Epoxides. Ching-Yu Lo, Sitram, Pal, Arjan Odedra, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 3143-3146.
  112. Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Finite Ph2N-Containing Oligo(arylenevinylene) Derivatives That Emit Blue to Red Fluorescence. Chien-Le Li, Shwe-Ju Shieh, Shien-Chang Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2003, 5, 1131-1134.
  113. A New Co2(CO)8-Mediated Tandem [5+1]/[2+2+1]-Cycloaddition Reactions: A One-Pot Synthesis of Tricyclic d-Lactones from cis-Epoxy Ene-ynes.  Arjan Odedra, Chang-Jung Wu, Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Su-Lein Wang,and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9610-9611.
  114. Selective Synthesis of Chiral Bicyclic [4.4.0]decane and Dioxabicyclo[5.3.0]decane From 3,4-Bisallyloxy-but-1-yne Derivatives via Ruthenium-Catalyzed En-yn-ene Metathesis. Chang-Jung Wu, Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2003, 68, 7889-7892.
  115. A New Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond: Efficient Transformation of Ethynyl Alcohol into Alkene and Carbon Monoxide. Swarup Datta, Chia-Lung Chang, Kuo-Liang Yeh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9294-9295.
  116. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aromatization of Aromatic Enynes via the 1,2-Migration of Halo and Aryl Groups: A New Process Involving Electrocyclization and Skeletal Rearrangement. Hung-Chin Shen, Sitaram Pal, Jian-Jou Lian, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 15762-15763.
  117. A Highly Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of α, β-Epoxyketones to 1,2-Diketones. Chia-Lung Chang, Manyam Praveen Kumar and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 2793-2796.
  118. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Epoxide with a Tethered Alkyne: Formation of Ketene Intermediates via an Oxygen Transfer from Epoxides to Terminal Alkynes. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Ming-Yuan Lin, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 6895-5899.
  119. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transformation of 3-Benzyl But-1-ynyl Ethers into 1,3-Dienes and Benzaldehyde via Transfer Hydrogen. Kuo-Liang Yeh, Bo Liu, Yen-Ting Lai, Chia-Wen Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 4692-4694.
  120. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transformation of Aryl and Alkynyl Propargyl Ethers into Aryl and Alkynyl Ketones via Cleavage of a Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond. Hung-Chin Shen, Haw-Lih Su, Yu-Chieh Hsueh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 4332-4334.
  121. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Alkyne-Epoxide Functionalities through Alternation of the Substituent and Structural Skeleton of Epoxides. Lin Ming-Yuan, Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 7700-7704.
  122. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of 3-En-1-ynyl Imines with Nucleophiles via Tandem 5-exo-dig Cyclization and Nucleophilic Addition. Hung-Chin Shen, Chia-Wen Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2004, 45, 9245-9247.
  123. Rutheniun-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of o-(Ethynyl)phenylalkenes to Diene Derivatives via Skeletal Rearrangement. Reniguntala J. Madhushaw, Ching-Yu Lo, Chun-Wei Hwang, Ming-Der Su, Hung-Chin Shen, Sitaram Pal, Isak R. Shaikh, Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 15560-15565.
  124. Small Molecules Targeting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Human Coronavirus. Chung-Yi Wu, Jia-Tsong Jan, Shiou-Hwa Ma, Chih-Jung Juan, Yih-Shyun Cheng, Hsien-Hua Hsu, Hsuan-Cheng Huang, Douglas Wu, Ashraf Brik, u-Sen Liang, Rai-Shung Liu, Jim-Min Fang, Shui-Tein Chen, Po-Huang Liang, and Chi-Huey Wong , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2004, 101, 10012-10017.
  125. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aromatization of Enediynes via Highly Regioselective Nucleophilic Additions on a π-Alkyne Functionality. A Useful Method for the Synthesis of Functionalized Benzene Derivatives. Arjan Odedra, Chang-Jung Wu, Taduri Bhanu Pratap, Chun-Wei Huang, Ying-Fen Ran, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 3406-3412.
  126. Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Properties of Iridium Complexes with an 8-Phenylquinoline Framework. The First Six-Membered Chelated Iridium Complexes for Electroluminance. Hao-Chun Li, Pi-Tai Chou*, Ya-Hui Hu, Yi-Ming Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 1329-1335.
  127. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regioselective 1,3-Methylene Transfer by Cleavage of Two Adjacent σ-Carbon-Carbon Bonds: An Easy and Selective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Benzenes. Jian-Jou Lian, Arjan Odedra, Chang-Jung Wu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 4186-4187.
  128. Yellow and Red Electrophosphors Based on Linkage Isomers of Phenylisoquinolinyliridium Complexes: Distinct Differences in Photophysical and Electroluminescence Properties. Chien-Le Li, Ying-Ju Su, Yu-Tai Tao, Pi-Tai Chou, Chin-Hsiung Chien, Chung-Chih Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2005, 15, 387-395.
  129. Solvent-Dependent Chemoselectivity in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Iodoalkyne-Epoxide Functionalities. Ming-Yuan Lin, Shambabu Joseph Maddirala, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 1745-1748.
  130. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of cis-3-En-1-ynes to Cyclopentadiene and Related Derivatives Through a 1, 5-Sigmatropic Hydrogen Shift of Ruthenium-Vinylidene Intermediates. Swarup Datta, Arjan Odedra, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 11606-11607.
  131. Short and Efficient Synthesis of Coronene Derivatives via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Benzoannulation Protocol. Hung-Chin Shen, Jhih-Meng Tang, Hsu-Kai Chang, Chia-Wei Yang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 10113-10116.
  132. Molybdenum-Mediated Cyclocarbonylation of 1-Ethynyl-2-allenylbenzenes to 1H-Cyclopenta[a]inden-2-ones. Swarup Datta, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 7985-7988.
  133. Regioselective Haloaromatization of 1,2-Bis(ethynyl)benzene via Halogen Acids and PtCl2. Platinum-catalyzed 6-p Electrocyclization of 1,2-Bis(1’-haloethenyl)benzene Intermediates. Ching-Yu Lo, Manyam Praveen Kumar, Hsu Kai Chang and Rai-Shung Liu, J. Org. Chem., 2005, 70, 10482-10487.
  134. Platinum-Catalyzed Aromatization of Enediynes via a C-H Bond Insertion of Tethered Alkanes. Bhanu Pratap Taduri, Ying-Fen Ran, Chun-Wei Huang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 883-886.
  135. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of cis-1-Ethynyl-2-vinyloxiranes to Substituted Phenols. Shambabu Joseph Maddirala, Arjan Odedra, Bhanu Pratap Taduri, Rai-Shung Liu* Synlett, 2006, 8, 1173-1176.
  136. Zn(OTf)2-catalyzed Cyclization of Propargyl Alcohols with Anilines, Phenols and Amides for Synthesis of Indoles, Benzofurans and Oxazoles through Different Annulation Mechanisms. Manyam Praveen Kumar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 4951-4955.
  137. Thermal and Metal-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1-Substituted 3,5-Dien-1-ynes via a [1,7]-Hydrogen Shift: Development of a Tandem Aldol Condensation-Dehydration and Aromatization Catalysis between 3-En-1-yn-5-al Units and Cyclic Ketones. Jian-Jou Lian, Chung-Chang Lin, Hsu-Kai Chang, Po-Chiang Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9661-9667.
  138. Metal-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Enyne Functionalities via a 1,3-Alkylidene Migration. Ming-Yuan Lin, Arindam Das, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9340-9341.
  139. Metal-Catalyzed Chemoselective Cycloisomerization of cis-2,4-Dien-1-als to 3-Cyclopentenones and 4-Alkylidene-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans. Ching-Yu Lo, Chung-Chang Lin, Hsin-Mei Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 3153-3156.
  140. Gold-catalyzed Intramolecular [3+2]-Cycloaddition of Arenyne-Yne Functionalities. Jian-Jou Lian, Po-Chiang Chen, Yau-Ping Lin, Hao-Chun Ting and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 11372-11373.
