2024

65. Photosynthesis of Au₈Cu₆ Nanocluster for Photocatalysis in Oxidative Functionalization of Alkynes

Yan Zhao,⁺ Ze-Min Zhu,⁺ Weigang Fan,⁺ Wanli Zhu, Jing-Jing Yang, Yang Tao, Wenwen Fei, Hong Bi, Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 9632

64. Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters and Their Application in Bioimaging

Wenwen Fei, Sheng-Yan Tang, Man-Bo Li* Nanoscale 2024, 16, 19589-19605 (invited)

63. Loading Lewis Acid/Base Pair on Metal Nanocluster for Catalytic Ugi Reaction

Ji-Qiang Fan⁺, Yanshuang Li⁺, Wen Wu Xu*, Man-Bo Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202413861 

                               

62. Repurposing HER catalysis toward metal hydride-mediated electro-reductive transformations

Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Tetrahedron Chem 2024, 11, 100080 (invited)

61. Paired electrocatalysis unlocks cross-dehydrogenative coupling of C(sp3)-H bonds using a pentacoordinated cobalt-salen catalyst

Ke Liu, Mengna Lei, Xin Li, Xuemei Zhang, Ying Zhang, Weigang Fan, Man-Bo Li*, Sheng Zhang* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2897

60. Site-Recognition-Induced Structural and Photoluminescent Evolution of the Gold–Pincer Nanocluster

Ying Zhang, Wei Zhang, Tai-Song Zhang, Chao Ge, Yang Tao, Wenwen Fei, Weigang Fan, Meng Zhou*, Man-Bo Li* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9631-9639

59. A Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst [Co₂O₂] Metallacycle Enables Regioselective Allene C(sp²)-H Functionalization

Yating Liang, Jiayi Feng, Huilong Li, Xiaoli Wang, Ying Zhang, Weigang Fan, Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202400938（hot paper）

58. Long-Pursued Structure of Au23(S-Adm)16 and the Unexpected Doping Effects

Lei Feng, Ze-Min Zhu, Ying Yang, Zongbing He, JiaFeng Zou, Man-Bo Li*, Yan Zhao*, Zhikun Wu* Acta Phys.-Chim. Sin. 2024, 40, 2305029

57. Building Block Metal Nanocluster-Based Growth in 1D Direction

Yao Qiao, Jiafeng Zou, Wenwen Fei*, Wentao Fan, Qing You, Yan Zhao, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu* Small, 2024, 20, 2305556

2023

56. Structural modification and performance regulation of atomically precise metal nanoclusters by phosphine

Wenwen Fei, Yang Tao, Yao Qiao, Sheng-Yan Tang, Man-Bo Li* Polyoxometalates, 2023, 2, 9140043 (invited)

55. Reduction-Oxidation Cascade Strategy for Reforming a Au13-Kerneled Gold Thiolate Nanocluster

Chang Liu, Yanshuang Li, Zongbing He, Ying Yang, Chao Wu, Weigang Fan, Wen Wu Xu*, Man-Bo Li* J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 11558-11564

54. Photochemical synthesis of group 10 metal nanoclusters for electrocatalysis

Ji-Qiang Fan, Kehui Cen, Hua-Jun Xu, Hai-Yang Wang, Ying Yang, Ze-Min Zhu, Hao Liu, Dengyu Chen, Weigang Fan*, Man-Bo Li* Nanoscale. 2023, 5, 19079-19084

53. Photochemical Route for Synthesizing Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters from Disulfide

Ze-Min Zhu, Yan Zhao, Hongliang Zhao, Chang Liu, Ying Zhang, Wenwen Fei, Hong Bi and Man-Bo Li* Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 7508-7515

52. Asymmetric transformation of achiral gold nanoclusters with negative nonlinear dependence between chiroptical activity and enantiomeric excess

Chang Liu, Yan Zhao, Tai-Song Zhang, Cheng-Bo Tao, Wenwen Fei, Sheng Zhang and Man-Bo Li* Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 3730.（Editors’ Highlight paper）

51. Electrochemical four-component aminochlorination tuned by benzimidazoles

Xuan Zhan, Guiqi Gao, Yating Liang, Fengyi Li, Ke Liu, Weigang Fan, Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Org. Chem. Front. 2023,10, 3353-3360.

50. Electrochemically Generated Carbanions Enable Isomerizing Allylation and Allenylation of Aldehydes with Alkenes and Alkynes

Sheng Zhang*, Yating Liang, Ke Liu, Xuan Zhan, Weigang Fan, Man-Bo Li*, Michael Findlater* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14143-14154.

