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  1. Han Ding, Xiao-Lin Zhang, Ao-Xin Guo, Qian Ping Lee, Chao Cai, Ming Li, Hongzhi Cao, and Xue-Wei Liu. A Strain-Promoted Divergent Chemical Steroidation Unveils Potent Anti-Inflammatory Pseudo-Steroidal Glycosides, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c00537.

  2. Xiao-Lin Zhang+, Báti Gábor+, Chenyu Li, Claresta Yeo, Kumar Bhaskar Pal, Yuan Xu, Yuan Qiao*, and Xue-Wei Liu*. GlcNAc-1,6-anhydro-MurNAc Moiety Affords Unusual Glycosyl Acceptor that Terminates Peptidoglycan Elongation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 7400-7407.

  3. Jianjun Wang, Xuemei Yang, Zirong Huang, Yong Su, Xinxin Zhang, Ni Song, Peng Wang, Chen Yang, Hongzhi Cao,Xue-Wei Liu,Xuechen Li, Sheng Chen and Ming Li*, Directly Constructing β-D-Idopyranosidic Bonds: Concise Assembly and Immunogenicity Evaluation of Campylobacter jejuni Capsular Oligosaccharides, Chem, 2024, under revision.

  4. Jeric Mun Chung Kwan, Yaquan Liang, Evan Wei Long Ng, Ekaterina Sviriaeva, Chenyu Li, Yilin Zhao, Xiao-Lin Zhang, Xue-Wei Liu, Sunny H. Wong and Yuan Qiao*, In silico MS/MS prediction for peptidoglycan profiling uncovers novel anti-inflammatory peptidoglycan fragments of the gut microbiota, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 1846-1859.

  5. Han Ding,† Jian Lyu,† Xiao-Lin Zhang, Yuan Xu, Yu-Han Zhang, Xue-Wel Liu*, Efficient O- and S-glyco-sylation with ortho-2,2-dimethoxycarbonylcyclopropylbenzyl thioglycoside donors by catalytic strain-release, Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 3711-3720.

  6. Huajun Zhang,† Aoxin Guo,† Han Ding,† Yuan Xu, Yuhan Zhang, Dan Yang, and Xue-Wei Liu*, Stereose-lective Strain-Release Ferrier Rearrangement: The Dual Role of Cu(II) Catalyst, Org. Chem. Front. 2024, under revision.

  7. Dan Yang,‡ Han Ding,‡ Xiao-Lin Zhang, Xue-Wei Liu*, Efficient Esterification and Etherification of Aliphatic Alcohols Enabled by Catalytic Strain-Release of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropane, Org. Lett. 2024, under revision.

  8. Xu, Y.; Song, S.; Cao, H.; Deng, Y. Liu, X.-W.* Peptidoglycan Oligomer-based Broad-spectrum Immunothe-rapeutics against Microbial Infection by Recruiting Endogenous Antibodies, CCS Chemistry 2024, https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.023.202303522.

  9. Aoxin Guo, Yuan Xu, Zhenghua Jia, Teck-Peng Loh*, Xue-Wei Liu*, Unraveling chemical glycosylation: DFT insights into factors imparting stereoselectivity, Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4659364.

  10. Han Ding, Jian Lyu, Xiao-Lin Zhang, Xiong Xiao and Xue-Wei Liu*, Efficient and versatile formation of glycosidic bonds via catalytic strain-release glycosylation with glycosyl ortho−2,2-dimethoxycarbonyl-cyclopropylbenzoate donors, Nature Communication 2023, 14, 4010.

  11. Xia Li, Wenfang Yin, Junjie Desmond Lin, Yong Zhang, Quan Guo, Gerun Wang, Xiayu Chen, Binbin Cui, Mingfang Wang, Min Chen, Peng Li, Ya-Wen He, Wei Qian, Haibin Luo, Lian-Hui Zhang, Xue-Wei Liu*, Shihao Song*, Yinyue Deng*, Regulation of the physiology and virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum by the second messenger 2′,3′-cyclic guanosine monophosphate, Nature Communications 2023, 14, 7654.

  12. Qiu-Qi Mu†*, Ao-Xin Guo†, Xin Cai, Yang-Yang Qin, Xin-Yu Fang, Li-Cong Peng, Chao Feng, Li-Wen Xu, Xiong Xiao, and Xue-Wei Liu*. Reversible-Hydrogen-Transfer-Mediated Anomerization of Azaheterocyclyl 2-Deoxy-C-glycosides and Mechanistic Studies, ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 5656-5664.

  13. Qiu-Qi Mu*, Ao-Xin Guo, Xin Cai, Yang-Yang Qin, Xing-Le Liu, Fang-Zhen Ye, Hui-Jie Yang, Xiong Xiao, and Xue-Wei Liu*, Cobalt’s Dual Role in Promoting C3-Glycosylation of Indoles: Unraveling Mechanistic Insights, Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 38, 7040–7045

  14. Adisak Thanetchaiyakup, Kek Foo Chin, Miloš Ðokić, Philip Mark Leetiong Tan, Desmond Junjie Lin, Mitch Mathiew, Xin Zhao, Jerry Zhi Xiong Heng, Daryle Jun Xiong Toh, Xue-Wei Liu, Balamurugan Ramalingam* and Han Sen Soo**, Photocatalytic Deconstructive Aliphatic Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage and Functionalization of Unactivated Alcohols, Chem Catalysis, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2023.100530.

  15. Xiong Xiao†*, Han Ding†, Xinyu Fang and Xue-Wei Liu*, Sweet Strain Release: Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropane Mediated Glycosylation, CCS Chemistry. 2023, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.023.202202671.

  16. Liu, X.-W.; Chan-Park, M. B.; He, J.-X.; Le Mai Hoang, K.; Duan, H.; Yang, L. Biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers. PCT US 2022/0213232 A1，7 Jul.  2022.

  17. Yoon, H. S.; Rajan, S.; Toh, H. T.; Liu, X.-W.; Yao, H. Co-Crystals Of NURR1-LBD In Complex With A Cyclopentenone Prostaglandin And Modulators Of NURR1. US Patent Application no.: 16/334,550, Aug. 9, 2022.

  18. Siai Zhou, Jiaming Ao, Aoxin Guo, Xiaoya Zhao, Nan Deng, Guoqing Wang, Qixuan Yang, Akihiro Ishiwata, Xue-Wei Liu, Qianqian Li, Hui Cai, Feiqing Ding*,  ZnI2-Mediated β-Galactosylation of C2-Ether-Type Donor, Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8025-8030.

  19. Han Zhang, Aoxin Guo, Youhui Meng, Yue Wang, Jian Gao* and Xue-Wei Liu*, Stereodirecting effects of remote ortho-cyanobenzyl ether on chemical glycosylation with glucopyranosyl donors, Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2022 DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202200595.

  20. Siai Zhou, Xuemei Zhong, Aoxin Guo, Qian Xiao, Jiaming Ao, Wanmeng Zhu, Hui Cai, Akihiro Ishiwata*, Yukishige Ito,* Xue-Wei Liu,* Feiqing Ding.* ZnI2-Directed Stereocontrolled α-Glucosylation, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 6841-6845.

  21. Xuemei Zhong, Siai Zhou, Jiaming Ao, Aoxin Guo, Qian Xiao, Yan Huang, Wanmeng Zhu, Hui Cai, Akihiro Ishiwata*, Yukishige Ito, Xue-Wei Liu*, and Feiqing Ding.* Zinc(II) Iodide-Directed β-Mannosylation: Reaction Selectivity, Mode, and Application, J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 16901-16915.

  22. Yang, Y. M.; Zhang, Y. J. Qu, Y. Y.; Zhang, C.; Liu, X.-W.; Zhao, M. W.; Mu, Y. G.*; Li, W.-F.* Key residues of the receptor binding domain in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 mediating the interactions with ACE2: a molecular dynamics study, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 9364-9370.

  23. Yip, B. R. P.; Pal, K. B.; Lin, J. D.; Xu, Y.; Das, M.; Lee, J. D.; Liu, X.-W.* Easy access to secondary and tertiary alcohols via metal-free and light mediated radical carbonyl allylation, Chem. Comm. 2021, 57, 10783-10786.

  24. Weiwei Fang, Yinghua Lv, Zelong Chen, Feng Wang, Yi Wang, Yuxin Pei*, Wenjuan Jin, Chaojie Shi, Yang Wang, Yun Qu, Wei Ji, Liang Pu, Xue-Wei Liu*, Zhichao Pei*. A carrier-free multifunctional nano photosensitizer based on self-assembly of lactose-conjugated BODIPY for enhanced anti-tumor efficacy of dual phototherapy, Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 417, 129178.

