Yunho Lee at Google Scholar and Scopus
2023
JACS IF= 15.6(mrnIF 91.57), ACIE 16.9 (92.13), Chem 19.1 (96.02), Chem Sci 7.4 (86.52), Chem Comm 4.3 (81.25)
ACR 17.7 (96.59), ICF 6.4 (95.56), IC 4.7 (91.11), OM 2.9 (88.64), Dalton Trans 3.3 (90.91), BKCS 2.2 (17.98)
77. Lee, K., Kim, S., and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, Accepted.
"Divergent Deazotation and Nitrene Group Transfer Pathways at Cobalt Phospha-Triazene Species"
Selected in 2025 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles.
76. Kim, M., Oh, J., Park, S., Lee, H., Kim Z. H., Kim, J., Lee, H. B. Choi, J.,* and Lee, Y.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202511887.
"Reductive N2 Cleavage and Nitride Insertion Reactivity at Molybdenum Complexes Supported by a Rigid PNP Pincer"
Selected as a Hot Paper
75. Yoo, D., Brannan, A. C., Lim, S., Lee, H. B.* and Lee, Y.* Chem. Comm., 2025, 61, 11453-11456.
"Reversible CO Binding at a Nickel Complex Supported by an Ambiphilic PBiP Tridentate Ligand"
74. Chun, J., Padmanaban, S.,* and Lee, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 16642-16652.
"Tandem Synthesis of N,O-Containing Heterocycles via Nitrite Upcycling at a Trifunctional Cobalt Catalyst"
73. Paik, J., Choe, J. H., Padmanaban, S., Seo, M. S., Yoo, C.-J., Lee, H. B.* and Lee, Y.* JACS Au, 2025, 5, 811-821.
"Thermodynamic Hydricity of a Ruthenium CO2 Hydrogenation Catalyst Supported by a Rigid PNP Pincer"
Published as part of JACS Au special issue “Advances in Small Molecule Activation Towards Sustainable Chemical Transformations”.
72. Yoo, C.,* Choi, J.* and Lee, Y.* Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 1093-1105.
"Nickel Model Complexes to Mimic Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase Reactions"
Invited contribution to the RSC Joint Spotlight collection between Chemical Scienceand Dalton Transactions on Bioinorganic Chemistry
71. Park, S., Lee, K., Padmanaban, S., and Lee, Y.* Acc. Chem. Res., 2024, 57, 3093-3101.
"Small Molecule Activation at the acriPNP Pincer-Supported Nickel Sites"
Published as part of Accounts of Chemical Research special issue “Upgrading C1 Feedstocks to Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels Using Molecular Systems”.
70. Bhandari, A.,† Park, G. M.,† Lee, H. B., Hong, S., Kim, S. H., Byon, H. R., and Lee, Y.* Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 9970-9973. (†: equally contributed)
"A Stable Radical within a N-Co-N Core"
69. Padmanaban, S., Chun, J., Lee, Y., Cho, K.-B.,* Choi, J.,* and Lee, Y.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202408457.
"Nitrate Upcycling Mediated by Organonickel Catalysis"
Selected as a Hot paper and Frontispiece
68. Park, S., Seo, M. S., Kim, M., Lee, K. M., Graham, P. M., and Lee, Y.* Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 10120-10125.
"Reactivity of low-valent nickel carbonyl species supported by acridane based PNP ligands towards iodoalkanes"
From the themed collection: Small Molecule Transformations of Energy Relevance
67. Lim, D., Lee, W., Hong, J., Gong, J., Choi, J. Kim, J., Lim, S. Yoo, S. H., Lee, Y.* and Lee, H.-S.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202305196.
"Versatile Post-synthetic Modifications of Helical β-Peptide Foldamers Derived from a Thioether-Containing Cyclic β-Amino Acid"
66. Brannan, A., Yoo, D., Choi, J. and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 8589-8597.
"A Highly-Distorted Bismuth-Nickel(II) Complex"
65. Lee, K., Kim, N., Cho, K.-B. and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 3007-3017.
"Electronic Effect on Phenoxide Migration at a Nickel(II) Center Supported by a Tridentate Bis(phosphinophenyl)phosphido Ligand"
Selected as a Cover Article
64. Ko, M.-S., Hong, J.-H., Aslam, A. S., Rao, P. S., Desale, P. P., Choi, J., Lee, Y. and Cho, D.-G.* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 8812-8815.
