PUBLICATIONS

76. π-Diamond: A diamondoid superstructure driven by π-interactions.

Liang, K.; Liang, Y.; Tang, M.; Liu, J.; Tang, Z.-B.; Liu, Z.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202409507. (Highlighted in Trends in Chemistry and Chinese J. Org. Chem.)
75. Infinite Twisted Polycatenanes.

Liu, J.; Wu, M.; Wu, L.; Liang, Y.; Tang, Z.-B.; Jiang, L.; Bian, L.; Liang, K.; Zheng, X.; Liu, Z.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202314481.
74. Strain-driven formal [1,3]-aryl shift within molecular bows.

Jiang, L.; Peng, Z.; Liang, Y.; Tang, Z.-B.; Liang, K.; Liu, J.; Liu, Z.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312238. (Hot Paper, For highlights of this paper see, 'Feeling the strain' Nature Synth. 2023, 2, 899)
73. Cyclization of an Achiral Flipping Panel to Homochiral Tubes Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

Lin, M.; Bian, L.; Chen, Q.; Xu, H.; Liu, Z.; Zhu, K.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303035.
72. Self-complementary Dimer of Zinc(II) Porphyrins through Coordination with Oxygen Ligands.

Ke, Y.*; Wang, H.-W.; Liu, Z.*; Luh, T.-Y.* Synthesis 2023, 55, 2595-2601.
71. Recent advances in the synthesis and applications of furocoumarins derivatives.

Chen, C.; Tang, Z.-B.; Liu, Z.* Chin. Chem. Lett. 2023, 108396.
70. Cascade Synthesis of Benzotriazulene with Three Embedded Azulene Units and Large Stokes Shifts.

Liang, Y.; Wang, S.; Tang, M.; Wu, L.; Bian, L.; Jiang, L.; Tang, Z.-B.; Liu, J.; Guan, A.; Liu, Z.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218839. ( Highlighted in Chinese J. Org. Chem.)

69. Synthesis of contra-helical trefoil knots with mechanically tuneable spin-crossove properties.

Wu, L.; Tang, M.; Jiang, L.; Chen, Y.; Bian, L.; Liu, J.; Wang, S.; Liang, Y.; Liu, Z.* Nature Synth. 2023, 2, 17-25. (Cover, Highlighted in Chem, Sci. China Chem., and China Youth Daily, Featured in the Collection of One Year of Nature Synthesis)

68. Luminescent chiral triangular prisms capable of forming double helices for detecting traces of acids and anion recognition.

Bian, L.; Tang, M.; Liu, J.; Liang, Y.; Wu, L.; Liu, Z.* J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10 , 15394–15399. (Featured in collections of 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry C most popular articles and 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Lunar New Year collection)

67. Linear nonalternant isomers of acenes fusing multiple azulene units.

Wang, S.; Tang, M.; Wu, L.; Bian, L.; Jiang, L.; Liu, J.; Tang, Z.-B.; Liang, Y.; Liu, Z.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61 , e202205658. (Hot Paper, Highlighted in Synfacts and Chinese J. Org. Chem.)

66. Tetraphenylethylene-incorporated macrocycles and nanocages: Construction and applications.

Bian, L.;# Liang, Y.;# Liu, Z.* ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 13940-13958

65.Mechanical trapping and in situ derivatization of the porphodimethene intermediate.

Tang, M.; Liang, Y.; Liu, J.; Wu, L.; Wang, S.; Bian, L.; Jiang, L.; Tang, Z.-B.;Liu, Z.* Mater. Today Chem. 2022, 24, 100868.

64.Mechanical trapping of the phlorin intermediate.

Tang, M.; Liang, Y.; Liu, J.; Bian, L.; Liu, Z.* CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 3230-3237.(Top 2 Most Downloaded Article during July－September, 2022)

63.Molecular-strain engineering of double-walled tetrahedra.

Tang, M.; Liang, Y.; Lu, X.; Miao, X.; Jiang, L.; Liu, J.; Bian, L.; Wang, S.; Wu, L.; Liu, Z.* Chem, 2021, 7, 2160–2174. (Highlighted in Nat. Chem., 入选2021年度Chem中国区10篇精选论文)

62.Reticular Exploration of Uranium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks with Hexacarboxylate Building Units.