  25. Kumar Bhaskar Pal, Aoxin Guo, Mrinmoy Das, Jiande Lee, Gábor Báti, Benjamin Rui Peng Yip, Teck-Peng Loh and Xue-Wei Liu*. Iridium-promoted Deoxyglycoside Synthesis: Stereoselectivity and Mechanistic Insight. Chem.Sci. 2021, 12, 2209-2216.

  26. Qiu-Chao Mu*, Yi-Xue Nie, Hang Li, Xing-Feng Bai, Xue-Wei Liu, Zheng Xu, Li-Wen Xu*. Catalytic asymmetric oxidative carbonylation –induced kinetic resolution of sterically hindered benzylamines to chiral isoindolinones. Chem. Comm. 2021, 57, 1778-1781.

  27. Yuan Xu, Hongbin Zhang, Xue–Wei Liu,* Carbohydrate-Containing Macromolecules for Antimicrobial Applications: With an Emphasis on Synthetic Glycopolymers, J. Org. Chem. 2021, doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.0c01597.

  28. Yuan Xu, Xin Ge, Yuhan Zhang, Hongbin Zhang, and Xue-Wei Liu*. A Mild One-pot Synthesis to 2-Iminothiazolines from Thioureas and 1-Bromo-1-nitroalkenes. RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 2221-2225.

  29. Yuan Xu and Xue-Wei Liu,* The Versatility of Carbohydrates in Antimicrobial Applications, J. Chin. Chem. Soc. 2020, 67, 2204-2207. Invited for Special Issue Paper-18th Asian Chemical Congress.

  30. Kumar Bhaskar Pal, Aoxin Guo, Mrinmoy Das, Gabor Bati, Xue-Wei Liu,* Superbase-catalyzed Stereo- and Regioselective Glycosylation with 2-Nitroglycals: Facile Access to 2-Amino-2-deoxy-O-glycosides, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6707-6715.

  31. Junjie Desmond Lin, Xue-Wei Liu,* Recent Development in Ligation Methods for Glycopeptide and Glycoprotein Synthesis. Chem. Asian J. 2020, 15, 2548-2557.

  32. Jingxi He, Kim Le Mai Hoang, Shu Hui Kho, Zhong Guo, Kishore R. Venkata, Rubi Z. Vazquez, Sin Ni Hoo, Hongwei Duan, Mary B. Chan-Park and Xue-Wei Liu,† Synthesis of biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers that incorporate into bacterial cell walls, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 3171-3179.

  33. Rajan, S.; Jang, Y.; Kim, C.-H.; Toh, H. T.; Jeon, J.; Song, B.; Maqueda, A. S.; Lescar, J.; Shin, J.; Liu, X.-W.; Feitosa, M.; Hwang, D.; Lim, K.-L.; Park, H. M.; Lee, C. H.; Petsko, G.; Yoon, H. S.† Co-crystal structure and function of Nurr1 bound to the cyclopentenone prostaglandin A1. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2020, 16, 876-886.

  34. Pal, K. B.; Lee, J.; Das, M.; Liu, X.-W. † Palladium(II)-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides from glycals with diaryliodonium salts. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 2242-2251.

  35. **Guo, Z.; *He, J.-X.; Mahadevegowda, S. H.; *Kho, S. H.; Chan-Park, M. B.†; Liu, X.-W.† Multifunctional Glyco-Nanosheets to Eradicate Drug-Resistant Bacteria on Wounds. Adv. Health Mat. 2020, 9, 2000265. Highlighted by X-MOL.

  36. **Pal, K. B.; *Guo, A.; *Das, M.; *Báti, G.; Chan-Park, M. B.†; Liu, X.-W.† Phosphazene base-catalysed stereo and regioselective glycosylation of 2-nitroglycals. ACS Catal. 2020, under minor revision. #

  37. Du, Y.; Zhang, K.; Si, Z.; Liu, Y.; Turvey, M. E.; Raju, C.; Keogh, D.; Ruan, L.; Jothy, S. L.; Reghu, S.; Marimuthu, K.; De, P. P.; Ng, O. T.; Mediavilla, J. R.; Kreiswirth, B. N.; Chi, Y. R.; Ren, J.; Tam, K. C.; Liu X.-W.; Duan, H.; Zhu, Y. Mu, Y.; Hammond, P. T.; Bazan, G. C.; Pethe, K.; Chan-Park, M. B.† Enantiomeric glycosylated cationic block co-beta-peptides eradicate Staphylococcus aureus biofilms and antibiotic-tolerant persisters. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 4792. #

  38. *Yao, H.‡; **William, R.‡; **Wang, S.; Guo, T.; Liu, X.-W.† One-pot cascade transformation of glucal into structurally diverse drug-like scaffolds. Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 4024-4030. #

  39. *Xu, Y.; Zhang, K.; Reghu, S.; **Lin, Y.; Chan-Park, M. B.†; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of antibacterial glycosylated polycaprolactones bearing imidazoliums with reduced hemolytic activity. Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 949-958. #

  40. *Das, M.‡; *Vu, M. D.‡; **Zhang, Q.; Liu, X.-W.† Metal-free Visible Light Photoredox enables generation of carbyne equivalents via phosphonium ylides C-H activation. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1687-1691. #

  41. *Yao, H.‡; *Vu, M. D.‡; Liu, X.-W.† Recent advances in reagent-controlled stereoselective/stereospecific glycosylation. Carbohydr. Res. 2019, 473, 72-81.

  42. *Vu, M. D.; *Leng, W. L.; Hsu, H.-C.; Liu, X.-W.† Alkene synthesis using phosphonium ylides as umpolung reagents. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 93-96. #

  43. *Leng, W. L.‡; *Yao, H.‡; *He, J.-X.‡; Liu, X.-W.† Venturing beyond donor-controlled glycosylation: new perspectives towards anomeric selectivity. Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 628-639. #

  44. Zhao, S.; Huang, J.-J.; Sun, X.; Huang, X.; Fu, S.; Yang, L.; Liu, X.-W.; He, F.†; Deng, Y.† (1-Aryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl)-phenylpiperazine derivatives suppress candida albicans virulence by interfering with morphological transition. Microb. Biotechnol. 2018, 11, 1080-1089.

  45. Low, Z. J.; Pang, L. M.; Ding, Y.; Cheang, Q. W.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Tran, H. T.; Li, J.; Liu, X.-W.; Kanagasundaram, Y.; Yang, L.; Liang, Z.-X.† Identification of a biosynthetic gene cluster for the polyene macrolactam sceliphrolactam in a streptomyces strain isolated from mangrove sediment. Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 1594. #

  46. *Liao, H.; Ma, J.†; *Yao, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Recent progress of c-glycosylation methods in the total synthesis of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 1791-1806. #

  47. Mahadevegowda, S. H.; Hou, S.; Ma, J.; Keogh, D.; Zhang, J.; **Mallick, A.; Liu, X.-W.; Duan, H.†; Chan-Park, M. B.† Raman-encoded, multivalent glycan-nanoconjugates for traceable specific binding and killing of bacteria. Biomater. Sci. 2018, 6, 1339-1346. #

  48. **Huang, N.‡; *Liao, H.‡; *Yao, H.; Xie, T.; Zhang, S.; Zou, K.†; Liu, X.-W.† Diastereoselective synthesis of c-vinyl glycosides via gold(i)-catalyzed tandem 1,3-acyloxy migration/Ferrier rearrangement. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 16-19. #

  49. Fong, J.; Zhang, C.; Liang, R.; Boo, Z. Z.; Tan, S. K.; Nielsen, T. E.; Givskov, M.; Liu, X.-W., Bin, W.; Su H.†; Yang, L.† Combination therapy strategy of quorum quenching enzyme and quorum sensing inhibitor in suppressing multiple quorum sensing pathways of P. aeruginosa. Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 1155. #

  50. Vedachalam, S.†; Murugesh, N.; Chakraborty, P.; Karvembu, R.; Liu, X.-W.† NHC catalyzed enantioselective coates-claisen rearrangement: a rapid access to the dihydropyran core for oleuropein based secoiridoids. New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 1832-1839. #

  51. **Mallick, A.; *Xu, Y.; **Lin, Y.; *He, J.-X.; Chan-Park, M. B.†; Liu, X.-W.† Oxadiazabicyclooctenone as a versatile monomer for the construction of pH sensitive functional polymers via ROMP. Polymer Chem. 2018, 9, 372-377. #

