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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Tehshik P. Yoon is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, specializing predominantly in the field of Chemistry with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry.

Their body of work includes research on radical photochemical reactions, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Frequent publication venues for Yoon's work are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Wesley B. Swords
  • Ilia A. Guzei
  • Matthew J. Genzink
  • Grace A. Lutovsky
  • Mu-Hyun Baik

Recent notable papers by Tehshik P. Yoon comprise:

  • "Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoexcitation of Cu(ii) carboxylates," 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • "Oxidase reactions in photoredox catalysis," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Iron-mediated modular decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling," 2023, Chem
  • "Divergent Photocatalytic Reactions of α-Ketoesters under Triplet Sensitization and Photoredox Conditions," 2020, Organic Letters

They have been recognized by being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013, and previously as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Visible light photocatalysis as a greener approach to photochemical synthesis

    Tehshik P. Yoon;Michael A. Ischay;Juana Du

  • Solar Synthesis: Prospects in Visible Light Photocatalysis

    Danielle M. Schultz;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Dual Catalysis Strategies in Photochemical Synthesis

    Kazimer L. Skubi;Travis R. Blum;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Privileged Chiral Catalysts

    Tehshik P. Yoon;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Efficient visible light photocatalysis of [2+2] enone cycloadditions.

    Michael A. Ischay;Mary E. Anzovino;Juana Du;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Characterizing chain processes in visible light photoredox catalysis

    Megan A. Cismesia;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Visible light photocatalysis in organic chemistry

    Corey R.J. Stephenson;Tehshik P. Yoon;David W.C. MacMillan

  • A Dual-Catalysis Approach to Enantioselective [2 + 2] Photocycloadditions Using Visible Light

    Juana Du;Kazimer L. Skubi;Danielle M. Schultz;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Crossed intermolecular [2+2] cycloadditions of acyclic enones via visible light photocatalysis.

    Juana Du;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Visible light photocatalysis of [2+2] styrene cycloadditions by energy transfer.

    Zhan Lu;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • [2+2] Cycloadditions by Oxidative Visible Light Photocatalysis

    Michael A. Ischay;Zhan Lu;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Radical Cation Diels–Alder Cycloadditions by Visible Light Photocatalysis

    Shishi Lin;Michael A. Ischay;Charles G. Fry;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Enantioselective photochemistry through Lewis acid–catalyzed triplet energy transfer

    Travis R. Blum;Zachary D. Miller;Desiree M. Bates;Ilia A. Guzei

  • Highly enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed nitro-Mannich reactions.

    Tehshik P. Yoon;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis.

    Matthew J. Genzink;Jesse B. Kidd;Wesley B. Swords;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Photochemical Stereocontrol Using Tandem Photoredox–Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis

    Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Enantioselective conjugate additions of α-amino radicals via cooperative photoredox and Lewis acid catalysis.

    Laura Ruiz Espelt;Iain S. McPherson;Eric M. Wiensch;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • [3+2] cycloadditions of aryl cyclopropyl ketones by visible light photocatalysis.

    Zhan Lu;Meihua Shen;Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Visible Light Photocatalysis: The Development of Photocatalytic Radical Ion Cycloadditions

    Tehshik P. Yoon

  • Transition metal photoredox catalysis of radical thiol-ene reactions.

    Elizabeth L. Tyson;Michael S. Ament;Tehshik P. Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilia A. Guzei
Ilia A. Guzei University of Wisconsin–Madison
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan Princeton University
Elizabeth A. Stone
Elizabeth A. Stone University of Iowa
Mu-Hyun Baik
Mu-Hyun Baik Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Richmond Sarpong
Richmond Sarpong University of California, Berkeley
Eric N. Jacobsen
Eric N. Jacobsen Harvard University
Sarah E. Reisman
Sarah E. Reisman California Institute of Technology
Frank N. Keutsch
Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University
Matthew S. Sigman
Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah
Lloyd M. Smith
Lloyd M. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison

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