Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon functionalizations

A Direct Access to 7-Aminoindoles via Iridium-Catalyzed Mild C–H Amidation of N-Pivaloylindoles with Organic Azides

Youyoung Kim, Juhyeon Park, and Sukbok Chang [Org. Lett. 18, 1892-1895(2016)]

Transition-Metal-Mediated Direct C–H Amination of Hydrocarbons with Amine Reactants: The Most Desirable but Challenging C–N Bond-Formation Approach"

Hyunwoo Kim and Sukbok Chang [ACS. Catalysis 6, 2341-2351(2016)]

Rhodium-Catalyzed Selective C–H Functionalization of NNN Tridentate Chelating Compounds via a Rollover Pathway

Seung Youn Hong, Jaesung Kwak, and Sukbok Chang [Chem. Commun 52, 3159-3162(2016)]

Cu(NHC)-Catalyzed C–H Allylation and Alkenylation of both Electron-Deficient and Electron-Rich (Hetero)arenes in Reaction

Weilong Xie and Sukbok Chang [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 128 (5), 1908–1912(2016)]

Borane-Catalyzed Reductive α-Silylation of Conjugated Esters and Amides Leaving Carbonyl Groups Intact

Youngchan Kim and Sukbok Chang [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 55 (1), 218-222(2016)]

Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Cyclization of Arylnitrones with Diazo Compounds: Access to N-Hydroxyindolines

Ramesh B. Dateer and Sukbok Chang [Org. Lett 18 (1), 68–71(2016)]

Cyclo-P3 Complexes of Vanadium. Redox Properties and the Origin of the 31P NMR Chemical Shift

Balazs Pinter, Kyle T. Smith, Masahiro Kamitani, Eva M. Zolnhofer, Ba L. Tran, Skye Fortier, Maren Pink, Gang Wu, Brian C. Manor, Karsten Meyer, Mu-Hyun Baik, and Daniel J. Mindiola [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 15247-15261-(2015)]

The Origin of the Ligand-Controlled Regioselectivity in Rh-Catalyzed [(2+2)+2] Carbocycles: Steric vs. Stereoelectronic Effects

Douglas W. Crandell, Shivnath Mazumder, P. Andrew Evans and Mu-Hyun Baik [Chem. Sci. 6, 6896-6900-(2015)]