Chen, Z.; Li, P.; Zhang, X.; Mian, M. R.; Wang, X.; Li, P.; Liu, Z.; O’Keeffe, M.; Stoddart, J. F.; Farha, O. K.* Nano Res. 2021, 14, 376–380.

61.Molecular bows-strained bow-shaped macrocycles.

         Liang, Y.;# Tang, M.;# Liu, Z.* Chem. Lett. 2020 , 49, 1329–1336. (Inside Cover, Invited Highlight Review)

60.Selective Recovery and Detection of Gold with Cucurbit[n = 5–7]urils.

         Lin, R.-L.; Dong, Y.-P.; Tang, M.; Liu, Z.;* Tao, Z.;* Liu, J.-X.* Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 3850–3855.

59.High-Efficiency Gold Recovery Using Cucurbit[6]uril.

         Wu, H.; Jones, L.; Wang, Y.; Shen, D.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, L.; Cai, K.; Jiao, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Schatz, G. C.; Stoddart, J. F.* ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2020, 12, 38768–38777.

58.Highly Stable Organic Bisradicals Protected by Mechanical Bonds.

         Cai, K.; Mao, H.; Liu, W.-G.; Qiu, Y.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, L.; Shen, D.; Chen, H.; Jiao, Y.; Wu, H.; Liu, Z.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, W. A., III; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7190–7197.

57.TetrazineBox: A Structurally Transformative ToolBox.

         Guo, Q.H.; Zhou, J.; Mao, H.; Qiu, Y.; Nguyen, M.; Feng, Y.; Liang, J.; Shen, D.; Li, P.; Liu, Z.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5419–5428.

56.Single-Crystal Polycationic Polymers Obtained by Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerizations

         Guo, Q.H.; Jia, M.; Liu, Z.; Qiu, Y.; Chen, H.; Shen, D.; Zhang, X.; Tu, Q.; Ryder, M. R.; Chen, H.; Li, P.; Xu, Y.; Li, P.; Shekhawat, G. S.; Dravid, V. P.; Snurr, R. Q.; Philp, D.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Rolandi, M.; Farha, O. K.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6180–6187.

55.Organic counteranion co-assembly strategy for the formation of γ-cyclodextrin-containing hybrid frameworks

         Shen, D.; Cooper, J. A.; Li, P.; Guo, Q.-H.; Cai, K.; Wang, X.; Wu, H.; Chen, H.; Zhang, L.; Jiao, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Stern, C. L.;Liu, Z.; Sue, A. C.-H.; Yang, Y.-W.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Farha, O. K.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2042–2050.

54.A hierarchical nanoporous diamondoid superstructure.

         Guo, Q.H.; Liu, Z.; Li, P.; Shen, D.; Xu, Y.; Ryder, M. R.; Chen, H.; Stern, C. L.; Malliakas, C. D.; Zhang, L.; Qiu, Y.; Shi, Y.; Snurr, R. Q.; Philp, D.; Farha, O. K.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem 2019, 5, 2353–2364.

53.Stabilizing naphthalenediimide radical within a tetracationic cyclophane.

         Jiao, T.; Cai, K.; Nelson, J. N.; Jiao, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Wu, G.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Feng, Y.; Liu, Z.; Wasielewski, M. R.;* Stoddart, J. F.;* Li, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16915–16922.

52. Tetrahedron.

         Wu, L.; Chen, Y.; Pei, J.; Tang, M.; Wang, S.; Liu, Z.*; Chin. J. Chem. 2019, 37, 834–842.

51.Interpenetration isomerism of triptycenebased hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks. Green's Function Theory

         Li, P.; Li, P.; Ryder, M. R.; Liu, Z.; Stern, C. L.; Farha, O. K.; Stoddart, J. F.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1664 –1669.

50.Discrete dimers of redox-active and fluorescent perylene diimide-based rigid isosceles triangles in the solid state.

         Nalluri, SKM; Zhou, J.; Cheng, T.; Liu, Z.; Nguyen, M. T.; Chen, T.; Patel, H. A.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Goddard, W. A., III; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1290–1303.

