Publications-YANG Group

105.A chiral pool approach for asymmetric syntheses of (-)-antrocin, (+)-asperolide C, and (-)-trans-ozic acid

Fu-Zhuo Li, Shuang Li, Peng-Peng Zhang, Zhi-Hui Huang, Wei-Bin Zhang,* Jianxian Gong* and Zhen Yang* Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 12426-12429 Ozonolysis of aromatic abietane (+)-carnosic acid (4) is used t...

104.Exploring the Complexity-Generating Features of the Pauson–Khand Reaction from a Synthetic Perspective

Lili Shi, Zhen Yang* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 2356–2368 The Pauson–Khand reaction (PKR) is used to construct a cyclopentenone framework from an alkene, an alkyne, and carbon monoxide, through a domi...

103.Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles and Benzofurans by the Tandem Reaction of Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular C–H Insertion and Oxygen-Mediated Oxidation

Hongjuan Shen, Junkai Fu, Hao Yuan, Jianxian Gong*, and Zhen Yang* J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 10180–10192 A highly effective and straightforward method to construct a wide range of functionalized 2,3-d...

102.Isolation and Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Perforanoid A

Chao Lv , Xiaohui Yan , Qian Tu, Yingtong Di, Chunmao Yuan, Xin Fang, Yaacove Ben-David, Lei Xia, Jianxian Gong, Yuemao Shen,* Zhen Yang,* and Xiaojiang Hao* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7539 • Hi...

101.Regio- and Stereoselective Syntheses of 7-Oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes via a Gold(I)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Alkynediols: Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Farnesiferol C

Yue-Qing Gu, Peng-Peng Zhang, Jun-Kai Fu, Song Liu, Yu Lan,* Jian-Xian Gong,* and Zhen Yang* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 1392-1397 A highly regio- and stereoselective method to construct a broad ran...

100.Gold-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Syntheses of Left Fragments of Azadirachtin/Meliacarpin-Type Limonoids

Hang Shi, Ceheng Tan, Weibin Zhang, Zichun Zhang, Rong Long, Jianxian Gong, Tuoping Luo*, and Zhen Yang* J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81, 751 Meliacarpin-type limonoids are an important class of organic inse...

99.Towards a general diastereoselective route to oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes via a gold-catalysed cascade reaction

Junkai Fu, Yueqing Gu, Hao Yuan, Tuoping Luo, Song Liu, Yu Lan*, Jianxian Gong*, Zhen Yang* Nat. Commun., 2015, 6:8617. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9617 (2015) The development of an efficient diastereoselecti...

98.Direct construction of vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters in natural product synthesis

Rong Long, Jun Huang, Jianxian Gong* and Zhen Yang* Nat. Prod. Rep., 2015,32, 1584 Molecules containing vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereocenters are found in many secondary metabolites, and they ex...

97.Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Tandem Cyclization of Indole-Ynamides: Diastereoselective Synthesis of Spirocyclic Pyrrolidinoindolines

Nan Zheng, Yuan-Yuan Chang, Li-Jie Zhang, Jian-Xian Gong,* and Zhen Yang* Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 371 A gold-catalyzed intramolecular tandem cyclization of indole-ynamide affords tetracyclic spirocyc...

96. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Propindilactone

Lin You, Xin-Ting Liang, Lingmin Xu, Yue-Fan Wang, Jia-Jun Zhang, Qi Su, Yuanhe Li, Bo Zhang, Shou-Liang Yang, Jia-Hua Chen*, and Zhen Yang* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 10120. • Highlighted in Synf...