Hong, Sung You

Professor

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Lab: Bldg. 108, 902
Office: Bldg. 108, 901-4
E-mail: syhong@unist.ac.kr
Phone: +82-52-217-2528

Hong, Sung You

Professor

Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory

E-mail: syhong@unist.ac.kr
Lab: Bldg. 108, 902
Office: Bldg. 108, 901-4
Phone: +82-52-217-2528
Research Areas
Organic Synthesis, Transition Metal Catalysis, Synthetic Electrolyte Additives
Research Summary

The major research theme in our laboratory is to develop metal-catalyzed synthetic routes to afford functionalized small molecules. We study reactivity- and selectivity controls in catalytic reactions.

Education

DPhil Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford (2009)
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University (2002)

Career

Professor of Chemistry (2022–present) UNIST
Associate Professor (2015–2022) UNIST
Assistant Professor (2010–2015) UNIST
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009–2010) Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Selected Publications
Chemo- and regioselective nickel-catalyzed reductive 1,4-alkylarylation of 1,3-enynes through an L2NiAr intermediate
Jeon, J. H.; Kim, G. H.; Lee, H. S.; Kim, D. H.; Lee, S.; Choe, W.; Jung, B.*; Rohde, J.-U.*; Hong, S. Y.*
ACS Catal. 14, 8996 (2024)
Iterative SuFEx approach for sequence-regulated oligosulfates and its extension to periodic copolymers
Kim, M. P.; Kayal, S.; Hwang, C.; Bae, J.; Kim, H.; Hwang, D. G.; Jeon, M. H.; Seo, J. K.; Ahn, D.; Lee, W.; Seo, S.; Chun, J.-H.*; Yu, Y.*; Hong, S. Y.*
Nat. Commun. 15, 3381 (2024)
Rapid access to polycyclic N-heteroarenes from unactivated, simple azines via a base-promoted Minisci-type annulation
Lee, J. B.; Kim, G. H.; Jeon, J. H.; Jeong, S. Y.; Lee, S.; Park, J.; Lee, D.; Kwon, Y.; Seo, J. K.; Chun, J.-H.; Kang, S. J.; Choe, W.; Rohde, J.-U.*; Hong, S. Y.*
Nat. Commun. 13, 2421 (2022)
Annulative π-extension of unactivated benzene derivatives through nondirected C–H arylation
Lee, J. B.; Jeon, M. H.; Seo, J. K.; von Helden, G.; Rohde, J.-U.; Zhao, B. S.*; Seo, J.*; Hong, S. Y.*
Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7004 (2019)
Nickel-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition to access 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles in air and water
Kim, W. G.; Kang, M. E.; Lee, J. B.; Jeon, M. H.; Lee, S.; Lee, J.; Choi, B.; Cal, P. M. S. D.; Kang, S.; Kee, J.-M.; Bernardes, G. J. L.; Rohde, J.-U.; Choe, W.; Hong, S. Y.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 12121 (2017)
An annulative synthetic strategy for building triphenylene frameworks via multiple C–H activations
Mathew, B. P.‡; Yang, H. J.‡; Kim, J.; Lee, J. B.; Kim, Y.-T.; Lee, S.; Lee, C. Y.; Choe, W.; Myung, K.; Park, J.-U.*; Hong, S. Y.*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 56, 5007 (2017)
Research Highlights