Mentored Publications

*corresponding author. ‡equal contribution.

13. Kim, J.; Panetti, G. B.; Kaul, N.; Kim, S.; Chirik, P. J.* Photodriven Ammonia Synthesis from N2 and H2: Recycling of a Molecular Molybdenum Nitride. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 8215-8226. [Link]

12. Nelson, Y. A.; Irshad, A.; Kim, S.; Waddington, M. A.; Salamat, C. Z.; Gembicky, M.; Rheingold, A. L.; Carta, V.; Tolbert, S.; Narayan, S. R.; Spokoyny, A. M.* Vertex Differentiation Strategy for Tuning the Physical Properties of closo-Dodecaborate Weakly Coordinating Anions. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 15084-15093. [Link]

11. Kim, S.; Treacy, J. W.; Nelson, Y. A.; Gonzalez, J. A. M.; Gembicky, M.; Houk, K. N.; Spokoyny, A. M.* Arene C–H borylation strategy enabled by a non-Classical boron cluster-based electrophile. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1671. [Link]

10. Kim, S.; Kim, J.; Zhong, H.; Panetti, G. B.; Chirik, P. J.* Catalytic N–H Bond Formation Promoted by a Ruthenium Hydride Complex Bearing a Redox-Active Pyrimidine-Imine Ligand. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 20661-20671. [Link]

9. Kim, S.; Park, Y.; Kim, J.; Pabst, T. P.; Chirik, P. J.* Ammonia synthesis by photocatalytic hydrogenation of a N2-derived molybdenum nitride. Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 297-303. [Link]

8. Park, Y.‡; Tian, L.‡; Kim, S.; Pabst, T. P.; Kim, J.; Scholes, G. D.*; Chirik, P. J.* Visible Light-Driven, Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Mechanistic Studies, Identification of Transient Intermediates and Catalyst Improvements. JACS Au 2022, 2, 407-418. [Link]

7. Park, Y.; Kim, S.; Lei, T.; Zhong, H.; Scholes, G. D.; Chirik, P. J.* Visible light enables catalytic formation of weak chemical bonds with molecular hydrogen. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 969-976. [Link]

6. Margulieux, G.; Kim, S.; Chirik, P. J.* Determination of the N–H Bond Dissociation Free Energy in a Pyridine(diimine) Molybdenum Complex Prepared by Proton Coupled Electron Transfer. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 15394-15401. [Link]

5. Kim, S.‡; Loose, F.‡; Chirik, P. J.* Beyond Ammonia: Nitrogen-Element Bond Forming Reactions with Coordinated Dinitrogen. Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 5637-5681. [Link]

4. Kim, S.; Zhong, H.; Park, Y.; Loose, F.; Chirik, P. J.* Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Manganese(V) Nitride to Ammonia. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 9518-9524. [Link]

3. Kim, S.; Loose, F.; Bezdek, M. J.; Wang, X.; Chirik, P. J.* Hydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes Using Rhodium Precatalysts: Reductive Elimination Leads to Formation of Multimetallic Clusters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17900-17908. [Link]

2. Lee, D.; Kim, S. M.; Hirao, H.; Hong, S. H.* Gold(I)/Gold(III)-Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of N-Sulfonyl Enaminone Isomers from Sulfonamides and Ynones via Two Distinct Reaction Pathways. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 4734-4737. [Link]

1. Kim, S. M.; Lee, D.; Hong, S. H.* Gold(I)-Catalyzed, Stereocontrolled Enamide Synthesis from Primary Amides and Propargyl Aldehydes Using a Tandem Strategy. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 6168-6171. [Link]