Sarah Yunmi Lee

It’s been a while since we posted here! Turns out our cyclopropenimine–thiourea catalysts don’t just work for small molecules, they can work for polymers too :) In a collaboration with Prof. Byeong-Su Kim's group, we applied our catalyst platform to the stereoselective polymerization of rac-lactide. Happy to share the story @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Registration for the OM&CAT-7 conference in Korea is now open! Early registration & poster abstract by Mar 31, 2026. Check out our official webpage: sites.google.com/view/omcat2026…

Consider joining OM&CAT conference in this June! Great lineup of synthetic chemists from all around the world👍

The Sixth Organic Syntheses Inc Workshop for Young Investigators on Organic Synthesis and Natural Products Chemistry was held at the UC Santa Barbara Club on August 7 to 9

We're hiring postdocs! Fully funded positions in catalysis & stereoselective synthesis, organometallic chemistry. Learn more at our group website (cataleesis.kaist.ac.kr). Interested? Send your CV to sarahyunmi@kaist.ac.kr — we’ll follow up with additional documents (e.g. reference letters) as next steps.

Aside from being a really nice advance in Bronsted base organocatalysis, this paper has a really exceptionally well-organized SI, particularly with regard to substrate preparation! Check it out! doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3…

A Goldberg machine meets asymmetric synthesis! The cover shows a whimsical take on stereodivergent α-azaaryl carbonyl reactions using dual chiral catalysts (Cu + Ir/Pd/Ni/Ru/amines) to access all stereoisomers. Prof. Sarah Yunmi Lee at KAIST

Out now in ChemSocRev "Diastereodivergence in catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of carbon nucleophiles" by Byungjin Kim, Hooseung Lee, Ilwoo Song and Sarah Yunmi Lee Read the full review here 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Since moving to KAIST Chemistry (@KAIST_Chem), our group has been embracing new ways to connect, including this X account. We’ll be sharing our research, lab updates, and a bit of what goes on behind the scenes :) Please check out our new website: cataleesis.kaist.ac.kr