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Development on Au/Pt Catalysis
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updated on 09/12/2009
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From left: Dr. Li Cui, Yanzhao Wang, Guozhu Zhang, Dr. Longwu Ye, and Dr. Zhang
 
Group News
  12/30/2009 Congratulations to Guozhu, Li Cui and Yangzhao, their work,'Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Carboheterofunctionalization of Alkenes', is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
 

11/08/2009

Dr. Ye's work, 'Practical Synthesis of Linear a-Iodo/Bromo-a,b-unsaturated aldehydes/ketones from Propargylic Alcohols via Au/Mo Bimetallic Catalysis' is highlighted by Synfacts
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  09/12/2009 The work by Drs. Cui and Peng, 'A Two-Step, Formal [4+2] Approach toward Piperidin-4-ones via Au Catalysis' is highlighted by Synfacts
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  07/20/2009 Congratulations to Dr. Longwu Ye. His work, 'Practical Synthesis of Linear a-Iodo/Bromo-a,b-unsaturated aldehydes/ketones from Propargylic Alcohols via Au/Mo Bimetallic Catalysis', is accepted by Org. Lett.
  07/14/2009 Sansan's work, "One-Pot Synthesis of Arene-Fused 2-Acylcyclohexenones from Propargylic Carboxylates", as an invited contribution to the 90th anniversary of Nankai University, is aacepted. This is our first paper done by an undergraduate student! Congratulations to Sansan.
  07/08/2009 The group has settled in Chem 1056A and is fully functional now.
  0703/2009 Celebration of the group relocation. [pictures]
  07/02/2009 Yanzhao Wang joins the group as a first year student.
  07/01/2009 Our group moves to UC Santa Barbara!
  05/26/2009 Congratulations to Dr. Cui and Peng. Their work, 'A Two-Step, Formal [4+2] Approach toward Piperidin-4-ones via Au Catalysis' is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  04/09/2009 New! Our work on gold-catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling reactions is highlighted by Nature Chemistry. [Link]
  04/01/2009 Congratulations to Dr. Cui and Guozhu. Their work, 'Homogeneous gold-catalyzed efficient oxidative dimerization of propargylic acetates', as an invited contribution to a Symposium-in-Print (SIP) in honor of Professor Carlos F. Barbas, the 2009 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, is published.
  03/07/2009 Congratulations to Dr. Peng, Dr. Cui, and Guozhu. Their work, 'Gold-Catalyzed Homogeneous Oxidative C-O Bond Formation: Efficient Synthesis of 1-Benzoxyvinyl Ketones', is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc..
  02/28/2008 The group celebrates Dr. Zhang's Sloan Fellowship at Szechuan Garden. [Newpictures]
  02/27/2009 Congratulations to Guozhu, Dr. Peng, and Dr. Cui. Their work, 'Gold-Catalyzed Homogeneous Oxidative Cross -Coupling Reactions', is accepted as a communication to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
  02/16/2009 New! Congratulations to Dr. Zhang. He is awarded 2009 Sloan Research Fellowship. Many thanks to the Sloan Foundation. [press][complete list][UNR news release]
  02/05/2009 Congratulations to Dr. Li Cui, Guozhu Zhang, and Dr. Yu Peng. Their work, 'Gold or No Gold: One-Pot Synthesis of Tetrahydrobenz[b]azepin-4-ones from tertiary N-(but-3-ynyl)anilines', is accepted as a communication to Organic Letters
  01/14/2009 Congratulations to Meng Yu and Guozhu Zhang. A full article of their work, 'Gold-catalyzed efficient preparation of linear α-haloenones from propargylic acetates', is now published in Tetrahedron.
  12/23/2008 Congratulations to Dr. Zhang. He has been recognized with the Spring 2009 CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award. CAPA is Chinese American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professor Association.
  12/04/2008 2008 Thanksgiving Party photos.
  11/02/2008 Soma Maitra joins the group. Welcome! Soma.
  11/01/2008 Congratulations to Dr. Peng and Meng Yu. Their work of 'Au-Catalyzed Synthesis of 5,6-Dihydro-8H-indolizin-7-ones from N-(Pent-2-en-4-ynyl)-b-Lactams' is published in Organic Letters.
  09/02/2008 Dr. Li Cui joins the group. Dr. Cui received her Ph. D. degree from SUNY- Stony Brook in 2006.
  08/31/2008 Congratulations to Xiaogen. His work of 'Unusual Au(III)-Catalyzed Dimerization of Benzoxazol-2-yloxy Enynes: Formation of Substituted 1,5-Cyclooctadienes' is accepted as a communication to J. Organometallic Chemistry.
  08/12/2008 Congratulations to Guozhu. His work of 'Au-Containing All-Carbon 1,3-Dipoles: Generation and [3+2] Annulation Reactions' is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  08/08/2008 Congratulations to Meng Yu. She passed her M. S. defense.
  07/03/2008 Dr. Yu Peng joins the group. Dr. Peng received his Ph. D. degree from Lanzhou University, P. R. China.
  05/01/2008 Congratulations to Guotao and Xiaogen. Their work of ' Au(I)-Catalyzed Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes' is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  04/14/2008 Dr. Zhang is the recipient of "2007 Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activity" from UNR
  03/20/2008 Dr. Zhang is awarded the NSF CAREER Award.
  03/17/2008 Dr. Zhang is the recipient of 2008 Amgen Young Investigator's Award
  02/13/2008 Congratulations to Guotao and Guozhu. Their work of 'Au-Catalyzed Synthesis of (1Z, 3E)-2-Pivaloxy-1,3-Dienes from Propargylic Pivalates' is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  12/17/2007 Congratulations to Guozhu, Xiaogen and Guotao. Their work of 'Au-Containing All-Carbon 1,4-Dipoles' is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  12/05/2007 Dr. Zhang is given an unrestricted grant by Merck & Co. , Inc. Thanks Merck process for the kind support.
  12/04/2007 Dr. Zhang is awarded the Thieme Journal Award
  09/25/2007 Congratulations to Guotao and Xiaogen, their work "Pt-Catalyzed Reaction of N-(2-Alkynylphenyl)lactams: Formation of Cyclic Ketone-Fused Substituted Indoles" is accepted as a communication to Angew. Chem.
  09/21/2007 Congratulations to Xiaogen, his work "AuCl-Catalyzed Synthesis of Benzyl-Protected Substituted Phenols: A Formal [3+3] Approach" is accepted for publication at Organic Letters.
 
