Wgroup member: Zhaohui Qu Graduate student () Dr. Zhaohui Qu involved in several projects. Her main work was the mechanistic study of the Rh(II)-mediated diazo decomposition, and the reaction mechanism of cabenoids O-H bond insertion. She also initiated a study on the axial ligand effect of the Rh(II)-carbene reaction. Dr. Qu joined General Electronics (China) in Shanghai from July 2002. Current position: Dow Chemical (China)(Shanghai) ; Email: Hollytree0@hotmail.com

Ph.D thesis: Mechanism Study of Metal Carbene Reactions

Publications

1) Stereoselective Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure 4,5-Disubstituted
Pyrrolidinones from b-Amino Esters
Jianbo Wang, Yihua Hou, Peng Wu, Zhaohui Qu, and Albert S. C. Chan, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1999, 10, 4553-4561. Click Here

2) Application of Wolff Rearrangement in the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure 4,5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidinones
Yihua Hou,Peng Wu,Zhaohui Qu and Jianbo Wang J. Xiamen Univ. 1999, 38 (supplementary issue), 137.

3) Diazo Decomposition in the Presence of Tributyltin Hydride. Reduction of
a-Diazo Carbonyl Compounds
Zhongping Tan, Zhaohui Qu, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang J. Xiamen Univ. 1999, 38 (supplementary issue), 263.

4) Deprotection of THP Ethers and EE Ethers with Catalytic Copper (II) Chloride Dihydrate
Zhaohui Qu, Chao Zhang, Yihua Hou, Bei Chen, Peng Wu and Jianbo Wang J. Xiamen Univ. 1999, 38 (supplementary issue), 267.

5) Copper(II) Chloride Dihydrate: A Catalytic Agent for the Deprotection of Tetrahydropyranyl Ether (THP Ether) and 1-Ethoxyethyl Ether (EE Ether)
Jianbo Wang, Chao Zhang, Zhaohui Qu, Yihua Hou, Bei Chen, and Peng Wu, J. Chem. Res. 1999, 294-295. Click Here

6) Diazo Decomposition in the Presence of Tributyltin Hydride. Reduction of a-Diazo Carbonyl Compounds
Zhongping Tan, Zhaohui Qu, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 7457-7461. Click Here

7) A Kinetic Study of the Bimolecular Reaction of a-Diazo Esters with Rhodium Catalysts: Implication for the Mechanism of Rh(II)-Carbene Transfer
Zhaohui Qu, Weifeng Shi, Jianbo Wang J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 8139-8144. Click Here

8) 1,2-Aryl and 1,2-Hydride Migration in Transition Metal Complex Catalyzed Diazo Decomposition: A Novel Approach to a-Aryl-b-enamino Esters
Nan Jiang, Zhaohui Qu, Jianbo Wang Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 2989-288. Click Here

9) Application of Fast Radical Rearrangement in the Study of Reaction Mechanism (in Chinese)
Zhaohui Qu, Jianbo Wang J. Lanzhou Univ. 2000, 36 (supplement issue), 79.

10) Synthesis of 1-(2'-Phenyl)cyclopropyl-2,3-epoxypropan-1-ol as the Radical Precursor for the Kinetic Study of Oxiranylcarbinyl Radical
Zhao Hui Qu, Wei Feng Shi, Jian Bo Wang, Chin. Chem. Lett. 2002, 13, 1033.Click Here

11) Lewis Acids Controlled Regioselective 1,2 and 1,4 Reaction of a, b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with Ti(IV) Enolates Derived from a-Diazo-b-ketocarbonyl Compounds
Guisheng Deng, Xue Tian, Zhaohui Qu and Jianbo Wang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 2773-2776. Click Here

12) Catalytic Asymmetric [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Sulfur Ylides generated from Copper(I) Carbenoids and Allyl Sulfides
Xiaomei Zhang, Zhaohui Qu, Zhihua Ma, Weifeng Shi, Xianglin Jin and Jianbo Wang, J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 5621-5625. Click Here

13) Investigation on the Transition Metal and Acid Catalyzed Reaction of b-(N-Tosyl)amino Diazo Carbonyl Compounds
Nan Jiang, Zhihua Ma, Zhaohui Qu, Xiaoyu Xing, Linfeng Xie and Jianbo Wang J. Org Chem. 2003, 68, 893-900. Click Here

14) Rh(II)-Carbene Reaction Controlled by Conformation: Investigation on Rh(II) Complex Catalyzed Reaction of Diazoesters and Diazoamides
Zhaohui Qu, Weifeng Shi, Xianglin Jin, Jianbo Wang Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 23,988-995. Click here

15) Linear Free Energy Correlation Analysis on the Electronic Effects of Rh(II) Carbene O-H Insertion
Zhaohui Qu, Weifeng Shi and Jianbo Wang, J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 217-219. Click here