概述
主要從事生物活性小分子一氧化氮的生物化學性質及其供體藥物研究；高價碘在有機合成中的套用研究；綠色有機合成方法研究等。開創性地發現了一氧化氮能對三元雜環化合物進行自由基立體選擇性的開環反應，並深入探討了此類反應的機理。該項研究對理解一氧化氮的生物學意義有著積極的貢獻。曾作為主要成員參與並完成了國家自然科學基金面上項目“生物活性S-NO衍生物單電子轉移反應的研究”（20072013）和“NO親電反應的研究”（20272022），參與在研國家自然科學基金面上項目“一氧化氮與三元雜環化合物開環反應及其在有機合成中的套用”（20572040）。在自由基化學、生物有機化學、藥物有機化學及有機合成方法學等研究領域已發表論文20餘篇，其中SCI收錄論文20篇。包括四面體快報（Tetrahedron Letters）（影響因子為2.5）7篇；高等合成催化（Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis）（影響因子為4.8）1篇；Synlett（影響因子2.8）1篇；Synth. Commun. 2篇；有機化學5篇等。現為世界著名化學刊物Synlett（SCI IF 2.8）的審稿人。
獲獎情況
2004年獲香港求是優秀研究生獎學金；
2005年獲海正優秀研究生獎學金。
2007年英國皇家科學院-王寬誠教育基金
學術論文
1. zhongquan LIU, Yuan Fan, Rui Li, Bo Zhou, Long-Min Wu, Highly regio- and stereoselective ring opening of aziridines with nitric oxide Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 1023. (IF 2.5)
2. Zhongquan Liu, Bo Zhou, Zhongli Liu and Longmin Wu, Electrophilic reaction of nitric oxide with Wittig reagents Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 1095.
3. Zhongquan Liu, Rui Li, Desuo Yang, Longmin Wu, Ring opening of 2,3-epoxy phenyl ketones upon reaction with nitric oxide, Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 1565.
4. Zhongquan Liu*, Yankai Zhao, Haiqing Luo, Lingzhi Chai, Qiuju Sheng, I2O5: mild and efficient reagents for the oxidation of alcohols in water, Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 3017.
5. Lingzhi Chai, Yankai Zhao, Qiuju Sheng, Zhongquan Liu*, Aromatization of Hantzsch 1,4-Dihydropyridines and 1,3,5-Trisubstituted Pyrazolines with HIO3 and I2O5 in Water, Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 9283.
6. Liu, Zhong-Quan, Li Rui, Wu, Long-Min, Reaction of nitroprusside with phenylhydrozines, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2004, 2, 224. （In Chinese）(IF 0.7)
7. Liu, Zhong-Quan, Shang Xiaojie, Luo Haiqing, Zhou Bo, Wu, Longmin, Progress in chemistry of nitric oxide, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 26, 1317. (In Chinese)
8. Qiuju Sheng, Guirong Liu, Haiqing Luo, Zhong-Quan Liu* Progress in Oxidation of Alcohol by Hypervalent Iodine Reagents, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2007, 27, 902. ( In Chinese)
9. Lijun Peng, Zhongquan Liu, Jiantao Wang, Long-Min Wu N-Nitrosation of (E)-2-(benzylidene-amino)ethanols Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 7418.
10. Zhongquan Liu, Wojun Zhong, Bo Zhou, Weifeng Chen, Studies on stereoselective ring opening reactions of nitric oxide with three-membered heterocycles mediated by free radicals, The 4th Symposium on Organic Chemistry CCS, 2005, Kunming, China, p156.
11. Qiuju Sheng, Zhong-Quan Liu*, Haiqing Luo, Bo Zhou, Long-Min Wu An Atom-Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water Using TEMPO/I2O5 The 5th Symposium on Organic Chemistry CCS, 2007, Zhengzhou, China.
12. Zhong-Quan Liu*, Lingzhi Chai, Qiuju Sheng An Atom-Efficient Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols Using TEMPO/I2O5 in Water Tetrahedron 2007 (submitted).
13. Ruizhu Mu, Zhongquan Liu, Zhanjun Yang, Zhenggang Liu, Longmin Wu, Zhong-Li Liu*, An efficient catalytic aerobic oxidation of alcohols in water using hypervalent iodine(V) Adv. Synth. Catal., 2005, 347, 1333. (IF 4.8)
14. Rui Li, Zhongquan Liu, Yulu Zhou, Longmin Wu, Highly stereospecific nitration of chalcone derivatives with nitric oxide Synlett, 2006, 9, 1367. (IF 2.8)
15. Zhong, Wojun, Zhou, Bo Liu, Zhongquan*, Electrophilic reaction of nitric oxide with Wittig reagents, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2005, 25, 305.
16. Ruizhu Mu, Zhenggang Liu, Zhongquan Liu, Li Yang, Longmin Wu and Zhong-Li Liu, A metal-free catalytic reduction of,-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with phenyldimethylsilane, J. Chem. Res. 2005, 469. (IF 0.2)
17. Liandi Lei, Desuo Yang, Zhongquan Liu, and Longmin Wu, Mone-nitration of coumarins by nitric oxide, Synthetic Commun., 2004, 34, 985. (IF 1.0)
18. Liandi Lei, Desuo Yang, Zhongquan Liu, and Longmin Wu, Reaction of nitric oxide with coumarins, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2003, 23, 462.
19. Desuo Yang, Liandi Lei, Zhongquan Liu, Longmin Wu, A novel reaction of ketone arylhydrazones with NO, Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 7245.
20. Shaoji Xiang, Desuo Yang, Zhongquan Liu, Longmin Wu, Research on the ab initio of nitrates of hydrazones, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2003, 23, 463.
21. Yuan Fan, Xiaojie Shang, Zhongquan Liu, and Longmin Wu, Regio- and diastereoselective ring opening reaction of epoxides with nitric oxide, Synthetic Commun., 2006, 36, 3149.
