Areas of Focus
- Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Natural Products
Work Experience
- 2008-01 to Present - Kunming Institute of Botany - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2005-11 to 2007-12: Postdoctoral, Harvard University
- 2000-09 to 2005-08: Ph.D., Lanzhou University
- 1996-09 to 2000-08: Bachelor's, Lanzhou University
Publications
- Enantioselective total syntheses of (−)-cephalotaxine and (−)-amathaspiramide F through a key Ir/Cu dual catalysis, Peng-Zhen Sheng, Lu-Lu Li, Hongbin Zhang, Wei, Kun, Yang, Yu-Rong, 2023
- 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
- 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
- Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Racemic Branched Alkyl-Substituted Allylic Acetates with Malonates, Zhang, TianYuan, Deng, Yi, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2021
- Synthetic Studies toward Parvistemoline Using Asymmetric Ir/Amine-Catalyzed Allylation, Zheng, Yu, Yang, HongDou, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2021
- Gram-Scale, Seven-Step Total Synthesis of (-)-Colchicine, Liang, Xiao, Li, Lei, 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
- Catalytic, Enantioselective Formal Synthesis of Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid (-)-Alstoscholarine, Yao, JianNeng, 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
- Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylation of Aryl Enamides and Enecarbamates, Yue, BeiBei, Deng, Yi, Zheng, Yu, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2019
- Tabernabovines A-C: Three Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids from the Leaves of Tabernaemontana bovina, Yu, Yang, Bao, MeiFen, Wu, Jing, Yang, YuRong, Chen, Jing, Schinnerl, Johann, Cai, XiangHai, 2019
- Short Synthesis of the Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid (+/-)-Arbornamine, Zheng, Yu, Li, XueDan, Sheng, PengZhen, Yang, HongDou, 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
- 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 alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone, Liang, Xiao, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2015
- Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of (-)- and (+)-aurantioclavine, Lei, Ting, Zhang, Hongbin, Yang, YuRong, 2015
- Isolation and Complete Structural Assignment of Lycopodium Alkaloid Cernupalhine A: Theoretical Prediction and Total Synthesis Validation, Dong, LiaoBin, Wu, YaNan, Jiang, ShiZhi, Wu, XingDe, He, Juan, Yang, YuRong, Zhao, QinShi, 2014
- Collective Total Synthesis of Tetracyclic Diquinane Lycopodium Alkaloids (+)-Paniculatine, (-)-Magellanine, (+)-Magellaninone and Analogues Thereof, Jiang, ShiZhi, Lei, Ting, Wei, Kun, Yang, YuRong, 2014
- Asymmetric total synthesis of Lycopodium alkaloid (+)-lycopladine A, Xu, Tao, Luo, XiuLi, Yang, YuRong, 2013
- Synthetic Studies on the Paniculatine-type Lycopodium Alkaloids, 杨玉荣, 2012
- 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
- Unusual cyclopropanation of 9-bromocamphor derivatives: A novel formal C(1)-C(7) bond cleavage of camphor, Li, WDZ, Yang, YR, 2005
- A short synthesis of 10-hydroxy 7-spirocyclopropanated camphor, Yang, YR, Li, WDZ, 2005
Awards
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Excellent Supervisor Award (2019)
- Leading Goose Silver Award (2019)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Excellent Supervisor Award (2018)