"o(2-Thienyl)vinylarene as an Alternative Synthetic Motif for Porphyrinoids: oArene-Connected Porphyrinoids"
63. Padmanaban, S., Choi, J., Vazquez-Lima, H., Ko, D., Yoo, D., Gwak, J., Cho, K.B.,* and Lee, Y.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 4585-4593.
"Nickel Catalyzed NO Group Transfer Coupled with NOx Conversion"
Selected as a Cover Article
Highlighted in Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 2827-2828.
Highlighted in News & views in Nature Synthesis, 2022, 1, 267-268.
Highlighted in Korea NRF; 국민체감형 연구성과 2022. 05.
62. Padmanaban, S., Ganesan, V., Yoon, S.* and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 1552-1561.
"Reductive carbonylation of nitroarenes using a heterogenized phen-Pd catalyst"
61. Lee, K., Choi, J., Graham, P.,* and Lee, Y.* Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2022, 43, 222-226. Invited to special collections and selected as a Front Cover Article.
"Binding of Carbon Monoxide at a Single Nickel Center and Its Oxidative Reactivity toward CO2 and O2"
60. Jeong, S., Zhang, L., Kim, J., Gong, J., Choi, J., Ok, K. M., Lee, Y., Kwon, S.* and Lee, H.-S.,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202108364.
"Conformational adaptation of β-peptide foldamers for the formation of metal-peptide frameworks"
59. Min, S., Choi, J., Yoo, C., Graham, P.,* and Lee, Y.* Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9983-9990. Themed Collection: Most popular 2021 main group, inorganic and organometallic chemistry articles
"Ni(0)-Promoted Activation of Csp2‒H and Csp2‒O Bonds"
58. Choi, J., Kim, S. H. and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 5647-5659.
"Axial Redox Tuning at a Tetragonal Cobalt Center"
57. Bhosale, V. K., Gwak, J., Kim, K.-S., Churchill, D., Lee, Y., Kwon, S.* Fuel 2021, 297, 120734.
"Rapid ignition of “green” bipropellants enlisting hypergolic copper (II) promoter-in-fuel"
56. So, J., Kim, S., Cho, K.-B. and Lee, Y.* Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 3219-3222.
"Metal-Ligand Cooperative Transformation of Alkyl Azide to Isocyanate Occurring at a Co-Si Moiety"
55. Padmanaban, S., Lee, Y. and Yoon, S.* J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 2021, 94, 361-367.
"Chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds using a recyclable Ru catalyst embedded on a bisphosphine based POP"
54. Kim, S., Kim, Y.-E. and Lee, Y.* Top. Organometallic Chem. 2021, 68, 71-94. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
https://doi.org/10.1007/3418_2020_69
"Metal-Ligand Cooperativity of Phosphorus-Containing Pincer Systems"
53. Jeong, S. Kim, E., Kim, M., Hwang, Y.-J., Padhi, B., Choi, J., Lee, Y. and Joo, J.-M.* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 9670-9676.
"Divergent Strategies for the π-Extension of Heteroaryl Halides Using Norbornadiene as an Acetylene Synthon"
52. Bhosale, V. K., Jeong, J., Choi, J., Churchill, D. G., Lee, Y. and Kwon, S.* Combustion and Flame 2020, 214, 426-436.
"Additive-promoted Hypergolic Ignition of Ionic Liquid with Hydrogen Peroxide"
51. Choi, J., and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 1845-1850. Selected as a Front Cover Article.
"Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 at a Rigidified Cobalt Center"
50. Kim, S., and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2020, 7, 1172-1181.
"Metal-Ligand Cooperativity of a Co-P Moiety"
49. Brannan, A. C., and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 315-324.
"Photophysical Tuning of σ-SiH Copper-Carbazolide Complexes to Give Deep-Blue Emission"
48. Kim, J., Kim, Y.-E., Pakr, K. and Lee, Y.* Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11534-11545.
"A Silyl-Nickel Moiety as a Metal-Ligand Cooperative Site"
"One Metal-site is Enough: A Ni-Complex Reduces NO3– to N2"
46. Lim, S.-J., Nam, G., Shin, S., Ahn, K., Lee, Y. and You, T.-S.* Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 5827-5836.
"Anionic Doping and Cationic Site-Preference in CaYb4Al2Sb6-xGex (x = 0.2, 0.5, 0.7): Origin of the Enhanced Seebeck Coefficient and the Structural Transformation."
45. Choi, J. and Lee, Y.,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6938-6942.
"A Low-Spin Three-Coordinate Cobalt(I) Complex and its Reactivity toward H2 and Silane."
