Ye Liu

Professor Ye Liu


Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
Chemistry Department
East China Normal University
Shanghai 200062, China
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1)       Professional Biography
2004 -now: Full-time Professor, East China Normal University (Shanghai, China)
2001-2002: Research Assistant, National University of Singapore
1998-2000: Postdoctoral Associate, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
1998: Ph.D, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1992: B.Sc., Inner-Mongolia University.

The research in my group is focused on green homogenous catalysis with utilization of functionalized ionic liquids (ILs), and heterogenization of functionalized ILs on mesoporous materials. These include:

  • Construction of functionalized IL based catalysts with different catalytic behaviors located individually in cations or/and anionis that constituent an IL’s structure.
  •  Construction of compatible IL compositions for homogeneous catalysis, which constituted by catalyst-functionalized IL, co-catalyst-functionalized IL, additive-functionalized IL, and solvent IL.
  • Development of novel heterogeneous (bi-)functionalized catalysts through grafting functionalized ILs covalently in the channels of mesoporous materials like SBA-15.

Recent publications:

  1.  Sa-Sa Wang, Wei Liu, Qing-Xia Wan, Ye Liu*. Homogeneous epoxidation of lipophilic alkenes by aqueous hydrogen peroxide: catalysis of a Keggin-type phosphotungstate-functionalized ionic liquid in amphipathic ionic liquid solution. Green Chemistry, 2009, 11, 1589-1594.
  2. Ye Liu*, Sa-Sa Wang, Wei Liu, Qing-Xia Wan, Hai-Hong Wu, Guo-Hua Gao.  Transition-metal catalyzed carbon-carbon couplings mediated with functionalized ionic liquids, supported-ionic liquid phase, or ionic liquid media. Current Organic Chemistry, 2009, Vol. 13 (13), 1322-1346.
  3. Yueqin Cai, Ye Liu*. Efficient palladium-catalyzed Heck reactions mediated by the diol-functionalized imidazolium ionic liquids. Catalysis Communications, 2009, 10, 1390-1393.
  4. Qing-Xia Wan, Ye Liu*. The ionic palladium porphyrin as a highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for Heck reaction in ionic liquid solution under aerobic conditions. Catalysis Letters, 2009, 128: 3, 487-492.
  5.  Qing-Xia Wan, Ye Liu*, Yue-Qin Cai. A hybrid P,N-ligand functionalized imidazolium salt for palladium-catalyzed Heck reactions in ionic liquid solution. Catalysis Letters, 2009, 127: 3, 386-391.
  6. Qing-Xia Wan, Ye Liu*, Sa-Sa Wang. Inhibition of J-aggregation of meso -tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin by an ionic liquid with -conjugated character. Monatshefte für Chemie, 2009, 14: 3, 335-337.
  7. Yueqin Cai, Ye Liu*, Yong Lu, Guohua Gao, Mingyuan He. Ionic Manganese Porphyrins with S-containing Counter Anions: Mimicking Cytochrome P450 Activity for Alkene Epoxidation. Catalysis Letters, 2008, 124: 334-339.
  8. Hong-Jiao Zhang, Ye Liu*, Xiao-Shuang Li, Xia Wang and Xia Din. Epoxidations catalyzed by an ionic manganese(III) porphyrin and characterization of manganese (V, IV)-oxo porphyrin complexes by UV-visible spectrophotometer in ionic liquid solution. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2008, 287 (1-2): 80-86.
  9. Yueqin Cai, Yong Lu, Ye Liu*, Mingyuan He, Qingxia Wan. Efficient Heck reactions catalyzed by a palladium/diol-imidazolium salt in aerial atmosphere. Catalysis Communications, 2008, 9, 1209-1213.
  10. Qing-Xia Wan, Ye Liu*, Min Li, Yong Lu and Hai-Hong Wu. Palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction in a multi-functionalized ionic liquid compositions. Catalysis Letters, 2008, 121(3-4), 331-336.
  11. Yueqin Cai, Yong Lu, Ye Liu*, and Ming-Yuan He. An ionic manganeseporphyrin catalyst for epoxidation of alkenes: the significant roles of trimethylbenzyl- ammonium and mercaptopropionate in porphyrin ring. Synlett, 2008, (3), 453-458.
  12. Yueqin Cai, Yong Lu, Ye Liu*, Guohua Gao. Imidazolium ionic liquid-supported diol: an efficient and recyclable posphine-free ligand for palladium catalyzed Heck reaction. Catalysis Letters, 2007, 119 (1-2), 154-158.
  13. Ye Liu, Hong-Jiao Zhang, Yong Lu*, Yue-Qin Cai,Xiu-Li Liu. Mild oxidation of styrene and its derivatives catalyzed by ionic mangnanese porphyrin embedded in a similar structuresd ionic liquid. Green Chemistry, 2007, 9, 1114-1119. (IF 4.8)
  14.  Ye Liu; Hong Wang; Jianfeng Li; Yong Lu*; Haihong Wu; Qingsong Xue; Li Chen. Monolithic microfibrous nickel catalyst co-modified with ceria and alumina for miniature hydrogen production via ammonia decomposition. Applied Catalysis A: General, 2007, 328, 77-82. (IF 3.4)
  15. Ye Liu, Hong Wang, Jianfeng Li, Yong Lu*, Qingsong Xue, Jinchun Chen. Microfibrous entrapped Ni/Al2O3 using SS-316 fibers for H2 production from NH3. AIChE Journal, 2007, 53(7), 1845-1849.