Publications

91. Ozaki T.; Liu, S.-Y. "Boron-Nitrogen-Containing Benzene Valence Isomers"Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202402544. []

*Contribution as a response to an editorial invitation by the Editor-in-Chief.


90. Ozaki T.; Bentley S. K.; Rybansky, N.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. "A BN-Benzvalene"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 24748-24753. []

Preprint: ChemRxiv. 2024, June 14. []

* Selected for a Supplementary Journal Cover.


89. Lin, H.; Yang, X.; Liu, S.-Y., Jäkle, F. "Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) of the Dewar Isomer of 1,2-Azaborinine, a B-N Isostere of Benzene"ACS Macro Lett.2024,13, 21-27. []


88. Eaton, M.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, S.-Y. "Borataalkenes, Boraalkenes, and the eta-2-B,C Coordination Mode in Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis"Chem. Soc. Rev.2024,53, 1915-1935.[]


87.Eaton, M.; Dai, Y.; Wang, Z.; Li, B.; Lamine, W.; Miqueu, K.; Liu, S.-Y. "Synthesis of Allenes by Hydroalkylation of 1,3-Enynes with Ketones Enabled by Cooperative Catalysis"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023,145, 21638-21645. []

* Highlighted in:
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86.Lee, H.; Alvarado, M.; Ingram, S.; Liu, S.-Y. “N-Functionalization of 1,2-Azaborines”Synlett2023,34, 2169-2174.[]

* Invited as part of the special issue "Modern Boron Chemistry: 60 years of the Matteson Reaction".


85.Zhang, C.; Chrostowska. A.; Liu, S.-Y.; Karamanis,* P.; Otero, N. "Between Electron Delocalization and Low-Lying Excited States of BN-Doped Aromatic Hydrocarbons"Chem. Phys. Lett.2023,825, 140615. []


84.Robichaud, H. M.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Ozaki, T.; Lamine, W.; Miqueu., K.; Liu, S.-Y. “The Aromatic Claisen Rearrangement of a 1,2-Azaborine"Org. Biomol. Chem.2023,21, 3778-3783.[]

* Invited as part of the special issue "Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry".


83. Wang, Z.; Zhang, C.; Wu, J.; Li, B.; Chrostowska, A.; Karamanis, P.; Liu, S.-Y. "trans-Hydroalkynylation of Internal 1,3-Enynes Enabled by Cooperative Catalysis"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023,145, 5624-5630. []


82. Wang, Z.; Lamine, W.; Miqueu, K.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Syn Outer-Sphere Oxidative Addition: The Reaction Mechanism in Pd/Senphos-Catalyzed Carboboration of 1,3-Enynes"Chem. Sci.2023,14, 2082-2090. []

Preprint:ChemRxiv2022, October 11. []


81. Zhang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Wu,Lamine, W.; Xu, S.; Li, B.; Chrostowska, A.; Miqueu, K.; Liu, S.-Y. "Mechanism of Pd/Senphos-Catalyzed trans-Hydroboration of 1,3-Enynes: Experimental and Computational Evidence in Support of the Unusual Outer-Sphere Oxidative Addition Pathway"J. Org. Chem.2023,88, 2415-2424. []

Preprint:ChemRxiv2022, October 6. []


80. Giustra, Z. X.; Chen, G.; Vasiliu, M.; Karkamkar, A.; Autrey, T.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Comparison of Hydrogen Release Kinetics from 5- and 6-Membered 1,2-BN-Cycloalkanes"RSC Adv.2021,11, 34132-34136. []


79. Liu, Y.; Puig de la Bellacasa, R.; Li, B.; Cuenca, A. B.; Liu, S.-Y. "The Versatile Reaction Chemistry of An Alpha-Boryl Diazo Compound"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021,143, 14059-14064. []


78. Wang, Z.; Wu, J.; Lamine, W.; Li, B.; Sotiropoulos, J.-M.; Chrostowska, A.; Miqueu, K.; Liu, S.-Y. "C-Boron Enolates Enable Palladium Catalyzed Carboboration of Internal 1,3-Enynes"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021,60, 21231-21236. []

