主要研究方向
1）天然產物全合成和生物活性分子的合成
2）有機合成新方法的研究
文章及專著
1) Mark Froimowitz, Yonghong Gu, Les A. Dakin, Charles J. Kelly, Damon Parrish and Jeffrey R. Deschamps “Vinylogous Amide Analogs ofMethylphenidate?Bioorg. Med. Chem.Lett. 2005, 15, 3044-3047.
2) Yonghong Gu and Barry B. Snider "Synthesis of ent-Haterumalide NA (ent-Oocydin A) Methyl Ester" Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 4385-4388.
3) Barry B. Snider and Yonghong Gu "Total Synthesis of (-)- and (+)-Dysibetaine" Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1761-1763.
4) Zhigang Wang, Yonghong Gu, Antonio J. Zapata and Gerald B.Hammond"An Improved Preparation of -Fluorinated Propargylphosphonates and the Solid Phase Synthesis of Hydroxy-TIPS Propargylphosphonate Ester" J. Fluorine. Chem. 2001, 107, 127-132.
5) Yonghong Gu, Takuo Hama and Gerald B. Hammond "Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic -Fluoromethylidenephosphonates Using -Fluoroallenephosphonates as Dieneophile" Chem. Commun. 2000, 395-396.
6) Antonio J. Zapata, Yonghong Gu and Gerald. B. Hammond "The First -Fluoroallenylphosphonate, the Synthesis of Conjucated Fluoroenynes, and the Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinylfluorophosphonates Using a New Multifunctional Fluorine-Containing Building Block" J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 227-234.
