Dr. Yonghua Zhao studied stereoselective addition of anion derived from alpha-diazoacetamide to aromatic N-tosylimines in her thesis. In 2005 she received her Ph.D. degree and joined General Electronic Company (China) in Shanghai.
Current position: Henkel (China)(Shanghai)
Email: Yonghua.zhao@hotmail.com
1979.06 Born in Shandong province, China.
Education
1996.9 ~ 2000.6 B.Sc, Shandong University, majoring in organic synthesis. Advisor: Professor Jianwu Wang
1993.9 ~1996.6 Tai'an No.4 Senior High School.
Honors and Awards
First-Prize scholarships in Shandong University
Student with Tri-metris in Tai'an No.4 Senior High School.
Publications
[1] Stereoselective Nucleophilic Addition of Chiral Lithium Enolates to (N-Tosyl)imines: Enantioselective Synthesis of b-Aryl-b-amino Acid Derivatives
Zhihua Ma, Yonghua Zhao, Nan Jiang, Xianglin Jin, Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 3209-3212.
[2] Diastereoselective a-Alkylation of b-Amino Esters: Preparation of Novel a-Substituted b-Amino Esters from a-Amino Acids
Zhihua Ma, Cong Liu, Yonghua Zhao, Wei Li, Jianbo Wang
Chin Chem Lett. 2002, 13, 721-724.
[3] Recent Development in Asymmetric Synthesis of b-Amino Acids (A review in Chinese)
Zhihua Ma, Yonghua Zhao and Jianbo Wang
Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 22, 807.
[4] An Efficient Synthesis of a-aryl b-amino Phosphonate Derivatives from a-diazophosphonate
Yonghua Zhao, Nan Jiang and Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 8339-8342.
[5] A Highly Stereoselective Addition of the Anion Derived from a-Diazoacetamide to Aromatic (N-Tosyl)imines
Yonghua Zhao, Zhihua Ma, Xiaomei Zhang, Yaping Zou, Xianglin Jin and Jianbo Wang
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5977-5980.
[6] Concise and Diastereoselective Approach to syn- and anti-a-Hydroxy b–Amino Acid Derivatives
Yonghua Zhao, Nan Jiang, Shufeng Chen, Cheng Peng, Xiaomei Zhang, Yaping Zou, Shiwei Zhang and Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 6546-6552.
[7] Nucleophilic Addition to C=O and C=N Bonds by the Nucleophiles Containing Diazo Group.
Yonghua Zhao, Jianbo Wang
Synlett, 2005, 2886-2892. (A account)
