We are a young and active organic chemistry research group based at Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea. Our research interests span from the invention of new catalytic organic transformations to the design of novel catalysts to uncover previously unexplored pathways. The primary research direction pursued in our group is, to exploit fundamental homogeneous catalysis as a tool for further multidisciplinary and practical applications in the synthesis of biologically relevant molecules, materials science, and biological science.
학력
(Ph.D.) 2015 Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University
(M.S.) 2012 Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University
(B.S.) 2010 Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University
약력/경력
2019 – present Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
2019 – 2019 Assistant Professor, UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
2015 – 2019 Postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kohlenforschung, Germany (with Prof. Benjamin List: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021)
학술지 논문
(2025)
SuFEx-Enabled Catalytic Synthesis of Fluorescent Organosulfur Polymers for the Rapid Detection of Explosives.
ADVANCED SCIENCE.
(2025)
Superacid counteranion as flexiblecoordinating ligand for asymmetric organo-bismuth catalysis.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.
16,
(2025)
Water-Enhanced Catalysis: A Broadly Applicable Strategy for Promoting Reactivity and Selectivity in Diverse Chemical Reactions.
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH.
58,
13
(2025)
“On-Seawater” Accelerated Aquacatalysis by Edible Fatty Acid: Harnessing the Remarkable Salting-Out Effect.
GREEN CHEMISTRY.
27,
(2024)
Water-accelerated single-electron transfer aquaphotocatalysis for open-chain SuFEx hubs.
CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
5,
11
(2024)
Moisture-resistant nitroaromatic explosive gas sensor based on hydrophilic pentiptycene polymer.
BULLETIN OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
45,
10
(2024)
Highly Functionalized SuFEx-able Hub Bearing All-Carbon Quaternary Center via Rapid Bronsted Superbase Catalysis.
ORGANIC LETTERS.
26,
35
(2024)
Trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate: A sustainable precursor for multifunctional silylium Lewis acid organocatalysis.
Chem Catalysis.
4,
4
(2024)
Pinacolborane-assisted superacid organocatalysis enabled direct access to cytotoxic alkyl N-Cbz amines.
CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
(2023)
Recent Advances in the Catalytic Transformations to Access Alkylsulfonyl Fluorides as SuFEx Click Hubs.
ALDRICHIMICA ACTA.
56,
1
(2023)
Sustainable Organocatalytic Processes to Access Alkyl SuFEx Click Hubs and Tetrasubstituted Carbon Centers: Potential Libraries for Multidisciplinary Applications.
SYNLETT.
35,
04
(2023)
Sustainable organocatalytic cyanosilylation of ketones by PPM-level loading of triphenylcarbenium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate.
GREEN CHEMISTRY.
25,
6
(2023)
Alkyl Sulfonyl Fluorides Incorporating Geminal Dithioesters as SuFEx Click Hubs via Water-Accelerated Organosuperbase Catalysis.
ORGANIC LETTERS.
25,
7
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