44. Kim, S. D., Lee, B. Byun, T., Chung, I. S., Park, J., Shin, I., Ahn, N. Y., Seo, M., Lee, Y., Kim, Y., Kim, W. Y., Kwon, H., Moon, H., Yoo, S. and Kim, S. Y.* Sci. Adv. 2018, 4, eaau1956.
"Poly(amide-imide) Materials for Transparent and Flexible Displays"
43. Kim, Y.-E. and Lee, Y.,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14159-14163.
"A P-P Bond as a Redox Reservoir and an Active Reaction Site."
42. Hong, J. H., Aslam, A. S., Ko, M. S., Choi, J., Lee, Y. and Cho, D. G.,* Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 10054-10058.
"Bond Rotation in an Aromatic Carbaporphyrin: Allyliporphyrin"
41. Yoo, C., Kim, Y.-E. and Lee, Y.,* Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 1144-1152 .
"Selective Transformation of CO2 to CO at a Single Nickel Center"
40. Sahoo, D.,+ Yoo, C.+ and Lee, Y.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2179-2185. (+: equally contributed)
"Direct CO2 addition to a Ni(0)-CO species allows the selective generation of a nickel(II) carboxylate with expulsion of CO"
39. Mulay, S. V., Kim, Y., Choi, M., Lee, D. Y., Choi, J., Lee, Y., Jon, S., and Churchill, D. G*; Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 2648-2654.
"Enhanced Doubly-Activated Dual Emission Fluorescent Probes for Selective Imaging of Glutathione or Cysteine in Living Systems"
38. Yang, C., Nikiforidis, G., Park, J. Y., Choi, J., Luo, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, S.-C., Chan, Y.-T., Lim, J., Hou, Z., Baik, M.-H.,* Lee, Y.,* and Byon, H. R.,* Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 1702897.
"Designing Redox-Stable Cobalt-Polypyridiyl Complexes for Redox Flow Batteries: Spin Crossover Delocalizes Excess Charge"
37. Sinha, I., Lee, Y., Bae, C., Tussupbayev, S., Lee, Y., Seo, M.-S., Kim, J., Baik, M.-H.,* Lee, Y.,* and Kim, H.,* Cat. Sci. Tech. 2017, 7, 4375-4387.
"Computer-aided rational design of Fe(III)-catalysts for the selective formation of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and internal epoxides"
36. Choi, W.; Lee, J.; Lee, Y.; Ahn, K.; and You, T.-S.,* Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 11840-11850.
"Single and Double-Doping Effects on the Thermoelectric Properties of Two Zintl Compounds: Eu11Bi8.07(2)Sn1.93 and Eu10.74(2)K0.26Bi9.14(2)Sn0.86"
35. Yoo, C. and Lee, Y.,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9502-9506. Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 9630-9634.
"A T-shaped Ni(I) Metalloradical Species." Selected as a Hot Paper and a back cover.
34. Kim, Y., Jun, T., Mulay, S. V., Manjare, S. T., Gwak, J., Lee, Y., Churchill, D. G.,* Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 4111-4117.
"Novel intramolecular π–π-interaction in a BODIPY system by oxidation of a single selenium center: geometrical stamping and spectroscopic and spectrometric distinctions."
33. Kim, Y.-E., Kim, J., Park, J., Park, K.* and Lee, Y.,* Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 2858-2861.
"σ-Complexation as a Strategy for Designing Copper-Based Light Emitters"
32. Yoo, C. and Lee, Y.,* Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 600-605.
"Carbon Dioxide Binding at a Ni/Fe Center; Synthesis and Characterization of Ni(η1-CO2-κC) and Ni-μ-CO2-κC:κ2O,O’-Fe"
31. Truong, C. C., Kim, J., Lee, Y. and Kim, Y. J.,* ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 247-252. Front Cover: Cover Profile: ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 215-216.
"Well-Defined Cesium Benzotriazolide as Active Catalyst for Generating Disubstituted Ureas from Carbon Dioxide and Amines"
30. Kim, J., Park, K., and Lee, Y.,* Inorg. Chim. Acta 2017, 460, 55-62.
Invited in a special issue “Inorganic Chemistry – Next Generation” in Inorganic Chemica Acta.