  141. Color Tuning and Highly Efficient Blue Emitters of Finite Diphenylamino‐Containing Oligo(arylenevinylene) Derivatives Using Fluoro Substituents. Hao-Chun Li, Yao-Ping Lin, Pi-Tai Chou, Yi-Ming Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2007, 17, 520-530.
  142. Efficient Fluorescent white fluorescent organic light-emitting diodes with blue-green host of di(4-fluorophenyl)amino-di(styryl)biphenyl. Jwo-Huei Jou*, Chung-Pei Wang, Ming-Hsuan Wu, Po-Hsuan Chiang, Hung-Wei Lin, Hao Chun Li, and Rai-Shung Liu, Organic Electronics, 2007, 8, 29-36. 
  143. PtCl2-Catalyzed Hydrative Cyclization of Trialkyne Functionalities to Form Bicyclic Spiro ketones. Hsu-Kai Chang, Swarup Datta, Arindam Das, Arjan Odedra, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 4744-4747.
  144. Dicobaltoctacarbonyl-Mediated Synthesis of Tricyclic 5,6-Diydropyran-2-one Derivatives via Tandem Cycloaddition Reaction between cis-Epoxyalkynes, a Tethered Olefin, and Carbon Monoxide. Arjan Odedra, Shie-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 567-573.
  145. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclization of 2-Alkyl-1-ethynylbenzenes via a 1,5-Hydrogen Shift of Ruthenium-Vinylidene Intermediates. Arjan Odedra, Swarup Datta, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 3289-3292.
  146. Gold-catalyzed cyclo-isomerization of 1,6-diyne-4-en-3-ols to from naphthyl Ketones derivatives. Jian-Jou Lian, and Rai-Shung Liu, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1337-1339.
  147. Gold-Catalyzed Deoxygenated Cyclization of cis-2,4-Dien-1-als with Regioselective Addition of Two Nucleophiles. One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Cyclopentene Framework. Chung-Chen Lin, Tse-Ming Teng, Arjan Odedra, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 3798-3799.
  148. Pt- and Au-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of 2-Ethenyl-1-(prop- 2’-yn-1’-ol)benzenes to Naphthyl Aldehydes and Ketones: Catalytic Oxidation of Metal-Alkylidene Intermediates using H2O and H2O2.  Bhanu Pratap Taduri, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, Hsin-Mei Cheng, Guan-You Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2007, 2530-2532.
  149. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of Bicyclo[4.3.0]nonadiene Derivatives via Tandem 6-endo-dig/Nazarov Cyclization of 1,6-Allenynes. Guan-You Lin, Chun-Yao Yang , and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 6753-6757.
  150. Platinum- and Ruthenium-catalyzed Aromatization of Enediynes via Intramolecular Nucleophilic Additions. Bhanu Pratap Taduri, Arjan Odedra, Cheng-Yi Lung, and Rai-Shung Liu, Synthesis, 2007, 2050-2054. (an invited article)
  151. Catalytic Annulation of 1-Substituted-3-En-1-yn-5-als with Cycloalkanones Using Acid-Base Dual Catalysts. Chia-Wei Yang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 5887-5889.
  152. Diversity in Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrative Cyclization of Trialkyne Substrates to Form Tetracyclic Ketones. Hsu-Kai Chang, Yen-Chen Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 8139-8141.
  153. Synthesis of Dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes From Bis(biaryl)acetylenes via Sequential ICl-induced Cyclization and Mizoroki-Heck coupling. Chia-Wen Li, Cheng-I Wang, Hsin-Yi Liao, Rupsha Chaudhuri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 9203-9207.
  154. Platinum-Catalyzed Chemoselectively Hydrative Dimerization of 2-Alkynyl-1-acetylbenzenes for One-pot Facile Synthesis of Chrysene Derivatives. Arindam Das, Hsuan-Hung Liaio, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 9214-9218.
  155. The Skeletal Rearrangement of Gold- and Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of cis-4,6-Dien-1-yn-3-ols: Pinacol Rearrangement and Formation of Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptenone and Reorganized Styrene Derivatives. Jhih-Meng Tang, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, Ming-Yuan Lin, Hsin-Yi Liao, Swarup Datta, Arindam Das, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 15677-15683.
  156. Gold-catalyzed [4+3]-Annulation of Oxabicyclic Benzenes with 2-Substituted Allylsilanes through Tandem Allylation and Cyclization. Yu-Chia Hsu, Swarup Datta, Chun-Ming Ting, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 521-524.
  157. Platinum-catalyzed Tandem Cyclization-Nazarov Cylization Reactions: An Easy Access to Complex Carbocyclic Molecules from 2-Alkenyl-(1’-hydroxyl-4-en-2-ynyl)benzenes. Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, Sheng-Hsun Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Synlett, 2008, 5, 745-750. (an invited article)
  158. Catalytic Transformations of Terminal Alkynes by Cationic Tris(1-pyrazolyl)borate Ruthenium Catalysts: Versatile Chemistry via Catalytic Allenylidene, Vinylidene, and π-Alkyne Intermediates. Liu, Rai-Shung, Synlett., 2008, 6, 801-812. (an invited ccount)
  159. Gold-Catalyzed Hydrative Carbocyclization of 1,5- and 1,7-Allenynes Mediated by π-Allene Complex: Mechanistic Evidence Supported by the Chirality Transfer of Allenyne Substrates. Chun-Yao Yang, Guan-You Lin, Hsin-Yi Liao*, Swarup Datta, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 4907-4914.
  160. PtII‐Catalyzed Synthesis of 9‐Oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nona‐2,6‐dienes from 2‐Alkynyl‐1‐carbonylbenzenes and Allylsilanes by an Allylation/Annulation Cascade. Sabyasachi Bhunia, Kuo-Chang Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 5063-5066.
  161. Functionalized Dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes: Variable Photophysical and Electronic Properties and Liquid-Crystal Chemistry. Rupsha Chaudhuri, Ming-Yu Hsu, Chia-Wen Li, Cheng-I Wang,  Chun-Jung Chen, Chung K. Lai, Li-Yin Chen, Su-Hao Liu, Chung-Chih Wu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 3053-3056.
  162. Ruthenium Vinylidenes in the Catalysis of Carbocyclization. Arjan, Odera, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Metal Vinylidenes and Allenylidenes in Catalysis: From Reactivity to Applications in Synthesis, Bruneau, C.; Dixneuf P. Ed. Wiley-VCH, 2008, chapter 6, 193-216.  (an invited chapter)
  163. Synthesis and Columnar Mesophase of Fluorescent Liquid Crystals Bearing a  C2-Symmetric Chiral Core. Chia-Wei Yang, Tsai-Hua Hsia, Cheng-Chung Chen, Chung-Kung Lai*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 4069-4072.
  164. Platinum- and Gold-catalyzed Hydrative Carbocyclization of Oxo Diynes for One- Pot Synthesis of Benzopyrones and Bicyclic Spiro Ketones. Arindam Das, Hsu-Kai Chang, Cheng-Hua Yang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 4061-4064.
  165. Shear-Induced Long-Range Uniaxial Assembly of Polyaromatic Monolayers at Molecular Resolution. Shern-Long Lee, Cher-Yi Jason Chi, Min-Jie Huang, Chun-Hsien Chen*, Chia-Wen Li, Kamalkishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 10454-10455.
  166. Gold-catalyzed Deoxygenative Narazov Cyclization of 2,4-Dien-1-als for Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Cyclopentenes. Chung-Chang Lin, Tse-Min Teng, Chung-Chih Tsai, Hsin-Yi Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 16417-16423.
  167. Gold-catalyzed Hydrative Carbocylization of 1,5- and 1,6-diyn-3-ones via an Oxygen Transfer Process. Jhih-Meng Tang, Ting-An Liu, and Rai-Shung Liu,* J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 8479-8483.
  168. Diversity in Gold- and Silver-catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Epoxide-Alkyne Functionalities. Guan-You Lin, Chia-Wen Li, Siao-Hua Hung, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 5059-5062.
