(09/11/2026) Younghoon's paper entitled "Access to N-Fused Acyl Aziridines for Modular Difunctionalization of Olefins by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Nitrenoid Transfer" is now accepted for publication at Angewandte  Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to Younghoon!

(07/29/2026) Harin and Sourav's paper entitled "NHC-Mediated Olefin Amidoacylation via Amidyl Radical Intermediates Leading to 5- and 6-Membered Keto-Lactams" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Harin and Sourav!

(06/14/2026 ~ 06/17/2026) Our group participated in the 7th International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis, held in Suwon, Korea. It was an inspiring opportunity to engage with and learn from many distinguished chemists through insightful lectures. Jihye and Harin presented posters on their research.

(04/15/2026 ~ 04/17/2026) Our group participated in the 137th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, held in Jeju. We had the opportunity to hear a number of fascinating presentations at the JACS Symposium Series held in celebration of the 80th anniversary of KCS and the 150th anniversary of ACS.

(04/03/2026) We had our annual Strawberry party with Hong and Baik group from the Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations! The warm weather and soft music made for the perfect picnic beneath the cherry blossoms.

(03/18/2026) Xiang and Hoonchul's paper entitled "Transition-Metal Hydride Catalysis Meets Nitrenoid Transfer: Design Principles for Precision C–N Bond Formation" is now accepted for publication at Accounts of Chemical Research! Congratulations to Xiang and Hoonchul!

(10/22/2025 ~ 10/24/2025) Our group participated in the 136th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, held in Changwon. We enjoyed inspiring lectures such as "Frontiers in Asymmetric Catalysis" organized by the Institute for Basic Science. Also, Harin and Seung Beom won the best poster awards. Congratulations!

(10/22/2025) Jihye and Jeonguk's paper entitled "Photocatalytic N–N Cross-Coupling to Access N’-Aryl Hydrazides" is now accepted for publication at ACS Catalysis! Congratulations to Jihye, Jeonguk and Dongwook!

(10/13/2025) Suhyeon's paper entitled "Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Nitrenoid Transfer to Access Fused δ-Lactams via HFIP-Assisted Aziridination and Cascade Cyclization" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Suhyeon, Younghoon and Dongwook!

(10/10/2025) Qing and Hoonchul's paper entitled "NiH-Catalyzed Homobenzylic Hydroalkylation of Aryl Alkenes Using Sulfoxonium Ylides" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Qing, Hoonchul and Dongwook!

(09/22/2025) Hyeyun's paper entitled "Regioselective Formal β-C(sp³)–H Amidation of Ketones by Merging Photocatalysis and Ni-Nitrenoid Transfer" is now accepted for publication at Organic Letters! Congratulations to Hyeyun, Harin and Dongwook!

(09/05/2025) Hoonchul's paper entitled "Regioselective Hydroamidation of α,β-Unsaturated Esters Enabled by Lewis Acid/Iron Relay Catalysis" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Hoonchul and Dongwook!

(08/14/2025) Seung Beom's paper entitled "Post-functionalization of polyethers by photoinduced C–H amidation via polar-radical relay" is now accepted for publication at Nature Communications! Congratulations to Seung Beom and Dongwook!

(06/16/2025 ~ 06/19/2025) Our group had the pleasure of attending the 11th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry, held in Siheung, Korea. It was an inspiring opportunity to engage with and learn from many distinguished chemists through insightful lectures.

Soumyadip, Qing, Xiang, Suhyeon, Hoonchul, and Harin presented posters on their research. Congratulations to Soumyadip for receiving the Best Poster Award!

(06/06/2025) Harin and Hyeyun's paper entitled "Harnessing Bifunctional N-Benzoyloxyamides for Photoredox Amidative Dual Functionalizations of Alkenes" is now accepted for publication at publication at Angewandte  Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to Harin, Hyeyun, and Dongwook!

(05/28/2025) Hoimin and Jeonguk's paper entitled "Mechanistic Evaluations of Photocatalytic Access to N-Centered Radicals and Nitrenoids" is now accepted for publication at publication at BKCS! Congratulations to Hoimin and Jeonguk!

