Publications (Present ~ 2013)

267. Enhancing the Sustainability and Scalability of Transition-Metal-Free Stereoretentive Decarboxylative Amidation with Dioxazolones

Jeonguk Kweon,† Minjeong Lee,† Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

(† equally contributed)

📜 Org. Process Res. Dev. 2024, 28, 3691–3697

266. Visible-Light-Promoted Enantioselctive α-Amidation of Aldehydes by Harnessing Organo-Iron Dual Catalysis

Soumyadip Hore,† Jiwoo Jeong,† Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

(† equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22172–22179

265. Photoinduced Group Transposition via Iridium-Nitrenoid Leading to Amidative Inner-Sphere Aryl Migration

Hoimin Jung, Jungkweon Choi, Daniel Kim, Jeong Hoon Lee, Hyotcherl Ihee, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202408123

264. Enantioselective Access to β-Amino Carbonyls via a Ni-Catalyzed Formal Olefin Hydroamidation

Xiang Lyu, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 14745–14753

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263. Decarboxylative Stereoretentive C–N Coupling by Harnessing Aminating Reagent

Jeonguk Kweon,† Bumsu Park,† Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

(† equally contributed)

📜 Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 3788

262. Mechanistic Approach Toward the C4-Selective Amination of Pyridines via Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen

Hoonchul Choi,† Won Seok Ham,† Pit van Bonn, Jianbo Zhang, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202401388

261. Amidative β-Scission of Alcohols Enabled by Dual Catalysis of Photoredox Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer and Inner-Sphere Ni-Nitrenoid Transfer

Hyeyun Keum, Harin Ryoo, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 1001-1008

2023

260. A Formal γ-C–H Functionalization of Carboxylic Acids Guided by Metal-Nitrenoids as an Unprecedented Mechanistic Motif

Sourav Pradhan,† Jeonguk Kweon,† Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Hoimin Jung, Joon Heo, Yeong Bum Kim, Dongwook Kim, Jung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 28251-28263

259. Iridium Acylnitrenoid-Initiated Biomimetic Cascade Cyclizations: Stereodefined Access to Polycyclic δ-Lactams

Eleonora Tufano,‡ Euijae Lee,‡ Matteo Barilli,† Emanuele Casali,† Andraž Oštrek,† Hoimin Jung, Marta Morana, Jihye Kang, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang, and Giuseppe Zanoni (‡, † equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24724-24735

258. Iridium-Catalyzed Migratory Terminal C(sp³)–H Amidation of Heteroatom-Substituted Internal Alkenes via Olefin Chain Walking

Qing Wang, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24940-24951

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257. Intramolecular Hydroamidation of Alkenes Enabling Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams via Transposed NiH Catalysis

Xiang Lyu, Changhyeon Seo, Hoimin Jung, Teresa Faber, Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Nat. Catal. 2023, 6, 784-795

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256. Mechanistic Snapshots of Rhodium-Catalyzed Acylnitrene Transfer Reactions

Hoimin Jung, Jeonguk Kweon, Jong-Min Suh, Mi Hee Lim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Science 2023, 381, 525-532 (Free access [Link])

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255. Regio- and Enantioselective Catalytic δ-C–H Amidation of Dioxazolones Enabled by Open-Shell Copper-Nitrenoid Transfer

Suhyeon Kim, Se Lin Song, Jianbo Zhang, Dongwook Kim, Sungwoo Hong, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16238-16248

📜 Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1091-1099

254. Energy-transfer-induced [3+2] cycloadditions of N–N pyridinium ylides

Wooseok Lee, Yejin Koo, Hoimin Jung, Sukbok Chang, and Sungwoo Hong

253. Deconstructive Pyridylation of Unstrained Cyclic Amines through a One-Pot Umpolung Approach

Seonghyeok Hong, Byeongseok Kweon, Wooseok Lee, Sukbok Chang, and Sungwoo Hong

📜 Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 2722-2727

252. Versatile Utility of Cp*Co(III) Catalysts in C–H Amination under Inner- and Outer-sphere Pathway

Jeonghyo Lee and Sukbok Chang

📜 Synlett. 2023, 34, 1356–1366

Special Issue for Professor Masahiro Murakami

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2022

251. Alcohol-Incorporating Diels–Alder Dimerization of In Situ Formed ortho-Quinamine via Co-Nitrenoid Insertion

Jeonghyo Lee, Bora Kang, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5845–5850