* Selected by the editors as a "Hot Paper"


77. Chen, M.; Unikela, K. S.; Ramalakshmi, R.; Li, B.; Darrigan, C.; Chrostowska, A.; Liu, S.-Y. "A BN-Doped Cycloparaphenylene Debuts"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021,60, 1556-1560. []

* Highlighted inSYNFACTS2021,17(02), 149 - []


76. Zhang, Y.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. "Pd-Senphos Catalyzed trans-Selective Cyanoboration of 1,3-Enynes"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2020,59, 15928-15932. []


75. Boknevitz, K.; Darrigan, C.; Chrostowska, A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Cation-pi Binding Ability of BN Indole"Chem. Commun.2020,56, 3749-3752. []


74. Giustra, Z. X.; Yang, X.; Chen, M.; Bettinger, H. F.; Liu, S.-Y. "Accessing 1,2-Substituted Cyclobutanes through 1,2-Azaborine Photoisomerization"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019,58, 18918-18922. []


73. Liu, Y.; Liu, S.-Y. “Exploring the Strength of a Hydrogen Bond as a Function of Steric Environment using 1,2-Azaborine Ligands and Engineered T4 Lysozyme Receptors"Org. Biomol. Chem.2019,17, 7002-7006.[]


72. Lin, H.; McConnell, C. R.; Jilus, B.; Liu, S.-Y.; Jäkle, F. "Changing up BN-Polystyrene: Effect of Substitution Pattern on the Free-Radical Polymerization and Polymer Properties"Macromolecules2019,52, 4500-4509. []


71. McConnell, C. R.; Liu, S.-Y. "Late-Stage Functionalization of BN-Heterocycles"Chem. Soc. Rev.2019,48, 3436-3453. []

* Invited as part of a special issue on "Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry".
* For the editorial to the special issue, see:
Liu, S.-Y.; Stephan, D. W. "Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry"Chem. Soc. Rev.2019,48, 3434-3435. []


70. McConnell, C. R.; Haeffner, F.; Baggett, A. W.; Liu, S.-Y. "1,2-Azaborine’s Distinct Electronic Structure Unlocks Two New Regioisomeric Building Blocks via Resolution Chemistry"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019,141, 9072-9078. []


69. Boknevitz, K.; Italia, J. S.; Li, B.; Chatterjee, A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Synthesis and Characterization of an Unnatural Boron and Nitrogen-containing Tryptophan Analogue and its Incorporation into Proteins"Chem. Sci.2019,10, 4994-4998. []

* Selected as part of the 2019 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection.


68.Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Darrigan, C.; Chrostowska, A.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. "A BN Anthracene Mimics the Electronic Structure of More Highly Conjugated Systems"Dalton Trans.2019,48, 2807-2812. []


67. Brown, A. N.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. “Expanding the functional group tolerance of cross-coupling in 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborines: Installation of alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl substituents while maintaining a B-H bond"Tetrahedron2019,75, 580-583. []

* Invited as part of a special issue on "Frustrated Lewis Acids and Organoboranes".


66. Edel, K.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Liu, S.-Y.; Bettinger, H. F. "Superelectrophilicity of 1,2-Azaborine: Formation of Xenon and Carbon Monoxide Adducts"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2019,58, 4061-4064. []


65. Edel, K.; Yang, X.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Lamm, A. N.; Maichle-Mössmer, C.; Giustra, Z. X.; Liu, S.-Y.; Bettinger, H. F. "The Dewar Isomer of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborinines: Isolation, Fragmentation, and Energy Storage"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018,57, 5296-5300. []


64. Giustra, Z. X.; Liu, S.-Y. "The State of the Art in Azaborine Chemistry: New Synthetic Methods and Applications"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018,140, 1184-1194. []

* Highlighted in:
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63. Baggett, A. W.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Boron Protecting Group Strategy for 1,2-Azaborines"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017,139, 15259-15264. []


62. Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Dargelos, A.; Darrigan, C.; Chrostowska, A.; Liu, S.-Y. “BN Tetracene: Extending the Reach of BN/CC Isosterism in Acenes"Organometallics2017,36, 2494-2497. []

* Invited as part of a special issue on "Tailoring the Optoelectronic Properties of Organometallic Compounds with Main Group Elements".


