Publications
Publications in CUHK:
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Synthesis of Transition-Metal-Boryl Complexes from Diboron Reagents. Zhang, Y.; Chen, Y. H.; Lyu, H.* Synthesis 2025. doi.org/10.1055/a-2722-6393.
(Invited review)
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Copper-Catalyzed Formal Aldehydic C–H Borylation Enabled by an sp2–sp3 Diboron Reagent. Lin, J.; Zhang, P.; Lou, X.; Lin, Z.; Lyu, H.*; Quan, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 22, 18397–18405.
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Neutral sp2-sp3 Diboranes: Structures, Reactivities, and Applications in Organic Synthesis. Liu, Z.; Lyu, H.* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025. doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500223.
(Invited review for the Special Collection Heteroatoms in Synthetic Chemistry and Organic Materials)
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Synthesis of strained, air-stable boracycles via boron–carbon-centred diradicals. Wang, X.; Zhang, P.; Yang, Z.; Sun, W.; Lyu, H.*; Lin, Z.*; Quan, Y.* Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 663–671
Highlighted in Nature Chemistry “News & views”.
Highlighted in Science “Research Highlights” .
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Copper catalyzed C−B(sp3) bond formation through the intermediacy of Cu−B(sp3) complex. Ye, Z.;† Kwok, C. Y.;† Lam, S. L.; Wu, L.*; and Lyu, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 14915.
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Electrochemical Borylation of C−C and C−Het Bonds. Cheung, T. L. and Lyu, H*. ChemElectroChem. 2025, doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400560
(Invited review for the Special Collection Early Career Electrochemists in Asia)
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Functionalization of Boranes through Thiol/Oxygen Catalysis. Tao, H. and Lyu, H*. Chin. J. Chem. 2024, doi.org/10.1002/cjoc.202400494.
(Invited article for the Special Issue of Boron Chemistry)
Selected publications before CUHK:
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Lyu, H.; Tugwell, T. H.; Chen, Z.; Kukier, G. A.; Turlik, A.; Wu, Y.; Houk, K. N.; Liu, P.; Dong, G. Modular Synthesis of 1,2-Azaborines via Ring-opening BN-isostere Benzannulation” Nat. Chem. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01343-6.
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Au, Y. K.;† Lyu, H.;† Quan, Y.; Xie, Z. Copper-Catalyzed Electrochemical Selective B–H Oxygenation of o-Carboranes at Room Temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6940–6945. (†co-first author)
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Lyu, H.; Quan, Y.; Xie, Z. Rhodium-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydroxylation of Cage B−H Bonds of o-Carboranes with O2 or Air. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11840-11844.
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Lyu, H.; Quan, Y.; Xie, Z. Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Dialkenylation of Cage B-H Bonds in o-Carboranes through Cross-Coupling Reactions. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10623-10626.
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Lyu, H.; Quan, Y.; Xie, Z. Rhodium Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization Featuring B-H and C-H Activation: One-Step Construction of Carborane-Fused N-Polyheterocycles. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6390-6394 (Highlighted in Synfacts, Synfacts 2018, 14, 0924).
