Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations
Institute for Basic Science (IBS) & Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations
Professor Chang's group studies new organic reactions and mechanisms with transition metal catalysis. Research topics in our group have ranged in the development of new useful synthetic methodologies based on transition metal chemistry, synthesis of biologically important products, organic catalysis, chirality amplification and molecular mechanics based on molecular assembly. Research goals include transition metal catalyzed C–H bond functionalization for the carbon–carbon bond and carbon–heteroatom bond formation, development of useful catalytic organic transformations, methane activation and catalytic de-functionalization.
(10/17/2024 ~ 10/18/2024) Our group attended the 134th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS) held in Daegu. Jeonguk won the Dongwoo Fine Chem Poster Award! Xiang and Soumyadip also won the Best Poster Award! Congratulations!
(10/10/2024) Our group had a wholesome pizza dinner at a rooftop garden🍕 Under dazzling sunset, we enjoyed autumn breeze, delicious pizza and pleasant weather!
(08/30/2024) Jeonguk and Minjeong's paper entitled "Enhancing the Sustainability and Scalability of Transition-Metal-Free Stereoretentive Decarboxylative Amidation with Dioxazolones" is now accepted for publication at OPR&D! Congratulations to Jeonguk, Minjeong, and Dongwook!
(08/26/2024~08/28/2024) Our group went to the 2024 Organic Chemistry Division of KCS Summer Workshop at Yeosu. We had great opportunities to explore the posters of other groups and attend various tutorial sessions and talks to learn about different areas of chemistry!
(08/15/2024~08/18/2024) Professor Chang, Xiang and Qing attended the 6th International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis held at Nankai University. Professor Chang gave a plenary speech and Qing and Xiang won the poster awards!
(07/30/2024) Soumyadip and Jiwoo's paper entitled "Visible-Light-Promoted Enantioselective α-Amidation of Aldehydes by Harnessing Organo-Iron Dual Catalysis" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Soumyadip, Jiwoo and Dongwook!