College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Yan Zhao

Organic, Supramolecular, Biomimetic, and Materials Chemistry

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Selected Publications

Publications at ISU:
  1. Hongkwan Cho, Zhenqi Zhong, and Yan Zhao,* "A DMAP-Functionalized Oligocholate Foldamer for Solvent-Responsive Catalysis," submitted.
  2. Zhenqi Zhong and Yan Zhao,* "Controlling the Conformation of Oligocholate Foldamers by Surfactant Micelles," J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 5498-5505.
  3. Eui-Hyun Ryu, HongKwan Cho, and Yan Zhao,* "Catalyzing Methanolysis of Alkyl Halides in the Interior of an Amphiphilic Molecular Basket," Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5147-5150.
  4. Zhenqi Zhong and Yan Zhao,* "Cholate-Glutamic Acid Hybrid Foldamer and Its Fluorescent Detection of Zn2+," Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2891-2894.
  5. Yan Zhao*, "Facial Amphiphiles in Molecular Recognition: From Unusual Aggregates to Solvophobically Driven Foldamers," Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 12, 92-97.
  6. Yan Zhao* and Jeffrey S. Moore*, "Foldamers Based on Solvophobic Effects," In Foldamers: Structure, Properties, and Applications; Stefan Hecht, Ivan Huc, Eds.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2007.
  7. Yan Zhao*, Zhenqi Zhong, and Eui-Hyun Ryu, "Preferential Solvation in Nanometer-Sized Hydrophilic Cavities and Its Effect on the Folding of Cholate Foldamers," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 218-225.
  8. Yibo Zhou, Eui-Hyun Ryu, Yan Zhao*, and L. Keith Woo*, "Solvent-Responsive Metalloporphyrins: Binding and Catalysis," Organometallics 2007, 26, 358-364.
  9. Eui-Hyun Ryu and Yan Zhao*, "An Amphiphilic Molecular Basket Sensitive to Both Solvent Changes and UV Irradiation," J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 9491-9494.
  10. Yan Zhao* and Zhenqi Zhong, "Detection of Hg2+ in Aqueous Solutions with a Foldamer-Based Fluorescent Sensor Modulated by Surfactant Micelles," Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4715-4717.
  11. Eui-Hyun Ryu, Jie Yan, Zhenqi Zhong, and Yan Zhao*, "Solvent-Induced Amphiphilic Molecular Baskets: Unimolecular Reversed Micelles with Different Size, Shape, and Flexibility," J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 7205-7213.
  12. Yan Zhao* and Zhenqi Zhong, "Tuning the Sensitivity of a Foldamer-Based Mercury Sensor by Its Folding Energy," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9988-9989.
  13. Eui-Hyun Ryu, Arkady Ellern, and Yan Zhao*, "High Guest Inclusion by 3β-Amino-7α,12α-Dihydroxycholan-24-oic Acid Made Possible by Charge-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds," Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 6808-6813.
  14. Yan Zhao* and Zhenqi Zhong, "Oligomeric Cholates: Amphiphilic Foldamers with Nanometer-Sized Hydrophilic Cavities," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17894-17901.
  15. Yan Zhao* and Eui-Hyun Ryu, "Solvent-Tunable Binding of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Guests by Amphiphilic Molecular Baskets,"J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 7585-7591.
  16. Zhenqi Zhong, Jie Yan, and Yan Zhao*, "Cholic Acid-Derived Facial Amphiphiles with Different Ionic Characteristics," Langmuir 2005, 21, 6235-6239.
  17. Eui-Hyun Ryu and Yan Zhao*, "Efficient Synthesis of Water-Soluble Calixarenes Using Click Chemistry," Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1035-1037.
  18. Eui-Hyun Ryu and Yan Zhao*, "Environmentally Responsive Molecular Baskets: Unimolecular Mimics of Both Micelles and Reversed Micelles," Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 3187-3189.
    19. Publications prior to ISU:
  19. Laura G. Schultz, Yan Zhao, and Steven C. Zimmerman, "Synthesis of Cored Dendrimers with Internal Cross-Links,"Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 1962-1966.
  20. Joseph B. Lambert, Yan Zhao, and S. Mark Zhang, "Preparation of the Tricoordinate Silyl Cation," J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2001, 14, 370-379.
  21. Joseph B. Lambert, Yan Zhao, Hongwei Wu, Winston C. Tse, and Barbara Kuhlmann, "The Allyl Leaving Group Approach to Tricoordinate Silyl, Germyl, and Stannyl Cations," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 5001-5008.
  22. Joseph B. Lambert, Yan Zhao, and Hongwei Wu, "β-Silyl and β-Germyl Carbocations Stable at Room Temperature," J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2729-2736.
  23. Joseph B. Lambert, Yan Zhao, Robert W. Emblidge, Lourdes A. Salvador, Xiaoyang Liu, Jeung-Ho So, and Erik C. Chelius, "The β Effect of Silicon and Related Manifestations of σ Conjugation,"Acc. Chem. Res. 1999, 32, 183-190.
  24. Joseph B. Lambert, Charlotte L. Stern, Yan Zhao, Winston Tse, Catherine E. Shawl, Kirk T. Lentz, and Lidia Kania, "Torsional Distortions in Trimesitylsilanes and Trimesitylgermanes," J. Organomet. Chem.1998, 568, 21-31.
  25. Thomas Müller, Yan Zhao, and Joseph B. Lambert, "Computational Evidence for a Free Silylium Ion," Organometallics 1998, 17, 278-280.
  26. Joseph B. Lambert, Yan Zhao, and Charlotte L. Stern, "Two-dimensional Lattice of Superboats Composed of Silicon-centered Tetrahedra," J. Phys. Org. Chem. 1997, 10, 229-232.
  27. Joseph B. Lambert and Yan Zhao, "The Trimesitylsilylium Cation," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36, 400-401; Angew. Chem. 1997, 109, 389-391 (the work was highlighted in C&E News, January 6, 1997, page 7-8; Science 1997, 275, 39-40; Chemtracts 1997, 10, 841-843; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1997, 36, 1277-1280).
  28. Joseph B. Lambert and Yan Zhao, "A Stable β-Silyl Carbocation," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 7867-7868 (see also C&E News, August 26, 1996, page 31).
  29. Joseph B. Lambert and Yan Zhao, "β Effect of Phosphorus Functionalities," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 3156-3167.
  30. Joseph B. Lambert, Robert W. Emblidge, and Yan Zhao, "Participation of the β Phosponate Group in Carbocation Formation," J. Org. Chem.1994, 59, 5397-5403.