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News and Events
2024 BC Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Nina, Jackson, and Christian participate in the 2024 BC Undergrad Research Poster Session on 9/27.
LaMattina Family Graduate Fellowship in Chemical Synthesis
Tomoya is selected a 2024/2025 LaMattina Fellow. Congrats!
DEIR Newsletter
The DEIR committee has published its 2023-2024 Newsletter. (Scan the QR code or use this link to view the newsletter.)
Tastes of the World
The Chemistry DEIR committee hosted its “Tastes of the World” event on February 16, 2024. Video link.
Welcome, New First-Year Graduate Students!
First-year graduate students Skylar and Nick join the Liu Research Group!
- 8/5/2024
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to World's End / Nantasket Beach on August 5, 2024. Pictures have now been posted along with a group trip video (credit to Dr. Ran Liu) in the Gallery. - 8/1/2024
The total synthesis presentations by Liu Group Members under the "Presentations" tab has been updated with new entries.
- 7/31/2024
Tomoya's concept review on BN benzene valence isomers has been accepted by Chem. Eur. J. Congrats! [link] - 7/31/2024
Tomoya's paper on the discovery of a BN-benzvalene has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats! [link] - 7/6/2024
Tomoya is selected a LaMattina Fellow. Congrats! - 1/5/2024
First-year students Skylar and Nick join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/1/2024
The total synthesis presentations by Liu Group Members under the "Presentations" tab has been updated with new entries.
- 12/21/2023
Max and Yuanzhe’s review on bora- and borataalkenes as ligands in organometallic chemistry has been accepted by Chem. Soc. Rev. Congrats! [link] - 12/11/2023
Xinyu’s paper on the ROMP of BN Dewar benzene in collaboration with the Jäkle Group at Rutgers University has been accepted by ACS Macro Lett. Congrats! [link] - 9/14/2023
Max’s paper on Pd/Senphos/BCF-catalyzed hydroalkylation of 1,3-enynes with ketones in collaboration with Yuping and the computational team under the supervision of Dr. Karinne Miqueu at the University of Pau has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats! [link] - 8/1/2023
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Kimball Farms (Westford, MA) on August 1, 2023. Pictures have now been posted along with a group trip video (credit to Dr. Ran Liu) in the Gallery. - 7/5/2023
High school student Aliyana Koch-Manzur joins the Liu Research Group for a summer internship. Welcome! - 7/5/2023
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 6/12/2023
Hyelee’s paper on N-functionalization of 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by Synlett. It is now available online as an Accepted manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 5/25/2023
Chen’s paper (led by P. Karamanis) on the electronic structure calculations of BN aromatics has been accepted by Chem. Phys. Lett. It is now available online as an Accepted manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 4/14/2023
Our paper on the aromatic Claisen rearrangement of a 1,2-azaborine in collaboration with the team at the University of Pau has been accepted by Org. Biomol. Chem. as part of the invited issue “Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry”. It is now available online as an Accepted manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 2/27/2023
Ziyong’s communication on Pd/Senphos/BCF-catalyzed trans-selective hydroalkynylation in collaboration with the team at the University of Pau has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats! [link] - 2/8/2023
Yuanzhe and Ziyong’s paper on the the mechanism of the Pd/Senphos-catalyzed hydroboration in collaboration with Dr. Miqueu and her team at the University of Pau has been accepted by J. Org. Chem. and is now available online. Congrats! [link] - 1/31/2023
Ziyong’s paper on the the mechanism of the Pd/Senphos-catalyzed carboboration in collaboration with Dr. Miqueu and her team at the University of Pau has been accepted by Chem. Sci. and is now available online. Congrats! [link] - 1/15/2023
The Liu Group celebrates the new year at Cheeky Monkey. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/5/2023
First-year students Emma and Hannah join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/1/2023
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 12/5/2022
Dr. Yanrong Li joins the Liu Research Group as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome! - 10/11/2022
Our foray into preprint manuscript submission starts with our collaborative work with computational chemists at UPPA on the mechanism of Pd/Senphos catalyzed functionalization of 1,3-enynes. - 7/1/2022
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 6/15/2022
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Castle Hill Estate and Crane Beach on June 15, 2022. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. We are also introducing a group trip video in the gallery (credit to Dr. Ran Liu) - 6/13/2022
