Wgroup member: Fengting Liang Graduate student () studied Rh(II)-carbene C-H bond insertion mechanism. He went to Japan and then to United States for his further study.

M.Sc thesis: Studies on the Mechanism of Rh(II) Carbene Intramolecular C-H Bond Insertions

Publications

(1) A Linear Free Energy Correlation Study of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid Intramolecular C-H Insertion;
Fengting Liang, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang Chem. J. Chin. Univ. 1998, 19, No.8 (supplementary issue), 50.

(2) Investigation of Electronic Effects of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid Intramolecular C-H Insertion with a-Methyl Substituted Carbenoid Substrates
Jianbo Wang, Fengting Liang, and Bei Chan J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 8589-8594. Click Here

(3) Direct Competition of Intramolecular C-H Insertions into Benzylic C-H and 4-Nitro Substituted Benzylic C-H by Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid
Bei Chen, Fengting Liang, Haipeng Chen and Jianbo Wang J. Chem. Res. (S) 1998, 410. J. Chem. Res. (M) 1998, 1701-1714. Click Here

(4) Development in the Research of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoids Intramolecular C-H Insertions (A review in Chinese)
Bei Chen, Fengting Liang,Yihua Hou,Jianbo Wang Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2000,20 (4): 433-440. Click Here