(05/15/2025) We had a heartwarming Teacher’s Day celebration filled with good food and great company. The evening featured delicious pizza and a sweet mango cake! Bumgu and Eojin prepared a thoughtful poster, compiling letters from all the group members to Prof. Chang—a heartfelt tribute to his guidance and support. It was a wholesome dinner shared by the whole group, making the celebration truly special. 

(04/24/2025 ~ 04/25/2025) Our group attended the 135th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society, held at the Suwon Convention Center. It was a valuable opportunity to attend plenary lectures, and Qing, Eojin, and Minjeong presented posters demonstrating their individual research.

(04/22/2025) KAIST and IBS collaborated to host the 2nd KAIST-IBS Cross-Generational Symposium on Organic Chemistry (CGSOC): The Three Generations. Esteemed professors from across the country gathered to share their outstanding research. We were also honored to welcome Professor Eric N. Jacobsen, who traveled across the world to deliver an insightful lecture on his groundbreaking work.

(04/04/2025) We had our annual Strawberry party with Hong and Baik group from the Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations! The warm sunlight and gentle breezes made the perfect atmosphere for a picnic beneath the cherry blossoms.

(02/25/2025) Xiang's paper entitled "Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Homobenzylic Hydroamidation of Aryl Alkenes to Access Chiral β-Arylamides" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Xiang, Eojin and Dongwook!

(02/17/2025) Hoimin and Jeonguk's paper entitled "Catalytic Amino Group Transfer Reactions Mediated by Photoinduced Nitrene Formation from Rhodium-Hydroxamates" is now accepted for publication at Angewandte  Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to Hoimin and Jeonguk!

(01/03/2025) Jeonguk's paper entitled "Reductive sulfinylation by nucleophilic chain isomerization of sulfonylpyridinium" is now accepted for publication at Nature Communications! Congratulations to Jeonguk and Qing!

(12/13/2024) Jeonguk's paper entitled "Stereoretentive Decarboxylative Amidation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids to Access Enamides" is now accepted for publication at Organic Letters! Congratulations to Jeonguk, Minjeong, and Dongwook!

(11/22/2024 ~ 11/23/2024) Our lab had a workshop in Tongyeong! We enjoyed amazing sceneries, fresh seafoods, lab seminar and fun idea proposal tournament :D We also stopped by Jinju on our way back and had so much fun!

(10/30/2024) Qing's paper entitled "Remote Catalytic C(sp3)–H Alkylation via Relayed Carbenoid Transfer upon Olefin Chain Walking" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to Qing, Jeonguk, and Dongwook!

(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 Jeong, Dongwook!

(06/13/2024) Hoimin's paper entitled "Photoinduced Group Transposition via Iridium-Nitrenoid Leading to Amidative Inner-Sphere Aryl Migration" is now accepted for publication at Angewandte Chemie International Edition! Congratulations to Hoimin, Daniel and Dongwook!

(05/14/2024) We celebrated Teacher's day with a cake and a beautiful poster made by Younghoon, Beomgu and Eojin!

(05/09/2024) Hoimin gave a heartwarming farewell speech at his last lab seminar, marking the end of his six-year journey at SBC lab. We also enjoyed pizza and beer in the rooftop garden under a dazzling sunset! 

(05/14/2024) Xiang's paper entitled "Enantioselective Access to β-Amino Carbonyls via a Ni-Catalyzed Formal Olefin Hydroamidation" is now accepted for publication at JACS! Congratulations to JeongUk, Bumsu and Dongwook!

(05/07/2024) Jeonguk and Bumsu's paper entitled "Decarboxylative Stereoretentive C–N Coupling by Harnessing Aminating Reagent" is now accepted for publication at Nature Communications! Congratulations to JeongUk, Bumsu and Dongwook!

(04/24/2024~04/26/2024) Our group attended the 133rd General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS), which was held at Suwon. We had valuable opportunities to learn different chemistry from various universities! Some of group members gave poster presentations and won prizes! Congrats!

(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!