  169. Gold-catalyzed 1,3-Addition of a sp3-Hybridized C-H Bond to Alkenylcarbenoid Intermediate. Sabyasachi Bhunia, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 16488-16489.
  170. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of 1,3-Disubstituted Benzenes through Tandem Allylation/Cylization Reaction of Alkynals. Sabyasachi Bhunia, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, Chao-Chin Yang, Shie-Fu Lush, Fwu-Ming Shen, and Rai-Shung Liu*. J. Organomet. Chem., 2009, 694, 566-570, an invited paper.
  171. Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular [3+2] Cycloadditions of 1-Aryl-1-allene-6-enes. Rupsha Chaudhuri, Hsin-Yi, Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 8895-8901.
  172. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Complicated Oxacyclic Compounds via Platinum-Catalyzed [4+2]-Cycloadditions and Annulations of Enynals with Allylic Alcohols. Yu-Chia Hsu, Chun-Ming Ting, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 2090-2091.
  173. Carbocyclisation of Alkynes with External Nucleophiles Catalysed by Gold, Platinum and Other Electrophilic Metals. Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 2269-2281.
  174. A Convenient Synthesis of Tetrabenzo[de,hi,mn,qr]naphthacene from Readily Available 1,2-Di(Phenanthren-4-yl)ethyne. Anupam Mukherjee, Kamal Kishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 6311-6314. 
  175. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cleavage of Aryl-Substituted Alkynyl Ethers using Molecular Oxygen. Simultaneous Degradation of C-H and Single and Triple Carbon-Carbon bonds under Ambient Conditions. Arindam Das, Rupsha Chaudhuri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4046-4048.
  176. Efficient Syntheses of a-pyridones and 3(2H)-Isoquinolones through Ruthenium-catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 3-En-5-ynyl and o-alkynylphenyl Nitrones. Kamalkishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5233-5235.
  177. Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Color Tuning of Highly Fluorescent 9, 10-Disubstituted-2, 3, 6, 7-tetraphenylanthracene. Sheng-Hsun Lin, Fang-Iy Wu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6961-6963.
  178. Efficient Synthesis and Characterization of Dibenzo[a,m]rubicenes and Tetrabenzo-[a,f,r,m]rubicenes. Hung-Hung Hseuh, Ming-Yu Hsu, Tien-Lin Wu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 8448-8451.
  179. Diversity of Products in the Gold-catalyzed Cyclization of 1-Epoxy-1-alkynylcyclopropanes by Using 1-Oxyallyl Cations. Chun-Yao Yang, Min-Shiun Lin, Hsuan-Hung Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 2696-2699.
  180. Carbo- and Heterocyclisation of Oxygen- and Nitrogen Containing Electrophiles by Platinum, Gold, Silver and Copper species. Arindam Das, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 960-979 (an invited review).
  181. Gold-catalyzed Dealkoxylative Carbocyclization/[3+3] Annulation Cascade of Acetal-Allene or Ketal-Allene Substrates. Tse-Min Teng, Ming-Shiun Lin, Dhananjayan Vasu, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Ting-An Liu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 4744-4748.
  182. Construction of 2,3-Dihydrofuran Cores through [3+2] Cycloaddition of Gold α-Carbonylcarbenoids with Alkenes. Chia-Wen Li, Guan-You Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 5803-5811.
  183. Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Ethene-Bridged para-Phenylene Oligomers Based on PtII- and RuII-Catalyzed Aromatization. Tse-An Chen, Te-Ju Lee, Ming-Yuan Lin, Shariar M. A. Sohel, Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Shie-Fu Lush, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 1826-1833.
  184. Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,4-Enynes via Activation of a sp3-Hybridized C-H Bond. Dhananjayan Vasu, Arindam Das, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem Commun., 2010, 46, 4115-4117.
  185. A 1,3-Carbonyl Shift in the Platinum-catalyzed Aromatization of 2-Epoxy-1-(methoxyalk-2-ynyl)benzenes. Rupsha Chaudhuri, Arindam Das, Hsin-Yi Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4601-4603.
  186. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptenes via a Formal [3+2]/[2+2]-Annulation of Allylsilane with 4-Methoxybut-2-yn-1-ols.  Chun-Yao Yang, Chiou-Dong Wang, Shu-Fan Tian, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2010, 352, 1605-1609.
  187. Gold-catalyzed Stereocontrolled Oxacyclization/[4+2]-Cycloaddition Cascade of Ketone-allene Substrates. Tse-Min Teng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 9298-9300.
  188. Gold-catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of 9-Oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nona-4,7-dienes from Diverse 1-Oxo-4-oxy-5-ynes: A Viable Formal [4+2]-Cycloaddition on s-trans-Heterodiene Framework. Tse-Min Teng, Arindam Das, Deepak B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 12565-12567.
  189. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Ring Expansions and Ring Cleavages of Alkynylcyclopropanes by Intermolecular Reactions Oxidized by Diphenylsulfoxide. Chia-Wen Li, Kamalkishore Pati, Guan-You Lin, Shariar Md. Abu Sohel, Hsiao-Hua Hung, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 9891-9894.
  190. Effects of Haloniums on Gold-catalyzed Ring Expansion of 1-oxiranyl-1-alkynylcyclopropanes. Hsuan-Hung Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1339-1341. 
  191. Ph2N-susbtituted Ethylene-bridged p-Phenylene Oligomers: Synthesis, and Photophysical and Redox Properties. Balagopal Shainamma Shaibu, Sheng-Hsun Lin, Chi-Yen Lin, Ken-Tsong Wong*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J Org. Chem., 2011, 76, 1054–1061.
  192. Chemoselectivities in the Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrative Carbocyclizations of Oxo-Alkyne-Nitrile Functionalities. Anupam Mukherjee, and Rai-Shung Liu,* Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 660-663.
  193. Gold-catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Azacyclic Compounds through a Redox/[2+2+1] Cycloaddition Cascade of Nitroalkyne Substrates. Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Hsin-Yi Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 1769–1771.
  194. Distinct Chemoselectivities in the Platinum-Catalyzed 1,2-Carboalkoxylations of 5-Alkoxypent-1-yn-3-ol Derivatives. Chun-Ming Ting, Chiou-Dong Wang, Rupsha Chaudhuri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 1702-1705.
  195. Highly efficient Deep-Blue Organic Electroluminescent Devices Doped with Hexaphenylanthracene Fluorophores. Sheng-Hsun Lin, Fang-Iy Wu*, Hsiu-Yun Tsai, Pei-Yu Chou, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Chien-Hong Cheng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 8122-8128.
  196. Synthesis of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons from Bis(biaryl)diynes: Large PAHs with Low Clar Sextets. Tse-An Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2011, 17, 8023-8027.
  197. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of 1,5-Enynes Using External Oxidants. Dhananjayan Vasu, Hsiao-Hua Hung, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Sagar Ashok Gawade, Arindam Das, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 6911-6914.
  198. Silver-Catalyzed exo-dig-Azacyclization/[3+2] Cycloaddition Cascades on 1-Tosylhydrazon-4-oxy-5-yne Substrates  Applicability to Diverse Alkenes. Deepak B. Huple, Chun-Hao Chen, Arindam Das, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth Catal., 2011, 353, 1877-1882.
  199. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations of 2-Oxiranyl-1-alkynylbenzenes for Diastereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted 2-Hydroxyindanones. Rupsha Chaudhuri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth Catal., 2011, 353, 2589-2592.
  200. Synthesis of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Bis(biaryl)acetylenes: Large Planar PAHs with low p-Sextets. Tse-An Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 4644-4647.
  201. Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalizations of Aminoalkynes Using only N- and O-Containing Oxidants. Anupam Mukherjee, Ramesh B. Dateer, Rupsha Chaudhuri, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Somnath Narayan Karad, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 15372-15375.
  202. Gold-Catalyzed Formal [3+3] and [4+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Nitrosobenzenes with Alkenylgold Carbenoids. Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 20728-20731.
  203. Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular [4+2] and [2+2+2]-Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Alkenes. Ramesh B. Dateer, Balagopal S. Shaibu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 113-117 (selected as a hot paper).