Xinyu has successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congrats Dr. Yang! - 3/25/2022
Julia has successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congrats Dr. Julia Liu! - 3/16/2022
Jason Wu is a recipient of an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congrats! [link] - 1/5/2022
First-year students Kevin, Jennifer, and Tomoya join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/1/2022
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 10/20/2021
Zach’s paper on the thermal dehydrogenation kinetics of 5- and 6-membered BN cycloalkanes in collaboration with Prof. Dixon (Univerisity of Alabama) and Dr. Autrey (PNNL) has been accepted by RSC Adv and is now available online. Congrats! [link] - 10/1/2021
Christoph Buch joins the Liu Group as a visiting scholar from the Goethe University Frankfurt. Welcome! - 8/23/2021
Chen Zhang joins the Liu Group as a E2S UPPA Visiting Scholar from the University of Pau. Welcome! - 8/16/2021
Julia’s communication on the reactivity of diazomethyl-1,2-azaborine in collaborative effort with Prof. Cuenca at Universitat Ramon Llull has been accepted by JACS. Congrats! [link] - 8/16/2021
Ziyong’s carboboration paper has been selected by the ACIE editors as a HOT paper! - 8/4/2021
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Lucky Strike Jillian’s on August 4, 2021. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 7/9/2021
Ziyong’s communication on the carboboration of 1,3-enynes with C-boron enolates in collaborative effort with our E2S team at UPPA has been accepted by ACIE and is now available online as an Accepted paper. Congrats! [link] - 7/5/2021
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 5/14/2021
Yuanzhe has successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations Dr. Zhang - 1/6/2021
First-year student Max joins the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/1/2021
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 10/6/2020
Our communication on the synthesis and characterization of the first BN-doped cycloparaphenylene has been accepted by ACIE and is now available online as an Accepted paper. Congrats! [link] - 8/1/2020
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 6/8/2020
Yuanzhe’s communication on the trans-selective cyanoboration of 1,3-enynes has been accepted by ACIE and is now available online as an Accepted paper. Congrats! [link] - 4/22/2020
Xinyu has been selected a speaker at the upcoming ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) to be held at the University of Albuquerque, NM. Congrats! [History of the ACS DOC GRS] - 2/24/2020
Katie’s communication on the ability of BN indoles to bind cations has been accepted by Chem. Commun. and is now available online as an Accepted paper. Congrats! [link] - 1/7/2020
First-year student Jianpeng joins the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/6/2020
The Liu Group celebrates the new year at Cheeky Monkey. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/2/2020
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 10/11/2019
Zach and Xinyu’s communication on the synthesis of aminoborylated cyclobutanes using 1,2-azaborines as a 4C+1N+1B synthon has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and is now available online as an Accepted paper. Congrats! [link] - 8/16/2019
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Crane Beach on August 15, 2019. This trip is in conjunction with our highschool outreach efforts. Highschool students Alec, Evan, Liam, and Russell participated in a lab tour followed by the group trip. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 7/5/2019
Julia’s paper on probing hydrogen bonding interactions in ligand-T4 lysozyme complexes as a function of ligand sterics has been accepted by Org. Biomol. Chem. as part of an invited themed issue on “Trends in Organoboron Chemistry”. It is now available online as an Accepted manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 7/1/2019
From BORAM 2018 to a special issue in Chem. Soc. Rev. dedicated to “Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry”: The complete issue including cover pages and editorial is now available online. [link] - 7/1/2019
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 6/11/2019
Cameron’s work on the synthesis and characterization of various isomers of BN polystyrene in collaboration with the Jäkle group has been accepted by Macromolecules and is now available online as an ASAP paper. Congrats! [link] - 5/28/2019
Cameron’s review on late-stage functionalizations of BN heterocycles has been accepted by Chem. Soc. Rev. as part of an invited themed issue on “Contemporary Research in Boron Chemistry”. It is now available online. Congrats! [link] - 5/14/2019
Katie’s work on BN Tryptophan in collaboration with the Chatterjee lab has been selected to the 2019 Chem. Sci. HOT Article Collection! [link] - 5/13/2019
