Wgroup member: Wengang Yao Graduate student (1998.9 ~2003.7) Wengang has explored the direct asymmetric aldol type reaction of ethyl diazoacetate with aldehydes. He also studied the S-H, O-H and C-H insertions with metal carbenes. Wengang has set up his own company immediately after obtaining the Ph.D degree. Current position: Beijing Hezhong Company; Email: yaowengang@263.net

1975.1 Born in Chongqing City, China

Education
1998 ~ present Perking University, majoring in organic synthesis. Advisor: Professor Jianbo Wang.
1993.09 ~ 1997.07 B.S.; Perking University, majoring in organic synthesis. Advisor: Professor Qingzhong Zhou.
1990.09 ~ 1993.07 Chongqing No.3 Senior High School.

Ph.D thesis: Studies on the Reactions of Diazo Compounds Catalyzed by Lewis Acids and Application of Rh(II) Carbene C-H Insertion in the Synthesis of Chiral Spiro Compounds

Publications

(1) Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (R)-Spiro[4,5]decane-2,7-dione Wengang Yao and Jianbo Wang, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 23, 546-549. Click Here

(2) The Study of Rh2(OAc)4-or BF3OEt2-Mediated Reaction of Thiolacetic Acid with a-Diazocarbonyl Compounds
Wengang Yao, Mingyi Liao, Xiaomei Zhang,Hao Xu, Jianbo Wang, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 1784-1788. Click Here

(3) Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol-Type Reaction of Aldehydes with Ethyl Diazoacetate
Wengang Yao, Jianbo Wang, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1527-1530. Click Here

(4) Direct Asymmetric Aldol Type Reaction with Ethyl Diazoacetate: Stereoselective Synthesis of a, b-Dihydroxy Esters
Mingyi Liao, Wengang Yao, Haitao Feng and Jianbo Wang, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 23, Suppl. 18.

(5) Stereoselective Reduction of b–Hydroxy a–Ketoesters: A Concise Synthesis of anti –a,b-Dihydroxy Esters
Mingyi Liao, Wengang Yao and Jianbo Wang
Synthesis, 2004, 2633-2636. Click here.