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Hyung-Geun Park

Seoul National University · 化学

研究室紹介

Professor Hyung-Geun Park's research lab specializes in the development of innovative organocatalysts, particularly cinchona alkaloid-derived phase-transfer catalysts, for enantioselective synthesis. The lab focuses on designing efficient, mild, and scalable catalytic systems to construct chiral centers—especially quaternary carbon centers—enabling the synthesis of enantiopure α-amino acids and other biologically relevant compounds. Their work emphasizes the structure-activity relationship of catalysts, including electronic and steric effects, to achieve high enantioselectivity and turnover in asymmetric transformations. The lab's research bridges academic innovation with industrial applicability, targeting practical and sustainable synthetic methodologies.

phase-transfer catalysisenantioselective synthesiscinchona alkaloidschiral amino acidsorganocatalysts

Research Overview

Papers
205
Total Citations
3,652
Papers (5y)
22
Primary Field
化学

Research Output Trend

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Publications per year (5y)
22total
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Citations per year (5y)
119total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|312 citations·2009
Cinchona-based phase-transfer catalysts for asymmetric synthesis
Sang‐sup Jew, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1Chemical Communications

Phase-transfer catalysis is one of the most useful methodologies for practical syntheses given its operational simplicity and mild reaction conditions that enable its application in industrial processes. Cinchona alkaloids have been a popular, natural source of practical organocatalysts due largely to their excellent commercial availability and low cost. Since the first Cinchona alkaloid-derived phase-transfer catalysts was disclosed in 1981, diverse generations of Cinchona-derived phase-transfe

Organic ChemistryChemistry
2
Article|176 citations·2002
Highly Enantioselective and Practical Cinchona-Derived Phase-Transfer Catalysts for the Synthesis of α-Amino Acids This work was supported by grants from Aminogen Co. (Korea) through the Research Center of New Drug Development of Seoul National University and the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy of Seoul National University.
Hyeung‐geun Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Jeong Hee Lee, Mi‐kyoung Park, Yeon‐Ju Lee, Mi‐Jeong Kim, Sang‐sup Jew
SJR Q1Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
3
Article|153 citations·2002
An Unusual Electronic Effect of an Aromatic-F in Phase-Transfer Catalysts Derived fromCinchona-Alkaloid
Sang‐sup Jew, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Il Yeong Park, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1Organic Letters

[structure: see text] Various N-benzylcinchonidinium salts were prepared to study electronic factors in the catalytic enantioselective phase-transfer alkylation of glycine anion equivalent. An ortho-fluoro substituent on the benzyl group in the quaternary ammonium salt dramatically increased the enantioselectivity in the alkylation. O(9)-Allyl-N-2',3',4'-trifluorobenzylhydrocinchonidinium bromide (27), which gave the highest enantioselectivity of the catalysts studied, was used to prepare 12 alp

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
4
Article|127 citations·2001
Synthesis and application of dimeric Cinchona alkaloid phase-transfer catalysts: α,α′-bis[O(9)-allylcinchonidinium]-o, m, or p-xylene dibromide
Sang‐sup Jew, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Hoon Huh, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1Chemical Communications

A dimeric Cinchona alkaloid ammonium salt, α,α′-bis[O(9)-allylcinchonidinium]-m-x ylene dibromide 4, has been developed as a new efficient phase-transfer catalyst; the catalytic enantioselective alkylation of N-(diphenylmethylene)glycine tert-butyl ester using 4 provided 7 in a high enantiomeric excess (90–99% ee).

Cancer ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
5
Article|100 citations·2001
Trimeric Cinchona alkaloid phase-transfer catalyst: α,α′,α′′-tris[O(9)-allylcinchonidinium]mesitylene tribromide
Hyeung‐geun Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Mi‐kyoung Park, Hoon Huh, Sang‐sup Jew
SJR Q3Tetrahedron Letters
Cancer ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
6
Article|72 citations·2000
Structure–activity relationship study of asiatic acid derivatives against beta amyloid (Aβ)-induced neurotoxicity
Sang‐sup Jew, Chi‐hyoung Yoo, Doo‐yeon Lim, Heeman Kim, Inhee Mook‐Jung, Min Whan Jung, Heesung Choi, Young Hoon Jung, Heedoo Kim, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q2Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Complementary and alternative medicineMedicine
7
Article|70 citations·2003
Highly efficient ortho-fluoro-dimeric cinchona-derived phase-transfer catalysts
Hyeung‐geun Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Jeong Hee Lee, Boon‐saeng Park, Myoung Goo Kim, Sang‐sup Jew
SJR Q3Tetrahedron Letters
Organic ChemistryChemistry
8
Article|63 citations·2011
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of α,α-Dialkylmalonates by Phase-Transfer Catalytic Desymmetrization
Suckchang Hong, Jihye Lee, Minsik Kim, Yohan Park, Cheonhyoung Park, Mi‐Hyun Kim, Sang‐sup Jew, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1Journal of the American Chemical Society