"Synthesis and Characterization of a Four-coordinate Nickel Carbamato Species (MeSiPiPr2)Ni(OC(O)NHMes) Generated from the Reaction of (MeSiPiPr2)Ni(NHMes) with CO2"
29. Oh, S., Kim, S., Lee, D., Gwak, J. and Lee, Y.,* Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 12863-12871.
"Alkoxide Migration at a Nickel(II) Center Induced by a pi-Acidic Ligand: Migratory Insertion versus Metal-Ligand Cooperation"
28. Kim, J., Kim, Y., Sinha, I., Park, K., Kim, S. H.* and Lee, Y.,* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9367-9370.
"Unusual Hydridicity of a Cobalt Bound Si-H Moiety" Selected as a back cover.
27. Oh, S. and Lee, Y.,* Organometallics 2016, 35, 1586-1592.
"Reversible Intramolecular P-S Bond Formation Coupled with a Ni(0)/Ni(II) Redox Process"
26. Yoo, C., and Lee, Y.,* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 849-855.
"Formation of a Tetranickel Octacarbonyl Cluster from the CO2 Reaction of a Zero-valent Nickel Monocarbonyl Species" Invited as a part of themed collection: 2015 Emerging Investigators by ICF.
25. Yoo, C., Ajitha, M. J., Jung, Y. and Lee, Y.* Organometallics 2015, 34, 4305-4311.
"Mechanistic Study on C-C Bond Formation of a Nickel(I) Monocarbonyl Species with Alkyl Iodide: Experimental and Computational Investigations"
24. Woo, H. Jang, E., Kim, J., Lee, Y., Kim, J., You T.-S.,* Int. J. Mol. Sci, 2015, 16(4), 9017-9036.
"Crystal Structure, Chemical Bonding and Magnetism Studies for Three Quinary Polar Intermetallic Compounds in the (Eu1-xCax)9In8(Ge1-ySny)8 (X = 0.66, y = 0.03) and the (Eu1-xCax)3In2-y(Ge3-zSny+z) (X = 0.66, 0.68; y = 1; z = 0.13, 0.27) phases"
23. Kim, Y.-E., Oh, S., Kim, S., Kim, O., Kim, J., Han, S. W. and Lee, Y.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4280-4283.
"Phosphinite-Ni(0) Mediated Formation of a Phosphide-Ni(II)-OCOOMe Species via Uncommon Metal-Ligand Cooperation"
22. Yoo, S. H., Eom, T., Kwon, S., Gong, J., Kim J., Cho, S. J., Driver, R. W., Lee, Y., Kim, H. and Lee, H.-S.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2159-2162.
"Foldecture as a Core Material with Anisotropic Surface Characteristics"
21. Shin, Y., Yoo, C., Moon, Y., Lee, Y.* and Hong, S.,* Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 878-881.
“Efficient Synthesis of Frutinone A and Its Derivatives through Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Activation/Carbonylation”
20. Park, J. P., Song, I. T., Lee, J., Ryu, J. H., Lee, Y., Lee, H.,* Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 105-111.
"Vanadyl-Catecholamine Hydrogels Inspired by Ascidians and Mussels"
19. Kim, Y.-E., Kim, J. and Lee, Y.,* Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11458-11461.
“Formation of a Nickel Carbon Dioxide Adduct and its Transformation Mediated by a Lewis Acid” Selected as an inside back cover.
18. Yoo, C., Oh, S., Kim, J. and Lee, Y.*, Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 3853-3858.
“Transmethylation of Four-Coordinate Nickel(I) Monocarbonyl Species with Methyl Iodide”
17. Kim, H. J., Ajitha, M., Lee, Y., Ryu, J., Kim, J., Lee, Y., Jung, Y., and Chang, S.,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1132-1140.
“Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Controlled C-H Functionalization via Adaptive Recognition of a Purine Directing Group”
16. Woo, H.; Nam, G.; Jang, E.; Kim, J. Lee, Y.; Ahn, K. and You T.-S.,* Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 4669-4677.
“Single-Crystal Growth and Size Control of Three Novel Polar Intermetallics: Eu2.94(2)Ca6.06In8Ge8, Eu3.13(2)Ca5.87In8Ge8, and Sr3.23(3)Ca5.77In8Ge8 with Crystal Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Magnetism Studies”
15. Manjare, S. T., Kim, J., Lee, Y., Churchill, D. G.,* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 520-523.
"Facile meso-BODIPY Annulation and Selective Sensing of Hypochlorite in Water"
14. Yoo, C., Kim, J., Lee, Y.,* Organometallics, 2013, 32, 7195-7203.
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Nickel(II) Hydroxycarbonyl Species, NiCOOH-kC."
