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Soo-joon Park

Yonsei University · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

About the Lab

Professor Soo-joon Park's research lab specializes in synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry, with a focus on the development of novel synthetic methodologies for complex molecular architectures, particularly fluorinated and sulfanyl-containing compounds. The lab pioneers strain-release functionalization strategies to access unique scaffolds such as pentafluorosulfanylated cyclobutanes and applies these methods to the asymmetric synthesis of bioactive natural products, including Cephalotaxus alkaloids. Additionally, the lab contributes to biomedical research by investigating molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases and developing standardized interfaces for legacy healthcare devices, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach bridging chemistry, medicine, and health technology. The lab’s work spans from fundamental synthesis to translational applications in drug discovery and medical device integration.

fluorinated compoundsasymmetric synthesissulfanylationneurodegenerative diseasehealthcare device standardization

Research Overview

Papers
41
Total Citations
477
Papers (5y)
15
Primary Field
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
15total
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Citations per year (5y)
180total
20212022202320242025

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|52 citations·2024
Overcoming a Radical Polarity Mismatch in Strain‐Release Pentafluorosulfanylation of [1.1.0]Bicyclobutanes: An Entryway to Sulfone‐ and Carbonyl‐Containing SF5‐Cyclobutanes
Yannick Kraemer, Jón Atiba Buldt, Wang‐Yeuk Kong, Alexander M. Stephens, Abbey N. Ragan, Soojun Park, Zane C. Haidar, Ansh Hiten Patel, Rachel Shey, Roee Dagan, Connor P. McLoughlin, James C. Fettinger
SJR Q1Angewandte Chemie International EditionOA

Abstract The first assortment of achiral pentafluorosulfanylated cyclobutanes (SF 5 ‐CBs) are now synthetically accessible through strain‐release functionalization of [1.1.0]bicyclobutanes (BCBs) using SF 5 Cl. Methods for both chloropentafluorosulfanylation and hydropentafluorosulfanylation of sulfone‐based BCBs are detailed herein, as well as proof‐of‐concept that the logic extends to tetrafluoro(aryl)sulfanylation, tetrafluoro(trifluoromethyl)sulfanylation, and three‐component pentafluorosulf

Pharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
2
Article|36 citations·2021
Collective Asymmetric Total Synthesis of C‐11 Oxygenated Cephalotaxus Alkaloids
Jae Hyun Kim, Hongjun Jeon, Choyi Park, Soojun Park, Sanghee Kim
SJR Q1Angewandte Chemie International Edition

While numerous studies pertaining to the total synthesis of Cephalotaxus alkaloids have been reported, only two strategies have been reported to date for the successful synthesis of the C-11 oxygenated subset, due to the additional synthetic challenge posed by the remote C-11 stereocenter. Herein, we report the collective asymmetric total synthesis of C-11 oxygenated Cephalotaxus alkaloids using a chiral proline both as a starting material and as the only chirality source. A tetracyclic advanced

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
3
Article|36 citations·2016
Cervical small cell neuroendocrine tumor mutation profiles via whole exome sequencing
Soo Young Cho, Minhye Choi, Hyo-Jeong Ban, Chang Hyeon Lee, Soojun Park, Han Kyeom Kim, Young‐Sik Kim, Young Seek Lee, Ji-Yun Lee
SJR Q2OncotargetOA

Cervical small cell neuroendocrine tumors (CSCNETs) are rare, aggressive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Reliable diagnostic and prognostic CSCNET markers are lacking, making diagnosis and prognosis prediction difficult, and treatment strategies limited. Here we provide mutation profiles for five tumor-normal paired CSCNETs using whole exome sequencing (WES). We expanded our assessment of frequently mutated genes to include publicly available data from 55 small intestine neuroendocrine tumors, 10

EpidemiologyMedicine
4
Article|32 citations·2011
ISO/IEEE 11073 PHD standardization of legacy healthcare devices for home healthcare services
Chan-Yong Park, Joonho Lim, Soojun Park