  52. **Le Mai Hoang, K.; *He, J.-X.; *Báti, G.; Chan-Park, M. B.†; Liu, X.-W.† A minimalist approach to stereoselective glycosylation with unprotected donors. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 1146. #

  53. Lv, X.; Cao, H.; Lin, B.†; Wang, W.; Zhang, W.; Duan, Q.; Tao, Y.; Liu, X.-W.; Li, X.† Synthesis of sialic acids, their derivatives, and analogs by using a whole-cell catalyst. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 15143-15149. #

  54. *Vu, M. D.; *Das, M.; Liu, X.-W.† Direct aldehyde Csp2-H functionalization through visible-light-mediated photoredox catalysis. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 15899-15902. #

  55. *Yao, H.; Zhang, S.; *Leng, W. L.; **Leow, M. L.; **Xiang, S.; *He, J.-X.; *Liao, H.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Catalyst-controlled stereoselective O-glycosylation: Pd(0) vs Pd(II). ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 5456-5460. #

  56. Hou, Z.‡; Shankar, Y. V.‡; Liu, Y.‡; **Ding, F.; Subramanion, J. L.; Ravikumar, V.; Zamudio-Vázquez, R.; Keogh, D.; Lim, H.; Tay, M. Y. F.; Bhattacharjya, S.; Rice, S. A.; Shi, J.; Duan, H.; Liu, X.-W.; Mu, Y.; Tan, N. S.; Tam, K. C.; Pethe, K.; Chan-Park, M. B.† Nanoparticles of short cationic peptidopolysaccharide self-assembled by hydrogen bonding with antibacterial effect against multidrug-resistant bacteria. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 38288-38303. #

  57. *Liao, H.; *Leng, W. L.; **Le Mai Hoang, Kim; *Yao, H.; *He, J.-X.; Voo, A. Y. H.; Liu, X.-W.† Asymmetric syntheses of 8-oxabicyclo[3,2,1]octane and 11-oxatricyclo[5.3.1.0] undecane from glycals. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6656-6661. #

  58. *Leng, W. L.; *Liao, H.; *Yao, H.; Ang, Z.-E.; **Xiang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation/Wittig reaction: substrate-controlled synthesis of C-vinyl glycosides. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 416-419. #

  59. Zeng, J.†; Sun, G.; Yao, W.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, R.; Cai, L.; Liu, K.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Wan, Q.† 3-Aminodeoxypyranoses in glycosylation: diversity-oriented synthesis and assembly in oligosaccharides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5227-5231. #

  60. **Wu, X.; *Tan, Y. J.; Toh, H. T.; Nguyen, L. H.; *Kho, S. H.; Chew, S. Y.; Yoon, H. S.; Liu, X.-W.† Stimuli-responsive multifunctional glyconanoparticle platforms for targeted drug delivery and cancer cell imaging. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 3980-3988. #

  61. *William, R.; *Leng, W. L.; **Wang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† The first intermolecular interrupted imino-Nazarov reaction: expeditious access to carbocyclic nucleoside analogues. Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 1100-1103. #

  62. *Chai, H.‡; **Le Mai Hoang, K.‡; *Vu, M. D.; Pasunooti, K. K.; Liu, C.-F.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Linked glycosyl auxiliary-mediated native chemical ligation on aspartic acid: application towards N-glycopeptide synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10363-10367. Highlighted by X-MOL. #

  63. Xu, J.; Zhou, K.; Chen, F.; Chen, W.; Wei, X.; Liu, X.-W.†; Liu, J.† Natural integrated carbon architecture for rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2016, 4, 666-670.

  64. *William, R.; **Wang, S.; **Mallick, A.; Liu, X.-W.† Interrupting Nazarov reaction with different trapping modality: Utilizing potassium alkynyltrifluoroborate as a σ-nucleophile. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4458-4461. #

  65. *Xiang, S.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *He, J.-X.; *Tan, Y. J.; Liu, X.-W.† Reversing the stereoselectivity of a palladium-catalyzed O-glycosylation through an inner-sphere or outer-sphere pathway. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 604-607. #

  66. **Ding, F.; *William, R.; Kock, S. M.; **Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† A concise route to the highly functionalized azetidine precursor: the enantioselective synthesis of penaresidin B. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4639-4642. #

  67. *Ji, L.; *Xiang, S.; *Leng, W. L.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Palladium-catalyzed glycosylation: novel synthetic approach to diverse N-heterocyclic glycosides. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1357-1360. #

  68. **Wu, J.; *Xiang, S.; **Zeng, J.; **Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Practical route to 2-quinolinones via a Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation/C–C bond formation/cyclization cascade reaction. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 222-225. Highlighted in Synfacts 2015, 11, 346. #

  69. **Ma, J.; *Xiang, S.; Jiang, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Palladium-catalyzed stereoselective C-glycosylation of glycals with sodium arylsulfinate. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 5, 949-952. #

  70. **Wei, X.; **Liu, J.†; Liu, X.-W.† Ultrafine dice-like anatase TiO2 for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 2015, 134, 133-139. #

  71. **Liu, J.†; **Wei, X.; Liu, X.-W.† Two-dimensional wavelike spinel lithium titanate for fast lithium storage. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 9782. #

  72. **Wu, J.; *Leng, W. L.; *Liao, H.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Intramolecular C-N bond formation under metal-free conditions: Synthesis of indolizines. Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 853-856. #

  73. **Wu, J.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; **Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of aromatic compounds with carboxylic acids via C-H bond activation. Org. Chem. Front. 2015, 2, 502-505. #

  74. *Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† The intriguing dual-directing effect of 2-cyanobenzyl ether for a highly stereospecific glycosylation reaction. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 5051. #

  75. *William, R.; **Wang, S.; **Ding, F.; Arviana, E. N.; Liu, X.-W.† Interrupted imino-Nazarov cyclization of 1-aminopentadienyl cation and related cascade process. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 10742-10746. #

  76. *Xiang, S.; He, J.-X.; *Tan, Y. J.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereocontrolled O-glycosylation with palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11473-11482. #

  77. Choi, B.-H.; Chattopadhaya, S.; Thanh, L. N.; Feng, L.; Nguyen, Q. T.; Lim, C. B.; Harikishore, A.; Nanga, R. P. R.; Bharatham, N.; Zhao, Y.; Liu, X.-W.; Yoon, H. S.† Suprafenacine, an indazole-hydrazide agent, targets cancer cells through microtubule destabilization. PLoS ONE 2014, 9, e110955. #

  78. *Bai, Y.; *Leng, W. L.; Li, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† A highly efficient dual catalysis approach for C-glycosylation: addition of (O-azaaryl)carboxaldehyde to glycals. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13391-13393. #

  79. Tan, H. Y.; *Xiang, S.; *Leng, W. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of β-keto functionalized C-glycosides via iron catalyzed Ferrier rearrangement reactions. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 34816-34822. #

  80. *Ge, X.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Cascade reactions initiated by radical addition of tetrahydrofuran to β-bromonitrostyrenes. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 45191-45197. #

  81. Soehano, I.; Yang, L.; *Ding, F.; Sun, H.; Low, Z. J.; Liu, X.-W.; Liang, Z.-X.† Insights into the programmed ketoreduction of partially reducing polyketide synthases: stereo- and substrate-specificity of the ketoreductase domain. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 8542-8549. #

  82. **Ding, F.; *Leow, M. L.; **Ma, J.; *William, R.; *Liao, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Collective synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2-pyridone alkaloids and their antiproliferation activities. Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 2548-2554. #

  83. **Ding, F.; *Ji, L.; *William, R.; *Chai, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Design and synthesis of multivalent neoglycoconjugates by click conjugations. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1325-1332. #

  84. *Bai, Y.; *Xiang, S.; *Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Dual-function Pd/NHC catalysis: tandem allylation-isomerization-conjugate addition that allows access to pyrroles, thiophenes and furans. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6168-6170. #

  85. *Cai, S.; *Zeng, J.; Li, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† Polysubstituted pyrrole derivatives via 1,2-alkenyl migration of novel γ-amino-α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and α-diazocarbonyls. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 7275-7278. #

  86. *Zeng, J.; *Tan, Y. J.; **Ma, J.; *Leow, M. L.; Tirtorahardjo, D.; Liu, X.-W.† Facile access to cis-2,6-disubstituted tetrahydropyrans by palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation: Total syntheses of (±)-centrolobine and (+)-decytospolides A and B. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 405-409. #

  87. **Ding, F.; *William, R.; *Leow, M. L.; *Chai, H.; Fong, J. Z. M.; Liu, X.-W.† Directed orthometalation and the asymmetric total synthesis of N-deoxymilitarinone A and torrubiellone B. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 26-29. #

  88. *Xiang, S.; He, J.-X.; **Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† One-pot synthesis of β-N-glycosyl imidazole analogues via a palladium-catalysed decarboxylative allylation. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 4222–4224. #

  89. *Xiang, S.; **Lu, Z.; He, J.-X.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† β-Type glycosidic bond formation by palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 14047-14051. #

  90. Harikishore, A.; *Leow, M. L.; Niang, M.; Rajan, S.; **Pasunooti, K. K.; Preiser, P. R.; Liu, X.-W.; Yoon, H. S.† Adamantyl derivative as a potent inhibitor of plasmodium FK506 binding protein 35. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 1097-1101.

