Members

Education
B. S. (2001-2005): College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
Peking University;
Graduate student: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, 

                               Peking University (2005-2006);
School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology,
Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University(2006-2010).
Research Area
Thiourea ligands-based transition metal-catalyzed reactions;
Synthetic studies towards natural products.
Publications
1. Liang, B.; Liu, J.; Gao, Y.; Wongkhan, K.; Shu, D.; Lan, Y.; Li, A.; Batsanov, A.; Howard, J.; Marder, T.; Chen, J.; Yang, Z. “Synthesis of Thiourea-Oxazolines, a New Class of Chiral S,N-Heterobidentate Ligands: Application in Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Bis(methoxycarbonylation) of Terminal Olefins”, Organometallics 2007, 26, 4756-4762.
2. Li, Z.; Gao, Y.; Tang, Y.; Dai, M.; Wang, G.; Wang, Z.; Yang, Z. “Total Synthesis of Crisamicin A”, Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3017-3020.
3. Li, Z.; Gao, Y.; Jiao, Z.; Wu, N.; Wang, D. Z.; Yang, Z. “Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Fused Pyran γ-Lactones via an Efficient Pd-Thiourea-Catalyzed Alkoxycarbonylative Annulation” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5163-5166.
4. Liu, L.; Gao, Y.; Che, C.; Wu, N.; Wang, D. Z.; Li, C.; Yang Z. “A Model Study for the Concise Construction of the Oxapentacyclic Core of Cortistatins through Intramolecular Diels–Alder and Oxidative Dearomatization–Cyclization Reactions”, Chem. Commun. 2009, 662-664.