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Richard Y. Liu

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Harvard University

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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Richard Y. Liu is currently serving as a Chemistry & Chemical Biology Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.

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Richard Y. Liu

Harvard University

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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chemistry catalysis organic chemistry chemical synthesis transition metal chemistry organic synthesis chemical engineering organometallic catalysis organometallic chemistry molecular catalysis materials science inorganic chemistry coordination chemistry cross-coupling reaction chemical sciences organic process research asymmetric catalysis catalytic synthesis photochemistry sustainable chemistry catalyst preparation enantioselective synthesis energy storage energy chemistry structural chemistry electrochemical energy storage electric battery synthetic chemistry synthesis methods biomolecular engineering material chemistry energy research photosynthesis stereoselective synthesis fluorous synthesis catalyst activation homogeneous catalysis lithium-ion batteries greenhouse gas sequestration terminal allenes aminative suzuki-miyaura coupling olefinic substrates peptide science energy storage materials atmospheric environment hydrogen energy electroanalytical chemistry antimicrobial agents biocatalysis industrial catalysis industrial chemistry theoretical inorganic chemistry thermal catalysis enzyme catalysis inorganic synthesis continuous delivery peptide synthesis energy engineering environmental photochemistry water electrolysis hydrogen production technology hydrogen production hydrogen generation cuh-catalyzed olefin functionalization ligand-substrate dispersion copper-catalyzed hydroamination unactivated olefins vinyl heterocycles c-n coupling electron-deficient palladium catalyst base barrier enantioselective allylation spirocyclic iodonium mechanistic studies rational design nickel precatalyst

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1,2-Difunctionalization of the Ss Bond in Naphthalene 1,8-Disulfides. Tetrahedron Letters (2026)

materials scienceorganic chemistrychemical bondmolecular structurestructural chemistrychemistryinorganic chemistryss bond

Author Response for"Organic Photochemistry for Directly Light-Driven Separations". (2026)

organic chemistryphotochromismphotochemistryorganic photochemistrychemistrylight sciencesynthetic photochemistry

Carbenylative Buchwald-Hartwig Coupling of Aryl Halides, N-Tosylhydrazones, and Anilines. ChemRxiv (2026)

organic chemistryhalogenationmolecular structureorganic synthesisstructural chemistrycross-coupling reactionorganometallic chemistrychemistrycarbenylative buchwald-hartwig couplingchemical synthesisorganic process research

Carbonylative Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of Amides From Vinyl/Aryl Halides and Boronic Acids. ChemRxiv (2026)

synthesis methodsorganic chemistryboronic acidschemical engineeringcatalysisvinyl/aryl halidescoordination chemistryorganic synthesissynthetic chemistrycross-coupling reactionorganometallic chemistrychemistryorganic process researchpd-catalyzed synthesischemical synthesistransition metal chemistry

Dual-Ligand System for Mild Decarbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aroyl Chlorides. ACS Catalysis (2026)

organic chemistryhalogenationchemical engineeringcoordination chemistryorganic synthesiscross-coupling reactionorganometallic chemistrychemistrymolecular complexeschemical synthesisdual-ligand systemtransition metal chemistry

Geminal Atom Catalysts With Minimized D-Orbital Holes Enable β-Elimination-Resistant C(Sp2)-C(Sp3) Cross-Coupling. National University of Singapore (2026)

materials sciencecatalyst preparationcatalysismolecular catalysisheterogeneous catalysisgeminal atomsingle-atom catalystchemical sciencesorganometallic chemistrychemistryinorganic chemistrychemical structuretransition metal chemistry

Geminal Atom Catalysts With Minimized D-Orbital Holes Enable β-Elimination-Resistant C(Sp 2 )–C(Sp 3 ) Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)

materials sciencecatalyst preparationcatalyst activationchemical engineeringcatalysismolecular catalysisheterogeneous catalysisgeminal atominorganic chemistry frontiersingle-atom catalystorganometallic chemistrychemistryinorganic chemistrychemical structuretransition metal chemistry

Organic Photochemistry for Direct Light-Driven Separations. Chemical Science (2026)

chemical engineeringphotochemistryphotocatalysisorganic photochemistrychemistrylight sciencesynthetic photochemistry

Accelerating the Discovery of Multicatalytic Cooperativity. Nature (2025)

catalysisheterogeneous catalysiscoordination chemistrychemical scienceschemistrymulticatalytic cooperativity

Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: Tackling Alkyl Nucleophiles and Addressing the Viability of the Electrophile‐First Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)

organic chemistryelectrophile‐first mechanismhalogenationaminative suzuki–miyaura couplingorganic synthesisbiomolecular engineeringcross-coupling reactionchemistryalkyl nucleophilesorganic process researchchemical synthesistransition metal chemistry

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Richard Y. Liu

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Richard Y. Liu is currently serving as a Chemistry & Chemical Biology Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Richard Y. Liu

Harvard University

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

1,2-Difunctionalization of the Ss Bond in Naphthalene 1,8-Disulfides. Tetrahedron Letters (2026)

materials scienceorganic chemistrychemical bondmolecular structurestructural chemistrychemistryinorganic chemistryss bond

Author Response for"Organic Photochemistry for Directly Light-Driven Separations". (2026)

organic chemistryphotochromismphotochemistryorganic photochemistrychemistrylight sciencesynthetic photochemistry

Carbenylative Buchwald-Hartwig Coupling of Aryl Halides, N-Tosylhydrazones, and Anilines. ChemRxiv (2026)

Carbonylative Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: Pd-Catalyzed Synthesis of Amides From Vinyl/Aryl Halides and Boronic Acids. ChemRxiv (2026)

Dual-Ligand System for Mild Decarbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aroyl Chlorides. ACS Catalysis (2026)

Geminal Atom Catalysts With Minimized D-Orbital Holes Enable β-Elimination-Resistant C(Sp2)-C(Sp3) Cross-Coupling. National University of Singapore (2026)

Geminal Atom Catalysts With Minimized D-Orbital Holes Enable β-Elimination-Resistant C(Sp 2 )–C(Sp 3 ) Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)

Organic Photochemistry for Direct Light-Driven Separations. Chemical Science (2026)

chemical engineeringphotochemistryphotocatalysisorganic photochemistrychemistrylight sciencesynthetic photochemistry

Accelerating the Discovery of Multicatalytic Cooperativity. Nature (2025)

catalysisheterogeneous catalysiscoordination chemistrychemical scienceschemistrymulticatalytic cooperativity

Aminative Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: Tackling Alkyl Nucleophiles and Addressing the Viability of the Electrophile‐First Mechanism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)

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