Publications

(79) Jung, J. I.† ; Lee, J. S.† ; Shin, S. "On-water" Photochemical Thiol-Ene Reaction of N-Enoxybenzotriazoles. Synthesis 2025, 57, 2963 (Invited to special issue on "Water in Organic Reactions"; †these authors contributed equally)

(78) Pasha, M. A.† ; Jang, J.† ; Bae, Y.; Shin, S. N-Insertion of Diazonium Salts into Ketone Derivatives. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202505341 (†these authors contributed equally)

(77) Lee, J. S.; Lee, C.; Jang, J.; Shin, S. On-Water Accelerated Sulfenylation of Indole Derivatives under Visible-Light Irradiation. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, 23, 3325.

(76) Nguyen, N. H.; Seo, S.; Jang, J.; Kim, H.; Shin, S. Cu(I)-Catalyzed Atropselective Heterobiaryl Coupling Employing Umpoled Indolesed Oxygenative Coupling of Ynamides. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 7149-7154.

(75) Um, T. -W.; Yeom, H. -S.; Shin, S. Synthesis of α-Heterofunctionalized Carbonyl Compounds via Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Oxygenative Coupling of Ynamides. Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 1790-1795.

(74) Jang, J.; Kim, H.; Shin, S. A Revised Mechanism of Gold-Catalyzed Thioallylation of Propiolates. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 15437-15443.

(73) Jang, J.; Bae, Y.; Shin, S. Enantioselective Sulfonium-Claisen Rearrangement with Cinnamyl Thioethers. Org. Lett. 2023, 21, 3881-3885.

(72) Kwahk, E.-J.; Nguyen, N. H.; Jang, S.; Shin, S.; Kim, H. Chiral Recognition and Resolution of Phosphoric Acids Using Octahedral Cobalt Complexes. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 2036-2040.

(71) Nguyen, Q. H.; Um, T.-W.; Shin, S. α-Carbonyl Radicals from N-Enoxybenzotriazoles: De Novo Synthesis of  9-Phenanthrols. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8337-8342. 

(70) Nguyen, Q. H.; Hwang, H. S.; Cho, E. J.; Shin, S. Energy Transfer Photolysis of N-Enoxybenzotriazoles into Benzotriazolyl and α-Carbonyl Radicals. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 8833-8840 

(69) Bera, M.; Hwang, H. S.; Um, T. -W.; Oh, S. M.; Shin, S.; Cho, E. J. Energy Transfer Photocatalytic Radical Rearrangement in N-Indolyl Carbonates. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 1774-1779 

(68) Nguyen, N. H.; Oh, S. M.; Park, C.-M.; Shin, S. Ortho-Selective C-H Arylation of Phenols with N-Carboxyindoles under Brønsted Acid- or Cu(I)-Catalysis. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1169-1176 

(67) Kumar, R.; Nguyen, Q. H.; Um, T. -W.; Shin, S. Recent Progress in Enolonium Chemistry under Metal-Free Conditions. Chem. Rec. 2022, 22, e202100172. 

(66) Oh, S. M. ; Shin, S. Synthesis of N-Hydroxyindole Derivatives via Pd-Catalyzed Electrophilic Cyclization. Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2021, 42, 925. 

(65) Kim, H.; Jang, J.; Shin, S. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Thioallylation of Propiolates via Charge-Induced Claisen Rearrangement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 143, 20788-20795.  (highlighted in Synfacts, 2021, 17, 172)

(64) Choi, S.; Oh, H.; Sim, J.; Yu, E.; Shin, S.; Park, C.-M. Metal-Free Synthesis of Indolopyrans and 2,3-Dihydrofurans Based on Tandem Oxidative Cyclization. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5528-5534.

(63) Wang, C. D.; Chen, Q.; Shin, S.; Cho, C. G. Total Synthesis of (±)-Clivonine via Diels-Alder Reactions of 3,5-Dibromo-2-pyrone. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 10035. 

(62) Shin, S. I.; Nguyen, N. H.; Im, J.; Shin, S. Zn-Catalyzed Transacetalization of N,O-Acetals into N,N-Acetals with Benzotriazoles, Indazoles and Azides. Synlett 2020, 32, 521-524.  (invited issue on the occasion of 20 yrs of Science of Synthesis and the career of Prof. Trost)

(61) Im, J.; Shin, S. I.; Cho, C. G.; Shin, S. Aminooxygenation of Ynamides with N-Hydroxybenzotriazoles: Synthesis of α‐Benzotriazolyl Carbonyl Compounds. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 6935-6950. 

(60) Biswas, S.; Kim, H.; Cao, K. L. A.; Shin, S. Enantioselective Dearomative Cyclization of Homotryptamines with Allenamides into Indolo[2,3-b]quinolines. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 1841-1845.

