Faculty & Research
Chemistry
Lee, SunggiASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- Website
Organic Synthesis and Catalysis Lab - E-mailsunggi.lee@dgist.ac.kr
- Phone+82.53.785.6527
- OfficeE2-611
- LabE2-618

RESEARCH AREA
- Organic Synthesis
- Reaction and Catalyst Development
- Material Development
ACADEMIC & CAREER EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC | Ph. D., KAIST, Korea |
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CAREER | 2014~2019: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung, Germany |
2012~2014: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chemistry Department Boston College, USA | |
2009~2012: Research Scientist, SK Innovation Global Technology, Korea |
Our Researches
- Catalyst development
Organo- and Transitionmetal catalyzed reactions based on structure design
- Control of selectivity
Control regio, diastereo, and enantioselectivities
- Synthesis
All the organic molecules anywhere in the world
Representative Publications
2018 | “Confined acids catalyze asymmetric single aldolizations of acetaldehyde enolates” |
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Schreyer, L.; Kaib, P. S. J.; Wakchaure, V.; Obradors, C.; Properzi, R.; Lee, S. | |
List, B. Science 2018, 362, 216-219. | |
2018 | “Can a Ketone be More Reactive than an Aldehyde: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Substituted Tetrahydrofurans” |
Lee, S.; Bae, H. Y. | |
List, B. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12162-12166. | |
2018 | “Approaching Sub-ppm Level Asymmetric Organocatalysis of a Highly Challenging and Scalable Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reaction” |
Bae, H. Y.; Höfler, D.; Kaib, P. S. J.; Kasaplar, P.; De, C.; Döhring, D.; Lee, S.; Kaupmees, K.; Leito, I. | |
List, B. Nat. Chem. 2018, 10, 888-894. | |
2018 | “The Activation of Olefins via Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis” |
Tsuji, N.; Kennemur, J. L.; Buyck, T.; Lee, S.; Prévost, S.; Kaib, P. S. J.; Bykov, D.; Farès, C. | |
List, B. Science 2018, 359, 1501-1505. | |
2018 | “N-Triflylphosphorimidoyl Trichloride: A Versatile Reagent for the Synthesis of Strong Chiral Brønsted Acids.” |
Lee, S.; Kaib. P. S. J. | |
List, B. Synlett 2017, 28, 1478-1480. | |
2018 | “Asymmetric Catalysis via Cyclic, Aliphatic Oxocarbenium Ions.” |
Lee, S.; Kaib. P. S. J. | |
List, B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2156-2159. |