49. Preorganized Nitrogen Sites for Au11 Amidation: A Generalizable Strategy Towards Precision Functionalization of Metal Nanoclusters

Ying Zhang, Sheng-Rong He, Ying Yang, Tai-Song Zhang, Ze-Min Zhu, Wenwen Fei, Man-Bo Li* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 12164-12172.

48. Nanoclusterzyme for Dual Colorimetric Sensings: A Case Study on [Au14(Dppp)5I4]2+

Hongliang Zhao, Qing You, Wanli Zhu, Jin Li, Haiteng Deng, Man-Bo Li*, Yan Zhao*, Zhikun Wu* Small 2023, 19, 2370232.（Frontspiece）

47. Using A Nitrogen-Centered Radical as A Selective Mediator in Electrochemical C(sp3)-H Amination

Yating Liang, Xuan Zhan, Fengyi Li, Hong Bi, Weigang Fan, Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Chem Catal. 2023, 3, 100582.

46. Advances in Ambient Selective Electrohydrogenation of Nitrogen to Ammonia: Strategies to Strengthen Nitrogen Chemisorption

Mingli Wang, Jingkang Ma, Zhoutai Shang, Lin Fu, Hong Zhang*, Man-Bo Li*, Ke Lu* J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 3871-3887.

45. Combined Synthesis of Interconvertible Au11Cd and Au26Cd5 for Photocatalytic Oxidations Involving Singlet Oxygen

Jiafeng Zou, Wenwen Fei*, Yao Qiao, Ying Yang, Zongbing He, Lei Feng, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu*. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2023, 34, 107660.

44. Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters as Single Electron Transferers for Hydroborylation

Wanli Zhu, Sheng Zhang, Weigang Fan, Ying Yang, Hongliang Zhao, Wenwen Fei, Hong Bi, Jian He, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu* Precis. Chem. 2023, 2023, 1, 175-182.

43. Open Nitrogen Site-Induced Kinetic Resolution and Catalysis of a Gold Nanocluster

Tai-Song Zhang, Wenwen Fei, Na Li, Ying Zhang, Chang Xu, Qiquan Luo, Man-Bo Li* Nano Lett.  2023, 23, 235-242.

42. Photo-induced redox cascade reaction of nitroarenes and amines

Xing-Zhuo Shao, Guo-Yong Xu,Weigang Fan, Sheng Zhang, Man-Bo Li* Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 624-631.

                                                            

41. Structure and Assembly of a Hexanuclear AuNi Bimetallic Nanocluster

Cheng-Bo Tao,Ji-Qiang Fan,Wenwen Fei,Yan Zhao*, Man-Bo Li* Nanoscale. 2023, 15, 109-113. (invited)

40. Cadmium-Doped and Pincer Ligand-Modified Gold Nanocluster for Catalytic KA2 Reaction

Ji-Qiang Fan⁺, Ying Yang⁺, Cheng-Bo Tao, Man-Bo Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 61, e202215741.（hot paper）

2022

39. Electricity-Driven Redox-Neutral C(sp3)-H Amidation with N-alkoxyamide as Amidating Reagent

Fengyi Li, Yating Liang, Xuan Zhan, Sheng Zhang*, Man-Bo Li* Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 5571-5577.

38. Gold Nanocluster Triggering Near-Infrared Photocatalytic Oxidations

Man-Bo Li* Gold Bulletin 2022, 55, 145-147. (invited)

37. Single, Self-Born RP-Au-PR Staple Boosts 19-Fold Photoluminescence Quantum Yield of Metal Nanocluster

Daolan Xu, Ying Yang, Wentao Fan, Zongbing He, Jiafeng Zou, Lei Feng, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu* Acta Chim. Sinica 2022, 80, 1-6.

36. Catalyst-Dependent Direct and Deoxygenative Coupling of Alcohols by Convergent Paired Electrolysis

Sheng Zhang*, Jianxue Shi, Jingjing Li, Man-Bo Li*, Guigen Li, Michael Findlater* CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 1938-1948.

35. Partial Phosphorization: A Strategy to Improve Some Performance(s) of Thiolated Metal Nanoclusters Without Notable Reduction of Stability

Zongbing He, Ying Yang, Jiafeng Zou, Qing You, Lei Feng, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu* Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202200212.

34. Regioselective Umpolung Addition of Dicyanobenzene to α,β-Unsaturated Alkenes Enabled by Electrochemical Reduction

Sheng Zhang*, Wenchao Gao, Jianxue Shi, Jingjing Li, Fengyi Li, Yating Liang, Xuan Zhan, Man-Bo Li* Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 1261-1266.

