Monaco, M. R.; Fazzi, D.; Tsuji, N.; Leutzsch, M.; Liao, S.; Thiel, W.; List, B. The Activation of Carboxylic Acids Via Self-Assembly Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Combined Experimental and Computational Investigation. Journal of the American Chemical Society2016, 138, 14740–14749.
Liao, S.; Leutzsch, M.; Monaco, M. R.; List, B. Catalytic Enantioselective Conversion of Epoxides to Thiiranes. Journal of the American Chemical Society2016, 138, 5230–5233.
Merten, C.; Pollok, C. H.; Liao, S.; List, B. Stereochemical Communication Within a Chiral Ion Pair Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2015, 54, 8841–8845.
Liao, S.; Čorić, I.; Wang, Q.; List, B. Activation of H2O2 by Chiral Confined Brønsted Acids: A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Sulfoxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society2012, 134, 10765–10768.
List, B.; Liao, S.-H.; Shirakawa, S.; Maruoka, K.; Gong, L. Z.; Xiao, W.-J. The Proline-Catalyzed Mannich Reaction and the Advent of Enamine Catalysis. In Organic Chemistry - Breakthroughs and Perspectives; Ding, K., Dai, L.-X., Eds.; Ding, K., Dai, L.-X., Series Eds.; Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, 2012; pp 367–384.
Liao, S. Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Transition Metal Catalysis: Enantioselective Epoxidation and Sulfoxidation with Ion-Pair Catalysts. PhD Thesis, Universität zu Köln, Köln, 2011.
Prof. Ferdi Schüth has been named an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society for his contributions to sustainable catalysis and international collaboration.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, a scientific conference will be held in Mülheim next year. Our institute will of course be taking part.