Ching-Tien Lee

E-Mail: plee@chem.ucsb.edu

B.S. Chemistry (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan R.O.C.)

Current Research
(1) Enantioselective total synthesis of Amphidinoketide I
(2) 1,4- asymmetric hydrosilylation of ?-siyl-enoates via catalytic CuH
(3) Atropselective biaryl coupling via internal tethered ligand approach. A study towards to the synthesis of vancomycin
(4) Microwave- accelerated Negishi coupling via heterogeneous catalyst: nickel in charcoal
(5) Asymmetric reduction of diaryl ketones via catalytic CuH

Publications
(1) Asymmetric CuH-Catalyzed Hydrosilylations en route to Amphidinoketide I, B. H. Lipshutz, C-T. Lee, J. M. Servesko. Org. Lett. 2007, 9(23), 4713-4716.
(2) A Conjugate Reduction Pathway to Chiral Silanes Using CuH, B. H. Lipshutz, C-T. Lee, B. R. Taft. Synthesis (2007), (20), 3257-3260.
(3) Microwave-Assisted, Heterogeneous Cross-coupling Reactions Catalyzed by Nickel-in-Charcoal (Ni/C), B.H. Lipshutz, B. A. Frieman, C-T. Lee, A. Lower, D. Nihan, B. R. Taft. Chemistry: An Asian Journal 2006, 1, 417.
(4) Chiral Silanes via Asymmetric Hydrosilylation with Catalytic CuH, B. H. Lipshutz, N. Tanaka, B. R. Taft, C-T. Lee Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1963.