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C.J. Li

Professor

Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Science

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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157 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 82 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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1,051

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Research

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Latest papers

Ligand-Switched Regiodivergent Fluoroallylic Alkylation of Secondary Nitroalkanes via an Unusual Inner-Sphere Pathway.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026 · senior author
A General Platform for Aryl/Alkyl Radical Functionalization Enabled by Photoinduced Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex.
Organic letters · 2026
Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Alkylation of 2-Alkynyl Allyl Ethers with Hydrazones via HOME-Chemistry.
Organic letters · 2026 · senior author

All 1,051 publications

From the 150 most recent of 1,051 publications.

Ligand-Switched Regiodivergent Fluoroallylic Alkylation of Secondary Nitroalkanes via an Unusual Inner-Sphere Pathway.

Yu L, Li H, He X, Xiao Y, Yang X, Yang M, Qin S, Duan W, Lv L, Huang G, Li CJ

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)20263 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.7706265 PMID: 41992627

A General Platform for Aryl/Alkyl Radical Functionalization Enabled by Photoinduced Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex.

Ji L, Wang H, Meng N, Zhao G, Xu Y, Wang J, Li CJ, Zhu D

Organic letters20262 citations

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01183 PMID: 41979148

Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Alkylation of 2-Alkynyl Allyl Ethers with Hydrazones via HOME-Chemistry.

Chu XQ, Ji WJ, Jiang YS, Gu MY, Ma M, Shen ZL, Li CJ

Organic letters20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c02347 PMID: 42431640

Ligand-Directed, Palladium-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regiodivergent Ring-Opening/Cross-Coupling Reactions of gem -Difluorocyclopropanes with Enamides

Wenhao Liu, Charlotte V. Purcell, Annika S. Waples, Junqi Su, Leiyang Lv, Shuming Chen, Chao‐Jun Li

CCS Chemistry20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.026.202607846

Formic Acid Pursues Efficient Hydrodeoxygenation of Naphthols and Phenolic Derivatives to Arenes.

Di Erasmo B, Bazzica E, Brufani G, Vaccaro L, Li CJ

ChemSusChem20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202502031 PMID: 41358611

Ligand‐Switched Regiodivergent Fluoroallylic Alkylation of Secondary Nitroalkanes via an Unusual Inner‐Sphere Pathway

Lin Chen Yu, H Li, Xian He, Yuxuan Xiao, Xun Yang, Mingyang Yang, Siyi Qin, Wengui Duan, Leiyang Lv, Genping Huang, Chao‐Jun Li

Angewandte Chemie20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/ange.7706265

A ligand-controlled regiodivergent three-component Heck-Tsuji reaction utilizing umpolung hydrazones enabled by palladium catalysis.

Chen EFW, Cheng R, Alaghemand F, Khaliullin RZ, Li CJ

Nature communications2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-76749-0 PMID: 42754550

Roger Sheldon: Inspiration and Friendship on the Green Chemistry Journey

Chao‐Jun Li

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c01848

CCDC 2211027: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

Cory Ruchlin, Durbis J. Castillo-Pazos, Juan D. Lasso, Ehsan Hamzehpoor, Aleksandar Mikov, Chao‐Jun Li, Dmytro F. Perepichka

The Cambridge Structural Database2026Open Access

DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc2d6rgv

Ab Initio Insights into the Early Stages of Methane Dehydroaromatization on Gallium Nitride

Sylvester Zhang, Peter H. McBreen, Chao‐Jun Li, Rustam Z. Khaliullin

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c02699

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C.J. Li

Research

Latest papers

Ligand-Switched Regiodivergent Fluoroallylic Alkylation of Secondary Nitroalkanes via an Unusual Inner-Sphere Pathway.

A General Platform for Aryl/Alkyl Radical Functionalization Enabled by Photoinduced Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex.

Palladium-Catalyzed Selective Alkylation of 2-Alkynyl Allyl Ethers with Hydrazones via HOME-Chemistry.

Ligand-Directed, Palladium-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regiodivergent Ring-Opening/Cross-Coupling Reactions of gem -Difluorocyclopropanes with Enamides

Formic Acid Pursues Efficient Hydrodeoxygenation of Naphthols and Phenolic Derivatives to Arenes.

Ligand‐Switched Regiodivergent Fluoroallylic Alkylation of Secondary Nitroalkanes via an Unusual Inner‐Sphere Pathway

A ligand-controlled regiodivergent three-component Heck-Tsuji reaction utilizing umpolung hydrazones enabled by palladium catalysis.

Roger Sheldon: Inspiration and Friendship on the Green Chemistry Journey

CCDC 2211027: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

Ab Initio Insights into the Early Stages of Methane Dehydroaromatization on Gallium Nitride

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Dmytro Perepichka

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