49.A dynamic tetracationic macrocycle exhibiting photoswitchable molecular encapsulation.

         Wu, H.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, L.; Anamimoghadam, O.; Shen, D.; Liu, Z.; Cai, K.; Pezzato, C.; Stern, C.; Liu, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1280–1289.

48.Guest recognition enhanced by lateral interactions.

         Jiao, T.; Cai, K.;Liu, Z.; Wu, Gu.; Shen, L.; Cheng, C.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Li, H.* Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 5114–5123.

47.Mixed-valence superstructure assembled from a mixed-valence host-guest complex.

         Liu, Z.*; Frasconi, M.; Liu, W.-G.; Zhang, Y.; Dyar, S. M.; Shen, D.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Goddard, W. A., III; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9387–9391.

46.Epitaxial growth of γ-cyclodextrin-containing metal-organic frameworks based on a host–guest strategy.

         Shen, D.; Wang, G.;Liu, Z.; Li, P.; Cai, K.; Cheng, C.; Shi, Y.; Han, J.-M.; Kung, C.-W.; Gong, X.; Guo, Q.; Chen, H.; Sue, A. C.-H.; Botros, Y. Y.; Facchetti, A.; Farha, O. K.; Marks, T. J.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 11402–11407.

45.Molecular russian dolls.

         Cai, K.; Lipke, M. C.; Liu, Z.; Nelson, J.; Shi, Y.; Cheng, T.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Han, J.; Vemuri, S.; Feng, Y.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, W. A., III; Stoddart, J. F.* Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 5275.

44.The neighboring component effect in a tristable [2]rotaxane.

         Wang, Y.; Cheng, T.; Sun, J.; Liu, Z.; Frasconi, M.; Goddard, W. A., III; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13827–13834.

43.Selective extraction of C70 by a tetragonal prismatic porphyrin cage.

         Shi, Y.; Cai, K.; Xiao, H.; Liu, Z.;Zhou, J.; Shen, D.; Qiu, Y.; Guo, Q.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Diederich, F.; Goddard, W. A., III; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13835–13842.

🔸publications before 2018

42.Mechanical bond-protected air-stable radicals.

         Sun, J.#; Liu, Z.*,#; Liu, W-G; Wu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Barnes, J. C.; Hermann, K. R.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, W. A., III; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12704–12709. (Highlighted in Chemistry World)

41.Surveying macrocyclic chemistry: From flexible crown ethers to rigid cyclophanes.

         Liu, Z.; Nalluri, S. K. M.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 2459–2478. (Insider Front Cover, ESI Highly Cited & Hot Paper)

40.Noninvasive substitution of K+ sites in cyclodextrin metal-organic frameworks by Li+ ions.

         Patel, H. A.; Islamoglu, T.; Liu, Z.; Nalluri, S. K. M.; Samanta, A.; Anamimoghadam, O.; Malliakas, C. D.; Farha, O. K.;* Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11020–11023.

39.Radically promoted formation of a molecular lasso.

         Wang, Y.; Sun, J.; Liu, Z.; Nassar, M. S.; Botros, Y. Y.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 2562−2658. (Highlighted in Chemistry World)

38.Cation-dependent gold recovery with α-cyclodextrin facilitated by second-sphere coordination.

         Liu, Z.;Samanta, A.; Lei, J.; Sun, J.; Wang, Y.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11643–11653. (ACS Editors' Choice)

37.Supramolecular double helix formation by diastereoisomeric conformations of configurationally enantiomeric macrocycles.

         Samanta, A.#;Liu, Z.#;Nalluri, S. K. M.; Zhang, Y.; Schatz, G. C.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14469–14480.

36.Supramolecular gelation of rigid triangular macrocycles through rings of multiple C–H∙∙∙O interactions acting cooperatively.

         Liu, Z.; Sun, J.; Zhou, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Nalluri, S. K. M.; Wang, Y.; Samanta, A.; Mirkin, C. A.; Schatz, G. C.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 2581–2588.

35.Chiral redox-active isosceles triangles.