  91. *Wang, S.; *William, R.; Seah, K. K. G. E.; Liu, X.-W.† Lewis acid–surfactant-combined catalyzed synthesis of 4-aminocyclopentenones from glycals in water. Green Chem. 2013, 15, 3180-3183. #

  92. *Bai, Y.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Liao, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Oxidative Heck reaction of glycals and aryl hydrazines: A palladium-catalyzed C-glycosylation. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 8821-8825. #

  93. *Zeng, J.; **Ma, J.; *Xiang, S.; *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereoselective β-C-glycosylation by a palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation: Formal synthesis of aspergillide A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5134-5137. Highlight in Synfacts 2013, 9, 870. #

  94. *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Bai, Y.; *Ge, X.; Liu, X.-W.† Exploring the native chemical ligation concept for highly stereospecific glycosylation reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 5196-5204. #

  95. *Leow, M. L.; Chin, H. L.; Yu, P. S.; **Pasunooti, K. K.; Tay, R. X.; Zhang, D.†; Yoon, H. S.†; Liu, X.-W.† Benzofuran-based estrogen receptor α modulators as anti-cancer therapeutics: In silico and experimental studies. Curr. Med. Chem. 2013, 20, 2820-2837. #

  96. *Ding, F.; *Cai, S.; *William, R.; Liu, X.-W.† Pathways leading to 3-amino- and 3-nitro-2,3-dideoxy sugars: strategies and synthesis. RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 13594-13621. #

  97. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; Liu, X.-W.† Ferrier-type N-glycosylation: Synthesis of N-glycosides of enone sugars. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 1293-1299. #

  98. *Gorityala, B. K.‡; **Lu, Z.‡; *Leow, M. L.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Design of a “turn-off/turn-on” biosensor: Understanding carbohydrate-lectin interactions for use in noncovalent drug delivery. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15229-15232. #

  99. *Zeng, J.; *Tan, Y. J.; *Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Copper(II)/Iron(III) co-catalyzed intermolecular diamination of alkynes: Facile synthesis of imidazopyridines. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4386-4389. Highlight in Synfacts 2012, 8, 1300. #

  100. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; Wang, F.; Liu, X.-W.† Triflimide-catalyzed allyl-allyl cross-coupling: a metal-free allylic alkylation. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8709-8711. Highlighted by Synfacts 2012, 8, 1142. #

  101. Sun, H.; Ho, C.-L.; *Ding, F.; Soehano, I.; Liu, X.-W.; Liang, Z.-X.† Synthesis of (R)-mellein by a partially reducing iterative polyketide synthase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11924-11927. #

  102. **Song, J.; Yang, H. B.; Wang, X.; Khoo, S. Y.; Wong, C. C.†, Liu, X.-W.†; Li, C. M.† Improved utilization of photogenerated charge using fluorine-doped tio2 hollow spheres scattering layer in dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 3712-3717. #

  103. **Maji, B.; *Ji, L.; *Wang, S.; *Vedachalam, S.; Ganguly, R.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed homoenolate-addition reaction of enals and nitroalkenes: Asymmetric synthesis of 5-carbon-synthon δ-nitroester. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8276-8280. Highlighted by Organic-Chemistry Portal, July 22, 2013. #

  104. Xiao, J.; Duong, H. M.; Liu, Y.; Shi, W.; *Ji, L.; Li, G.; Li, S.; Liu, X.-W.; Ma, J.; Wudl, F.†; Zhang, Q.† Synthesis and structure characterization of a stable nonatwistacene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6094-6098. Highlight in Synfacts 2012, 5309-5319 by Prof. T. M. Swager. #

  105. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; *Cai, S.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Direct and stereoselective synthesis of 1,3-cis-3-arylsulphonaminodeoxydisaccharides and oligosaccharides. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 5245-5254. #

  106. *Liu, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Two-dimensional nanoarchitecture for lithium storage. Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 4097-4111. #

  107. Han, N.; Liu, X.-W.; Mu, Y.† Exploring the mechanism of zanamivir resistance in a neuraminidase mutant: A molecular dynamics study. PLoS ONE 2012, 7, e44057. #

  108. *Vedachalam, S.; Tan, S. M.; Teo, H. P.; *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed c-glycosylation: A concise approach from Stetter reaction. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 174-177. #

  109. *Cai, S.; *Zeng, J.; *Bai, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† Access to quinolines through gold-catalyzed intermolecular cycloaddition of 2-aminoaryl carbonyls and internal alkynes. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 801-807. #

  110. Xiao, J.; Liu, S.; Liu, Y.; *Ji, L.; Liu, X.-W.; Zhang, H.; Sun, X.†; Zhang, Q.† Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of 5,7,14,16-tetraphenyl-8:9,12:13-bisbenzo-hexatwistacene. Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 561-564. #

  111. Jiao, Z..; **Song, J. L.; Sun, X.†; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, J. M.; Ke, L.; Demir, H. V. A fast-switching light-writable and electric-erasable negative photoelectrochromic cell based on Prussian blue films. Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells. 2012, 98, 154-160. #

  112. Jiao, Z.; Wang, J.; Ke, L.; Liu, X.-W.; Demir, H. V.; Yang, M. F.; Sun, X. W.† Electrochromic properties of nanostructured tungsten trioxide (hydrate) films and their applications in a complementary electrochromic device. Electrochim. Acta. 2012, 63, 153-160. #

  113. *Zeng, J.; *Bai, Y.; *Cai, S.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Direct synthesis of pyrroles via a silver-promoted three-component reaction involving unusual imidazole ring opening. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12855-12857. #

  114. *Bai, Y.; *Zeng, J.; *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Palladium-catalyzed direct cross-coupling reaction of glycals with activated alkenes. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4394-4397. #

  115. *Xiang, S.; *Cai, S.; *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of 2-deoxy-C-aryl glycosides via palladium catalyzed decarboxylative reactions. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4608-4611. #

  116. *Bai, Y.; *Leow, M. Li; *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Palladium catalyzed stereoselective C-glycosylation of glycals with enol triflates. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5648-5651. #

  117. *Lorpitthaya, R.; **Suryawanshi, S. B.; *Wang, S.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; *Cai, S.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Total synthesis of sialic acids by a sequential rhodium-catalyzed aziridination and Barbier allylation of D-glycal. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 12054-12057. #

  118. *Cai, S.; *Xiang, S.; *Zeng, J.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Facile synthesis of carbohydrate-integrated isoxazolines through tandem [4+1] cycloaddition and rearrangement of 2-nitroglycals. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8676-8678. #

  119. *Song, J.; Yin, Z.; Yang, Z.; Amaladass, P.; Wu, S.; Ye, J.; Zhao, Y.; Deng W.-Q.†; Zhang, H.†; Liu, X.-W.† Enhancement of photogenerated electron transport in dye-sensitized solar cells with introduction of a reduced graphene oxide-tio2 junction. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 10832-10837. #

  120. Xiao, J.; Yin, Z.; Yang, B.; Liu, Y.; *Ji, L.; Guo, J.; Huang, L.; Liu, X.-W.; Yan, Q.; Zhang, H.; Zhang; Q.† Preparation, characterization, physical properties, and photoconducting behaviour of anthracene derivative nanowires. Nanoscale 2011, 3, 4720-4723. #

  121. **Maji, B.; *Vedachalam, S.; *Ge, X.; *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene-mediated oxidative esterification of aldehydes: Ester formation and mechanistic studies. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3016-3023. Featured Article. #

  122. *Liu, J.; **Wei, X.; Wang, X.; Liu, X.-W.† High-yield synthesis of ultrathin silica-based nanosheets and their superior catalytic activity in H2O2 decomposition. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6135-6137. #

  123. **Wei, X.; *Liu, J.†; Chua, Y. Z.; *Song, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Fabrication of O (dye)-terminated anatase TiO2 nanosheets for dye sensitized solar cells. Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2054-2057. #

  124. *Vedachalam, S.; *Choi, B.-H.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Ching, K. M.; Lee, K.; Yoon, H. S.; Liu, X.-W.† Glycosylated porphyrin derivatives and their photodynamic activity in cancer cells. Med. Chem. Commun. 2011, 2, 371-377. Highlighted as Hot Paper. #

  125. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; *Wang, S.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Ready access to 3-amino-2,3-dideoxysugars via regio- and stereo-selective tandem hydroamination-glycosylation of glycals. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 3929-3939. #

  126. *Xiang, S.; *Ma, J.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereoselective synthesis of β-N-glycosides through 2-deoxy-2-nitroglycal. Carbohydrate Res. 2011, 346, 2957-2959.