Cameron’s paper on utilizing 1,2-azaborine’s electronic structure to access new 1,2-azaborine building blocks has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 4/15/2019
Katie’s work on BN Tryptophan in collaboration with the Chatterjee lab has been accepted by Chem. Sci. and is now available online as an Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 2/1/2019
Jacob’s collaborative paper on the synthesis and characterization of 9a,9-BN anthracene has been accepted by Dalton Trans. and is now available online as an Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 1/21/2019
The Liu Group celebrates the new year at Cheeky Monkey. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/21/2019
Alec’s paper on the Negishi cross-coupling with 1,2-azaborine substrates bearing the B-H functionality has been accepted by Tetrahedron as part of an invited themed issue on “Frustrated Lewis Acids and Organoboranes”. It is now available online. Congrats! [link] - 1/14/2019
First-year students Sierra and Kevin, and undergraduate students Lauren and Ruoqing join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/2/2019
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 12/26/2018
Our collaborative work with the Bettinger group on the superelectrophilic character of 1,2-azaborine has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! - 12/06/2018
RIcky and John (assisted by Cameron) visited Wakefield Memorial High School in an outreach effort to promote chemistry among highschool students. We thank Ms. Sheri Prosperi for coordinating the event and for the kind hospitality! Pictures have now been uploaded to the gallery. [link] - 11/29/2018
A versatile 1,2-azaborine building block is now commercially avaiable from Strem Chemicals as 1g and 250mg ampules! [link] - 8/8/2018
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Scusset Beach on August 7, 2018. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 7/13/2018
Pictures from the BORAM XVI Conference at Boston College are now avaiable on the conference website! [link] - 7/2/2018
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 6/30/2018
The Boron in the Americas XVI Conference at Boston College has concluded! Thank you all for making this event a success! - 6/28/2018
Liu receives a Boron in the Americas Award in recognition for Distinguished Achievement in Boron Chemistry. Congrats! - 5/1/2018
• Jon Deegan is a recepient of the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Awards. Congrats!
• John Hoskin is a recepient of the 2018 Kozarich Summer Research Fellowships. Congrats! - 2/21/2018
“Expanding Frontiers in Organic Chemistry with BN Isosteres”: Zach’s Perspective in J. Am. Chem. Soc. is highlighted in JACS Spotlights. [link] - 2/19/2018
Our collaborative work with the Bettinger group on the reversible formation of the Dewar isomer of a 1,2-azaborine in solution has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and is now available online as an Accepted Article. Congrats! [link] - 1/9/2018
Our Perspective on recent advances in azaborine chemistry (focusing on mono- and bi-cyclic heterocycles) has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. [link] - 1/8/2018
First-year students Jeremy, Jonathan, and Ziyong join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/2/2018
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 12/15/2017
BORAM 2018: Registration and abstract submission are now open! [link] - 12/04/2017
Cameron and Henry visited Wakefield Memorial High School in an outreach effort to promote chemistry among highschool students. We thank Ms. Sheri Prosperi for coordinating the event and for the kind hospitality! Pictures have now been uploaded to the gallery. [link] - 10/2/2017
Andrew’s paper on a boron protecting group strategy for 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 8/29/2017
Nicole defends her Master’s thesis and will start her appointment at Gilead Sciences in September. Congrats! - 8/10/2017
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Georges Island on August 9, 2017. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 7/21/2017
The “Total Synthesis Presentations” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. [link] - 6/26/2017
The Boron in the Americas Meeting in 2018 will take place at Boston College! All boron enthusiats are cordially invited to attend. For more information, including the list of currently confirmed speakers, see the conference website. Please also donate to support student participation. Any small amount of support will help. [link] - 6/23/2017
Jacob defends his thesis and will start his postdoctoral appointment at Northwestern this Summer. Congrats! - 6/9/2017
Dr. Raimon Puig from the University of Ramon Llull (Ana Belen Cuenca), Barcelona, Spain joins the Liu Group as a visiting scholar. Welcome! - 5/19/2017