(59) Um, T.-W.; Lee, G.; Shin, S. Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary α,α-Diaryl Carbonyl Compounds Using Chiral N,N’-Dioxides under Umpolung Conditions. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1985-1990.

(58) Nguyen, N. H.; Nguyen, Q. H.; Biswas, S.; Patil, D. V.; Shin, S. β-Oxidation of Ynamides into N,O-Acetals by mCPBA: Application in Enantioselective Intermolecular Transacetalization. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9009-9013.

(57) Nguyen, Q. H.; Nguyen, N. H.; Kim, H.; Shin, S. Synthesis of γ-Substituted Carbonyl Compounds from DMSO-Mediated Oxidation of Enynamides: Mechanistic Insights and Carbon- and Hetero-Functionalizations. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 8799-8805. 

(56) Patil, D. V.; Shin, S. Organocatalytic Oxidative Functionalization of Alkynes (invited review). Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 63-73. 

(55) Kim, H.; Choi, S. Y.; Shin, S. Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydropyranones via Au(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular [4+2] Annulation of Propiolates and Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13130-13134.  (Selected as Very Important Paper) (highlighted in Synfacts, 2018, 1160)

(54) Kim, S.W.; Um, T.W.; Shin, S. Metal-Free Iodine-Catalyzed Oxidation of Ynamides and Diaryl Acetylenes into 1,2-Diketon Compounds. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 4703-4711. 

(53) Kim, S.W.; Um, T.W.; Shin, S. Brønsted-Acid-Catalyzed α-Halogenation of Ynamides from Halogenated Solvents and Pyridine-N-Oxides. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 2733-2736. 

(52) Patil, D. V.; Kim, S.W.; Nguyen, Q. H.; Kim, H.; Wang, S.; Hoang, T.; Shin, S. Brønsted-Acid Catalyzed Oxygenative Bimolecular Friedel-Crafts-type Coupling of Ynamides. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3670-3674.

(51) Um, J.; Yun, H.; Shin, S. Cross-Coupling of Meyer-Schuster Intermediates under Dual Gold-Photoredox Catalysis. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 484-487.

(50) Lee, J.; Choi, J. H.; Shin, S.; Heo, J. –N.; Lim, H. J. N-Arylation of Sterically Hindered NH-Nucleophiles: Copper-Mediated Synthesis of Diverse N-Arylindole-2-carboxylates. Synlett, 2015, 47, 3301-3308. 

(49) Patil, D. V.; Yun, H. K.; Shin, S. Catalytic Cross-Coupling of Vinyl Golds with Diazonium Salts under Photoredox and Thermal Conditions. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 2622-2628.

(48) Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions. Top. Curr. Chem. 2015, 357, 25-62. 

(47) Patil, D. V.; Park, H. –S.; Koo, J.; Han, J. W.; Shin, S. Aerobic Oxygenative Cleavage of Electron Deficient C-C Triple Bonds in the Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12722-12725. 

(46) An, J. H.; Yun, H.; Shin, S.; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Regioselective Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement and Ring Expansion Cascade Leading to α-Hydroxy-α-vinyl Cyclopentanones. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 3749-3754. 

(45) Shin, S. The Effect of Acceptor-Substituted Alkynes in Gold Catalyzed Intermolecular Reactions. Pure Appl. Chem. 2014, 86, 373-379. 

(44) Yeom, H. –S.; Shin, S. Catalytic Access to α-Oxo Gold Carbenes by N-O Bond Oxidants. Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 966-977. 

(43) Park, G.; Lee, S.; Son, S.; Shin, S. Pd Nanoparticle-Silica Nanotubes (Pd@SNT) as an Efficient Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling and sp2-C-H Arylation in Water, Green Chem. 2013, 15, 3468-3473. 

(42) Jun, J.; Yeom, H. –S.; An, J. –H. ; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Coupling of Sulfonylacetylene with Allyl Ethers: [3,3]- and [1,3]- Rearrangement. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1724-1729. (Invited to special issue on ‘gold catalysis’) 

(41) Choi, J. Y.; Kim, G. –H.; Guo, Z.; Lee, H. Y.; Swamy, K. M. K.; Pai, J.; Shin, S.; Shin, I.; Yoon, J. Highly Selective Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Au3+ and Its Application to Bioimaging. Biosens. and Bioelectron. 2013, 49, 438-441.

(40) Park, S. R.; Kim, C.; Kim, D. –G.; Thrimurtulu, N.; Yeom, H. –S.; Jun, J.; Shin, S.; Rhee, Y. H. An Entry to b-Alkoxyacrylates via Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Coupling of Alkynoates and Allylic Ethers. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1166-1169. 