61. Liu, Z.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Darrigan, C.; Dargelos, A.; Chrostowska, A.; Li, B.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. “The Least Stable Isomer of BN Naphthalene: Toward Predictive Trends for the Optoelectronic Properties of BN Acenes"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017,139, 6082-6085. []


60. Lee, H.; Liu, S.-Y. “Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines and the Preparation of Their Protein Complexes with T4 Lysozyme Mutants"J. Vis. Exp.2017. A video protocol. []


59. McConnell, C. R.; Campbell, P. G.; Fristoe, C. R.; Memmel, P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Li, B.; Darrigan, C.; Chrostowska, A.; Liu, S.-Y. “Synthesis and Characterization of 1,2-Azaborine-Containing Phosphine Ligands: A Comparative Electronic Structure Analysis"Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2017, 2207-2210. []


58. Zhao, P.; Nettleton, D. O.; Karki, R.; Zecri, F. J.; Liu, S.-Y. “Medicinal Chemistry Profiling of Monocyclic 1,2-Azaborines"ChemMedChem2017,12, 358-361. []


57. Beniwal, S.; Hooper, J.; Miller, D. P.; Costa, P. S.; Chen, G.; Liu, S.-Y.; Dowben, P. A.; Sykes C. H.; Zurek, E.; Enders A. “Graphene-like Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen Monolayers"ACS Nano2017,11, 2486-2493. []


56. Wan, W.-M.; Baggett, A. W.; Cheng, F.; Lin, H.; Lamm, A. N.; Liu, S.-Y.; Jäkle, F. “Synthesis by Free Radical Polymerization and Properties of BN-Polystyrene and BN-Poly(vinylbiphenyl)"Chem. Commun.2016,52, 13616-13619. []. Correction: []


55. Xu, S.; Zhang, Y.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. “Site- and Stereo-selective trans-Hydroboration of 1,3-Enynes Catalyzed by 1,4-Azaborine-Based Phosphine-Pd Complex"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2016,138, 14566-14569. []

* Highlighted in:
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54. Lee, H; Fischer, M.; Shoichet, B. K.; Liu, S.-Y. “Hydrogen Bonding of 1,2-Azaborines in the Binding Cavity of T4 Lysozyme Mutants: Structures and Thermodynamics"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2016,138, 12021-12024. []


53. Giustra, Z. X.; Chou, L.-Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Liu, S.-Y. "Kinetics of −CH2CH2– Hydrogen Release from a BN-cyclohexene Derivative"Organometallics2016,35, 2425-2428. []


52. Liu, X.; Zhang, Y.; Li, B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Modular Synthetic Approach to Monocyclic 1,4-Azaborines"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2016,55, 8333-8337. []


51. Murphy, C. J.; Miller, D. P.; Simpson, S.; Baggett, A. W.; Pronschinske, A.; Liriano, M. L.; Therrien, A. J.; Enders, A.; Liu, S.-Y.; Zurek, E.; Sykes, E. C. H. "Charge Transfer Induced Magic Cluster Formation of Azaborine Heterocycles on Noble Metal Surfaces"J. Phys. Chem. C2016,120, 6020-6030. []


50. Whittemore, S. M.; Bowden, M.; Karkamkar, A.; Parab K.; Neiner, D.; Autrey T.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Chen, G.; Liu, S.-Y.; Dixon, D. A. “Blending Materials Composed of Boron, Nitrogen and Carbon to Transform Approaches to Liquid Hydrogen Stores”Dalton Trans.2016,45, 6196-6203. []

* Invited as part of a themed issue dedicated to “Main Group Transformations”


49. Giustra, Z. X.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Liu, S.-Y. “Homogeneous Metal Catalysis for Conversion Between Aromatic and Saturated Compounds”Coord. Chem. Rev.2016,314, 134-181. []

* Invited as part of a special issue on "Recent Developments in Organometallic Chemistry: 2016."


