Laboratory Introduction

Our major research interests involve the following developments Organic synthetic methods and synthesis (i) asymmetric synthesis using organocatalysis or chiral auxiliary, and (ii) polymer attached reagents. Electronically or biologically active molecules (i) organic electroluminescence chemicals for the sensor, (ii)design and synthesis of drug, and (iii) polymer additives

Research Areas

• Organic synthesis and organic reaction methodology

Research Activities

• Direct Reductive Amination of Aldehydes Using Hantzsch Ester Promoted by N,N'-Diphenyl-S- Benzylisothiouronium Iodide as an Organocatalyst, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, (2019)
• Reduction of α,β-unsaturated nitroolefins into nitroalkanes with Hantzsch ester promoted by isothiouronium saltsSynth. Commun., (2019)
• Isothiouronium Salts as Catalysts for the Direct Reductive Amination of Aldehydes with a Hantzsch Ester, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, (2018)
• Application of benz[c,d]indolenine-based unsymmetrical squaraine dyes to near-infrared dye-sensitized solar cells Dyes and Pigments, (2017)