13. "Heterolytic H2 Cleavage and Catalytic Hydrogenation by an Iron Metallaboratrane" Fong, H., Moret, M.-E., Lee, Y., Peters, J. C. Organometallics, 2013, 32, 3053-3062.
12. "A Nonclassical Dihydrogen Adduct of S = 1/2 Fe(I)" Lee, Y., Kinney, R. A., Hoffman, B. M., Peters, J. C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 16366-16369.
11. “Silylation of Iron-Bound Carbon Monoxide Affords a Terminal Fe Carbyne” Lee, Y., and Peters, J. C., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4438-4446.
10. “Sulfur Donor Atom Effects on Copper(I)/O2 Chemistry with Thioanisole containing Tetradentate N3S Ligand Leading to m-1,2-Peroxo-Dicopper(II) species” Lee, Y., Lee, D.-H., Park, G. Y., Lucas, H., Sarjeant, A. A. N., Kieber-Emmons, M. T., Vance, M. A., Milligan, A. E., Solomon, E. I., and Karlin, K. D., Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49 (19), 8873-8885.
9. “Triggering N2 Uptake via Redox-Induced Expulsion of Coordinated NH3 and N2 Silylation at Trigonal Bipyramidal Iron.” Lee, Y., Mankad, N. P., and Peters, J. C., Nature Chem., 2010, 2, 558-565.
8. “Thioether S-Ligation in a Side-on µ-h2:h2-Peroxo Dicopper(II) Complex” Park G. Y., Lee, Y., Lee, D.-H., Woertink, J. S., Sarjeant, A. A. N., Solomon, E. I, and Karlin, K. D., Chem. Comm., 2010, 46, 91-93.
7. “Copper(I)/O2 Chemistry with Imidazole Containing Tripodal Tetradentate Ligands Leading to m-1,2-Peroxo-Dicopper(II) species” Lee, Y., Park G. Y., Lucas, H. R., Vajda, P. L., Kamaraj, K., Vance, M. A., Milligan, A. E., Woertink, J. S., Siegler, M. A., Sarjeant, A. A. N., Zakharov, L. N., Rheingold, A. L., Solomon, E. I., and Karlin, K. D., Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (23), 11297-11309.
6. “Dinitrogen Complexes Supported by Tris(phosphine)silyl Ligands” Whited M. T., Mankad N. P., Lee, Y., Oblad, P. F., and Peters, J. C., Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 2507-2517.
5. “Thiol-Copper(I) and Disulfide-Dicopper(I) Complex O2-Reactivity Leading to a Sulfonate Copper(II) Complex or the Formation of a Crosslinked Thioether-Phenol Product with Phenol Addition” Lee, Y., Lee, D.-H., Sarjeant, A. A. N., and Karlin, K. D., Manuscript is submitted for the special issue in honor of Ed Stiefel. in J. Inorg. Biochem., 2007, 101, 1845-1858.
4. “Thioether Sulfur Oxygenation from O2 or H2O2 Reactivity of Copper Complexes with Tridentate N2Sthioether Ligands” Lee, Y., Lee, D.-H., Sarjeant, A. A. N., Zakharov, L. N., Rheingold, A. L., and Karlin, K. D., Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 10098-10107.
3. “Highlights of Copper Protein Active-Site Structure/Reactivity and Synthetic Model Studies” in Concepts and Model Systems in Bioinorganic Chemistry (edited by Kraatx, Metzler-Nolte) Lee, Y., Karlin, K. D., Wiley-VCH, 2006, Chapter 16, 363-395.
2. “A Molecular Pinwheel Multicopper(I) Cluster, [(LS–)6CuI13(S2–)2]3+ with µ4-Sulfido, µ3-Thiolato and Nitrogen Ligands” Lee, Y., Sarjeant, A. A. N., Karlin, K. D., Chem. Comm., 2006, 6, 621-623.
1. “Kinetics and Mechanism of the Aminolysis of O-Ethyl S-Aryl Thiocarbonates in Acetonitrile” Oh, H. K., Lee, Y. H., Lee, I., Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 2000, 32, 131-135.
73. Paik, J., Choe, J. H., Padmanaban, S., Seo, M. S., Yoo, C.-J., Lee, H. B.* and Lee, Y.* JACS Au, 2025, 5, 811-821.
"Thermodynamic Hydricity of a Ruthenium CO2 Hydrogenation Catalyst Supported by a Rigid PNP Pincer"
Published as part of JACS Au special issue “Advances in Small Molecule Activation Towards Sustainable Chemical Transformations”.
