Graduate Students(2005.9~ )
Email: liangyong@water.pku.edu.cn
tel: 010-62752612

1983.04 Born in Wuxi City of Jiangsu Province

Education:
2005~present: Ph. D. Candidate, Peking University Major: Synthetic and Computational Organic Chemistry (Supervisor: Prof. Zhi-Xiang Yu)

2001-2005: B.S Chemistry, Peking University (Supervisor: Prof. Jiaxi Xu )

Honors and Awards: 
1.      The Wusi Scholarship Peking University, 2002

2.      The Baogang Scholarship Peking University, 2003

3.      The Xianglu Scholarship Peking University, 2004

4.      Excellent Graduate Award Peking University, 2005

5.      First-Class Award The 9th Tiaozhanbei National Contest of Science and Technology for University Students, 2005(collaborator: Lei Jiao)

6.      Innovation Award Peking University, 2006

7.      The Wusi ScholarshipPeking University, 2007

Publications: 
1. Mechanism, Regioselectivity, and the Kinetics of Phosphine-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions   of Allenoates and Electron-Deficient Alkenes
Liang, Y.; Liu, S.; Xia, Y.; Li, Y.; Yu, Z.-X.* Chemistry – A European Journal 2008, 14, 4361-4373.

2. Mechanistic Twist of the [8+2] Cycloadditions of Dienylisobenzofurans and Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate: Stepwise [8+2] versus [4+2]/[1,5]-Vinyl Shift Mechanisms Revealed through a Theoretical and Experimental Study
Chen, Y.; Ye, S.; Jiao, L.; Liang, Y.; Sinha-Mahapatra, D. K.; Herndon, J. W.; Yu, Z.-X.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 10773-10784.

3. Synthesis and Stereochemistry of 3-(Thiophen-2-yl)-β-Lactams
Li, B.; Liang, Y.; Jiao, L.; Hu, L.; Du, D.-M.; Xu, J.* Acta Chimica Sinica 2007, 65, 1643-1648.

4. A Computationally Designed Rh(I)-Catalyzed Two-Component [5+2+1] Cycloaddition of Ene-Vinylcyclopropanes and CO for the Synthesis of Cyclooctenones
Wang, Y.; Wang, J.; Su, J.; Huang, F.; Jiao, L.; Liang, Y.; Yang, D.; Zhang, S.; Wender, P. A.; Yu, Z.-X.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 10060-10061.

5. An Unexpected Role of a Trace Amount of Water in Catalyzing Proton Transfer in Phosphine-Catalyzed (3+2) Cycloaddition of Allenoates and Alkenes
Xia, Y.; Liang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Wang, M.; Jiao, L.; Huang, F.; Liu, S.; Li, Y.; Yu, Z.-X.* Journal of the American Chemical Society2007, 129, 3470-3471.

6. Nitrene Equivalent Mediated Metal-Free Ring Expansions of Alkylidenecyclopropanes and an Alkylidenecyclobutane
Liang, Y.; Jiao, L.; Wang, Y.; Chen, Y.; Ma, L.; Xu, J.; Zhang, S.; Yu, Z.-X.* Organic Letters 2006, 8, 5877-5879.

7. Do Reaction Conditions Affect the Stereoselectivity in the Staudinger Reaction?
Wang, Y.; Liang, Y.; Jiao, L.; Du, D.-M.; Xu, J.* Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006, 71, 6983-6990.

8. Origin of the Relative Stereoselectivity of the β-Lactam Formation in the Staudinger Reaction
Jiao, L.; Liang, Y.; Xu, J.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 6060-6069.

9. Catalyst-Free, High-Yield, and Stereospecific Synthesis of 3-Phenylthio β-Lactam Derivatives
Jiao, L.; Liang, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.* Synthesis 2006, 659-665.

10. A Versatile Method for the Synthesis of 3-Alkoxycarbonyl β-Lactam Derivatives
Jiao, L.; Zhang, Q.; Liang, Y.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.* Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006, 71, 815-818.

11.Reactions of Imidates with Phenoxyacetyl Chloride
Jiao, L.; Liang, Y.; Wu, C.; Huang, X.; Xu, J.* Chemical Research in Chinese Universities 2005, 21, 59-64.

12. Microwave- and Photoirradiation-Induced Staudinger Reactions of Cyclic Imines and Ketenes Generated from α-Diazoketones. A Further Investigation Into the Stereochemical Process
Liang, Y.; Jiao, L.; Zhang, S.; Xu, J.* Journal of Organic Chemistry 2005, 70, 334-337.