Dr. Bei Chen was the first Ph.D. student in Wgroup. She worked on the Hammett Linear Free Energy Correlation of the Rh(II)-mediated C-H bond insertion. After completion of her Ph.D. defense, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor D. F. Taber's group in University of Delaware.
Current position: Novatis (San Diego, California, USA)
Email: chenbeiy@yahoo.com
Ph.D thesis: Studies on the Electronic Effects of Intramolecular Rh(II) Carbene C-H Bond Insertions
Publications
[1] Mass Spectrometric Study on Methyl 5-Methyl-2-oxo-3-[2-(4-R-phenyl)-1-ethyl]cyclopentane carboxylates and Methyl 2-Oxo-5-(4-R-phenyl)-3-propylcyclopentanecarboxylates
Xiaoran He, Bei Chen, Jianbo Wang and Meiyu He
Rapid Commun. in Mass Spectrom., 1997, 11, 1818-1822.
[2] A Linear Free Energy Correlation Study of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid Intramolecular C-H Insertion
Fengting Liang, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang
Chem. J. Chin. Univ. 1998, 19, No.8 (supplementary issue), 50.
[3] Investigation of Electronic Effects of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid Intramolecular C-H Insertion with a-Methyl Substituted Carbenoid Substrates
Jianbo Wang, Fengting Liang, and Bei Chen
J. Org. Chem., 1998, 63, 8589-8594. [Click Here]
[4] Direct Competition of Intramolecular C-H Insertions into Benzylic C-H and 4-Nitro Substituted Benzylic C-H by Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoid
Bei Chen, Fengting Liang, Haipeng Chen and Jianbo Wang
J. Chem. Res. (S) 1998, 410. J. Chem. Res. (M) 1998 1701-1714. [Click Here]
[5] Electronic Effects of Rh(II)-Mediated Intramolecular C-H Insertion: A Linear Free Energy Correlation Study
Jianbo Wang, Bei Chen and Jian Bao
J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 1853-1862. [Click Here]
[6] 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.
[7] 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.
[8] 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]
[9] 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]
[10] Development in the Research of Rh(II)-Mediated Carbenoids Intramolecular C-H Insertions (A review in Chinese)
Bei Chen, Fengting Liang,Yihua Hou, Jianbo Wang
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2000,20 (4): 433-440. [Click Here]