(39) Yeom, H. –S.; Shin, S. Au(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative Cyclopropanation of 1,6-Enynes Derived from Propiolamides with Diphenyl Sulfoxide. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 1089-1092. 

(38) Koo, J.; Park, H. –S.; Shin, S. Selectivity Control by Silver Catalysts in the Cycloisomerization of 1,6-Enynes Derived from Propiolamides. Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 834-839. 

(37) Kim, K. T.; Yeom, H. –S.; Shin, S.; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Ring Expansions of 1-Alkynylcyclobutanol Derivatives via Tandem Hydration and a-Keton Rearrangement. Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 5241-5247. (Invited to ‘Symposium-in-print’)

(36) Yeom, H. –S.; Koo, J.; Park, H. –S.; Wang, Y.; Li, Y.; Z. –X. Yu; Shin, S., Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Reactions of Alkynes with Alkenes: [4+2] Annulation and Enyne Cross Metathesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 208-211. 

(35) Lee, B. H.; Choi, Y. L.; Shin, S.; Heo, J. –N. Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed alpha-Arylatoin of 3-Aryl-1-indanones: An Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Pauciflorol F. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 6611-6618. 

(34) Jeong, J.; Yeom, H. –S.; Kwon, O.; Shin, S. Auxiliary-Controlled Asymmetric [3+2]-Dipoalr Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides Generated from Au-Catalyzed Intramolecular Redox Reaction of Nitronyl Alkynes. Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1977-1981. 

(33) Yeom, H. –S.; So, E; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of 3-Pyrrolidinones and Nitrones from N-Sulfonyl Hydroxylamines via Oxygen-Transfer Redox and 1,3-Sulfonyl Migration. Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 1764-1767. 

(32) Kim, S.; Kang, D.; Shin, S.; Lee, P. H. Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization of Enyne-1,6-Diols to Substituted Furans. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1899-1901. 

(31) Lee, Y.; Lim, C.; Kim, S.; Shin, S. Synthesis of Cyclohexene Derivatives from 1,5-Enynes via Gold Catalysis and Iodocyclization: A Comparative Study and Applications in the Synthesis of 7/5- or 8/5-Fused Rings and Biaryls. Bull. Korean Chen. Soc. 2010, 31, 670-677. (special issue for Prof. Sunggak Kim) 

(30) Yeom, H. –S.; Lee, Y.; Jeong, J.; So, E.; Hwang, S.; Lee, J.; Lee, S. S.; Shin, S. Stereoselective One-Pot Synthesis of 1-Aminoindanes and 5,6-Fused Azacycles via Gold-Catalyzed Redox-Pinacol-Mannich-Michael Cascade. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1611-1614. 

(29) Lim, C.; Rao, S. M.; Shin, S. Diastereoselective Tandem Iodocarbonation of 1,5-Enynes. Synlett, 2010, 368-373. (Thieme Journal Awardee, special issue).

(28) Yeom, H. -S.; Lee, Y.; Lee, J. –E.; Shin, S. Geometry-Dependent Divergence in the Gold-Catalyzed Redox Cascade Cyclization of o-Alkynylaryl Ketoximes and Nitrones Leading to Isoindoles. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 4744-4752. 

(27) Hwang, S.; Lee, Y.; Lee, P. H.; Shin, S. AgOTf and TfOH Co-Catalyzed Isoquinoline Synthesis via Redox Reactions of O-Alkyl Oximes. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2305-2308. 

(26) Lee, W.; Min, S. –K.; Shin, S.; Han, S. –H.; Lee, S. –H.  In situ Preparation of CdS Nanoparticles Imbedded in a Polyelectrolyte Multilayer for Photocurrent Generation. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 023507. 

(25) Lee, W.; Shin, S.; Han, S. –H.; Cho, B. W. Manipulationg Interfaces in a Hybrid Solar Cell by In situ Photocensitizer Polymerization and Sequential Hydrophilicity/Hydrophobicity Control for Enhanced Conversion Efficiency. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 193307. 

(24) Yeom, H. –S.; Lee, J. –E.; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Waste-Free Generation and Reaction of Azomethine Ylides: Internal Redox/Dipolar Cycloaddition Cascade. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7040-7043. (selected as ‘hot article’).

(23) Yeom, H. –S.; Kim, S.; Shin, S. Ag(I)-Catalyzed Direct Route to Isoquinoline-N-Oxides. Synlett, 2008,  924-928. (featured in Synfacts). 

(22) Lee, J. H.; Shin, S.; Kang, J.; Lee, S. G. Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Amination/Ring-Closing Metathesis: A New Route to Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclic beta-Amino Alcohol Derivatives. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7443-7446. 