As transformed to aging society, many personal devices for healthcare have recently been developed. According to the increase of individual development of health devices, the ISO/IEEE 11073 PHD standard is established for gathering health measurement data. But many existing healthcare devices are not standardized. In this paper, we propose implementation model of standardization for legacy healthcare devices which do not follow 11073 PHD standard. We develop universal PHD Adapter (UPA) and UPA i

SurgeryMedicine
5
Article|29 citations·2014
Prediction of miRNA-mRNA associations in Alzheimer’s disease mice using network topology
Haneul Noh, Charny Park, Soojun Park, Young Seek Lee, Soo Young Cho, Hyemyung Seo
SJR Q1BMC GenomicsOA

Our results demonstrate AD-specific changes in the miRNA regulatory system as well as the relationship between the expression levels of miRNAs and their targets in the hippocampus of Tg6799 mice. These data help further our understanding of the function and mechanism of various miRNAs and their target genes in the molecular pathology of AD.

Cancer ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
6
Article|28 citations·2019
Enantioselective Synthesis of Homoisoflavanones by Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation and Their Biological Evaluation for Antiangiogenic Activity
Myunghoe Heo, Bit Lee, Kamakshi Sishtla, Xiang Fei, Sanha Lee, Soojun Park, Yue Yuan, Seul Lee, Sangil Kwon, Jungeun Lee, Sanghee Kim, Timothy W. Corson
SJR Q2The Journal of Organic ChemistryOA

Neovascular eye diseases are a major cause of blindness. Excessive angiogenesis is a feature of several conditions, including wet age-related macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and retinopathy of prematurity. Development of novel antiangiogenic small molecules for the treatment of neovascular eye disease is essential to provide new therapeutic leads for these diseases. We have previously reported the therapeutic potential of anti-angiogenic homoisoflavanone derivatives wit

Organic ChemistryChemistry
7
Article|28 citations·2008
A Phone for Human Activity Recognition Using Triaxial Acceleration Sensor
Sa-Kwang Song, Jae‐Won Jang, Soojun Park

We propose an activity recognition system especially for the elderly using a wearable sensor module including a triaxial accelerometer. We have mainly tackled easy battery loss problem minimizing the efficiency decrease of the activity recognition. The proposed system consists of main modules; sensor module, gateway, and PDA phone. The sensor module is worn at the left side of waistband, and the embedded algorithm installed in a microcontroller of the sensor module manipulates the sensing data i

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
8
Article|27 citations·2018
Memory of Chirality in Bromoalkyne Carbocyclization: Applications in Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Hasubanan Alkaloids
Shenpeng Tan, Feng Li, Soojun Park, Sanghee Kim
SJR Q1Organic Letters

A transition-metal-free 5- exo- dig asymmetric cyclization of α-amino ester enolates onto bromoalkynes provided a product with excellent enantioselectivity via the memory of chirality concept. This strategy was applied to a concise total synthesis of (-)-runanine and a formal synthesis of (-)-8-demethoxyrunanine and (-)-cepharatine D.

Organic ChemistryChemistry
9
Article|24 citations·2025
Direct N –SF 5 and N –SF 4 CF 3 Bond Formation through Strain-Release Functionalization of 3-Substituted [1.1.0]Azabicyclobutanes
Yannick Kraemer, Soojun Park, Wang‐Yeuk Kong, Yongxin Chen, Anthony J. Witt, Jón Atiba Buldt, Abbey N. Ragan, Lauren M. Holder, Dean J. Tantillo, Cody Ross Pitts
SJR Q1Journal of the American Chemical SocietyOA

