General
Bo Wang   
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Email: wangbo@ciac.jl.cn
Telephone: 0431-85262518
Address: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, 5625 Renmin Road,     Changchun, 130022

Research Areas

synthetic organic chemistry

Education

July 2002--Dec. 2006 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Deptartment of Chemistry,  PhD
Sept.1996--July 2000  Jilin University, Deptartment of Chemistry, BS

Experience

   
Work Experience
Jan. 2007-- Oct. 2011 The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry, Post-doctoral Researcher

Publications

   
Papers
1. Wang, B.; Huang, P.-S.; Chen, C.-S.; Forsyth, C. J. "Total syntheses of the HDAC inhibitors largazole and 2-epi-largazole: application of NHC-mediated acylations in complex molecule synthesis" J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 1140-1150.

2. Wang, B.; Hansen, T. M.; Wang, T.; Wu, D.; Weyer, L.; Ying, L.; Engler, M.; Sanville, M.; Leitheiser, C.; Christmann, M.; Lu, Y.; Chen, J.; Zunker, N.; Cink, R. D.; Ahmed, F.; Lee, C.-S.; Forsyth, C. J. “Total synthesis of phorboxazole A via de novo oxazole formation: strategy and component assembly” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1484-1505.

3. Wang, B.; Hansen, T. M.; Weyer, L.; Wu, D.; Wang, T.; Christmann, M.; Lu, Y.; Ying, L.; Engler, M.; Cink, R. D.; Lee, C.-S.; Ahmed, F.; Forsyth, C. J. “Total synthesis of phorboxazole A via de novo oxazole formation: convergent total synthesis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1506-1516.

4. Wang, B.; Forsyth, C. J. “Total synthesis of largazole - devolution of a novel synthetic strategy.” Synthesis 2009, 17, 2873-2880. (An invited contribution to the special issue on natural products synthesis)

5. Wang, B.; Forsyth, C. J. “Stereoselective synthesis of the phorboxazole A macrolide by ring-closing metathesis.” Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5223-5226.

Research Interests

Total synthesis of natural products of biological significance, synthetic methodology, and medicinal chemistry