250. Multidimensional Screening Accelerates the Discovery of Rhodium Catalyst Systems for Selective Intra- and Intermolecular C–H Amidations

Jiwoo Jeong,† Hoimin Jung,† Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 8127-8138

249. Endo-Selective Intramolecular Alkyne Hydroamidation Enabled by NiH Catalysis Incorporating Alkenylnickel Isomerization

Hoonchul Choi,† Xiang Lyu,† Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 10064-10074

248. Photoinduced Transition Metal-Free Chan-Evans-Lam-Type Coupling: Dual Photoexcitation Mode with Halide Anion Effect

Zijun Zhou,† Jeonguk Kweon,† Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9161-9171

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247. Photoinduced α-C–H Amination of Cyclic Amine Scaffolds Enabled by Polar-Radical Relay

Wongyu Lee, Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202971

246. KOtBu-Catalyzed 1,2-Silaboration of N-Heteroarenes to Access 2-Silylheterocycles: A Cooperative Model for the Regioselectivity

Eunchan Jeong,† Joon Heo,† Seongho Jin, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 4898-4905

245. Head-to-Head Homocoupling of Ynamides via a Dual Activation Mode of Triple Bonds by Half Sandwich Metal Complexes

Manoj Kumar Sahoo,† Sourav Pradhan,† Dongwook Kim, Jung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 Organometallics 2022, 41, 900-905

244. Chain Walking as a Strategy for Iridium-Catalyzed Migratory Amidation of Alkenyl Alcohols to Access α-Amino Ketones

Yeongyu Hwang, Seung Beom Baek, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4277-4285

243. On the Origin of Rh-Catalyzed Selective Ring-Opening Amidation of Substituted Cyclopropanols to Access β²-Amino Ketones

Minhan Lee, Joon Heo, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 3667-3675

242. C2-Selective, Functional Group Divergent Amination of Pyrimidines by Enthalpy-Controlled Nucleophilic Functionalization

Won Seok Ham, Hoonchul Choi, Jianbo Zhang, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2885-2892

241. Iridium-Catalyzed Amidation of In Situ Prepared Silyl Ketene Acetals to Access α-Amino Esters

Yunyeong Gwon,† Minhan Lee,† Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 1088-1093

240. Access to β-Lactams via Iron-Catalyzed Olefin Oxyamidation Enabled by π-Accepting Phthalocyanine Ligand

Jeonguk Kweon, Dongwook Kim, Seungju Kang, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1872-1880

2021

239. Ir(III)-Catalysed electrooxidative intramolecular dehydrogenative C−H/N−H coupling for the synthesis of N−H indoles

Youyoung Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 12309-12312

238. Cobalt-Nitrenoid Insertion-Mediated Amidative Carbon Rearrangement via Alkyl-Walking on Arenes

Jeonghyo Lee, Bora Kang, Dongwook Kim, Jia Lee, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 18406-18412

📜 ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 6590–6595

237. Visible-Light Induced C(sp²)–H Amidation with an Aryl–Alkyl σ-Bond Relocation via Redox-Neutral Radical-Polar Crossover

Hyeyun Keum,† Hoimin Jung,† Jiwoo Jeong, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 25235-25240

236. Regioselective Access to α-Vinylsilanes and α-Vinylgermanes by Cobalt-catalyzed Migratory Hydrofunctionalization of 2-Alkynes

Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang, and Jung-Woo Park

📜 ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 12777-12784

235. Electrolytic C–H Oxygenation via Oxidatively Induced Reductive Elimination in Rh Catalysis

Seongho Jin, Jinwoo Kim, Dongwook Kim, Jung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang

234. Mechanism-Guided Development of Transition-Metal Catalyzed C–N Bond-Forming Reactions Using Dioxazolones as the Versatile Amidating Source

Seung Youn Hong, Yeongyu Hwang, Minhan Lee, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 2683–2700

233. C–H Activation

Torben Rogge, Nikolaos Kaplaneris, Naoto Chatani, Jinwoo Kim, Sukbok Chang, Benudhar Punji, Laurel L Schafer, Djamaladdin (Jamal) Musaev, Joanna Wencel-Delord, Charis Roberts, Richmond Sarpong, Zoe Wilson, Margaret Brimble, Magnus Johansson, and Lutz Ackermann

📜 Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2021, 1, 43

232. Nitrene-mediated intermolecular N–N coupling for efficient synthesis of hydrazides

Hao Wang, Hoimin Jung, Fangfang Song, Shiyang Zhu, Ziqian Bai, Danye Chen, Gang He, Sukbok Chang, and Gong Chen

