LI Yahong
Name:LI Yahong
Title:Professor

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Tel: 86-512-65880323 (Lab)
Fax:86-512-65880089
Email: liyahong@suda.edu.cn

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Professor (Inorganic Chemistry)
B.Sc. Yanan University (1990)
M.Sc. Northwest University (1993)
Ph.D. Lanzhou University (1999)
Postdoc, University of Oxford (2000-2001)
Postdoc, Michigan State University (2001-2004,4)
Postdoc, The University of Manchester (2001, 4-2001, 9)

Research Interests:Synthesis and catalysis of organometallic complexes; Synthesis and magnetic property of transition metal complexes; Theoretical calculation of the mechanism of organic reactions
Representative Publications
1. Heterometallic Samarium(III) and Titanium(IV) Complex with Bifunctional Catalytic Property,F. Y. Zhou, M. S. Lin,L. Li,X. Q. Zhang, Z. Chen, Y. H. Li * , Y. Zhao, J. Wu, G. M. Qian, B. Hu, W. Li Organometallics 2011 ,30, 1283.
2. Two Novel Heterometallic CuII-SrIICoordination Polymers Based on 3,5-Pyrazoledicarboxylic Acid: Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties. Y. M. Chen,L. N. Zheng, S. X. She,Z. Chen, B. Hu, Y. H. Li * , Dalton Trans. 2011, 40 , 4970.
3. On the Validity of Au-vinylidenes in the Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Migratory Cycloisomerization of Skipped Propargylpyridines. Y. Z. Xia, A. S. Dudnik, Y. H. Li * , V. Gevorgyan, Org. Lett. 2010 ,12, 5538.
4. Computation-Guided Development of Au-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations Proceeding via 1,2-Si or 1,2-H Migrations: Regiodivergent Synthesis of Silylfurans. A. S. Dudnik, Y. Z. Xia,Y. H. Li * , and V. Gevorgyan J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010 ,132, 7645.
5. Wheel-like MnII6and NiII6complexes from the use of 2-pyridine aldoxime and carboxylates, S. Y. Zhang, L. N. Zhen, R. Inglis, K. Li, W. Q. Chen, Y. Zhang, K. F. Konidaris, S. P. Perlepes, E. K. Brechin, Y. H. Li* , Dalton Trans. 2010, 39 , 3563 (Cover picture article).
6. Mechanistic Insights into the Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Bromoallenyl Ketones: Ligand-Controlled Regioselectivity, Y. Z. Xia, A. S. D. V. Gevorgyan,Y. H. Li*,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008,130, 6940-6941.
7 . Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Norbornene with Aromatic Amines: Scope, Limitation, and Mechanism, X. J. Cheng, Y. Z. Xia, H. Wei, C. G. Zhang,Y. H. Li*,Eur. J. Org. Chem.2008,20, 1929-1936.
8. Mechanism, Regioselectivity and the kinetics of phosphine catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition reactions of allenoates and electron-deficient alkenes,Y. Liang, S. Liu, Y. Z. Xia, Y. H. Li * , Zhi-Xiang Yu*, Chem. Eur. J. ,2008,14, 4361
9. An Unexpected Role of A Trace Amount of Water in Catalyzing Proton Transfer in Phosphine-Catalyzed (3+2) Cycloaddition of Allenoates and Alkenes, Y. Z. Xia, Y. Liang, Y. Y. Chen, M.Wang, L. Jiao, F. Huang, Y. H. Li * , Zhi-Xiang Yu*,J. Am. Chem. Soc.2007,129, 3470-3471.
10 . BiCl3-catalyzed hydroamination of norbornene with aromatic amines, H. Wei, G. M. Qian, Y. Z. Xia, Y. H. Li* , Wu Li,Eur. J. Org. Chem.2007, 4471-4474.
11 . Synthesis, Structure, and LLCT Transitions in Terminal Hydrazido(2-) Bypyridine Complexes of Titanium, S. Patel, Y. H. Li* , A. Odom*,Inorg. Chem.2007,46, 6373-6381.
12. Synthesis and structure of Triphenylsilyimido complexes of Titanium and Zirconium, Y. H. Li * , S. Banerjee A. L. Odom*,Organometallics,2005,24, 3272-3278.
13. Titanium Hydrazido Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, Electronic Structure, and Relevance to Alkyne Hydroamination , Y. H. Li* , Y. H. Shi, A. L. Odom,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2004 126 1794-1803.
14. α, β-Unssaturated imines from titanium hydroaminationand
functionalized by Rhodiun C-H activation , C. C. Sheng, Y. H. Li* , Y. H. Shi, A. L. Odom,Chem Commun.2004,17,2002-2003.