Jacob’s communication on the synthesis and characterization of the first 1,2-BN-tetracene derivative in collaboration with Prof. Anna Chrostowska has been accepted by Organometallics as part of a special issue dedicated to “tailoring the optoelectronic properties of organometallic compounds with main group elements”. Congrats! - 4/28/2017
Hyelee defends her thesis and will start her appointment at Merck this Summer. Congrats! - 4/19/2017
Zhiqiang and Jacob’s communication on the synthesis and characterization of the least stable parental BN naphthalene isomer has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 3/26/2017
Hyelee’s instructional video protocol describing the dehydrogenation step of the 1,2-azaborine synthesis along with the preparation and crystal growth of 1,2-azaborine T4 lysozyme pretoein complexes is now available online at JoVE! [link] - 3/22/2017
Our collaborative work describing the consequence of BN/CC isosterim on 1,2-azaborine-containing phosphine ligands has been accepted by Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. and is now available online as an Accepted Article. Congrats! [link] - 2/9/2017
Peng’s communication on establishing monocyclic 1,2-azaborines as a new pharmacophore in medicinal chemistry in collaboration with Novartis has been accepted by ChemMedChem and is now available online as an Accepted Article. Congrats! [link] - 2/6/2017
Our collaborative work on the synthesis, solid-state characterization (STM, XPS, LEED), and DFT modeling of a stoichiometrically well defined B1C1N1 graphene material (prepared from Gang’s Bis-BN cyclohexane precursor) has been accepted by ACS Nano and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 1/18/2017
The Liu Group celebrates the new year at Jillian’s. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/11/2017
First-year students Ricky and Xinyu join the Liu Research Group. Welcome! - 1/2/2017
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 12/15/2016
Jacob and Nicole visited Wakefield Memorial High School in an outreach effort to promote chemistry among highschool students. We thank Ms. Sheri Prosperi for coordinating the event and for the kind hospitality! Pictures have now been uploaded to the gallery. [link] - 11/16/2016
“Isosterism Creates New Catalytic Reactivity”: Senmiao and Yuanzhe’s trans-hydroboration work in J. Am. Chem. Soc. is highlighted in JACS Spotlights. [link] - 11/4/2016
Andrew’s communication on the synthesis and characterization of BN styrene-type polymers in collaboration with Prof. Frieder Jäkle at Rutgers University has been accepted by Chem. Commun. and is now available online as an Advance Article. Congrats! [link] - 10/24/2016
Senmiao and Yuanzhe’s communication on Pd-Senphos-catalyzed trans-hydroboration of 1,3-enynes has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 9/7/2016
Hyelee’s communication on establishing hydrogen bonding of 1,2-azaborines in the binding cavity of T4 lysozyme mutants in collaboration with Prof. Brian Shoichet at UCSF has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 9/2/2016
Tjark Harders from Tübingen University joins the Liu lab as a visiting scholar. Welcome! - 8/25/2016
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Newport, RI on August 24, 2016. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 8/25/2016
Hyelee has been selected as a BC Chemistry Graduate Fellow. Congrats! - 8/22/2016
The Chemistry Department introduces electronic laboratory notebooks in a pilot project! [link] - 7/25/2016
Boron Chemistry is highlighted in the latest issue of C&EN. [link] - 7/22/2016
Zach’s communication on the –CH2–CH2– dehydrogenation chemistry of BN heterocycles in collaboration with the Tsung group has been accepted by Organometallics. Congrats! [link] - 7/5/2016
The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 5/23/2016
Wei Luo (a Liu Group alumnus) at Wuhan University has been promoted to a Full Professor of Chemistry. Congrats! - 5/2/2016
Xuguang’s communication on a modular synthesis of monocyclic 1,4-azaborines has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! - 3/14/2016
Prof. Senmiao Xu (a Liu Group alumnus) at Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (Suzhou branch) is one of the recipients of the “1000 Plan Recruitment for Young Talents”. Congrats! [link] - 2/18/2016
Dr. Kiran Sagar (Ph.D. with Prof. Graham Bodwell) joins the Liu Research Group as a Postdoc. Welcome! - 1/26/2016
Our collaborative work with Prof. Sykes at Tufts University concerning the Magic Cluster formation of azaborine heterocycles on metal surfaces has been accepted by the J. Phys. Chem. C. and is highlighted by the journal cover of issue number 11. Congrats! [link] - 1/8/2016
Andrew defends his thesis and will start his teaching appointment at Bucknell University this Spring term. Congrats! - 1/5/2016
The Liu Group celebrates the new year at Jillian’s. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/2/2016
• Happy 2016! First-year students Julia, Mengdi, and Nicole join the Liu Research Group. Welcome!