  127. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Ma, J.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Green glycosylation promoted by reusable biomass carbonaceous solid acid: an easy access to β-stereoselective terpene galactosides. Green Chem. 2011, 13, 573-577. #

  128. Lee, A. N.; Hartono, Y. D.; Sun, T.; *Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.; Huang, X.; Zhang, D.† Molecular dynamics studies of human receptor molecule in hemagglutinin of 1918 and 2009 H1N1 influenza viruses. J. Mol. Model 2011, 17, 1635-1641.

  129. *Vedachalam, S.; Wong, Q.-L.; **Maji, B.; *Zeng, J.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed intramolecular hydroacylation of activated alkynes: Synthesis of chromones. Adv. Synth. Cat. 2011, 353, 219-225. Highlighted by Synfacts 2011, 5, 0476-0476. #

  130. *Cai, S.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Ma, J.; *Leow, M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† [3+2] Cycloaddition on carbohydrate templates: Stereoselective synthesis of pyrrolidines. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1072-1075. Highlighted by ACS Noteworthy Chemistry, March 14, 2011. #

  131. Kyaw, A. K. K.; Sun X.†; Zhao, J. L.; Wang, J. X.; Zhao, D. W.; Wei, X. F.; Liu, X.-W.; Demir, H. V.†; Wu, T. Top-illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells with a room-temperature-processed ZnO photoanode on metal substrates and a Pt-coated Ga-doped ZnO counter electrode. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2011, 44, Article Number: 045102. #

  132. *Pasunooti, K. K.‡; *Song, J.‡; *Chai, H.; Amaladass, P.; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis, characterization and application of trans-D-B-A-porphyrin based dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells. J. Photochem. Photobiol., A 2011, 218, 219-225. #

  133. Wei, L.; Jiang, P.; Xu, W.; Li, H.; Zhang, H.; Yan, L.; Chan-Park, M. B.; Liu, X.-W.; Tang, K.; Mu Y.†; Konstantin P.† The molecular basis of distinct aggregation pathways of islet amyloid polypeptide. J. Biol. Chem. 2011, 286, 6291-6300. #

  134. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; Wang, F.; *Ma, J.; *Ji, L.; Liu, X.-W.† A short and highly efficient synthesis of L-ristosamine and L-epi-daunosamine glycosides. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 652-655. #

  135. Wang, X.; *Song, J.; Yip, C. H.; Wong, C. C.†; Liu, X.-W.† Influence of TiF4 treatment on tio2 photoanode in dye sensitized solar cells. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 2011, 3, 191-194.

  136. Amaladass, P.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Png, Z.; Liu, X.-W.† Facile synthesis and characterization of new polymerizable conjugated 2,5-di(selenophen-2-yl)pyrroles and 2,5-difuranylpyrroles. Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 711-714.

  137. *Zeng, J.; *Vedachalam, S.; *Xiang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Direct C-Glycosylation of organotrifluoroborates with glycosyl fluorides and its application to the total synthesis of (+)-varitriol. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 42-45. Highlighted by Organic-Chemistry Portal, January 16, 2012. #

  138. *Song, J.; Amaladass, P.; Wen, S.-H.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Li, A.; Yu, Y.-L.; Wang, X.; Deng, W.-Q.†; Liu, X.-W.† Aryl/hetero-arylethyne bridged dyes: the effect of planar p-bridge on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells. New J. Chem. 2011, 35, 127-136. #

  139. *Liu, J.; Chen, J. S.; **Wei, X.; Lou, X. W.†; Liu, X.-W.† Sandwich-like, stacked ultrathin titanate nanosheets for ultrafast lithium storage. Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 998-1002. Highlighted by Wiley-VCH ChemistryViews, 04 January, 2011. Highlighted by RSC Nanowerk, 2011. #

  140. *Pasunooti, K. K.; *Chai, H.; Jensen, C. N.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Wang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† A microwave-assisted, copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones under mild conditions. Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 80-84.

  141. Kristian, N.; Yu, Y.; Lee, J.-M.; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, X.† Synthesis and characterization of Cocore–Ptshell electrocatalyst prepared by spontaneous replacement reaction for oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochim. Acta 2010, 56, 1000-1007. #

  142. *Liu, J.; **Wei, X.; Yu, Y.; Wang, X.; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.† ’Nanoreactors’ for photocatalytic H2 evolution in oil-water biphase systems. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 14449-14451. Highlighted by NPG (Nature Publishing Group) Asia Materials, January 31, 2011. #

  143. Liang, R.‡; **Pasunooti, K. K.‡; Li, F.; Liu, X.-W.†; Liu, C.-F.† Synthesis of K48-linked diubiquitin using dual native chemical ligation at lysine. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 7199-7201. Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News, Oct. 11, 2010, PP36-37. Also highlighted by Ronald T. Raines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9042. Chemical Year in Review, Dec. 20, 2010, PP13-17 (Chemical & Engineering News). #

  144. *Bai, Y.; *Zeng, J.; *Ma, J.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Quick access to druglike heterocycles: Facile silver-catalyzed one-pot multicomponent synthesis of aminoindolizines. J. Comb. Chem. 2010, 12, 696-699.

  145. *Pasunooti, K. K.; Jensen, C. N.; *Chai, H.; *Leow, M. L.; Zhang, D.; Liu, X.-W.† Microwave-assisted copper(II)-catalyzed one-pot four-component synthesis of multifunctionalized dihydropyrindines. J. Comb. Chem. 2010, 12, 577-581.

  146. *Ding, F.; *William, R.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Ma, J.; *Wang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† A mild and efficient synthetic protocol for Ferrier azaglycosylation promoted by ZnCl2/Al2O3. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 3146-3148. Highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 8, 0965-0965.

  147. *Ma, J.; Ng, S.; Yong, Y.; Luo, X.-Z.; Wang, X.; Liu, X.-W.† Recyclable sulfonated amorphous carbon catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water. Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 778-782. Highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 7, 0837-0837. #

  148. *Vedachalam, S.; *Zeng, J.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Antonio, M.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed intramolecular aldehyde-nitrile cross coupling: An easy access to 3-aminochromones. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 352-355. Highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 3, 0352-0352. #

  149. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Ma, J.; Wang, X.; Chen, P.; Liu, X.-W.† Carbohydrate functionalized carbon nanotubes and their applications. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 2925-2934. Invited review. #

  150. *Liu, J.; **Wei, X.; Yu, Y.; *Song, J.; Wang, X.; **Li, A.; Liu, X.-W.†; Deng, W.-Q.† Uniform core-shell titanium phosphate nanospheres with orderly open nanopores: a highly active Brønsted acid catalyst. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1670-1672. #

  151. *Ma, J.‡; Zhao, Y.‡; Ng, S.; Zhang, J.; *Zeng, J.; Than, A.; Chen, P.†; Liu, X.-W.† Sugar-based synthesis of tamiflu and its inhibitory effects on cell secretion. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4533-4540. #

  152. Wang, Y.; Nguyen, T. S.; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, X.† Novel palladium-lead (Pd-Pb/C) bimetallic catalysts for electrooxidation of ethanol in alkaline media. J. Power Sources 2010, 195, 2619-2622. #

  153. *Lorpitthaya, R.; Xie, Z.-Z.; Sophy, K. B.; Kuo, J.-L.†; Liu, X.-W.† Mechanistic insights into the substrate-controlled stereochemistry of glycals in one-pot rhodium-catalyzed aziridination and aziridine ring opening. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 588-594. #

  154. Chen, J.; Zhao, D. W.; *Song, J. L.; Sun, X. W.†; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Lei, W.† Directly assembled CdSe quantum dots on TiO2 in aqueous solution by adjusting pH value for quantum dot sensitized solar cells. Electrochem. Commun. 2009, 11, 2265-2267. #

  155. Liang, R.‡; *Pasunooti, K. K.‡; Li, F.; Liu, X.-W.†; Liu, C.-F.† Dual native chemical ligation at lysine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13592-13593. Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News, 21 Sept. 2009, P35. #

  156. *Pasunooti, K. K.; Liang, R.; *Vedachalam, S.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, C.-F.†; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of 4-mercapto-L-lysine derivatives: potential building blocks for sequential native chemical ligation. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2009, 19, 6268-6271.

