Soyoung PARK (Assistant Professor)

Field of Expertise:

Chemical Biology, Organic Chemistry

Research Interests:

DNA-Based Catalysis

Development of New Hybrid Materials Based on DNA

Recent Papers:

1. Photocontrollable Sequence-Specific DNA Alkylation by a Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide seco-CBI Conjugate. Park, S.; Bando, T.; Shinohara, K.; Nishijima, S.; Sugiyama, H. Bioconjugate Chem. 2011, 22, 120–124.
2. DNA-Based Hybrid Catalysts for Asymmetric Organic Synthesis. Park, S.; Sugiyama, H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3870–3878.
3. Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative [4 + 1] Cycloaddition of γ-Methylidene-δ-valerolactones with Isocyanides. Park, S.; Shintani, R.; Hayashi, T. Chem. Lett. 2009, 38, 204–205.
4. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Decarboxylative Lactamization of γ-Methylidene -δ-valerolactones with Isocyanates: Conversion of Racemic Lactones to Enantio-enriched Lactams. Shintani, R.; Park, S.; Shirozu, F.; Murakami, M.; Hayashi, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16174–16175.
5. Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Spiro[2.4]heptanes: Ligand-Dependent Position Control in the Nucleophilic Attack to a π-Allylpalladium Intermediate. Shintani, R.; Park, S.; Hayashi, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14866–14867.
6. Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric [3 + 3] Cycloaddition of Trimethylenemethane Derivatives with Nitrones. Shintani, R.; Park, S.; Duan, W.-L.; Hayashi, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 5901–5903.

Educational Background:

2006~2009 Ph.D. Student at the Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University
2009~2010 Research Associate, Kyoto University
2010~2011 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2012~ Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Contact Information:

Phone: 81(Japan)-75-753-4001
Fax: 81(Japan)-75-753-3670
E-mail: oleesy + @kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Link:

Chemical Biology Laboratory (internal link)
Sugiyama Laboratory

This page was last modified on 05 January 2012.