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	Geun Ho Kim†, Young Kwang Han†, Tae Woo Lee, Eun Jeong Yoo and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Environmentally favorable, transition-metal-free chemical transformation of levulinic acid into citramalic acid via unorthodox enolate pathway”, Green Energy & Environment, 2025, submitted.
	Geun Ho Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, "Research trends in CO2 utilization: Catalytic strategies for sustainable energy and environmental protection", Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2025, 101, 103216.
	Geun Ho Kim, Do Hyeon Kim, Yeongjin Lee and Jung Woon Yang*, “Sustainable Synthesis of Acyl Fluoride via 1,3-Chelation-Assisted Transhalogenation and Its Application in the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Alcohol in Aqueous System”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2025, 367, e202500103 (Selected as Hot Topics on Biomass Upgrading and Fluorine Chemistry).
	Soohaeng Yoo Willow, Seungwon Kim, D. ChangMo Yang, Miran Ha, Amir Hajibabaei, Jung Woon Yang, Kwang S. Kim* and Chang Woo Myung*, “A sparse Bayesian Committee Machine potential for oxygen-containing organic compounds”, Chemical Physics Reviews, 2025, 6, 021401.
	Taeyang Do†, Geun Ho Kim†, Ramon Rios* and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Recent advances in organocatalytic enantioselective syntheses of β-fluoroamine compounds”, Molecular Catalysis, 2025, 576, 114944 (invited) [Special Issue on Organocatalysts for Molecular Catalysis].
	Hyun Gyu Park, Gi Beom Sim, Jung Woon Yang, Soohaeng Yoo Willow, D. ChangMo Yang and Chang Woo Myung*, " A Bayesian Committee Machine-Based Force Field for Organic Nitrogen Compounds", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2025, 129, 8170.
	Huimyoung Byeon, Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang*, “Recent advances in the application of contiguously functionalized aziridines for the synthesis of pharmaceutical precursors via regioselective ring-opening reactions”, Molecular Catalysis, 2025, 576, 114943 (invited) [Special Issue on Organocatalysts for Molecular Catalysis].
	Jiho Han, Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang*, “Stereoselective Synthesis of Contiguous Cyclopropylaziridines: Enabling the Construction of Versatile Chiral Molecules Including γ-Lactams via Ring-Opening Reactions”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2023, 365, 1970.
	Tae Woo Lee,† Won Jung Lee,† Young Sug Kim, Taeyang Do, Ji-Eun Choi, Young Kwang Han, Chunrim Oh, Chi-Wan Lee, Eul Kgun Yum and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Transition-Metal-Free Upscaling of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Synthesis and Investigation of the Reaction Mechanism”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2023, 29, e202300903.
	Tae Woo Lee,† Hye Sung Yang,† Monali Dawange,† Young Kwang Han and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Transition-Metal-Free Unusual Oxidative Cleavage of Homoallylic Alcohol and Its Application in the Upcycling of Terpene to Value-Added Chemicals”, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16, e202202387.
	Wontae Lee, Yeongjin Lee, Hyunyoung Park, Munhyeock Choi, Sungho Kong, Jung Woon Yang, Jongsoon Kim and Won-Sub Yoon, “Caffeine as an Energy Storage Material for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries”, Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 56, 13.
	Yeongjin Lee, Huimyoung Byeon,Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang*, “Preparation of Contiguous Bisaziridines for Regioselective Ring-Opening Reactions”, Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022, 185, e64019 (Invited, special issue on synthetic applications of constrained rings).
	Jung Woon Yang, “ The Organic Approach to Asymmetric Catalysis” for Special Issue on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021, 한림원의 창 (2021년 가을호), 2021.
	Huimyoung Byeon,† Sunghyeon Ryu,† Eun Jeong Yoo and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Substrate-Controlled Chemo-/Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Benzylated Enals and Chiral Cyclopropane-Fused 2-Chromanone Derivatives”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2021, 363, 5085.
	Hyong-Jin Rhee,† Jala Ranjith,† Huimyoung Byeon,† Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Preparation and Utilization of Contiguous Bisaziridines as Chiral Building Blocks”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2021, 363, 3250.
	Hye Sung Yang, Lingamurthy Macha, Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang*, “Functionalisation of esters via 1,3-chelation using NaOtBu: mechanistic investigations and synthetic applications”, Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 8, 53.
	Huimyoung Byeon, Bo Bae Gu, Hye-Jung Kim, Ji Hye Lee, Inseok Seo, Jeha Kim, Jung Woon Yang and Jae-Kwang Kim*, “Redox chemistry of nitrogen-doped CNT-encapsulated nitroxide radical polymers for high energy density and rate-capability organic batteries”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 413, 127402.
