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457 Chemistry Research Laboratory Ph: (304) 293 – 0913 Fax: (304) 293 – 4904 Email: kwang@wvu.edu |
Professional Preparation:
B.S. Tunghai University, Chemistry, May 1972
Ph.D. Purdue University, Organic Chemistry, May 1979
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, May 1979 – July 1981
Research Interests:
cascade cyclizations of unsaturated systems; synthesis of bowl-shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and helicenes; development of new synthetic methods for heteroaromatic analogues of ellipticine and camptothecin alkaloids
Recent Publications:
Daehwan Kim, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Kung K. Wang, Synthesis of Bowl-Shaped Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons via Palladium Catalyzed Intramolecular Arylation Reactions, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2313-2316.
Weixiang Dai, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Kung K. Wang, Synthesis of the Parent and Substituted Tetracyclic ABCD Ring Cores of
Camptothecins via 1-(3-Aryl-2-propynyl)-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2-pyridinecarbonitriles, Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4665-4667.
Yanzhong Zhang, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Kung K. Wang, Synthesis and Structures of Diindeno-Fused
1,12-Diphenylbenzo© phenanthrene and 1,14-Diphenyl [5] helicene Bearing Severe Helical Twists, Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 1025-1028.
Yu-Hsuan Wang, Novruz G. Akhmedov, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Kung K. Wang, Construction of Unusual and Congested Polycyclic
Structures via Benzannulated Enediynyl Alcohols Derived from Truxenone, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 9604-9608
Yanzhong Zhang, Jeffrey L. Petersen, and Kung K. Wang, Synthesis and Structures of Helical Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Bearing Aryl Substituents at the Most Sterically Hindered Positions, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 1285-1293.
