Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon functionalizations

Cp*Ir(III)-Catalyzed Mild and Broad C-H Arylation of Arenes and Alkenes with Aryldiazonium Salts Leading to the External Oxidant-Free Approach

Kwangmin Shin, Sung-Woo Park, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (26), 8584-8592(2015)]

Chemoselective Silylative Reduction of Conjugated Nitriles under Metal-Free Catalytic Conditions Leading to 1,2-Aminosilanes and Enamines

Narasimhulu Gandhamsetty, Juhyeon Park, Jinseong Jeong, Sung-Woo Park, Sehoon Park, and Sukbok Chang [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 6832 –6836(2015)]

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Selective Cyclization of Arylnitrones to Indolines under External Oxidant-Free Conditions: Dual Role of Rh(III) Catalyst in the C–H Activation and Oxygen Atom Transfer

Ramesh B. Dateer and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (15), 4908–4911(2015)]

Mechanistic Studies on the Rh(III)-Mediated Amido Transfer Process Leading to Robust C–H Amination with a New Type of Amidating Reagent

Yoonsu Park, Kyung Tae Park, Jeung Gon Kim, and Sukbok Chang [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (13), 4534–4542(2015)]

Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-N Bond Forming Reactions using Organic Azides as the Nitrogen Source: A Journey for the Mild and Versatile C-H Amination

Kwangmin Shin, Hyunwoo Kim, and Sukbok Chang [Acc. Chem. Res. 48 (4), 1040–1052(2015)]

Dual Role of Carboxylic Acid Additive: Mechanistic Studies and Implication for the Asymmetric C–H Amidation

Donghyeon Gwon, Sehoon Park and Sukbok Chang [Tetrahedron 4504-4511(2015)]

Copper-Catalyzed Oxygen Atom Transfer of N-Oxides Leading to a Facile Deoxygenation Procedure Applicable to Both Heterocyclic and Amine N-Oxides

Jisu Jeong, Donggun Lee and Sukbok Chang [Chem. Commun. 51, 7035-7038(2015)]

Direct C-H Amidation of Benzoic Acids to Introduce meta- and para-Amino Groups by Tandem Decarboxylation"

Donggun Lee and Sukbok Chang [Chem. Eur. J. 21 (14), 5364-5368(2015)]