  08/15/2007 Congratulations to Guozhu. His work "PtCl2-Catalyzed Rapid Access to Tetracyclic 2,3-Indoline-fused Cyclopentenes: Reactivity Divergent from Cationic Au(I) Catalysis and Synthetic Potential" is accepted as a communication to J. Am. Chem. Soc.
  05/17/2007 Dr. Zhang is awarded Junior Faculty Research Grant at University of Nevada, Reno.
  04/24/2007 Congratulations to Guotao. His work, 'Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Redox Reaction of Sulfinyl Alkynes: Efficient Generation of α-Oxo Gold Carbenoids and Application in Insertion into R-CO Bonds' is accepted as a communication to Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
  04/23/2007 Congratulations to Meng and Guozhu. Their work, 'Gold-Catalyzed Efficient Preparation of Linear α-Iodoenones from Propargylic Acetates', is accepted to Organic Letters.
  04/13/2007 Congratulations to Xiaogen. His recent work, ' Two-Step Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of Enones/Enals and Allenyl MOM Ether:   Gold-Catalyzed Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cyclopentanone Enol Ether Containing an All-Carbon Quaternary Center', is accepted as a communication to JACS
  04/12/2007 Dr. Zhang is a recepient of Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in 2007.
  02/26/2007 Our article, “Efficient Synthesis of Cyclopentenones from Enynyl Acetates via Tandem Au(I)-Catalyzed 3,3-Rearrangement and the Nazarov Reaction” was the #5 most-cited article in 2006 published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society as reported by Thomson ISI’s Web of Science (http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jacsat/promo/most/most_cited/2006.html).
  02/16/2007 Congratulations to Meng, Guotao and Shaozhong. Their work, 'Gold-Catalyzed Efficient Formation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones from Propargylic Acetates', is accepted as a communication to Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.
 

09/27/2006

 Congratulations to Shaozhong. His work, "A Gold-Catalyzed Unique Cycloisomerization of 1,5-Enynes: Efficient Formation of 1-Carboxycyclohexa-1,4-dienes and Carboxyarenes", is accepted as a communication to JACS
  09/25/2006 Dr. Xiaogen Huang joins the group. He received his Ph. D. from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2004.
  09/14/2006 Dr. Zhang presents a talk titled " Exploring Au Catalysis: Development of Efficient Synthetic Methods" at ACS national meeting at San Francisco.
  09/12/2006 Second-year graduate students Myoung-Geun Song and Meng Yu present posters at ACS national meeting at San Francisco
  09/02/2006 Dr. Shaozhong leaves the group to reassume the position of Associate Professor at the Dept. of Chemistry, Nanjing University, P. R. China.
  09/01/2006 Congratulations to Shaozhong. His work on Au-catalyzed alkenyl enol esters/carbonate formation appears at Org. Lett. ASAP
  08/01/2006 Dr. Guotao Li joins the group. He received his Ph. D. from Peking University in 2004