Yun-Fang Yang
Postdoctoral Fellow, Houk Group, UCLA
Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
Center Activities:
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11/2018
Computational Exploration of a Pd(II)-Catalyzed γ-C–H Arylation Where Stereoselectivity Arises from Attractive Aryl–Aryl Interactions
RESEARCH
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06/2017
The Origins of Dramatic Differences in Five-Membered vs Six-Membered Chelation of Pd(II) on Efficiency of C(sp3)–H Bond Activation
RESEARCH
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05/2017
Mechanism, Regio-, and Diastereoselectivity of Rh(III)-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions of N-Arylnitrones with Alkynes: A Density Functional Theory Study
RESEARCH
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06/2017
Ionic and Neutral Mechanisms for C–H Bond Silylation of Aromatic Heterocycles Catalyzed by Potassium tert-Butoxide
RESEARCH
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06/2017
Potassium tert-Butoxide-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative C–H Silylation of Heteroaromatics: A Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Study
RESEARCH
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02/2017
A potassium tert-butoxide and hydrosilane system for ultra-deep desulfurization of fuels
RESEARCH
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05/2016
Computational Exploration of RhIII/RhV and RhIII/RhI Catalysis in Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation Reactions of N-Phenoxyacetamides with Alkynes
RESEARCH
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09/2016
Ligand-accelerated enantioselective methylene C(sp3)–H bond activation
RESEARCH
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06/2015
Enzymatic hydroxylation of an unactivated methylene C–H bond guided by molecular dynamics simulations
RESEARCH
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12/2013
Role of N-Acyl Amino Acid Ligands in Pd(II)-Catalyzed Remote C–H Activation of Tethered Arenes
RESEARCH
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12/2013
Pd-Catalyzed meta-Selective C–H Activation with a Nitrile-Containing Template: Computational Study on Mechanism and Origins of Selectivity
RESEARCH