• The “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members” link under Publications has been updated with new entries. - 12/2/2015
Our collaborative paper with PNNL and The University of Alabama on liquid-phase hydrogen storage material blends has been accepted by Dalton Trans. and is now available online as an Advance Article. Congrats! [link] - 11/23/2015
Jacob and Cameron visited Wakefield Memorial High School in late October in an outreach effort to promote chemistry among highschool students. We thank Ms. Sheri Prosperi for coordinating the two-day event and for the kind hospitality! Pictures have now been uploaded to the gallery. [link] - 11/6/2015
Zach and Jacob’s review article entitled “Homogeneous Metal Catalysis for Conversion Between Aromatic and Saturated Compounds” has been accepted by Coord. Chem. Rev. Congrats! It will appear as part of the Special Issue on “Recent Developments in Organometallic Chemistry: 2016.” - 10/13/2015
Jacob’s paper on the synthesis and characterization of metal coordination complexes of BN heterocycles in collaboration with the Weller Group has been accepted by Chem. Eur. J. Congrats! - 10/12/2015
Jacob received a Poster Prize for his presentation at the Boston College Graduate Student Symposium. Congrats! - 9/10/2015
Andrew’s paper in collaboration with the Jäkle Group is now available in the current issue (Issue 38) of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. It has been selected by the editors as a “Hot Paper”, and it is highlighted by an Inside Cover of the issue. [link] - 8/27/2015
Liu’s selection as a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Fellow by the Humboldt foundation is highlighted in the current issue of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. [link] - 7/18/2015
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Gloucester, MA on July 8, 2015. Pictures have now been posted in the Gallery. - 7/14/2015
Andrew’s communication on the synthesis and characterization of BN polyparaphenylene in collaboration with the Jäkle Group been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! - 7/6/2015
Alec’s communication on the the compatibility of the Negishi cross coupling with the labile B-Cl group in the context of late-stage functionalization of 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 7/2/2015
Introducing “Total Synthesis Presentations by Liu Group Members”: Liu Group members present total syntheses of natural products published in the recent literature, including possible arrow-pushing mechanisms of key reaction steps. Please check out the link under Publications. [link] - 6/24/2015
Our contributions on the Diels-Alder reaction of 1,2-azaborines and the synthesis and characterization of BN benzyne appear as back-to-back communications in the current issue (Issue 27) of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. [link] - 6/18/2015
Liu has been selected to receive a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Congrats! - 6/12/2015
Alec defends his thesis and will start his teaching appointment at Franklin and Marshall College later this summer. Congrats! - 5/23/2015
Our collaborative work with Prof. Andrew Marcus on the electronic dipole transition moments of BN indoles has been accepted by J. Phys. Chem. B and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 5/7/2015
Rich’s communication on Diels-Alder reactions of 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! - 4/14/2015
Andrew’s paper on the regioselective C6-borylation of 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 4/13/2015
Our collaborative work on the isolation and characterization of the parent “BN benzyne” with Prof. Bettinger has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congrats! - 4/6/2015
Our collaborative work with Prof. Sykes at Tufts University on the temperature-programmed desorption of the parent 1,2-azaborine from metal surfaces has been accepted by the J. Phys. Chem. C. Congrats! [link] - 1/30/2015
The Liu Group mourns the passing of a very talented alumnus, Gregory Harlow. May he rest in peace. - 1/21/2015
“New Hydrogen Storage Material Can Take the Heat”: Gang’s bis-BN cyclohexane work in J. Am. Chem. Soc. in collaboration with PNNL and The University of Alabama is also highlighted in JACS Spotlights. [link] - 1/19/2015
The Liu Group bids farewell to Gang Chen, Xuguang Liu, and Senmiao Xu and welcomes Yuanzhe Zhang at Jillian’s. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 1/10/2015
Liu’s profile appears in the current issue of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Vol. 54, Issue 3). [link] - 1/8/2015
Gang’s bis-BN cyclohexane work in J. Am. Chem. Soc. in collaboration with PNNL and The University of Alabama is highlighted in Chem. Eng. News. [link] - 1/7/2015