48. Kumar, A.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Hooper, T. N.; Mikulas, T. C.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y.; Weller, A. S. “The Synthesis, Characterization and Dehydrogenation of Sigma-Complexes of BN-Cyclohexanes”Chem. Eur. J.2016,22, 310-322. []


47. Kukolich, S. G.; Sun, M.; Daly, A. M.; Luo, W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. “Identification and Characterization of 1,2-BN Cyclohexene Using Microwave Spectroscopy”Chem. Phys. Lett.2015,639, 88-92. []


46. Baggett, A. W.; Guo, F.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y.; Jäkle, F. "Regioregular Synthesis of Azaborine Oligomers and Polymer with a syn-Conformation that is Stabilized by N-H...π Interactions"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015,54, 11191-11195.
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* Selected by the editors as a "Hot Paper"
* Highlighted by the Inside Cover of the published issue. []
* Highlighted inSYNFACTS2015,11(10), 1048 - []


45.Brown, A. N.; Li, B.; Liu, S.-Y. “Negishi Cross-Coupling is Compatible with a Reactive B-Cl Bond: Development of a Versatile Late-Stage Functionalization of 1,2-Azaborines and its Application to the Synthesis of New BN Isosteres of Naphthalene and Indenyl"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 8932-8935. []


44.Saif, M.; Widom, J. R.; Xu, S.; Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S.-Y.; Marcus, A. H. “Electric Dipole Transition Moments and Solvent-Dependent Interactions of Fluorescent Boron-Nitrogen Substituted Indole Derivatives”J. Phys. Chem. B2015,119, 7985-7993. []


43.Burford, R. J.; Li, B.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Diels-Alder Reactions of 1,2-Azaborines"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015,54, 7823-7827. []


42.Edel, K.; Brough, S.; Lamm, A. N.; Liu, S.-Y.; Bettinger, H. F. "1,2-Azaborine, the BN derivative of ortho-benzyne"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2015,54, 7819-7822. []


41.Baggett, A. W.; Vasiliu, M.; Li, B.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. “Late-Stage Functionalization of 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborines via Regioselective Iridium-Catalyzed C−H Borylation: The Development of a New N,N-Bidentate Ligand Scaffold”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 5536-5541. []


40.Murphy, C. J.; Baggett, A. W.; Miller, D. P.; Simpson, S.; Marcinkowski, M. D.; Mattera, M. F. G.; Pronschinske, A.; Therrien, A.; Liriano, M. L.; Zurek, E.; Liu, S.-Y.; Sykes, E. C. H. "Effect of BN/CC Isosterism on the Thermodynamics of Surface and Bulk Binding: 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine vs Benzene"J. Phys. Chem. C2015,119, 14624-14631. []

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39.Chen, G.; Zakharov, L. N.; Bowden, M. E.; Karkamkar, A. J.; Whittemore, S. E.; Garner, E. B, III.; Mikulas, T. C.; Dixon, D. A.; Autrey, T.; Liu, S.-Y. “Bis-BN Cyclohexane: A Remarkably Kinetically Stable Chemical Hydrogen Storage Material”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2015,137, 134-137.Open Access Article(ACS AuthorChoice). []

* Highlighted in:
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38. Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Marshall, J. L.; Maziere, A.; Lovinger, G. J.; Li, B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Dargelos, A.; Graciaa, A.; Chrostowska, A.; Liu, S.-Y. “Two BN Isosteres of Anthracene: Synthesis and Characterization”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2014,136, 15414-15421. []


37. Chrostowska, A.; Xu, S.; Maziere, A.; Boknevitz, K.; Li, B.; Abbey, E. R.; Dargelos, A.; Graciaa, A.; Liu, S.-Y. "UV-Photoelectron Spectroscopy of BN Indoles: Experimental and Computational Electronic Structure Analysis"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2014,136, 11813-11820. []


36.Brown, A. N.; Zakharov, L. N.; Mikulas, T.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Rhodium-Catalyzed B–H Activation of 1,2-Azaborines: Synthesis and Characterization of BN Isosteres of Stilbenes"Org. Lett.2014,16, 3340-3343. []