	Hyun Woo Kim, Hye-Jung Kim, Huimyoung Byeon, Jeha Kim, Jung Woon Yang, Youngsik Kim and Jae-Kwang Kim, “Binder-free organic cathode based on nitroxide radical polymer-functionalized carbon nanotubes and gel polymer electrolyte for high-performance sodium organic polymer battery”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 17980 (Selected as Back Cover).
	Yun Ji Park and Jung Woon Yang*, “Glycerol conversion to high-value chemicals: the implication of unnatural α-amino acids syntheses using natural resources”, Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 2615.
	Sara Meninno, Marta Meazza, Jung Woon Yang, Tomas Tejero, Pedro Merino and Ramon Rios*, “Synergistic Catalysis: Highly Enantioselective Cascade Reaction for the Synthesis of Dihydroacridines”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2019, 25, 7623.
	Tri Duc Ngo, Changsuk Oh, Pushpak Mizar, Minkyung Baek, Kwang-su Park, Lan Nguyen, Huimyoung Byeon, Sangyoung Yoon, Yeonwoo Ryu, Bum Han Ryu, T. Doohun Kim, Jung Woon Yang, Chaok Seok, Seung Seo Lee and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, “Structural Basis for the Enantioselectivity of Esterase Est-Y29 toward (S)-Ketoprofen”, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 755.
	Byung Il Yoo, Ye Ji Kim, Youngmin You, Jung Woon Yang and Sung Wng Kim*, “Birch Reduction of Aromatic Compounds by Inorganic Electride [Ca2N]+·e- in Alcoholic Solvent: An Analogue of Solvated Electrons”, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83, 13847.
	Tae Woo Lee and Jung Woon Yang* “Transition-metal-free conversion of lignin model compounds to high-value aromatics: scope and chemoselectivity”, Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 3761.
	Aishun Ding, Marta Meazza, Hao Guo, Jung Woon Yang* and Ramon Rios*, “New development in the enantioselective synthesis of spiro compounds”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2018, 47, 5946.
	Bumhee Lim, Seunggun Park, Jae Hyun Park, Jongsik Gam, Sanghee Kim, Jung Woon Yang and Jeeyeon Lee*, “A metal-free and mild approach to 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones via oxidative C-C bond cleavage using molecular oxygen”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16, 2105.
	DingXi Li, Jiwon Kim, Jung Woon Yang and Jaesook Yun*, “Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Borylated cis-Disubstituted Indolines”, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2018, 13, 2365.
	Hui, Mao,† Hyeonsu Jeong,† Jieun Yang, Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Preparation of Chiral Contiguous Epoxyaziridines and Their Regioselective Ring-Opening for Drug Syntheses”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2018, 24, 2370.
	Sun Min Kim,† Hye Sung Yang,† Heesung Eum, Hyun-Joon Ha* and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Mixed Monosilyl Acetals and Catalyst-Dependent Chemoselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2017, 23, 16432 (Selected as Frontispiece).
	Sushovan Paladhi, Sang Yeon Park, Jung Woon Yang and Choong Eui Song*, “Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral α-Fluoro-β-Amino-Oxindoles with Tetrasubstituted C-F Stereogenic Centers via Cooperative Cation-Binding Catalysis”, Organic Letters, 2017, 19, 5336.
	Yan Cui, Young Hee Lee* and Jung Woon Yang*, “Impact of Carboxyl Groups in Graphene Oxide on Chemoselective Alcohol Oxidation with Ultra-Low Carbocatalyst Loading", Scientific Reports, 2017, 7, 3146.
	Ye Ji Kim, Sun Min Kim, Chunghyeon Yu, YoungMin Yoo, Eun Jin Cho, Jung Woon Yang* and Sung Wng Kim*, “Chemoselective Hydrodehalogenation of Organic Halides Utilizing Two-Dimensional Anionic Electrons of Inorganic Electride [Ca2N]+•e-”, Langmuir, 2017, 33, 954.
	Hui Mao,† Dong Wan Kim,† Hun Yi Shin,† Choong Eui Song* and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Organocatalytic regiospecific synthesis of 1H-indene-2-carbaldehyde derivatives: Suppression of cycloolefin isomerisation by employing sterically demanding catalysts”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 1355 (Selected as Front Cover).
	Marta Meazza, Maria Ashe, Hun Yi Shin, Hye Sung Yang, Andrea Mazzanti, Jung Woon Yang* and Ramon Rios*, “Enantioselective Organocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Enals using Benzyl Chlorides”, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 81, 3488 (Selected as Featured Article).
	Marta Meazza, Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Luke Shirley, Jung Woon Yang, Hao Guo* and Ramon Rios* “Organophotocatalytic Synthesis of Phosphoramidates”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2016, 358, 719.
