Publications at LSU
31. Selective Strain-Promoted Reactivity of a Fluorene-Derived [6]Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene Carbon Nanohoop
Robert J. Herman, Said Jalife, Abigail G. LeBlanc, Muhammad Usama Gul Khan, Marvin L. Stewart, Sheila W. Njoroge, Sajila Riman Tanha, Frank R. Fronczek, Judy Wu, and Semin Lee
Chem. Comm. 2026, 62, 243-246
DOI: 10.1039/D5CC05493A
30. Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Dehydrobiphenyleno[12]Annulenes: Carbon-Rich Compounds Comprising Two Different Antiaromatic Units
Komari Suzuki, Daisuke Asai, Robert J. Herman, Sheila W. Njoroge, Satoshi Yoshida, Sota Sato, Semin Lee, Kazukuni Tahara
Chem. Asian J. 2025, 20,  e00754
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202500754
29. A Visible-Light-Driven O-Glycosylation with Selenoglycosides Mediated by Chalcogen Bonding to Umemoto's Reagent
Erik Alvarez Valenzuela, Tiffany Duong, Vinayak Pradeep, Xuxian He, Jacob M. Dobson, Semin Lee, Kenneth Lopata, Justin R. Ragains
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, ASAP
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202508424

​28. Anion receptors with nitrone C–H hydrogen bond donors
He. X.; Thompsion R. R.; Clawson, S. A.; Fronczek, F. R.; Lee, S.
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4624-4627
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00371J
27. ​Scalable Synthesis of [8]Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene Carbon Nanohoop Using Alkyne Metathesis
Zhou, X.; Kwon, H.; Thompson, R. R.; Herman, R. J.; Fronczek, F. R.; Bruns, C. J.; Lee, S.
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 10887-10890
ChemComm 2021 Emerging Investigators
​Highlighted by Synfacts "Hoop Dreams"
Synfacts 2021, 17, 1335 
26. Impact of Ligands and Metals on the Formation of Metallacyclic Intermediates and a Non-traditional Mechanism for Group VI Alkyne Metathesis Catalysts
​Thompson, R. R.; Rotella, M. E.; Zhou, X.; Fronczek, F. R.; Gutierrez, O.; Lee, S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 9026
25. Siloxide Podand Ligand as a Scaffold for Molybdenum-Catalyzed Alkyne Metathesis and Isolation of a Dynamic Metallatetrahedrane Intermediate
Thompson, R. R.; Rotella, M. E.; Du, P.; Zhou, X.; Fronczek, F. R.; Kumar, R.; Gutierrez, O.; Lee, S.
Organometallics 2019, 38, 4054-4059
24. Size-Selective Synthesis of Large Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene Carbon Nanohoops Using Alkyne Metathesis
Zhou, X.; Thompson, R. R.; Fronczek, F. R.; Lee, S.
Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4680

Publications prior to LSU


​23. Ion-Pair Oligomerization of Chromogenic Triangulenium Cations with Cyanostar-Modified Anions That Controls Emission in Hierarchical Materials
Qiao, B.; Hirsch, B. E.; Lee, S.; Pink, M.; Chen, C.-H.; Laursen, B.; Flood, A. H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6226-6233

22. Impact of Shape Persistence on the Porosity of Molecular Cages
Moneypenny, T. P.; Walter, N. P.; Cai, Z.; Miao, Y.-R.; Gray, D. L.; Hinman, J. J.; Lee, S.; Zhang, Y.; Moore, J. S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3259-3264

​21. Synthesis and structures of 11,11,12,12-tetra­cyano-2,6-di­iodo-9,10-anthraquinodi­methane and its 2:1 cocrystals with anthracene, pyrene and tetra­thia­fulvalene
Ren, Y.; Lee, S.; Bertke, J.; Gray, D. L.; Moore, J. S.
Acta Cryst. 2016, C72, 923-931 

​20. High-yield Synthesis and Acid-base Response of Phosphate-templated [3]Rotaxanes
Qiao, B.; Liu, T.; Lee, S.; Pink, M.; Flood, A. H.
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13675-13678

19. ​Extreme Stabilization and Redox Switching of Organic Anions and Radical Anions by Large-cavity, CH Hydrogen-Bonding Cyanostar Macrocycles
​Benson, C. R.; Fatila, E. M.; Lee, S.; Marzo, M. G.; Pink, M.; Mills, M. B.; Preuss, K. E.; Flood, A. H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15057-15065
Highlighted in ACS Cutting-Edge Chemistry
​
​18. Synthesis of Cycloparaphenyleneacetylene via Alkyne Metathesis:
​C70 Complexation and Copper-Free Triple Click Reaction
Lee, S.; Chénard, E.; Gray, D. L.; Moore, J. S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13814–13817
Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 13, 0039
Beckman Institute News