  157. Yu, Y.; Hu, Y.; Liu, X.-W.; Deng, W.-Q.†; Wang, X.† The study of Pt@Au electrocatalyst based on Cu underpotential deposition and Pt redox replacement. Electrochim. Acta 2009, 54, 3092-3097. #

  158. Sudibya, H. G.‡; *Ma, J.‡; Dong, X.; Ng, S.; Li, L.-J.; Liu, X.-W.†; Chen P.† Interfacing glycosylated carbon-nanotube-network devices with living cells to detect dynamic secretion of biomolecules. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2723-2726. #

  159. *Lorpitthaya, R.; Sophy, K. B.; Kuo, J.-L.; Liu, X.-W.† Highly stereoselective synthesis of aminoglycosides via rhodium-catalyzed and substrate-controlled aziridination of glycals. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 1284-1287. #

  160. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Cai, S.; *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† (S)-Camphorsulfonic acid catalyzed highly stereoselective synthesis of pseudoglycosides. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2009, 19, 3093-3095. Highlighted in ChemInform Abstract.

  161. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Cai, S.; *Lorpitthaya, R.; *Ma, J.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Liu, X.-W.† A convenient synthesis of pseudoglycosides via a Ferrier-type rearrangement using metal-free H3PO4 catalyst. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 676-679.

  162. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Lorpitthaya, R.; *Bai, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† ZnCl2/alumina impregnation catalyzed Ferrier rearrangement: an expedient synthesis of pseudoglycosides. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 5844-5848. Highlighted in ChemInform Abstract. #

  163. Wang, Y.; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, S.; Wang, X.† Electrochemical properties of ball-milled LaMg12-Ni composites containing carbon nanotubes. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2009, 34, 1444-1449. #

  164. *Pasunooti, K. K.; *Leow, M. L.; *Vedachalam, S.; *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† A general and mild copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of protected homoallyl amines. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2979-2981. Highlighted in ChemInform Abstract.

  165. Wang, Y; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, X.† Electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of ball-milled multi-wall carbon nanotubes. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2009, 34, 1437-1443. #

  166. Kristan, N.; Yu, Y.; Gunawan, P.; Xu, R.; Deng, W.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Wang, X.† Controlled synthesis of Pt-decorated Au nanostructure and its promoted activity toward formic acid electro-Oxidation. Electrochim. Acta 2009, 54, 4916-4924. #

  167. Ye, Y.; Zhang, M.; Liu, H.; Liu, X.-W.; Zhao, J.† Theoretical investigation on the oligothienoacenes under the influence of external electric field. J. Phys. Chem. Solids 2008, 69, 2615-2621.

  168. Liu, X.-W.†; **Le, T. N.; Lu, Y.; Xiao, Y.; *Ma, J.; Li, X. An efficient synthesis of chiral phosphinyl oxide pyrrolidines and their application to asymmetric direct aldol reactions. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 3997-4003. Highlighted in ChemInform Abstract. #

  169. Liu, X.-W.†; *Ma, J.; Colson, A.-O.; Doersen, D. C.; Ebetino, F. H. Synthesis and biological activities of novel peptide mimetics as melanocortin receptor agonists. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2008, 18, 1223-1228.

  170. *Lorpitthaya, R.; Xie, Z.-Z.; Kuo, J.-L.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereocontrolled intramolecular aziridination of glycals: Ready access to aminoglycosides and mechanistic insights from DFT studies. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 1561-1570. #

  171. Cheng, X.-M.; Liu, X.-W.† Microwave-enhanced one-pot synthesis of diversified 3-acyl-5-hydroxybenzofurans. J. Comb. Chem. 2007, 9, 906-908.

  172. Tully, S. E.; Mabon, R.; Gama, C. I.; Tsai, S. M.; Liu, X.-W.; Linda C. H.-W.† A chondroitin sulfate small molecule that stimulates neuronal growth. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 7736-7737. #

  173. Liu, X.-W.; Hu, X. E.; Tian, X.; Mazur, A.; Ebetino, F. H.† Enantioselective synthesis of phosphinyl peptidomimetics via an asymmetric Michael reaction of phosphinic acids with acrylate derivatives. J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 646, 212-222. #

  174. Ebetino, F.H.†; Soper, D. L.; Dirr, M. J.; Lundy, M. W.; Mieling, G.; Wos, J. A.; deLong, M. A.; Liu, X.-W. Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and Relat. Elem. 2002, 177, 1725-1729.

  175. Kende, A. S.; Dong, H.-Q.; Liu, X.-W.; Ebetino, F. H.† A useful synthesis of the Phe-Arg phosphinic acid dipeptide isostere. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 4973-4976.

  176. Ebetino, F. H.†; Rogers, M.; Dunford, J.; Liu, X.-W.; Phipps, R.; Russell, R. G. G.; Barnett, B.; Correa, P. Modeling of bisphosphonate binding to farnesyl diphosphate synthase. Bone 2002, 30, 40S. #

  177. Liu, X.-W.; Li, Z.; McKenna, C. E.† Synthetic and theoretical investigations of some sulfur-containing phosphonoformate derivatives. Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and Relat. Elem. 1999, 147, 1041.

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Book Chapters

  1. *Leng, W. L.‡; *He, J.-X.‡; *Yao, H.‡; Liu, X.-W.† Methodologies in Chemical Syntheses of Carbohydrates, Chapter 2 in book Synthetic Glycomes, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018. (e-proof has been done, print in May 2019)

  2. **Le Mai Hoang, K.‡; *Leng, W. L.‡; *Tan, Y. J.‡; Liu, X.-W.† Stereoselective C-Glycosylation from Glycal Scaffolds, Chapter 7 in book Selective Glycosylations – Synthetic Methods and Catalysts, pp137-153, Wiley-VCH, 2017.

 
Selected Conference Papers 

  1. Liu, X.-W.† Glycosciences: The next biomolecular frontiers. ANNUM VI (Asian network for natural and unnatural materials) conference, Gifu, Japan, 27-28 July 2018.

  2. *Chai, H.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Dual glycosylation: a minimalist approach for oligosaccharide synthesis. The 29th International Carbohydrate Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 15-19th July, 2018.

  3. *He, J.-X.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Kho, S. H.; Liu, X.-W.† Biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers that incorporate into bacterial cell walls. The 11th International Symposium on Glycosyltransferases, Qingdao, China, 19-23 June, 2018.

  4. Liu, X.-W.† Advanced glycosylation methods that allows easy access to complex glycoconjugates. Synthetic Biology International Meeting, Wuhan, China, 21-22 May, 2018.

  5. *He, J.-X.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xu, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† Tailor-made peptidoglycans and glycoconjugates for antimicrobial research. 1st National Conference of Signal Communication and Pathogenesis in Microbes, Guangzhou, China, 1-4 December, 2017.

  6. *He, J.-X.; *Bati, G.; *Chai, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Tailor-made peptidoglycans and glycoconjugates for antimicrobial research. The Joint Meeting of 11th International Symposium on Integrated Synthesis (ISONIS-11) and 3rd International Symposium on Middle Molecular Strategy (3rd ISMMS), Osaka, Japan, 16-18 November, 2017.

  7. Liu, X.-W.† Glycosylation in carbohydrate synthesis and glycoprotein synthesis. 13th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Madison, WI, USA, 22-23 September, 2017.

  8. Liu, X.-W.† Antimicrobial peptides, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans. The 3rd Glycobiology World Congress, London, UK, 26-28 June, 2017.

  9. Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of antimicrobial peptides, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans. The 2st Symposium of Carbohydrate Synthesis (首届糖合成化学高峰论坛), Jinan, China, 15-16 May, 2017.

  10. **Le Mai Hoang, K.; *He, J.-X.; *Leng, W. L.; *Chai, H.; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of antimicrobial peptides, glycopeptides and peptidoglycans. International Conference on Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering (ICCMB4), Singapore, 4-6 January, 2017.