📜 Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 378–385

📜 Org. Process Res. Dev. 2021, 25, 1176–1183

231. N-Chloro-N-sodio-carbamates as a Practical Amidating Reagent for Scalable and Sustainable Amidation of Aldehydes under Visible Light

Hyun Ji Jeon, Wongyu Lee, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang

230. Enantioselective Access to Spirolactams via Nitrenoid Transfer Enabled by Enhanced Noncovalent Interactions

Euijae Lee,† Yeongyu Hwang,† Yeong Bum Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang († equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6363–6369

229. Merging NiH Catalysis and Inner-Sphere Metal-Nitrenoid Transfer for Hydroamidation of Alkynes

Xiang Lyu, Jianbo Zhang, Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5867–5877

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5191–5200

228. Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular C–H Amidation of Unactivated Alkanes

Jeonghyo Lee, Seongho Jin, Dongwook Kim, Soon Hyeok Hong, and Sukbok Chang

227. Tuning Orbital Symmetry of Iridium Nitrenoid Enables Catalytic Diastereo- and Enantioselective Alkene Difunctionalizations

Suhyeon Kim, Dongwook Kim, Seung Youn Hong, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3993–4004

📜 ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 3067–3072

226. Ni-Catalyzed Intermolecular C(sp³)–H Amidation Tuned by Bidentate Directing Groups

Yeong Bum Kim, Joonghee Won, Jeonghyo Lee, Junho Kim, Bingwei Zhou, Jung-Woo Park, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

225. Controlled Relay Process to Access N-Centered Radicals for Catalyst-free Amidation of Aldehydes under Visible Light

Wongyu Lee,† Hyun Ji Jeon,† Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, Sangwon Seo, and Sukbok Chang (†equally contributed)

📜 Chem 2021, 7, 495–508

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224. Oxidatively Induced Reductive Elimination for Methyl Group Transfer via Isolable Transmetalation Complexes

Jinwoo Kim, Seongho Jin, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2021, 42, 529–532

Special Issue on "Chemical Synthesis & Reaction Development"

223. Cobalt-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of 3-Alkynes Accompanying π-Bond Migration

Yeong Bum Kim, Dongwook Kim, Shashikant U. Dighe, Sukbok Chang, and Jung-Woo Park

📜 ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 1548–1553

222. Catalytic Access to Carbocation Intermediates via Nitrenoid Transfer Leading to Allylic Lactams

Seung Youn Hong, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Nat. Catal. 2021, 4, 79–88

221. Highly Robust Iron Catalyst System for Intramolecular C(sp³)-H Amidation Leading to γ-Lactams

Jeonguk Kweon, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2909–2914

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📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20588–20593

2020

220. Copper-Catalyzed Formal Dehydrogenative Coupling of Carbonyls with Polyfluoroarenes Leading to β-C–H Arylation

Weilong Xie, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

219. Merging Two Functions in a Single Rh Catalyst System: Bimodular Conjugate for Light-Induced Oxidative Coupling

Jinwoo Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19052–19057

218. Ring-Opening Functionalizations of Unstrained Cyclic Amines Enabled by Difluorocarbene Transfer

Youyoung Kim, Joon Heo, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang and Sangwon Seo

📜Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4761

217. cine-Silylative Ring-Opening of α-Methyl Azacycles Enabled by the Silylium-Induced C-N Bond Cleavage

Jianbo Zhang and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12585-12590

216. Modular Tuning of Electrophilic Reactivity of Iridium Nitrenoids for the Intermolecular Selective α-Amidation of β-Keto Esters

Minhan Lee, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, Jung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11999-12004

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12324-12332

215. Versatile Cp*Co(III)(LX) Catalyst System for Selective Intramolecular C–H Amidation Reactions

Jia Lee†, Jeonghyo Lee†, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, Juhyeon Park, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8880-8889

214. Quantitative Analysis on Two-Point Ligand Modulation of Iridium Catalysts for Chemodivergent C–H Amidation

Yeongyu Hwang, Hoimin Jung, Euijae Lee, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7487-7496

213. Copper-Catalyzed Direct C–H Alkylation of Polyfluoroarenes by Using Hydrocarbons as an Alkylating Source

Weilong Xie, Joon Heo, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

212. Tuning Triplet Energy Transfer of Hydroxamates as the Nitrene Precursor for Intramolecular C(sp³)–H Amidation

Hoimin Jung, Hyeyun Keum, Jeonguk Kweon, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5811-5818