2021

33. An Efficient Nanocluster Catalyst for Sonogashira Reaction

Ying Yang, Cheng Chen, Guo-Yong Xu, Jinyun Yuan, Sun-Feng Ye, Li Chen, Qi-Long Lv, Gen Luo*, Jinlong Yang*, Man-Bo Li*, Zhikun Wu* J. Catal., 2021, 401, 206-213.

32. Efficient Heterogeneous Palladium Catalysts in Oxidative Cascade Reactions 

Man-Bo Li*, Jan-E. Bäckvall* Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 2275-2286.

31. Tailoring Silver Nanoclusters via Doping: Advances and Opportunities 

Jie Yang*, Runqiang Pang, Dongpo Song, Man-Bo Li* Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 2411-2422.

30. Aerobic Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Allenic C−H Arylation: Benzoquinone as Direct Redox Mediator Between O2 and Pd. 

Wei-Jun Kong, Michaela Reil, Lei Feng, Man-Bo Li*, Jan-E. Bäckvall* CCS Chem., 2021, 3, 1127-1137.

29. Amino-Supported Solid Palladium Catalyst for Chemo- and Stereoselective Domino Reactions. 

Man-Bo Li*, Jie Yang, Ying Yang, Guo-Yong Xu, Gen Luo, Jianping Yang, Jan-E. Bäckvall* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 670-674.

2020

28. Silver Triggering Activity of Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst in Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions.

Man-Bo Li*, Ying Yang, Abdolrahim Rafi, Michel Oschmann, Erik Svensson Grape, Ken Inge, Armando Córdova*, Jan-E. Bäckvall* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 10391-10395.

Before AHU

27. Highly Diastereroselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenols 

Daniels Posevins, Man-Bo Li, Erik Svensson Grape, A. Ken Inge, Youai Qiu* and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 417-421.

26. Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydrogenative Carbonylation Reactions Using Carbon Monoxide and Mechanistic Overviews. 

Can Zhu*#, Jie Liu#, Man-Bo Li# and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 341-353. (#equal contribution) 

25. Efficient Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Reactions of Enallenols to Furan and Oxaborole Derivatives. 

Man-Bo Li, Daniels Posevins, Antoine Geoffroy, Can Zhu* and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1992-1996.

24. Palladium-Catalyzed Stereospecific Oxidative Cascade Reaction of Allenes for the Construction of Pyrrole Ring: Control of Reactivity and Selectivity. 

Man-Bo Li, Erik Svensson Grape and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 5184-5190.

23. Diastereoselective Cyclobutenol Synthesis: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenols. 

Man-Bo Li, Daniels Posevins, Karl P. J. Gustafson, Cheuk-Wai Tai, Andrey Shchukarev, Youai Qiu* and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. Chem. Eur J. 2019, 25, 210-215.

22. Chemodivergent and Diastereoselective Synthesis of γ-Lactones and γ-Lactams: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Tandem Process. 

Man-Bo Li, A. Ken Inge, Daniels Posevins, Karl P. J. Gustafson, Youai Qiu* and Jan-E. Bäckvall*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14604-14608. 

21. PPh3: Converts Thiolated Gold Nanoparticles to [Au25(PPh3)10(SR)5Cl2]2+.

Min Zhu#, Man-Bo Li#, Chuanhao Yao, Nan Xia, Yan Zhao, Nan Yan, Lingwen Liao and Zhikun Wu*. Acta. Physico-Chimica Sinica. 2018, 34, 792-798. (#equal contribution)

20. The Fourth Crystallographic Closest Packing Unveiled in the Gold Nanocluster Crystal. 

Zhibao Gan, Jishi Chen, Juan Wang, Chengming Wang, Man-Bo Li, Chuanhao Yao, Shengli Zhuang, An Xu, Lingling Li and Zhikun Wu*. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14739-14744.

19. The Fcc Structure Isomerization in Gold Nanoclusters. 

Shengli Zhuang, Lingwen Liao, Man-Bo Li, Chuanhao Yao, Yan Zhao, Hongwei Dong, Jin Li, Haiteng Deng, Lingling Li and Zhikun Wu*. Nanoscale 2017, 9, 14809-14813.

18. Improving the Catalytic Activity of Au25 Nanocluster by Peeling and Doping. 

Man-Bo Li, Shi-Kai Tian and Zhikun Wu*. Chin. J. Chem. 2017, 35, 567-571.

17. Quantitatively Monitoring the Size-Focusing of Au Nanoclusters and Revealing What Promotes the Size Transformation from Au44(TBBT)28 to Au36(TBBT)24. 

 Lingwen Liao, Chuanhao Yao, Chengming Wang, Shubo Tian, Jishi Chen, Man-Bo Li, Nan Xia, Nan Yan and Zhikun Wu*. Anal. Chem. 2016, 88, 11297-11301.