  204. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations of cis-3-En-1-ynes To Form Cyclopentenone Derivatives. Sabyasachi Bhunia, Satish Ghorpade, Deepak B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 2939-2942.
  205. Ag(I)-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation between a Ketone and an Allylic C-H Bond. Kamalkishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu,* Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6049-6051.
  206. Oxy Effects on the Platinum-catalyzed Carbo- and Oxacyclizations of 2-Oxiranyl-1-(1-oxyalky-2-ynyl)benzenes. Rupsha Chaudhuri, Samir Kundlik Pawar, Kamalkishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth.  Catal., 2012, 354, 2241-2250.
  207. Gold-Catalyzed Isomerization of Unactivated Allenes to 1,3-Dienes under Ambient Conditions. Chun-Ming Ting, Yi-Ling Hsu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6577-6579.
  208. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted 2-Aminofurans via Formal [4+1]-Cycloadditions on 3-En-1-ynamides. Ramesh B. Dateer, Kamalkishore Pati, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7200-7202.
  209. Intermolecular Gold-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective [2+2+3] Cycloadditions of 1,6-Enynes with Nitrones. Sagar Ashok Gawade, Sabyasachi Bhunia, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 7835-7838.
  210. Retention of Stereochemistry in Gold-Catalyzed [4+3]-Cycloaddition of Epoxides with Arenynamides. Somnath Narayan Karad, Sabyasachi Bhunia, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 8722-8726 (selected as a hot and frontispiece paper).
  211. Gold-catalyzed Cyclization-Cycloaddition Cascades of Allenylacetals with Nitrones. Dhananjayan Vasu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 13638-13641.
  212. Regioselective Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydroxyaryl)pyridines from the Reactions of Benzynes with Pyridine N-Oxides. Balagopal S. Shaibu, Rahul Kisan Kawade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. & Biomolecular Chem., 2012, 10, 6834-6839.
  213. Access to Molecular Complexity via Gold- and Platinum-catalyzed Cascade Reactions. Sabyasachi Bhunia, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Pure Appl. Chem., 2012, 84, 1749-1757.
  214. Development of a Povarov Reaction/Carbene Generation Sequence for Alkenyldiazocarbonyl Compounds. Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 11809-11813.
  215. Gold-catalyzed Diastereoselective [2+2+2]-Cycloaddition of 1,7-Enynes with Carbonyl Compounds Deepak B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10975-10977.
  216. Silver-catalyzed [3+2]-cycloaddition of benzynes with diazocarbonyl species via a postulated silver-enolate intermediates. Chiou-Dong Wang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. & Biomolecular Chem., 2012, 10, 8948-8952.
  217. Platinum-Catalyzed Oxoarylations of Ynamides with Nitrones. Sabyasachi Bhunia, Chin-Jung Chang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 5522-5525.
  218. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations on 1,4-Enynes: Evidence for a g-Substituent Effect on Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangement. Satish Ghorpade, Ming-Der Su*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 4229-4234.
  219. Gold-catalyzed Cyclization/Oxidative [3+2]-Cycloadditions of 1,5-Enynes with Nitrosobenzenes without Additional Oxidants. Chun-Hao Chen, Yen-Ching Tsai, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew, Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 4599-4603.
  220. Silver-catalyzed Stereoselective [3+2]-Cycloadditons of Cyclopropyl Indanimines with Carbonyl Compounds. Hsiao-Hua Hung, Yi-Ching Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2013, 355, 1545 -1552.
  221. Gold-catalyzed Reactions between Alkenyldiazo Carbonyl Species and Acetals. Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, and Rai-Shung Liu,* J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 5711-5716.
  222. Gold-Catalyzed Formal Cycloadditions of 2-Ethynylbenzyl Ethers with Organic Oxides or α-Diazo esters. Samir Kundlik Pawar, Chiou-Dong Wang, Sabyasachi Bhunia, Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, and Rai-Shung Liu*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,  2013, 52, 7559-7563.
  223. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cycloadditions to Activate a Quinoline Framework. Deepak B. Huple, Satish Ghorpade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 12965-12969.
  224. Oxidant-Dependent Chemoselectivity in the Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations of 3,4,6,6-Tetrasubstituted 3,5-Dien-1-ynes. Hsiao-Hua Hung, Yi-Ching Liao, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2013, 78, 7970-7976. 
  225. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of 4-Allenyl-1-ynes with 8-Methylquinoline Oxide.Rahul Kisan Kawade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 4094-4097.
  226. Gold-catalyzed Cyclization of Allenyl Acetal Derivatives. Dhananjayan Vasu, Samir Kundlik Paiwar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Beilstein, J. Org. Chem., 2013, 9, 1751-1756.
  227. Gold-catalyzed Carboalkoxylations of 2-Ethynylbenzyl Ethers To Form 1- and 2-Indanones Chemoselectively: Effects of Ligands and Solvents. Chiou-Dong Wang, Yi-Feng Hsieh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2014, 356, 144-152.
  228. 3,6,9,12-Tetrasubstituted Chrysenes: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Application as Blue Fluorescent OLED. Tien-Lin Wu, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Pei-Yun Huang, Chien-Hong Cheng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 267-274.
  229. Gold-catalyzed Annulations of Allenes with N-Hydroxyanilines to Form Indole Derivatives with Benzaldehyde as a Promoter. Rahul Kisan Kawade, Po-Han Huang, Somnath Narayan Karad, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. & Biomolecular Chem., 2014, 12, 737-740.
  230. Zn(II)- and Au(I)-catalyzed Regioselective Hydrative Oxidations of 3-En-1-ynes with Selectfluor: Realization of 1,4-Dioxo and 1,4-Oxohydroxy Functionalizations. Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, Sagar Ashok Gawade, Dhananjayan Vasu, Ramesh B. Dateer, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 1813-1817.
  231. Catalytic Formal [4+2] Cycloadditions between Unactivated Allenes and N-Hydroxyaniline Catalyzed by AuCl3/CuCl2/O2. Jian-Ming Chen, Chin-Jung Chang, Yao-Jin Ke, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79(10), 4306-4311.
  232. Gold- and Silver-catalyzed [4+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Oxetanes and Azetidines. Samir Kundlik Pawar, Dhananjayan Vasu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2014, 356, 2411-2416.
  233. Zn(II)- or Ag(I)-catalyzed 1,4-Metathesis Reactions Between 3-En-1-Ynamides and Nitrosoarenes. Sagar Ashok Gawade, Deepak. B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 2978-2981.
  234. Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Oxoarylations of Nitriles with Pyridine-Derived Oxides. Somnath Narayan Karad, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5444-5448.
  235. Gold-catalyzed Oxa-Povarov Reactions for the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Dihydrobenzopyrans from Diaryloxymethylarenes and Olefins. Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, Chang-Chin Tseng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20(33), 10519-10526.
  236. Regioselective Hydrations of 1-Aryl-3-en-1-ynes with Gold and Platinum Catalysts: Selective Productions of 2-En-1-ones and 3-En-1-ones. Bhanudas Dattatray Mokar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 8966-8969.
  237. Regiocontrolled Gold-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Two Discrete  Nitriles to Construct 4-Aminopyrimidine Cores. Somnath Narayan Karad, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53(34), 9072-9076.
  238. Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidations of 3-N-Hydoxyaminoprop-1-ynes to form 3-Substituted 3-Amino-2-en-1-ones: Oxidative Mannich Reactions with a Skeletal Rearrangement. Rahul Kisan Kawade, Chang-Chin Tseng, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20(43), 13927-13931.
  239. Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Dimerizations of 3-N-Hydroxyaminoprop-1-enes to form 1,4-Dihydroxy-2,3-diaminocyclohexanes with C2-symmetry. Satish Ghorpade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 12885-12888.
  240. Gold-catalyzed Carboalkoxylations of 2-Ethynylbenzyl Ethers to Form 1- and 3-Substituted 2-Methoxy-1-H-indenes: Brønsted Acid Versus Gold Catalysis. Chun-Hao Chen, Chiou-Dong Wang, Yi-Feng Hsieh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. & Biomolecular Chem., 2014, 12, 9831-9836.
