Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry

Biography

Soon Hyeok Hong obtained his PhD in 2007 at the California Institute of Technology, under the guidance of Professor Robert H Grubbs. After having Postdoctoral research experience at the University of California, Los Angeles and industrial experiences at Materia, Inc., he began his independent career in academia as an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University with a joint appointment as a National Research Foundation Fellow of the Singapore government in 2008. In 2011, he moved back to his undergraduate school, Seoul National University, where he has been working on green organo metallic catalysis in developing efficient, practical, and sustainable synthetic methods.

Abstract

Abstract : Atom-Economical and Sustainable C-N Bond Formation Reactions from Alcohols and N-Sources via Catalytic Hydrogen Transfer Reactions