211. NHC-Catalyzed 1,2-Selective Hydroboration of Quinolines

Jinseong Jeong†, Joon Heo†, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5023-5029

210. Double Hydroboration of Quinolines via Borane Catalysis: Diastereoselective One Pot Synthesis of 3‐Hydroxytetrahydroquinolines

Eunae Kim, Hyun Ji Jeon, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 361, 308-313

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2019

209. Harnessing Secondary Coordination Sphere Interactions Enables the Selective Amidation of Benzylic C−H Bonds

Hoimin Jung, Malte Schrader, Dongwook Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik, Yoonsu Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15356-15366

Featured in a Virtual Issue "Chemistry in Korea: IBS and Beyond"

208. Synthesis of Polypropylene via Catalytic Deoxygenation of Poly(methyl acrylate)

Choongseop Jeon, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang, Jeung Gon Kim, and Myungeun Seo

📜 ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1172-1178

207. Strategic Approach to the Metamorphosis of γ-Lactones to NH γ-Lactams via Reductive Cleavage and C–H Amidation

Hoi-Yun Jung, Sukbok Chang, and Sungwoo Hong

📜 Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7099-7103

206. Disrotatory Ring-Opening of Furans Gives Stereocontrol

Jinhoon Jeong, Hyunjoong Kim, Chinmoy K. Hazra, Sukbok Chang, and Mu-Hyun Baik

📜 J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 11061-11067

205. Ru-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Regioselective C8–H Arylation of Quinoline N-Oxides

Jinwoo Kim, Suhyeon Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 13150-13158

Special Issue on "C–H Bond Functionalization"

204. Metal-Free Carbocyclization of Homoallylic Silyl Ethers Leading to Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutanes

Jianbo Zhang,Chinmoy Kumar Hazra, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 1637-1640

Special Issue on "Dedication to Researchers in Korea"

203. Stereodefined Access to Lactams via Olefin Difunctionlization: Iridium Nitrenoids as a Motif of LUMO-Controlled Dipoles

Seung Youn Hong and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10399-10408

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202. Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp³)–H Amidation Controlled by Attractive Noncovalent Interactions

Hao Wang, Yoonsu Park, Zigian Bai, Sukbok Chang, Gang He, and Gong Chen

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7194-7201

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201. Sequential C−H Borylation and N‐Demethylation of 1,1’‐Biphenylamines: An Alternative Route to Polycyclic BN‐Heteroarenes

Jianbo Zhang, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 7361-7365

200. Synthetic Utility of N-Benzoyloxyamides as an Alternative Precursor of Acylnitrenoids for γ-Lactam Formation

Soohee Huh,† Seung Youn Hong,† and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2808-2812

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199. Alkoxide-Promoted Selective Hydroboration of N-Heteroarenes: Pivotal Roles of in situ Generated BH3 in the Dearomatization Process

Eunchan Jeong, Joon Heo, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 6320-6325

198. Ni-Mediated Generation of "CN" Unit from Formamide and Its Catalysis in the Cyanation Reactions

Luo Yang, Yu-Ting Liu, Yoonsu Park, Sung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 3360-3365.

197. Oxidatively Induced Reductive Elimination: Exploring the Scope and Catalyst Systems with Ir, Rh, and Ru Complexes

Jinwoo Kim,† Kwangmin Shin,† Seongho Jin, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4137-4146

196. Asymmetric Formation of γ-Lactams via C−H Amidation Enabled by Chiral Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Catalysts

Yoonsu Park and Sukbok Chang

📜 Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 219-227

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2018

195. Copper-Mediated Amination of Aryl C–H Bonds with the Direct Use of Aqueous Ammonia via a Disproportionation Pathway

Hyunwoo Kim, Joon Heo, Junho Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13350-13356

194. Catalytic Access to Bridged Sila-N-Heterocycles from Piperidines via Cascade sp³ and sp² C–Si Bond Formation

Jianbo Zhang, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13209-13213

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📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12359-12363

193. Ir(III)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Haloamidation of Alkynes Enabled by Ligand Participation

Seung Youn Hong, Junsoo Son, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13565-13569

192. Revisiting Arene C(sp²)–H Amidation by Intramolecular Transfer of Iridium Nitrenoids: Evidence for a Spirocyclization Pathway

Yeongyu Hwang,† Yoonsu Park,† Yeong Bum Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