  241. Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Iminonitronation of Electron-deficient Alkynes with Nitrosoarenes to Afford α-Imidoyl Nitrones. RahulKumar Rajmani Singh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50(100), 15864-15866.
  242. Gold Catalysis on Tandem and Cascade Reactions. Rai-Shung Liu*, Gold catalysis: An Homogeneous Approach, F. Dean Toste, V. Michelet Ed. Imperial College Press, 2014, Chapter 7, 253-274.
  243. Zn(II)-catalyzed Intermolecular Hydrative Aldol Reactions of 2-En-1-ynamides with Aldehydes and Water to form Branched Aldol Products Regio- and Stereoselectively. Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, Deepak B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54(12), 3812-3816.
  244. Gold-catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions of Ethyldiazoacetate, Nitrosoarenes and Vinyldiazo Carbonyl Compounds for the Synthesis of Isoxazolidine and Benzo[b]azepine Derivatives. Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54(16), 4923-4926.
  245. Cu-catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Cyclizations of 3-N-Hydroxyamino-1,2-propadienes with Alcohols, Thiols and Amines to Form a-O, S- and N-Substituted 4-Methylquinoline Derivatives. Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 4590-4594.
  246. Cu-catalyzed Oxidative Povarov Reactions Between N-Alkyl N-Methylanilines and Saturated Oxa- and Thiacycles. Rahul Kisan Kawade, Deepak. B. Huple, Rong-Jing Lin, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51(30), 6625-6628.
  247. Diversity in Gold-catalyzed Formal Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Azidoalkenes or 2H-Azirines: [3+2]- Versus [4+3] Cycloadditions. Samir Kundlik Pawar, Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21(30), 10843-10850.
  248. Gold-catalyzed a-Furanylations of Quinoline N-Oxides with Alkenyldiazo Carbonyl Species. Vinayak Vishnu Pagar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. & Biomolecular Chem., 2015, 13, 6166-6169.
  249. One-Pot Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Bicyclic Pyrrolidine Derivatives by a Platinum/Brønsted Acid Relay Cascade Reaction. Deepak. B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ChemCatChem, 2015, 7(18), 2824-2825.
  250. Gold-catalyzed Formal [4π+2π]-Cycloadditions of tert-Butyl Propiolates with Aldehydes and Ketones to form 4H-1,3-Dioxine Derivatives. Somnath Narayan Karad, Wei-Kang Chung, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51(65), 13004-13007.
  251. Synthesis of Planar Dibenzo[de,op]bistetracene Derivatives for Organic Field-Effect Transistors Applications: Substituent Effects on Crystal Packing and Charge Transport Property. Tien-Lin Wu, Chi-Hsien Kuo, Bo-Chao Lin, Yu-Tai Tao*, Chao-Ping Hsu*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Mater. Chem. C., 2015, 3(29), 7583-7588.
  252. Gold-catalyzed Formal [4p+2p]-Cycloadditions of Propiolate Derivatives with Unactivated Nitriles. Somnath Narayan Karad, Wei-Kang Chung, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6(10), 5964-5968.
  253. Gold-catalyzed Reactions of Propargylic Esters with Vinylazides for the Synthesis of Z- or E-Configured Buta-1,3-dien-2-yl esters. Sachin Bhausaheb Wagh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51(84), 15462-15464.
  254. Alkene-Directed N-Attack Chemoselectivity in the Gold-catalyzed [2+2+1]-Annulations of 1,6-Enynes with N-Hydroxyanilines. Deepak. B. Huple, Bhanudas D. Mokar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54(49), 14924-14928.
  255. [3+2]-Annulations of N-Hydroxy Allenylamines with Nitrosoarenes: One Pot Synthesis of Substituted Indole Products. Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2016, 18(3), 412-415.
  256. Copper-mediated [3+2]-Annulations of 3-N-Hydroxyallylamines with Nitrosoarenes. Satish Ghorpade, Prakash D. Jadhav, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22(9), 2915-2919.
  257. Zinc-Catalyzed Stereo- and Regioselective 1,4-Hydrative Fluorination of 3-En-1-Ynamides with Selectfluor. Appaso Mahadev Jadhav, Deepak B. Huple, Rahulkumar Rajmani Singh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358(7), 1017-1022.
  258. Sulfonamide-directed Gold-catalyzed [2+2+2]-Cycloadditions of Nitriles with Two Discrete Ynamides to Construct 2,4-Diaminopyridine Cores. Yu-Ling Chen, Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 3187-3190.
  259. Recent Advance in Gold-Catalyzed N- and O-Functionalizations of Alkynes with Nitrones, Nitroso, Nitro and Nitroxy Species. Deepak B. Huple, Satish Ghorpade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358, 1348-1367. an invited review
  260. Gold-catalyzed Imination/Mannich Reaction Cascades of 3-En-1-ynamides with Anilines and Aldehydes to Enable 1,5-Nitrogen Functionalizations. Rahul Kumar Rajmani Singh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358, 1421-1427.
  261. Gold-catalyzed [4+3] and [4+4]-Annulation Reactions of t-butyl Propiolate Derivatives with Epoxides and Oxetanes for the construction of  1,4-Dioxepane and 1,5-Dioxocane Cores. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7482-7485.
  262. Skeletal Rearrangement in the Zn(II)-catalyzed [4+2]-Annulation of Disubstituted N-Hydroxy Allenylamines with Nitrosoarenes to Yield Substituted 1,2-oxazinan-3-ones Derivatives. Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22(44), 15881-15887.
  263. Gold-catalyzed [3+2]-Annulations of α-Aryl Diazonitriles with Ynamides and Allenamides to Yield 1-Amino-1H-Indenes. RahulKumar Rajmani Singh, Samir Kundlik Pawar, Min-Jie Huang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 11434-11437.
  264. Gold-catalyzed Intermolecular Oxidations of 2-Ketonyl-1-ethynyl benzenes with N-Hydoxyanilines to Yield 2-Aminoindenones via Gold Carbene Intermediates. Bhanudas Dattatray Mokar, Deepak B. Huple, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55(39), 11892-11896.
  265. Two Distinct Cyclizations of 2-Propenyl-1-ethynyl benzenes with Aryldiazo Esters Using Au and Rh/Au catalysts respectively. Sachin Bhausaheb Wagh, Yu-Chen Hsu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 7160-7166.
  266. A Sequential Route to Cyclopentenes from 1,6-Enynes and Diazo Ketones through Gold and Rhodium Catalysis. Balaji S. Kale, Hsin-Fu Lee, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359(3), 402-409.
  267. Gold-catalyzed 1,4-Carbooxygenation of 3-En-1-ynamides with Allylic and Propargylic Alcohols via Non-Claisen Pathways. Sovan Sundar Giri, Li-Hsuan Lin, Prakash Daulat Jadhav, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359(4), 590-596.
  268. Development of Gold-catalyzed [4+1] and [2+2+1]/[4+2] Annulations between Propiolate Derivatives and Isoxazoles. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56(4), 1026-1030.
  269. Copper-catalyzed Three-Component Annulations of Alkenes, Nitrosoarenes and N-hydroxyallylamines to Form Fused Oxazinane/isoxazolidine Heterocycles. Rahul Kisan Kawade, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56(8), 2035-2039.
  270. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative  [2+2+1] Annulations of Aryldiazo Nitriles with Imines to Yield Polyarylated Imidazolium Salts. Samir Kundlik Pawar, Ming-Chung Yang, Ming-Der Su*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56(18), 5035-5039.
  271. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Couplings of Two Indoles with One Aryldiazo Cyanide under Oxidant-free Conditions. RahulKumar Rajmani Singh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 4593-4596.
  272. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Hydroacylation Reactions of α-Iminoalkynes with Aldehydes and O2. Yu-Chen Hsu, Jing-He Lai, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 6009-6012.