(21) Lim, C.; Kang, J. E.; Lee, J. E.; Shin, S. Gold-Catalyzed Tandem C-C and C-O Bond Formation: A Highly Diastereoselective Formation of Cyclohex-4-ene-1,2-diol Derivatives. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3539-3542. 

(20) Yeom, H. S.; Lee, E. S.; Shin, S. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydroaminative Cyclization Leading to 2,5-Dihydroisoxazole. Synlett, 2007, 2292-2294.  

(19) Yeom, H. S.; Yoon, S. J.; Shin, S. Au(I)-Catalyzed Tandem [3,3]-  Sigmatropic Rearrangement-Cycloisomerization Cascade as a Route to Spirocyclic Furans. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 4817-4820. 

(18) Lee, E. S.; Yeom, H. S.; Hwang, J. H.; Shin, S. A Practical Gold-Catalyzed Route to 4-Substituted Oxazolidinones from N-Boc Propargyl Amines. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3503-3507. 

(17) Kang, J. E.; Kim, H.B.; Shin, S. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkyne with Trichloroacetimidates. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3537-3540

(16) Shin, J. T.; Hong, S.C.; Shin, S.; Cho, C.-G. Highly Diastereoselective Type-I IMDA Reaction Forming Medium-Sized Macrolactones. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3339-3341.

(15) Kang, J. E.; Shin, S. Au(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of tert-Butyl Carbonates Derived from Homopropargyl Alcohols: A Catalytic Alternative to Cyclic Enol Carbonates. Synlett, 2006, 717-720. 

(14) Shin, S. Tris-(pentafluorophenyl)phosphine Gold(I) Complexes as New Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Carbophilic Lewis-acid Activation of Alkyne. Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2005, 26, 1925-1926. 

(13) Kang J.-E.; Lee, E.-S.; Park, S.-I.; Shin, S., Gold-catalyzed Synthesis of 2,4-Disubstituted Butenolides from tert-Butyl Allenoate. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 7431-7431.

(12) Shin, S.; Gupta, A.K.; Rhim, C.Y.; Oh, C.H. Rhodium Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization Reactions of Enynebenzaldehydes: Construction of Polycyclic Ring Systems. Chem. Commun. 2005, 35, 4429-4431. 

(11) Shin, J.T.; Shin, S.; Cho, C.G. IMDA cycloadditions of 3-alkynyl tethered 2-pyrones for the synthesis of medium-sized macrocycles. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 5857-5860. 

(Prior to independent career)

(10) Trost, B.M.; Shin, S.; Sclafani, J.A. Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Methyl Vinyl Ketone. J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8602-8603.

(9) Trost, B.M.; Fredericksen, M.U.; Papillon, J.P.N.; Harrington, P.E.; Shin, S., Shireman, B.T. Dinuclear Asymmetric Zn-Aldol Additions:Formal Asymmetric Synthesis of Fostriecin. J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 3666-3667.

(8) Apte, S.; Radetich, B.; Shin, S.; RajanBabu, T.V. Silylstannylation of Highly Functionalized Acetylenes: Synthesis of Precursors for Annulations via Radical or Heck Reactions. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4053-4056. 

(7) Kumareswaran, R.; Shin, S.; Gallou, I.; RajanBabu, T.V. Silylstannylation of Allenes and Silylstannylation-Cyclization of Alleneynes. Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Allylstannanes and Carbocyclic and Hererocyclic Compounds. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 7157-7170. 

(6) RajanBabu, T.V.; Yan, Y.Y.; Shin, S. Asymmetric Catalysis in Water: Prospects and Problems of Using Hydroxyphosphines and Hydroxyphosphinites as Ligands. Curr. Org. Chem. 2003, 17, 1759-1770. 

(5) RajanBabu, T.V.; Yan, Y.Y.; Shin, S. Synthesis, Characterization, and Applicability of Neutral Polyhydroxy Phospholane Derivatives and Their Rhodium(I) Complexes for Reactions in Organic and Aqueous Media. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 10207-10213. 

(4) Shin, S.; RajanBabu, T.V. Regio- and Stereochemical Control in Bis-functionalization-cyclization: Use of Alleneyne precursors for Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Synthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 8416-8417. 

(3) Shin, S.; RajanBabu, T.V. Water Soluble Organometallic Catalyst. 1. Diphosphinite-Rh Complexes. Organic Letters, 1999, 1, 1229-1232.

(2) Suh, J.; Shim, H.; Shin, S. Coordinatively Polymerized Bilayer Membranes Prepared in Formamide. Langmuir, 1996, 12, 2323-2324. 

(1) Suh, J.; Shin, S.; Shim, H. Coordinatively Polymerized Bilayer Membranes Prepared with an Amphiphilic Derivative of 2-Thiazolylphenol in Water. Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 1997, 18, 190-193.