Sensheng Liu Lecturer, China Three Gorges University, College of Biological and Pharmacutical Science Dxue Road 8#, Yichang, Hubei province, China Email: liusensheng@ctgu.edu.cn | 
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Work experience |
9.2024-present: Lecturer in China Three Gorges University |
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8.2023-9.2024: Senior Chemist II at WuXi AppTec in Wuhan |
Education Background |
10.2021-6.2023: Postdoc researcher at the University of Geneva (Switzerland)
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Research group: Prof. Clément Mazet, department of organic Chemistry Responsibilities: 1. Nickle catalyzed arylboration of dienes 2. Copper-catalyzed enantioselective protoboration of dienes
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10.2018-9.2021: Ph.D (Organic Chemistry) at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Germany)
Research group: Prof. Dr. Benjamin List (Nobel Preis in 2021), PD. Dr. Martin Klußmann, Homogeneous Catalysis Doctoral Thesis: Difunctionalization of olefins by radicals and nucleophiles
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09.2015-06.2018: Master in the China Three Gorges University (China) Research group: Prof. Haifeng Zhou, college of biological & pharmaceutical sciences Master Thesis: Asymmetric synthesis of chiral secondary alcohols catalyzed by chiral diamine ruthenium complexes
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Research and Publications |
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Radical chemistry | 1. Sensheng Liu, Martin Klussmann*. Organo-redox-catalysis for the difunctionalization of alkenes and oxidative Ritter reactions by C–H functionalization. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2932-2938. 2. Sensheng Liu, Martin Klussmann*. Acid promoted radical-chain difunctionalization of styrenes with stabilized radicals and (N,O)-nucleophiles. Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 1557-1560. |
Organocatalysis | 3. Marian Guillen, Sensheng Liu (co-first author), C. David Diaz-Oviedo, Martin Klussmann, Benjamin List*. Acid-catalyzed oxy-aminomethylation of styrenes. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 751–756 |
Enantioselective synthesis | 4. Sensheng Liu, Yangbin Liu, Arthur Flaget, Cheng zhang, Clement Mazet*. Copper-catalyzed 1,2- regio- and enantioselective protoboration of 2,3-disubstituted-1,3-branch-dienes. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6897-6901. 5. Sensheng Liu, Peng Cui, Juan Wang, Haifeng Zhou*, Qixing Liu, jinliang Lv. Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of cycloalkyl vinyl ketones to allylic alcohols catalyzed by ruthenium amido complexes. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 264-267. 6. Sensheng Liu, Huan Liu, Haifeng Zhou*, Qixing Liu, Jinliang Lv. Transformation of alkynes into chiral alcohols via TfOH-catalyzed hydration and Ru-catalyzed tandem asymmetric hydrogenation. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1110–1113.
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Green Chemistry | 7. Sensheng Liu, Yanmei Zhou, Yuebo Sui, Huan Liu, Haifeng Zhou. B2(OH)4-mediated one-pot synthesis of tetrahydroquinoxalines from 2-amino(nitro)anilines and 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds in water. Org. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 2175-2178.
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Awards |
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| 1. CSC Scholarship |
| 2. The Outstanding Report Award at the 8th Hubei Youth Scientists Forum on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 3. First Prize in the 7th Hubei College Students' Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Academic Achievement Presentation Competition. |
