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Selected Publications

Chen, Ying; Ruppel, Joshua V., Zhang, X. Peter “Cobalt-Catlayzed Asymetric Cyclopropanation of Electron-Deficient Olefins” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 12074.

Chen, Ying; Zhang, X. Peter “Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Styrenes Catalyzed by Metal Complexes of D2-Symmetrical Chiral Porphyrin: Superiority of Cobalt over Iron” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007, 72, 5931.

Chen, Ying; Zhang, X. Peter “Trans Effect on Cobalt Poprhyrin Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclopropanation” Synthesis, 2006, 10, 1697.

Chen, Ying; Gao, Guang-Yao; Zhang, X. Peter “Palladium-Mediated Synthesis of Novel meso-Chiral Porphyrins: Cobalt-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation” Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46, 4965.

Chen, Ying; Fields, Kimberly B.; Zhang, X. Peter “Bromoporphyrins as Versatile Synthons for Modular Construction of Chiral Porphyrins: Cobalt-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective and Diastereoselective Cyclopropanation” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 14718.

Gao, Guang-Yao; Chen, Ying, Zhang, X. Peter “General Synthesis of meso-Amidoporphyrins via Palladium-Catalyzed Amidation” Organic Letters, 2004, 6, 1837.

Chen, Ying; Zhang, X. Peter “Vitamin B12 Derivatives as Natural Asymmetric Catalysts: Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004, 69, 2431.

Lee, Ming-Yung; Chen, Ying; Zhang, X. Peter “General and Selective Olefination of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by a Cobalt(II) Porphyrin Complex” Organometallics 2003, 22, 4905.

Huang, Lingyu; Chen, Ying; Gao, Guang-Yao; Zhang, X. Peter “Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Alkenes Catalyzed by Cobalt Porphyrins” Journal of Organic Chemistry 2003, 68, 8179.

Chen, Ying; Huang, Lingyu; Zhang, X. Peter “Acid-Promoted Olefination of Ketones by an Iron(III) Porphyrin Complex” Organic Letters, 2003, 5, 2493.

Chen, Ying; Huang, Lingyu; Zhang, X. Peter “Efficient and Stereoselective Synthesis of b-Trifluoromethyl a,b-Unsaturated Esters via Iron(III) Porphyrin-Catalyzed Olefination of Ketones” Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, 68, 5925.