
YEAR
2026
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124. X. Zhang and L. L. Liu,*
Aluminylenes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalysis,
Acc. Chem. Res. 2026, in press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00851
(Peer-review report)

123. H. Wang; J. Li* and L. L. Liu,*
A Crystalline Isodiazomethyl Anion,
Nat. Synth. 2026, in press. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00981-7
(Peer-review report)
(Highlighted by Holger Braunschweig in a Research Briefing in Nat. Synth. entitled “Isolation of an isodiazomethyl anion as a nitrene synthon”)

122. X. Zhang and L. L. Liu,*
Aluminum Redox Catalysis Enables Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes,
Nature 2026, 650, 353-360. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09941-9
(Highlighted by Stuart Burnett & Catherine Weetman in Nature entitled "Untapped Catalytic Ability of Aluminium Has Been Unlocked")
(Highlighted by XXXX in XXXX entitled "XXXXXXXXX")
(Previewed by XXXXX in XXXX entitled "XXXXX”)
(Highlighted by XXXX in XXXX entitled "XXXXXXXXX")
(Highlighted in C&EN entitled "Aluminum Learns to Ride a Redox Cycle")
(Highlighted in Phys.org entitled "New Catalyst Unlocks Aluminum's Ability to Switch between Oxidation States")
