Faculty

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

Professor

Lee, Yunho

Inorganic Molecular Conversion Laboratory
LAB Website
OFFICE 503동 421호 / +82-2-880-6653
LAB 503-402,432 / +82-2-880-4348

Research Topic

Our research goal is to investigate fundamental inorganic and bioinorganic chemical principles by learning from nature and then adapt these concepts to future catalyst designs for energy-related industrial applications. We focus on understanding various biological catalytic reactions, particularly those based on the activation of energy-related small molecules (such as H2, CO2, and CO) and then seek to accomplish similar catalytic activation using a biomimetic methodology. We will incorporate a systematic approach based on the known active-site structures and design ligand architectures that accommodate the necessary steric and electronic environments to a metal site to achieve efficient and controllable synthetic catalysts.

Education

  • Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, USA 2007
  • M.A. Inorganic Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, USA 2003
  • B.S. Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, South Korea 2000

Career

  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, SNU, 2020–Present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2015-2020
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, 2010-2015
  • Postdoctoral Associate, California Institute of Technology, USA, 2010
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2007-2010

Papers

  1. “A Low Spin Three Coordinate Cobalt(I) Complex and its Reactivity toward H2” J. Choi, and Y. Lee,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6938-6942.
  2. “A P-P Bond as a Redox Reservoir and an Active Reaction Site” Y.-E. Kim, and Y. Lee,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14159-14163.
  3. “Selective Transformation of CO2 to CO at a Single Nickel Center” C. Yoo, Y.-E. Kim, and Y. Lee* Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 1144-1152.
  4. “Direct CO2 addition to a Ni(0)-CO species allowing the selective generation of a nickel(II) carboxylate with expulsion of CO” D. Sahoo, C. Yoo, and Y. Lee,* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2179-2185.
  5. “A T-Shaped Ni(I) Metalloradical Species” C. Yoo, and Y. Lee,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9502-9506.
  6. “Phosphinite-Ni(0) Mediated Formation of a Phosphide-Ni(II)-OCOOMe Species via Uncommon Metal-Ligand Cooperation.” Y.-E. Kim, O. Kim, S. Oh, S. Kim, J. Kim, S. W. Han, and Y. Lee,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4280-4283.

Search Papers

Alexander C. Brannan, Dagyum Yoo, Jonghoon Choi, Yunho Lee
Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 22, (2023-06-05) Link
Kunwoo Lee, Nara Kim, Kyung-Bin Cho, Yunho Lee
Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 7, (2023-02-20) Link
Danim Lim, Wonchul Lee, Jungwoo Hong, Jintaek Gong, Jonghoon Choi, Jaewook Kim, Seolhee Lim, Sung Hyun Yoo, Yunho Lee, Hee-Seung Lee
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 135, 39, (2013-09-15) Link
Min-Sung Ko, Jung-Ho Hong, Adil S. Aslam, P. Sankara Rao, Pradeep P. Desale, Jonghoon Choi, Yunho Lee, Dong-Gyu Cho
Organic Letters, 2022, 24, 48, (2022-12-09) Link
Sudakar Padmanaban, Jonghoon Choi, Hugo Vazquez-Lima, Donghwi Ko, Dagyum Yoo, Jinseong Gwak, Kyung-Bin Cho, Yunho Lee
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 10, (2022-03-16) Link
Kunwoo Lee, Jonghoon Choi, Peter M. Graham, Yunho Lee
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2022, 43, 2, (2022-02) Link
Sudakar Padmanaban, Vinothkumar Ganesan, Sungho Yoon, Yunho Lee
Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 3, (2022-01-24) Link
Kunwoo Lee, Jonghoon Choi, Peter M. Graham, Yunho Lee
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2022, (2021-12-21) Link
Seoneun Jeong, Lianjin Zhang, Jaewook Kim, Jintaek Gong, Jonghoon Choi, Kang Min Ok, Yunho Lee, Sunbum Kwon, Hee-Seung Lee
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2022, 61, 1, (2021-01-03) Link
Vikas Khandu Bhosale, Jinseong Gwak, Kyu-Seop Kim, David G Churchill, Yunho Lee, Sejin Kwon
Fuel, 2021, 297, (2021-08-01) Link