Seoyoung Lee

Seoyoung Lee seoyoung27@utexas.edu

Seoyoung was born and raised in South Korea. She graduated with her B.S in Chemistry from Hanyang University and M.S in Chemistry from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology. While there, she worked on (E)-selective aza-macrocycles under the direction of Prof. Hyunwoo Kim. After graduation, Seoyoung worked as a Research Engineer at LG Display. In the fall of 2023, she joined the Krische group and is interested in both method development and total synthesis.

Seoyoung's Publications

3. “Enantioselective N-Heteroaryl C-H Functionalization for Piperidine-Azine Conjugation: Alkynes as Allylmetal Pronucleophiles in Dearomative Addition-Hydrogen Auto-Transfer,” Lee, S.; Teoh, Y. S.; Xie, P.-P.; McManus, E. M.; Gonzalez, B. I.; Claggett, T. A.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c15097

2. “Aryl Halide Cross-Coupling via Formate-Mediated Transfer Hydrogenation,” Cho, Y.; Chang, Y.-H.; Quirion, K. P.; Strong, Z. H.; Dubey, Z. J.; Nguyen, N.; Lee, S.; Taylor, N. S.; Hoover, J. M.; White, N. A.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J. Nature Chem. 2025, 17, In Press DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01729-0.

1. “Dearomative Addition-Hydrogen Auto-Transfer for Branch-Selective N-Heteroaryl C-H Functionalization via Ruthenium-Catalyzed C-C Couplings of Diene Pronucleophiles,” Shezaf, J. Z.; Lee, S.; Teoh, Y. S.; Xie, P.-P.; Strong, Z. H.; Wu, J.; Liu, P.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 2021–2028.

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