Senior Researcher
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LAB
E-mail alee@kist.re.kr
HOMEPAGE http://sites.google.com/view/ansooleelab
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2017)
B.S. Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2012)
RESEARCH CAREER & ACTIVITIES
- Senior Researcher, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (2019-Present)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2019)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University (2017-2019)
Research Interests
- Organic synthesis of medicinal compounds
- Development of organic reactions
- Design of novel coupling reagents and catalysts
Highlight
- Lee, A.; Zhu, J. L.; Feoktistova, T.; Brueckner, A. C.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Scheidt, K. A. “Carbene‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Annulations to Access Dihydrobenzoxazinones and Quinolones,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 5941.
- Lee, A.; Betori, R. C.; Crane, E. A.; Scheidt, K. A. “An Enantioselective Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Catalysis Approach to Tetrahydropyrans,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 6212.
- Lee, A.; Oh, S.; Kim, H. “Synthesis of α-(4-Oxazolyl)amino Esters via Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Tandem Reaction”, Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3319.
- Lee, A.; Kim, H. “Chiral Bicyclic Bridgehead Phosphoramidite (Briphos) Ligands for Asymmetric Rhodium-Catalyzed 1,2- and 1,4-Addition”, J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 3520.
- Lee, A.; Kim, H. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of α,β-Unsaturated Imino Esters Using Chiral Bicyclic Bridgehead Phosphoramidite Ligands”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11250.
- Lee, A.; Ahn, S.; Kang, K.; Seo, M.-S.; Kim, Y.; Kim, W. Y.; Kim, H. “Bicyclic Bridgehead Phosphoramidite (Briphos) Ligands with Tunable π–Acceptor Ability and Catalytic Activity in the Rhodium-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions”, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5490.
- Lee, A.; So, S. M.; Lough, A. J.; Kim, H.; Chin, J., “Mother Diamine: A Universal Building Block for Making Chiral Ligands from Daughter Diamines to Binol, Binap, and Monophos Analogues”, Asian J. Org. Chem. 2014, 3, 1102.