      Nalluri, SKM;Liu, Z.; Wu, Y.; Hermann, K. R.; Samanta, A.; Kim, D. J.; Krzyaniak, M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5968–5977.

34.Symbiotic control in mechanical bond formation.

      Wang, Y.; Sun, J.; Liu, Z.; Nassar, M. S.; Botros, Y. Y.; Stoddart, J. F.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12387–12392.

33.An electrochromic tristable molecular switch.

      Sun, J.; Wu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Z.;Chen, C.; Hartlieb, K. J.; Chen, D.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13484–13487.

32.Redox control of the binding modes of an organic receptor.

      Frasconi, M.; Fernando, I. R.; Wu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Liu, W.-G.; Dyar, S. M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11057–11068.

31.Folding of oligoviologens induced by radical-radical interactions.

      Wang, Y.; Frasconi, M.; Liu, W. G.; Liu, Z; Sarjeant, A. A.; Nassar, M. S.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 876−885.

30.Complexation of polyoxometalates with cyclodextrins.

      Wu, Y.; Shi, R.; Wu, Y.L.; Holcroft, J.M.; Liu, Z; Frasconi, M.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Li, H.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4111−4118.

29.Formation of ring-in-ring complexes from rigid TVBox8+ and crown ethers.

      Sun, J.; Frasconi, M.;Liu, Z; Barnes, J. C.; Wang, Y.; Chen, D.; Stern, C. L.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1432−1435.

28.Visible light-driven artificial molecular switch actuated by radical–radical and donor–acceptor interactions.

      Sun, J.; Wu, Y.; Liu, Z; Cao, D.; Wang, Y.; Chen, C.; Chen, D.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119, 6317−6325.

27.Assembly of supramolecular nanotubes from molecular triangles and 1,2-dihalohydrocarbons.

      Liu, Z; Liu, G.; Wu, Y.; Cao, D.; Sun, J.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Mirkin, C. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16651–16660.

26.A square‐planar tetracoordinate oxygen-containing Ti4O17 cluster stabilized by two 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxylato ligands.

      Liu, Z;Lei, J.; Frasconi, M.; Li, X.; Cao, D.; Zhu, Z.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Schatz, G. C.; Stoddart, J. F.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9193−9197.

25.Extended metal-carbohydrate frameworks.

      Liu, Z; Stoddart, J. F.* Pure Appl. Chem. 2014, 86, 1323−1334.

24.Second-sphere coordination revisited.

      Liu, Z; Schneebeli, S. T.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chimia 2014, 68, 315−320. (Invited article for the Alfred Werner Nobel Prize centenary)

23.Two-point halogen bonding between 3,6-dihalopyromellitic diimides.

      Cao, D.; Hong, M.; Blackburn, A. K.;Liu, Z;Holcroft, J. M.; Stoddart, J. F.* Two-point halogen bonding Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 4242−4248.

22.Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with α-cyclodextrin.

      Liu, Z; Frasconi, M.; Lei, J.; Brown, Z. J.; Zhu, Z.; Cao, D.; Iehl, J.; Liu, G.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Botros, Y. Y.; Farha, O. K.; Hupp, J. T.; Mirkin, C. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* Nature Commun. 2013, 4, 1855. (>67,000 Page Views; Highlighted in > 700 medias，including C&E News、Chemistry World、Nature Asia、Nature Middle East、BBC、Science Daily、Huffington Post、Popular Science、AFP、CanKaoXiaoXi)

21.Photo-expulsion of surface-grafted ruthenium complexes and subsequent release of cytotoxic cargos to cancer cells from mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

      Frasconi, M.; Liu, Z;Lei, J.; Wu, Y.; Strekalova, E.; Malin, D.; Ambrogio, M. W.; Chen, X.; Botros, Y. Y.; Cryns, V. L.; Sauvage, J.-P.;* Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 11603−11613.

20.Electron sharing and anion-π recognition in molecular triangular prisms.

      Schneebeli, S.T.;# Frasconi, M.;# Liu, Z; Wu, Y.; Gardner, D. M.; Strutt, N. L.; Cheng, C.; Carmieli, R.; Wasielewski, M. R.;* Stoddart, J. F.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13100−13104. (VIP, Cover)

19.A radically configurable six-state compound.

