Ph.D. – Chemistry, Wayne State University
M.Sc. – Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications:
Crich, D.; Yang, F. “Phenylthiomethyl glycosides: convenient synthons for the formation of azidomethyl and glycosylmethyl glycosides and their derivatives” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2009, 48, 8896.
Crich, D.; Yang, F. "Synthesis of Neoglycoconjugates by the Desulfurative Rearrangement of Allylic Disulfides,"J. Org. Chem. (Featured Article) 2008, 73, 7017.
Crich, D.; Cai, F.; Yang, F. "A Stable, Commercially Available Sulfenyl Chloride for the Activation of Thioglycosides in Conjunction with Silver Trifluoromethanesulfonate," Carbohydr. Res. 2008, 343, 1858.
Crich, D; Guo, S; Yang, F; Sana, K. “Methods for the Preparation of Functionalized Peptides, Proteins and Carbohydrates and Their Conjugates.” US patent, WO 2008066816, 2008
Crich, D.; Yang, F. “ Glycopeptide Synthesis by Novel Chemical Ligation Methods”, Carbohydrate Gordon Research Conferences, Tilton, NH, 17th June 2007
Da, C.-S.; Ni, M.; Han, Z.-j.; Yang, F.; Wang, R. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 2006, 245, 1.
Da, C.-S.; Han, Z.-j.; Ni, M.; Yang, F.; Liu, D.-x.; Zhou, Y.-f.; Wang, R. “A Convenient Synthesis of Piperidine-Based β-Amino Alcohols from L-Phe and Highly Enantioselective Addition of Diethyl Zinc to Aldehydes,” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2003, 14, 659.
Qi, Y.-M.; Yang, D.-J.; Duan, X.; Yang, F.; Li, S.-R.; Wang, R. “Endomorphins inhibit contractile responses of rat thoracic aorta rings induced by phenylephrine and angiotensin II in vitro,”Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 2002, 23, 40.