  273. Ground-State Dioxygen Undergoes Metal-Free [3+2]-Annulations with Allenes and Nitrosoarenes Under Ambient Conditions. Jinxian Liu, Manisha Skaria, Pankaj Sharma, Yun-Wei Chiang, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 5482-5487.
  274. High-performance organic light-emitting diode with substitutionally boron-doped graphene anode. Tien-Lin Wu, Chao-Hui Yeh, Wen-Ting Hsiao, Pei-Yun Huang, Min-Jie Huang, Yen-Hsin Chiang, Chien-Hong Cheng*, Rai-Shung Liu*, and Po-Wen Chiu*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 14998-15004.
  275. Gold-catalyzed [4+2]- and [3+3]-Annulations of Ynamides with 1-Yn-3-ols to Access Six-Membered Carbo- and Oxacycles via Three Distinct Cyclizations. Sovan Sundar Giri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2017, 359(19), 3311-3318.
  276. Gold-catalyzed [4+2]-Annulation/Cyclization Cascades of Benzoisoxazoles with Propiolate Derivatives to Access Highly Oxygenated Tetrahydroquinolines. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 12736-12740.
  277. Stereoselective annulation between an allene, an alkene, and two nitrosoarenes to access bis(isoxazoliodine) derivatives. Pankaj Sharma, Prakash D. Jadhav, Manisha Skaria, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 9389-9397.
  278. Gold-catalyzed N,O-Functionalizations of 6-Allenyl-1-ynes with N-Hydroxyanilines to Construct Benzo[b]-azepin-4-one Cores. Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, Balaji S. Kale, Bhanudas Dattatray Mokar, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2017, 19(19), 5340-5343.
  279. Diboron Compound-Based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with High Efficiency and Reduced Efficiency Roll-Off. Tien-Lin Wu, Min-Jie Huang, Chih-Chun Lin, Pei-Yun Huang, Tsu-Yu Chou, Ren-Wu Chen-Cheng, Hao-Wu Lin*, Rai-Shung Liu*,  and Chien-Hong Cheng*, Nature Photonics, 2018, 12, 235-240.
  280. Gold-catalyzed N,O-functionalizations of 1,4-diyn-3-ols with N-hydroxyanilines to form highly functionalized pyrrole derivatives. Yu-Chen Hsu, Shu-An Hsieh, Po-Hsuan Li, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 2114-2117.
  281. Brønsted Acids Enable Three Molecular Rearrangements of One 3-Alkylidene-2H-1,2-oxazine Molecule: Availability of Four Distinct Heterocycles from Nitroso [4+2] Cycloadditions. Bhanudas Dattatray Mokar, Jinxian Liu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2018, 20(4), 1038-1041.
  282. Gold-catalyzed [4+3]- and [4+2]-Annulations of 3-En-1-ynamides with Isoxazoles via Novel 6p-Electrocyclizations of 3-Azaheptatrienyl Cations. Sovan Sundar Giri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 2991-2995.
  283. Gold-catalyzed [4+2]-Annulations of α-Alkylgold Carbenes with Benzisoxazoles to Form 3,4-Dihydroquinoline Derivatives. Bhanudas Dattatray Mokar, Prakash D. Jadhav, Y. B. Pandit, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 4488-4492.
  284. Gold-catalyzed (4+1)-Annulation Reactions between 1,4-Diyn-3-ols and Isoxazoles to Construct a Pyrrole Core. Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, Balaji S. Kale, Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2018, 20(13), 3806-3809.
  285. Gold-Catalyzed Annulations of N-Aryl Ynamides with Benzisoxazoles to Construct 6H-Indolo[2,3-b]quinoline Cores. Meng-Han Tsai, Cheng-Yu Wang, Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 10866-10869.
  286. Catalytic Transformations of Alkynes into either α-Alkoxy or α-Aryl Enolates: Mannich Reactions by Cooperative Catalysis and Evidence for Nucleophile-Directed Chemoselectivity. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, Manoj D. Patil, Sachin Bhausaheb Wagh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 14878-14882.
  287. Gold-catalyzed [5+2]- and [5+1]-Annulations between Ynamides and 1,2-Benzisoxazoles with Ligand-Controlled Chemoselectivity. Prakash D. Jadhav,  Xin Lu, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ACS Catal., 2018, 8(10), 9697-9701.
  288. Gold-catalyzed Michael-type Reactions and [4+2]-Annulations between Propiolates and 1,2-Benzisoxazoles with Ester-directed Chemoselectivity. Yashwant Bhaskar Pandit, Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2018, 20(21), 6655-6658.
  289. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cycloalkenations of Alkynes with Quinoline N-Oxides. Sachin Bhausaheb Wagh, Pankaj Sharma, Manoj D. Patil, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Chem. front., 2019, 6, 226-230.
  290. Gold-catalyzed [4+1]-Annulation Reactions between Anthranils and 4-Methoxy-1,2-dienyl-5-ynes Involving a 1,2-Allene Shift. Hsiang-Chu Hsieh, Kuo-Chen Tan, Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 1979-1982.
  291. Gold-catalyzed [4+3]-Annulations of 2-Alkenyl-1-Alkynylbenzenes with Anthranils with Alkyne-Dependent Chemoselectivity: Skeletal Rearrangement versus Non-Rearrangement. RahulKumar Rajmani Singh, Manisha Skaria, Liang-Yu Chen, Mu-Jeng Cheng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 1201-1206.
  292. Gold-catalyzed Annulations of N-Propargyl Ynamides with Anthranils With Two Distinct Chemoselectivities. Yu-Chen Hsu, Shu-An Hsieh, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 5288-5297.
  293. Direct Access to Benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline and 6H-Chromeno[3,4-b]quinoline Cores through Gold-Catalyzed Annulation of Anthranils with Arenoxyethynes and Aryl propargyl ethers. Manoj D. Patil, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 4452-4455.
  294. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Hydrative Alkenations of Propargyl Aryl Thioethers with Quinoline N-Oxides Involving a 1, 3-Sulfur Migration. Sachin Bhausaheb Wagh, Rahulkumar Rajmani Singh, Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2019, 21(8), 2755-2758.
  295. Gold-catalyzed Bicyclic Annulations of 4-Methoxy-1,2-dienyl-5-ynes with Isoxazoles to Form Indolizine Derivatives via Au-p-Allene Activation. Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, Kuo-Chen Tan, Liang-Yu Chen, Mu-Jeng Cheng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 6437-6442
  296. Generation of Endocyclic Vinyl Carbene Complexes via Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclizations of Terminal Diynes: Toward Naphthoquinolines and Carbozolequinones. Chao Shu, Chong-Yang Shi, Qing Sun, Bo Zhou, Tian-You Li, Qiao He, Xin Lu*, Rai-Shung Liu, and Long-Wu Ye*, ACS Catal., 2019, 9(2), 1019-1025.
  297. Gold(I)-catalyzed 1,3-Carbofunctionalizations of Anthranils with Vinyl Propargyl Esters to Yield 1,3-Dihydrobenzo[c]-isoxazoles. Manisha Skaria, Pankaj Sharma, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2019, 21(8), 2876-2879.
  298. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation of Thioalkynes To Form Phenylthio Ketene Derivatives via a Noncarbene Route. Pankaj Sharma, RahulKumar Rajmani Singh, Sovan Sundar Giri, Liang-Yu Chen, Mu-Jeng Cheng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2019, 21(14), 5475-5479.
  299. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Arylations of 3-Butyn-1-ols and 2-Propyn-1-ols with Nitrones to Yield Distinct Fused Indoles Bearing a Heterocyclic Ring. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ACS Catal., 2019, 9(7), 5890-5896.
  300. Gold-catalyzed [4+2] Annulations of Dienes with Nitrosoarenes as 4π donors: Nitroso-Povarov Reactions. Ching-Nung Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(29), 9831-9835.
  301. Gold-Catalyzed Bicyclic Annulations of 2-Alkynylbenzaldehydes with Vinyldiazo Carbonyls that Serve as Five-atom Building Units. Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(32), 10980-10984.