      Barnes, J. C.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Cao, D.; Dyar, S. M.; Frasconi, M.; Giesener, M. A.; Benítez, D.; Tkatchouk, E.; Chernyashevskyy, O.; Shin, W.H.; Li, H.; Sampath, S.; Stern, C.L.; Sarjeant, A.A.; Hartlieb, K.J.; Liu, Z; Carmieli, R.; Botros, Y. Y.; Choi, J. W.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* Science 2013, 339, 429−433.

18.Synthesis and solution phase dynamics of donor-acceptor oligorotaxane.

      Zhu, Z.; Bruns, C. J.; Li, H.; Lei, J.; Ke, C.;Liu, Z;Shafaie, S.; Colquhoun, H. M.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1470−1483.

17.Three-dimensional architectures incorporating stereoregular donor-acceptor stacks.

      Cao, D.; Juríček, M.; Brown, Z. J.; Suh, A. C.-H.; Liu, Z; Lei, J.; Blackburn, A. K.; Grunder, S.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Coskun, A.; Wang, C.; Farha, O. K.; Hupp, J. T.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 8457−8465.

16.Oligomeric pseudorotaxanes adopting infinite-chain lattice superstructures.

      Zhu, Z.;# Li, H.;# Liu, Z; Lei, J.; Zhang, H.; Botros, Y. Y.; Stern, C. L.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Stoddart, J. F.;* Colquhoun, H. M.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7231−7235.

15.Controlling switching in bistable [2]catenanes by combining donor-acceptor and radical-radical interactions.

      Zhu, Z.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Li, H.; Barnes, J. C.;Liu, Z; Dyar, S. M.; Zhang, H.; Lei, J.; Carmieli, R.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11709−11720.

14.Mechanically-induced intramolecular electron transfer in a mixed-valence molecular shuttle.

      Barnes, J. C.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Dyar, S. M.; Frasconi, M.; Giesener, M. A.; Zhu, Z.;Liu, Z; Hartlieb, K. J.; Carmieli, R.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Stoddart, J. F.* Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2012, 109, 11546−11551.

13.Solution-phase mechanistic study and solid-state structure of a tris(bipyridinium radical cation) inclusion complex.

      Fahrenbach, A. C.; Barnes, J. C.; Lanfranchi, D. A.; Li, H.; Coskun, A.; Gassensmith, J. J.;Liu, Z; Benítez, D.; Trabolsi, A.; Goddard, W. A.; Elhabiri, M.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 3061−3072.

12.A semiconducting organic radical cationic host-guest complex.

      Fahrenbach, A. C.; Sampath, S.; Late, D. J.; Barnes, J. C.; Kleinman, S. L.; Valley, N.; Hartlieb, K. J.;Liu, Z; Dravid, V. P.; Schatz, G. C.; Van Duyne, R. P.; Stoddart, J. F.* ACS Nano 2012, 6, 9964−9971.

11.A rigid donor-acceptor daisy chain dimer.

      Cao, D.; Wang, C.; Giesener, M. A.; Liu, Z; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6791−6793.

10.Hydrogen-bonding induced cooperative effect on the energy transfer in helical polynorbornenes appended with porphyrin containing amidic alanine linkers.

      Liu, Z; Chen, C.-H.; Wang, H.-W.; Huang, Y.-C.; Kao, M.-J.; Lim, T.-S.; Luh, T.-Y.* Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 1425−1438.

9.Coherently aligned porphyrin-appended polynorbornenes.

      Wang, H.-W.; Liu, Z; Chen, C.-H.; Lim, T.-S.; Fann, W.-S.; Chao, C.-G.; Yu, J.-Y.; Lee, S.-L.; Chen, C.-H.; Huang, S.-L.; Luh, T.-Y.* Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 5719−5728.

8.Simple, efficient copper-free Sonogashira coupling of haloaryl carboxylic acids or unactivated aryl bromides with terminal alkynes.

      Gu, Z.; Li, Z.; Liu, Z; Wang, Y.; Liu, C.; Xiang, J.* Catal. Commun. 2008, 9, 2154−2157.

7.On the tacticity of polynorbornenes with 5,6-endo pendant groups that contain substituted aryl chromophores.

