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Publications

  1. Pantawane, A.; Chen, C.-M.; Kuo, T.-C.; Reddy, J. S.; Cheng, M.-J.; Luo, S.-Y.; Hsieh, H.-P. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of C2-OH Lycopodium Alkaloids (−)-Palhinine B, (−)-Palhinine C, and (+)-Palhinine B Enabled by Stereocontrolled Diels–Alder Strategy. Org. Lett. 2026, Under Revision.

  2. Chen, C.-M.;§ Kuo, T.-C.;§ Reddy, J. S.;§ Teoh, Y. N.; Huang, J.-S.; Lin, S.-K.; Cheng, M.-J.; Hsieh, H.-P. Non-Covalent Interaction Effects on the Acyl Radical Reaction of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octanone: Selective Formation of Rearrangement and Cyclization Products. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 8394-8398. (§ co-first author)

  3. Li, H.-C.; Ho, Y.-S.; Yang, G.-L.; Li, R.-H.; Kuo, T.-C.; Hsieh, C.-T.; Kwon, Y.; Cheng, M.-J. Linking CO to Urea Production from CO2 and NO3⁻/NO2⁻ Co-Electrolysis on Transition Metals. J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 1058-1067.

  4. Yang, G.-L.; Hsieh, C.-T.; Ho, Y.-S.; Kuo, T.-C.; Kwon, Y. K.; Lu, Q.; Cheng, M.-J. Gaseous CO2 Couplings with N-Containing Intermediates for Key C-N Bond Formation during Urea Production from Co-Electrolysis over Cu. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 11494-11504.

  5. Sayaji A. M.; Vikas A. S.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Reactions of Thioalkynes with Diarylketenes via [3+2]-Annulation Versus Benzannulation using Au and P(C6F5)3 Catalysts. Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10064-10067.

  6. Sasane, A.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold-Catalyzed Rearrangement of α-Carbonyl Cyclopropanes to Form 3-(Cyclopenta-1,3-dien-1-ylmethyl)oxindoles via a Postulated 1,5-Enolate Shift. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5220-5225.

  7. Tanpure, S. D.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Constructions of Bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-ene Frameworks via (4+3)-Cycloadditions between 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones and Substituted Cyclopentadienes. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 536-543.

  8. Kuo, T.-C.;§ Hong, J.-C.;§ Yang, G.-L.; Hsieh, C.-T.; Shen, M.-H.; Chao, T.-H.; Lu, Q.; Cheng, M.-J. Atomistic Insights into Cl⁻-Triggered Highly Selective Ethylene Electrochemical Oxidation to Epoxide on RuO2: Unexpected Role of In Situ-Generated Intermediate to Achieve Active Site Isolation. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 13660-13669. (§ co-first author)

  9. Kuo, T.-C.;§ Chou, J.-W.;§ Shen, M.-H.; Hong, Z.-S.; Chao, T.-H.; Lu, Q.; Cheng, M.-J. First-Principles Study of C-C Coupling Pathways for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction Catalyzed by Cu(110). J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 4, 2464-2476. (§ co-first author)

  10. Chen, P.-Y.; Liu, Y.-C.; Hung, H.-Y.; Pan, M.-L.; Wei, Y.-C.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Chou, P.-T.; Chiang, M.-H.; Wu, Y.-T. Diindeno[2,1‑b:2′,1′‑h]biphenylenes: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, and Properties. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8794-8798.

  11. Talukdar, B.; Kuo, T.-C.; Sneed, B. T.; Lyu, L.-M.; Lin, H.-M.; Chuang, Y.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Kuo, C.-H. Enhancement of NH3 Production in Electrochemical N2 Reduction by the Cu-Rich Inner Surfaces of Beveled CuAu Nanoboxes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 51839-51848.

  12. More, S.; Kardile, R.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold Catalysts Can Generate Nitrone Intermediates from a Nitrosoarene/Alkene Mixture, Enabling Two Distinct Catalytic Reactions. A Nitroso-activated Cycloheptatriene/Benzylidene Rearrangement. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 5506-5511.

  13. Pandit, Y. B.; Jiang, Y. T.; Chen, T.-C.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold-catalyzed [5+2]-Annulations of 1,3-Diyn-1-amides with Anthranils Bearing no C(6)-substituent. Org. Chem. Front. 2021, 8, 2563-2568.

  14. Kuo, T.-C.;* Tang, Y.-T.; Cheng, M.-J. How to Apply Quantum Mechanical Simulations to Study Electrochemical Catalysis. Chemistry (Chemical Society Located in Taipei), 2020, 78, 95-108.  (* Corresponding Author)

  15. Sharia, M.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Jiang, Y.-T.; Lu, M.-Y.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold-catalyzed Oxidations of 1,3-Diynamides with C(1)- Versus C(3)-Regioselectivity: Catalyst-dependent Oxidative Cyclizations in the C(3)-Oxidation. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4478-4482.

  16. Skaria, M.; More S. A.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, R.-S. Gold-catalyzed Iminations of Terminal Propargyl Alcohols with Anthranils with Atypical Chemoselectivity for C(1)-Additions and 1,2-Carbon Migration. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 3600-3608.

  17. Chen, L.-Y.; Kuo, T.-C.; Hong, Z.-H.; Cheng, M.-J.; Goddard, W. A. Mechanism and Kinetics for both Thermal and Electrochemical Reduction of N2 Catalysed by Ru(0001) based on Quantum Mechanics. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 17605-17612.

  18. Zeng, X.; Yan, W.; Samson, B.; Chao, T.-H.; Sun, X.; Cao, Z.; Bradford, K. G.; Paeth, M.; Tyndall, S. B.; Yang, K.; Kuo, T.-C.; Cheng, M.-J.; Liu, W. Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Difluoromethylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11398-11403.

Science Fair Guidance

  1. Two-Dimensional Material-Enhanced C-N Bond Formation on Cu(111) in Electrochemical Urea Synthesis. 4th Place (Int'l Comp.)

  2. First-Principles Study of Electrochemical Reduction of Ethyne to 1,3-Butadiene. Int'l Semifinals & Honorable Mention (County Comp.)

  3. An Electron-Flow-Centric Analysis of Hydroxyl Radical-Induced Decomposition of Gaseous Pollutants. Tsukuba Int'l Semifinals & Honorable Mention (County Comp.)

  4. Machine Learning for Efficient Prediction of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction. Honorable Mention (County Comp.)

  5. Column-free Synthesis of 2-Pyrazolines and Dihydro-1,5-benzodiazepines from α,β-Unsaturated Ketones: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. Tsukuba Int'l Semifinals & 2nd Place (Municipal Comp.)

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