35.Xu, S.; Haeffner, F.; Li, B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Monobenzofused 1,4-Azaborines: Synthesis, Characterization, and Discovery of a Unique Coordination Mode"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014,53, 6795-6799. []


34.Harlow, G. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Wu, G.; Liu, S.-Y. "Thermodynamically Controlled, Dynamic Binding of Diols to a 1,2-BN Cyclohexane Derivative"Organometallics2013,32, 6650-6653.Open Access Article(ACS AuthorChoice). []

* Invited as part of a themed issue dedicated to the "Applications of Electrophilic Main Group Organometallic Molecules"


33. Abbey, E. R.; Lamm, A. N.; Baggett, A. W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Protecting Group-Free Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines: A Simple Approach to the Construction of BN-Benzenoids"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2013,135, 12908-12913. []


32.Rudebusch, G. E.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Rhodium-Catalyzed Boron Arylation of 1,2-Azaborines"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013,52, 9316-9319. []

* Highlighted inSYNFACTS2013,9(11), 1226 - []


31.Campbell, P. G.; Ishibashi, J. S. A.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "B-Methyl Amine Borane Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization and Hydrogen Release"Aust. J. Chem.2014,67, 521-524. []

* Invited as part of the “6th Heron Island Conference” themed issue


30.Xu, S.; Mikulas, T. C.; Zakharov, L. N.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Boron-Substituted 1,3-Dihydro-1,3-azaborines: Synthesis, Structure, and Evaluation of Aromaticity"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013,52, 7527-7531. []


29.Abbey, E. R.; Liu, S.-Y. "BN Isosteres of Indole"Org. Biomol. Chem.2013,11, 2060-2069. []


28.Knack, D. H.; Marshall, J. L.; Harlow, G. P.; Dudzik, A.; Szaleniec, M.; Liu, S.-Y.; Heider, J. "BN/CC Isosteric Compounds as Enzyme Inhibitors:N- andB-ethyl-1,2-azaborine Inhibit Ethylbenzene Hydroxylation as Non-Convertible Substrate Analogues"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013,52, 2599-2601. []


27.Luo, W.; Neiner, D.; Karkamkar, A.; Parab, K.; Garner, E. B.; Dixon, D. A.; Matson, D.; Autrey, T.; Liu, S.-Y. "3-Methyl-1,2-BN-cyclopentane: a promising H2storage material?"Dalton Trans.2013,42, 611-614. []

* Invited as part of a themed issue dedicated to “Boranes and Borohydrides”


26.Brough, S. A.; Lamm, A. N.; Liu, S.-Y.; Bettinger, H. F. "Photoisomerization of 1,2-DIhydro-1,2-Azaborine: A Matrix Isolation Study"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 10880-10883. []


25.Chrostowska, A.; Xu, S.; Lamm, A. N.; Maziere, A.; Weber, C. D.; Dargelos, A.; Baylere, P.; Graciaa, A.; Liu, S.-Y. "UV-Photoelectron Spectroscopy of 1,2- and 1,3-Azaborines: A Combined Experimental and Computational Electronic Structure Analysis"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012,134, 10279-10285. []

* Highlighted in JACS Spotlights (J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012,134, 11051-11052) - []


24.Baggett, A. W.; Cournia, Z.; Han, M. S.; Patargias, G.; Glass, A. C.; Liu, S.-Y.; Nolen, B. J. "Structural Characterization and Computer-Aided Optimization of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of the Arp2/3 Complex, a Key Regulator of the Actin Cytoskeleton"ChemMedChem2012,7, 1286-1294. []


23.Campbell, P. G.; Marwitz, A. J. V.; Liu, S.-Y. "Recent Advances in Azaborine Chemistry"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 6074-6092. []

Preprint: ChemRxiv 2023, October 9, 2023. [10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-q235j]

22.Xu, S.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "A 1,3-Dihydro-1,3-azaborine Debuts"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 20152-20155. []


