International Award:

2015 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Japan)

2015 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Singapore)

JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) researcher fellowship

FWF (Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung) fellowship

Publication list

1. Thorat, V. H.; Chuang, Y.-C.; Hsieh, C.-H.;* Hsieh, J.-C.Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, 367, e202500231. “Nickel-Catalyzed Transannulation Reaction of 1,2,3,4-Benzothiatriazin-1,1(2H)-dioxide with Alkyne and the Detailed Investigation of Reaction Mechanism”

2. Thorat, V. H.; Chao, H.-Y.; Yang, P.-H.; Hsieh, J.-C.Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 28, e202401194. “Scandium-Catalyzed Fischer Indole Synthesis: A Highly Efficient Construction of Complicated Indoles

3. Thorat, V. H.; Huang, Y.-R.; Chao, H.-Y.; Hsieh, J.-C.Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366, 2130−2135. “Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Dual Annulation Reaction of Alkyl Nitrile-Containing 1,2,3-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones: A Pathway to Access Diversely Polycyclic Quinazolinone Alkaloids”

4. Cheng, Y.-Y.; Kuo, T.-S.; Wu, P.-Y.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Wu, H.-L.* J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 4861−4876. “Rhodium(I)/Chiral Diene Complexes Catalyzed Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Alkynyl-Tethered 2,5-Cyclohexadienones Through an Arylative Cyclization Cascade”

5. Thorat, V. H.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 202325, 7990–7994. “Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Dual Annulation Reaction of Aryl Nitrile-Containing 1,2,3-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones: A Pathway to Synthesize Luotonin A and Related Polycyclic Pyrroloquinazolinones

6. Thorat, V. H.; Tsai, Y.-L.; Huang, Y.-R.; Cheng, C.-H.;* Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 202224, 2915–2920. “Nickel-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Cyclization of 1,2,3,4-Benzothiatriazin-1,1(2H)-dioxides with Arynes to Synthesize Biaryl Sultams

7. Aman, H.; Huang, Y.-C.; Liu, Y.-H.; Tsai, Y.-L.; Kim, M.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Chuang, G. J.* Molecules 202126, 7212. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclization of 2-Bromobenzamides with Carbodiimides: A New Route for the Synthesis of 3-(Imino)isoindolin-1-ones

8. Thorat, V. H.; Aman, H.; Tsai, Y.-L.; Pallikonda, G.; Chuang, G. J.;* Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Chem. Front. 20218, 6419–6426. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of 2-Halobenzamides with Alkynes: Investigation of the Ligand-Controlled Dual Pathways

9. Hsieh, J.-C.;Chem. Rec. 202121, 3370–3381. “Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Addition/Cyclization Reactions of the C-N Multiple Bonds Containing Species

10. Wang, H.-K.; Ciou, Y.-L.; Pallikonda, G.; Wu, H.-L.;* Su, H.-L.; Hsieh, J.-C.Molecules 202025, 5303. “Copper-Catalyzed Dual Cyclization for the Synthesis of Quinindolines” (Invited paper for special issue)

11. Thorat, V. H.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Cheng, C.-H.* Org. Lett. 202022, 6623–6627. “Transition-Metal-Free Tandem Cyclization/N-Arylation Reaction: A Method to Access Biaryl Sultam Derivatives via a Diradical Pathway

12. Hsieh, J.-C.;* Su, H.-L. Synthesis 202052, 819–833. “Synthesis of N-Heterocycles via the Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Tandem Addition/Cyclization of a Nitrile” (Invited short review)

13. Pallikonda, G.; Hsieh, C.-Y.; Su, H.-L.; Hsieh, J.-C.Res. Chem. Intermed.201945, 5399–5407. “A Combined Pathway for the Synthesis of Nitidine Family Alkaloids” (Invited paper for special issue)

14. Yeh, L.-H.; Wang, H.-K.; Pallikonda, G.; Ciou, Y.-L.; Hsieh, J.-C.Synfacts201915, 513. “Palladium-Catalyzed Dual Annulation: Towards the Norneocryptolepine Core

15. Yeh, L.-H.; Wang, H.-K.; Pallikonda, G.; Ciou, Y.-L.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 201921, 1730–1734. “Palladium-Catalyzed Dual Annulation: A Method for the Synthesis of Norneocryptolepine

16. Chen, M.-H.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Lee, Y.-H.; Cheng, C.-H.* ACS Catal. 20188, 9364–9369. “Controlled Synthesis of Enantioselective 1-Aminoindenes via Cobalt-Catalyzed [3+2] Annulation Reaction

17. Hsieh, J.-C.;* Chu, Y.-H.; Muralirajan, K.; C.-M.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Commun. 201753, 11584–11587. “A Simple Route to 1,4-Addition Reactions by Co-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Organic Tosylates and Triflates with Activated Alkenes

18. Hsieh, J.-C.;* Hong, Y.-C.; Yang, C.-M.; Cheng, C.-H.* Org. Chem. Front. 20174, 1615–1619. “Nickel‑Catalyzed Highly Chemo- and Stereoselectively Borylative Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with Bis(pinacolato)diboron

19. Chen, W.-L.; Jhang, Y.-Y.; Hsieh, J.-C.Res. Chem. Intermed.201743, 3517–3526. (Invited paper for special issue) “Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-N Coupling Reaction of Aryl Halide with Amide

20. Fan-Chiang, T.-T.; Wang, H.-K.; Hsieh, J.-C.Tetrahedron 201672, 5640–5645. “Synthesis of Phenanthridine Skeletal Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids

21. Jhang, Y.-Y.; Fan-Chiang, T.-T.; Huang, J.-M.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 201618, 1154–1157. “Copper-Catalyzed Annulation: A Method for the Systematic Synthesis of Phenanthridinium Bromide

22. Gopula, B.; Yang, S.-H.; Kuo, T.-S.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Wu, P.-Y.; Henschke, J. P.;* Wu, H.-L.* Chem. Eur. J. 201521, 11050–11055. “Direct Synthesis of Chiral 3-Arylsuccinimides by Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Maleimides

23. Liu, C.-C.; Hsieh, J.-C.;* Korivi, R.-P.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Eur. J. 201521, 9544–9549. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Dual Annulation of o-Halobenzaldimine with Alkyne: A Powerful Route toward Bioactive Indenoisoquinolinones

24. Chen, W.-L.; Chen, C.-Y.; Chen, Y.-F.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 201517, 1613–1616. ”Hydride-Induced Anionic Cyclization: An Efficient Method for the Synthesis of 6-H-Phenanthridines via a Transition-Metal-Free Process

25. Chen, Y.-F.; Hsieh, J.-C.Synfacts201410, 1194. “Synthesis of Polysubstituted Phenanthridines

26. Chen, Y.-F.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 201416, 4642–4645. “Synthesis of Polysubstituted Phenanthridines via Ligand-Free Copper-Catalyzed Annulation

27. Chen, Y.-F.; Wu, Y.-S.; Jhan, Y.-H.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Chem. Front. 20141, 253–257. “An Efficient Synthesis of (NH)-Phenanthridinones via Ligand-Free Copper-Catalyzed Annulation

28. Wan, J.-C.; Huang, J.-M.; Jhan, Y.-H.; Hsieh, J.-C.Synfacts20139, 948. “Nitrile-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Syntheses of Fluorenones

29. Wan, J.-C.; Huang, J.-M.; Jhan, Y.-H.; Hsieh, J.-C.Org. Lett. 201315, 2742–2745. “Novel Syntheses of Fluorenones via Nitrile Directed Palladium-Catalyzed C­H and Dual C­H Bond Activation

30. Jhan, Y.-H.; Kang, T.-W.; Hsieh, J.-C.Tetrahedron Lett. 201354, 1155–1159. “Efficient copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation for the synthesis of oxindoles

31. Hsieh, J.-C.;* Cheng, A.-Y.; Fu, J.-H.; Kang, T.-W. Org. Biomol. Chem. 201210, 6404–6409. “Copper-Catalyzed Domino Coupling Reaction: An Efficient Method to Synthesize Oxindoles

32. Hsieh, J.-C.;* Chen, Y.-C.; Cheng, A.-Y.; Tseng, H.-C. Org. Lett. 201214, 1282–1285. “Nickel-Catalyzed Intermolecular Insertion of Aryl Iodides to Nitriles: A Novel Method to Synthesize Arylketones

33. Lee, Y.-H.; Chen, Y.-C.; Hsieh, J.-C.Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 247–250. “Pyridine-Catalyzed Double C–N Coupling Reaction of an Isocyanate with two Benzynes

34. Cheng, A.-Y.; Hsieh, J.-C.Tetrahedron Lett201253, 71–75. “Highly Efficient Copper Catalytic System for the O-Arylation of Phenol with Iodoarene

35. Lackner-Warton, W.; Tanaka, S.; Standfest-Hauser, C. M.; Öztopcu, Ö.; Hsieh, J.-C.; Mereiter, K.; Kirchner, K.* Polyhedron201029, 3097–3102. “Synthesis and characterization of ruthenium p-cymene complexes bearing bidentate P–N and E–N ligands (E = S, Se) based on 2-aminopyridine

36. Hsieh, J.-C.; Ebata, S.; Nakao, Y.;* Hiyama, T.* Synlett2010, 1709–1711. “Asymmetric Synthesis of Indolines Bearing Benzylic QuaternaryCarbonCenter through Intramolecular Arylcyanation of Alkenes

37. Lu, J.; Ma, Z.; Hsieh, J.-C.; Fan, C.-W.; Chen, B.; Longgood, J. C.; Williams, N. S.; Amatruda, J. F.; Lum, L.; Chen, C.* Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 200919, 3825–3827. “Structure–activity relationship studies of small-molecule inhibitors of Wnt response

38. Hsieh, J.-C.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Commun2008, 2992–2994. “O-Dihaloarenes as aryne precursors for nickel-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition with alkyne and nitriles

39. Hsieh, J.-C.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Commun. 2005, 4554–4556. “Nickel-catalyzed coupling of isocyanates with 1,3-iodoesters and halobenzenes: a novel method for the synthesis of imide and amide derivatives

40. Hsieh, J.-C.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Commun. 2005, 2459–2461. “Nickel-catalyzed cocyclotrimerization of arynes with diynes; a novel method for synthesis of naphthalene derivatives

41. Hsieh, J.-C.; Rayabarapu, D. K.; Cheng, C.-H.* Chem. Commun. 2004, 532–533. “Nickel-catalyzed highly chemoselective cocyclotrimerization of arynes with allenes: a novel method for 10-methylene-9,10-dihydrophenanthrenes

42. Ma, C.C. M.;* Kuan, H.-C.; Hsieh, J.-C.; Chiang, C.-L. J. Mate. Sci. 200338, 3933–3944. “Effects of chain extender and hard/soft segment content on the surface and electrical properties of PDMS based polyurea-urethane