Our Masterpieces
Chemical Recycling of Materials
"Chemically Recyclable Oxygen-Protective Polymers Developed by Ring-Opening Metathesis Homopolymerization of Cyclohexene Derivatives." Kyungmin Choi and Soon Hyeok Hong* Chem 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2023.05.038, Highlighted in the News Media, Dedicated to Professor Cheon-Gyu Cho.
Carbon Dioxide Utilization to Achieve Carbon Neutrality
"Carbon Dioxide Capture and Use: Organic Synthesis Using Carbon Dioxide from Exhaust Gas." Seung Hyo Kim, Kwang Hee Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 771, Highlighted in the News Media, Dedicated to Professor Robert H. Grubbs (Related Work: Bing Yu, Daeun Kim, Seoksun Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 1080).
"Transfer Hydrogenation of Organic Formates and Cyclic Carbonates: An Alternative Route to Methanol from Carbon Dioxide" Seung Hyo Kim and Soon Hyeok Hong* ACS Catalysis 2014, 4, 3630 (Related Work: Jangwoo Koo, Seung Hyo Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 4995).
Highly Active Olefin Metathesis Catalysts for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Low-Strained Monomers
"Highly Active Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts Enabling Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Cyclopentadiene at Low Temperatures." Kitaek Song, Kunsoon Kim, Daeun Hong, Jungwon Kim, Chae Eun Heo, Hugh I. Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 3860.
Single Electron Mediated C–H Functionalization
"Stereoretentive Cross-Coupling of Chiral Amino Acid Chlorides and Hydrocarbons Through Mechanistically Controlled Ni/Ir Photoredox Catalysis." Geun Seok Lee+, Beomsoon Park+, and Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution) Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 5200, Highlighted in Synfacts 2022, 18, 1380.
"Pd-Catalyzed Formal Mizoroki-Heck Coupling of Unactivated Alkyl Chlorides." Geun Seok Lee, Daeun Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 991, Highlighted in Synfacts 2021, 17, 0528.
"Direct C(sp3)–H Trifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkanes Enabled by Multifunctional Trifluoromethyl Copper Complexes." Geunho Choi, Geun Seok Lee, Beomsoon Park, Dongwook Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 5467.
"Direct C(sp2)–H Alkylation of Unactivated Arenes Enabled by Photoinduced Pd Catalysis." Daeun Kim, Geun Seok Lee, Dongwook Kim, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Nature Commun. 2020, 11, 5266, Highlighted in Synfacts 2021, 17, 0059.
"Synergistic Activation of Amides and Hydrocarbons for Direct C(sp3)–H Acylation Enabled by Metallaphotoredox Catalysis." Geun Seok Lee, Joonghee Won, Seulhui Choi, Mu-Hyun Baik,* and Soon Hyeok Hong* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 16933.
Two Electron Mediated C–H Functionalization
"The Site-Selectivity and Mechanism of Pd-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Arylation of Simple Arenes." Daeun Kim, Geunho Choi, Wonjeong Kim, Dongwook Kim, Youn K. Kang, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 363.
"Ligand-Promoted Direct C-H Arylation of Simple Arenes: Evidence for a Cooperative Bimetallic Mechanism." Jaewoon Kim and Soon Hyeok Hong* ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 3336, a Most Read ACS Catal. Article in April 2017.
Dehydrogenation & Hydrogen Transfer Reactions
"Selective Monomethylation of Amines with Methanol as the C1 Source." Geunho Choi and Soon Hyeok Hong* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6166, Dedicated to Professor Young Keun Chung.
"Ruthenium-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral and Single-Step Amide Synthesis from Alcohol and Nitrile with Complete Atom Economy." Byungjoon Kang+, Zhenqian Fu+, and Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 11704, Highlighted in ChemistryViews, Organic Chemistry Portal, Dedicated to Professor Young Keun Chung (Related work: Byungjoon Kang and Soon Hyeok Hong* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 834; Daeun Kim, Byungjoon Kang, and Soon Hyeok Hong* Org. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 475; Seung Hyo Kim and Soon Hyeok Hong* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 212).
"Synthesis of Cyclic Imides from Simple Diols." Jian Zhang, Senthilkumar Muthaiah, Subhash Chandra Ghosh and Soon Hyeok Hong*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6391–6395, Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 11, 1128 (Related work: Jaewoon Kim and Soon Hyeok Hong* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4404).
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Pd Catalysts
"CH-π and CF-π Interactions Lead to Structural Changes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Palladium Complexes." Xiangya Xu+, Benjamin Pooi+, Hajime Hirao*, and Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1283 (Related work: Xiangya Xu, Baochang Xu, Yongxin Li and Soon Hyeok Hong* Organometallics 2010, 29, 6343).