Yuanzhe Zhang joins the Liu Research Group as a first-year student. Welcome! - 12/15/2014
Gang’s communication on Bis-BN Cyclohexane in collaboration with the hydrogen storage teams at PNNL and Alabama has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 12/4/2014
Liu Research Group members visited Deerfield Academy in a continued outreach effort to promote chemistry among highschool students. We thank Dr. Ivory Hills for coordinating the day-long event and for the kind hospitality! Pictures have been uploaded to the gallery. [link] - 11/4/2014
The pictures of the Liu Lab at BC have been updated. Please check our lab out! [link] - 10/2/2014
Our work on BN anthracenes has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 9/22/2014
Andrew has been named a John Lamattina Graduate Fellow. Congrats! - 9/5/2014
Liu’s author profile is highlighted in Angewandte Chemie! [link] - 8/27/2014
Pictures from the BORAM 14 conference have been posted in the Gallery. - 8/20/2014
The Liu group went for its annual group trip to Revere Beach, the first public beach in the United States. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 8/11/2014
Highschool student Anya Shevzov-Zebrun from Deerfield Academy joins the Liu lab for a week-long research internship. Welcome! - 8/4/2014
Our paper in collaboration with Prof. Anna Chrostowska on the electronic structure characterizaton of BN indoles has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats! [link] - 7/14/2014
Dr. Zhiqiang Liu from Shandong University joins the Liu lab as a postdoctoral associate. Welcome! - 6/20/2014
Liu group members attended the BORAM 14 conference at Rutgers University. - 6/6/2014
Alec’s paper entitled “Rhodium-Catalyzed B–H Activation of 1,2-Azaborines: Synthesis and Characterization of BN Isosteres of Stilbenes” has been accepted by Org. Lett. Congrats! - 5/6/2014
The Liu group went to the Red Sox game vs. Cincinnati Reds. Red Sox beat the Reds 4-3 in 12 innings through a walk off hit by outfielder Grady Sizemore. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 4/9/2014
Senmiao’s paper entitled “Monobenzofused 1,4-Azaborines: Synthesis, Characterization, and Discovery of a Unique Coordination Mode” has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a communication. Congrats! - 3/14/2014
Highschool student Anya Shevzov-Zebrun from Deerfield Academy visits the Liu lab to learn more about life in chemistry graduate school. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 3/12/2014
Liu is selected one of the ACS 2014 Organometallics Young Investigator Fellows and will be giving a talk in the Organometallics Symposium at the 248th ACS Meeting in San Francisco. Congrats! [link] - 1/29/2014
The Liu Group welcomes Randy Chou as a joint student with the Tsung Group to support our efforts in developing novel hydrogen storage materials. - 1/2/2014
• Dr. Richard Burford from the Piers group joins the Liu Research Group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome!
• Dr. Peng Zhao rejoins the Liu Group at Boston College after completing his work at the University of Oregon. Welcome back! - 12/21/2013
Pictures of the Liu Lab have been posted in the Gallery. - 12/9/2013
• First-year students Katie Boknevitz and Cameron McConnell join the Liu Research Group. Welcome!
• Philipp Memmel joins the Liu lab as a visiting scholar from TU Clausthal, Germany. Welcome! - 11/13/2013
Andrew and Alec visited Deerfield Academy in an outreach effort to promote science in general and chemistry specifically among highschool students. We thank Dr. Ivory Hills for coordinating the day-long event and for the kind hospitality! - 11/2/2013
Gabe’s B-arylation paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. is highlighted in SYNFACTS. [link] - 9/26/2013
The Liu group went for its inaugural group trip at Boston College to Castle Island. Pictures have been posted in the Gallery. - 9/12/2013
The Liu Research Group at Boston College is now open for business. Group members set up the first experiments! - 8/14/2013
Gregory’s communication in Organometallics on the binding of diols to a BN cyclohexane derivative is now available online. [link] - 8/12/2013
Gregory’s paper on the binding of diols to a BN cyclohexane derivative has been accepted by Organometallics as an invited contribution to the themed issue “Applications of Electrophilic Main Group Organometallic Molecules”. Congrats! - 8/6/2013
Our paper on a protecting group-free synthesis of 1,2-azaborines has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc. and is now available online as a Just Accepted Manuscript. Congrats to Eric, Ashley, and Andrew! [link]
- 8/1/2013
• The Liu Research Group is relocating to Boston College!
• Zachary Giustra and Hyelee Lee join the Liu Group at BC. Welcome!