	Sun Min Kim†, Hun Yi Shin†, Dong Wan Kim and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Metal-Free Chemoselective Oxidative Dehomologation or Direct Oxidation of Alcohols: Implication for Biomass Conversion of Lignin Model Compound”, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 241 (Selected as Front Cover with Cover Profile).
	Sun Min Kim†, Young Sug Kim†, Dong Wan Kim†, Ramon Rios and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Acetaldehyde: A Small Organic Molecule with Big Impact on Organocatalytic Reactions”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2016, 22, 2214 (Invited Mini-Review).
	Ye Ji Kim,† Sun Min Kim,† Eun Jin Cho, Hideo Hosono, Jung Woon Yang* and Sung Wng Kim* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Two dimensional inorganic electride-promoted electron transfer efficiency in transfer hydrogenation of alkyne and alkenes”, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 3577.
	Sun Min Kim, Ho Sung Yu, Hideo Hosono, Jung Woon Yang* and Sung Wng Kim* , “Chemoselective reduction and oxidation of ketones in water through control of the electron transfer pathway”, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 10366 [DOI: 10.1038/srep10366].
	Sungkyu Choi, Ye Ji Kim, Sun Min Kim, Jung Woon Yang, SungWng Kim and Eun Jin Cho*, “Hydrotrifluoromethylation and iodotrifluoromethylation of alkenes and alkynes using an inorganic electride as a radical generator”, Nature Communications, 2014, 5, 4881 [DOI: 10.1038/ncomm5881].
	Sun Min Kim,† Dong Wan Kim,† and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Transition Metal-Free and Chemoselective NaOtBu-O2-Mediated Oxidative Cleavage Reactions of vic-1,2-Diols to Carboxylic Acids and Mechanistic Insight into the Reaction Pathways”, Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 2876 (Highlight in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2014, 18, 840).
	Ye Ji Kim,† Sun Min Kim,† Hideo Hosono, Jung Woon Yang* and SungWng Kim*, (†these authors contributed equally to this work) “Scalable pinacol coupling reactions utilizing inorganic electride [Ca2N]+:e- as an electron donor”, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 4791 (Selected as Inside Back Cover).
	Ming Yu Jin,† Sun Min Kim,† Hui Mao, Do Hyun Ryu, Choong Eui Song and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Chemoselective and repetitive intermolecular cross-acyloin condensation reactions between a variety of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes using a robust N-heterocyclic carbene catalyst”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12, 1547 (Selected as Front Cover, Invited Manuscript).
	Young Sug Kim,† Sun Min Kim,† Bing Wang, Xavier Companyó, Jing Li, Albert Moyano, Seoyoung Im, Jung Woon Yang* and Ramon Rios* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Expanding the Scope of the Organocatalytic Addition of Fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane to Enals: Enantioselective Cascade Synthesis of Fluoroindane and Fluorochromanol Derivatives”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2014, 356, 437.
	Sun Min Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, “Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of β3-amino acid derivatives”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2013, 11, 4737 (Selected as Inside Cover).
	Sunhae Kang, So Young Lee, Minju Jeon, Sun Min Kim, Young Sug Kim, Hogyu Han, Jung Woon Yang*, “In situ generation of hydroperoxide by oxidation of benzhydrols to benzophenones using sodium hydride under oxygen atmosphere: Use for the oxidative cleavage of cyclic 1,2-diketones to dicarboxylic acids”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2013, 54, 373.
	Sun Min Kim, Young Sug Kim, Dong Wan Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, “Transition metal-free, NaOtBu-O2-mediated one-pot cascade oxidation of allylic alcohols to α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids”, Green Chemistry, 2012, 14, 2996.
	Mi Jin Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, “One-Pot Synthesis of Esters through a Benzoin Condensation-Oxidative Cleavage-Esterification Triple Cascade Reaction”, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2012, 33, 3122.
	Hui Mao, Shu Lan An, Sun Min Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, “Inverse Enantioselectivity with Catalyst Loading in Enantioselective Self-Benzoin Condensation using Triazolium-based N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyst”, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2011, 32, 4408.
	Sun Min Kim, Ming Yu Jin, Mi Jin Kim, Yan Cui, Young Sug Kim, Liqiu Zhang, Choong Eui Song, Do Hyun Ryu and Jung Woon Yang*, “N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalysed intermolecular Stetter reactions of acetaldehyde”, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 2069.
	Sun Min Kim, Young Sug Kim and Jung Woon Yang*, “NHC-Assisted One-Pot Domino Oxidation of Aldehyde into Carboxylic Acids using Sodium Hydride under Oxygen Atmosphere”, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2011, 32, 2529.
	Ming Yu Jin, Sun Min Kim, Hogyu Han, Do Hyun Ryu and Jung Woon Yang*, “Switching Regioselectivity in Crossed Acyloin Condensations between Aromatic Aldehydes and Acetaldehyde by Altering NHC Catalysts”, Organic Letters, 2011, 13, 880.