17. Pressure-Induced Neutral-to-Ionic Transition in an Amorphous Organic Material
Ren, Y.; Lee, S.; Christensen, J. M.; Plotnikov, N, V.; Burgess, M.;
​Martínez, T. J.; Dlott, D. D.; Moore, J. S.
Chem. Mater, 2016, 28, 6446–6449
​16. Kinetically Trapped Tetrahedral Cages via Alkyne Metathesis
Lee, S.; Yang, A.; Moneypenny, T. P.; Moore, J. S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2182–2185
* Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0477

​15. Multifunctional Tricarbazolo Triazolophane Macrocycles: One-Pot Preparation, Anion Binding, and Hierarchical Self-Organization of Multilayers
Lee, S.; Hirsch, B. E.; Liu, Y.; Burke, D. W.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 560–569
* Back cover, Hot paper
​14. Crystal structure of 9,10-bis­(1,3-di­thiol-2-yl­idene)-9,10-di­hydro­anthracene
Ren, Y.; Lee, S.; Bertke, J. A.; Moore, J. S.
​Acta Cryst. 2015, E71, 1475–1479
13. Macromolecular Crystallography for Synthetic Abiological Molecules: Combining xMDFF and PHENIX for Structure Determination of Cyanostar Macrocycles
Singharoy, A.; Venkatakrishnan, B.; Liu, Y.; Mayne, C. G.; Lee, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Zlotnick, A.; Schulten, K.; Flood, A. H.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8810–8818
​12. Quantifying Chloride Binding and Salt Extraction with Poly(methylmethacrylate) Copolymers Bearing Aryl-Triazoles as Anion Receptor Side Chains
McDonald, K. P.; Qiao, B.; Twum, E. B.; Lee, S.; Gamache, P. J.; Chen, C.-H.; Yi, Y.; Flood, A. H.
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 13285–13288
​11.  beta-Sheet-Like Hydrogen Bonds Interlock the Helical Turns of a Photoswitchable Foldamer to Enhance the Binding and Release of Chloride
Lee, S.; Hua, Y.; Flood, A. H.
J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 8383–8396
10. Anion-Induced Dimerization of 5-fold Symmetric Cyanostars in 3D Crystalline Solids and 2D Self-Assembled Crystals. 
Hirsch, B. E.; Lee, S.; Qiao, B.; Chen, C.-H.; McDonald, K. P.; Tait, S. L.; Flood, A. H.
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9827–9830
9. How to Print a Crystal Structure Model in 3D
Chen, T.-H.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.; Miljanić, O. Š.
CrystEngComm 2014, 16, 5488–5493
* Front cover
* Highlighted in C&EN and Chemistry World
8.  A Pentagonal Cyanostar Macrocycle with Cyanostilbene CH Donors Binds Anions and Forms Dialkylphosphate [3]Rotaxanes
Lee, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Flood, A. H.
Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 704–710
* Highlighted in C&EN, NSF, IU News, and Analytical Scientist
* "A Star is Born" Nature Chemistry News & View by James A. Wisner
7. Photoresponsive Receptors for Binding and Releasing Anions
Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2013, 26, 79–86
* Front cover
6. Shape Persistence Delivers Lock-and-Key Chloride Binding in Triazolophanes
McDonald, K. P.; Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5065–5075
​* Front cover
​5. ​Binding Anions in Rigid and Reconfigurable Triazole Receptors
Lee, S.; Flood A. H.
Top. Heterocycl. Chem. 2012, 28, 85–107
4. Polarized Naphthalamide CH Donors Enhance Cl– Binding Within an Aryl-Triazole Receptor
McDonald, K. P.; Ramabhadran, R. O.; Lee, S.; Raghavachari, K.; Flood, A. H.
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6260–6263
3. Ion-Selective Electrodes Based on a Pyridyl-Containing Triazolophane: Altering Halide Selectivity by Combining Dipole-Promoted Cooperativity with Hydrogen Bonding
Zahran, E. M.; Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Flood, A. H.; Bachas, L. G.
Anal. Chem. 2011, 83, 3455–3461
2. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds Preorganize Aryl-Triazole Receptor into a Crescent for Chloride Binding
Lee, S.; Hua, Y. Park, H.; Flood, A. H.
Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2100–2102

Patents

4.  Novel macrocycle with repeating triazole-carbazole units
Flood, A. H.; Hirsch, B. E.; Lee, S.; Tait, S. L.; Dobscha, J.
2016, US20160347758 A1

3.  Poly-​Cyanostilbene Macrocycles
Flood, A. H.; Lee, S.; Chen, C.-H.; McDonald, K. P.
2014, PCT/US2014/016332

2.  Aryl-​Triazole Foldamers and Their Preparation and use for Controlling Concentrations of Anions with Light
Hua, Y.; Lee, S.; Uduehi, E. O.; Flood, A. H.
2011, PCT/US2011/042890.

1.  Organic Compounds, Organic Light Emitting Device Using the same and Display Device including the Organic Light Emitting Device
Shin, D.-W.; Choi, B.-K.; Kim, M.-S.; Kwon, O.-H.; Yang, H.-J.; Moon, B.; Lee, S. (Affiliation with Samsung Electronics)
2008, Korean Patent No. 10-2008-01212191