(04/08/2023) Hoonchul's paper entitled "Mechanistic Approach Toward the C4-Selective Amination of Pyridines via Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen" is now accepted for publication at Angewandte Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to Hoonchul, Won Seok, Pit, Jianbo and Dongwook Kim!

(04/05/2024) We threw our annual Strawberry Party with other groups from Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations! It was the perfect weather for picnic under beautifully bloomed cherry blossom. 

(12/06/2023) Hyeyun's paper entitled "Amidative β-Scission of Alcohols Enabled by Dual Catalysis of Photoredox Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer and Inner-Sphere Ni-Nitrenoid Transfer" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Hyeyun, Harin, and Dongwook!

(11/30/2023) Sourav and Jeonguk's paper entitled "A Formal γ-C–H Functionalization of Carboxylic Acids Guided by Metal-Nitrenoids as an Unprecedented Mechanistic Motif" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Sourav, Jeonguk, Manoj, Hoimin, Joon, Yeong Bum, Dongwook, and Jung-Woo!

(11/05/2023) Euijae's paper entitled "Iridium Acylnitrenoid-Initiated Biomimetic Cascade Cyclizations: Stereodefined Access to Polycyclic δ-Lactams" is now online at JACS! A huge collaboration with Prof. Giuseppe Zanoni's group (University of Pavia). Congratulations to Euijae, Hoimin, Jihye, and Dongwook!

(10/31/2023) Qing's paper entitled "Iridium-Catalyzed Migratory Terminal C(sp³)–H Amidation of Heteroatom-Substituted Internal Alkenes via Olefin Chain Walking" is now published at JACS! Congratulations to Qing, Hoimin, and Dongwook!

(10/25/2023 ~ 10/27/2023) Our group went to the 132nd General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Soceity (KCS) at Gwangju! Professor Chang gave a valuable plenary speech filled with take-home lessons. 

(10/20/2023) Our group, in collaboration with Drug Discovery & Organic Synthesis Lab (Hong group), held the first ever Sports Day! We played volleyball, foot volleyball, dodgeball, throwing shoes, tug of war, relay and three-legged race. After those fun games, we had a feast of pizza and chicken at our rooftop! Yum :)

(08/23/2023 ~ 08/25/2023) Our group attended 2023 Organic Chemistry Division of KCS Summer Workshop at PyeongChang! Prof. Chang gave a lecture on Some Tips for Writing a Good Manuscript.

(08/25/2023) Xiang's work on Ni-catalyzed chiral β-lactam synthesis via intramolecular alkene hydroamidation is now published in Nature Catalysis (Title: Intramolecular Hydroamidation of Alkenes Enabling Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams via Transposed NiH Catalysis). Congratulations to Xiang, Changhyeon, Hoimin, Teresa, Dongwook, and Sangwon!!

(07/25/2023-07/28/2023) Prof. Chang, Dongwook, and Hoimin attended the 4th International Symposium on Carbene and Nitrene Chemistry (ISCNC-4) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(07/24/2023-07/28/2023) Suhyeon and Jeonguk attended the 21st International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Toward Organic Synthesis (OMCOS XXI) held in Vancouver, Canada.

(07/21/2023) Hoimin and Dongwook's work on rhodium-acylnitrenoid capturing is now published in Science as the First Release article (Title: Mechanistic Snapshots of Rhodium-Catalyzed Acylnitrene Transfer Reactions). A nice collaborative work with Prof. Mi Hee Lim's group at KAIST. Congratulations to Hoimin, Jeonguk, and Dongwook!

(07/19/2023) Suhyeon's paper entitled "Regio- and Enantioselective Catalytic δ-C–H Amidation of Dioxazolones Enabled by Open-Shell Copper-Nitrenoid Transfer" is now online at JACS! Congratulations to Suhyeon, Se Lin, Jianbo, and Dongwook!

(07/11/2023) We held the 1st Super Group Meeting, in collaboration with Han and Park Group. Speakers from each group shared their progress with other group members!

SBC group enjoyed blooming spring during 2023 Strawberry Party :)

(12/01/2022) Jeonghyo's paper on Versatile Utility of Cp*Co(III) Catalysts in C–H Amination under Inner- and Outer-sphere Pathway is accepted in Synlett. Congratulations to Jeonghyo!

SBC group went group hiking to Mt. Songni!

(10/19/2022~10/21/2022) SBC group attended 130th General Meeting of the KCS in Gyeongju.

(08/24/2022~08/26/2022) SBC group attended 2022 Organic Chemistry Division of KCS Summer Workshop in Goseong. Jiwoo received the award for poster presentation. Congratulations!

(08/08/2022~08/10/2022) Professor Sehoon Park (from Guangdong-Technion Israel Institute of Technology) gave a great lecture about reaction mechanism and kinetics.

(08/03/2022) Jeonghyo's paper on Alcohol-Incorporating Diels–Alder Dimerization of In Situ Formed ortho-Quinamine via Co-Nitrenoid Insertion is accepted in Organic Letters. Congratulations to Jeonghyo, Bora and Dongwook!

(06/19/2022~06/22/2022) Professor, Dr. Seo, Hoimin and Jeonguk attended ISCHA-6 held in Gottingen.

(06/26/2022~07/01/2022) Hoimin attended the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.

(06/10/2022) Jiwoo and Hoimin's paper on "Multidimensional Screening Accelerates the Discovery of Rhodium Catalyst Systems for Selective Intra- and Intermolecular C–H Amidations" is accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to Jiwoo, Hoimin and Dongwook!

(05/16/2022) Happy Teacher's Day!

(05/12/2022) Hoonchul and Xiang's paper on "Endo-Selective Intramolecular Alkyne Hydroamidation Enabled by NiH Catalysis Incorporating Alkenylnickel Isomerization" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Hoonchul, Xiang, Dongwook and Sangwon!

