Publications

Diastereodivergence in Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles

Byungjun Kim†, Hooseung Lee†, Ilwoo Song†, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

(†These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025, Advance Article. (2024 Emerging Investigators)

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Enantio- and Diastereoselective Variations on α-Iminonitriles: Harnessing Chiral Cyclopropenimine-Thiourea Organocatalysts

Hooseung Lee, Hyeongwoo Nam, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3065.

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Boron Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Hydrophosphorylation of N-Heteroaryl-Substituted Alkenes

Soojin Kwak, Jeongin Choi, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

Synthesis 2024, 56, 399. (Invited Feature Article)

Enantio- and Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition of Pyridyl Alkyl Ketones to Enones by Cu(II)-Lewis Acid/Brønsted Base Catalysis

Soojin Kwak, Minhyeok Lee, Eunji Sim* and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 746. (Emerging Investigator Series)

Copper-Catalyzed C–C Cross-Couplings of Tertiary Alkyl Halides with Anilines Enabled by Cyclopropenimine-Based Ligands

Serim Choi, Yongseok Choi, Yongjae Kim, Jaehoo Lee, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 24897.

Stereodivergent Conjugate Addition between Iminium and α-Azaaryl α-Fluoroenolate Intermediates by Synergistic Amine and Lewis Acid Catalysis

Seonil Kim, Seongryeol Jeung, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 13838.

Organocatalytic Enantio- and Diastereoselective Diels-Alder Reaction between 2,4-Dienals and α,β-Unsaturated Esters

Byungjun Kim, Sukwoo Lee, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 3887.

(Selected as the inside cover)

Stereodivergent Access to Rocaglaol Enabled by Dual Catalytic Asymmetric Allylation

Byungjun Kim and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 1526. (Preview article)

Regio- and Stereoselective Addition of Secondary Phosphine Oxides to Allenoates Catalyzed by Main-Group Lewis Pairs

Soojin Kwak, Jeongin Choi, Jimin Han, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 212.

Stereoselective Michael Additions of Aryl Acetic Acid Derivatives by Asymmetric Organocatalysis

Byungjun Kim†, Yongjae Kim†, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

(†These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Synlett 2022, 33, 609. (Invited Synpacts article)

Stereodivergent Silver-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyroglutamic Acid Esters

Byungjun Kim, Yuna Song, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 11052. (2021 Emerging Investigators)

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Computational Screening of Trillions of Metal–Organic Frameworks for High-Performance Methane Storage

Sangwon Lee, Baekjun Kim, Hyun Cho, Hooseung Lee, Sarah Yunmi Lee, Eun Seon Cho, and Jihan Kim*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021,13, 23647.

Stereodivergent Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation between Iminium and Enolate Intermediates by Synergistic Organocatalysis

Byungjun Kim, Yongjae Kim, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021,143, 73.

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Kinetic Resolution of α-Silyl-Substituted Allylboronate Esters via Chemo- and Stereoselective Allylboration of Aldehydes

Jinyoung Park, Youngsuk Jung, Jeongho Kim, Eunsung Lee, Sarah Yunmi Lee, and Seung Hwan Cho*

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 2371-2376.

Boron Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Hydrophosphinylation of N-Heteroaryl Substituted Alkenes with Secondary Phosphine Oxides

Jimin Han, Jongwon Kim, Jaehoo Lee, Younghun Kim, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 15476.

Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Double Addition of Indoles to Ketones: Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)methanes with All-Carbon Quaternary Centers

Si On Lee†, Jeongin Choi†, Seunghoon Kook†, and Sarah Yunmi Lee*

(†These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 9060.

Pre-Yonsei Publications

Direct Arylation of Simple Arenes with Aryl Bromides by Synergistic Silver and Palladium Catalysis

Adrian Tlahuext-Aca, Sarah Yunmi Lee, Shu Sakamoto, and John F. Hartwig*

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 1430-1434.

Palladium-Catalyzed, Site-Selective Direct Allylation of Aryl C–H bonds by Silver-Mediated C–H Activation: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigation

Sarah Yunmi Lee and John F. Hartwig*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15278-15284.

Phosphine-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular [3+2] Annulations To Generate Fused Ring Systems

Sarah Yunmi Lee, Yuji Fujiwara, Atsuko Nishiguchi, Marcin Kalek, and Gregory C. Fu*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4587-4591.

(ACS Editors' Choice)

Enantioselective Nucleophile-Catalyzed Synthesis of Tertiary Alkyl Fluorides via the α-Fluorination of Ketenes: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies

Sarah Yunmi Lee, Stefan Neufeind, and Gregory C. Fu*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8899-8902.

(ACS Editors' Choice)

Nonenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols via Enantioselective Acylation: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies

Sarah Yunmi Lee, Jaclyn M. Murphy, Atsushi Ukai, and Gregory C. Fu*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15149-15153.

(Highlights in Angewandte: Díaz-Álvarez, A. E.; Mesas-Sánchez, L.; Dinér, P. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52,

502–504.)

Silver-Mediated Direct Amination of Benzoxazoles: Tuning the Amino Group Source from Formamides to Parent Amines

Seung Hwan Cho, Ji Young Kim, Sarah Yunmi Lee, and Sukbok Chang*

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9127–9130.

(Hot Paper)

Synthetic Utility of Ammonium Salts in the Cu-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction as a Facile Coupling Partner

Jinho Kim, S. Yunmi Lee, Junseung Lee, Youngkyu Do, and Sukbok Chang*

J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 9454–9457.