191. Conjugate Addition of Perfluoroarenes to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls Enabled by an Alkoxide-Hydrosilane System: Implication of a Radical Pathway

Weilong Xie, Sung-Woo Park, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim,Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 9659-9668

190. Delineating Physical Organic Parameters in Site-Selective C–H Functionalization of Indoles

Youyoung Kim,† Yoonsu Park,† and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 768-775

Featured in a Virtual Issue "Chemistry in Korea: IBS and Beyond"

189. Piers’ Borane-Mediated Hydrosilylation of Epoxides and Cyclic Ethers

Jianbo Zhang, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7243-7246

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188. Comparison of the Reactivities and Selectivities of Group 9 [Cp*MIII] Catalysts in C−H Functionalization Reactions

Juhyeon Park and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Asian. J. 2018, 38, 1089-1102

187. Silylative Reductive Amination of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes: A Convenient Synthetic Route to β-Silylated Secondary Amines

Eunae Kim, Sehoon Park and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 5765-5769

186. Selective formation of γ-lactams via C–H amidation enabled by tailored iridium catalysts

Seung Youn Hong†, Yoonsu Park†, Yeongyu Hwang, Yeong Bum Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 Science 2018, 359, 1016-1021

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📜 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2692-2696

185. Reductive Carbocyclization of Homoallylic Alcohols to syn-Cyclobutanes by a Boron-Catalyzed Dual Ring-Closing Pathway

Chinmoy K. Hazra, Jinhoon Jeong, Hyunjoong Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

184. Iridium-catalysed arylation of C–H bonds enabled by oxidatively induced reductive elimination

Kwangmin Shin, Yoonsu Park, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Nat. Chem. 2018, 10, 218-224

2017

183. In Situ Generated Piers' Borane-Catalyzed Selective C–O Bond Cleavage of Sugars with Hydrosilanes

Jianbo Zhang, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13757-13761

182. Selective Synthesis of Silacycles by Borane-Catalyzed Domino Hydrosilylation of Proximal Unsaturated Bonds: Tunable Approach to 1,n-Diols

Kwangmin Shin, Seewon Joung, Youyoung Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 3428-3436

181. Visible Light Sensitization of Benzoyl Azides: Cascade Cyclization Toward Oxindoles via a Non-nitrene Pathway

Dattatraya B. Bagal, Sung-Woo Park, Hyun-Ji Song, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 8798-8801

180. Mechanism-Driven Approach To Develop a Mild and Versatile C−H Amidation through Ir(III) Catalysis

Yeongyu Hwang,† Yoonsu Park,† and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed)

📜 Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11147-11152

179. Boron-Catalyzed Hydrogenative Reduction of Substituted Quinolines to Tetrahydroquinolines with Hydrosilanes

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Synlett. 2017, 28, 2396-2400

178. Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Amination: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications

Yoonsu Park, Youyoung Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 9247–9301

177. The Use of Ammonia as an Ultimate Amino Source in the Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Amination

Hyunwoo Kim and Sukbok Chang

📜 Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 482–486

176. Catalytic Dearomatization of N-Heteroarenes with Silicon and Boron Compounds

Sehoon Park and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7720-7738

175. Iterative C–H Functionalization Leading to the Cascade Amidation of Anilides

Juhyeon Park, Jia Lee, Carolyn Buckley, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4256-4260

174. Intramolecular Amido Transfer Leading to Structurally Diverse Nitrogen-Containing Macrocycles

Heejeong Kim and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3344-3348

173. [4+2] or [4+1] Annulation: Changing the Reaction Pathway of a Rhodium-Catalyzed Process by Tuning the Cp Ligand

Seung Youn Hong, Jisu Jeong, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2408–2412

172. Diastereoselective Construction of α-Silyltetrahydropyranols via Silyl-oxa-Prins Cyclization

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Soyeon Jee, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 19, 933-948

171. Borane-Catalyzed Selective Hydrosilylation of Internal Ynamides Leading to β-Silyl (Z)-Enamides

Youngchan Kim, Ramesh B. Dateer, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 190-193

2016

170. Borane Catalyzed Ring Opening and Closing Cascades of Furans Leading to Silicon Functionalized Synthetic Valuables

Chinmoy K. Hazra, Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 13431

169. Why is the Ir(III)-Mediated Amido Transfer Much Faster Than the Rh(III)-Mediated Reaction? - A Combined Experimental and Computational Study

Yoonsu Park, Joon Heo, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14020-14029