  302. Copper-catalyzed [4+2]-Cycloadditions of Isoxazoles with 2-Alkynyl Benzaldehydes to Access Distinct a-Carbonylnaphthalene Derivatives: C(3,4)- versus C(4,5)-Regioselectivity at Isoxazoles. Sovan Sundar Giri, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ACS Catal., 2019, 9(8), 7328-7334.
  303. Two Distinct Ag(I)- and Au(I)-Catalyzed Olefinations between a-Diazo Esters and N-Boc-Derived Imines. Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2019, 21(16), 6452-6456.
  304. Copper-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization of Indolyl Homopropargyl Amides: Stereospecific Construction of Bridged Aza‐[n.2.1] Skeletons. Tong‐De Tan, Xin‐Qi Zhu, Hao‐Zhen Bu, Guocheng Deng, Yang‐Bo Chen, Rai‐Shung Liu, and Long‐Wu Ye*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58(28), 9632-9639.
  305. Gold-Catalyzed Aromatizations of 3-En-5-siloxy-1,6-diynes with Nitrosoarenes to Enable 1,4-N,O-Functionalizations: One-Pot Construction of 4-Hydroxy-3-aminobenzaldehyde Cores. Balaji S. Kale and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2019, 21(20), 8434-8438.
  306. Generation of Donor/Donor Copper Carbenes through Copper-Catalyzed Diyne Cyclization: Enantioselective and Divergent Synthesis of Chiral Polycyclic Pyrroles. Feng-Lin Hong, Ze-Shu Wang, Dong-Dong Wei, Tong-Yi Zhai, Guo-Cheng Deng, Xin Lu, Rai-Shung Liu, and Long-Wu Ye*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141(42), 16961-16970.
  307. Synthesis of nitrogen-containing molecules via transition metal-catalyzed reactions on isoxazoles, anthranils and benzoisoxazoles. Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, Long-Wu Ye and Rai-Shung Liu*, Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 73, Pedro Perez Ed. Elsevier Inc.(Academic Press), 2020, chapter 3, 195-251.
  308. Gold-Catalyzed Iminations of Terminal Propargyl Alcohols with Anthranils with Atypical Chemoselectivity for C(1)-Additions and 1,2-Carbon Migration. Manisha Skaria, Sayaji Arjun More, Tung‐Chun Kuo, Mu‐Jeng Cheng*, Rai‐Shung Liu*, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26(16), 3600-3608. (doi: 10.1002/chem.201905283)
  309. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Cyclization-[4+3] Annulation Cascades between 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones and Anthranils. Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, Tzu-Hsuan Chao, Mu-Jeng Cheng* and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59(26), 10396-10400. (doi: 10.1002/anie.202001854)
  310. Gold-catalyzed [4+3]-Annulations of Benzopyriliums withVinyldiazo Carbonyls to Form Bicyclic Heptatriene Rings with Skeletal Rearrangement. Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362(12), 2517-2522. (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202000292)
  311. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective [4+2]-Annulations of Cyclopentadieness with Nitrosoarenes via Nitroso-Povarov versus Oxidative Nitroso-Povarov Reactions. Prakash D. Jadhav, Jia-Xuan Chen, and Rai-Shung Liu*, ACS Catal., 2020, 10(10), 5840-5845. (doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01293)
  312. Gold-catalyzed Oxidations of 1,3-Diynamides with C(1) Versus C(3) Regioselectivity: Catalyst-Dependent Oxidative Cyclizations in the C(3) Oxidation. Manisha Skaria, Yu-Chen Hsu, Yan-Ting Jiang, Ming-Yi Lu, Tung-Chun Kuo, Mu-Jeng Cheng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2020, 22(11), 4478-4482. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01480)
  313. Gold-Catalyzed Aminoaromatizations of 1,2-Bis(alkynyl)benzenes with Anthranils to Yield 1-Amino-2-napthaldehyde Products. Yashwant Bhaskar Pandit, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362(15), 3183-3189. (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202000591)
  314. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of Chiral cyclopentadienyl esters via chiral transfer. Ke Zhao, Yu-Chen Hsu, Ziguang Yang, Rai-Shung Liu *, and Liming Zhang *, Org. Lett., 2020, 22(16), 6500-6504. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02293)
  315. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reaction of Alkenyl Diynes with Styrenes by Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition via Cu-Containing All-Carbon 1,3-Dipoles: Access to Chiral Pyrrole-Fused Bridged [2.2.1] Skeletons. Feng-Lin Hong, Yang-Bo Chen, Si-Han Ye, Guang-Yu Zhu, Xin-Qi Zhu, Xin Lu, Rai-Shung Liu, and Long-Wu Ye*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142(16), 7618-7626. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c01918)
  316. Nitrene transfer and carbene transfer in gold catalysis. Long-Wu Ye*, Xin-Qi Zhu, Rajkumar Lalji Sahani, Yin Xu, Peng-Cheng Qian, Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 9039-9112. (doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00348)
  317. Copper‐Catalyzed Azide‐Ynamide Cyclization for Generation of α‐Imino Copper Carbenes: Divergent and Enantioselective Access to Polycyclic N‐Heterocycles. Xin Liu, Ze-Shu Wang, Tong-Yi Zhai, Chen Luo, Yi-Ping Zhang, Yang-Bo Chen, Chao Deng*, Rai-Shung Liu, and Long-wu Ye*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59(41), 17984-17990. (doi: 10.1002/anie.202007206)
  318. Gold-catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions among Two Distinct Arenes and One Gold Carbene with Phosphoric Acids as Cocatalysts. Manoj D. Patil, Balaji S. Kale, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2020, 362(24), 5658-5668.  (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202000879)
  319. Gold(I)-catalyzed Reactions between 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones and Vinyldiazo Ketones for Divergent Synthesis of Nonsymmetric Heteroaryl-Substituted Triarylmethanes: N- versus C-Attack Paths. Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2020, 22(21), 8229-8233. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02765)
  320. Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Aminocyclizations of Propargyl Alcohols and Progargyl Amines to form Two Distinct Azacyclic Products: Carbene formation versus a 3,3-Sigamatropic Shift of an initial Intermediate. Amit Vijay Sasane, Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, Tzu-Hsuan Chao, Mu-Jeng Chen*, and Rai-Shung Liu*. Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26(70), 16932-16938. (doi: 10.1002/chem.202003840)
  321. Gold-catalyzed Bicyclic and [3+2]-Annulations of Internal Propargyl Alcohols with Nitrones and Imines To Yield to Two Distinct Heterocycles. Sayaji Arjun More, Tzu-Hsuan Chao, Mu-Jeng Chen*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2021, 363(2),525-531. (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202001119)
  322. Gold-catalyzed [3+2]-Annulations of a-Aryl Diazoketones with the Tetrasubstituted Alkenes of Cyclopentadienes: High Stereoselectivity and Enantioselectivity. Ching-Nung Chen, Wei-Min Cheng, Jian-Kai Wang, Chao Tzu-Hsuan, Cheng Mu-Jeng*, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60(9), 4479-4484. (doi: 10.1002/anie.202012611 ) (This article also appears in: Hot Topic: Gold)
  323. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Reactions between N-(o-Alkynylphenyl)imines and Vinyldiazo Ketones to Form 3-(Furan-2-ylmethyl)-1H-indoles via Postulated Azallyl Gold and Allylic Cation Intermediates. Antony Sekar Kulandai Raj, Akshay Subhash Narode, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2021, 23(4), 1378-1382.
  324. Gold(I)-catalyzed Oxidative 1,4-Additions of 3-En-1-ynamide with Nitrones via Carbon- versus Nitrogen-addition Chemoselectivity. Sudhakar Dattatray Tanpure, Balaji S. Kale and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2021, 23(4), 1394-1399.
