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Wenbo Liu
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 35
Citations - 1672
Wenbo Liu is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aryl & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1254 citations. Previous affiliations of Wenbo Liu include University of Michigan.
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Simple and Clean Photoinduced Aromatic Trifluoromethylation Reaction
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that photoexcited aliphatic ketones, such as acetone and diacetyl, can be used as promising low-cost radical initiators to generate CF3 radicals from sodium triflinate efficiently.
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Photo-induced Metal-Catalyst-Free Aromatic Finkelstein Reaction
TL;DR: A photo-induced halogen exchange in aryl or vinyl halides has been discovered for the first time and the presence of a catalytic amount of elemental iodine could promote the reaction significantly.
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Simple and Clean Photo-induced Methylation of Heteroarenes with MeOH
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple and clean catalyst-free protocol for the methylation of various heteroarenes (including six and five-membered types) is described under light irradiation.
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Catalyst-Free and Redox-Neutral Innate Trifluoromethylation and Alkylation of Aromatics Enabled by Light
TL;DR: A redox-neutral and catalyst-free protocol to engender alkyl radicals in the context of trifluoromethylation and general alkylation of arenes, via the Norrish type I concept, accommodates various functional groups and delivers the product in good yields.
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Empowering a transition-metal-free coupling between alkyne and alkyl iodide with light in water
Wenbo Liu,Lu Li,Chao-Jun Li +2 more
TL;DR: A transition-metal-free coupling protocol between aryl alkyne and alkyl iodide enabled by photoenergy in water is presented and a tentative mechanism for the coupling is also proposed.