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Sang-gi Lee is affiliated with Ewha Womans University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Frequent publication venues for Sang-gi Lee encompass:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Chemical Science
  • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with the following coauthors:

  • Kyu Ree Lee
  • Subin Ahn
  • Da Jung Jung
  • Yu Lim Lee

Representative published papers by Sang-gi Lee include:

  • "Synergistic Dual Transition Metal Catalysis," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Electrochemically driven stereoselective approach to syn-1,2-diol derivatives from vinylarenes and DMF," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Synergistic Pd(0)/Rh(II) Dual Catalytic [6 + 3] Dipolar Cycloaddition for the Synthesis of Monocyclic Nine-Membered N,O-Heterocycles and Their Alder-ene Rearrangement to Fused Bicyclic Compounds," 2021, Organic Letters
  • "Divergent Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Spiroheterocycles through Pd-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective [3 + 2] Spiroannulation," 2022, Organic Letters
  • "Dual Rh(II)/Pd(0) Relay Catalysis for One-Pot Synthesis of α-Quaternary Allylated Indolin-2-ones and Benzofuran-2-ones," 2021, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Functionalized imidazolium salts for task-specific ionic liquids and their applications

    Sang-gi Lee

  • Supported chiral catalysts on inorganic materials

    Choong Eui Song;Sang Gi Lee

  • Transition metal-catalyzed site- and regio-divergent C–H bond functionalization

    Lucy Ping;Da Sol Chung;Jean Bouffard;Sang Gi Lee

  • Synergistic Dual Transition Metal Catalysis

    U. Bin Kim;Da Jung Jung;Hyun Ji Jeon;Kris Rathwell

  • Covalent Modification of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids: Effect of Anions on Solubility

    Min Jeong Park;Min Jeong Park;Jae Kyun Lee;Bang Sook Lee;Bang Sook Lee;Yong Won Lee

  • Imidazolium ion-terminated self-assembled monolayers on Au: effects of counteranions on surface wettability.

    Bang Sook Lee;Young Shik Chi;Jae Kyun Lee;Insung S. Choi

  • Toward understanding the origin of positive effects of ionic liquids on catalysis: formation of more reactive catalysts and stabilization of reactive intermediates and transition states in ionic liquids.

    Ji Woong Lee;Ju Yeon Shin;Yu Sung Chun;Hyeong Bin Jang

  • Dramatic Enhancement of Catalytic Activity in an Ionic Liquid: Highly Practical Friedel–Crafts Alkenylation of Arenes with Alkynes Catalyzed by Metal Triflates

    Choong Eui Song;Da Un Jung;Su Yhen Choung;Eun Joo Roh

  • Biosynthesis of the Allylmalonyl-CoA Extender Unit for the FK506 Polyketide Synthase Proceeds through a Dedicated Polyketide Synthase and Facilitates the Mutasynthesis of Analogues

    Sangjoon Mo;Dong Hwan Kim;Jong Hyun Lee;Je Won Park

  • Ionic liquids as powerful media in scandium triflate catalysed Diels–Alder reactions: significant rate acceleration, selectivity improvement and easy recycling of catalyst

    Choong Eui Song;Woo Ho Shim;Eun Joo Roh;Sang-gi Lee

  • Palladium nanoparticles supported onto ionic carbon nanotubes as robust recyclable catalysts in an ionic liquid.

    Yu Sung Chun;Ju Yeon Shin;Choong Eui Song;Sang Gi Lee

  • Lanthanide triflate-catalyzed three component synthesis of α-amino phosphonates in ionic liquids. A catalyst reactivity and reusability study

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  • Control of wettability by anion exchange on Si/SiO2 surfaces.

    Young Shik Chi;Jae Kyun Lee;Sang Gi Lee;Insung S. Choi

  • Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation in a room temperature ionic liquid using chiral Rh-complex of ionic liquid grafted 1,4-bisphosphine ligand

    Sang Gi Lee;Yong Jian Zhang;Yong Jian Zhang;Jing Yu Piao;Hyeon Yoon

  • DMF as a Source of Oxygen and Aminomethine: Stereoselective 1,2-Insertion of Rhodium(II) Azavinyl Carbenes into the C═O Bond of Formamides for the Synthesis of cis-Diamino Enones

    Da Jung Jung;Hyun Ji Jeon;Ju Hyun Kim;Youngmee Kim

  • Advances in tandem reactions with organozinc reagents.

    Ju Hyun Kim;Young Ok Ko;Jean Bouffard;Sang Gi Lee

  • Efficient and practical polymeric catalysts for heterogeneous asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins

    Choong Eui Song;Jung Woon Yang;Hyun Joon Ha;Sang-gi Lee

  • Recent Advances in the Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrazoles

    Joo Yong Yoon;Sang gi Lee;Hyunik Shin

  • Palladium nanoparticles captured onto spherical silica particles using a urea cross-linked imidazolium molecular band.

    Ju Yeon Shin;Bang Sook Lee;Yeongri Jung;Sung Jin Kim

  • Rh(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of (<i>E</i>)- and (<i>Z</i>)-β-(Acylamino)acrylates Using 1,4-Bisphosphine Ligands under Mild Conditions

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  • Highly selective fluorescent probe for Au3+ based on cyclization of propargylamide

    Min Jung Jou;Xiaoqiang Chen;K. M.K. Swamy;Ha Na Kim

  • The dramatic acceleration effect of imidazolium ionic liquids on electron transfer reactions.

    Doo Seong Choi;Dong Hyun Kim;Ueon Sang Shin;Ravindra R. Deshmukh

Frequent Co-Authors

Choong Eui Song
Choong Eui Song Sungkyunkwan University
Youngmee Kim
Youngmee Kim Ewha Womans University
Insung S. Choi
Insung S. Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sung-Jin Kim
Sung-Jin Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Chongmok Lee
Chongmok Lee Ewha Womans University
Kun-Hong Lee
Kun-Hong Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Zhanhu Guo
Zhanhu Guo Northumbria University
Juyoung Yoon
Juyoung Yoon Ewha Womans University
Jin Yong Lee
Jin Yong Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Haeshin Lee
Haeshin Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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