      Lin, W.-Y.; Wang, H.-W.; Liu, Z*; Xu, J.; Chen, C.-W.; Yang, Y.-C.; Huang, S.-L.; Yang, H.-C.; Luh, T.-Y.* Chem. Asian J. 2007, 2, 764−774.

6.Improvement on the synthesis of 13-cis-retinoic acid derivatives.

      Yi, W.-G.; Liu, Z*; Xiang, L.; Liu, X.-Y.; Xiang, J.-N.* Chin. J. Appl. Chem. 2007, 24, 521−524. (In Chinese)

5.A high yield and pilot-scale process for the preparation of adapalene.

      Liu, Z*; Xiang, J. Org. Process Res. Dev. 2006, 10, 285−288.

4.Synthesis of adapalene via double metal catalyzed coupling reaction.

      Liu, Z.; Long, B.-H.; Zheng, D.-H.; Xiang, J.-N.* Chin. J. Pharmaceut. 2006, 37, 219−220. (In Chinese)

3.One-pot synthesis of a new type of methylene diretinoates.

      Xiang, J.-N.;* Liu, Z.; He, C.L.; Duan, J.H.; Wang, Y. J. Hunan Univ. (Natural Sciences) 2006, 33, 75−78. (In Chinese)

2.Synthesis and characterization of neolignan-13-cis-retinoates

      Zhao, N.; Deng, X.-Q.; Long, B.-H.; Liu, Z.; Yuan, G.-G.; Xiang, J.-N.* Chin. J. Synth. Chem. 2006, 14, 122−125. (In Chinese)

1.Synthesis and characterization of 13-cis-retinoic acid derivatives.

      Xiang, J.-N.;* Chen, C.-Y.; Liu, Z.; Zeng, Y.; Dang, K.-F.; Deng, X.-Q.; Yin, X. J. Hunan Univ. (Natural Sciences) 2004, 31, 6−10. (In Chinese)

🔸PhD thesis

1.Construction and Properties of Azulene-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

      Wang, S. Zhejiang University, China, 2022.(Defense Date: June 9th, 2022)

PUBLICATIONS

76. π-Diamond: A diamondoid superstructure driven by π-interactions.

75. Infinite Twisted Polycatenanes.

74. Strain-driven formal [1,3]-aryl shift within molecular bows.

73. Cyclization of an Achiral Flipping Panel to Homochiral Tubes Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

72. Self-complementary Dimer of Zinc(II) Porphyrins through Coordination with Oxygen Ligands.

71. Recent advances in the synthesis and applications of furocoumarins derivatives.

70. Cascade Synthesis of Benzotriazulene with Three Embedded Azulene Units and Large Stokes Shifts.

69. Synthesis of contra-helical trefoil knots with mechanically tuneable spin-crossove properties.

68. Luminescent chiral triangular prisms capable of forming double helices for detecting traces of acids and anion recognition.

67. Linear nonalternant isomers of acenes fusing multiple azulene units.

66. Tetraphenylethylene-incorporated macrocycles and nanocages: Construction and applications.

65.Mechanical trapping and in situ derivatization of the porphodimethene intermediate.

64.Mechanical trapping of the phlorin intermediate.

63.Molecular-strain engineering of double-walled tetrahedra.

62.Reticular Exploration of Uranium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks with Hexacarboxylate Building Units.

61.Molecular bows-strained bow-shaped macrocycles.

60.Selective Recovery and Detection of Gold with Cucurbit[n = 5–7]urils.

59.High-Efficiency Gold Recovery Using Cucurbit[6]uril.

58.Highly Stable Organic Bisradicals Protected by Mechanical Bonds.

57.TetrazineBox: A Structurally Transformative ToolBox.

56.Single-Crystal Polycationic Polymers Obtained by Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerizations

55.Organic counteranion co-assembly strategy for the formation of γ-cyclodextrin-containing hybrid frameworks

54.A hierarchical nanoporous diamondoid superstructure.

53.Stabilizing naphthalenediimide radical within a tetracationic cyclophane.