21.Luo, W.; Campbell, P. G.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Single-Component Liquid-Phase Hydrogen Storage Material"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 19326-19329. []. Correction: []

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20.Marwitz, A. J. V.; Lamm, A. N.; Zakharov, L. N.; Vasiliu, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "BN-substituted diphenylacetylene: a basic model for conjugated pi-systems containing the BN bond pair"Chem. Sci.2012,3, 825-829. []

* Highlighted inSYNFACTS2012,8(5), 497 - []


19.Luo, W.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "1,2-BN Cyclohexane: Synthesis, Structure, Dynamics, and Reactivity"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 13006-13009. []


18.Abbey, E. R.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Boron in Disguise: The Parent "Fused" BN Indole"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,133, 11508-11511. []

* Highlighted inSYNFACTS2011,10, 1072 - []


17.Lamm, A. N.; Garner, E. B.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-Azaborine"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011,50, 8157-8160. []


16.Marwitz, A. J. V; Jenkins, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Cationic 1,2-Azaborine Adducts of Trimethylphosphine, Triphenylphosphine Oxide, and Pyridine-N-Oxide"Organometallics2011,30, 52-54. []


15.Campbell, P. G.; Abbey, E. R.; Neiner, D.; Grant, D. J.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Resonance Stabilization Energy of 1,2-Azaborines: A Quantitative Experimental Study by Reaction Calorimetry"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 18048-18050. []


14.Abbey, E. R.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution of a BN Indole"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 16340-16342. []

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13.Glass, A. C.; Klonoski, S.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Pushing the limits of steric demand around a biaryl axis: synthesis of tetra-ortho-substituted biaryl naphthalenes"Chem. Commun.2011,47, 286-288. []


12.Marwitz, A. J. V; Jenkins, J. T.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "1,2-Azaborine Cations"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2010,49, 7444-7447. []

* Selected by the editors as a "Hot Paper".


11. Daly, A. M.; Tanjaroon, C.; Marwitz, A. J. V.; Liu, S.-Y.; Kukolich S. G. "Microwave Spectrum, Structural Parameters, and Quadrupole Coupling for 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborine"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 5501-5506. []


10.Campbell, P. G.; Zakharov, L. N.; Grant, D.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "Hydrogen Storage by Boron-Nitrogen Heterocycles: A Simple Route for Spent Fuel Regeneration"J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 3289-3291. []


9.Matus, M.; Liu, S.-Y.; Dixon, D. A. "Dehydrogenation Reactions of Cyclic C2B2N2H12and C4BNH12Isomers"J. Phys. Chem. A2010,114, 2644-2654. []


8. Tanjaroon, C.; Daly, A.; Marwitz, A. J. V.; Liu, S.-Y.; Kukolich, S. G. "Microwave measurements and ab-initio calculations of structural and electronic properties of N-Et-1,2-azaborine"J. Chem. Phys.2009,131, 224312. []


7.Marwitz, A. J. V.; McClintock, S. P.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "BN benzonitrile: an electron-deficient 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine featuring linkage isomerism"Chem. Commun.2010,46, 779-781. []


Liu, L.; Marwitz, A. J. V.; Matthews, B. W.; Liu, S.-Y. "Boron Mimics: 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborines Bind inside a Non-polar Cavity of T4 Lysozyme"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2009,48, 6817-6819. []

* Selected by the editors as a "Hot Paper".


5.Lamm, A. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "How Stable Are 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-azaborines toward water and oxygen?"Mol. Biosyst.2009,5, 1303-1305. []

* Invited as part of an “Emerging Investigators” themed issue


4.Marwitz, A. J. V.; Matus, M. H.; Zakharov, L. N.; Dixon, D. A.; Liu, S.-Y. "A Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Benzene"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2009,48, 973-977. []

* Selected by the editors as a "Hot Paper".
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3.Glass, A. C.; Morris, B. B.; Zakharov, L. N.; Liu, S.-Y. "Synthesis of Substituted Naphthalenes via a Catalytic Ring-Expansion Rearrangement"Org. Lett.2008,10, 4855-4857. []


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