2019–2021 Postdoctoral Research Associate Princeton University (Advisor: Paul J. Chirik)
2019 Research Fellow Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
2017 Visiting student University of Utah (Advisor: Matthew S. Sigman)
• Park, Y.; Kim, S.; Tian, L.; Zhong, H.; Scholes, G. D.; Chirik, P. J. Visible Light Enables Catalytic Formation of Weak Chemical Bonds with Molecular Hydrogen.
Nature Chem. 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00732-z.
• Park, Y.; Semproni, S. P.; Zhong, H. Chirik, P. J. Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Reactivity of a Planar Four-Coordinate, Cobalt-Imido Complex.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 14376-14380.
• Jung, H.; Schrader, M.; Kim, D.; Baik, M.-H.*; Park, Y.*; Chang, S.* Harnessing Secondary Coordination Sphere Interactions that Enable the Selective Amidation of Benzylic C−H Bonds (*Co-corresponding author).J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 15356-15366.
• Park, Y.; Chang, S. Asymmetric Formation of of γ-Lactams via C–H Amidation Enabled by Chiral Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Catalysts,
Nature Catal. 2019, 2, 219–227.
• Hong, S. Y.†; Park, Y.†; Hwang, Y.; Kim, Y.; Baik, M.-H.; Chang, S. Selective Formation of γ-Lactams via C–H Amidation Enabled by Tailored Iridium Catalysts, (†Co-first author).
Science 2018, 359, 1016–1021
• Park, Y.; Niemeyer, Z. L.; Yu, J.-Q.; Sigman, M. S. Quantifying Structural Effects of Amino Acid Ligands in Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization Reactions.
Organometallics 2018, 37, 203–210.
• Park, Y.; Kim, Y.; Chang, S. Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Amination: Scope, Mechanism and Applications.Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 9247–9301.
• Park, Y.; Heo, J.; Baik, M.-H.; Chang, S. Why is the Ir(III)-Mediated Amido Transfer So Much Faster than the Rh(III)-Mediated Reaction? A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14020-14029.
• Park, Y.; Park, K. T.; Kim, J. G; Chang S. Mechanistic Studies on the Rh(III)-Mediated Amido Transfer Process Leading to Robust C–H Amination with a New Type of Amidating Reagent.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4534–4542.