A novel enantioselective synthetic method for the construction of a quaternary carbon center from malonates via phase-transfer catalytic (PTC) alkylation has been developed. The asymmetric α-alkylation of diphenylmethyl tert-butyl α-alkylmalonates with alkylating agents under phase-transfer catalysis conditions (aq 50% KOH, toluene, 0 °C) in the presence of (S,S)-3,4,5-trifluorophenyl-NAS bromide (8) as PTC catalyst afforded the corresponding α,α-dialkylmalonates in high chemical (up to 99%) and

Organic ChemistryChemistry
9
Article|62 citations·2007
Polymeric chiral phase-transfer catalysts derived from cinchona alkaloids for enantioselective synthesis of α-amino acids
Jeong Hee Lee, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Ji‐Hee Jung, Sang‐sup Jew, Hyeung‐geun Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong
SJR Q3Tetrahedron
Inorganic ChemistryChemistry
10
Article|52 citations·2002
Highly Enantioselective and Practical Cinchona-Derived Phase-Transfer Catalysts for the Synthesis of α-Amino Acids This work was supported by grants from Aminogen Co. (Korea) through the Research Center of New Drug Development of Seoul National University and the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy of Seoul National University.
Hyeung‐geun Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Mi‐Sook Yoo, Jeong Hee Lee, Mi‐kyoung Park, Yeon‐Ju Lee, Mi‐Jeong Kim, Sang‐sup Jew
Angewandte Chemie

Potenzielle Katalysatoren für industrielle Syntheseprozesse zur Herstellung natürlicher und nichtnatürlicher chiraler α-Aminosäuren sind die dimeren, auf Naphthalin basierenden Cinchona-Alkaloide 1 aufgrund der milden Reaktionsbedingungen und hohen katalytischen Effizienz (hohe Ausbeuten und ee-Werte). Sie fungieren als Phasentransferkatalysatoren bei der Alkylierung eines Glycin-Derivats. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2

Organic ChemistryChemistry
11
Article|50 citations·2010
Synthesis of (−)-Paroxetine via Enantioselective Phase-Transfer Catalytic Monoalkylation of Malonamide Ester
Mi‐Hyun Kim, Yohan Park, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Hyeung‐geun Park, Sang‐sup Jew
SJR Q1Organic Letters

A new enantioselective synthetic method of (-)-paroxetine is reported. (-)-Paroxetine could be obtained in 15 steps (95% ee and 9.1% overall yield) from N,N-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)malonamide tert-butyl ester via the enantioselective phase-transfer catalytic alkylation and the diastereoselective Michael addition as the key steps.

Organic ChemistryChemistry
12
Article|42 citations·2013
Efficient Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)‐Horsfiline
Suckchang Hong, Myunggi Jung, Yohan Park, Min Woo Ha, Cheonhyoung Park, Myungmo Lee, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1Chemistry - A European Journal

A new efficient and concise enantioselective synthetic method for (-)-horsfiline is reported. (-)-Horsfiline could be obtained from diphenylmethyl tert-butyl malonate in 9 steps (32%,>99% ee) by using the enantioselective phase-transfer catalytic allylation (91% ee) as the key step. This approach can be applied as a practical route for the large-scale synthesis of spirooxindole natural products, which enables a systematic investigation of their biological activity to be performed.

Organic ChemistryChemistry
13
Article|38 citations·2009
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of (S)-α-Alkyl-α,β-diaminopropionic Acids via Asymmetric Phase-Transfer Catalytic Alkylation of 2-Phenyl-2-imidazoline-4-carboxylic Acidtert-Butyl Esters
Yohan Park, Sukhoon Kang, Young Ju Lee, Taek‐Soo Kim, Byeong‐Seon Jeong, Hyeung‐geun Park, Sang‐sup Jew
SJR Q1Organic Letters

An efficient enantioselective synthetic method for (S)-alpha-alkyl-alpha,beta-diaminopropionic acid is reported. The asymmetric phase-transfer catalytic alkylation of N(1)-Boc-2-phenyl-2-imidazoline-4-carboxylic acid tert -butyl ester in the presence of chiral quaternary ammonium catalyst gave the corresponding alkylated products (93-98% ee) which could be transformed to enantioenriched alpha-alkyl-alpha,beta-diaminopropionic acids.

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
14
Article|35 citations·2015
Efficient synthesis and biological activity of Psammaplin A and its analogues as antitumor agents
Suckchang Hong, Yoonho Shin, Myunggi Jung, Min Woo Ha, Yohan Park, Yeon‐Ju Lee, Jongheon Shin, Ki Oh, Sang Kook Lee, Hyeung‐geun Park
SJR Q1European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Organic ChemistryChemistry
15
Article|33 citations·2002
Enantioselective synthesis of (2R,3S)-(+)-catechin
Sang‐sup Jew, Doo‐yeon Lim, Soyoung Bae, Hyun‐Ah Kim, Jeonghoon Kim, Jihye Lee, Hyeung‐geun Park
Tetrahedron Asymmetry
Pathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine

Research Areas

Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologySensory SystemsInorganic ChemistryComplementary and alternative medicinePharmacology

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