Yoon Nung-min (윤능민 尹能民, November 21, 1927 – April 1, 2009) is a South Korean chemist, known for his research in organic chemistry, specializing in metal hydrides.
He was a proficient researcher; he published 110 papers and developed reagents which became widely used in both organic and inorganic chemistry. He also discovered new methods of generating free radicals and found new applications. He surprised the Korean chemistry community by publishing a substantial portion of his research as the sole author shortly before his retirement.
He has also been active as an educator. He taught 14 doctorate students, and 56 masters students.
He was awarded the Order of Civil Merit (Mogryeon Medal) in 1983, Korea National Academy of Sciences Award in 1990 and the Korea Science Prize (Science) in 1993.
Selected publications
An Excellent Nickel Boride Catalyst for the Cis-Selective Semihydrogenation of Acetylenes Tetrahedron (J. Choi and N. M. Yoon), Tetrahedron Lett. Vol.37 p. 1057 (1996)
A New Coupling Reaction of Alkyl Iodides with Electron Deficient Alkenes Using Nickel Boride(cat.)- Borohydride Exchange Resin in Methanol (T. B. Sim, J. Choi, M. J. Joung and N. M. Yoon), J. Org. Chem. Vol.62 p. 2357 (1997)
Sodium Diethyldialkynylaluminate A New Chemoselective Alkynylating Agent (J. H. Ahn, M. J. Joung, and N. M. Yoon) J. Org. Chem. Vol.60 p. 6173 (1995)
Synthesis of Disulfides by Copper Catalyzed Disproportionation of Thiols (J. Choi and N. M. Yoon), J. Org. Chem. Vol.60 p. 3266 (1995)
Monoisopinocampheylborane- A New Chiral Hydroborating Agent for Relatively Hindered (Trisubstituted) Olefins (H. C. Brown and N. M. Yoon), J. Am. Chem. Soc. Vol.99 p. 5514 (1977)
Diisopinocampheylborane of high Optical Purity. Asymmetric Synthesis via Hydroboration with Essentially Complete Asymmetric Induction (H. C. Brown and N. M. Yoon), Israel J. Chem Vol.15 p. 12 (1976~1977)
Lithium Trimethylethynylaluminate A New Chemoselective Ethynylating Agent (M. J. Joung, J. H. Ahn and N. M. Yoon), J. Org. Chem. Vol.61 p. 4472 (1996)
The Rapido Reaction of Carboxylic Acids with Borane-Tetrahydrofuran. A Remarkably Convenient Procedure for the Selective Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to the Corresponding Alcohols in the Presence of Other Functional Groups (N. M. Yoon, C. S. Park, H. C. Brown, S. Krishnamurthy, and T. P. Stoky), J. Org. Chem. Vol.38 p. 2786 (1973)
yoon, nung, 윤능민, 尹能民, november, 1927, april, 2009, south, korean, chemist, known, research, organic, chemistry, specializing, metal, hydrides, bornnovember, 1927, 1927, nationalitysouth, koreanalma, materpurdue, university, seoul, national, universityawardsmog. Yoon Nung min 윤능민 尹能民 November 21 1927 April 1 2009 is a South Korean chemist known for his research in organic chemistry specializing in metal hydrides Yoon Nung minBornNovember 21 1927 1927 11 21 NationalitySouth KoreanAlma materPurdue University Seoul National UniversityAwardsMogryeon Medal Korea National Academy of Sciences Award Korea Science Prize Science Scientific careerFieldsChemistryInstitutionsSogang UniversityDoctoral advisorHerbert Charles BrownHe received his B A at Seoul National University in chemistry in 1951 and went on to complete his Ph D at Purdue University under Herbert Charles Brown He was a postdoc at Purdue then a researcher for the Ministry of National Defence He then became an associate professor at the Catholic University of Korea He later took up full professorship at Sogang University a position he would hold until his retirement He served as the president of the Korean Chemical Society in 1989 and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea in 2005 1 He was Professor Emeritus at Sogang University 2 until his death in 2009 He was a proficient researcher he published 110 papers and developed reagents which became widely used in both organic and inorganic chemistry He also discovered new methods of generating free radicals and found new applications He surprised the Korean chemistry community by publishing a substantial portion of his research as the sole author shortly before his retirement He has also been active as an educator He taught 14 doctorate students and 56 masters students He was awarded the Order of Civil Merit Mogryeon Medal in 1983 Korea National Academy of Sciences Award in 1990 and the Korea Science Prize Science in 1993 Selected publications EditAn Excellent Nickel Boride Catalyst for the Cis Selective Semihydrogenation of Acetylenes Tetrahedron J Choi and N M Yoon Tetrahedron Lett Vol 37 p 1057 1996 A New Coupling Reaction of Alkyl Iodides with Electron Deficient Alkenes Using Nickel Boride cat Borohydride Exchange Resin in Methanol T B Sim J Choi M J Joung and N M Yoon J Org Chem Vol 62 p 2357 1997 Sodium Diethyldialkynylaluminate A New Chemoselective Alkynylating Agent J H Ahn M J Joung and N M Yoon J Org Chem Vol 60 p 6173 1995 Synthesis of Disulfides by Copper Catalyzed Disproportionation of Thiols J Choi and N M Yoon J Org Chem Vol 60 p 3266 1995 Monoisopinocampheylborane A New Chiral Hydroborating Agent for Relatively Hindered Trisubstituted Olefins H C Brown and N M Yoon J Am Chem Soc Vol 99 p 5514 1977 Diisopinocampheylborane of high Optical Purity Asymmetric Synthesis via Hydroboration with Essentially Complete Asymmetric Induction H C Brown and N M Yoon Israel J Chem Vol 15 p 12 1976 1977 Lithium Trimethylethynylaluminate A New Chemoselective Ethynylating Agent M J Joung J H Ahn and N M Yoon J Org Chem Vol 61 p 4472 1996 The Rapido Reaction of Carboxylic Acids with Borane Tetrahydrofuran A Remarkably Convenient Procedure for the Selective Conversion of Carboxylic Acids to the Corresponding Alcohols in the Presence of Other Functional Groups N M Yoon C S Park H C Brown S Krishnamurthy and T P Stoky J Org Chem Vol 38 p 2786 1973 References Edit Yoon Nung min at the National Academy of Science Korea Korean Department of Chemistry Sogang University External links EditDepartment of Chemistry Sogang University National Academy of Sciences Korea Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yoon Nung min amp oldid 1138266314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
