강택, Kang, Taek
Senior Researcher
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2013)
B.S. Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2008)
RESEARCH CAREER & ACTIVITIES
- Senior Researcher, Center for Neuromedicine, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (2017-Present)
- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2016-2017)
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2015-2016)
- Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) (2014-2016)
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2013-2014)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Development of new reactions/Total synthesis
- Medicinal chemistry
- Development of neuroimaging chemical probes
HIGHLIGHT
- Kang, T.+; White, K. L.+; Mann, T. J.; Hoveyda, A. H.; Movassaghi, M. “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (–)-Deoxoapodine”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 13857. (+: equally contributed)
- Kang, T.; Kim, H.; Kim, J. G.; Chang, S. “Synthesis of 1,2-Amino Alcohols via Catalytic C–H Amidation of sp3 C–H Bonds”, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12073.
- Kang, T.; Song, S. B.; Kim, W.-Y.; Kim, B. G.; Lee, H.-Y. “Total Synthesis of (–)-Crinipellin A”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10274.
- Kang, T.; Kim, Y.; Lee, D.; Wang, Z.; Chang, S. “Iridium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Amidation of sp3 C–H Bonds: Late-Stage Functionalization of an Unactivated Methyl Group”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4141.
- Kang, T.; Kim, W.-Y.; Yoon, Y.; Kim, B. G.; Lee, H.-Y. “Tandem Cycloaddition Reactions of Allenyl Diazo Compounds Forming Triquinanes via Trimethylenemethane Diyls”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18050.