Advancing battery recycling with SK ecoplant is out in Small! Our new hydrophobic S-donor extractants enable direct Ni recovery: >95% extraction from real battery leachates, 99.7%-pure nickel sulfate crystals, and reduced salt waste! doi.org/10.1002/smll.76257

Scalable materials simplify SuFEx: New paper on a water-compatible, SuFEx-able linchpin is now online! This enables modular diversification and on-DNA ligation, providing a versatile strategy for encoded libraries. Congratulations Seok Ju & Dong Hyeon! 🎉advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

Secondary silyliums are exceptionally strong Lewis acids. This enhanced acidity enables reductive sulfonamidation of functionalized ketones with broad scope, and delivers a 3-step, multi-gram route to sitagliptin! Congrats to Woohee, Israr, and the team! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

Our new paper on a silylium Lewis acid-catalyzed coupling of sulfonyl fluorides with unactivated arenes is now published! Efficient S–F activation by silylium ion pairs, enabling direct sulfone formation from simple arenes via catalytic C–SuFEx chemistry. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Our paper "SuFEx-Enabled Catalytic Synthesis of Fluorescent Organosulfur Polymers for the Rapid Detection of Explosives" with Prof. Changsik Song and Prof. Taeyeon Kim is now published in Advanced Science. Congratulations Sun Bu, Jaeyoung, and Seunghyun! advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

Thrilled to share our collaborative work with Prof. Yoonsu Park’s group published in Nature Communications: Superacid counteranion as flexible-coordinating ligand for asymmetric organo-bismuth catalysis. Congratulations to Jin Hyun and Seok Yeol! doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-6…

We are truly honored to have our recent contributions to "water-enhanced catalysis" featured in Accounts of Chemical Research, where we highlight its promise in expanding the landscape of modern catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

A new paper collaboration with Prof. Min Sang Kwon's group (SNU) in Cell Reports Physical Science, "Water-accelerated single-electron transfer aquaphotocatalysis for open-chain SuFEx hubs" is now published. Congratulations to Byeongjun and Yonghwan! cell.com/cell-reports-physic…

A new paper entitled "Highly Functionalized SuFEx-able Hub Bearing All-Carbon Quaternary Center via Rapid Brønsted Superbase Catalysis" from our group is now available in Organic Letters. Congratulations Soyeon!! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021…

Our new paper entitled "“On-Water” Accelerated Dearomative Cycloaddition via Aquaphotocatalysis" is now published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to Soo Bok! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Check out our new paper in Cell Reports Physical Science, entitled "Pinacolborane-assisted superacid organocatalysis enabled direct access to cytotoxic alkyl N-Cbz amines". Congratulations to Woo Hee! cell.com/cell-reports-physic…

Glad to share our first publication this year @ChemCatalysis, trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate as a sustainable precursor in silylium Lewis acid organocatalysis! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Our new paper entitled "Sustainable Oragnocatalytic Cyanosilylation of Ketones by PPM-Level Loading Triphenylcarbenium Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate" is now published in Green Chemistry. Congratulations Muhammad! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

A new paper "Alkyl Sulfonyl Fluorides Incorporating Geminal Dithioesters as SuFEx Click Hubs via Water-Accelerated Organosuperbase Catalysis", a collaborative work with Prof. Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong group is published in Org. Lett. Congratulations to all! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Prof. Tsuji from Hokkaido University visited Bae Lab!!

We are happy to announce that Han Yong is selected as this year's recipient of the Young Organic Chemist Award at KCS Organic Chemistry Division, together with Prof. Jun-Seok Lee @junseoklee! Congratulations a lot to Prof. Bae and Prof. Lee!