In comparison to modern methods for carbon–SF 5 bond formation, methods for direct heteroatom–SF 5 bond formation are exceptionally scarce, rendering motifs such as “ N –SF 5 ” virtually unexplored in the context of organic and medicinal chemistry. Herein, we demonstrate that direct N –SF 5 bond formation can be accomplished through strain-release pentafluorosulfanylation of 3-aryl [1.1.0]azabicyclobutanes (ABBs), using an easy-to-access solution of SF 5 Cl. To our surprise, the resultant N –SF

Pharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
10
Article|23 citations·2023
Targeting HMG-CoA synthase 2 suppresses tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer growth by augmenting mitochondrial oxidative stress-mediated cell death
Sewon Hwang, Soojun Park, Soojun Park, Jee Hyun Kim, Sang-Beom Bang, Hyeonji Kim, Na‐Lee Ka, Yoonae Ko, Seung-Su Kim, Seung-Su Kim, Ga Young Lim, Seunghee Lee
SJR Q1Life Sciences
Cancer ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
11
Article|20 citations·2018
Asymmetric Cα-Alkylation of Proline via Chirality Transfers of Conformationally Restricted Proline Derivative: Application to the Total Synthesis of (−)-Amathaspiramide F
Hyun-kyung Cho, Jae Eui Shin, Seokwoo Lee, Hongjun Jeon, Soojun Park, Sanghee Kim
SJR Q1Organic Letters

An efficient strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of Cα-tetrasubstituted proline derivatives from proline has been established. A nitrogen-fused bicyclic system was devised to control the stereodynamics of proline. Through N-quaternizations with allylic electrophiles followed by [2,3]-rearrangements, the bicyclic proline system delivered enantioenriched Cα-tetrasubstituted prolines. This strategy was applied to the concise total synthesis of (-)-amathaspiramide F.

Organic ChemistryChemistry
12
Article|19 citations·2018
Asymmetric Synthesis of Cα‐Substituted Prolines through Curtin–Hammett‐Controlled Diastereoselective N‐Alkylation
Hyun-kyung Cho, Hongjun Jeon, Jae Eui Shin, Seokwoo Lee, Soojun Park, Sanghee Kim
SJR Q1Chemistry - A European Journal

Asymmetric synthesis of α-substituted proline derivatives has been accomplished by an efficient chirality-transfer method. High diastereoselectivity of the N-alkylation of the proline ester (C→N chirality transfer) was achieved when a 2,3-disubstituted benzyl group was used as the N-substituent. DFT calculations provided a mechanistic rationale for the high degree of stereoselectivity. The generated N-chirality of the quaternary ammonium salt was transferred back to the α-carbon through a stereo

Organic ChemistryChemistry
13
Article|14 citations·2008
A Smart Medication Prompting System and Context Reasoning in Home Environments
Myungeun Lim, Jae-Hun Choi, Daehee Kim, Soojun Park

This paper is concerned about a medication reminding service in home environments and its context reasoning method to recognize the service suitable for medication situation. To provide an appropriate medication service depending on the user's situation, it is needed to model and infer the context based on user's condition. In this paper, we proposed a method to organizing the context model and a reasoning engine to infer the service. We used jess rule engine to build our reasoning engine and su

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
14
Book Chapter|13 citations·2008
An Efficient Method for Activity Recognition of the Elderly Using Tilt Signals of Tri-axial Acceleration Sensor
Sa-Kwang Song, Jae‐Won Jang, Soojun Park
SJR Q2Lecture notes in computer science
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Science
15
Article|12 citations·2019
Transition metal-free aerobic oxidative cleavage of the C–N bonds of α-amino esters
Shenpeng Tan, Feng Li, Soojun Park, Sanghee Kim
SJR Q1Organic Chemistry Frontiers

A base-mediated aerobic oxidative cleavage of α-amino esters involving a hydroperoxide intermediate was reported, which represents the first example of the cleavage of the α-C–N bonds of amino acid derivatives without the aid of metal catalysts.

Organic ChemistryChemistry

Research Areas

Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionPharmaceutical ScienceSurgeryCancer Research

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