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Ji-Woong Lee
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 84
Citations - 2126
Ji-Woong Lee is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Nucleophile. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 77 publications receiving 1737 citations. Previous affiliations of Ji-Woong Lee include University of Toronto & University of California, Berkeley.
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Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks
Hui Zhao,Soumyo Sen,Thumu Udayabhaskararao,Michal Sawczyk,Kristina Kučanda,Debasish Manna,Pintu K. Kundu,Ji-Woong Lee,Petr Král,Rafal Klajn +9 more
TL;DR: This work uses colloidal nanocrystals functionalized with light-responsive ligands that readily self-assemble and trap various molecules from the surrounding bulk solution and Illumination with visible light disassembles these nanoflasks, releasing the product in solution and thereby establishes a catalytic cycle.
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Toward understanding the origin of positive effects of ionic liquids on catalysis: formation of more reactive catalysts and stabilization of reactive intermediates and transition states in ionic liquids.
TL;DR: This work highlights the work in elucidating the origin of the accelerating effects of ionic liquids in a range of catalytic reactions, and develops a better understanding of these modularly tunable liquid salts that will foster new discoveries of catalyzed reactions that are accelerated by ionic liquid as solvents or additives.
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A Highly Reactive and Enantioselective Bifunctional Organocatalyst for the Methanolytic Desymmetrization of Cyclic Anhydrides: Prevention of Catalyst Aggregation
TL;DR: A thermally robust sulfonamide-based bifunctional organocatalysts I is presented, which shows unprecedented catalytic activity and excellent enantioselectivity in the methanolytic desymmetrization of meso cyclic anhydrides.
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Toward ideal carbon dioxide functionalization
Yang Yang,Ji-Woong Lee +1 more
TL;DR: From carbon fixation, Grignard reaction, metal-catalyzed reactions and asymmetric CO2-incorporation, what would be the idealCO2-functionalization?
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Hydrogen-bond promoted nucleophilic fluorination: concept, mechanism and applications in positron emission tomography
Ji-Woong Lee,Maria Teresa Oliveira,Hyeong Bin Jang,Sungyul Lee,Dae Yoon Chi,Dong Wook Kim,Choong Eui Song +6 more
TL;DR: Simultaneous dual activation of reacting partners by intermolecular hydrogen bonding and the enhancement of the "effective fluoride nucleophilicity", which is Nature's biocatalytic approach with the fluorinase enzyme, are the key to this unprecedentedly successful nucleophilic fluorination.