168.(NHC)Cu-Catalyzed Mild C-H Amidation of (Hetero)Arenes with Deprotectable Carbamates: Scope and Mechanistic Studies

Weilong Xie, Jung Hee Yoon, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12605-12614

167. A Facile Access to Primary Alkylamines and Anilines via Ir(III)-Catalyzed C-H Amidation by Using Azidoformates

Hyunwoo Kim, Gyeongtae Park, Juhyeon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 5922-5929

166. Iridium-Catalyzed Selective 1,2-Hydrosilylation of N-Heterocycles

Jinseong Jeong, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 5362-5370

165. A potential role of a substrate as a base for the deprotonation pathway in Rh-catalysed C-H amination of heteroarenes: DFT insights

Manjaly J. Ajitha, Kuo-Wei Huang, Jaesung Kwak, Hyun Jin Kim, Sukbok Chang, and Yousung Jung

📜 Dalton. Trans. 2016, 45, 7980-7985

164. A Direct Access to 7-Aminoindoles via Iridium-Catalyzed Mild C–H Amidation of N-Pivaloylindoles with Organic Azides

Youyoung Kim, Juhyeon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1892-1895

163. Transition-Metal-Mediated Direct C–H Amination of Hydrocarbons with Amine Reactants: The Most Desirable but Challenging C–N Bond-Formation Approach

Hyunwoo Kim and Sukbok Chang

📜 ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2341-2351

162. Rhodium-Catalyzed Selective C–H Functionalization of NNN Tridentate Chelating Compounds via a Rollover Pathway

Seung Youn Hong, Jaesung Kwak, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 3159-3162

161. Cu(NHC)-Catalyzed C–H Allylation and Alkenylation of both Electron-Deficient and Electron-Rich (Hetero)arenes in Reaction

Weilong Xie and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 128, 1908 -1912

160. Borane-Catalyzed Reductive α-Silylation of Conjugated Esters and Amides Leaving Carbonyl Groups Intact

Youngchan Kim and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 218-222

159. Rh(III)-Catalyzed C–H Cyclization of Arylnitrones with Diazo Compounds: Access to N-Hydroxyindolines

Ramesh B. Dateer and Sukbok Chang

📜 Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 68-71

2015

158. Selective Silylative Reduction of Pyridines Leading to Structurally Diverse Azacyclic Compounds with the Formation of sp³ C–Si Bonds

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15176–15184

157. Complete Switch of Selectivity in the C–H Alkenylation and Hydroarylation Catalyzed by Iridium: The Role of Directing Groups

Jiyu Kim, Sung-Woo Park, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13448-13451

156. Iridium-Catalyzed Direct C–H Amination with Alkylamines: Facile Oxidative Insertion of Amino Group into Iridacycle

Hyunwoo Kim and Sukbok Chang

📜 ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 6665-6669

155. Metal-Free Hydrosilylation Polymerization by Borane Catalyst

Dong Wook Kim, Seewon Joung, Jeung Gon Kim, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 14805-14809

154. Comparative Catalytic Activity of Group 9 [Cp*M(III)] Complexes: Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H Amidation of Arenes with Dioxazolones as an Amidating Reagent

Juhyeon Park and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 14103-14107

153. Synthesis of 8-Aminoquinolines by Using Carbamate Reagents: Facile Installation and Deprotection of Practical Amidating Groups

Donghyeon Gwon, Heejun Hwang, Hye Kyung Kim, Seth R. Marder, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 17200-17204

152. Study of Sustainability and Scalability in the Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed Direct C–H Amidation with 1,4,2-Dioxazol-5-ones

Yoonsu Park, Soyeon Jee, Jeung Gon Kim,and Sukbok Chang

📜 Org. Process Res. Dev. 2015, 19, 1024-1029

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151. Boron-Catalyzed Silylative Reduction of Nitriles in Accessing Primary Amines and Imines

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Jinseong Jeong, Juhyeon Park, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 7281–7287

📜 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8584-8592

150. Cp*Ir(III)-Catalyzed Mild and Broad C–H Arylation of Arenes and Alkenes with Aryldiazonium Salts Leading to the External Oxidant-Free Approach

Kwangmin Shin, Sung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang

149. Chemoselective Silylative Reduction of Conjugated Nitriles under Metal-Free Catalytic Conditions Leading to 1,2-Aminosilanes and Enamines

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Juhyeon Park, Jinseong Jeong, Sung-Woo Park, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang

📜 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6832–6836