52. Tetrahedron.

51.Interpenetration isomerism of triptycenebased hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks. Green's Function Theory

50.Discrete dimers of redox-active and fluorescent perylene diimide-based rigid isosceles triangles in the solid state.

49.A dynamic tetracationic macrocycle exhibiting photoswitchable molecular encapsulation.

48.Guest recognition enhanced by lateral interactions.

47.Mixed-valence superstructure assembled from a mixed-valence host-guest complex.

46.Epitaxial growth of γ-cyclodextrin-containing metal-organic frameworks based on a host–guest strategy.

45.Molecular russian dolls.

44.The neighboring component effect in a tristable [2]rotaxane.

43.Selective extraction of C70 by a tetragonal prismatic porphyrin cage.

🔸publications before 2018

42.Mechanical bond-protected air-stable radicals.

41.Surveying macrocyclic chemistry: From flexible crown ethers to rigid cyclophanes.

40.Noninvasive substitution of K+ sites in cyclodextrin metal-organic frameworks by Li+ ions.

39.Radically promoted formation of a molecular lasso.

38.Cation-dependent gold recovery with α-cyclodextrin facilitated by second-sphere coordination.

37.Supramolecular double helix formation by diastereoisomeric conformations of configurationally enantiomeric macrocycles.

36.Supramolecular gelation of rigid triangular macrocycles through rings of multiple C–H∙∙∙O interactions acting cooperatively.

35.Chiral redox-active isosceles triangles.

34.Symbiotic control in mechanical bond formation.

33.An electrochromic tristable molecular switch.

32.Redox control of the binding modes of an organic receptor.

31.Folding of oligoviologens induced by radical-radical interactions.

30.Complexation of polyoxometalates with cyclodextrins.

29.Formation of ring-in-ring complexes from rigid TVBox8+ and crown ethers.

28.Visible light-driven artificial molecular switch actuated by radical–radical and donor–acceptor interactions.

27.Assembly of supramolecular nanotubes from molecular triangles and 1,2-dihalohydrocarbons.

26.A square‐planar tetracoordinate oxygen-containing Ti4O17 cluster stabilized by two 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxylato ligands.

25.Extended metal-carbohydrate frameworks.

24.Second-sphere coordination revisited.

23.Two-point halogen bonding between 3,6-dihalopyromellitic diimides.

22.Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with α-cyclodextrin.

21.Photo-expulsion of surface-grafted ruthenium complexes and subsequent release of cytotoxic cargos to cancer cells from mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

20.Electron sharing and anion-π recognition in molecular triangular prisms.

19.A radically configurable six-state compound.

18.Synthesis and solution phase dynamics of donor-acceptor oligorotaxane.

17.Three-dimensional architectures incorporating stereoregular donor-acceptor stacks.

16.Oligomeric pseudorotaxanes adopting infinite-chain lattice superstructures.

15.Controlling switching in bistable [2]catenanes by combining donor-acceptor and radical-radical interactions.

14.Mechanically-induced intramolecular electron transfer in a mixed-valence molecular shuttle.

13.Solution-phase mechanistic study and solid-state structure of a tris(bipyridinium radical cation) inclusion complex.

12.A semiconducting organic radical cationic host-guest complex.

11.A rigid donor-acceptor daisy chain dimer.

10.Hydrogen-bonding induced cooperative effect on the energy transfer in helical polynorbornenes appended with porphyrin containing amidic alanine linkers.

9.Coherently aligned porphyrin-appended polynorbornenes.

8.Simple, efficient copper-free Sonogashira coupling of haloaryl carboxylic acids or unactivated aryl bromides with terminal alkynes.

7.On the tacticity of polynorbornenes with 5,6-endo pendant groups that contain substituted aryl chromophores.

6.Improvement on the synthesis of 13-cis-retinoic acid derivatives.

5.A high yield and pilot-scale process for the preparation of adapalene.

4.Synthesis of adapalene via double metal catalyzed coupling reaction.

3.One-pot synthesis of a new type of methylene diretinoates.

2.Synthesis and characterization of neolignan-13-cis-retinoates

1.Synthesis and characterization of 13-cis-retinoic acid derivatives.

🔸PhD thesis

1.Construction and Properties of Azulene-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.