Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon functionalizations

Divergent Pathways Involving 1,3-Dipolar Addition and N-N Bond Splitting of an Organic Azido Across a Zirconium Methylidene

Takashi Kurogi, Manoj V. Mane, Shuai Zheng, Patrick J. Carroll, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Daniel J. Mindiola [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2018)]

Stereoselective Construction of Oxaspirocycles via Chiral Bidentate Directing Group-Mediated C(sp3)−O Bond Formation

Yechan Kim, Seoung-Tae Kim, Dahye Kang, Te-ik Sohn, Eunyoung Jang, Mu-Hyun Baik and Sungwoo Hong [Chem. Sci. (2018)]

Oxidatively induced reductive elimination enables Ir-catalyzed arylation of C–H bonds

Kwangmin Shin, Yoonsu Park, Mu-Hyun Baik and Sukbok Chang [Nat. Chem. (2018)]

Copper-Mediated Amination of Aryl C–H Bonds with the Direct Use of Aqueous Ammonia via a Disproportionation Pathway

Hyunwoo Kim, Joon Heo, Junho Kim, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc 140 (43), 13350-13356(2018)]

Catalytic Access to Bridged Sila-N-Heterocycles from Piperidines via Cascade sp3 and sp2 C-Si Bond Formation

Jianbo Zhang, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc 140 (41), 13209-13213(2018)]

"Ir(III)-Catalyzed Stereoselective Haloamidation of Alkynes Enabled by Ligand Participation

Seung Youn Hong, Junsoo Son, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc 140 (39), 12359-12363(2018)]

Revisiting Arene C(sp2)-H Amidation by Intramolecular Transfer of Iridium Nitrenoids: Evidence for a Spirocyclization Pathway

Yeongyu Hwang,† Yoonsu Park,† Yeong Bum Kim, Dongwook Kim, and Sukbok Chang (†: equally contributed) [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 57, 13565-13569(2018)]

Conjugate Addition of Perfluoroarenes to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyls Enabled by an Alkoxide-Hydrosilane System: Implication of a Radical Pathway

Weilong Xie, Sung-Woo Park, Hoimin Jung, Dongwook Kim,Mu-Hyun Baik, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc 140 (30), 9659-9668(2018)]