  325. Gold-catalyzed [5+2]-Annulations of 1,3-Diyn-1-amides with Anthranils Bearing no C(6)-substituent. Yashwant Bhaskar Pandit, Yan-Ting Jiang, Jia-Jyun Jian, Tai-Chi Chen, Tung-Chun Kuo, Mu-Jeng Cheng* and  Rai-Shung Liu* , Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 2563-2568. (doi: 10.1039/D1QO00026H)
  326. Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of Highly Functionalized E-Configured 2,3-Diaza-1,3,5-hexatrienes via a Diazo Attack of α-Aryldiazo Nitriles at Vinylgold Carbenes: An Easy Access to 1H-Pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridine-5-ones. Vikas Ashokrao Sadaphal and Rai-Shung Liu, Org. Lett., 2021, 23(14), 5496-5500. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01835)
  327. Gold Catalysts Can Generate Nitrone Intermediates from a Nitrosoarene/Alkene Mixture, Enabling Two Distinct Catalytic Reactions. A Nitroso-activated Cycloheptatriene/Benzylidene Rearrangement. Sayaji Arjun More, Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, Tung-Chun Kuo, Mu-Jeng Cheng* and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett., 2021, 23(14), 5506-5511. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01857)
  328. Development of a [2+2]-Nitroso/Alkene Cycloaddition Using Sodium Tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate Catalyst: Controlled Chemoselectivity of Two Equilibrating Isomeric Intermediates Jia-Xuan Chen, Prakash D. Jadhav,  Ching-Nung Chen,  and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 6246-6251 .
  329. Gold(I)-catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Constructions of Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-ene Frameworks via (4+3)-Cycloadditions" Tanpure, Sudhakar; Kuo, Tung-Chun; Cheng, Mu-Jeng* and Liu. Rai-Shung*. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12(1), 536-543. (doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04483)
  330. WSe2/WS2 Heterobilayer Nonvolatile Memory Device with Boosted Charge Retention. Ming-Deng Siao, Ashish Chhaganlal Gandhi, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Yi-Chieh Wu, Hong-Kai Syu, Meng-Yu Tsai, Tsung-Han Tsai, Yueh-Chiang Yang, Yen-Fu Lin, Rai-Shung Liu, and Po-Wen Chiu*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14(2), 3467-3475. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c20076)
  331. Dynamic Kinetic Resolution in Gold-catalyzed (4+2)-Annulations between Benzopyriliums with Allenamides to Yield Enantioenriched All-Carbon Diarylalkylmethane Derivatives. Yashwant Bhaskar Pandit and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett. 2022, 24(2), 548-553. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03963).
  332. Gold-Catalyzed Bicyclic Annulations of N-(o-alkynylphenyl)imines with a-Diazo Esters to Form 5,6-dihydroindolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline Derivatives. Akshay Subhash Narode and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett. 2022, 24(11), 2165-2169. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00450)
  333. Gold(I) Catalyzed [4+2] Annulation between Arylynes and Nitrones for Chemoselective Synthesis of Quinoline Scaffolds via Gold Acetylides Intermediate. Debashis Barik and Rai-Shung Liu*, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87(11), 7097-7105. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00274)
  334. Gold-Catalyzed Rearrangement of a-Carbonyl Cyclopropanes to Form 3-(Cyclopenta-1,3-dien-1-ylmethyl)oxindoles via a Postulated 1,5-Enolate Shift. Amit Vijay Sasane, Tung-Chun Kuo, Mu-Jeng Cheng* Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Lett, 2022, 24(28), 5220-5225. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02117)
  335. Dichotomy of Diarylketenes:  Reactions of Thioalkynes via [3+2]-Annulation Versus Benzannulation using Au and P(C6F5)3 Catalysts Respectively . Sayaji Arjun More, Vikas Ashokrao Sadaphal, Tung-Chun Kuo, Mu-Jeng Cheng* and Rai-Shung Liu*. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10664-10067.
  336. Partial Decarboxylation Improves the EUV Performance of Hafnium Oxide Clusters.  Pin-Chia Liao, Po-Hsiung Cheng, Ting-An Shih, Ting-An Lin . Tsi-Sheng Gau* Burn-Jeng Lin* Po-Wen Chiu* and Jui-Hsiung Liu (= Rai-Shung Liu), J. Mater. Chem. C. 2022, 10, 15647-15635.
  337. Catalyst-Free Diazo Cross-coupling to Access Useful 3(2H)-Furanone derivatives: Development of An efficent Ketene/Diazo Coupling, Amit Vijay Sasane and Rai-Shung Liu*, Chem Commun. 2023, 59, 1086-1089. (doi: 10.1039/D2CC05912F)
  338. Nitrosoarenes Implement Cascade Cyclization of 1-Allenyl-2-alkynylbenzenes Through Diradical Mechanism. Chandrima Maitra, Prakash D. Jadhav, Debashis Barik, Yeu-Shiuan Ho, Chu-Chun Cheng, Mu-Jeng Cheng,* Yun-Wei Chiang,* and Rai-Shung Liu*,  Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 82-86
  339. Gold-Catalyzed Addition of β-Oxo Enols at Tethered Alkynes via a Non Conia-ene Pathway: Observation of a Formal 1,3-Hydroxymethylidene Migration. Akshay Subhash Narode, Yeu-Shiuan Ho, Mu-Jeng Cheng and Rai-Shung Liu,* Org. Lett. 2023, 25(9) 1589-1594. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00504)
  340. Two Distinct Carbocyclizations of (2-Formylphenyl)prop-2-yn-1-yl acetates to Form Substituted 1H-indene Derivatives and 4-Acetoxy-3-hydroxy-2-naphthoates Respectively. Cooperative Catalysis using Au(I)/H2O Dual Catalysts. Akshay Suresh Kshirsagar, Surya Dixit, Rai-Shung Liu,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365(5), 728-734. (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202201358)
  341. Relay Zn(II)- and Gold(I)-Catalyzed Aziridination/Cyclization/Ring Expansion Sequence to form 3-Benzazepine Derivatives. Sudhakar Dattatray Tanpure,  Rahul Dadabhau Kardile, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 2211-2217. (doi: 10.1039/D3QO00134B)
  342. Novel Hexameric Tin Carboxylate Clusters as Efficient Negative-Tone EUV Photoresists: High Resolution with Well-Defined Patterns under Low Energy Doses. Jia-Rong Wu, Ting-An Lin, Yan-Ru Wu, Po-Hsiung Chen, Tsi-Sheng Gau Burn-Jeng Lin, Po-Wen Chiu and Rai-Shung Liu*, Nanoscale Advance, 2023, 5, 3033-3043. (doi: 10.1039/D3NA00131H)
  343. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Reaction of 1-(1-Alkynyl)-cyclopropyl Ketones with Vinyldiazo Ketones for Divergent Synthesis of Substituted Furanyl Heterocycles. Akshay Subhash Narode, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Asian J. Org. Chem., 2023, e202300199. (doi: 10.1002/ajoc.202300199)
  344. Gold-Catalyzed Cyclizations and [3+2]-Annulation Cascades between 1,5-Diyn-3-ols and Nitrones to Construct Carbazole Frameworks, Sudhakar Dattatray Tanpure, Manoj Dilip Dhole, and Rai-Shung Liu*, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, in press. (doi: 10.1002/adsc.202300711)
  345. Au(I) and HOTf-Catalyzed Cascade [5+1]-Annulations between Allenylacetals and Diazo Esters to Form 1,3- and 2,3-Disubstituted Naphthoates Respectively. Satish Bhausaheb Dawange and Rai-Shung Liu Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365 3902.
  346. Reactions of 1,3-Diphenyl Cyclopentadiene with α-Aryldiazo ketones  to Enable C-H insertions versus [4+2]-cycloadditions via Au catalyst and P(C6F5)3 Additive  Respectively. Vikas Ashokrao Sadaphal and Rai-Shung Liu*. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 14899-14910.
  347. Stereo- and Regiocontrol in Intermolecular [2+2]-Cycloadditions between Diarylketene and Allenamides to Access Substituted a-Methylenecyclobutanone derivatives. Akshay Suresh Kshirsagar, Sayaji Arun More and Rai-Shung Liu* Chemical Commun. 2023, 59, 11967-11970.
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