  11. *Chai, H.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Dual Native chemical ligation: New methods for peptide and glycopeptide synthesis. The 14th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists (ISCOC) and the 11th International Symposium for Chinese Inorganic Chemists (ISCIC), Singapore, 8-10 December, 2016.

  12. *Chai, H.; *Leng, W. L.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Dual native chemical ligation: New methods for peptide and glycopeptide synthesis. P2S2 Symposium, Singapore, 8-9 December, 2016.

  13. *Chai, H.; **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Quick assembly of glycosides and glycoproteins: General tactics and new glycosylation methods. The 28th International Carbohydrate Symposium, New Orleans, USA, 17-22 July, 2016.

  14. **Le Mai Hoang, K.; Liu, X.-W.† Glycosciences: from synthetic methods to glycobiology. 6th ICBE-International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Singapore, 5-7 January, 2016.

  15. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xiang, S.; **Gorityala, B. K. Exploring and exploiting carbohydrate-lectin interactions. The 2015 PacifiChem, Hawaii, 15-20 December, 2015.

  16. *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xiang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Acceptor-controlled stereoselective glycosylation. The 1st Symposium of Carbohydrate Synthesis (首届糖合成化学高峰论坛), Nanchang, China, 10-11 April, 2015.

  17. **Ma, J.; **Lu, Z.; **Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† New glycosylation methods & new glycosylated nanodevice interfacing with living cells. 8th Singapore International Chemistry Conference, U-Town, Singapore, 14-17 December 2014.

  18. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xiang, S. The intriguing dual-directing effect of 2-cyanobenzyl ether for highly stereospecific glycosylation reaction. ICCEOCA-9/NICCEOCA-5, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 1-4 December, 2014.

  19. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xiang, S.; **Gorityala, B. K. New glycosylation methods & new glycosylated nanodevice interfacing with living cells. Society for Glycobiology (SFG) & Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research (JSCR) Joint Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-19 November, 2014.

  20. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; **Gorityala, B. K. Efficient synthesis of oligosaccharides and biosensors based on carbohydrate-lectin interactions. Symposium on Glycobiology & Glycobiotechnology, Xi An, China, 16-19 July, 2014.

  21. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; *Xiang, S.; **Gorityala, B. K. New glycosylation methods and new glycosylated nanodevices interfacing with living cells. The 15th Tetrahedron Symposium Asia, Singapore Expo, Singapore, 28-31 October, 2014.

  22. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; **Gorityala, B. K.; **Ma, J. Our recent progress on new glycosylation methods and new glycosylated nanodevice interfacing with living cells. The 5th International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,16-18 June, 2014.

  23. Liu, X.-W.†; **Lu, Z.; **Gorityala, B. K.; **Ma, J. Stereoselective glycosylation and its use in the synthesis of carbohydrates and natural products. 2014 Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 1-5 June, 2014.

  24. Liu, X.-W.†; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; **Gorityala, B. K.; **Ma, J. Interfacing glycosylated nanodevice with living cells: from biosensing to drug delivery. Asia-Canada Glycoscience Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 31 May – 1 June, 2014.

  25. Liu, X.-W.†; *Tan, Y. J.; **Ma, J. Glycosciences: From synthetic methods to glycobiology. Singapore – South Korea Symposium on Glycomics, BioProcessing Institute, A*STAR, Singapore, 13 February, 2014.

  26. Liu, X.-W.† Glycosciences: From synthetic methods to glycobiology. Gordon Conference, Mt Snow, Vermont, USA, 16-21 June, 2013.

  27. **Lorpitthaya, R.; *Xiang, S.; *Ding, F.; *Zeng, J.; **Gorityala, B. K.; *Leow M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Glycosciences: From synthetic methods to glycobiology. 7th Glycan Forum Berlin, Germany, 20-22 March, 2013

  28. **Lorpitthaya, R.; **Ma, J.; *Zeng, J.; *Ding, F.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Leow M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereoselective synthesis of carbohydrates and natural products via facial control. 12th ISCOC and 9th ISCIC, Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 19–22 August, 2012.

  29. **Ma, J.; **Lorpitthaya, R.; *Zeng, J.; *Ding, F.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Leow M. L.; Liu, X.-W.# Stereoselective glycosylation and its use in the synthesis of carbohydrates and natural products. 26th international Carbohydrate Symposium, Madrid, Spain, 22-27 July, 2012.

  30. **Ma, J.; **Lorpitthaya, R.; *Leow M. L.; *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Stereoselective glycosylation and its use in the synthesis of carbohydrates and natural products. 28th Chinese Chemical Society Conference, Chengdu, China, 13-16 April, 2012.

  31. Liu, X.-W.† Direct and stereoselective synthesis of a-linked 1,3-cis-3-aminodeoxyglycosides. The 6th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-6), Hong Kong, 11-15 December, 2011.

  32. *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Facile synthesis of imidazopyridines via copper (II) and iron (III) Co-catalyzed intermolecular diamination of alkynes. Green Chemistry 2011 Innovations, Melbourne, 4-7 December, 2011.

  33. *Wang, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Green synthesis of cyclopentenones from glycals. Green Chemistry 2011 Innovations, Melbourne, 4-7 December, 2011.

  34. *Cai, S.; Liu, X.-W.† Carbohydrate-integrated isoxazolines through tandem [4 + 1] cycloaddition and rearrangement of 2-nitroglycals and sulphur ylides. Green Chemistry 2011 Innovations, Melbourne, 4-7 December, 2011.

  35. *Cai, S.; *Gorityala, B. K.; *Ma, J.; *Leow M. L.; Liu, X.-W.† [3+2] Cycloaddition on carbohydrate templates: Stereoselective synthesis of pyrrolidines. Perch-CIC Congress VII, Pattaya, Thailand, 4-7 May, 2011.

  36. *Vedachalam, S.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed chromone synthesis. 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, 27-31 Mar, 2011.

  37. *Gorityala, B. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Glycosylation of unprotected and unactivated sugars. The 2010 PacifiChem, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 15-20 December, 2010.

  38. *Pasunooti, K. K.; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of K48-linked diubiquitin using dual native chemical ligation at photo labile group protected lysine. The 2010 PacifiChem, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 15-20 December, 2010.

  39. *Vedachalam, S.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed intramolecular aldehyde nitrile cross coupling: an easy access to 3-aminochromones. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  40. *Gorityala, B. K.; *Le Mai Hoang, K.; Yin, G.; Liu, X.-W.† A novel approach towards the stereoselective glycoside bond formation. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  41. *Song, J.; Lim, B.; *Liu, J.; Deng, W.; Liu, X.-W.† Hollow SnO2 light-scattering layer used for dye-sensitized solar cells. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  42. *Ding, F.; William, R.; Liu, X.-W.† A facile and efficient one-pot synthesis of 3-amino-2,3-dideoxysugars. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  43. *Liu, J.; Chen, J.; **Wei, X.; Lou, X.-W.; Liu, X.-W.† Facile large-scale fabrication of single-molecular-layer titania nanoslices with superior lithium storage capability. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  44. *Pasunooti, K. K.; Yang, R.; Li, F.; Liu, C.-F.; Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of K48-linked diubiquitin using dual native chemical ligation at lysine. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  45. *Wang, S.; *Lorpitthaya, R.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Liu, X.-W.† C-Aminoglycosylation via Barbier-type allylation of glycal: An approach to sialic acids (Neu5Ac). 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  46. *Ma, J.; Ng, S.; *Zeng, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Sugar-based synthesis of tamiflu and its inhibitory effects on cell secretion. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  47. *Zeng, J.; Bai, Y.; Liu, X.-W.† Quick access to polyfunctionalized pyrroles and indolizines through silver-catalyzed one-pot multicomponent reaction. 6th Asian-European Symposium, Singapore, 7-9 June, 2010.

  48. **Thanh, L. N.; Luo, X.; Liu, X.-W.† Design and synthesis of new therapeutic agents for cancers. 27th CCS meeting, Xiamen, China, 19-23 June, 2010.

  49. *Vedachalam, S.; Liu, X.-W.† N-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed intramolecular aldehyde nitrile cross coupling: An easy access to 3-aminochromones. Kyushu-CBC Joint Symposium, 28 January, 2010.

  50. Liu, X.-W.†; *Lorpitthaya, R.; *Wang, S.; *Pasunooti, K. K.; Luo, X. Synthetic study of unexpected C-aminoglycosylation via Barbier-Grignard type allylation/propargylation of glycal: An approach to sialic acids. The 4th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-4), Bangkok, Thailand, 29 November-3 December, 2009.