	Sunhae Kang,† Cheonik Joo,† Sun Min Kim, Hogyu Han and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Oxidation of benzoins to benzoic acids using sodium hydride under oxygen atmosphere”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2011, 52, 502.
	Hailong Yan, Hyeong Bin Jang, Ji-Woong Lee, Hong Ki Kim, Soon Won Lee, Jung Woon Yang and Choong Eui Song*, “A Chiral-Anion Generator: Application to Catalytic Desilylative Kinetic Resolution of Silyl-Protected Secondary Alcohols”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 8915.
	Cheonik Joo,† Sunhae Kang,† Sun Min Kim,† Hogyu Han, and Jung Woon Yang* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Oxidation of benzoins to benzils with sodium hydride”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2010, 51, 6006.
	Jung Woon Yang, Carley Chandler, Michael Stadler, Daniela Kampen and Benjamin List*, “Proline-Catalyzed Mannich Reactions of Acetaldehyde”, Nature, 2008, 452, 453.
	Santanu Mukherjee, Jung Woon Yang, Sebastian Hoffmann and Benjamin List*, “Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis”, Chemical Reviews, 2007, 107, 5471.
	Jung Woon Yang, Michael Stadler and Benjamin List*, “Practical Proline-Catalyzed Asymmetric Mannich Reaction of Aldehydes with N-Boc-Imines”, Nature Protocols, 2007, 2, 1937.
	Jung Woon Yang, Michael Stadler and Benjamin List*, “Proline-Catalyzed Mannich Reaction of Aldehydes with N-Boc-Imines”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 609.
	Jung Woon Yang* and Benjamin List*, “Catalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α-Ketoesters with Hantzsch Esters” Organic Letters, 2006, 8, 5653.
	Benjamin List* and Jung Woon Yang, “The Organic Approach to Asymmetric Catalysis”, Science, 2006, 313, 1584.
	Jung Woon Yang, Maria T. Hechavarria Fonseca and Benjamin List*, “Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Michael Cyclization”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 15036.
	Jung Woon Yang, Maria T. Hechavarria Fonseca, Nicola Vignola and Benjamin List*, “Metal-Free, Organocatalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44,108.
	Jung Woon Yang, Maria T. Hechavarria Fonseca and Benjamin List*, “A Metal-Free Transfer Hydrogenation: Organocatalytic Conjugate Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2004, 43, 6660.
	Jin Seok Choi, Changwon Kang, Kisung Jung, Jung Woon Yang, Yang-Gyun Kim and Hogyu Han*, “Synthesis of DNA Triangles with Vertexes of Bis(terpyridine)iron(II) Complexes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126, 8606.
	Hyun Sook Kim, Yu-Mi Song, Jin Seok Choi, Jung Woon Yang and Hogyu Han*, “Heterogeneous organocatalysis for the asymmetric desymmetrization of meso-cyclic anhydrides using silica gel-supported bis-cinchona alkaloids”, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 12051.
	Yu-Mi Song†, Jin Seok Choi†, Jung Woon Yang† and Hogyu Han* (†these authors contributed equally to this work), “Silica gel-supported bis-cinchona alkaloid: a chiral catalyst for the heterogeneous asymmetric desymmetrization of meso-cyclic anhydrides”, Tetrahedron Letters, 2004, 45, 3301.
	Cheon Hee Jo, Sien-Ho Han, Jung Woon Yang, Eun Joo Roh, Ueon-Sang Shin and Choong Eui Song, “Osmylated macroporous resins: safe, highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for asymmetric aminohydroxylation of olefins”, Chemical Communications, 2003, 1312.
	Choong Eui Song*, Jung Woon Yang, Eun Joo Roh, Sang-gi Lee, Jou Hyeon Ahn and Hogyu Han, “Heterogeneous Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Using Resin-Supported Trost-Type Bisphosphane Ligands”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2002, 41, 3852.
	Jung Woon Yang, Hogyu Han, Eun Joo Roh, Sang-gi Lee and Choong Eui Song*, “Osmium Tetroxide Anchored to Porous Resins Bearing Residual Vinyl Groups: A Highly Active and Recyclable Solid for Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Olefins”, Organic Letters, 2002, 4, 4685.
	Choong Eui Song*, Jung Woon Yang and Hyun Joon Ha, “Silica gel supported bis-cinchona alkaloid: a highly efficient chiral ligand for heterogeneous asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins”, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1997, 8, 841.
	Choong Eui Song*, Jung Woon Yang, Hyun Joon Ha and Sang-gi Lee, “Efficient and Practical Polymeric Catalysts for Heterogeneous Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Olefins”, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1996, 7, 645.