Publications-YANG Group

139.Concise gram-scale synthesis of Euphorikanin A skeleton through a domino ring-closing metathesis strategy

Linlin Shi, Yingdong He, Jianxian Gong *, Zhen Yang * Chem. Commun. 2020,56(4), 531-534 Euphorikanin A is a diterpenoid possessing a highly congested and unprecedented 5/6/7/3-fused tetracyclic ring s...

138.Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Pre-schisanartanin C

Yan-Long Jiang, Hai-Xin Yu, Yong Li, Pei Qu, Yi-Xin Han, Jia-Hua Chen*, Zhen Yang* J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142(1), 573-580 Pre-schisanartanin C belongs to the family of Schisandra nortriterpenoids with...

137.Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (−)-Pavidolide B via a Thiyl-Radical-Mediated [3 + 2] Annulation Reaction

Pengpeng Zhang, Yuanhe Li, Zhiming Yan, Jianxian Gong*, Zhen Yang* J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84(24), 15958-15971 The development of an efficient strategy for the asymmetric total synthesis of the bioactive ...

136.Diastereoselective Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Intramolecular Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reaction

Wei Chen, Renyu Guo, Jianxian Gong*, Zhen Yang* Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 39 (1), 238-248 The formation of sterically hindered C—C bond represents a great challenge in modern synthetic organic chemis...

135.Concise synthesis of the core structure of madreporanone by Rh-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition

Rong Long, Zhen Yang* Tetrahedron 2019, 75 (12), 1746-1750 A model study toward total synthesis of madreporanone, a novel diterpene isolated from Azorella madreporica, was investigated. The [3.3.0] bi...

134.Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation for Stereoselective Syntheses of Allylic Alcohols bearing a Quaternary Carbon Center

Linlin Shi, Yingdong He, Jianxian Gong*, Zhen Yang* Asian J. Org. Chem 2019, 8 (6), 823-827 Olefins play a vital role in the fields of bioscience, medicine, and chemistry. Stereo‐defined olefins are ...

133.Total syntheses of dehydrobotrydienal, dehydrobotrydienol and 10-oxodehydrodihydrobotrydial

Zichun Zhang, Dandan Zhao, Yingdong He, Zhen Yang, Jianxian Gong Chin. Chem. Lett. 2019, 30 (8), 1503-1505 In this paper, we report the concise total syntheses of three botryane sesquiterpenoids: dehy...

132.Theoretical prediction on the reactivity of the Co-mediated intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction for constructing bicyclo-skeletons in natural products

LeiZhu, ZheyuanWang, SongLiu, TaoZhang, ZhenYang, RuopengBai, YuLan Chin. Chem. Lett. 2019, 30 (4), 889-894 The Co2(CO)8-mediated intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction is an efficient approach for cons...

131.Stereoselective Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation: Assembly of Highly Functionalized Allylic Amines Bearing a Quaternary Center

Linlin Shi, Yingdong He, Yuanyuan Chang, Nan Zheng, Zhen Yang*, and Jianxian Gong* Org. Lett. 2019, 21(9), 3077-3080 Here, we report a practical and reliable methodology to direct construction of tri-...

130.The Journey of Schinortriterpenoid Total Syntheses

Zhen Yang* Acc. Chem. Res., 2019, 52 (2), 480–491 Plants in the Schisandraceae family are important components of the traditional Chinese herbal medicines and are often used to treat various illnesse...