(04/30/2022) All members got together almost first time since the COVID-19 

(04/29/2022) Zijun and Jeonguk's paper on "Photoinduced Transition Metal-Free Chan-Evans-Lam-Type Coupling: Dual Photoexcitation Mode with Halide Anion Effect" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Zijun, Jeonguk, Hoimin, Dongwook and Sangwon!

(04/13/2022~04/15/2022) SBC group attended 129th General Meeting of the KCS in Jeju. Eunchan and Hoonchul received the award for poster presentation. Congratulations!

(04/11/2022) Wongyu's paper on "Photoinduced α-C–H Amination of Cyclic Amine Scaffolds Enabled by Polar-Radical Relay" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Wongyu, Dongwook and Sangwon!

(04/07/2022) 장석복 교수님께서 2022년 삼성호암상 화학-생명과학부문 수상자로 선정되셨습니다. 축하드립니다!

Prof. Sukbok Chang was selected as a laureate of the 2022 Samsung HO-AM prize (chemistry and life sciences). Congratulations!

(04/07/2022) Eunchan and Joon's paper on "KOtBu-Catalyzed 1,2-Silaboration of N-Heteroarenes to Access 2-Silylheterocycles: A Cooperative Model for the Regioselectivity" is accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to Eunchan, Joon, Seongho and Dongwook!

(04/06/2022) Our group had a strawberry party enjoying cherry blossom!

(03/25/2022) Because Dr. Manoj and Jan will leave the SBC group, group members took pictures and had a coffee break with professor. Goodbye Dr. Manoj and Jan, we hope you keep a good memory in our group!

(03/17/2022) Manoj and Sourav's paper on "Head-to-Head Homocoupling of Ynamides via a Dual Activation Mode of Triple Bonds by Half Sandwich Metal Complexes" is accepted in Organometallics. Congratulations to Manoj, Sourav, Dongwook and Dr. Jung-Woo Park!

(02/19/2022) Yeongyu's paper on "Chain Walking as a Strategy for Iridium-Catalyzed Migratory Amidation of Alkenyl Alcohols to Access α-Amino Ketones" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Yeongyu, Seung Beom and Dongwook!

(02/05/2022) Won Seok's paper on "C2-Selective, Functional Group Divergent Amination of Pyrimidines by Enthalpy-Controlled Nucleophilic Functionalization" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Won Seok, Hoonchul, Jianbo and Dongwook!

(02/04/2022) Minhan's paper on "On the Origin of Rh-Catalyzed Selective Ring-Opening Amidation of Substituted Cyclopropanols to Access β²-Amino Ketones" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Minhan, Joon and Dongwook!

(01/28/2022) Yunyeong and Minhan's paper on "Iridium-Catalyzed Amidation of In Situ Prepared Silyl Ketene Acetals to Access α-Amino Esters" is accepted in Organic Letters. Congratulations to Yunyeong, Minhan and Dongwook!

(01/08/2022) Jeonguk's paper on "Access to β-Lactams via Iron-Catalyzed Olefin Oxyamidation Enabled by π-Accepting Phthalocyanine Ligand" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Jeonguk, Dongwook and Seungju!

Dr. Jianbo will go back to China, so he had a farewell seminar talk.

Professor Sukbok Chang has been selected as Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) by Clarivate in 2021. Congratulations!

SBC group went group hiking to Mt. Gyeryong with Professor!

SBC group went group hiking to Mt. Gyeryong with Professor!

(11/02/2021) Youyoung's paper on "Ir(III)-Catalysed electrooxidative intramolecular dehydrogenative C−H/N−H coupling for the synthesis of N−H indoles" is accepted in Chemical Communications. Congratulations to Youyoung and Dongwook!

(10/27/2021) Jeonghyo's paper on "Cobalt-Nitrenoid Insertion-Mediated Amidative Carbon Rearrangement via Alkyl-Walking on Arenes" is accepted in JACS. Congratulations to Jeonghyo, Bora, Dongwook and Jia!

(10/13/2021~10/15/2021) SBC group attended 128th General Meeting of the KCS in Busan! Minhan received the award for best poster presentation. Congratulations!

(09/27/2021) Teresa will go back to Germany, so group members took pictures with her. Good bye, Teresa!

(09/27/2021) Suhyeon and Hyeyun stayed at the lab of Prof. Frank Glorius (University of Muenster, Germany). Welcome back!

(09/24/2021) Hyeyun and Hoimin's paper on "Visible-Light Induced C(sp²)–H Amidation with an Aryl–Alkyl σ-Bond Relocation via Redox-Neutral Radical-Polar Crossover" is accepted in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations to Hyeyun, Hoimin, Jiwoo and Dongwook!

(09/24/2021) Manoj and Dr. Jung-Woo Park's paper on "Regioselective Access to α-Vinylsilanes and α-Vinylgermanes by Cobalt-catalyzed Migratory Hydrofunctionalization of 2-Alkynes" is accepeted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations to Manoj, Dongwook and Dr. Jung-Woo Park!

(09/06/2021) Our new group web page is now online. Also, we appreciate to have a new group logo designed by Dr. Youyoung Kim!

(07/05/2021) We enjoyed the specially decorated cake together. Happy birthday to Prof. Chang! 

(05/20/2021) Seongho's ACS Catalysis paper on electrochemical C–H oxygenation using rhodium catalysts is now on-line. Congratulations to Seongho, Jinwoo, Dongwook and Jung-Woo!

(05/12/2021) Our review on the development of C–H amination catalysis using dioxazolones as amidating sources has been accepted in Acc. Chem. Res. Congratulations to Seung Youn, Yeongyu, and Minhan!