Zhongping Tan 's main work was the reduction of diazo group with tributyltin hydride in the presence of Cu(II) catalyst. He went to Colombia University to join Professor V. W. Cornish's group for Ph.D. study.
Current position: University of Colorado Boulder; Institute of Materia Medica, CAS
Email: zhongping.tan@colorado.edu
M.Sc thesis: The Studies of Some Reactions of alpha-Diazocarbonyl Compounds
Publications
(1) Zhongping Tan, Zhaohui Qu, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang, Diazo Decomposition in the Presence of Tributyltin Hydride. Reduction of a-Diazo Carbonyl Compounds. Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 7457-7461.
(2) Zhongping Tan, Lin Wang, Jian Bo Wang, Deprotection of t-Butyldimethylsiloxy (TBDMS) Protecting Group with Catalytic Copper (II) Chloride Dihydrate. Chin. Chem. Lett. 2000, 11, 753-756.
(3) Zhongping Tan, Zhaohui Qu, Bei Chen and Jianbo Wang, Diazo Decomposition in the Presence of Tributyltin Hydride. Reduction of a-Diazo Carbonyl Compounds. J. Xiamen Univ. 1999, 38 (supplementary issue), 263.
