2009-12~Present - Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
2004-06~2009-12 - Zhengzhou University - Lecturer
Research
Synthesis and structural modification of active natural products
Catalytic, Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-α , (+)-β , (+)-γ , and (−)-δ-Lycorane, Zhang, Tian-Yuan, Zhang, Lu-Yue, Liang, Xiao, Wei, Kun, Yang, Yu-Rong, 2022
Gram-Scale, Seven-Step Total Synthesis of (-)-Colchicine, Liang, Xiao, Li, Lei, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2021
Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Bisdehydrotuberostemonine D, Putative Bisdehydrotuberostemonine E and Structural Revision of the Latter, Deng, Yi, Liang, Xiao, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2021
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Quinocarcinamide, Li, Lei, Shi, Li, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2021
Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Fennebricin A, (-)-Renieramycin J, (-)-Renieramycin G, (-)-Renieramycin M, and (-)- Jorunnamycin A via C-H Activation, Zheng, Yu, Li, XueDan, Sheng, PengZhen, Yang, HongDou, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2020
Enantioselective Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Racemic Allylic Alcohols with Malonates, Meng, ChunYan, Liang, Xiao, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2019
Stereocontrolled concise synthesis of (+/-)-halosaline through intramolecular C-H amination, Meng, ChunYan, Liang, Xiao, Zhang, Hongbin, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2019
Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylation of Aryl Enamides and Enecarbamates, Yue, BeiBei, Deng, Yi, Zheng, Yu, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2019
Short Synthesis of the Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid (+/-)-Arbornamine, Zheng, Yu, Yue, BeiBei, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2018
Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allyl-Allyl Cross-Coupling of Racemic Allylic Alcohols with Allylboronates, Zheng, Yu, Yue, BeiBei, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2018
Total Synthesis of (-)-Actinophyllic Acid Enabled by a Key Dual Ir/Amine-Catalyzed Allylation, Liang, Xiao, Zhang, TianYuan, Meng, ChunYan, Li, XueDan, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2018
Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Communesin F, Liang, Xiao, Zhang, TianYuan, Zeng, XueYi, Zheng, Yu, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2017
Total Synthesis of (-)-Geissoschizol through Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Amidation as the Key Step, Zheng, Yu, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2017
COI1-Regulated Hydroxylation of Jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine Impairs Nicotiana attenuata's Resistance to the Generalist Herbivore Spodoptera litura, Luo, Ji, Wei, Kun, Wang, Shuanghua, Zhao, Weiye, Ma, Canrong, Hettenhausen, Christian, Wu, Jinsong, Cao, Guoyan, Sun, Guiling, Baldwin, Ian T, Wu, Jianqiang, Wang, Lei, 2016
Two new sesquiterpenoids from cultures of the basidiomycete Tremella foliacea, Ding, JianHai, Li, ZhengHui, Wei, Kun, Dong, ZeJun, Ding, ZhiHui, Feng, Tao, Liu, JiKai, 2016
Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Indole Cyclization: Application to the Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemical Assignment of (-)-AspidophyllineA, Jiang, ShiZhi, Zeng, XueYi, Liang, Xiao, Lei, Ting, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2016
Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Alstoscholarisine A, Liang, Xiao, Jiang, ShiZhi, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2016
Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective allylation of silyl enol ethers derived from ketones and a,b-unsaturated ketones, Wei, Kun, 2015
Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective allylation of silyl enol ethers derived from ketones and alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone, Liang, Xiao, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2015
Structure-Based Optimization and Biological Evaluation of Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors as Novel Potential Antiobesity Agents, Kun Wei, Gang-Qiang Wang, Xue Bai, Yan-Fen Niu, He-Ping Chen, Chun-Nan Wen, Zheng-Hui Li, Ze-Jun Dong, Zhi-Li Zuo, Wen-Yong Xiong, Ji-Kai Liu, 2015
Four new spiroaxane sesquiterpenes and one new rosenonolactone derivative from cultures of Basidiomycete Trametes versicolor, Wang, SuRui, Zhang, Ling, Chen, HePing, Li, ZhengHui, Dong, ZeJun, Wei, Kun, Liu, JiKai, 2015
Three novel degraded steroids from cultures of the Basidiomycete Antrodiella albocinnamomea, Chen, ZiMing, Yang, XiaoYan, Fan, QiongYing, Li, ZhengHui, Wei, Kun, Chen, HePing, Feng, Tao, Liu, JiKai, 2014
Two new ylangene-type sesquiterpenoids from cultures of the fungus Postia sp., Fan, QiongYing, Dong, ZeJun, Li, ZhengHui, Yin, Xia, Yang, XiaoYan, Feng, Tao, Wei, Kun, Liu, JiKai, Zhao, BaoHua, 2014
Collective Total Synthesis of Tetracyclic Diquinane Lycopodium Alkaloids (+)-Paniculatine, (-)-Magellanine, (+)-Magellaninone and Analogues Thereof, Jiang, ShiZhi, Lei, Ting, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2014
Three new vibralactone-related compounds from cultures of Basidiomycete Boreostereum vibrans, Wang, GangQiang, Wei, Kun, Zhang, Ling, Li, ZhengHui, Wang, QiuAn, Liu, JiKai, 2014
Novel sesquiterpenoids from cultures of the basidiomycete Irpex lacteus, Ding, JianHai, Feng, Tao, Cui, BaoKai, Wei, Kun, Li, ZhengHui, Liu, JiKai, 2013
One-step biomimetic synthesis of (+/-)-linderaspirone A and (+/-)-bi-linderone, Wang, GangQiang, Wei, Kun, Zhang, Lin, Feng, Tao, Wang, Fei, Wang, QiuAn, Liu, JiKai, 2011
Application of the Helquist Annulation in Lycopodium Alkaloid Synthesis: Unified Total Syntheses of (-)-8-Deoxyserratinine, (-)-Fawcettimine, and (+)-Lycoflexine, Yang, YuRong, Shen, Liang, Huang, JiuZhong, Xu, Tao, Wei, Kun, 2011
Total Synthesis of (-)-8-Deoxyserratinine via an Efficient Helquist Annulation and Double N-Alkylation Reaction, Yang, YuRong, Lai, ZengWei, Shen, Liang, Huang, JiuZhong, Wu, XingDe, Yin, JunLin, Wei, Kun, 2010