Publications-YANG Group

19.Development of a Concise and Diversity-Oriented Approach for the Synthesis of Plecomacrolides via the Diene-Ene RCM

K. Lu, M. W. Huang, Z. Xiang, Y. Liu, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 1193. A concise synthesis of the core structures of plecomacrolide with ring sizes varying from 16 to 19 atoms was achi...

18.Application of RCM Reaction in the Construction of ABC Ring of Micrandilactone A

Y. D. Zhang, Y. F. Tang, T. P. Luo, J. Shen, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 107. The functionalized ABC ring system of micrandilactone A was successfully constructed in 14 steps. The key r...

17.Thioureas as Ligands in the Pd-Catalyzed Intramolecular Pauson-Khand Reaction

Y. F. Tang, L. J. Deng, Y. D. Zhang, G. B. Dong, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1657 The thiourea−Pd complex was established as a novel type of catalyst in the PKR of allylpropargylamine, ...

16. Copper-Free Sonogashira Coupling Reaction with PdCl2 in Water under Aerobic Conditions

B. Liang, M. J. Dai, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang* J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 391. A mild protocol for the copper-free Sonogashira coupling of aryl iodides with terminal acetylenes in water under aerobic conditi...

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...