  51. Liu, X.-W.† Conversion of glucose and cellulose to DMF, a potential additive in gasoline. 1st Annual Workshop on Energy Research, Organized by ERI@N and NSWU, 6-7 August, 2009.

  52. Liu, X.-W.†; Yin, G. Biomass-derived gasoline additive. 1st Annual Workshop on Energy Research, Organized by ERI@N, 2-4 June 2009.

  53. *Lorpitthaya, R.; Liu, X.-W.† One-pot rhodium-catalyzed aziridination and ring-opening of glycal: A direct access to 2-amino sugars and its application to synthesis of sialic acids. 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, 16-20 August, 2009.

  54. *Ma, J.; Liu, X.-W.† Carbohydrate coating of carbon nanotubes for detection of cell secretion. 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, 16-20 August, 2009.

  55. Liu, X.-W.† Design and synthesis of new therapeutic agents for cancers. Combinatorial Chemistry and Chemical Biology toward a New Paradigm for Drug Discovery (CCCB), and 28th Conference on Combinatorial Chemistry, Osaka, Japan (JCCF28), 24-25 September, 2009.

  56. Liu, X.-W.† Synthesis of sugars and other neuritogenic molecules. 2nd UK-Singapore Symposium – Contemporary Organic Synthesis, Methods and Techniques, Biopolis, Singapore, 15 February, 2008.

  57. Liu, X.-W.† Sugars in organic synthesis and chemical biology. International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2017, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 17-21 December 2007.

  58. *Lorpitthaya, R.; Liu, X.-W.† Intramolecular Rh-catalyzed aziridination of glycals: A novel direct access to aminoglycosides. PERCH-CIC Congress V, Pattaya city, Chonburi, Thailand, 6-9 May, 2007.

  59. Liu, X.-W.† Synthetic study of chondoitin sulfate small molecules that stimulate neuronal outgrowth. First International Conference of Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry, Naha-city, Okinawa, Japan, 16-20 October, 2006.

  60. Tully, S. E.; Mabon, R.; Liu, X.-W.; Gama, C.; Tsai, S. M.; Hsieh-Wilson, L. C.† A chondroitin sulfate small molecule that stimulates neuronal growth. 228th ACS Meeting, Philadephia, Pennsylvania, 22-26 August, 2004.

  61. Ebetino, F. H.†; Soper, D. L.; Dirr, M. J.; Lundy, M. W.; Mieling, G.; Liu, X.-W.; Wos, J. A.; deLong, M. A. The rational design and utility of drugs with phosphonic/phinic acids, from enzyme inhibitors to bioisosteric receptors agonists. Ninth Workshop on Cell Biology of bone and Cartilage in Health and Disease, Davos, Switzerland, 16-19 March, 2002.

  62. Ebetino, F. H.†; Liu, X.-W.; Russell, R.G.G.; Rogers, M.; Mieling, G.; Phipps, R.; Mangood, A.; Mangood, E.; Nancollas, G. New developments in bisphosphonate research: Improving our understanding of their differences mechanistically. Sixth Workshop on Bisphosphonates – From the Laboratory to the Patients, Davos, Switzerland, 20-22 March, 2002.

  63. Ebetino, F. H.†; Liu, X.-W.; Nancollas, G. Rogers, M. New developments in bisphosphonates for osteoporosis. 223th ACS Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 7-11 Apr, 2002.

  64. Liu, X.-W.; Ebetino, F. H.† Enantioselective synthesis of phosphino peptidomimetics via asymmetric michael reaction of phosphinic acids with acrylate derivatives. 37th ACS Western Regional Meeting, Santa Barbara, California, 30 October, 2001.

  65. Ebetino, F. H.†; Liu, X.-W.; Soper, D. L.; Dirr, M. J.; Lundy, M. W.; Wos, J. A.; deLong, M. A. The rational design and utility of drugs with phosphonic/phinic acids, from enzyme inhibitors to receptor agonist bioisosteres. XVth International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, Sendai, Japan, 29 July – 3 August, 2001.

  66. McKenna, C. E.†; Liu, X.-W. Bisphosphonates in medicinal chemistry-past and prologue. 35th ACS Western Regional Meeting, Ontario, California, 6-8 October, 1999.

  67. Liu, X.-W.; Li, Z.; McKenna, C. E.† Lipophilic derivatives of PFA and TPFA. 217th ACS Meeting, Anaheim, California, 21-25 March, 1999.

  68. Li, Z.; Liu, X.-W.; McKenna, C. E.† The preparation of sulfur-containing phosphonoformate derivatives. XIVth International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, Cincinnati, Ohio, 12-17 July, 1998.

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Patents Filed 

  1. Yoon, H. S.; Rajan, S.; Toh, H. T.; Liu, X.-W.; Yao, H. Co-crystals Of NURR1-LBD in complex With A cyclopentenone prostaglandin and modulators of NURR1. US Patent Application no.: 16/334,550, Aug. 9, 2022.

  2. Liu, X.-W.; Chan-Park, M. B.; He, J.-X.; Le Mai Hoang, K.; Duan, H.; Yang, L. Biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers. PCT US 2022/0213232 A1，7 Jul.  2022.

  3. Liu, X.-W.; Chan-Park, M. B.; He, J.-X.; Le Mai Hoang, K.; Duan, H.; Yang, L. Biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers. Publication no.: CN 112805305 A，14 May 2021.

  4. Liu, X.-W.; Chan-Park, M. B.; He, J.-X.; Le Mai Hoang, K.; Duan, H.; Yang, L. Biohybrid peptidoglycan oligomers. US Application No.: 17/267,271，9 Feb.  2021.

  5. Liu, X.-W.; CHAN Bee Eng Mary; HE Jingxi; LE MAI HOANG Kim; DUAN Hongwei; YANG Liang, Biohybrid Peptidoglycan Oligomers, PCT Application No. PCT/SG2019/050473, 2021. 26 March 2020 under publication no.: WO 2020/060491 A1

  6. Yoon, H. S.; Rajan, S.; Toh, H. T.; Liu, X.-W.; Yao, H. Co-crystals of Nurr1-LBD In complex with a cyclopentenone prostaglandin and modulators of Nurr1. PCT Application No. PCT/SG2017/050476, 2020.

 
Patents Granted

  1. Liu, J.; Liu, X.-W.; Wei, X. Method of synthesizing anatase tio2 nanosheets. US 9663382 B2, May 30, 2017.

  2. Liu, J.; Liu, X.-W.; Wei, X. Method of preparing a TiO2 nanostructure. US 9637394 B2, May 2, 2017.

  3. Liu, X.-W.; Liu, J. An anode material for ultrafast-charging lithium ion batteries and a method of its synthesis. US 9,112,226 B2. Jan. 6, 2016

  4. Yoon, H. S.; Liu, X.-W.; Harikishore, A. V. K. Tubulin inhibitors. WO2013162469 A1, October 31, 2013

  5. Liu, X.-W.; Ma, J. Method of forming oseltamivir and derivatives thereof. US 8304553 B2. Nov 6, 2012.

  6. Chen, J.; Nguyen, B. N.; Liu, X.-W.; Lopaschuk, G. D.; Dyck, J. R. Heterocyclic compounds as malonyl-CoA decarboxylase inhibitors. US 7696365 B2. Apr. 13, 2010.

  7. Ebetino, F. H.; Liu, X.-W.; Solinsky, M. G.; Wos, J. A. Melanocortin receptor ligands. US 7026335 B2. Apr. 11, 2006.

  8. Ebetino, F. H.; Liu, X.-W.; Solinsky, M. G.; Wos, J. A.; Mumin, R. N. N-Acyl piperidine derivatives for use as melanocortin receptor ligands in the treatment of feeding disorders. WO2003092690 A1. Nov. 13 2003.

  9. McKenna, C. E.; Li, Z.; Liu, X.-W. Derivatives and analogs, US 6441214 B1. Aug. 27, 2002.

  10. McKenna, C. E.; Li, Z.; Liu, X.-W. Synthesis and antiviral activity of a series of pyrophosphate analogs. US 6444837 B1. Licensed to Per Ardue Inc, Sept. 3, 2002.

 
Patents Licensed 

  1. McKenna, C. E.; Li, Z.; Liu, X.-W. Synthesis and antiviral activity of a series of pyrophosphate analogs. US 6444837 B1. Licensed to Per Ardue Inc, Sept. 3, 2002.

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