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Overview

Zhen Yang is a researcher affiliated with Peking University in China, specializing primarily in the field of Chemistry with a focus on Organic Chemistry. Their body of work includes extensive contributions to synthetic methodologies and catalysis in the organic chemistry domain.

The scientist's research spans a variety of subfields including:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

Their main research topics consist of:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Zhen Yang has contributed to numerous research articles published in various scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

  • "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Waihoensene," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Navigating the Pauson-Khand Reaction in Total Syntheses of Complex Natural Products," 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (−)-Spirochensilide A," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Evolution of Pauson-Khand Reaction: Strategic Applications in Total Syntheses of Architecturally Complex Natural Products (2016-2020)," 2020, Catalysts
  • "Total Synthesis of (+)-Haperforin G," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The venues where Zhen Yang frequently publishes include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Zhongchao Zhang
  • Yuanhe Li
  • Jun Huang
  • Jiahua Chen
  • Minfeng Zeng

Best Publications

  • Total synthesis of taxol

    K. C. Nicolaou;K. C. Nicolaou;Z. Yang;J. J. Liu;H. Ueno

  • Organopalladium(IV) chemistry

    Ling-Min Xu;Bi-Jie Li;Zhen Yang;Zhang-Jie Shi

  • Synthesis of epothilones A and B in solid and solution phase

    K. C. Nicolaou;Nicolas Charles Winssinger;Nicolas Charles Winssinger;J. Pastor;J. Pastor;S. Ninkovic;S. Ninkovic

  • Total Syntheses of Epothilones A and B via a Macrolactonization-Based Strategy

    K. C. Nicolaou;S. Ninkovic;F. Sarabia;D. Vourloumis

  • Copper-free sonogashira coupling reaction with PdCl2 in water under aerobic conditions.

    Bo Liang;Mingji Dai;Jiahua Chen;Zhen Yang

  • Total Synthesis of Taxol. 2. Construction of A and C Ring Intermediates and Initial Attempts To Construct the ABC Ring System

    K. C. Nicolaou;J. J. Liu;Z. Yang;H. Ueno

  • Total Synthesis of Epothilone A: The Olefin Metathesis Approach

    Zhen Yang;Yun He;Dionisios Vourloumis;Hans Vallberg

  • The Olefin Metathesis Approach to Epothilone A and Its Analogues

    K. C. Nicolaou;Y. He;D. Vourloumis;H. Vallberg

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

    Rong Long;Jun Huang;Jianxian Gong;Zhen Yang;Zhen Yang

  • Total Synthesis of Taxol. 4. The Final Stages and Completion of the Synthesis

    K. C. Nicolaou;H. Ueno;J.-J. Liu;P. G. Nantermet

  • Regiospecific Carbonylative Annulation of Iodophenol Acetates and Acetylenes To Construct the Flavones by a New Catalyst of Palladium−Thiourea−dppp Complex

    Hua Miao;Zhen Yang

  • Total Synthesis of Taxol. 3. Formation of Taxol's ABC Ring Skeleton

    K. C. Nicolaou;Z. Yang;J.-J. Liu;P. G. Nantermet

  • Synthesis of a Novel C2-Symmetric Thiourea and Its Application in the Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions with Arenediazonium Salts under Aerobic Conditions

    Mingji Dai;Bo Liang;Cuihua Wang;Jiahua Chen, ,† and

  • Total synthesis of brevetoxin A

    K. C. Nicolaou;Zhen Yang;Zhen Yang;Guo-qiang Shi;Guo-qiang Shi;Janet L. Gunzner;Janet L. Gunzner

  • Social regulation of aggression by pheromonal activation of Or65a olfactory neurons in Drosophila

    Weiwei Liu;Xinhua Liang;Jianxian Gong;Zhen Yang

  • 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.

    Bo Liang;Mengwei Huang;Zejin You;Zhengchang Xiong

  • An Approach to Epothilones Based on Olefin Metathesis

    K. C. Nicolaou;Yun He;Dionisios Vourloumis;Hans Vallberg

  • Direct Imidation to Construct 1H-Benzo[d]imidazole through PdII-Catalyzed C ? H Activation Promoted by Thiourea

    Qing Xiao;Wen-Hua Wang;Gang Liu;Fan-Ke Meng

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Functionalization of Lactones via Their Cyclic Ketene Acetal Phosphates. Efficient New Synthetic Technology for the Construction of Medium and Large Cyclic Ethers

    K. C. Nicolaou;G.-Q. Shi;J. L. Gunzner;P. Gartner

  • Synthesis of 4-substituted coumarins via the palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings of 4-tosylcoumarins with terminal acetylenes and organozinc reagents.

    Jie Wu;Yun Liao;Zhen Yang

  • Strategic innovation in the total synthesis of complex natural products using gold catalysis.

    Yun Zhang;Tuoping Luo;Zhen Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Yun He
Yun He Chongqing University
Dionisios Vourloumis
Dionisios Vourloumis Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
Shuo Lin
Shuo Lin University of California, Los Angeles
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
Aiwen Lei
Aiwen Lei Wuhan University
Erik J. Sorensen
Erik J. Sorensen Princeton University
Guangbin Dong
Guangbin Dong University of Chicago
Ming Luo
Ming Luo Georgia State University

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