16. Structure of Chiral Au44(2,4-DMBT)26 Nanocluster with An 18 Electron Shell Closure. 

Lingwen Liao, Shengli Zhuang, Chuanhao Yao, Nan Yan, Jishi Chen, Chengming Wang, Nan Xia, Xu Liu, Man-Bo Li, Lingling Li, Xiaoli Bao and Zhikun Wu*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10425-10428. 

15. Peeling the Core–Shell Au25 Nanocluster by Reverse Ligand-Exchange. 

Man-Bo Li, Shi-Kai Tian, Zhikun Wu* and Rongchao Jin*. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 1022-1025.

14. Structural Isomerism in Gold Nanoparticles Revealed by X-ray Crystallography. 

Shubo Tian, Yi-Zhi Li, Man-Bo Li, jinyun Yuan, Jinlong Yang, Zhikun Wu* and Rongchao Jin*. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 8667-8672. 

13. Adding Two Active Silver Atoms on Au25 Nanoparticle. 

Chuanhao Yao#, Jishi Chen#, Man-Bo Li#, Liren Liu, Jinlong Yang and Zhikun Wu*. Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 1281-1287. (#equal contribution)

12. Cu2+ Induced Formation of Au44 (SC2H4Ph)32 and Its High Catalytic Activity for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol at Low Temperature. 

Man-Bo Li, Shi-Kai Tian, Zhikun Wu* and Rongchao Jin*. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4433-4436.

11. Catalyzed Formation of α, β-unsaturated Ketones or Aldehydes from Propargylic Acetates by A Recoverable and Recyclable Nanocluster Catalyst.

Man-Bo Li, Shi-Kai Tian and Zhikun Wu*. Nanoscale 2014, 6, 5714-5717.

10. Deammoniative Condensation of Primary Allylic Amines with Nonallylic Amines. 

Yong Wang, Man-Bo Li, Xiantao Ma, Congrong Liu, Yonghong Gu and Shi-Kai Tian*. Chin. J. Chem. 2014, 32, 741-751.

9. Room-Temperature Bismuth-Catalyzed Bis-arylation of Carbonyl Compounds with Aryl Ethers and Phenols. 

Congrong Liu* and Man-Bo Li. Chin. J. Chem. 2013, 31, 1274-1278.

8. Catalytic Stereospecific Alkylation of Malononitriles with Enantioenriched Primary Allylic Amines.

Man-Bo Li, Hao Li, Ju Wang, Cong-Rong Liu and Shi-Kai Tian*. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8190-8192.

7. Direct Substitution of Primary Allylic Amines with Sulfinate Salts. 

Xue-Song Wu, Yan Chen, Man-Bo Li, Meng-Guang Zhou and Shi-Kai Tian*. J. Am. Chem, Soc. 2012, 134, 14694-14697.

6. Cross-Coupling of N-Allylic Sulfonimides with Organozinc Reagents at Room Temperature. 

Xiang-Ling Tang, Zhao Wu, Man-Bo Li, Yonghong Gu and Shi-Kai Tian*. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 4107-4109.

5. Regioselective and Stereospecific Cross‐Coupling of Primary Allylic Amines with Boronic Acids and Boronates through Palladium‐Catalyzed C‒N Bond Cleavage. 

Man-Bo Li, Yong Wang, and Shi-Kai Tian*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2968-2971.

4. Cross‒Coupling of Grignard Reagents with Sulfonyl‒Activated sp3 Carbon‒Nitrogen Bonds. 

Man-Bo Li, Xiang-Ling Tang, and Shi-Kai Tian*. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 1980-1984.

3. Selective Benzylic and Allylic Alkylation of Protic Nucleophiles with Sulfonamides through Double Lewis Acid Catalyzed Cleavage of sp3 Carbon–Nitrogen Bonds. 

Cong-Rong Liu, Man-Bo Li, Cui-Feng Yang and Shi-Kai Tian*. Chem. Eur J. 2009, 15, 793-797.

2. Catalyst-Free Alkylation of Sulfinic Acids with Sulfonamides via sp3 C−N Bond Cleavage at Room Temperature. 

Cong-Rong Liu, Man-Bo Li, Dao-Juan Cheng, Cui-Feng Yang and Shi-Kai Tian*. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2543-2545.

1. Catalytic Selective Bis-arylation of Imines with Anisole, Phenol, Thioanisole and Analogues. 

Cong-Rong Liu, Man-Bo Li, Cui-Feng Yang and Shi-Kai Tian*. Chem. Commun. 2008, 44, 1249-1251.