Publications-YANG Group

15.Tetramethyl Thiourea/Co2(CO)8- Catalyzed Pauson-Khand Reaction under Balloon Pressure of CO

Y. F. Tang, L. J. Deng, Y. D. Zhang, G. B. Dong, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 593. Pauson−Khand type of conversion of enynes to bicyclic cyclopentenones employing the commercially availa...

14.A Highly Efficient Synthesis of the FGH Ring of Micrandilactone A. Application of Thioureas as Ligands in the Co-catalyzed Pauson-Khand Reaction and Pd-Catalyzed Carbonylative Annulation

Y. F. Tang, Y. D. Zhang, M. J. Dai, T. P. Luo, L. J. Deng, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 885. The functionalized FGH ring system of micrandilactone A was successfully constructed in high s...

13.Pd-Catalyzed Copper-Free Carbonylative Sonogashira Reaction of Aryl Iodides with Alkynes for the Synthesis of Alkynyl Ketones and Flavones by Using Water as a Solvent

B. Liang, M. W. Huang, Z. J. You, Z. C. Xiong, K. Lu, R. Fathi, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 6097. The Pd-catalyzed copper-free carbonylative Sonogashira coupling reaction to synthesi...

12.Linear C2-Symmetric Polycyclic Benzodithiophene: Efficient, Highly Diversified Approaches and the Optical Properties

C. H. Wang, R. Hu, S. Liang, J. H. Chen. Z. Yang*, J. Pei* Tetrahedron Lett., 2005, 46, 8153. Two facile approaches to two new series of the seven-rings fused benzodithiophene-based polycyclic aromati...

11.A Concise and Diversity-Oriented Strategy for the Synhteis of Benzofurans and Indoles via Ugi and Dields-Alder Reaction

K. Lu, T. P. Luo, Z. Xiang, Z. J. You, R. Fathi, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* J. Comb. Chem., 2005, 7, 958. A one-pot synthesis of diverse benzofurans and indoles from readily available starting materials wa...

10.Novel PdII-Mediated Cascade Carboxylative Annulation to Construct Benzo[b]furan-3-carboxylic Acids

Y. Liao*, J. Smith, R. Fathi*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2707. Benzo[b]furan-3-carboxylic acid (2) was generated from 1 by forming three new bonds in one step via a PdII-mediated cascade carboxylat...

9.Exploring an Expedient IMDA Reaction Approach to Construct the Guanacastepene Core

C. C. Li. S. Liang, X. H. Zhang, Z. X. Xie, J. H. Chen*, Y. D.Wu*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3709. Construction of the [5-7-6] tricyclic core of guanacastepenes was attempted by using the intramole...

8.Wedelolactone suppresses LPS-induced caspase-11 expression by directly inhibiting the IKK Complex

M. Kobori, Z. Yang, V. Heissmeyer, H. Zhu, Y. K. Jung, M. A. M. Gakidis, A. Rao, T. Sekine, F. Ikegami, C. Yuan, J. Yuan Cell Death and Differ. 2004, 11, 123. Caspase-11 is a key regulator of proinfla...

7.A Novel Thiourea Ligand Applied in the Pd-Catalyzed Heck, Suzuki, Suzuki Carbonylative Reactions

M. J. Dai, B. Liang, C. H. Wang, Z. J. You, J. Xiang, G. B. Dong, J. H. Chen*, Z Yang* Adv, Synth. Catal. 2004, 346, 1669 A novel C2 symmetrical and sterically bulky thiourea ligand 1 has been success...

6.Synthesis of Novel Palladacycles and Their Application in Heck and Suzuki Reactions under Aerobic Conditions

Z. C. Xiong, N. D. Wang, M. J. Dai, A. Li, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 3337. Design and synthesis of a novel family of furancarbothioamide-based palladacycles are reported herein....